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A [[Stock Phrase]], and a staple of surrealistic comedy, this trope effectively combines a [[Watsonian]] [[Hand Wave]] with a [[Noodle Incident]] to explain the presence of something bizarre or otherwise impossible for the given setting.
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== Film ==
* In ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'', Egg Shen disappears after the fight in the assembly hall, then abruptly reappears to throw his friends an escape rope through a hole in the ceiling. When asked how the he got up there, Egg just says "It wasn't easy!"
* In ''[[Jaws the Revenge]]'', Hoagie is asked how he managed to escape from the shark. His only answer was "It wasn't easy!".
* ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' (the first film) ends with Clouseau in police protection, chased by a mob of women convinced he is the sexiest jewel thief in the world. How did he end up in that situation? "Well, you know, it wasn't easy."
== Literature ==
* From ''[[The Culture/Consider Phlebas|Consider Phlebas]]'' by [[Iain M Banks]]:
{{quote|"Unarmed, you killed an Idiran in full battle armour and toting a laser?" Horza said sceptically. Balveda shrugged again.
"Horza, I didn't say it was easy." }}
▲== Live Action Television ==
* Maxwell Smart of ''[[Get Smart]]'' uses a variation of this as one of his many catch phrases. When asked "How did you do X," or "How do you plan to do Y," he will invariably respond, "With great difficulty."
== [[Video Game]] ==
* Garrus utters one in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', when you find out that HE'S the one who's pissed off every major mercenary/criminal organization in the Terminus Systems to the point where they're all working together to bring him down. The line goes, in his usual sarcastic (albeit tired) tone:
{{quote|''It wasn't easy... I reaaaallly had to work at it.''}}
== Western Animation ==
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