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== Anime & Manga ==
* The title character of ''[[
* In the ''[[Bakugan
== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
{{quote| '''Tristan:''' ''(hanging from the KaibaCorp blimp)'' I can see my house from here! Hi Mom! Hi Dad!<br />
'''Tristan's Parents:''' ''(offscreen)'' Hi Tristan! }}
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== Films -- Animation ==
* Done in ''[[Up (
** To elaborate: When Carl is trying to figure out how to return Russell home, he has an [[Imagine Spot]] of lowering him on a rope onto the roof a skyscraper. As Russell is being lowered, he comments, "Hey, I can see your house from here!"
* ''[[A Bug's Life
* At the end of ''[[
== Films -- Live Action ==
* ''[[Charlie and
{{quote| '''Grandpa Joe:''' Look over here, Charlie! I think I see our house.}}
* ''Head in the Clouds''
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'''John Thwaite:''' Can you see my house from up there?<br />
'''Yuri Gagarin:''' Yes. All the houses. I see. }}
* Used during the first test flight of the ''Thunder Road'' in ''[[
* ''[[Shanghai Noon|Shanghai Knights]]'' uses a variation when Roy is stranded on the hands of Big Ben after being knocked through the clockface by Lord Rathbone.
{{quote| '''Roy:''' Lord, help me. Just let me know you're there. Love me, hate me, but let me know you're up there. ''(pause)'' Hey, I can see our hotel from here. Wow.}}
* Appears literally in ''[[
* ''[[Inspector Gadget (
* ''[[Police Academy]] 4: Citizens on Patrol'' has Zed say this when he, Mahoney, Tackleberry, Sweetchuck, and a female news reporter are flying after escaped prisoners in bi-planes.
== Literature ==
* [[Psycho for Hire]] Carcer from ''[[Discworld
** The ''[[
** In ''[[Discworld
{{quote| '''Cohen:''' I can see ''everyone's'' house from here!}}
* In one of [[George Carlin]]'s books, there is a scene in which Jesus is being interviewed about his life. He comments that when he was crucified, he could see his house from atop the cross (he also said that one never wants to be crucified on an empty stomach, but... yeah).
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''.
{{quote| '''Klingon Captain Volok:''' ''(observing a holographic simulation of Kronos, the Klingon capital city)'' Hey. I can see my house from here.}}
* Inverted in the ''[[
{{quote| '''Jack O'Neill:''' Carter... I can see my house!}}
* A frequent variation used in ''[[
{{quote| "I can see my house from up here! I can see ''everyone's'' house from up here!"}}
* A date in an episode of ''[[Frasier]]'' ''wonders'' if she can see her apartment from his balcony; he then makes a sly comment that if she can he owns a telescope.
* Seen in the episode "Stage Fright" of ''[[Dollhouse]]'' when Lubov comments on how high up they are on the penthouse balcony. He also uses several related phrases such as "the people look like ants."
* Joe on ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' says this when trying to talk Lowell off the steeple.
* The ''[[
{{quote| '''Tag:''' I wonder if you can see my apartment from up here.<br />
'''Rachel:''' No, no you can't. }}
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{{quote| '''London:''' Hey, I can see my house from here!<br />
'''Guy she's in space with:''' No you ca- Oh, that's a big house... }}
* Famously inverted by [[Tina Fey]] during the famous ''[[
* When the Bundy family of ''[[Married...
* Two members of the Casseta & Planeta troupe invoked the common inversion when they were at a balloon. The second one not only pointed out the people who "look like ants" were ants but also that they had yet to leave the floor.
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* ''[[Crackdown]]''
{{quote| '''Agency:''' ''(upon reaching a great height)'' I can see my house from here!}}
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Police Helicopter Pilot 1:''' Hey, I can see my house from here!}}
* From ''[[
** Which refers back to ''Warcraft 2'' where the goblin zeppelins would say "I can see my house!"
** ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has a goblin demonstrating a cannon proclaim "I can hit my house from here!"
* In ''[[
{{quote| '''Scout:''' Huh-hey! I can see my *base* from here!}}
* In ''[[Spider-Man (
* One character says "I think I can see my house from here" in ''[[Quake (
* ''[[
* In the Turkish museum heist level of ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[Command and Conquer Red Alert 3
* The player's campsite is apparently visible from several places in the ''[[
* Spoken by Archie when the heroes {{spoiler|first arrive on the moon}} in the comedy, turn-based strategy game Highborn.
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[A Modest Destiny]]'', Maxim swims to the top of a giant slime that is consuming his hometown and the surrounding countryside. Looking around, he says, "I can see my house from here!... What's left of it, anyway."
* ''[[
* In ''Dandy and Company'', Dandy and Bernard go on a roller coaster in a Disney World-esque theme park that goes so high up, Dandy exclaims he can see their house from up there. And it's ''in Ohio''.
* [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2003-07-03 This strip] of ''[[Nodwick]]'':
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** After being blown away by Lich, one of the Lawninja comments that he can see his "law-dojo" from here.
* [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/10/3/ In this Penny Arcade comic.] Gabe makes this comment as a joke about a trend chart.
* [http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20100509 Said by Dixie] from ''[[What's New
* Said by Merlin in ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'' ... in [http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0147.htm a parody] of the [[Wizard Duel]] between [[The Lord of the Rings
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* Played with [http://punditkitchen.com/2009/03/21/political-pictures-military-yo-mama/ here].
{{quote| "I can see my house from here!"<br />
"I can see ''[[Your Mom
* When [[Atop the Fourth Wall
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
{{quote| '''The Mayor:''' ''(while being held over Townsville Hall)'' Say! I can see my house from here!}}
* Parodied in an episode of ''[[
* Used in ''[[The Simpsons (
** Also:
{{quote| '''Ruth:''' I actually had some doubts about moving to Springfield, especially after that Time cover story, "America's Worst City".<br />
'''Marge:''' You could see our house in that photo! }}
* In an episode of ''[[
* From an episode of ''[[Taz
{{quote| '''Digeri Dingo:''' ''(getting butted off a mountain by a goat)'' Gee, Taz! I can see your house from here!}}
* In ''[[
** A variant used by Hank upon skydiving, "Oh my God, I can see Strickland Propane from here. It's beautiful."
* Ikura from ''[[Sushi Pack]]'' utters this phrase after being turned giant-sized in "A Very Big Deal."
* In a story from ''Kipper'', Kipper and Tiger decide to make their own nest in a tree and Tiger points out "I can see my house!"
* In ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
* Said in the ''[[
* Used in an episode of ''[[El Tigre]]'' as Frida and Manny dangle from the golden eagle twins blimp.
{{quote| '''Frida:''' AHHHHHH! Hey, i can see my house from here. AHHHHHH!}}
* The above-mentioned inversion is used almost verbatim by Michael Eisner and Bill Gates in ''[[
* [[Eek the Cat]] invoked the trope.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* On an episode of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', when Abis Mal becomes [[Large and In Charge]], he says "I can see our hideout from here."
* In an episode of "Ozzy and Drix" when unatural growth spurts happen throughout the city at one piont Drix says "I can see our office from here."
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