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'''Chief Justice:''' You are hereby sentenced to death. <br /> |
'''Chief Justice:''' You are hereby sentenced to death. <br /> |
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'''Zoidberg:''' Wait, let me finish! }} |
'''Zoidberg:''' Wait, let me finish! }} |
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* Subverted in ''[[ |
* Subverted in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' when the Doctor's companion actually prefers the second alternative to her [[Overly Long Name]]<ref>Romanadvoratrelundar</ref>, but he continues to use the first one anyway: |
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{{quote| '''The Doctor''': I'll call you 'Romana'.<br /> |
{{quote| '''The Doctor''': I'll call you 'Romana'.<br /> |
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'''Romana''': I don't like 'Romana'.<br /> |
'''Romana''': I don't like 'Romana'.<br /> |
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* ''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'', when cornered by [[Friday the 13th (Film)|Jason Voorhoes]] |
* ''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'', when cornered by [[Friday the 13th (Film)|Jason Voorhoes]] |
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{{quote| '''Nerd''': Don't kill me!<br /> |
{{quote| '''Nerd''': Don't kill me!<br /> |
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'''Jason''': *Shows the ''[[Friday the |
'''Jason''': *Shows the ''[[Friday the 13th (Video Game)|Friday the 13 th]]'' NES cartridge, silently telling him to play it*<br /> |
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'''Nerd''': ... Kill me!<br /> |
'''Nerd''': ... Kill me!<br /> |
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''(Wish not granted)'' }} |
''(Wish not granted)'' }} |
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Revision as of 22:19, 25 January 2014
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"? |
Noelle: "So what is your name?" |
- 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." |
Stan: I have tickets to a Dodgers spring training game. Want to come? |
King Pentagon: Come now, there is much to discuss between us two lords. Won't you join me for tea? |
- The Simpsons, when Homer became the Grim Reaper in a Halloween episode:
(Homer wakes up in the morning, puts on the Grim Reaper robe) |
- 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:
Sarge: Alright, blues! First off, we want your flag... |
- Evolution: An alien bug has entered the body of Harry Block.
Dr. Paulson: We might have to amputate. |
Baby New Year 2009 and Jon Stewart discuss the assault of Israel on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. |
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.
Kimbrough: And Elaine! I wouldn't mind seeing something happening between those two! |
- 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