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== 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:
{{quote| '''Conspiracy Brother''': Name one thing the Republican party has ever done for us!<br />
'''Smart Brother''': They're the party of Lincoln. He freed the slaves.<br />
'''Conspiracy Brother''': Okay, name ''two things lately''! }}
* [[Life of Brian|"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?"]]
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*** Oh, ''peace''? Shut up!
* ''[[Major League]]'' (in the commercial but not the movie) and its sequel (in the actual movie):
{{quote| '''Jake''': That ball wouldn't have been out in a lot of parks.<br />
'''Ricky''': Name one.<br />
'''Jake''': Yellowstone. }}
 
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''Acapulco H.E.A.T.'' episode "Code Name: Frame-Up"
{{quote| '''Mike Savage:''' Who'd want to work with you?<br />
'''Ashley:''' I can think of lots of people.<br />
'''Mike:''' Name one.<br />
'''Ashley:''' Mike Savage.<br />
'''Mike:''' You got me there, didn't you. }}
* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' episode "Beach Blanket Brandon"
{{quote| '''Scott Scanlon:''' Name one thing fun about Oklahoma.<br />
'''David Silver:''' I'll betcha not one girl there has ever met a California stud before. }}
* ''[[Bewitched (TV)|Bewitched]]'' episode "A Change of Face"
{{quote| '''Samantha:''' He's got very good features.<br />
'''Endora:''' Name one.<br />
'''Samantha:''' Well, he has a nice firm jaw. }}
* ''[[Boy Meets World]]''
{{quote| '''Gloria:''' Name one thing you got me that ever made me feel special.<br />
'''Harley:''' Tires. Steel belted. }}
* ''[[Cheers]]'' episode "Someday My Prince Will Come"
{{quote| '''Sam Malone:''' There was only one reason why you ever went out with me and that was because of my looks.<br />
'''Diane Chambers:''' Not entirely.<br />
'''Sam:''' Yes entirely. Name one other reason why anyone would go out with me? Come on, name one. You can't, can you?<br />
'''Diane:''' [mockingly] No Sam, I can't. }}
* In the ''[[Corner Gas (TV)|Corner Gas]]'' episode "Lacey Borrows":
{{quote| '''Oscar Leroy:''' Horror movies are stupid. Name one good horror movie you've seen.<br />
'''Brent Leroy:''' I can't.<br />
'''Oscar:''' See? They're all stupid.<br />
'''Brent:''' No. I just haven't seen one. }}
** Also:
{{quote| '''Oscar:''' Give me one good reason why I can't build my own coffin.<br />
'''Emma:''' Okay.<br />
''(Montage of shoddy woodworking projects Oscar has done)''<br />
'''Oscar:''' I said one. }}
* ''[[Extras]]'' episode "Orlando Bloom"
{{quote| '''Keith Chegwin:''' Black people aren't funny.<br />
'''Andy Millman:''' Black people ''are'' funny, Keith. <br />
'''Keith:''' Name one black person that's funny.<br />
'''Andy:''' I can name you loads of black people that are funny... Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy.<br />
'''Keith:''' British.<br />
'''Andy:''' Don't change the rules halfway through. }}
* ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "War Stories"
{{quote| '''Mal:''' [about Zoe] There's plenty orders a'mine that she didn't obey.<br />
'''Wash:''' Name one!<br />
'''Mal:''' She married you! }}
* ''[[Friends]]''
{{quote| '''Phoebe:''' [[Minor Flaw, Major Breakup|You name one woman that you broke up with for a real reason]].<br />
'''Chandler:''' Maureen Rosilla.<br />
'''Ross:''' "'Cause she doesn't hate Yanni" is not a real reason. }}
** When Phoebe becomes a surrogate mother of triplets, he wants to name one of the babies Joey or Chandler:
{{quote| '''Joey:''' You gotta pick Joey! I mean, name one famous person named Chandler.<br />
'''Chandler:''' [[Raymond Chandler]].<br />
'''Joey:''' Someone you didn’t make up! }}
* ''[[Homicide: Life Onon the Street]]''
{{quote| '''Det. John Munch:''' Name one miracle that's happened in your lifetime.<br />
'''Det. Stan Bolander:''' How 'bout the fact that I haven't killed you yet? }}
* ''[[Holly OaksHollyoaks]]''
{{quote| '''Declan:''' Name me one band with two singers.<br />
'''Steph Dean:''' [[The Beatles]].<br />
'''Declan:''' Apart from The Beatles.<br />
'''Steph:''' Oasis. Oh, and Abba!<br />
'''Declan:''' Do we look like Abba? }}
* ''[[NCIS]]''
{{quote| '''Caitlin Todd:''' Hmm. Well, I hate to break it to you, Tony, but Gibbs can be wrong sometimes.<br />
'''Anthony DiNozzo:''' Name one.<br />
'''Caitlin:''' The man's been married, like, four times. }}
* ''[[News Radio]]'' episode "Movie Star"
{{quote| '''Dave Nelson:''' I'll have you know that a lot of intellectual people watch television.<br />
'''Lisa Miller:''' Oh, really? Name one.<br />
'''Dave:''' Dave Nelson. }}
* ''[[Press Gang]]''
{{quote| '''Kenny:''' There are lots of people I don't like. [snip]<br />
'''Lynda:''' Name one. [snip]<br />
'''Kenny:''' Oh, I don't like Mr. Cavendish the maths teacher.<br />
'''Lynda:''' Well, nobody likes him, he's a half-dead, senile, old psychopath!<br />
'''Kenny:''' Oh Lynda, he's not that bad. }}
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'':
{{quote| '''Gen. Hammond:''' Are you saying Colonel O'Neill has, somehow, regressed more than 30 years overnight?<br />
'''Dr. Jackson:''' Stranger things have happened.<br />
'''Teal'c:''' Name but one.<br />
'''Dr. Jackson:''' Well, there was [[Continuity Nod|the time he got really old, the time he became a caveman, the time we all swapped bodies...]] }}
* [[Invoked]] in ''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'':
{{quote| '''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.}}
* ''[[Roseanne]]'':
{{quote| '''Roseanne''': I got plenty of reasons to dump you.<br />
'''Dan''': Name one.<br />
'''Roseanne''': You're a compulsive list-maker.<br />
'''Dan''': Name two.<br />
'''Roseanne''': Shut up. }}
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory (TV)|The Big Bang Theory]]'':
{{quote| '''Leonard:''' ''(to [[Insufferable Genius|Sheldon]], when he's [[Super OCD|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.<br />
'''Sheldon:''' Name one time I've ever done that.<br />
'''Leonard:''' ''(gives him a disbelieving look, as do Raj and Howard)'' How about when you put GPS trackers in your garbage because you were convinced North Korean spies were stealing your doodles? The chicken nuggets that you were sure were human nuggets? The strangely-shaped cloud that was following you around town? The time you put my shirt on by mistake [[Sarcasm Mode|and were sure you started]] ''growing'' [[Sarcasm Mode|again!]]<br />
'''Sheldon:''' ''([[Beat]])'' I said name ''one.'' You really need to work on your listening skills. }}
* From [[Drake and Josh]]:
{{quote| '''Josh:''' There are more important things then kissing girls.<br />
'''Drake:''' Name two.<br />
'''Josh:''' ''(sadly)'' I can't! }}
* An early [[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]] episode:
{{quote| '''Dean:''' I love kids!<br />
'''Sam:''' Name three children that you even know. ''(Dean scratches his head, Sam walks off)''<br />
'''Dean:''' I'm thinking! }}
 
