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* In the English dub of the ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' anime:

{{quote| '''Shigure''': We have just witnessed what I like to call misdirected rage. I believe the technical term is "being an ass"...}}

* In the first episode of ''[[Full Metal Panic]] Fumoffu'', we have the polite [[Student Council President]] acting as an interpreter between military man Sosuke and a street punk who speaks in heavy slang. Hits [[Crowning Moment of Funny|its peak]] when the President's translation of Sosuke's response starts with the phrase "[[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|Listen, bitch]]".

 

'''Calvin''': My mandate also includes weird bugs. }}

** Calvin's eloquent poem about a spider's web which abruptly ends in "Eew, look at that spider suck out that bug's juices!"

** Another one when Moe attempts to demand money:

{{quote| '''Calvin:''' Your simian countenance suggests a heritage [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|unusually rich in]] [[Interspecies Romance|species diversity.]]<br />

The monster, in his consternation, demonstrates defenestration<br />

And runs and runs and runs and runs away. }}

{{quote| '''Plague Doctor:''' By the order of His Majesty, Charles Stuart, King of England, Scotland and Ireland in this Year of Our Lord 1665, I am authorised to assess the people of this household. Now open the fucking door.}}

* Oyuki-chan from ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'' does this all the time (which is why she's quite commonly referred to as "████ing Oyuki-chan"). The reason for this habit is not clear yet.

{{quote| To whom it may concern from the government of Australia. With the recent international unpleasantness behind us, I hope that you can all come to understand that it is in the best interests of both your own nations and the greater world community to cooperate with us in all business matters. Or Hulk will smash.}}

* Jesse Custer, occassionally, in [[Preacher (Comic Book)]]. "But enough Theology. I'm gettin' a hankerin' to knock some motherfucker's teeth out."

 

 

 

== Fan Fic ==

{{quote| In the dark corners of the world, things are breeding, ancient things, which ruled this world before man. There are things within only a few miles of some major cities that, if set free, would turn the blood of men to ice and fire, which would shatter the thin veneer which is all that holds mankind separate from its savage ancestors.<br />

<br />

* From ''[[Tiberium Wars (Fanfic)|Tiberium Wars]]'' "Yea verily, though I charge through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for I am driving a house-sized mass of "fuck you.""

* ''[[Nobody Dies (Fanfic)|Nobody Dies]]'' one-ups the preceding example with "For though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil. Not now. For I AM 35,000 tons of '''''FUCK YOU.'''''"

{{quote| Parapsychics were treated in a manner similar to that members of socially unacceptable subgroups had been in a less enlightened time, with the fear of the different and of the unknown. The metaphor was imperfect, due to the fact that gays, for example, lacked the ability to set people on fire with their mind.}}

* "When [[Axis Powers Hetalia|UK]] jolted awake in the middle of the night, it took a couple of seconds for the incessant [[Added Alliterative Appeal|hypnopompic hallucinatory]] meeping to fade from his ears." (([http://fishlegs.livejournal.com/13637.html Found here.]))

* A wonderful, very deliberate example can be found in [http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-10410-4/SusanAnthony+If+Wishes+Were+Thestrals+We+d+All+Run+Screaming.htm chapter 4] of Susan Anthony's ''[[Harry Potter]]-[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' crossover, ''[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-10410/SusanAnthony+If+Wishes+Were+Thestrals+We+d+All+Run+Screaming.htm If Wishes Were Thestrals, We'd All Run Screaming]'':

{{quote| "WOE. WOE. WOE UNTO THE DARK LORD. THE POWER HE KNOWS NOT, THE WHITE KNIGHT, HAS ARRIVED. EXPERIENCE AND INNOCENCE IN ONE, HE WILL PROVE THE BETRAYED INNOCENT AND PROVE THE BETRAYER GUILTY. THE LIGHT IS STRENGTHENED WITH KNOWLEDGE. THE DARK IS WEAKENED WITH REASON. WOE UNTO THE DARK LORD FOR THE WHITE KNIGHT HAS ARRIVED AND HE WILL SURELY [[This Is Sparta|KICK. HIS. ASS.]]"}}

