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** "And now here it is, your moment of zen..." <ref> The end of every episode, showing a clip that didn't make the final cut or an extended version of a previously shown clip.</ref>

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** Roll 2:12! <ref> Originates from the Jim Cramer interview, where Jon had videos prepared of statements Cramer had made on his show, which contradicted parts of his explanation. Became a [[Running Gag]] for a while for Jon to shout it before playing a video clip of someone saying something in the past that conflicted with their more recent statements.</ref>

** The Romulan "It's a FAAAAAAKE!" guy from ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' is pretty memetastic, and a source of [[Narm|narmynarm]]y goodness, as depicted in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXWQIiFxjbc this video].

** "Da-da DA DA DA DA DA da-da DA DA..." <ref> Fight music, especially when Kirk and Spock fight on Vulcan when Spock goes into heat</ref>

** Guys? Where are we? <ref> One of Charlie's lines at the end of the pilot episode, indicating to the audience that the survivors aren't on a normal island.</ref>

** 4+8+15+16+23+42=[[108]]. <ref> The [[Arc Number|memetic numbers]] of the series and their sum, which appear in the plot on multiple occasions.</ref>

** "Hey, you got yourself a fish biscuit! How'd you do that?" <ref> Said by Tom to Sawyer in a season three episode when the latter is being held in a polar bear cage, [http://fishbizkit.ytmnd.com famously remixed on YTMND].</ref>

** Keamy makes good eggs. Poached or fried. <ref> From a season six scene when the villainous Keamy [[Affably Evil|affably offers to make Sayid some eggs.]]</ref>

** Locke is gonna blow your shit up. <ref> From Locke's habit of blowing objects up during season three.</ref>

** [http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Jackface JACKFACE!] <ref> Jack's habit of making strange faces, which was turned into a [[Drinking Game]]. Referenced [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1230 here] in a [[Cyanide and Happiness]] comic.</ref>

** WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!!!!!!! <ref> Michael's [[Narm|Narmy]]y cry for his kidnapped son Walt, heard at the end of season one and frequently during season two.</ref>

** X, dammit, ''RUN!!'' <ref> In reference to a season three cliffhanger when Jack orders Kate to escape and yells "Kate, dammit, RUN!"</ref>

** WHY IS THERE A DEAD PAKISTANI ON MY COUCH?! <ref> One of the many humorous lines that comes from Hurley's mother. She's referencing Sayid, who is neither Pakistani nor dead.</ref>

** [[Blatant Lies|Ben lied.]] <ref> Ben is known for frequently lying on the show, to the extent that his [[Catch Phrase]] is "I lied."</ref>

** "We're the good guys." "Well, how about that?" <ref> Lines frequently uttered by the Others.</ref>

** See you in another life, brother. <ref> Desmond's Catch Phrase, occasionally repeated by other characters.</ref>

** "We have to go back, Kate!" <ref> A famous line from the [[Meta Twist]] final scene of the season three finale.</ref>

** A popular one on [[IMDb]] around Season 4 was, "With ''[[Cane]]'' canceled, Nestor Carbonell should be free for ''[[Lost]].''" <ref> Nestor Carbonell plays the popular character Richard Alpert, who was largely absent during most of season four because he was working on the show ''Cane.'' After ''Cane'' was canceled, he was able to make more appearances, eventually becoming a regular cast member by season six.</ref>

** Is Mr. Eko gonna have to hit you with his Jesus Stick? <ref> [[Badass Preacher]] Mr. Eko carries around for a weapon a stick with Bible verses carved in it. On the show, Charlie nicknamed it the "Jesus Stick," a name that the fans embraced.</ref>

** Richard is [[stealing your innocence]]! <ref> Fans took the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of Richard saying that young Ben's innocence will be lost and ran with it, making Richard into a borderline [[Memetic Molester]].</ref>

** "You can't come with us, Kate!" <ref> Kate frequently wants to come along whenever Jack and/or Sawyer is doing something.</ref>

** How you doin'? <ref> Joey's [[Catch Phrase]] that he uses to attract women.</ref>

** [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|OH...MY...GOD!]] <ref> Recurring character Janice's [[Incoming Ham]] [[Catch Phrase]]</ref>

** "Could this quote ''be'' any more memetic?" <ref> A speech pattern that many of the characters mock Chandler for, despite the fact that they use it to mock him more than he uses it himself.</ref>

** [[Never Live It Down|WE WERE ON A BREEEEAAAAAKKK!!]] <ref> Ross's frequent insistence that he was not in the wrong for sleeping with the girl at the copy place because he and Rachel were on a break.</ref>

** Now this is a story all about how/My life got flipped, turned upside down/And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there/I'll tell you how I become the prince of a town called Bel-Air. <ref> The opening theme song of the series, became an endemic [[Interrupting Meme]] in many parts of the internet.</ref>