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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:
{{quote| Name six ways we're better than chickens! ([[Beat]]) See, nobody can do it! Y'know why? 'Cuz chickens are decent people!}}
 
 
== 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 [[JojosJoJo's Bizarre Adventure Abridged]], Jotaro notes that the reason Dio's so mean is because [[Loners Are Freaks|he doesn't have any friends]].
{{quote| '''Dio''': I got friends... I got lots of friends.<br />
'''Jotaro''': Oh, yeah?<br />
'''Dio''': Yeah!<br />
'''Jotaro''': Oh, really?<br />
'''Dio''': Yeah! Yeah, that's right!!<br />
'''Jotaro''': Okay, name ''one''.<br />
'''Dio''': I can name ''seven''!! There's... there's Stan... and... and Gavin... Muhammad... another Muhammad... Bro Josh... [[Robo CopRoboCop]]...<br />
'''Jotaro''': (interrupts) You're not friends with Robocop.<br />
'''Dio''': (angry) Yes I am! It says so on [[Face BookFacebook]]!!<br />
'''Jotaro''': Facebook doesn't count!<br />
'''Dio''': Yes it does!! }}
 
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== Web Animation ==
* A variation on the phrase from ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoNgMVFQNBI Spiderman 3: How It Should Have Ended]''
{{quote| '''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?<br />
'''Eddie Brock:''' [[Donnie Darko]]. [[Old Yeller]]. [[Romeo and Juliet]].<br />
'''Spider-Man:''' [[Too Dumb to Live|Yeah, I didn't think so!]] }}
 
