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|[[Deadpool]]}}
Bob is a private detective. He's sitting in his office and waiting to meet his client, Alice. Bob has never met Alice in person before; he's only spoken to her on the phone. He has seen a picture of her before and, well, he ...likes what he sees. The door to his office opens and he [[Double Entendre|stands up]]. In walks Alice. Alice is extremely beautiful in a [[Gaussian Girl]] or [[Hello, Nurse!]] sort of way. Bob tries to [[Double Entendre|keep his excitement down]] at meeting this gorgeous woman and tries to remain all business. Alice, however, is all too aware of the sort of the effect she has on men. Noticing the look on Bob's face... and Bob's ''pants'', she offers a sweet, sultry smile, and says, ''"Why detective, is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"''
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While the specific line just happens to be from Mae West, this one is arguably [[Older Than Feudalism]]:
{{quote|'''Herald:''' I am a herald, of course, I swear I am, and I come from Sparta about making peace.
'''Magistrate:''' But look, you are hiding a lance under your clothes, surely.
|''[[Lysistrata]]'', [[Aristophanes]], 411 BC}}
See also [[Something Else Also Rises]], [[Double Entendre]], [[That's What She Said]].
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Inverted in the second volume of ''[[The Kindaichi Case Files]]'': Miyuki, wearing a low-cut [[She Cleans Up Nicely|dress]], crouches down in front of Kindaichi, giving him [[Fan Service|a good look at her cleavage]]. As she stands up, she notices his reaction and scolds him for keeping stuff in his suit pockets.
* After Sechs gets a male body in ''[[Gunnm|Battle Angel Alita: Last Order]]'', the team's Deckman servant greets him with this line.
* Done in the infamous ''[[Code Geass]]'' swimsuit Picture Drama. Cornelia's bodyguards Guilford and Darlton are standing watch as Cornelia and Euphemia try on swimsuits, with a lot of suggestive dialog. Immediately afterwards, we see Guilford looking down as he asks Darlton if that's really the best place to store his handgun (we later see that he's in a Speedo).
== Comic Books ==
== Comics ==▼
▲* A variation from ''[[Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow?]]?''
▲{{quote| '''Hooker:''' I could break your heart for $50.<br />
'''Metallo:''' ''(Rips open shirt to reveal a grappling hook where his heart should be)'' I doubt it. }}
* Lampshaded in ''[[X
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'''Deadpool:''' Or am I just happy to see you? }}
** Played with again in an issue of a later volume after taking a [[Groin Attack]] which hurt Black Widow as well. See the Page Quote. Cue Black Widow trying to hold laughter in.
* An issue of DC Comics's series ''[[Young Justice (
* In ''[[Top Ten
* In ''[[Earth X|Universe X]]'', Venom (Mayday Parker) and dad [[Spider
* From the ''[[Angel and the Ape]]'' 1991 miniseries:
{{quote|'''Angel:''' You ''are'' happy to see me!
'''Sam:''' Actually... ''(pulls a banana out of his pocket)''}}
== Fan Works ==
* No, it never does occur in ''[[Harry Potter]].'' but as Makani demonstrates, [http://makani.deviantart.com/art/harry-and-ginny-that-one-part-29065414 it should have.]
* Mai said it concerning a Lightforce Sword in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
* Inverted and subverted in the same line in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX the Abridged Series]]''.
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* This seems to be a theme in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fanfiction; of course, the [[Power Perversion Potential|potential unconventional uses]] for sonic screwdrivers don't really help.
* Subverted with [http://vanhinck.deviantart.com/art/Nice-Girls-Don-t-Date-Psychos-103792231?offset=0 this] picture of [[The Joker]].
* Parodied in ''[[Kyon:
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* [http://cosmicduckling.com/spirk/Kissing_by_Farf.jpg This] ''[[Star Trek]]'' drawing.
* In the ''[[
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'''L''' (thinking): No, I'm not. That's just the gun in my pocket. }}
* ''[[It's Pat]]'': When asked if Pat has a banana in a pocket Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?, Pat simply whips out a banana and says "I, uh, have a banana in my pocket."
▲== Films ==
* ''[[
** It should be noted that the rabbit is very obvious and her voice makes it abundantly clear it's sarcasm. Eddie immediately ask her to "cut the comedy".