*** Additionally, ''The Fresh Prince of'' [insert title here], or some variation thereof. <ref> There's a fad among video makers that involves synching the show's theme song with other music, claiming that it works with any kind of music. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRBjND_899U Unsurprisingly,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPF0zjOq2s it] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0WAn8qEkOU does.] ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w61hulBveXM Too]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuQGPILDKfI well,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hcx3boKEUI in] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWWDa2rLpqI fact.] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TEK9Fu55m4 No,] ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ZYitN-QAg seriously.]'' This seems to have been inspired by the [[Street Fighter/Memes|Guile theme goes with anything]] meme in the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' fandom. Naturally, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3qus-O2uGA the two themes go together,] which is a total [[Mind Screw|mind @#$%]].</ref>

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKlxjbhB9HE The Carlton Dance.] <ref> Carlton ''looooved'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS1cLOIxsQ8 to break out into dance to Tom Jones.] Even ''Will'' (who usually gave this antic a [[Fascinating Eyebrow]]) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ANUkOyDNQ joined in for the final time.]</ref>

*** JUMP ON IT! JUMP ON IT! JUMP ON IT! <ref> ''Another'' dance involving Will and Carlton; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSpnneXeDKY this time,] it was a duo act used to win a contest.</ref>

** "It's never lupus." "... Until that time!" <ref> It became a [[Running Gag]] that the team would keep suspecting the patient had lupus only to be proven wrong, to the point were House used a hollowed lupus textbook for storage. The joke died swiftly after there was a patient who ''actually had lupus''.</ref>

** Tritter and his [[Memetic Molester|tendency for rape.]] <ref> Tritter was unbelievably creepy in all of his appearances, and the fandom immediately leaped to "serial rapist".</ref>

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj79HoFyWBM "I'm not on antidepressants; I'm on speeeeeeeeeeeed!"] <ref> House drugs Wilson with amphetamines, leading to this line.</ref>

** Be not afraid. (For the nymphs have taught Wilson how to please a woman.) <ref> In a spectacular [[Crowning Moment of Funny]], House discovers that Wilson was once in a pornographic film and said this line. Cue ''every person in the hospital'' saying this to Wilson in one form or another.</ref>

** Another life saved by girl-on-girl action. <ref> One of House's many quips, referring to how he wouldn't have managed to diagnose the patient if [[Bi the Way|Thirteen]] hadn't kissed her.</ref>

** "Legen-wait for it and I hope you're not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is-DAIRY!" <ref> Barney's [[Running Gag]] of calling things "Legendary" and having [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]].</ref>

** Haaaaave you met Ted? <ref> Barney's introduction of Ted to random women, including the one who kicks off the whole show, Robin.</ref>

** LAWYERED! <ref> Marshall's exclamation upon kicking legal ass.</ref>

** Suit up! <ref> Barney's rallying cry to his friends. Because suits are awesome.</ref>

** But, um... isn't it pronounced encyclopaedia? <ref> Robin has a habit of saying but um and it was turned into a drinking game by viewers of her show. Ted also has trouble pronouncing encyclopedia.</ref>

** NOBODY ASKED YOU PATRICE!! <ref> A jealous Robin screams this at a coworker who sighs that Barney's [[Grand Romantic Gesture]] towards Nora is "so dreamy."</ref>

** I LOVE EVERYONE IN THIS BAR! <ref> Ted shouts this to an appreciative crowd in McLaren's Bar while drunkenly performing for them. A common reaction gif, the proper response is "We love you too, Drunk!Ted!"</ref>

** And the number one threat to America? [[Everything Is Worse With Bears|BEARS!]] <ref> The Threat Down segment lists the current "theats to America", with bears originally always number one (Colbert, either actually or as part of his persona, has a massive fear of bears).</ref>

** Great X? Or ''the greatest'' X? <ref> A common question Colbert asks his guests, parodying the questions a lot of "real" news pundits ask.</ref>

** All people who have ever viewed TV Tropes, and Senator Jon Kyl have had sexual relations with some form of poultry. (Not intended to be a factual statement). <ref> After Jon Kyl said that 90% of what the Planned Parenthood organization did was funding abortion, he was called out on the fact that the actual figure was somewhere around 3%. He responded that it wasn't intended to be a factual statement.</ref>

** "He's put my stapler in jelly again!" <ref> Tim put Gareth's stapler in a jelly mould as a prank</ref>

** "I'm the Assistant Regional Manager-" "Assistant TO the Regional Manager." <ref> Gareth/Dwight think the former is his title, when it's actually the latter, though it's technically meaningless either way</ref>

** "I got some/free love on the Free Love Freeway..." <ref> David Brent's 'spontaneous' acoustic guitar performance at what's meant to be a seminar</ref>

** "''I think there's been a rape up there!''" <ref> At the same seminar, David Brent is doing a role play as a hotel guest complaining about noise upstairs, while the seminar leader plays a concierge ignoring his complaints; David blurts this out to 'get his attention', stunning the conference room into silence</ref>

** "I'm Old Gregg!" -- even—even though the character [[One-Scene Wonder|only appeared in one episode]].

** During the course of a typical interview, Hansen will read [[Bowdlerise|"explicit"]] lines such as "that's terribly sexy" or "I like rape" from the transcripts of chats between the alleged predators and non-underage decoys. These quotes are often remixed as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IwCtMc0ZP8 pick-up lines], used for [[Troll|trollingtroll]]ing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur4aqkyCzPA purposes,] or combined with [[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|other]] memetic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD8xjcN-0q8 material. ]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0 The world is just awesome.] <ref> A popular advertisement for the [[Discovery Channel]], partially for its highly exploitable snowclone nature, as shown below.</ref>

