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{{quote|''"Mr. Sun came up and he smiled at me<br />
''Said "It's gonna be a good one, just wait and see!"<br />
''Jumped out of bed, and I ran outside<br />
''Feeling so extra-ecstatified<br />
''It's the best day ever! (best day ever) <br />
''It's the best day ever! (best day ever)"''|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLYoeQc5VlU "Best Day Ever"], ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]''}}
 
A line used in kids' shows, sitcoms, and [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs|kids' sitcoms]], at the beginning of the episode, just before [[Hilarity Ensues]].
 
The characters will be discussing whatever the subject of the episode is and someone will say, "This is gonna be the best (whatever) EVER!" Then, everything goes horribly wrong, but of course later they realize that it didn't go SO badly after all. "It really was the best (something) ever!"
 
Not to be confused with [[Most Triumphant Example (Sugar Wiki)|Most Triumphant Example]], which is your Personal Favorite Whatever, Ever. Contrast with [[Worst Whatever Ever]].
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== Fan Works ==
* Subverted in ''[[I'm a Marvel And ImI'm ADCa DC]]''. On the prospect of Marvel losing the Transformers right, [[Spider-Man]] was about to say "This is the worst decision that Marvel has ever made!" Until [[Deadpool]] showed him the severed head of [[Fan Nickname|Dudepeel]] (his version from ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''), in which Spidey retracted his Transformers comment into "This is the ''second'' worst decision that Marvel has ever made!"
* In ''[[Avatar: theThe Abridged Series]]'', Aang describes his own move of freezing himself and Appa in a ball of ice as the "Best. Plan. Ever."
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-[[Oh The Abridged Series]]'', Seto is shown [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|a giant rock]] and is told that his destiny is to play a "Children's Card Game" for the rest of time.
{{quote| '''Kaiba:''' Best. Destiny. Ever!}}
 
 
== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[The Incredibles]]'': After a day that involved fighting an army of [[Mooks]], escaping an [[Island Base]] on a rocket and taking down a giant robot, Dash shouts, "That was the best vacation ever!"
* ''[[Tangled (Disney)|Tangled]]'': After she leaves her tower for the first time in her life, Rapunzel finds herself conflicted between guilt over disobeying her "mother" Gothel, and the the sense of liberation over being outside for the first time, resulting in a string of rapid-fire [[Gilligan Cut|Gilligan Cuts]]s;
{{quote| '''Rapunzel:''' ''(joyous)'' I can't believe I did this.<br />
''(scared)'' I can't believe I did this! Mother would be so furious.<br />
That's OK though, I mean what she doesn't know won't kill her.<br />
''(guilty)'' Oh my gosh. This would kill her.<br />
''(joyous)'' This is so fun!<br />
''(guilty)'' I, am a horrible daughter. I'm going back. <br />
''(joyous)'' I am never going back!<br />
''(guilty)'' I am a despicable human being. <br />
''(joyous)'' '''Woo-hoo! [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|Best. Day. Ever!]]''' }}
 
 
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== Live-Action TV ==
* The Doctor points out this trope in the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Impossible Planet":
{{quote| '''The Doctor:''' Oh come on! Did you have to? "No turning back," that's almost as bad as "Nothing could possibly go wrong," or "This is gonna be the best [[Soapland Christmas|Christmas]] [[Eastenders|Walford's]] ever had!" }}
* Hiro and the Comic Book Shop Guy both say "Best. Day. Ever." in a Season 3 episode of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''. In their defense, it really ''was'' a pretty awesome day for both characters. Hiro teleported himself into a comic book store, and the shop guy realized that Hiro was the guy from their comic books.
* On ''[[Firefly]]'', after Simon and River are kidnapped, Jayne goes through their stuff for valuables and stops a moment to pretend he's reading aloud from Simon's diary:
{{quote| "Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. ''(turns page)'' Today we were kidnapped by hill folk, never to be seen again. It was the best day ever."}}
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Xander has to attend a Saturday computer class and hears Cordelia does too: "Ooo, did you hear that? An extra day of class AND Cordelia! Throw in a little rectal surgery and it's my best day ever!" ([[Don't Explain the Joke|Clearly not his best day ever.]])
** Buffy thinks a present Xander got her is the best present ever. The present? A ''rocket launcher'' he stole from the local army base to kill a demon.
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== Video Games ==
* Used at the ending of ''[[Hotel Mario (Video Game)|Hotel Mario]]'', where Mario, Luigi and Peach address the fourth wall and say "You're the best player ever!" Well, you deserve ''some'' kind of recognition for [[Fake Difficulty|actually playing through the game]].
* [[Dissidia Final Fantasy|"THE]] [[Final Fantasy VIII|GREATEST]] [[Limit Break|ATTACK]] '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVP6tPnUorM EVER!"]'''
* Zoey Payne of SSX becomes the creator and manager of the event. To her it's the best job ever.
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', Elan says this several times.
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0056.html "It was the best adventure EVER!"] By the end of the page, he gets stabbed.
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0647.html Strip #647:]
{{quote| '''Elan:''' Woooooo! Wind Walk is the best cleric spell ever!!!<br />
'''Durkon:''' Dinnae look down, dinnae look down, dinnae look down... }}
** Elan concludes what would otherwise be a [[No Dialogue Episode]] by [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0750.html "That was the best day EVER!"]. Of course, said day isn't finished, and it gets [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0757.html much], [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0759.html MUCH] [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0763.html worse].
{{quote| '''Tarquin:''' Here's to us, Elan. We're going to tell the best story EVER.}}
* [[Super Stupor]]: The Best Divorce Story Ever
 