{{quote| "THOUGH I FACE THE [[Eldritch Abomination|SHADOWS OF THE WARP]],<br />

I SHALL FEAR NO EVIL, I SHALL FEAR NO FOE!<br />

FOR I HAVE [[More Dakka|MOAR DAKKA]] THAN YOU, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|BITCHES]]!" }}

* ''[[Hunting the Unicorn (Fanfic)|Hunting the Unicorn]]'', in spite of the [[Deconstruction Fic|soul-crushing misery]] prevalent in its focus on Kurt and Blaine, has the Warblers ''master'' this.

{{quote| "Yeah, I vote in favor of [[Precision F-Strike|fucking]] that. Blaine's just being stupid."<br />

"Mum, Dad, this is Hermione! Shes really smart!"<br />

"I'm afraid, Miss Granger, that you and I have been exiled to the labyrinthine recesses of the basement. Let us leave them to their adult conversations, which would no doubt soar far above our own childish intellects, and resume our ongoing discussion of the implications of Humean projectivism for Transfiguration." }}

{{quote| '''Personal Therapy Progress Notes - Sgt. Ryan Nerucci - Session 3'''<br />

<br />

Client is fucking with me. }}

 

{{quote| "If thou art the unknighted son of two servants while Sir Arcanus here is the first-in-line heir to a landowner, wouldst thou be able to... enlighten me on something thou hast forgotten? A form of address, perhaps? Maybe befitting conduct? ... Or how about knowing thy [[Precision F-Strike|bucking]] place?"}}

 

** Every other [[Monty Python]] film, too, for that matter, or indeed, almost everything that Monty Python ever produced contains at least one instance of this, to the point where's it's become not only expected of them, but of British comedy in general.

** And culminating in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsHk9WC7fnQ John Cleese's eulogy] at [[The Fun in Funeral|Graham Chapman's funeral]]. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|And manly tears]].

*** "They are not the hell ''your'' whales!"

{{quote| '''Bruce:''' "...is that a technical term?"<br />

'''Meridian:''' " 'Subject suffers from acute obsession with possible homicidal tendencies'. Does that work better for you?"<br />

* ''[[Talladega Nights]]: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'' starts with a black screen illuminating the quote "America's about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed." and then in a few seconds appends "-- Eleanor Roosevelt"

** Then later, Ricky Bobby quotes the "late, great Colonel Sanders" with "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken." Which has no bearing on the conversation at hand (and is lampshaded by his rival).

{{quote| '''Gabriel''': John. You are going to die, because you have been smoking thirty cigarettes a day since you were fifteen. And you are going to go to hell because of the life you took. You're fucked."}}

* ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'': "The internet is a communications tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another."

{{quote| '''Michele:''' Actually, I invented a special kind of glue.<br />

'''Christie:''' Oh, really? Well, then I'm sure you wouldn't mind giving us a detailed account of exactly how you concocted this miracle glue, would you?<br />

{{quote| '''Apocalypse Inc. Chairman''': "Neither a borrower, nor a lender be..." Shakespeare.<br />

'''Homeless Woman''': "Fuck You". [[David Mamet]]. }}

* ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' has a narrative song provided by the god-fearing citizens of Rock Ridge at their church. It ends thus:

{{quote| Now is a time of great decision<br />

* Dustin Hoffman's character in ''[[Outbreak]]'' indicates that he is disinclined to acquiesce to a military officer's request not to interfere in the bombing of a small town:

{{quote| "[[With Due Respect|With all due respect]], sir, ''fuck you'', sir."}}

* ''[[Kill Bill]]'': "As your leader, I encourage you, from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you. And I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo ... except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is - I collect your fucking head. Just like this fucker here. Now...''if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, '''now's the fucking time!'''''"

* In [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[High Anxiety]]'', a discussion on penis envy in a psychological conference is, due to one psychologist [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|bringing his children]], conducted using such technical terms as the peepee, balloons, and hoo-hoo.