** Speaking of ''[[Law and Order]]'', six words: [[Suddenly Sexuality|"Is this because I'm a lesbian?"]] <ref> Serena Southerlyn, upon being fired. One of the most famous [[Ass Pulls]] in history.</ref>

** "Am I missing an eyebrow?" <ref> Adam's reaction after a small scale experiment isn't quite as small as they expected. For the record, he was.</ref>

** Jamie wants [[Stuff Blowing Up|big boom]]. <ref> The single instance of Jamie being less eloquent than Adam. Also a fairly accurate summary of the entire series.</ref>

** I reject your reality and substitute my own! <ref> Adam's reaction after being corrected by previous footage of ''himself''. Became an [[Ascended Meme]] when Adam wore a shirt bearing the line.</ref>

** Quack, damn you. <ref> Testing the myth of whether a duck's quack echos, the first step is actually getting the ducks to quack. It doesn't go well.</ref>

** *holds up a busted thingamajig* Well, ''there's'' your problem. <ref> An extensive [[Running Gag]], used after something has been completely destroyed.</ref>

** "Holy crap, ''run!''" <ref> The only viable reaction when things don't go as planned.</ref>

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZigahtFzeE Here, we see a wild Hyneman, in it's natural habitat...] <ref> Adam on occasion will pull out a nature documentary voice and proceed to describe Jamie as if he were some kind of rare animal, with hilarious results.</ref>

** "Driver picks the music. Shotgun shuts his cakehole." <ref> Dean Winchester's rules of the Impala. Meaning Sam should shut up.</ref>

** "Bitch." "Jerk." <ref> How the brothers Winchester declare their love for each other.</ref>

** "I lost my shoe." <ref> Sam lost it down a storm drain while trying to scrape off gum. He was having a very bad day.</ref>

** I'll be in my bunk. <ref> A common [[Unusual Euphemism]], even on this very wiki, for whenever someone is aroused and wants [[A Date with Rosie Palms]].</ref>

** Also? I can kill you with my brain. <ref> River's warning to Jayne. Used as a summary for [[Psychic Powers]].</ref>

*** Ceiling River is watching you procreate. <ref> At the end of [[The Movie]], River uses a hole in the ceiling to watch Simon and Kaylee take it to floor.</ref>

** [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!]] <ref> The entirety of Wash's first appearance, in which he plays with his dinosaurs, is a meme in one way or another.</ref>

*** Ain't we just! <ref> Both a [[Trope Namer]] and an example of Mal's dedication to [[True Companions|his crew]] and being a [[Badass]].</ref>

** Special hell. <ref> Book's warning to Mal about a special hell "reserved for child molesters and people who talk at the theatre".</ref>

** This food is problematic. <ref> One of [[Cloudcuckoolander|River]]'s classic lines.</ref>

** [[I Call It Vera]]. <ref> Jayne has a lot of affection for his weapons.</ref>

** [[Just Like Robin Hood|He robbed from the rich / And he gave to the poor]] / [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Stood up to the man / And he gave him what for]] / [[Accidental Hero|Our love for him now / Ain't hard to explain]] / [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8omJvCrwRdY The hero of Canton / The man they call Jayne...] <ref> The [[Ear Worm]] of a song in the episode "Jaynestown" made in Jayne's honour.</ref>

** Shiny!<ref> Used on the show to mean "It's fine" or "Cool." ("Everything's shiny, Captain.")</ref>

** Ambitious but rubbish.<ref> Richard Hammond's preferred way to describe himself and his coworkers, the show, and just about everything they do.</ref>

** "My lips match what I say!" <ref> The second season, they had to use an American actress to play the role of Rita. As such, her lips stopped moving in Japanese when she spoke.</ref>

** Black guy as the Black Ranger? That's racist! <ref> In season one of Power Rangers, the Black Ranger was black, and the Yellow Ranger was Asian.</ref>

** [[Memetic Badass|Adam]] [[Memetic Sex God|facts]] <ref> [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] is quite the [[Base Breaker]] among anime fans.</ref>

** [[Memetic Badass|Tommy]] [[Memetic Sex God|facts]] <ref> Tommy actually fought the Megazord, without growing or summoning a zord. And won.</ref>

** [[Memetic Badass|Xander facts]] <ref> Xander is a green ranger, just like Adam and Tommy.</ref>

** Billy Mitchell <ref> An early fanfic name, and the fact that the admiral in Lightspeed Rescue is named William Mitchell.</ref>

** Jason's film career <ref> Rumors that Austin St. John did gay porn. Also slash about Jason/Tommy, [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in the original script for "Forever Red".</ref>

** Tommy's crazy. <ref> Just look at his history. He also apparently created powers of his own for no reason, including apparently creating Dino Thunder's [[Big Bad]].</ref>

** Tommy's faking his Ph.D. <ref> He showed no interest in paleontology in the first five seasons, was known for having a poor memory, and went on to stock car racing.</ref>

