Mad Libs Catchphrase: Difference between revisions

 

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* Nozomu Itoshiki, ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'': "I'm in despair! [The subject of today's episode] has left me in despair!"

** Or, with the recent change to the manga's translator: "It's hopeless! I've lost all faith in [subject of today's chapter]!"

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': This Mad Libs Catchphrase has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!

* ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'': "My [adjective] [noun], Margery Daw!"

 

== Comic Books ==

* Obelix from ''[[Asterix]]'':

{{quote|These [ethnic group]s are ''crazy!''}}

 

== Fan Works ==

"I'm not very strong, but I'm dext'rous."

"I'm not very brave, but I am loyal."}}

 

== Film ==

* In the narration of [[The Gallagher Girls]] novels, Cammie tends to provide emphasis in the form of "Yes, ''actual'' [[Buffy-Speak|[blank]age.]]" For example: "Yes, ''actual'' smileage."

* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': In ''A Dance With Dragons'', Reek tries to remind himself of his name (he also has the [[Catch Phrase]], "I have to remember my ''name''") with the help of the [[Madness Mantra]] "Reek, Reek, it rhymes with [word that rhymes with reek]." He also uses it on Jeyne: "Jeyne, Jeyne, it rhymes with [rhyming word]." The latter is usually "pain".

 

* ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' practically ran on these, with many of them falling into [[Memetic Mutation|everyday use]]:

{{quote|'''CJ:''' I didn't get where I am today by [action/behavior].

** "The [gendered personal noun] who waited."

** New from Series 6. The Doctor: "Imagine/It's like [an idea]. [[Lies to Children|Actually, it's nothing like that, but if it helps...]]" (as in:

then later:

* ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete]]'' occasionally uses "This is [person]. And this is [person's posession]" as a substitute for Big Pete's usual, varying [[Opening Monologue]]s, specifically during the shorts when brevity was of the essence.

* Angus Deyton on ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' had "The words 'X' and 'Y' spring to mind."

* In ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', perilous situations would often result in the Cat exclaiming, "That's it, we're [[Deader Than Disco|deader than]] [''outmoded item of clothing'']!"

* Schneider from ''[[One Day At a Time]]'' would frequently dispense some bit of mangled wisdom or advice by prefacing it with either "Please always remember, and don't ever forget..." or "Don't ever forget, and please always remember..."

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

* [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] had a few of these, most commonly "Why don't you [noun/verb] your ass on out of here!" and "I'm gonna take your [noun], shine it up real nice, turn that sumbitch sideways, and stick it straight up your candy ass!"

 

== Radio ==

* ''[[Car Talk]]'': "...and even though [NPR personality has an unpleasant reaction] whenever they hear ''us'' say it, this is [[NPR]]."

* On ''[[Hello Cheeky]]'', Denis King always introduced himself with "Hi, fans! Denis "Nickname" King here!". Then there was this, which everyone got to deliver at one point or another -- "Meanwhile, in a [location], not a thousand miles from [noun related to location]..."

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** Endings: "'There's always an ending,' said [someone or something]."

* In another ''Exalted'' example, the description of each of the Sidereal castes in their particular sourcebook starts with "Life is [noun/phrase relevant to the caste's purview]". Likewise, the description of each of the Terrestrial (Dragon-Blooded) elemental aspects in ''their'' sourcebook starts with a two-word sentence: "[Element] [verb which that element does]s."

 

== Video Games ==

* A cheat for [[Age of Empires III]] makes the name of a unit's killer pop up above the victim, with "'d!" on the end, as a shoutout to [[Teen Girl Squad]]. Shot by a cannon? ''Culverin'd!'' Shot by American Militia? ''Minuteman'd!'' Get run over by the carriage on the end of a train? ''Caboose'd!'' And so on.

 

* "[[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|Nazi science]] sneers at ____!" - Colonel Haken in [[Irregular Webcomic]].

* Kiki from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':

* Donna Tubbs on ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'', sweet [food] and [another food]

* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' has Captain Fanzone frequently say "This is why I hate machines!" It even became the title of his [[A Day in the Limelight]] episode. However, on rare occasion he hates something else.