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A common inversion is "We're so high up they look like ants!" "They are ants, you idiot!"
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== Anime & Manga ==
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== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series (Web Video)|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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* Done in ''[[Up (Film)|Up]]''... while looking upwards.
** 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 BugsBug's Life (Animation)|A Bugs Life]]'' has the inversion. Funny because they actually are ants, and the person saying it is a butterfly.
* At the end of ''[[Mr. Bug Goes to Town (Film)|Mr. Bug Goes to Town]]'', after Bugville has relocated to the top of a building, a bug looks down and says that the humans look like little bugs.
 
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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 ''[[Saturday Night Live (TV)|Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch where she portrayed [[Sarah Palin]]. [[Memetic Mutation|You know the line.]] This quickly became a [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] when applied to Palin herself.<ref>Her actual argument was that her being governor of [[Alaska|the only state]] to share a border with Russia gave her a foreign policy perspective that other governors lacked.</ref>
* When the Bundy family of ''[[Married With Children]]'' gets stuck in holiday traffic, Peg notices she can see their house from the freeway.
* 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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* In the Turkish museum heist level of ''[[Uncharted (Video Game)|Uncharted]] 2: Among Thieves'', Flynn will say something like "Yeah, yeah, you can see your house from here..." if Drake lingers too long on a certain platform on the roof.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XI]]'', NPC passengers on airships usually just mention how crowded the flight is, but occasionally one will say "I wonder if I could see my house from up here...".
* ''[[Disgaea (Video Game)|Disgaea]]'' has an example of this in the DS version - On [[New Game Plus]], you can turn on [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Penguins|Prinny]] commentary, which is basically an MST-type watcher on your top screen, commenting on what's going on. At a very crucial moment, when characters are discussing the balance that one character's very EXISTENCE hinges on, the Prinny says this line, word for word.
* In ''[[Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 (Video Game)|Red Alert 3]]'', Kirov Airships will sometimes remark, "Oh look, is that your house?" when ordered to attack.
* The player's campsite is apparently visible from several places in the ''[[Kingdom of Loathing (Video Game)|Kingdom of Loathing]]''.
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{{quote| '''Nodwick:''' Hey, I can see your '''tomb''' from here.<br />
'''Lich-Lord Malignix:''' I might be able to say the '''same''' about '''you'''... }}
* ''[[Eight 8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'': After Black Mage blows them all high into the air with a massive explosion spell:
{{quote| '''Fighter''' and '''Red Mage:''' It was only a bee!<br />
'''Black Mage:''' [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|Not no mo' it ain't!]]<br />
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* 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: EarthsEarth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'', Wasp looks over Manhattan from the [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier|Heli-Carrier]] and comments "I can see my penthouse from up here!"
* Said in the ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show (Animation)|The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' episode "Black Hole".
* Used in an episode of ''[[El Tigre]]'' as Frida and Manny dangle from the golden eagle twins blimp.
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* The above-mentioned inversion is used almost verbatim by Michael Eisner and Bill Gates in ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]''.
* [[Eek the Cat]] invoked the trope.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', during a play production of the founding of Equestria, Fluttershy says "I can see my ''future'' house from here!"
* On an episode of ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|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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* And so is all the other maps that has satellite imagery
* Of course, there's the [[Sarah Palin]] "I can see Russia from my house" inversion.
** [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|Which was actually said by]] [[Tina Fey]].
 
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