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=== {{smallcaps| [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]:}} ===
=== {{smallcaps| [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]:}} ===
* And now for something completely different.
* And now for something completely different.
* He's not pining, he's passed on! [[Hurricane of Euphemisms|This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! This is a late parrot! He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!]]
* He's not pining, he's passed on! [[Hurricane of Euphemisms|This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! This is a late parrot! He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!]]
** The most prominent meme to emerge from the Parrot Sketch seems to be "pining for the fjords" which sets up the above [[Hurricane of Euphemisms]].
** The most prominent meme to emerge from the Parrot Sketch seems to be "pining for the fjords" which sets up the above [[Hurricane of Euphemisms]].
* NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!
* NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!
** Due to the fact that all [[Tabletop RPG]] sessions must, by law, contain a Python reference, whenever there's something called an Inquisition (or even similar to the Inquisition), nobody expects them.
** Due to the fact that all [[Tabletop RPG]] sessions must, by law, contain a Python reference, whenever there's something called an Inquisition (or even similar to the Inquisition), nobody expects them.
** [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|Fetch...]] [[Poke the Poodle|the comfy chair!]]
** [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|Fetch...]] [[Poke the Poodle|the comfy chair!]]
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* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]].
* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]].
* Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
* Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
** Yes, but that's not just saying 'no, it isn't'!
** Yes, but that's not just saying 'no, it isn't'!
*** Yes, it is!
*** Yes, it is!
**** [[Hypocritical Humor|No, it isn't!]]
**** [[Hypocritical Humor|No, it isn't!]]
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* The Colonel would appear in the middle of a sketch, declare it to be silly, and tell everyone to leave.
* The Colonel would appear in the middle of a sketch, declare it to be silly, and tell everyone to leave.
* [[Gratuitous German|Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!]]
* [[Gratuitous German|Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!]]
* [[All Just a Dream|So it was all a dream.]]
* [[All Just a Dream|So it was all a dream.]]
** [[Subverted Trope|No, this is the dream, you are back in the cell.]]
** [[Subverted Trope|No, this is the dream, you are back in the cell.]]
* [[Disorganized Outline Speech|Our two weapons are fear and surprise and a ruthless efficiency...]]
* [[Disorganized Outline Speech|Our two weapons are fear and surprise and a ruthless efficiency...]]
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* I want to apologize, humbly, deeply, and sincerely about the fork.
* I want to apologize, humbly, deeply, and sincerely about the fork.
** Oh please, it's only a tiny bit... I couldn't see it.
** Oh please, it's only a tiny bit... I couldn't see it.
*** Ah, you're good kind fine people, for saying that, but I can see it...[[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|to me it's like a mountain, a vast bowl of pus!]]
*** Ah, you're good kind fine people, for saying that, but I can see it...[[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|to me it's like a mountain, a vast bowl of pus!]]
*** The War Wound!
*** The War Wound!
*** REVENGE!
*** REVENGE!
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* Llamas are larger than frogs.
* Llamas are larger than frogs.


=== {{smallcaps| [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]:}} ===
=== {{smallcaps| [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]:}} ===
* Look, you stupid bastard. You've got no arms left.
* Look, you stupid bastard. You've got no arms left.
** Yes I have.
** Yes I have.
*** *Look*!
*** *Look*!
**** [[Only a Flesh Wound|'Tis just a flesh wound.]]
**** [[Only a Flesh Wound|'Tis just a flesh wound.]]
* [[You Shall Not Pass|None shall pass!]]
* [[You Shall Not Pass|None shall pass!]]
* Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
* Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
* [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]]. (Yaaaaay...)
* [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]]. (Yaaaaay...)
* RUN AWAY!
* RUN AWAY!
** Brave Sir Robin ran away...(No!)bravely ran away away...(I didn't!)When danger reared its ugly head/he bravely turned his tail and fled(I never did!)Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about/ and valiantly, he chickened out(Oh, you liars!)Bravely taking to his feet/he beat a very brave retreat/A brave retreat by brave Sir Robin.
** Brave Sir Robin ran away...(No!)bravely ran away away...(I didn't!)When danger reared its ugly head/he bravely turned his tail and fled(I never did!)Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about/ and valiantly, he chickened out(Oh, you liars!)Bravely taking to his feet/he beat a very brave retreat/A brave retreat by brave Sir Robin.
* One day, [unknown troper], all this will be yours.
* One day, [unknown troper], all this will be yours.
** What, the curtains?
** What, the curtains?
* ''[[Unusual Euphemism|Huge]]''... [[Gag Boobs|tracts of land.]]
* ''[[Unusual Euphemism|Huge]]''... [[Gag Boobs|tracts of land.]]
* One, two, five!
* One, two, five!
** Three sir!
** Three sir!
*** THREE!
*** THREE!
* She turned me into a newt!
* She turned me into a newt!
** A newt?
** A newt?
*** I got better...
*** I got better...
* We are the Knights who say... *Ni!* And we want...a shrubbery!
* We are the Knights who say... *Ni!* And we want...a shrubbery!
** Ni!
** Ni!
*** Shh!
*** Shh!
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* ...Do you think this meme should have been cut? We were so worried when the boys were writing it. But now, we're glad! It's better than some of the previous memes, I think!
* ...Do you think this meme should have been cut? We were so worried when the boys were writing it. But now, we're glad! It's better than some of the previous memes, I think!
** '''GET ON WITH IT!'''
** '''GET ON WITH IT!'''
* [[Burn the Witch|Burn the witch!]]
* [[Burn the Witch|Burn the witch!]]
* It's only a model.
* It's only a model.
* On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It's a very silly place.
* On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It's a very silly place.
* I am your king. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA Well I didn't vote for you.]
* I am your king. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA Well I didn't vote for you.]
** You don't vote for kings
** You don't vote for kings
** Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
** Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
** You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery bint threw a scimitar at you.
** You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery bint threw a scimitar at you.
** "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"
** "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"
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* All right! I'm the Messiah! Now, fuck off!
* All right! I'm the Messiah! Now, fuck off!
** How shall we fuck off, O Lord?
** How shall we fuck off, O Lord?
* You're all different! You're all individuals!
* You're all different! You're all individuals!
** Yes, we are all different!
** Yes, we are all different!
*** I'm not!
*** I'm not!
*** ''Shhhh!''
*** ''Shhhh!''
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*** "Shall I throw him to the floor, sir?"
*** "Shall I throw him to the floor, sir?"
** [[Shmuck Bait|He has a wife, you know...]]
** [[Shmuck Bait|He has a wife, you know...]]
* Alms for a leper!
* Alms for a leper!
** Alms for an '''ex'''-leper!
** Alms for an '''ex'''-leper!
* What did Rome ever do for us?
* What did Rome ever do for us?