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* In ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' there's a reference to Clarence having "pulled a Brody"—period slang for jumping off a bridge, after New York bridge-jumper Steve Brody.

* In ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'', Dave spills water on his pants after witnessing the confrontation between Baltazaar and Horvath and everyone believes that he wet himself. Even ten years later, kids in grade school still call having a nervous breakdown "pulling a Dave Stutler."

== Fanfiction ==

* In the [[Transformers]] fanfic community, [[Fanon]] especially, something blowing up or exploding is known as 'Wheeljack' and 'Pulling a Wheeljack', such as "Dude, your computer just pulled a Wheeljack."

== Literature ==

** And in the second season premiere, Dean is stuck in an out-of-body experience where he can't touch or affect anything around him. So he watches Sam and their father get into an argument, and Dean gets really angry at them for it, so he knocks a glass of water onto the floor. His father and brother stop and stare, and Dean says, with a look of shock on his face, "I full-on [[Ghost (film)|Swayze-ed]] that mother."

* Frequently [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] on ''[[Bones]]''. When someone makes a witty line, pop-culture challenged Brennan says [[Catch Phrase|"I don't know what that means."]] It's pretty much a [[Running Gag]] both saying it regularly, by Brennan herself and the other characters at one time or another, and the few times she does know what it means.

'''Brennan''': "I don't know what that means." }}

* Police procedurals in general seem to like to use "pulled a Louganis" as a euphemism for someone taking a suicidal leap; both ''[[CSI]]'' and ''[[NCIS]]'' have used it, and possibly others as well.

* Hank Green of the [[Vlog Brothers]] made 'Warner Chilcot' a curse word after the company of that name [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPf8vwnoEtU raised the price of his medication by 1200%.]

* Parodied to the point of [[Refuge in Audacity]] in the [[Riff Trax]] of ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'', as Neytiri fends off the jackal-like animals attacking Jake's Avatar.

''[[Crosses the Line Twice|I heard Michael Vick pulled a]] [[A Date with Rosie Palms|PeeWee Herman]] [[Crosses the Line Twice|in the theater during this scene.]]'' }}

* [[Bionicle]]:

'''Tahu''': Yes, that's right, a Pohatu. "When in doubt, smash everything, and then hope you're somewhere else when it all goes 'boom'". }}

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