 
== Web Original ==
* This is the one of the [[Catch Phrase|Catch Phrases]]s of [[Bum Reviews (Web Video)|Chester A. Bum]]. "OH MY GOD! THIS IS THE GREATEST MOVIE THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!!"
* From ''[[The Onion]]'': "[http://www.theonion.com/articles/amazing-new-hyperbolic-chamber-greatest-invention,1321/ Amazing New Hyperbolic Chamber Greatest Invention In The History Of Mankind Ever]".
* One ''Kids React'' segment featuring [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DDwh1iKi-0 the Gregory Brothers] gets a "best idea EVER!" from one of the kids.
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== Western Animation ==
* Seems to be a [[Stock Phrase]] in Nickelodeon shows. Case in point, about every second episode of ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]''.
* ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]''
** The episode "Best Day Ever" (from which the opening quote comes from). SpongeBob's plans for the best day ever get sidetracked when he helps his friends with various crises.
** SpongeBob once described being on television as "The greatest thing to happen in the history of history!"
* One episode of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' had the title character going through a list of things that would make the best Saturday ever, but no kid had ever successfully completed. Two of the first items are eat a bowl of cereal while watching cartoons ''all'' morning. He oversleeps, the milk is spoiled, and the TV goes out. [[It Gets Worse]] from there.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''; the episode "Best Rainy Day Adventure Ever" is actually considered by fans one of the best PPG episodes ever.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': Bart and Lisa are certain the trip to [[Jurassic Park|Itchy 'n' Scratchy Land]] will be the [[Killer Robot|best vacation ever!]] Subverted in that it really was the best vacation ever. Double Subverted in that they promised to never speak of it again.
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** One episode is called "The Best Lazy Day Ever". And it was.
** "[[Up to Eleven|And the forecast says that tomorrow will likely be a million and six time better!]]"
* A [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' is titled "The Best Christmas Story '''N'''ever"; another is called "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever".
** Also Steve's reaction to Mex's catchphrase on ''[[Show Within a Show|Tex and Mex]]''. "Best. Catchphrase. Ever."
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'', an ad is shown for "Hasbro's Best Thing Ever" (a short of Silly Putty actually). Stewie, watching the commercial, enthusiastically shouts: "I want it!"
* In the ''[[Veggie Tales (Animation)|Veggie Tales]]'' [[Christmas Special]], they successfully have the Best Christmas Ever.
* The first season of ''[[Moral Orel]]'' ended with (or began with, depending on your point of view) an episode titled "The Best Christmas Ever", in which Orel is determined to make this Christmas just that. The subversion? The episode has such a [[Downer Ending]] that the commentary for the episode mentioned that [[Adult Swim]] got several letters from people saying the episode ruined their Christmas.
* In ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "Betrayal", Beast Boy ate a pie offered by Terra and compliments with, "This is the best pie... in the history of pies."
* In the ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'' episode where the kids get trapped on a school bus on a snow day because [[Alpha Bitch|Kendall]] [[Rich Bitch|Perkins]] had her dad call the school to make it a school day, they take so long getting to school that school hours are over, much to the disappointment of [[TeachersTeacher's Pet|Kendall]]. The episode ends with Kick and Gunther declaring "[[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|Best. Snow day. Ever.]]"
* The season one finale of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' was entitled "The Best Night Ever". The mane cast had spent the entire season dreaming about the upcoming Grand Galloping Gala,<ref>for the pony-illiterate: an annual society party thrown by the ponies' universally-beloved God-Empress</ref>, and are determined to make sure it is the [[Title Drop|Best Night Ever]] at any cost. Unfortunately their efforts end up making the party an unqualified disaster (like, they actually cause significant damage to the venue), except that later Princess Celestia<ref>aforementioned God-Empress</ref> comes and tells them that it was, in fact, the Best Night Ever, at least compared to the stuffy Galas of previous years; the reason she had invited Twilight and her friends to the Gala was in the hopes they would liven things up.
** Not to mention that Rainbow Dash quotes the trope twice in 'Sonic Rainboom' when she A: does the Sonic Rainboom, and B: gets to meet the Wonderbolts and wins the Best Young Flyer award.
** Again in the second season finale.
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