{{quote| My aunt died of influenza -- so they said. But it's my belief they done the old woman in.<br />

Come'on, [[Verbal Tic|Dovah!]] Move your bloomin' arse! }}

{{quote| '''Grasshopper''': This is an outrage! You are a disgrace to your Phylum, Order, Class, Genus and Spe...<br />

'''Centipede''': Say it in English!<br />

* An inverted example from ''[[Scary Movie]] 3'': "How in the hell do you wake up dead? 'Cause you're alive when you go to sleep. You're telling me you can go to bed dead and wake up alive? You can't go to bed dead. That shit would be redundant!"

* Most of the jokes from ''[[Your Highness]]'' involve the characters speaking in pseudo-English fantasy-speak peppered with modern swear words.

{{quote| ''"You will bring down the curse on us all! Woe unto you, O ye seed of Worrell! '''Get out of here and don't come back!'''" ''}}

{{quote| '''Zebulon Prescott''': And now, let us pray: O Lord, we thank Thee for our salvation. We commit the souls of our dead to Thy gentle keepin'. We pray for a speedy recovery of our wounded. And now, another matter: O Lord, without consulting with Thee we have sent Thy way some souls whose evil ways passeth all understanding. We ask Thee humbly to receive them... whether You want 'em or not. Amen.}}

{{quote| ''I recognize the council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid-ass decision, I've elected to ignore it.''}}

 

{{quote| ''"And wouldst thou have jelly within thy doughnut?"''<br />

''"Nay, prithee, but with sprinkles 'pon it, and frosting of white."'' }}

** ''"Here the man in blue crimplene accosted us once more but we patiently explained to him that he could fuck off."''

** ''"The policeman [[Narrative Profanity Filter|told Arthur exactly where he could put it]], but Arthur could only assume he was speaking metaphorically."''

{{quote| "After due consultation with my colleagues I can now safely say, burn in hell you shit-eating dog."}}

** More amusing is that Vay had seconds before said that Gaunt "was never a diplomat, and that insulting them is not going to help their mood." During their escape Gaunt replies, "You're right, Vay, I never could've been that diplomatic."

** "No, sir! You may put it where the sun does not shine, sir!" ([[Running Gag|"Where, that little cave in Slice? Why would I put it there?"]])

** Vimes is particularly good at this. At the end of 'Feet of Clay' when the religious leaders all call for the destruction of the golem Dorfl, he carefully considers their opinions, gives it a lot of thought, and gives Vetinari the following response -- "Arseholes to the lot of 'em, sir."

* This was almost a trademark of Mid-20th Century wit, raconteur and poet Dorothy Parker:

** From her poem [http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/indian-summer/ "Indian Summer"]:

My own dear love, he is all my heart --<br />

And I wish somebody'd shoot him. }}

* The Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus did a few similar ones.

** Latin has an ''astonishing'' variety of dirty words, and being a highly inflected tongue, this makes it uniquely suited for this kind of poetry, at which Catullus was ''legendary''. [[wikipedia:Catullus 16|Catullus 16]] is so explicit that it wasn't fully translated into English until relatively recently; the opening line loosely translates as "I'll jam it up your ass and down your throat", but any translation loses the true flavor of the original. (Though one interpretation, "I'll sodomize and Clintonize you", does rise to the level of a decent [[Woolseyism]].)

* [[Ciaphas Cain]]'s mighty reputation as a galaxy-bestriding warrior, a liberator of worlds and a Hero Of The Imperium led to a cult worshipping him, whose holy text we see quoted as thus:

{{quote| ''Then the prophet spake: saying "Frak this, for my faith is a shield proof against your blandishments."'' -Alem Mahat, The Book of Cain, Chapter IV, Verse XXI}}

* This is the entirety of every [[Robert Rankin]] book ever written. His style consists of nothing but the juxtaposition of childish or coarse words with grand-sounding, Biblical phraseology.

* In one of the [[Spellsinger]] books: "I'll have you know, me elephantine kitten, that my language is as [[I Resemble That Remark|fucking]] refined as anyone's!"

