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* "All in a day's work!"
* "All in good time, my dear. All in good time."
* "All's well that ends well.": The title line of a [[Shakespeare]] [[
** 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.)
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* "Are you happy now?" (or, alternatively, "I hope you're happy." or "I hope you're proud of yourself." or "I hope you're satisfied.")
** Often a [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] situation.
** Multiple repetitions of this line or variations thereof make up much of the entire first half of the showstopper "Defying Gravity" from the musical ''[[Wicked (
* "As an X ... you make an excellent Y."
* "As they say in [country], '[phrase from a different country].'"
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{{quote| "So, as they say in China, 'a[[Trrrilling Rrrs|rrrr]]ivederci!'"<br />
"As they say in Mexico, 'dosvedanya!' Down there, that's ''two'' vedanyas." }}
** [[Star Trek VI:
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* "*exasperated sigh* ''Boys!''" -- or -- "*exasperated sigh* ''Girls!''"
** And in one ''[[Buck Godot]]'' comic: *exasperated sigh* ''Fish!''
** [[Animaniacs
* "Behold, my true form" or "It's time to show you my true form" -- The mating cry of the [[One-Winged Angel]].
* "But these creatures have been extinct for ''millions'' of years!" (They're [[Not So Extinct]].)
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** ''[[Disgaea]]'', when [[Lethal Chef]] Flonne offers to help make dinner.
* "Can we keep him/her/it?" See [[Pet Baby Wild Animal]]. Occasionally prefaced with "He/she/it followed me home".
** Said in the ending of ''[[
* "Can't you see I'm busy?" Said while doing something relatively mundane while someone is trying to inform you about the apocalypse or a masked gunman aiming at you.
** Occasionally "can't you see we're busy?" is used.
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* "Clean up on aisle five."
** "[[Dead Rising|Clean up! Register six!]]"
* "Come back here, you cowards!" Said to either (a) your comrades who have just deserted you in combat or (b) the enemy, who are running away so you can't kill them as they deserve. An (a) example occurs in ''[[¡Three Amigos!
* "Come on, just live a little!"
* [[Dastardly Whiplash|"Curses! Foiled again!"]]
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** This phrase usually has "you're" or some sort of noun and "is" before it.
* "Define (noun)."
* "[[Never Say "Die"|Destroy]] them!" Said by cheesy [[Harmless Villain|Saturday Morning Cartoon villains]].
* "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.
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*** Bob saying "Okay, [character] is/will not [action]." Which in turn can be followed by the [[Gilligan Cut]] and Alice complaining "You lied."
* "Don't worry, I'll/we'll be right behind you!" Usually said by the [[Lovable Coward]] to [[The Hero]] when faced with threatening situations, usually followed by the speakers running and taking cover behind something, or hiding behind the hero.
** A variation from ''[[
{{quote| '''Sallah:''' Very dangerous. You go first. }}
* "Don't worry! I know this [country|city|land|terrain] like the back of my hand." Sometimes subverted or spoofed by having a character say this, then examine the back of their hand and say "Wow! I never noticed that before!"
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== 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).
** An emphasized "was" appears in the original ''[[
* "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?!"
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* "Hello, father/mother/brother/sister.": Whenever someone confronts an estranged family member, especially when they're on opposite ends of the good/evil scale. Usually delivered in a mocking tone.
** Just before their climactic battle in the second season finale of'' [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Buffy greets Angelus with a bitter "Hello, lover."
** Used before the climactic duel in the ''[[Transformers (
* "He/She/They will be back." Said by a [[Genre Savvy]] character after someone opts towards [[Refusal of the Call]].
* "He's/She's/They're getting away!" Announced by heroes or villains when the other side is escaping.
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* "I had nothing to do with this!"
* "I have a plan." Usually a sign you should run away -- fast.
** Especially if it's a ''[[
* "I have a prescription for that!" Said by anyone caught popping pills.
* "I have a reputation to maintain." Said by the [[Jerk
* "I ''heard'' that!" "You were ''supposed'' to!"
* "I hope I'm wrong, because otherwise..." aaaaand.....cut to a different scene. Note that the thing-too-terrible-to-contemplate that is the subject of this line always, ''always'' happens. See also [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]].
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** 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.
** Similarly in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''Jingo'', Nobby says he'll never wash his hankerchief again, then blows his nose ("It still bends, see?")
** In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** One episode of ''[[
* "I'll sleep when I'm dead," or "Sleep is for the dead." May be countered with "If you don't sleep, you ''are''/''will be'' dead!"
* "I love you!" "You don't know what love is!" Alternate replies along the lines of "Not enough." or "I actually used to believe that..." are also common.
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* "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what this is all about."
* "I'm too young to die!" Or, in more comedic settings, "I'm too pretty to die!"