* An interesting use in ''[[Ace Ventura]] Pet Detective'': First Ace feels what he thinks is a gun while Lois Einhorn tries to seduce him, and points it out ("Your gun is digging into my hip."). But later, when he learns [[Gender Bender|who Einhorn really is]], Ace gets promptly [[
** When he originally asked that, Lois responded, "Don't you want me to read you your rights?"
** Made even more hilarious if you speak any German, as "Einhorn" means "Unicorn" or, literally, "one horn".
* From ''[[The Pirate Movie]]'': "Is that a knife in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" It turned out to be a knife that the pirate threw into the wall before demonstrating that he was indeed glad to see her.
* Used in ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' by Lily von Shtup, unsurprisingly. "Is that a ten-gallon hat, or are you just enjoying the show?"
** [[Biggus Dickus|"Oh, it is]] [[Elmuh Fudd Syndwome|twue!"]]
* ''[[Americas Sweethearts]]''
* Done in the Eddie Murphy remake of ''[[The Nutty Professor]]'', by the main character's [[Jerkass]] alter ego. *hugs older woman from behind* "Is that a test tube in my pocket, or am I just happy to see you?"
* "Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?", supposedly said by Mae West at the railway station in Los Angeles upon her return from Chicago, when a Los Angeles police officer was assigned to escort her home in 1936. She delivered the line on film to George Hamilton in her last movie, ''[[Sextette]]'' (1978).
** But the best-known form is when she said it to Cary Grant (his first film role) in "She Done Him Wrong".
* Used for [[Ho Yay]] in ''[[The Big Red One]]''. Two soldiers are sleeping close to each other.
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"That's not my rifle, Johnson." }}
== Literature ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'' has the old Troll pickup line, mentioned in ''[[
* ''[[Dragaera]]'': Cawti, visiting
* ''[[Dresden Files]]'': In a moment that's a beautiful microcosm of the series of as a whole, Elaine,
▲== Live Action TV ==
* A subversion from ''[[Scrubs]]''
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'''J.D.:''' Actually it ''is'' a roll of quarters. ''(takes it out and shrugs awkwardly)'' Laundry day... }}
* In ''[[The X
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'''Movie Mulder:''' My flashlight. }}
** The joke is further extended when the movie Scully tells Mulder she's in love with A.D. Skinner. When asked by Mulder what Skinner has that he doesn't, Scully answers "Bigger flashlight."
** A deleted scene from the episode "Home" plays with this trope, too. Taken from the scene where the duo is doing an autopsy on a dead infant in an impossibly tiny bathroom, Scully stops suddenly and looks at Mulder incredulously, who is behind her.
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'''Scully''': Really? I thought a longstanding curiosity had just been satisfied. }}
* Even ''[[Pee
* Lord Flasheart does this to himself in series two of ''[[
* Used in ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', though without the exact line. After {{spoiler|Olive kissed Ned}} in a previous episode, Olive tries to make light of the awkwardness between them. When they bump against each other, she says "This is... what it is, isn't it? Unless that's not a rolling pin under your apron." Ned, of course, reaches under his apron and produces a rolling pin. Olive is ''quite'' the optimist, it seems.
* Half-used in an episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' where Carter and O'Neill are lying together for warmth.
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'''O'Neill:''' It's my sidearm, I swear. }}
** Which is purely a joke on O'Neill's part, since he's half-dead at this point and Carter wasn't feeling anything but drawing his attention to something else she'd noticed.
* ''[[Spin City]]'':
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'''Mike:''' What? No.
'''Caitlin:''' Then what's that pressing against me?
'''Mike:''' It's a cross wrench.
'''Caitlin:''' I don't care what you call it, just pull it back.
'''Mike:''' ''(produces cross wrench)'' It's a cross wrench.
'''Caitlin:''' Well, what's that?
'''Mike:''' OK, maybe I'm enjoying this a little. }}
* Happens beautifully in the American version of ''[[The Office]]'', when Pam hugs Michael after he stands up for her.
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''(long, awkward pause)''
'''Michael:''' A Chunky. ''(takes Chunky candy bar out of his pocket)'' }}
* Similarly in ''[[The Thin Blue Line]]'' - PC Maggie Habib is getting into character for an entrapment operation, and uses the line on PC Kevin Goody - a naive manchild type character with a crush on her. After collapsing in embarrassment, he replies that "Actually, it's a Curly-Wurly" (chocolate bar)
* In the ''[[3rd Rock
* Played with (again) in a fairly recent ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' TV series:
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'''Robin:''' No, I'm just happy to see you! }}
* Referenced in the finale of ''[[The Detectives]]''. "Um, no, actually, it's my inhaler".