** Observe the viewing globe. <ref> In addition to being Zordon's catch phrase, it's also the name of a series of PWP fics involving the Rangers having sex with each other or dying while Zordon and later Billy watches. Amazingly, there's actually characterization and subtext to it.</ref>

** Banned in Australia! <ref> "Agony in Pink", an erotic fanfic about Kimberly being tortured to death, led to a [[Power Rangers]] newsgroup being banned in Australia.</ref>

** [[Artistic License Geography|Geography doesn't work that way.]] <ref> Judging by the show, Angel Grove is a British colony in the LA metro area with an Indian reservation, home to plains Indians, nearby. It also has jungles, glaciers, and volcanos nearby, judging by the zord animation.</ref>

** TOMMMYYYYY! <ref> [[Chickification|Once Tommy appears, Kimberly goes from being one of the most competent Rangers, killing two monsters on her own, to needing to be rescued by him at least once an episode. Kat does this in season 3 and Zeo as well.]]</ref>

** Turbo is the worst season ever. No, Wild Force is the worst season ever. <ref>In ''Turbo'', they replaced the entire cast with characters who quickly became [[The Scrappy]], such as Justin, Dimitria, Blue Senturion, Alpha 6, TJ, and Ashley. There's actually a manifesto at Rangerboard about why ''Wild Force'' is the worst season ever.</ref>

*** "Welcome to Goodburger, home of the Goodburger, can I take your order?" <ref> From the Goodburger sketches</ref>

** "I feel the hurt." <ref> The Okra Winfrey sketches</ref>

** "He's Walter, the Earboy, his ears are really big!" <ref> Theme song to the Earboy sketches</ref>

** "Aww, the life I live is sad!" <ref> Coach Kreeton's catchphrase</ref>

** "Dear Ashley ..." "That's me!" <ref> How every letter being read in the Dear Ashley sketches goes</ref>

** "YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER!!!" <ref> A common phrase for the old man in a prank calling sketch</ref>

** "What's that supposed to mean?!" <ref> Misty's catchphrase in [[Show Within a Show|Moody's Point]]</ref>

** This trope page has been brought to you by the letters "M" and "E", and by the number "2". <ref> Each episode would end with [[Parental Bonus|a parody of advertisement]], each episode "brought to you" by numbers and letters instead of a company.</ref>

** One! Two! ''Two'' Sesame Street references! Ah ah ah! <ref> Count von Count's counting method is a wide-spread meme, applied to many things.</ref>

** OMNOMNOMNOM <ref> The noise Cookie Monster makes when eating cookies. More recently became the defacto onomatopoeia for vigorous eating.</ref>

** Oh no...OH MAN! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jpz_55EdM I totally forgot to bring a meme!] <ref>[[Jack Black]]'s appearance on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?|of all things]] attracted quite a bit of attention, and the skit has been widely used since, especially in [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix|Stupid Statement Dance Mixes]]es.</ref>

** How ''DO'' you get to Sesame Street? <ref> The opening theme asks "can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?", and nobody ever provides an explanation, leading many to ask this question.</ref>

** Don't move! You are surrounded by armed bastards! <ref> Gene Hunt's declaration to bad guys. Co-opted by other characters to be more [[Badass]].</ref>

** Fire up the Quattro. <ref> Gene's cue for a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.</ref>

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI89TD66CT8 Can I get a 'Hell Yeah?' ''--Hell Yeah!''] This troper observed this one live action before the ''[[Farscape]]'' panel at Comic-Con this year. A random audience member shouted the question, and--withoutand—without prior planning--aboutplanning—about a third of the crowd responded.

** "Don't you ever think about anything besides boys and clothes?" "Saving the world from vampires?" <ref> Buffy's reaction to her mother questioning her priorities, before she knew about her daughter's status as [[The Chosen One]].</ref>

** "If the apocalypse comes, beep me." <ref> The Scoobies became increasingly blase about how [[The World Is Always Doomed]].</ref>

** "[[The Load|Dawn]]'s in trouble, [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|must be Tuesday.]]" <ref> A reference to both Dawn being a peril magnet and the formula of the series itself, ''Buffy'' airing on Tuesdays for a while.</ref>

** "Love makes you do the wacky." <ref> Willow's cheery outlook on why relationships cause problems.</ref>

** "I hope it's a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]." <ref> Buffy thinks her mother will have a freakout when she sees how much her college textbooks cost. Becomes the [[Trope Namer]] for [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] when Joyce dies from a brain aneurysm a year later.</ref>

** "I'm sick of being everybody's [[Butt Monkey]]!" <ref> Xander's reaction in the first episode of season 5 when he is mind controlled by Dracula. Not a [[Trope Namer]], but close.</ref>

** "Bored now." <ref> Said several times by Vamp Willow before she does some murdering. Used much later in a horrifying [[Ironic Echo]] when Dark Willow flays Warren alive.</ref>

** "Ben is Glory." <ref> Spike repeatedly attempts to explain this to the rest of the Scoobies, who are influenced by a spell that forgets what they saw if they see Ben turning into Glory or vice versa.</ref>

** "Resolve face." <ref> Willow assures Buffy that she can perform a spell despite her injuries, visually demonstrating her resolve.</ref>

