Name One
Alice cites a statistic of some sort. Bob, however, believes this is untrue and asks Alice to give one example of this statistic. And Alice gives an example.
Occasionally, she will give more than one. Bob may say "Alright, enough already!" or "I said one!" Sometimes Bob will move the goalposts and ask for more than one afterward.
Alternatively, Alice says "Um... there must be a million!" in a desperate effort to cover up the fact that she can't actually think of any.
Film
- In Undercover Brother, they're discussing what party a prominent black general might run for President under. One character suggests he might go Republican:
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Conspiracy Brother: Name one thing the Republican party has ever done for us! |
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- "Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the freshwater system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
- Brought peace.
- Oh, peace? Shut up!
- Brought peace.
- Major League (in the commercial but not the movie) and its sequel (in the actual movie):
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Jake: That ball wouldn't have been out in a lot of parks. |
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Live Action TV
- Acapulco H.E.A.T. episode "Code Name: Frame-Up"
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Mike Savage: Who'd want to work with you? |
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- Beverly Hills, 90210 episode "Beach Blanket Brandon"
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Scott Scanlon: Name one thing fun about Oklahoma. |
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- Bewitched episode "A Change of Face"
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Samantha: He's got very good features. |
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Gloria: Name one thing you got me that ever made me feel special. |
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- Cheers episode "Someday My Prince Will Come"
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Sam Malone: There was only one reason why you ever went out with me and that was because of my looks. |
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- In the Corner Gas episode "Lacey Borrows":
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Oscar Leroy: Horror movies are stupid. Name one good horror movie you've seen. |
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Oscar: Give me one good reason why I can't build my own coffin. |
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- Extras episode "Orlando Bloom"
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Keith Chegwin: Black people aren't funny. |
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- Firefly episode "War Stories"
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Mal: [about Zoe] There's plenty orders a'mine that she didn't obey. |
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Phoebe: You name one woman that you broke up with for a real reason. |
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- When Phoebe becomes a surrogate mother of triplets, he wants to name one of the babies Joey or Chandler:
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Joey: You gotta pick Joey! I mean, name one famous person named Chandler. |
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Det. John Munch: Name one miracle that's happened in your lifetime. |
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Declan: Name me one band with two singers. |
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Caitlin Todd: Hmm. Well, I hate to break it to you, Tony, but Gibbs can be wrong sometimes. |
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- News Radio episode "Movie Star"
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Dave Nelson: I'll have you know that a lot of intellectual people watch television. |
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Kenny: There are lots of people I don't like. [snip] |
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Gen. Hammond: Are you saying Colonel O'Neill has, somehow, regressed more than 30 years overnight? |
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Hacker: If he does say that lots of people want to know the answer to that question, say, "Name six." That'll fix him. He'll never be able to remember more than two. |
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Roseanne: I got plenty of reasons to dump you. |
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Leonard: (to Sheldon, when he's freaking out about Penny's unsanitary chair) You do this all the time. You fixate on some crazy idea and then blow it way out of proportion. |
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- From Drake and Josh:
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Josh: There are more important things then kissing girls. |
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- An early Supernatural episode:
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Dean: I love kids! |
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Stand-Up Comedy
- George Carlin, after wondering why when it's a human it's an abortion, and when it's a chicken it's an omelette, posits that "chickens are decent people", then challenges the audience:
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Name six ways we're better than chickens! (Beat) See, nobody can do it! Y'know why? 'Cuz chickens are decent people! |
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Web Original
- Variation: in Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction, Washington asks the Red and Blue teams to name just one thing that ever happened to them that wasn't preceded by a call to command, or getting a new team member or piece of equipment. The difference here is that no one says anything, because nothing ever did happen.
- In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Abridged, Jotaro notes that the reason Dio's so mean is because he doesn't have any friends.
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Dio: I got friends... I got lots of friends. |
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Web Animation
- A variation on the phrase from Spiderman 3: How It Should Have Ended
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Spider-Man: This is my third movie ... You think they're gonna kill me off? No! Look, do you know of any movies where they kill the title character off at the end? |
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Web Comics
- One Exterminatus Now strip subverts it. Lothar asks Virus and Harry to give them five reasons they should help them out. They start to answer, then after a beat ask why five. Lothar says because it's less likely they can come up with that many reasons.
Western Animation
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Brian: Wow, a song named after a girl. There aren't a million of those already. |
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Homer: Marge, name one successful person in life who ever lived without air conditioning. |
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- Also from Bart the Lover:
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Homer: Can you believe it!? Pretty soon, I'll be able to quit my job and live off the boy! |
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- From "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
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Marge: You miss way too many precious moments in the children's lives. |
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Upchuck: You'll be back. They all come back. |
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- From the Futurama Superhero Episode:
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Leela: Are you crazy? We have to keep our secret identities secret. |
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- Pixar's Cars has this between Doc Hodson and Lightning McQueen.
- In The Magic School Bus episode on recycling:
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Phoebe: But Wanda, think about all the good things that recycling does. |
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- ↑ What do you mean, Seen It a Million Times? Name one.