* ''[[NCIS]]''. Ziva accidentally falls on top of McGee while inspecting a robot car.
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** Abby enthusiastically hugs Gibbs after a long absence, then asks if that's his badge she's feeling. Gibbs naturally produces his badge.
** Tony also preemptively denied it whilst [[Not What It Looks Like|rolling naked in a bed with Ziva]]. "For your information, that's my knee!"
* ''[[White Collar]]'', after a female suspect searches Neal very ''thoroughly'' for bugs:
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* Subversion in ''[[Comedy Inc]]''.
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'''Man''': Both. *Shoots her* }}
* Lampshaded slightly in the series ''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]''; a neighbor of Detective Matt Sikes gives him a plate of poached trout for dinner, in gratitude for an act of kindness that Matt didn't remember performing. He then visits Newcomer neighbor (and inevitable romantic interest) Cathy, who greets him teasingly at the door; "Well, Matt, is that a fish in your hand or am I happy to see you...no, that didn't come out right."
* Subverted in an episode of the short-lived series ''[[The Commish]]''. In a dream episode set in an old crime-noir setting, the main character pulls a gun out of his pocket. To which, the femme fatale responds, "That was a gun? I thought you were just happy to see me!".
* Happens in ''[[Bones]]'' when Booth and the title character go to a strip club, and the woman that they're questioning gives Booth a lap dance. He insists, "That's my gun." He does, however, send Bones away at the end of the scene.
* Played with in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''.
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'''Jo:''' (holding a gun to his back) No, I'm just really happy to see you. }}
* In the climactic scene of the third episode of ''[[
* On one episode of the mock talk show ''[[Night Stand With Dick Dietrich]],'' two guests were competing for a free plastic surgery; a woman with a huge nose and a man with a tiny penis. Over the course of the show they fell in love and decided they didn't need the surgery. As they embraced for the first time...
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'''Man:''' Well, I am happy to see you, but...(takes coins out of his pocket) yeah, it's just a roll of pennies. }}
* ''[[Married...
** Peg once asked Al if that was money in your pocket or if he was happy to see her. She then realized it had to be money.
** Kelly once had to play the role of [[Madame Curie]] and assumed she was some hooker but Bud quickly explained who Madame Curie was. The mistake wasn't mentioned during the rest of the episode but [[Brick Joke|was referenced to]] when Kelly's version of Madame Curie asked somebody if that was radium in his pocket of if he was happy to see her.
* ''[[Lois and Clark]]'': At the two-part finale of Season 1, [[Lex Luthor]] bought Kryptonite from a dealer who tried to kill him to get the money and keep the Kryptonite. After the dealer and Lex's hired double killed each other, Luthor reclaimed the Kryptonite and searched the dealer's pockets for the Kryptonite, asking if there was Kryptonite inside them or if he was happy to see Luthor.
* Subverted in ''[[Golden Girls]]'': [[Lovable Sex Maniac|Blanche Devereaux]] asks one of the men at the local bar this. Turns out he really ''is'' carrying a gun in his pocket.
== Music ==
* [[Pet Shop Boys]] use a variant of this in "Pandemonium" to imply the subject...err... likes wild parties:
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Why aren't we holding hands and talking sweet? }}
* This line appears in a [[Britney Spears]] song called "Kill The Lights": "Is that money in your pocket or are you happy to see me?"
* "Bullet" by Jessie James.
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Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? }}
== Theatre ==
* The stage play ''[[Lost In Yonkers]]'' reveals that Uncle Louie does keep a gun in his pocket. He says that the ladies think it's something else when they dance real close.
* From the second ''[[Bottom|Bottom Live]]'' stage show, as Richie and Eddie, in prison, rehearse for Richie's forthcoming encounter with the jail's Mister Big:
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'''Eddie''': Why, it's... [pulls out gun] A gun!
'''Richie''': My, it is a whopper, isn't i- ''FUCKING HELL EDDDIE THAT'S A GUN!'' }}
== Video Games ==
* Used in ''[[Monkey Island]]'': "Is that a banana in your pocket or are you just happy to see us?" The hero had just stolen a banana from these guys. They weren't pleased.
** Also in the [[
* Both ''[[Civilization]] 3'' and ''4'' give us this line from Catherine the Great, parodying the usual depictions of her as a sex-hungry slut:
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* Walking up to female villagers you saved in ''[[Overlord]]'' may cause them to say: "Is that a pumpkin in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"
* Used in one of the ''[[Gex]]'' games: "Is that a lightsaber, or are you just happy to see me?"