{{quote| '''Data:''' I believe, Doctor, you know ''precisely'' where you can store it.}}

** Geordi and Wesley, who had been growing steadily more furious on Data's behalf, are caught up short with surprise.

* One [[Dave Barry]] column, trying to provide exceptions to the common belief that [[All Men Are Perverts]], suggested that U.S. Supreme Court Judges "think about important constitutional issues" rather than sex. This was illustrated by an alleged court transcript that had Chief Justice Rehnquist saying, "Whoa! Get a load of the torts on ''that'' plaintiff!"

{{quote| ''"Monseieur Eichbaum.... I would be grateful if you could place twenty thousand rubles by the gate of the number 17, Sofiyefskaya Street, tomorrow morning. If you do not, something awaits you, the like of which has never been heard, and you will be the talk of all Odessa. Sincerely yours, Benya the King."''}}

* From [[Will Grayson Will Grayson|Will Grayson, Will Grayson]]: "As it sayeth in Leviticus: Dude shall not lie with dude."

* In the immortal words of Professor Minerva McGonagall...

{{quote| ''Professor Snape has, to use the common phrase, done a bunk.''}}

{{quote| ''He had been clearing away the breakfast things, but at the sound of the young master’s voice cheesed it courteously.''}}

* From [[How Not to Write A Novel]]:

* ''[[Deadwood]]'' uses this a lot, mixing philosophic descriptions and complex compound sentences with the [[Cluster F-Bomb]]. One fan, posting to ''[[Television Without Pity]]'', gave a lengthy and dead-on imitation of the show's style, ending with, "On a personal note, having immersed myself in the world of ''Deadwood'', I have found my own manner of speech and written communication (though perhaps not in this instance) improving and, what is more, proving to be most intellectually refreshing, as I now spend a little longer searching for the right word or the right turn of phrase instead of just spitting up the first fucking thing that springs to mind."

** "My bicycle masters boardwalk and quagmire with aplomb. Those that doubt me... suck cock by choice."

** Also, Becky's [[Inner Monologue]] is delivered in upperclass accent which often clashes with what she uses it for: "I, Becky Faye Jackson, am the hottest bitch in McKinley High School. Not only am I co-captain of the Cheerios, I'm also president of the Perfect Attendance Club and have a participation award in rhythm gymnastics. If you are wondering why I sound like the Queen of England, it's because it's my mind and I can sound like whoever I want, so lay off haters!"

** Also with Ken Tanaka: "As most of you statistically minded people know, THAT SUCKS!"

{{quote| "One more time on the kitchen floor, your tank's on empty but I want more / I get what I want, it's a one way trip / You ain't a lady, you my bitch."}}

** A later episode has Jack [[Mc Coy]] doing the same thing with the lyrics of a rap artist. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kntiwssyeDk watch it for yourself]

** The radio version did it with announcer Charlotte Green's refined accent applied to pop songs: "BBC Radio Four, I'm Charlotte Green. My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like, it's better than yours, Damn right, it's better than yours. [[Film At Eleven|More on that story later]]."

{{quote| '''Chandler:''' So, in the words of [[AA Milne (Creator)|AA Milne]], "Get out of my chair, dillhole!"}}

* ''[[Ally McBeal]]'': "Let the record show: Dammit."

* ''[[A Bit of Fry and Laurie]]'' does this sort of thing quite frequently.

** Also, Simon ''maintains'' his lack of swearing when confronted with Jayne having torn apart his entire infirmary (looking for duct tape) and all he can manage is to call Jayne a trained ape ([[Metaphorgotten|without the training]]). Closest to a [[Precision F-Strike|Precision "B" Strike]], if only for the specific character.

* ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' gets one of these.

** His special "If I..." centers around a Socrates quote: "The unexamined life is not worth living," to which Demetri ammends "...man."

* The marines in ''[[Generation Kill]]'' get quite a few moments like this, with "Poke" Espera being the most frequent user.

