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'''Shredder:''' But what choice do I have? Only mutants are immune to the Mesmerizer's beam; humans like myself can't be near it when they set it off!<br />
'''Shredder:''' But what choice do I have? Only mutants are immune to the Mesmerizer's beam; humans like myself can't be near it when they set it off!<br />
'''Krang:''' You don't have to explain it to me; I invented it, remember?<br />
'''Krang:''' You don't have to explain it to me; I invented it, remember?<br />
'''Shredder:''' I wasn't explaining it to you! ''(points at the camera)'' I was explaining it to ''[[No Fourth Wall|them]].''|''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''}}
'''Shredder:''' I wasn't explaining it to you! ''(points at the camera)'' I was explaining it to ''[[No Fourth Wall|them]].''|''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''}}


{{quote|''"Thank you, [[Trope Namer|Mr. Exposition]]."''|'''Slappy Squirrel''', ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]''}}
{{quote|''"Thank you, [[Trope Namer|Mr. Exposition]]."''|'''Slappy Squirrel''', ''[[Animaniacs]]''}}


{{quote|''"Boy, does this guy do anything outside of just shouting exposition?"''|'''[[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]''' on Georgie Porgie from the 1986 version of ''[[Babes in Toyland]]''.}}
{{quote|''"Boy, does this guy do anything outside of just shouting exposition?"''|'''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]''' on Georgie Porgie from the 1986 version of ''[[Babes in Toyland]]''.}}


{{quote|"You're like a textbook with arms. I ''know'' this."|[[Buffy]] on Giles.}}
{{quote|"You're like a textbook with arms. I ''know'' this."|[[Buffy]] on Giles.}}

Revision as of 17:32, 8 April 2014

Basil Exposition: Hello, Austin. This is Basil Exposition, Chief of British Intelligence. You're Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, and you're with Agent Mrs. Kensington. The year is 1967, and you're talking on a picture phone.

Austin Powers: We know all that, Exposition.

Basil: I just wanted to be extremely clear so that everyone knows what's going on at any given time.
—Austin Powers early draft script

Miss Piggy: Um, why are you telling me all this?

Lady Holiday: It's plot exposition. It has to go somewhere.
—The Great Muppet Caper
The year, blah blah blah. The place, blah blah blah.
—Father Time, Histeria!

Krang: They will fail, Shredder; they always fail!

Shredder: But what choice do I have? Only mutants are immune to the Mesmerizer's beam; humans like myself can't be near it when they set it off!

Krang: You don't have to explain it to me; I invented it, remember?

Shredder: I wasn't explaining it to you! (points at the camera) I was explaining it to them.
—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
"Thank you, Mr. Exposition."
—Slappy Squirrel, Animaniacs
"Boy, does this guy do anything outside of just shouting exposition?"
—The Nostalgia Critic on Georgie Porgie from the 1986 version of Babes in Toyland.
"You're like a textbook with arms. I know this."
—Buffy on Giles.
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