** "Uh, guys, oxygen becoming an issue." <ref> Standard reaction of the Scoobies to being hugged or [[The Glomp|glomped]] too tightly.</ref>

** "And I think I'm kinda gay..." <ref> Willow's reaction to [[Depraved Bisexual|Vamp Willow]]. Used much later as an [[Ironic Echo]] in "Tabula Rasa".</ref>

** [[Talking in Your Sleep|"Don't warn the tadpoles!"]] <ref> Willow after being disturbed from her sleep, explaining that she has frog fear.</ref>

** "Ha! I mock you with my monkey pants!" <ref> Oz's conversation with Willow about how unfair it is that the monkey is the only animal cracker with pants.</ref>

** "Out. For. A. Walk...Bitch." <ref> Buffy gives Spike [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|five words]] to explain why he's in her front yard</ref>

** "Five by Five." <ref> Faith's catchphrase, indicating everything's cool. Derived from a bit of [[Radio Voice|radio communications terminology]] meaning "Loud and Clear".</ref>

** "Fire bad. Tree pretty." <ref> Buffy's exhausted reaction to Sunnydale High blowing up/the sheer craziness of the last few days</ref>

** "You had SEX with GILES?! ''ON A POLICE CAR?!'' ''TWICE?!?!''" <ref> Buffy briefly has psychic powers and hears her mother trying not to think about a secret she's been keeping for months</ref>

** "[[Get Out!]], GET OUT, ''GET OUT''!!" <ref> Dawn...screeching...</ref>

** "My name's Angel. I was born 244 years ago in Ireland. Small town, good family. Twenty seven years into an unremarkable life, I met a woman. She told me she could show me a world I'd never seen... ''She wasn't kidding."'' <ref> Angel's summary of how he became a vampire.</ref>

** Angel Investigations. [[We Help the Helpless]]. <ref> The slogan of Angel Investigations, and in some ways the series as well.</ref>

** I'm brooding! <ref> Angel's tendency for brooding is constantly mocked.</ref>

** ... do the astronauts have weapons? <ref> Spike and Angel having an argument (that soon spreads around the entire office) about whether cavemen could defeat astronauts.</ref>

** [[Angel/Funny|YOU'RE A BLOODY PUPPET!]] <ref> Spike's reaction to Angel being turned into a puppet.</ref>

** [[Joss Whedon|Numfar!]] Do the dance of joy! <ref> Whedon's cameo in one episode, consisting of him dancing.</ref>

** [[Hollywood Tone Deaf|OH MANDY!]] <ref> Angel is a terrible, terrible singer.</ref>

** Can I say something about destiny? [[Screw Destiny]]! If this evil thing comes we'll fight it, and we'll keep fighting it until we whoop it. 'Cause destiny is just another word for inevitable and nothing's inevitable as long as you stand up, look it in the eye, and say "You're evitable!" <ref> Fred's reaction to destiny.</ref>

** I am not a eunuch! <ref> Angel's aggrieved reaction to being called a eunuch.</ref>

* ''[[Monk]]'': It's a gift...[[Blessed with Suck|and a curse]]. <ref> Monk's repeated line about his incredible observation skills which comes with crippling [[Super OCD]].</ref>

** [[Catch Phrase|Here's what happened.]]<ref> Monk says this near the end of most episodes as [[The Summation]]. Led to it being [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in-universe.</ref>

** "BY YOUR COMMAND" <ref> The response of the Cylons in the original series; used as a nice [[Mythology Gag]] in the new series.</ref>

** AND THEY HAVE A PLAN <ref> The final line of the opening credits. Used derisively by fans worried about [[The Chris Carter Effect]].</ref>

*** [[Overly Long Gag|So say we all.]] <ref> In the miniseries, Cmdr. Adama leads a eulogy at a military funeral by these words, emphasizing their unity in the face of genocide. He's ''very'' insistent.</ref>

** [[Unusual Euphemism|Frak off.]] <ref> You can't curse on television, so <a href="http://tutvp.com/click/?s=63452&c=447590" style="color:#006600;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;background:none;padding:0;margin:0;">BSG</a> uses "frak" as a substitution for the F-word.</ref>

* ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'': Jessica Fletcher committed [[Mystery Magnet|all those murders]] herself. <ref> It is a widely known and accepted [[Epileptic Tree]] that Fletcher is actually the world's most prolific serial killer, framing other people for each murder.</ref>

* If you lived in South you must remember the ever so [[Narm|narmfulnarm]]ful commercial for ''Charter Mental Health Hospital.''

