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{{quote|'''Webb:''' That must be the biggest scandal since Watergategate. |
{{quote|'''Webb:''' That must be the biggest scandal since Watergategate. |
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'''Mitchell:''' Watergategate? Isn't it just Watergate? |
'''Mitchell:''' Watergategate? Isn't it just Watergate? |
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'''Webb:''' No, that would mean it was just about water. No, it was a scandal or "gate" -- add the suffix '-gate', that's what you do with a scandal -- involving the Watergate Hotel. So it was called the Watergate scandal, or Watergategate.''|''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]''}} |
'''Webb:''' No, that would mean it was just about water. No, it was a scandal or "gate" -- add the suffix '-gate', that's what you do with a scandal -- involving the Watergate Hotel. So it was called the Watergate scandal, or Watergategate.''|''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]''}} |
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* ''[[The Thick of It]]'' - Flatgate, despite Terri pointing out that [[Notting Hill]]-Gate would be a lot cleverer. |
* ''[[The Thick of It]]'' - Flatgate, despite Terri pointing out that [[Notting Hill]]-Gate would be a lot cleverer. |
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* In ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'', Rob refers to the original scandal as "Watergategate" on the grounds that, otherwise, what would you call a scandal about water? |
* In ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'', Rob refers to the original scandal as "Watergategate" on the grounds that, otherwise, what would you call a scandal about water? |
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{{quote|'''Mitchell:''' ...Aquagate?}} |
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* Modelgate: The scandal on ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' involving Bob Barker, Dian Parkinson and many, many others that he fired as a result of what he did with Dian. |
* Modelgate: The scandal on ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' involving Bob Barker, Dian Parkinson and many, many others that he fired as a result of what he did with Dian. |
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* On ''[[Community]]'', the main characters conspire to make "Star-burns" lose his job in a scandal. The school newspaper headline reads "[[Name's the Same|Star-Gate!]]" in big letters, and underneath reads "[[Lampshade Hanging|Headline in reference to Watergate, not]] [[Stargate (film)|the 1994 sci-fi film]]." |
* On ''[[Community]]'', the main characters conspire to make "Star-burns" lose his job in a scandal. The school newspaper headline reads "[[Name's the Same|Star-Gate!]]" in big letters, and underneath reads "[[Lampshade Hanging|Headline in reference to Watergate, not]] [[Stargate (film)|the 1994 sci-fi film]]." |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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* Subverted in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', where Kent Brockman reveals that the trial of Mayor Quimby's nephew for assaulting a waiter is being dubbed by the media as "Beat Up Waiter": |
* Subverted in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', where Kent Brockman reveals that the trial of Mayor Quimby's nephew for assaulting a waiter is being dubbed by the media as "Beat Up Waiter": |
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{{quote|'''Kent Brockman:''' This reporter suggested "Waitergate" but was shouted down at the Press Club.}} |
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