{{quote| '''Chase''': Hey, Foreman. [[Your Mom|Yo mama]]'s so fat, when her beeper goes off, people think she's backin' up.}}

** Which is doubly funny when you realize that it's in response to an insult hurled by Foreman at Chase about a minute earlier, and Chase is ''just now'' [[Comeback Tomorrow|coming up with an insult to throw back]].

*** And later on:

{{quote| '''Cuddy:''' I looked up your philosopher Jagger, and it turns out that if you try sometimes, you get what you need.}}

{{quote| The Minister of Technology today met the three Russian leaders to discuss a £4 million airliner deal. None of them went in the cage, or swung on the little wooden trapeze or ate any of the nice millet seed, yum, yum.}}

** In another sketch, a play titled "Gay Boys in Bondage" was apocryphally attributed to [[William Shakespeare]].

{{quote| '''Dana Scully:''' ...now Rocky is what we refer to as a fantasy-prone personality.<br />

'''Jose Chung:''' Oh, Agent Scully, you're so kind. He's a ''nut!'' I don't know what I found more disturbing about his "manifesto" -- his description of the inner earth alien sex orgy, or the fact the whole thing was written in screenplay format! }}

** "Please explain the scientific definition of 'the whammy'."

{{quote| You see, Baldrick, in order to prevent war in Europe, two superblocs developed: us, the French and the Russians on one side, and the Germans and Austro-Hungary on the other. The idea was to have two vast opposing armies, each acting as the other's deterrent. That way there could never be a war. ... You see, there was a tiny flaw in the plan. .. It was bollocks.}}

* Russell Brand. After Rob Brydon insulted his outfit on the ''[[Big Fat Quiz of the Year]]'':

** The ''[[Big Fat Quiz of the Year]]'' also frequently features this by having high-brow presenters reading from or describing something low-brow, such as Dr David Starkey describing [[The X Factor|Jedward]] as if they were a medieval legend, Sir [[Ian McKellen]] reading nonsensical passages from the "auto"biographies of minor celebrities, and Jon Snow describing the events of a song ("It transpired that she was just 'bluffing with her muffin'... witnesses later described her expression as 'unreadable'") as if was a news story.

* Alastair Cookie of ''[[Sesame Street|Monsterpiece Theatre]]'' does this a lot, saying things like "Anyway, me digress."

{{quote| '''Caroline:''' Use your fully grown-up words.<br />

'''Sweets:''' I assure you I will be totally, awesomely mature on the stand. }}

{{quote| Darling Fascist Bullyboy,<br />

Give me some more money, you bastard.<br />

May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman,<br />

Neil }}

** Even funnier, any time there's a "Guess the Song by the Lyrics" category. With the rise of hip hop and pop music, there have been a few howlers when he would read rap lines in his completely dignified voice.

* Sam from ''[[The West Wing]]'' has this wonderful line about The Declaration of Independence:

* Shortly after [[Sarah Palin]] retired as Alaska's governor, Conan O'Brian introduced a segment on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' featuring Palin's farewell speech read as beat poetry by "Emmy Award winner and master thespian [[William Shatner]]."

* ''[[The Armstrong and Miller Show|Armstrong and Miller]]'' have a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwNQf08Kxsw recurring pair of characters] who are [[WW 2]] pilots. Their accent and diction is old style, slightly upperclass English, but their actual words are all, like, utterly modern slang and shit, isn't it, though? Stand''ard''.

{{quote| '''Rimmer:''' Two weeks?<br />

'''Captain Hollister:''' (fixes him with a look) That's enough.<br />

** From ''Back in the Red'':

{{quote| '''Holly:''' In computer jargon, my plans have all gone tits-up.}}

{{quote| '''Binks''': [...] What have we here? A human being -- or a very close approximation. Chronological age, mid-twenties; physical age, 47. Grossly overweight, unnecessarily ugly -- otherwise, would recommend it for the museum. Apart from that, no value or interest.<br />

'''Lister''': Lister to Red Dwarf. We have in our midst a complete smeg pot. Brains in the anal region. Chin absent -- presumed missing. Genitalia: small and inoffensive. Of no value or interest.<br />