** The Gibbs-slap. <ref> Leroy Jethro Gibbs is the master of the [[Dope Slap]]. Do not attempt to avoid the Gibbs-slap, you will fail.</ref>

*** On it, boss. <ref> Standard conversation between Gibbs and either Tony, McGee, or Ziva being [[Captain Obvious]].</ref>

** [[Right Behind Me|He's right behind me, isn't he?]] <ref> Gibbs is ALWAYS right behind you.</ref>

** McFlowerPower McNerd McGoo McGeek McProbie.... <ref> Tony DiNozzo and his many, MANY nicknames for McGee.</ref>

** Indeed. <ref> Teal'C says this on many occasions. Used as shorthand to demonstrate his status as [[The Stoic]].</ref>

** With ''magnets!'' <ref> O'Neill never understands any of the [[Techno Babble]], content to think that everything works with magnets.</ref>

** Mektel shree lotak! Meta...Setak...Oz! <ref> Daniel is told to get on the radio and stall the Goa'ould threatening them. This is his response when he's asked to identify himself; it translates to "I am the Great and Powerful [[The Wizard of Oz (film)|Oz]].</ref>

** "Are you a Russian spy?" "Niet!" <ref> While in the past (during the Cold War), the team is suspected of being spies. The interrogator asks Daniel Jackson, in Russian, if he is a Russian spy. Daniel, being fluent in Russian, replies with "Niet!"</ref>

** "Do you think this is hard? Try doing memes. THAT'S hard!" (And that's how Sue C's it!) <ref> Sue Sylvester lives in the realm of [[Refuge in Audacity]], and signs off her television show with the latter phrase.</ref>

** From the top! <ref> Will Schuester's favorite phrase.</ref>

** Eyes on your own paper. <ref> Will Schuester's OTHER favorite phrase.</ref>

*** "Sex is not dating." [[Les Yay|"If it were, Santana and I would be dating."]] <ref> Ladies and gentlemen, Brittany Pierce. Takes [[Dumb Blonde]] and [[Fountain of Memes]] to a whole new level.</ref>

** The University of Los Angeles. That's in Los Angeles. <ref> Jesse St. James is informing everyone where he intends upon attending college.</ref>

** Think of the mailman! <ref> How Finn attempts to stave off premature ejaculation.</ref>

** That fucking COCKBLOCK PIANO!<ref> When Kurt and Blaine kiss in "Original Songs," it lasts for a ''very'' passionate ten seconds. After they stop to breathe, they practically jump each other for a second kiss--and the scene cuts almost immediately to the Glee Club's pianist playing a keyboard.</ref>

** Suddenly... Karofsky! <ref> A parody of the ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' song "Suddenly Seymour", mocking Karofsky's [[Sudden Sexuality]].</ref>

** "Why is the T-Rex eating the Jew?" <ref> In universe internet reaction to Finn and Rachel's kiss at Nationals.</ref>

** "RESPAWN!!" <ref> Liz purposely sabotages herself so she can 'die' and start over</ref>

** "I want to go to there!" <ref> Liz's expression for something she really wants</ref>

** "Why are wearing a tux?!" "It's after 6, what am I, a farmer?" <ref> Liz has been under the impression she had to come up with jokes for a function Jack's going to tonight; turns out it's months from now, this is just how he dresses for dinner</ref>

** Dancing Phalanges! <ref> Temperance Brennan is trying to keep a baby occupied, except she can't just say "fingers". It somehow manages to be adorable.</ref>

** King of the lab! <ref> Jack Hodgins and Zach Addy's ongoing contest as to who solves the case fastest. Gets [[Harsher in Hindsight]] considering what happens to Zach.</ref>

** I don't know what that means... <ref> Brennan's signature response to Booth asking her something pop culture-related. She's not lying, she really doesn't know what he means.</ref>

** "You want to tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing???" <ref> Sam questions Toby about having written two drafts of an election speech - one if Bartlet wins, the other if he loses - and claims they're obviously going to win. Toby goes white, tells him not to tempt fate, and to go outside and turn and spit so he can remove the curse.</ref>

** What's next? <ref> Barlet's [[Catch Phrase]], showing he's ready to move on and get work done. Gets many heartwarming [[Call Backs]].</ref>

** Some tropers have had woot canaw. <ref> CJ has a root canal done. Josh tortures her by asking her what she had done again and again, just because he wants to hear her say "woot canaw".</ref>

** GERALD! <ref> Lord John Marbury can't remember - or just doesn't want to remember - Leo's name. He bellows for "Gerald" instead.</ref>

*** [[Upper Class Twit|Abigail! May I grasp your breasts?]] <ref> Lord John's greeting to ''the President's wife''. [[Refuge in Audacity]] at its finest.</ref>

*** MRS LANDINGHAM! <ref> Leo, Josh, and Bartlet's respective bellows for their assistants.</ref>

** Andrew Jackson, in the foyer of the White House, kept a 2-ton block of cheese... <ref> Every year, Leo pays tribute to Jackson on "Big Block of Cheese Day", where he gives this speech and invites people to the White House who normally would not have their voices heard. Leo takes BBOCD very seriously, so don't call it "Total Crackpot Day".</ref>

** Crime, boy I don't know. <ref> Governor Richie says this after hearing about the convenience store shooting of a secret service agent, inadvertently exemplifying in one fell sentence everything wrong with American politicians that the Bartlet White House is fighting against.</ref>

* ''[[The X-Files]]'': The truth is out there. <ref> Repeatedly said by Mulder, and even on one of the posters in his office. Represents the constant search by many characters for what exactly is going on.</ref>

** I'd do it all again . . . except for the Flukeman. <ref> Scully confesses to Mulder she wouldn't change a thing about their partnership, except for that six-foot hybrid flukeworm monster they chased around the sewers. That was too weird, even for them.</ref>