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Family Guy]]''
{{quote| '''Brian:''' Wow, [[One -Woman Song|a song named after a girl]]. There aren't a million of those already.<br />
'''Stewie:''' Name twenty.<br />
'''Brian:''' [[Toto (Music)|Rosanna]], [[The Police (Music)|Roxanne]], [[The Beatles (Musicband)|Michelle]], [[Elvis Costello (Music)|Alison]], [[Thin Lizzy (Music)|Sarah]], [[The Rolling Stones (Music)|Angie]], [[Looking Glass|Brandy]], [[Barry Manilow (Music)|Mandy]], [[U 2 (Music)U2|Gloria]], [[Simon and Garfunkel (Music)|Cecilia]], [[Rod Stewart|Maggie May]], [[The Allman Brothers Band (Music)|Jessica]], [[Frank Sinatra (Music)|Nancy]], [[The Beach Boys (Music)|Barbara Ann]], [[Michael Jackson (Music)|Billie Jean]], [[Eric Clapton (Music)|Layla]], [[The Kinks (Music)|Lola]], [[Nirvana (Music)|Polly]], [[My Chemical Romance (Music)|Helena]], [[Jennifer Lopez (Music)|Jenny from the Block]]<br />
'''Stewie:''' Name six more.<br />
'''Brian:''' [[Frankie Valli and Thethe Four Seasons (Music)|Sherry]], [[Scissor Sisters (Music)|Laura]], [[The Beach Boys (Music)|Wendy]], [[Blondie (Musicband)|Maria]], [[Buddy Holly (Music)|Peggy Sue]], [[Cab Calloway|Minnie the Moocher]].<br />
'''Stewie:''' Name five more.<br />
'''Brian:''' [[Mogwai|Tracy]], [[Rod Mc Kuen|Jean]], [[Barenaked Ladies (Music)|Jane]], [[Eurovision Song Contest|Mary Ann]], [[The Beatles (Musicband)|Eleanor Rigby]].<br />
'''Stewie:''' Go [[Sound Effect Bleep|[bleep]]] yourself. }}
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]''
{{quote| '''Homer:''' Marge, name one successful person in life who ever lived without air conditioning.<br />
'''Marge:''' Balzac!<br />
'''Homer:''' No need for potty mouth just because you can't think of one. }}
** Also from Bart the Lover:
{{quote| '''Homer:''' Can you believe it!? Pretty soon, I'll be able to quit my job and live off the boy!<br />
'''Marge:''' What? Name me one person who's gotten rich by doing yo-yo tricks!<br />
'''Homer's Brain:''' [[Donald Trump]]? ... No. Arnold Palmer? ... No. [[Bill Cosby]]! ... No. <br />
'''Homer:''' D'oh! }}
** From "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
{{quote| '''Marge:''' You miss way too many precious moments in the children's lives.<br />
'''Homer:''' What?! Name 12.<br />
'''Bart:''' Well, just this week, there's been field day, picking me up from the airport...<br />
'''Lisa:''' And the Father/Daughter Dance... }}
* ''[[Daria]]'':
{{quote| '''Upchuck:''' You'll be back. They ''all'' come back.<br />
'''Jane:''' Name two.<br />
'''Upchuck:''' ....I could! }}
* From the ''[[Futurama]]'' [[Superhero Episode]]:
{{quote| '''Leela''': Are you crazy? We have to keep our secret identities secret.<br />
'''Fry''': From everybody?<br />
'''Leela''': Especially from everybody.<br />
'''Fry''': Give several reasons why.<br />
'''Leela''': For one, superheroes cause a lot of collateral damage, and we don't wanna get our butts sued.<br />
'''Fry''': Or do we? No, I guess not.<br />
'''Leela''': Also, if our identities get out, every crook in the city will be after us. Or, God forbid, our loved ones.<br />
'''Bender''': Superking has no need for loved ones. *kicks an orphan who asks him for an autograph* }}
* Pixar's ''[[Cars (Animation)|Cars]]'' has this between Doc Hodson and Lightning [[Mc Queen]]McQueen.
* In ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'' episode on recycling:
{{quote| '''Phoebe''': But Wanda, think about all the good things that recycling does.<br />
'''Wanda''': Okay Phoebe, name three.<br />
'''Phoebe''': Well, um, I just know there's lots! }}
 
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