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== B ==

** And in one ''[[Buck Godot]]'' comic: *exasperated sigh* ''Fish!''

** [[Animaniacs|"Boys! Go fig!"]]

* "But these creatures have been extinct for ''millions'' of years!" (They're [[Not So Extinct]].)

* "But why am I telling ''you'' all this? And you, a total stranger."

* "Did <name> send you?" "<name> doesn't know I'm here." Usually spoken when the second speaker comes to the first (usually the villain) to make a deal on behalf of their love interest/best friend/etc.

** Subverted in the Conan story "The Scarlet Citadel," where the guy making the deal turns out to be a former tribesman out for vengeance for a brother killed during Conan's pirate days, where he was known as "Amra." He meets his end at the fangs of Tsotha's snake Satha before he can kill Conan.

* "Do you know who I am?" Said by the arrogant famous/powerful villain.

* "Do you like what you see?" Usually spoken by a lingerie-clad (or nude) [[Femme Fatale]] as she prepares to seduce (or outright rape) the hero, perhaps after her [[Dress Hits Floor]].

* "Do you think he/she/they bought it?" Quick way of letting the audience know that whatever they just did was staged for another character's benefit.

* "Don't call me 'Mr. <name>' -- I look around for my father whenever I hear 'Mr. <name>'." (See [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs]])

* "Don't just stand there, ''do'' something!"

** Occasionally inverted to "Don't just do something, ''stand'' there!" for comedy purposes.

* "Don't look now, but..."

* "Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining." Popularized, but not coined, by ''[[Judge Judy]]''.

* "Don't tell me [unpleasant or unwelcome fact]". "Okay, I won't tell you."

** Sometimes the second person tells the first person said unwelcome fact followed by "I told you not to tell me that."

 

== E ==

** [[Monsters vs. Aliens|"Evidently, it eats lead."]]

** For instances of [[Abnormal Ammo]], substitute 'lead' with the appropriate substance. (For example, [[Darkwing Duck]]'s "Suck gas, evildoer!" or Elric's "Eat steel, beast!" from ''Die By The Sword''.)

 

== F ==

* "Fuck you."

 

== H ==

* An emphasized "had" (so as to mean the past tense of "have"): Without saying so many words, a character is disappointed say, that a villain he was chasing somehow got away when he was so confident that, well, he ''had'' him (think of Arnold Schwarzenegger complaining to a horse in a scene from ''True Lies'' after it refuses to chase a baddie who's just jumped across a street, airborne, on a motorcycle).

* "Hands Up!" Said by anyone with a gun. The phrase isn't even needed sometimes; if a character sees someone with a gun they'll automatically raise their hands with no prompting. (See also [[Stick'Em Up]], which is a [[Sub-Trope]] of this.)

* "Hang on!" "To what?!"

* "I got to get me one of those!" Jokingly said by a character upon encountering some incredibly awesome but wholly implausible weapon or device (Will Smith in ''Independence Day'', Commissioner Gordon reacting to the Batmobile in ''Batman Begins'').

* "I had nothing to do with this!"

** Especially if it's a ''[[Blackadder|cunning]]'' plan.

* "I have a prescription for that!" Said by anyone caught popping pills.

* "I think (s)he's dead already." Often uttered near the end of a killing where the killer is [[Pummeling the Corpse]].

* "I think we lost them." Often uttered moments before the bad guys reappear. A common example of [[Tempting Fate]].

** Often followed with "I got better."

* "It may be a (noun phrase), but it's ''my'' (noun phrase)." Often rendered as "He/She may be...", where the noun phrase is something derogatory.

** "I hate to say it, but... hmmm, actually I don't. I told you so!"

* "It worked", "It actually works!", or "I can't believe it worked". Said when the plan that sounds [[Crazy Enough to Work]], does. Ditto the insane invention that really does work.

* "It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it."

* "It's a gift...and a curse." Stock line for the [[Defective Detective]], reminding everyone that their Holmesian acuity comes at a price. Popularized by [[Monk]].

** Used in ''Spider-Man'': "This is my gift. This is my curse."

* "It's a trap!"

* "It's dead." / "Could you ''please'' not use the word 'dead'?" Exchange that takes place at that point in a horror movie when someone tries to phone for help.

* "It's got to work!" (or "It has to work!"). Because if it doesn't work, they're dead.

* "O''kay'' then..." Standard response to [[Too Much Information]], [[Digging Yourself Deeper]], [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]] and other tropes of that ilk, generally indicates a [[Sarcasm Failure]].

* "Olé!" Response to any lively music that sounds even ''vaguely'' Spanish.

* "''One'', two, three, ''one'', two, three..." Counting out the beats of 3/4 time is the perfect way to set people waltzing.

* "One-way ticket" to someplace that you wouldn't want to go, e.g., "a one-way ticket to jail."

** Also subverted in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Brannigan Begin Again": '''Neutral Leader:''' "If I don't survive, tell my wife: Hello."

** Wonderfully subverted in ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'', near the start of the film. '''Llewellyn''', speaking to his wife: "If I don't come back, tell my Mom I love her." '''Llewellyn's wife''': "Your mama's been dead for years..." '''Llewellyn''': "Oh. Then I guess I'll tell her myself."

* "That was too close.": Spoken just after a near miss by a projectile, a last-second disarming of a bomb, etc. Sometimes seen in a two-character variation, as "That was close." "Yeah, a little ''too'' close."

* "That went well.": Sentence used to break the appalled hush after something goes terribly wrong.

** ''[[Firefly]]'' only used it once, but it was spoken by a naked man marooned in the middle of the desert. What's ''really'' funny is that he meant it!

** Alpha 5's line after the first meeting with the would-be [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]] in "The Day Of the Dumpster" goes very wrong.

* "When a mommy and a daddy love each other very much..." The opening of [[The Talk]].

* "Where have you been? You missed all the excitement!" Usually said to the one who was secretly the cause of the excitement. Common in the [[Superhero]] genre.

* "Why don't you come up to my place?" The classic come-on line (though variations in phrasing are numerous).

** ''On The Town'' has the comic duet "Come Up To My Place."

* "Ya gotta believe me!" The Standard Suspect Punch Line, used to end almost every interrogation that includes an unbelievable alibi.

* "Yes, I did it, and I'm glad!" Standard line in the [[Motive Rant]], often used by the faithless wife confessing to her husband's murder.

* "You ARE the One!" The usual statement when the most adamant doubter of the [[The Chosen One]] is finally convinced.

* "You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy." Almost any other noun can take the place of "country" in order to fit this to the current context.