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{{trope}}
[[File:Futari Ecchi v01 002.jpg|thumb|400px|link=Futari Ecchi|It isn't porn, it's erotica.]]
{{quote|''THIS IS NOT WAR! THIS IS PEST CON-TROL!''
|'''Dalek Sec''', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ("Doomsday")}}
First you say what it isn't. Then you say what it is. Both of them effectively have the same meaning, though.
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Contrast [[Both Sides Have a Point]].
Subtrope of [[Immediate Self Contradiction]].
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== Advertising ==
* It's not a cookie, it's a Fig Newton.
* It's way better than fast food, it's Wendy's.
* It's not TV, it's [[HBO]].
== Anime and Manga ==
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* Devin Grayson stated that [[Nightwing]]'s... unfortunate encounter with Tarantula "wasn't rape, just nonconsensual" - a feat roughly on par with saying "not the ocean, just a really big sea."
* Used perfectly in the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' Fanfic ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120420221925/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4942679/1/The_Long_Walk The Long Walk],'' where the nice word is actually replaced by the ugly word:▼
▲== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
▲* Used perfectly in the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' Fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4942679/1/The_Long_Walk The Long Walk],'' where the nice word is actually replaced by the ugly word:
{{quote|'''April:''' ''"So... you used to work for the Foot Clan?"''
'''Breech:''' ''"The word 'work' implies I got paid. I think a more accurate term would be, 'enslaved'."'' }}
== Films -- Animated ==
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'''Little John:''' Borrow? Heh. Boy, are we in debt. }}
* From ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'': "That wasn't flying. It was falling with style!"
== Films -- Live-Action ==
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'''John:''' Why?
'''Barry:''' There's too much filth and nonsense! }}
== Music ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3oFVAyAEWs "Yes, we Have no Bananas"]
== Professional Wrestling ==
* The ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'' uses the phrase "released to pursue future endeavors" as a much politer euphemism for "We fired his ass".
** There are also the the phrase: "WWE has come to terms with the release of [insert wrestlers name], we wish him/her the best in his/hers future endeavors." Not surprisingly, it has reached [[Memetic Mutation|meme status.]]
** In his series ''Wrestle! Wrestle!'', [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]] uses "future endeavors" to mean "The company is screwing you up the ass, quit now while you still have your dignity".
* While normally just a case of [[Insistent Terminology]], whenever a <s>ring announcer</s> commentator or <s>wrestler</s> superstar verbally corrects their colleague about how to refer to <s>[[Professional Wrestling]]</s> Sports Entertainment, it starts slipping into this territory. Especially if it's blatant enough to get <s>the fans</s> The Universe to start booing about it.
== Tabletop Games ==
* The ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' card [https://web.archive.org/web/20130117094315/http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/item/68068 Coastal Piracy]: "I don't like to think of myself as a pirate. I'm more like a stimulator of the local economy."
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* In the musical ''[[Finian's Rainbow]]'', there's the song "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich", which covers this trope. A typical example:
{{quote|When a rich man loses on a horse
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He's a gambler, he's a spender
He's a low life, he's a reason for divorce! }}
== Video Games ==
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* Inverted when you Ubercharge as Soldier in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'':
{{quote|'''Soldier:''' We have you surround, at least from this side!}}
== Web Comics ==
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** [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-12-14 Andy is not bait. He is flypaper.]
* From [[Misfile]]: [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=1164 I'm not spying, I'm strategically listening.]
== Web Original ==
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{{quote|Cale: TREASON!
Dragit: Revolution. }}
* At one point in ''[[Der Fuehrer's Face]]'' Donald in saluting with 2 bayonets prodding his back while he marches into a factory. These lyrics are sung as this is happening:
{{quote|When the Fuehrer says, "we never will be slaves!" We Heil! Heil! But still we work like slaves.}}
* On the DVD commentary for [[G.I. Joe]] : The Movie, it was mentioned that while Cobra ''retreats'', the Joes ''withdraw''.
* ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "''The Cryonic Woman''":
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* Drakken of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' once decided to start outsourcing instead of stealing... yeah.
* In ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' "The Bank," Dan reassures Chris that they won't go to jail for robbing the bank. Prison, probably, but not jail.
* An episode of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
{{quote|'''Billy:''' [[No Indoor Voice|GRIM]]! Guess what I got on our camping trip! Guess guess guess guess guess!!
'''Grim:''' I don't know, Billy! ... A rash?
'''Billy:''' No! ... well, yes. }}
== Real Life ==
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