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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' dub:
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{{quote|If I had a nickel for every cigarette your mother smoked, I'd be dead.}}
== [[
* ''[[Batman]]'' (1966): "Devilishly [[The Joker|clown prince of crime]]! If I only had a nickel for every time he's baffled us!"
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== [[Literature]] ==
* A repeated joke in [[Discworld]] novels.
** In ''[[
** And in ''[[
** In ''[[
* In ''[[So Long and Thanks For All The Fish]]'', Ford Prefect says: "If I had a pound for every time one part of the universe looked at another part of the universe and say 'thats terrible' I wouldn't be sitting here like a lemon asking you to bring me a cup of coffee, but I don't and I am."
* [[Maximum Ride]] uses this occasionally.
== [[Live
* ''[[Ballykissangel]]'''s episode "River Dance":
{{quote|'''Assumpta Fitzgerald:''' Thanks for last night. You were good.
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{{quote|If I had a dollar for every name that you just dropped
you'd be here and I'd be on a yacht. }}
== [[Radio]] ==
* From the radio show ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'', in a Guy Noir sketch set in New York:▼
{{quote|'''Sue Scott's character:''' If I had a nickel for every time I have seen people talking on the phone while they drove today, I could buy the Taj Mahal. Or a studio apartment in Brooklyn.}}▼
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* Mitch Hedberg: "If I had a quarter for every time this happened, I'd be making money in a very odd way."▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
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{{quote|'''[[Leprechaun|Liam The Leprechaun:]]''' If I had a nickel, for every time the Annoying Orange annoyed me; well I wouldn't need to find my pot of gold now, would I? ''(laughs)'' I still want to though.}}
* ''[[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]]'' got a [http://notalwaysright.com/a-beautiful-nickel photo] where that phrase is used in a compliment.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* ''[[The Oblongs]]'' had a subversion: "If I had a nickel for every dollar I had, I'd still be rich"
* [[The Xs]] had a double subversion. When dad said that if he had a nickel for every time his cooking skills saved his life, he stopped to make the calculation, and said he would have 5 dollars. While the money isn't a lot, that actually is a lot of Life saving.
▲* From the radio show ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'', in a Guy Noir sketch set in New York:
▲{{quote|'''Sue Scott's character:''' If I had a nickel for every time I have seen people talking on the phone while they drove today, I could buy the Taj Mahal. Or a studio apartment in Brooklyn.}}
▲* Mitch Hedberg: "If I had a quarter for every time this happened, I'd be making money in a very odd way."
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