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'''Guy''': I wish for world peace. |
'''Guy''': I wish for world peace. |
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'''Genie''': Sorry, that's far too hard to do. |
'''Genie''': Sorry, that's far too hard to do. |
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'''Guy''': Oh. Okay, [[Mars and Venus Gender Contrast|I wish I could understand women]]. |
'''Guy''': Oh. Okay, [[Mars and Venus Gender Contrast|I wish I could understand women]]. |
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'''Genie''': ...Define "peace". }} |
'''Genie''': ...Define "peace". }} |
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'''Hurley''': How about I just call you by your first name? |
'''Hurley''': How about I just call you by your first name? |
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'''Arzt''': How about you don't? |
'''Arzt''': How about you don't? |
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'''Hurley''': Why not? I remember it from the plane's manifest. I think [[Gender Blender Name|Leslie]]'s a bitchin' name. |
'''Hurley''': Why not? I remember it from the plane's manifest. I think [[Gender Blender Name|Leslie]]'s a bitchin' name. |
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'''Arzt''': Arnzt is fine. }} |
'''Arzt''': Arnzt is fine. }} |
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* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''. Rex asks Bree to pick a "control word" for the sexual roleplay they're planning to do: |
* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''. Rex asks Bree to pick a "control word" for the sexual roleplay they're planning to do: |
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'''Rex''': "Boise"? |
'''Rex''': "Boise"? |
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'''Bree''': What's the matter with "Boise"? |
'''Bree''': What's the matter with "Boise"? |
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'''Rex''': We’re going to be doing psychological role playing here, Bree, and a funny word like "Boise" would ruin the mood. [[Completely Missing the Point|We need something that sounds serious]]. |
'''Rex''': We’re going to be doing psychological role playing here, Bree, and a funny word like "Boise" would ruin the mood. [[Completely Missing the Point|We need something that sounds serious]]. |
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'''Bree''': Hmmm. How about "Palestine"? |
'''Bree''': Hmmm. How about "Palestine"? |
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'''Rex''': "Boise" will be just fine. }} |
'''Rex''': "Boise" will be just fine. }} |
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* ''[[Corner Alley 13]]'' |
* ''[[Corner Alley 13]]'' |
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'''Homer:''' ...what was that first one again? }} |
'''Homer:''' ...what was that first one again? }} |
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* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', when O'Malley approaches Blue Team's base. |
* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', when O'Malley approaches Blue Team's base. |
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{{quote|'''O'Malley:''' [[It's Quiet... Too Quiet|It's quiet... too quiet.]]" |
{{quote|'''O'Malley:''' [[It's Quiet... Too Quiet|It's quiet... too quiet.]]" |
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(''a sniper round whizzes past his head'') |
(''a sniper round whizzes past his head'') |
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'''O'Malley:''' Now it's suddenly too loud. I preferred it when it was quiet. }} |
'''O'Malley:''' Now it's suddenly too loud. I preferred it when it was quiet. }} |
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** Also, during the Blue Team's {{spoiler|first}} surrender: |
** Also, during the Blue Team's {{spoiler|first}} surrender: |
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* ''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'', when cornered by [[Friday the 13th (film)|Jason Voorhoes]] |
* ''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'', when cornered by [[Friday the 13th (film)|Jason Voorhoes]] |
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{{quote|'''Nerd''': Don't kill me! |
{{quote|'''Nerd''': Don't kill me! |
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'''Jason''': *Shows the ''[[Friday the 13th (video game)|Friday the 13 th]]'' NES cartridge, silently telling him to play it* |
'''Jason''': *Shows the ''[[Friday the 13th (video game)|Friday the 13 th]]'' NES cartridge, silently telling him to play it* |
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'''Nerd''': ... Kill me! |
'''Nerd''': ... Kill me! |
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''(Wish not granted)'' }} |
''(Wish not granted)'' }} |
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* ''[[Seinfeld]]'': In the final episode, NBC bigwigs have rekindled their interest in Jerry's pilot. |
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'': In the final episode, NBC bigwigs have rekindled their interest in Jerry's pilot. |
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* In [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]], Iroh and Zuko ponder which is worse, the Earth Kingdom, or the Fire Nation. |
* In [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]], Iroh and Zuko ponder which is worse, the Earth Kingdom, or the Fire Nation. |
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{{quote|'''Zuko''': If the Earth Kingdom discovers us, they'll have us killed. |
{{quote|'''Zuko''': If the Earth Kingdom discovers us, they'll have us killed. |
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'''Iroh''': But if the Fire Nation discovers us, [[Fate Worse Than Death|we'll be turned over to]] [[The Dragon|Azula]]. |
'''Iroh''': But if the Fire Nation discovers us, [[Fate Worse Than Death|we'll be turned over to]] [[The Dragon|Azula]]. |
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'''Zuko''': Earth Kingdom it is. }} |
'''Zuko''': Earth Kingdom it is. }} |
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* In ''[[Penny Arcade]]'', [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/12/5/ a matter of word choice.] |
* In ''[[Penny Arcade]]'', [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/12/5/ a matter of word choice.] |
Revision as of 02:40, 16 October 2015
Someone is given an option he doesn't like, and promptly rejects it. The person who made the suggestion returns with something far worse, and On Second Thought, the first suggestion was just fine.
Summed up well by the following joke:
Genie: I can give you one wish. |
Light: Can you stop calling me Light? |
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, when Ron breaks the Szalinskis' window:
Russ: Look, we'll get it fixed, okay. We'll take it out of his allowance. |
- Lost:
Hurley: Let me ask you something, Arnzt -- |
- Desperate Housewives. Rex asks Bree to pick a "control word" for the sexual roleplay they're planning to do:
Bree: How about "Boise"? |
- Friends. Phoebe has suggested that they should have a cleansing ritual, to lose the curse of bad boyfriends:
Phoebe: "Okay. We can, um, we can burn the stuff they gave us." |
- The Simpsons, when Homer became the Grim Reaper in a Halloween episode:
- Red vs. Blue, when O'Malley approaches Blue Team's base.
O'Malley: It's quiet... too quiet." |
- Also, during the Blue Team's first surrender:
- Evolution: An alien bug has entered the body of Harry Block.
Zoidberg: So do your worst. Because no punishment could be worse than denying my freedom. |
- Subverted in Doctor Who when the Doctor's companion actually prefers the second alternative to her Overly Long Name,[1] but he continues to use the first one anyway:
The Doctor: I'll call you 'Romana'. |
- The Angry Video Game Nerd, when cornered by Jason Voorhoes
Nerd: Don't kill me! |
- Seinfeld: In the final episode, NBC bigwigs have rekindled their interest in Jerry's pilot.
- In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Iroh and Zuko ponder which is worse, the Earth Kingdom, or the Fire Nation.
Zuko: If the Earth Kingdom discovers us, they'll have us killed. |
'Angel: Youre my secretary? |
- At the end of the Danger Mouse episode 100 Million Years Lost, the narrator turns the mic over to Henry V who drones on about the Battle of Agincourt before he switches to the weather forecast.
- ↑ Romanadvoratrelundar