* ''[[
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* Played with in ''[[Uncharted Drakes Fortune|Uncharted 2]]'' with the following exchange:
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'''Drake:''' Maybe I'm just happy to see you. }}
* In the ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' video game, upon seeing R.H.I.N.O., Spidey will ''attempt'' this.
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* Used in the 2009 game ''[[
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* Reading a shirt in [[Nethack
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▲== Web Comics ==
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051026 Referenced] in ''[[Girl Genius]]'', when a still-rather-innocent Agatha portrays a [[Femme Fatale|her mother]] in a play, having practiced her lines out of context: "--and when I asked him if that was a ''wrench'' in his pocket--"
** The play in question being "''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051017 The Socket Wench of Prague]''" and is [[Take Our Word for It|well-known for being risqué]]
* Art and Kat are trapped in a closet in ''[[Sequential Art (
* The ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'' strip [http://exterminatusnow.comicgenesis.com/d/20070127.html where Jamilla kisses Eastwood] features something similar:
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'''Eastwood:''' Uhm... It's... a... '''PACKET OF MINTS'''!
'''Jamilla:''' Well, you must like em, feels like it's half empty. }}
** Behind them, his... [[With Friends Like These...|"friends"]] are covering their mouths to barely stop them from being in throes of laughter.
* In ''[[Questionable Content]]'', during the early days of [[Will They or Won't They?]] between Marten and Faye, she gives him a [[Just Friends|purely platonic]] hug, and then comments "I'm just going to pretend that a roll of quarters in your pocket is what I feel poking into my hip."
* In [http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=259 this strip] of ''[[Emergency Exit]]'', Saya asks [[Chaste Hero|Eddie]] while drunk, "Is that a banana in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" Eddie then pulls out a banana.
** [http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=305 So Saya... you ate Eddie's banana?]
* ''[[
* Played with in [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1911/ this] ''[[Cyanide
** Another has "It's a gun. And I hate seeing you." Followed by the man making a thrusting motion, and the gun shooting the questioner.
* ''[[Sinfest]]'' did it with [https://web.archive.org/web/20131123001524/http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3204 Blue vs. Criminy] (it obviously ''is'' a telescope and the line [[Literal
* ''[[Luke Surl]]'' had a [http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/3266 WACOM stylus] in the pocket. Or not.
* ''[[What's New
* ''[[Comic Who]]'' does this with Jack and the Doctor. They hug, and Jack asks if the Doctor had a banana in his pocket, or was just happy to see him. [http://comic-who.blogspot.com/2012/01/banana-in-pocket.html Jack's disappointed.]
* Butch of ''[[Chopping Block]]'' [http://choppingblock.keenspot.com/d/20010917.html has declared it to be both].
* In ''[[The Noob]]'' the corny line was thrown at Ohforf by Cyborella the Elven Queen. It was [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=161 a bottle of ketchup]. Earlier she (back then "Cathy") [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=168 played this] with Drakoola (back then "Heathcliff"), but [[Munchkin|there was a little problem]].
* ''Snafu'' got [http://snafu-comics.com/swmcomic/clank/ this one]:
{{quote|'''Samus''': Is your waste management ''unit'' malfunctioning, or are you just ''happy'' to see me? }}
== Web Original ==
* In
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Futurama]]'': Amy to Kif: "Is that your camouflage reflex or are you just happy to see me?"
* Played with (and then immediately lampshaded) in ''[[Lucy, the Daughter of
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'''Lucy:''' No! I'm just happy to see you!
'''Security Guard:''' [[Never Heard That One Before|I've heard that one. Every shoplifter uses that joke.]] }}
* Played with once in ''[[Family Guy]]'': Cleveland once begins with "Is that a banana in your pocket," but ends it with "or an erection in your pocket?", essentially [[Don't Explain the Joke|explaining the joke]] before it's finished.
* In ''[[The Simpsons (
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Comes up]] occasionally in [[Archer]].
* From ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'':
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== Real Life ==
* Though it was re-used later in ''[[She Done Him Wrong]]'' and later
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150826011559/http://www.komonews.com/news/45715787.html This Clerk] actually manages to use the line on an armed robber(who actually DID have a pistol in his pocket), before calling him a dumbass!
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAepItFDXc4 That's my penis].
* [[Invoked]] a [http://notalwaysright.com/moms-gotta-love-em/1300 couple] [http://notalwaysright.com/is-that-a-pinot-noir-in-your-pocket/1605 times] on [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]].
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