{{quote| '''Rimmer''': Wasn't it St. Francis of Assissi himself who said, "Never give a sucker an even break"?<br />

'''Kryten''': Well if he did, sir, it was strictly off the record. }}

{{quote| '''Yuri:''' I mean, he's got no class at all.<br />

'''Crow:''' ''[imitating Yuri's thick accent]'' Theh cheessball'ss got no frriggin' cless! }}

{{quote| '''Chief Whip''': In politics you have to learn to say things with tact and finesse, you berk!}}

* A similar one from ''[[Father Ted]]'':

{{quote| '''Bishop Brennan''': You will address me with my proper title, you little bollocks!}}

** (Though the Sex Pistols trial established that "bollocks" was an archaic term for young priest - hence both funny and accurate.)

{{quote| "I'm polymerized tree sap and you're an inorganic adhesive, so whatever verbal projectile you launch in my direction is reflected off of me, returns to its original trajectory and adheres to you."<br />

"I am given to understand that your mother is overweight... Now of course, if that is a result of a glandular condition and not sloth and gluttony, I withdraw my comment." }}

'''Reid:''' 23%. I'm trying to be more conversational.<br />

'''Prentiss:''' Oh. It's not working. }}

{{quote| Airport Receptionist: Well then, Mr. Jon, you're all set.<br />

Lil' Jon: '''OKAAAAAAAAAY!''' ...Pardon me, madam, will this be reflected upon my frequent flier miles?<br />

Lil' Jon: ...'''[[Big Yes|YEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHH!]]''' }}

* ''[[QI]]'' is simply bulging at the very seams with such occurrences. Examples are too numerous and high in quality to relist from memory, so read the <ref>fucking</ref> page.

** Castiel also counts. He usually speaks quite formally (but not as formally as portrayed in fanfiction), and then, after an elaborate Enochian chant, he delivers this line: "Come and get me, you little bastard."

*** That time he called Raphael his "little bitch" and Michael an "ass-butt".

'''Skinny Pete:''' ...church.<br />

'''Badger:''' ...right. }}

{{quote| '''Beckett''': 'Show me a hero, and I’ll write you a tragedy.' F. Scott Fitzgerald said that.<br />

'''Castle''': Then it must have been Ernest Hemingway who said, 'Man, I sure could [[I Need a Freaking Drink|use a drink]] right about now.' }}

** And Dynamite Hack's acoustic cover of "Boyz-n-the-Hood"

** Or for something a little more obscure, Emm Gryner's vaguely Tori Amos-esque piano-ballad versions of songs such as "Pour Some Sugar On Me."

** Honest Bob and the Factory-To-Dealer Incentives covered Head Like A Hole by Nine Inch Nails, complete with a talkdown in the middle.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGT_Frr5TRI Max Raabe and Palast Orchester] cover modern pop songs in 1920s band style.

** The Gourds' bluegrass version of Snoop Dogg's "Gin 'n Juice", and in a similar vein, an album of bluegrass covers of [[Metallica]], yclept ''Fade to Bluegrass''.

* [http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/icet/firstimpression.html First Impression] by Ice-T.

* The Offspring's song "When You're In Prison" is in the style of a 1930's radio crooner (complete with crackles and static), and features lyrics such as:

* The title of PDQ Bach's "Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion".

** Also: ''The Short-Tempered Clavier: Preludes and Fugues in all the major and minor keys (except for the really hard ones)''.

* [[Stylistic Suck|The Most Unwanted Song]], among other things, features a ''rapping opera singer''.

* Graham Lewis of [[Wire]] has a strong [[British Accents|middle-class Received Pronunciation accent]]. Especially in conversation, even his most casual use of a swear word has this effect. It is somewhat amusing.

