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* The opening line or monologue of a famous work

* A line that evoked major controversy

* A line that is incredibly ridiculous or [[~~Narm|narmful~~]] in what is supposed to be a serious work

* A line that is incredibly ridiculous or [[narm]]ful in what is supposed to be a serious work

* [[Wham! Line|The major twist]] [[It Was His Sled|in the work]]

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Signature Lines are likely to succumb to [[Memetic Mutation]], and thereby result in viewers [[Watch It for the Meme|Watching It For The Meme]].

Don't confuse this with a character's [[Catch Phrase]]; a signature line is something viewers might watch the entire show simply to hear, not just something that gets said a lot. If many different people in the show say it, it's the show's [[Arc Words]]. Sometimes, of course, a catchphrase or arc words can catch on and come to define the show in popular imagination, but it's rarer than you'd ~~think -- the~~ vast majority of signature lines are only spoken once in the work where they appear.

Don't confuse this with a character's [[Catch Phrase]]; a signature line is something viewers might watch the entire show simply to hear, not just something that gets said a lot. If many different people in the show say it, it's the show's [[Arc Words]]. Sometimes, of course, a catchphrase or arc words can catch on and come to define the show in popular imagination, but it's rarer than you'd think—the vast majority of signature lines are only spoken once in the work where they appear.

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** "[[Resistance Is Futile]]."

* "Survey says..." (''[[Family Feud]]'')

* "Tragic." (''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'')

** Oh, ''very'' droll, minister."