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A [[Stock Phrase]] used by a character when he is extremely high up. [[Discredited Trope|Hardly ever played straight anymore.]] For added humor, the character may have been launched into the air, and some variation of this phrase will come drifting back to those left below.
A common inversion is "We're so high up they look like ants!" "
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== Anime & Manga ==
* The title character of ''[[Yotsuba&!]]'' claims she can do this from a [[Shrines and Temples|hilltop shrine]]. Her father gently turns her 90 degrees to face the right direction.
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* Used to an extent in Jason Mraz's song "Plane". He sees ''her'' house.
{{quote|''I'm leaving your town again
''And I'm over the ground that you've been spinning
''And I'm up in the air, so baby hell yeah,
''Honey I can see your house from here.'' }}
* In 1979, progressive rock band Camel made an album entitled ''I Can See Your House From Here''. The cover art depicts an astronaut crucified on a perspex cross looking down on Earth from orbit.
* Toy Box's "Super Duper Man" has this exact line in its lyrics.
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* In the Turkish museum heist level of ''[[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]]'', 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]]'' has an example of this in the DS version - On [[New Game+]], you can turn on [[Everything'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
* In ''[[Command & Conquer:
* The player's campsite is apparently visible from several places in the ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''.
* Spoken by Archie when the heroes {{spoiler|first arrive on the moon}} in the comedy, turn-based strategy game Highborn.
* Played with in the last Nazi Zombie map ,"Moon". Richtofen says, "Dempsey, I can see your house form here. It's on fire!"
== Web Comics ==
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* [http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20100509 Said by Dixie]{{broken link}} from ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]''.
* 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|Gandalf and Saruman]] on the Tower of Orthanc.
== Web Original ==
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