{{quote| It has in fact been calculated that in this country alone, over 30% are sub-clinically neurotic. Or, as a psychiatrist would say, "stark staring bonkers."}}

* Robert Christgau's tone shifts quickly in his reviews. While it is generally consistent within a review, he sometimes does exhibit this trope, as in his review of [[Iggy Pop]]'s [[Loudness War|remaster]] of ''Raw Power'': "Strict constructionists and lo-fi snobs charge indignantly that by remixing his own album Iggy has made a mockery of history and done irreparable damage to a priceless work of art. This is really stupid."

{{quote| He's a good example (He's a good example, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]].)<br />

Teaches integral and critical decision making, sucka!<br />

But a book, nigga!<br />

A fuckin' book, nigga! }}

{{quote| Well I wrote all the songs for tonight's extravaganza,<br />

So there's a touch of class in every line of every stanza.<br />

When I'm not writing songs, I hang around doing bugger all }}

* This is the whole point of Falco's ''Rock Me, Amadeus!''

* [[Ludwig Van Beethoven]] Beethoven's the ''Signor Abate'' canon. The first two lines are a prayer in Italian from a sick man asking the Abott for his benediction. The third line is in German, and means "If you won't, then to Hell with you."

 

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcJyCdbC08c This commercial] for ''[[Mercenaries]] 2'', in which a gangsta-style song of vengeance is sung, show tune-style, with appropriate piano music. And there's a full, three-minute v[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKnY7oizpuM version of the song], which ups the ante with a gospel-style chorus.

* The title character of ''[[American McGee's Grimm]]'' is something like this. Grimm's voice-overs combine erudite sarcasm and [[Lampshade Hanging]] of tired fairy tales with a gleeful delight in bathroom humor and [[Bloody Hilarious]] [[Amusing Injuries]] [[Laser-Guided Karma|inflicted on those who deserve it]] (and [[Butt Monkey|a few who don't]]).

{{quote| Human. Relinquish the Totem of Entropy. Do not relinquish it, and '''your ass is MINE'''.}}

{{quote| "[[Verbal Tic|Would you kindly]] get to Ryan's office and kill the son of a bitch?"}}

** The default answer is "No, I'm afraid murdering him ''kindly'' would be impossible." There is [[Subtext]] here: {{spoiler|the use of "Would you kindly" is [[Justified Trope|justified]] a short time later in plot. The use of "son of a bitch" is justified in that the speaker is [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|royally poshed.]]}} [[Fridge Logic|Although it would be possible to]] [[Ambiguous Syntax|kindly get to Ryan's office and then unkindly kill him.]] No matter his lineage.

** Lang has a moment of this. Usually he shares his wisdom by quoting Lang Zi. And then we got this, after he lost a battle of wits to Edgeworth:

{{quote| '''Lang''': Lang Zi says... Just go already!}}

** How about the "Meet the Engineer" video?

{{quote| '''Engineer''': Hey look buddy, I'm an Engineer, that means I solve problems. Not problems like 'What is beauty?', because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy.}}

* The titular character of ''[[Bayonetta]]'' is quite fond of this trope. Her English accent only adds to the fanciness.

{{quote| '''Bayonetta''': If you get in my way, I will, how do the Americans put it? Oh yes. ''Bust a cap in yo' ass''.}}

{{quote| '''Korgan''':"''I was here, alas I'm gone / I've left my name, to arouse thee on / Those who knew me, knew me well / Those who didn't, can'' '''''ride my stinking dump, straight to hell!'''''" Haha, masterstroke!}}

* [[Brutal Legend]] has this epic insult:

* ''[[Starcraft]]'' has one between Jim Raynor, a human, and Fenix, a [[Crystal Spires and Togas]] [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] Protoss. Paraphrased:

{{quote| '''Fenix''': Do not let the fact that I am 368 years older than you dull your impression of me, young Raynor. I can still -- how do you Terrans say it? -- 'Throw down with the best of them.'}}

* Quoth [[Kingdom of Loathing]]'s King Ralph, when you defeat the naughty sorceress and free him from imprismment: "Well done, adventurer! You laid the smack down on that skank with admirable derring-do and panache."

* ''[[American McGee's Alice]]''s Cheshire Cat sometimes does it.

