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{{quote|''THIS IS NOT WAR! THIS IS PEST CON-TROL!''|'''Dalek Sec''', ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|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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== Live-Action TV ==
* Dalek Sec's description of how he intends to fight the Cybermen on ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''.
{{quote| ''THIS IS NOT WAR! THIS IS PEST CON-TROL!''}}
** Which may also be a [[Shout -Out]] back to the very first Dalek serial:
{{quote| '''Doctor:''' That's sheer murder!<br />
'''Dalek:''' No. Extermination. }}
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** Possible example when The Doctor finds out the ghosts are really Cybermen in "Army of Ghosts":
{{quote| '''Doctor:''' It's not an invasion, it's too late for that. It's a victory.}}
** The Eleventh Doctor seems incredibly fond of doing this: [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S31 E02 The Beast Below|"Except it's not a torture chamber, is it? Well, except it is. Except it isn't."]] Several of his episodes involve examples of him doing this.
** He says something very similar about {{spoiler|the Silence}} in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S32 E1 The Impossible Astronaut|The Impossible Astronaut]]''/''[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S32 E2 Day of the Moon|Day of The Moon]]''.
{{quote| '''Doctor:''' It's not an invasion, it's an occupation.}}
*** Granted, invasion is a process. Occupation generally comes ''after'' a successful invasion. It's similar to the ''Army of Ghosts'' example above.
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{{quote| '''President Bartlet''': You told the press I have a secret plan to fight inflation?<br />
'''Josh''': No, I did not. Let me be absolutely clear, I did not do that. Except, yes, I did that. }}
** Also counts as a bit of a [[Genius Bonus]], as [[Richard Nixon]] had a "secret plan" to win in Vietnam, and [[Gerald Ford]] claimed to have a plan to fight inflation...a key part of which involved [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_inflation_now:Whip inflation now|buttons]].
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' has this dialogue snippet between two pepperpots:
{{quote| '''Mrs. Thing''': Oh, have you been shopping?<br />
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