** ... bleeping dead alien. <ref> In "Jose Chung's From Outer Space", one of the detectives curses like a sailor, which they can't show in the Rashomon-style episode. So he apparently says "bleep" a lot. Both Mulder and Scully quote the detective in phrases ending with "bleeping dead alien".</ref>

** Last name Walking, first name Never! <ref> in reference to Jimmy running from Rick, who then shoots him. parody of the line from Jimmy's actor [[Drake|Aubrey "Drake" Graham's]] song ''Forever''</ref>

* ''[[Dear John]]'' letters. <ref> A show about a man who comes home and finds a letter (in the title sequence no less) beginning Dear John, from his wife explaining that she's leaving him. Decades later, a Dear John letter is a letter telling someone they're dumped.</ref>

** Sterling always wins. [[Karma Houdini|Always.]]<ref> One of the rules of the show's writers.</ref>

** Alright, [[Catch Phrase|let's go steal a meme.]]<ref> Nate's [[Catch Phrase]]</ref>

** DAMMIT HARDISON!<ref> Heard frequently from Eliot</ref>

** Age of the geek, baby!<ref> Hardison's [[Catch Phrase]]</ref>

** "John, we're out of milk." <ref> The number of fanfictions mentioning milk (or rather, the lack of it), is astronomical. In universe? It's mentioned once. (Well, technically twice, if you count [[Logging Onto the Fourth Wall|Sherlock's]] [http://www.thescienceofdeduction.co.uk/forum/page3 forum].) ''Three'' times once you find John's [http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/blog/07february private blog].</ref>

*** Either of the two above followed by -SH. <ref> It's become very popular within some areas of the fandom to roleplay as any combination of characters from the show on Omegle. The milk line is frequently used to start off the conversation, and the character speaking is tagged with their initials.</ref>

** Mycroft is talking to you through Captcha./"Mycroft says..." <ref> Since Mycroft is, in essence, Big Brother, controlling all of the CCTV in London and generally running the world, it was decided on the [[Kink Meme]] that Mycroft was manipulating the LJ Captcha, used to filter out spambots.</ref>

** "Rupert Graves is good at football and has five children." <ref> On the commentary for "The Great Game", [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] is asked to describe why he likes Rupert Graves (Lestrade). He answers with that quote, in one of the campiest of all [[Camp Gay]] voices.</ref>

** "I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. ''Do your research.''" <ref> Sherlock to [[Butt Monkey|Anderson]], in response to being called a psychopath one too many times.</ref>

** "Oh. God. Yes." <ref> John's rather [[Ho Yay]]-ish response to Sherlock asking if he wants to see some more death and danger. Used rather often in anonymous responses to [[Kink Meme]] prompts.</ref>

** I BELIEVE IN SHERLOCK/MORIARTY WAS REAL/SHERLOCK LIVES! <ref> at the end of The Reichenbach Fall, Moriarity sets things up to make Sherlock seem to be a fraud in the media. Several Sherlock fans have now started a 'campaign' stating they believe Sherlock's innocence.</ref>

** "Fine. It's...all...fine..." <ref> John is trying to learn whether Sherlock has a girlfriend or a boyfriend without sounding homophobic or...interested</ref>

*** Martin Freeman [http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m18z593pd41r603t3o1_250.jpg is a hedgehog.] <ref> Some cheeky [[Tumblr]] user compared Martin Freeman to a hedgehog. The meme exploded, with pictures like "yawning Martin/yawning hedgehog" and "grumpy Martin/grumpy hedgehog" spreading like wildfire. The capstone on the whole thing was Freeman's partner Amanda Abbington's Tweet response to a twitter user who asked if Martin knew about the meme and how he reacted, to which Abbington responded, "He laughs, he cries, then he curls up in a prickly little ball and hibernates for the winter." It also later spawned "[http://blogs.independent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Otters-Who-Look-Like-Benedict-Cumberbatch1.jpg otters who look like] [[Benedict Cumberbatch]]".</ref>

** "Fuck you, I won a BAFTA" <ref> Martin Freeman's snarky response to an interviewer teasing him about his character's lack of dialogue.</ref>

** "Vamos, tesoro. ¡(Y) No te juntes con esta chusma!" ("Let's go, honey. Don't fool around with this riff-raff!") <ref> A recurring gag on the classic Mexican sitcom El Chavo del 8. Said by Doña Florinda whenever Quico is found with Don Ramón, who she has a [[Slap Slap Kiss|considerable]] love-hate relationship with.</ref>

** "Si, mami. ¡Chusma Chusma!"<ref> PFFT!</ref>

** Pipipipipipipipipi... <ref> The characteristic sound El Chavo makes whenever he cries.</ref>

*** WAAAAAAAAAHHH! WAH! WAH! WAH! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!<ref> This is how La Chilindrina cries.</ref>

** "Ron Damón" <ref> A [[spoonerism]] of "Don Ramón" that El Chavo is often prone to referring to him by.</ref>

*** "Don Rrrrrrrramón" <ref> Doña Clotilde ("la bruja del 71") has an infatuation with Don Ramón, causing her to say his name with [[Trrrilling Rrrs]].</ref>

