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** Honestly, to show that, despite all the troubles they went through, the protagonists finally have what they want, and life is good, or:

** Satirically, to show that, even though the main plot has been wrapped up, there's a dangling thread the protagonists never took care of. (They don't usually care.)

* "All the cool kids are doing it!"

** It's pretty much impossible to use this one straight anymore, due to its use in [[The Aggressive Drug Dealer|anti-drug]] and peer-pressure resistance education back in [[The Eighties]].

* "I have a reputation to maintain." Said by the [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] who prefers to be known as a straight [[Jerkass]].

* "I ''heard'' that!" "You were ''supposed'' to!"

* "I knew that." No they didn't.

* "''I'' know that, and ''you'' know that, but ''he'' doesn't know that."

* "I'll never wash (these clothes/this body part) again": Something romantic happens to a character involving his/her clothes/body part. Examples: Doug holding Patty's arm (''[[Doug]]''), Arnold hugging Helga (''[[Hey Arnold!]]!'', "Arnold's Hat"), and there's also a variation in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]!'', "It Girl", involving Helga shoving Eugene.

** Subverted in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', where, after Bart declares this about his hand, we cut to ten minutes later, where we see it's become incredibly dirty.

** In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', Spike says this after Rarity kisses his cheek. He's serious about it, as a week later, the lipstick from the kiss (along with random accumulated dirt) is still on his cheek.

** One episode of ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'' has the latter declaring never to wash his eyeball again.

* "Where did you find/get this guy?"

* "Who are you, and what have you done with X?": Said ''to'' X, after some display of [[Not Himself|out-of-character behaviour]]. Often said by mothers after a display of affection or gratitude by their teenaged kid.

* "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.

** Used in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' in homosexual contexts.

* "Who turned out the lights?" A character has just been blinded, often by a bucket landing on his head.

** Common in [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoons, especially ''[[The Flintstones]]''.

** [[Nightmare Fuel]] to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans of late, thanks to [[Steven Moffat]].

* "With you by my side as queen..."

* "Why me?" Often uttered by characters (usually the [[Deadpan Snarker]] or [[Butt Monkey]]) when things never seem to go right for them.

 

== X ==

* "X?! Ooh, I love X! ... What's X?"

 

== Y ==

 

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