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Rose: At least I didn't shoot Tom! (Blanche's date for the episode) <br /> |
Rose: At least I didn't shoot Tom! (Blanche's date for the episode) <br /> |
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Blanche: I wish you'd have shot Tom! You shot my vase! }} |
Blanche: I wish you'd have shot Tom! You shot my vase! }} |
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* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel |
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' used this for drama. Will and Carlton were robbed; Will was shot, which set up a long recovery arc, and Carlton got paranoid and bought a revolver. Guess how well ''that'' went over... |
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* ''[[Home Improvement]]'' did this once, though it was actually neighbor Wilson that got robbed. In any case, imagine [[Tim Taylor Technology]] applied to a home security system and... yeah. |
* ''[[Home Improvement]]'' did this once, though it was actually neighbor Wilson that got robbed. In any case, imagine [[Tim Taylor Technology]] applied to a home security system and... yeah. |
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* ''[[7th Heaven]]'', after Annie and Matt are robbed at gunpoint. Matt reacted in the usual terrified way, suffering a [[Heroic BSOD]] the next morning, while Annie remained calm and strong as usual. However, later on Matt was getting better thanks to a support group while Annie unexpectedly broke down in tears a few nights later, and freaked out when she mistook a stranger giving back a pair of dropped sunglasses for an assailant. |
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* ''Mama's Family:'' |
* ''Mama's Family:'' |
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** In "Black Belt Mama", Thelma gets mugged and gets her purse stolen. She then takes a self-defense class with Naomi and Sonja. Later on in the episode, Thelma is at a bus stop with another woman when the same mugger comes for her purse. Thelma reminds the thief to remember to take the other woman's purse too, at which point {{spoiler|Thelma slams him in the back of the head with an iron in a shopping bag.}} |
** In "Black Belt Mama", Thelma gets mugged and gets her purse stolen. She then takes a self-defense class with Naomi and Sonja. Later on in the episode, Thelma is at a bus stop with another woman when the same mugger comes for her purse. Thelma reminds the thief to remember to take the other woman's purse too, at which point {{spoiler|Thelma slams him in the back of the head with an iron in a shopping bag.}} |
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** Applied hilariously in "The Key to the Crime": After the Courteous Crook hits the Harper home, Thelma notices he cleaned up the bathroom and remarks, "I ain't gonna be able to sit in there again!" |
** Applied hilariously in "The Key to the Crime": After the Courteous Crook hits the Harper home, Thelma notices he cleaned up the bathroom and remarks, "I ain't gonna be able to sit in there again!" |
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* Sheldon on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' experienced this after Leonard's and his apartment was robbed. However, in keeping with the light 'n' happy, nerdy tone of the show, he and Howard designed a security system equipped with a taser-fitted fishing net. Needless to say, [[Hoist |
* Sheldon on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' experienced this after Leonard's and his apartment was robbed. However, in keeping with the light 'n' happy, nerdy tone of the show, he and Howard designed a security system equipped with a taser-fitted fishing net. Needless to say, [[Hoist by His Own Petard|it didn't end well.]] |
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
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