** "¡Satanas! ¿Donde estás Satanas?" ("Satanas! Where are you Satanas?") <ref> A running gag in later episode in which [[Maiden Aunt]] Doña Clotilde is searching for one of her pets. With such a forboding name, it only serves to reinforce her perception as "La Bruja del 71".</ref>

* ''[[Community]]'': "''Troy and Abed in the moooooooooooooooooorning!''" <ref> a recurring end-titles joke where the characters Troy and Abed host a fake morning show is introduced with one of the catchiest jingles ever.</ref>

** "The question isn't where, Constable...[[Inspector Spacetime|it's when."]] <ref> In the episode [[Community/Recap/S3/E01 Biology 101|Biology 101]], Abed becomes a fan of a show called ''[[Inspector Spacetime]]'' (an obvious parody of ''[[Doctor Who]]''). Though it appeared for only half a minute, it inspired ''Community'' fans to construct an elaborate history for the fake show, even giving ''Spacetime'' its own tropes page.</ref>

** "Cool. Cool cool [[Rule of Three|cool.]] <ref> Abed's [[Catch Phrase]].</ref>

** "Britta, you are the WORST." <ref> Any time Britta Britta's something</ref>

** "I'm gettin' ridda Britta/I'm gettin' ridda the 'B'" "She's a G.D.B.!" <ref> Britta's ex-boyfriend Vaughn performs this song (with Pierce on the keyboard) to humiliate her after she showed Jeff a poem Vaughn wrote</ref>

** "Pierce, Pierce, Pierce, Pierce you're a 'B'!" <ref> Vaughn and Pierce had a falling out, this song is the result</ref>

** "I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of..."<ref> It was the fictitious band's (and by extension, David Cassidy's) only major hit outside the show</ref>

** CAREFUL/NERVOUS/MOTHER/DRIVING <ref> The rear of their bus has a painted on roadsign with this message, with each word originally in descending order from top to bottom.</ref>

** [[Sweet Tooth|WHERE'S MY CANDY YOU SON OF A BITCH!]] <ref> Fez has an epic [[Sweet Tooth]], and says this phrase upon being given an apple while trick or treating in his first Halloween in the USA.</ref>

** "[[Narm|I'M SO EXCITED!!! I'M SO...SCARED!!!]]"<ref> [[Elizabeth Berkley]]'s character is addicted to "diet pills".</ref>

** "Honey, you're the greatest!" .<ref> Ralph Kramden would always say this to his wife Alice at the [[Every Episode Ending|end of every episode]]</ref>.

** "Bang! Zoom!" <ref> Ralph uses this onomatopoeia, along with a vigorous fist swing at nothing, to indicate that someday he will punch Alice to the moon. [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|It's worth noting that not once did he ever lay a hand on her in anger.]] </ref>

* ''[[Hunter]]'': "Works for me."<ref> Often says this about his (initialy) more violent approach to solving crimes, etc.</ref>

* ''[[Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion]]'': '''''MALDITO JUSPION!!!''''' <ref> This one's said in the Brazilian Portuguese dub of the show, the language's translation of "Onore Juspion (Damn You, Juspion)!"</ref>

* From [[The History Channel]]'s ''[[Ancient Aliens]]'': "[http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/158/326/9148130.jpg I'm not saying it was aliens, but... IT WAS ALIENS]" <ref> [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ancient-aliens This guy's] infamous infatuation with [[Ancient Astronauts]] became a rich source of hilarity once the interwebs got hold of it.</ref>

* ''[[Austin and Ally]]'': [http://she-herps-he-derps.tumblr.com/post/18888623632/you-guise-they-were-made-for-each-other His and Her Derpy faces.] <ref> a [http://she-herps-he-derps.tumblr.com/ Austin and Ally Tumblr] that showcases their herpy-derpy facial expressions.</ref>

* Amongst ''[[Babylon 5]]'''s fandom, the Narn Bat Squad<ref> An early episode of B5 featured a Zima sign in the background, hung up by a memebr of the production crew as a joke. [[J. Michael Straczynski]], after learning about it, joked that he wanted to bring the guy from the Zima commercials onto the show so that he could be beaten to death by a gang of angry Narn with baseball bats. Ever since then, the Narn Bat Squad beat netizens senseless as rightful punishment for [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]]s.</ref>

* ''[[Cyberbully]]'': [[Epic Fail|I CAN'T GET THE CAP OFF!]] <ref> Cyberbullying victim Taylor tries to commit suicide through an overdose, but has trouble getting the childproof cap off. She's then put in a hospital, and placed on a suicide watch.</ref>

* "This program is/was recorded on tape/filmed/(video)taped/produced before a (live) studio audience."<ref> Beginning in the 1970s and largely phased out by the late-1980s/early-1990s, sitcoms that were made during this time would often announce this to the viewers to let them know that the shows weren't being done live--something that it itself had been phased out by the early 1970s--or to indicate that a [[Laugh Track]] wasn't being used. It usually happened just before or during the credits, but sometimes also happened at the beginning of an episode, whether it was the [[Cold Opening]], or the beginning of the episode itself.</ref>

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