** Subverted in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]: The Mis-Edventures'':
{{quote| ''Eddy''': I'm too young - and handsome - to die!}}
** Lampshaded in [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]:
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* "It's our only hope!"
* "It's over (between us)." Standard breakup line. See [[Let's Just Be Friends]] for the more polite version.
* "It's so hard to get good help these days." Usually by the head villain regarding his bumbling [[Evil Minions]] (often with regard to the one [[You Have Failed Me|he's just killed]]). See [[Surrounded
* "It's the right thing to do."
* "It was all just a huge [[Poor Communication Kills|misunderstanding]]." Openly uttered at the very end of cliche sitcoms. See [[Three Is Company]].
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* "I've got a bad feeling about this.". Featured in all six ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies and several tie-in titles. Generally considered/acknowledged to be [[Shout-Out|an homage]] when seen in a more recent show.
* "I was afraid you were gonna say that."
* "I was ''this'' close" (to achieving something): with the "this" accompanied by the appropriate one hand gesture. Without the hand gesture "this" is changed to "so". Either way, the character knows almost doesn't count, and lets others know it. Made famous by ''[[
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== P ==
* "Play time is over." Often used by villains to indicate that they're going to start taking the fight serious, and that the heroes had better do the same or else. Kind of like an inverse [[Let's Get Dangerous]].
** And of course, from the video game that manages to directly use so so many stock phrases completely straight: "Play time is over, [[Star Fox (
* "Please don't shoot my dog, he couldn't have eaten those sheep!"
* "''Please'' tell me you're kidding..."
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* "Stop me anytime." Someone is depressed or angry with themselves and starts listing all of their own failings, expecting the person they're talking to to break in and disagree. If the other person just lets them continue, they get annoyed and say this.
* "Stop the presses." Originally related to reporters have a new story that they just have to have in the next edition, it's rarer for use in actual news (actually stopping the presses is damned expensive and takes ages to start back up) and is used generally for any news that may need people to stop what they are doing.
** Subverted in [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]] episode "Truth or Ed" where Eddy yells this when he hears that the school newspapers actually have profit.
* "Says the X..." In forms like "Says the X to the Y" or "Says the X who/that did whatever."
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** 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."
** Nicely subverted in the reboot of ''[[Star Trek (
* "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.
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* "We do not negotiate with terrorists". When this line is uttered, expect negotiation with terrorists to follow fairly quickly.
** Although not in ''[[The World Is Not Enough (Film)|The World Is Not Enough]]''.
** Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (
* "We don't know what we're fighting for!"
* "We don't know what we're up against." Said by [[The Captain]] or the highest-ranked individual around when going on a mission with any unknown variables.
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** Brent Sienna from [http://www.pvponline.com PVP Online] once stated that "In all the history of mankind, nothing good has ever come after the phrase 'Honey, we need to talk.'"
* "We're all going to die!"
** "[[Beast Wars
** Alternately: "We're doomed!" ([[Star Wars|Shut up, Threepio.]])
** You've also heard it: "We're screwed/fucked."
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* "What could possibly happen/go wrong?" This is often the kiss of death, particularly for what seems to be [[A Simple Plan]]. Someone who says this usually finds out the answer the hard way. See [[Tempting Fate]]. Also expect a [[Genre Savvy]] Character to point that they shouldn't had said that.
* "What did you say your name was?" "I didn't." Usually used to up a character's mystique, or if the audience knows their name, to show that they're keeping their identity hidden. Also can take the form of "You never told me your name." "No, I didn't."
* "What do you want?"/ "Ah, it's not what ''I'' want, it's what ''you'' want." Standard opening to the [[Deal
** Subverted in ''The Proposition'': "You want me to kill my brother?" "I want you to kill your brother."
* "Whatever <Character> is paying you, I'll double it." Used both for rich kidnapping victims and for rich victims of assassins. Neither variant usually works.
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** [[Nightmare Fuel]] to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans of late, thanks to [[Steven Moffat]].
* "Who wants to know?" The classic response of the [[Private Detective]] or [[First-Person Smartass]] to being asked if they're themselves. Frequently, the character asking the speaker is a [[Mook]] of the [[Big Bad]].
* "Why am I [[Surrounded
* "Why, I oughtta..." Spoken with clenched fist and suppressed rage.
* "Will you stop saying [[Hello My Name Is Inigo Montoya|(X)]]?"
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* "You want him? Come and get him!"
* "You were saying?"
* "You were ''thinking'' it." Usually uttered after a character protests that they never said X about someone/something (examples: Diego says this to Sid in the first [[Ice Age]] movie, Mike says this to Sully in the teaser for [[Monsters, Inc.]]). A variation is a character saying something very weird and/or tasteless, and in response to the looks of shock or disgust, protests "Oh come on, you were thinking it too!"
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