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So a particular situation, severe or trivial, could whether rightly or wrongly be perceived as character A's fault, by character A or by another character, based on point [X]. Cue a [[Stock Phrase]] of one of two forms:

 

''"You [[Title Drop|should have thought of that before [X].]]"'' if said by another character.

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== Film ==

* ''[[The Dark Knight]]''

'''Gordon''': You should have thought of that before you let that clown out of the box. }}

'''Yzma''': Ha! You should have thought of that before you became ''peasants!'' }}

** And another one of the more trivial variety:

'''Salesman''': You know, pal, you could have told me that before I set it up. }}

'''Palumbo''': You should have thought of that before you got her pregnant. }}

* ''[[Beethoven Lives Upstairs]]''

'''Schindler''': You should have thought of that before you destroyed the last one! }}

 

 

== Live Action TV ==

'''House''': Well, you should have thought of that before you stalked me. Now I'm interested. }}

* ''[[Heroes]]'' episode "Chapter Eighteen 'Parasite'"

'''Candice Wilmer''': Maybe you should have thought about that before you shot her. Twice. }}

* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' episode "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara"

'''Daniel''': You're just jealous because I've got the one thing you can't have. Guess you should have thought of that before you gave away the family jewels, huh? }}

* ''[[Dollhouse]]'' episode "Omega"

'''Alpha''': You should have thought of that before you vacated the premises. }}

* In one disturbing example from ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'', a man is framed for raping a teenage girl, and is subsequently abused in prison. He pleads with the officers for protection but they just tell him, "You should have thought about the pecking order before you raped that girl." {{spoiler|He ends up getting killed.}}

== Theatre ==

* From [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'':

 

 

== Web Original ==

* ''[[The Joker Blogs]]''

'''The Joker''': Probably should've thought of that before you gave her away. }}

 

 

== Western Animation ==

'''Bart''': Well, you should have thought of that BEFORE I glued all this stuff to my face! }}

** Occurred another time when Homer gets banned from Moe's Tavern after pranking Moe by [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|unscrewing a lid to a jar of sugar.]]

'''Moe:''' Sorry, Homer, you should have thought of that before you gave me the old sugar-me-do. }}

'''Robin''': You should have thought about that before you committed the crime! }}

* In the ''[[South Park]]'' two-parter "[[Refuge in Audacity|Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut]]" when Lianne is talking about abortion:

 

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