{{quote| Conquest. The story of human history. Since time immemorial, great leaders have risen from humble beginnings to . . . do shit.<br />

A Saints movie is in development. Johnny Gat and Shaundi are pop-culture icons. And Pierce... Well, who gives a fuck about Pierce? }}

{{quote| In the meantime, please refrain from using expensive lab equipment as a makeshift sitting apparatus. If you must insist on using a non-sanctioned sitting apparatus, please consider the tensile strength of materials present in the object in question in comparison to your own mass volumetric density.<br />

In other words, stop breaking shit with your fat asses.<br />

{{quote| '''T-Rex:''' For example, "T-Rex is a pretty sweet dude because he's always so friggin' awesome!" This is actually formally valid: If the premise is true and I'm friggin' awesome, then it follows that I'm a pretty sweet dude. However, I've provided no logical support for my "T-Rex is awesome" premise, but only made a conclusion (T-Rex {{=}} pretty sweet) which relies on the premise being true.}}

* The authors of ''[[Holy Bibble]]'' do the same thing in [[The Rant]] occasionally. For example, [[The Ditz|Cannan]] explains ''Correlation does not imply causation'' using his [[Leet Lingo|skillz with teh ladiez]] [http://holybibble.net/latest.php?id=211 here.] The resulting effect is like if [[Irregular Webcomic|David Morgan-Marr]] had spent his formative years perusing internet forums.

{{quote| "And the [[The Hero|Knight of Blood]] so embraced the [[Monster Clown|Bard of Rage]], and in each other's arms they were aquiver. And with righteous pap and blessed shoosh he did quell his brother's fury. For the Knight looked upon his Bard all acting up and completely losing his shit and he did resolve to calmeth his [[Juggalo]] ass right the fuck down. And so calmed down his juggalo ass was and would continueth to be for all time. And the Knight in totally settling a murderous clown's ludicrous shit down proper said, Let there be [[Morality Pet|Moirallegiance]]: and it was so. And between moirails would flow bounteous mirth, and they did [[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff|hug bumpeth]] plentifully, and honks of reconciliation echoed far and true into the darkness upon the face of the deep."}}

** In terms of individual characters, though, special mention must go to {{spoiler|Alpha timeline}} Bro {{spoiler|and his auto-responder}}.

** [http://www.penny-arcade.com/2006/2/24/ This] [[The Rant|rant]].

{{quote| '''Gabe''': I propose that you, sir, are the junkslut.}}

** [http://xkcd.com/36/ These] [http://xkcd.com/75/ two] early ''xkcd'' strips.

** One of the ultimate usages of this trope is [http://xkcd.com/137/ another XKCD strip].

** xkcd [http://xkcd.com/857/ strikes again]. Actually twice more, if you read the rollover text.

* ''[[Achewood]]'' uses this to an extremely refined form as the primary source of its humor.

** [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2003-03-08 "Lo and beware this prophecy of doom ... Fire, destruction and death shall descend upon this village if YOU MORONS DON'T GET THE HELL OFF MY PROPERTY!"]

** Later on, Dominic and Luna come face to face with a dragon (an extremely rare creature in this world). The two are left awe-struck, and once it leaves they "reacted the way any pair of intellectuals would have."

{{quote| '''Bob:''' Good your majesty, I wish not to be a dick about this but no fucking way.}}

* Butler in ''[[PvP]]'' delivers a memorable one to Brent. After Robbie sends Butler to do his work at the magazine, the staff begin abusing the priveliges, especially Brent. When Robbie eventually asks Butler to come back, Butler says he will as soon as he does one last thing. He promptly walks into Brent's office and says quite calmly, "You, good sir, may go to hell."

 

 

== Web Original ==

* [http://www.bash.org/?179132 This discussion on bash.org]

* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged|Wow, such power from every living being on the planet. I can feel it all surging inside of me... every man woman and child. This is planet Earth's very essence!]]'' "[[Dragon Ball Abridged|...Boo-yah, mother-fu*ker!]]"

'''Nappa''': ...What?<br />

'''Gohan''': '''''[[Don't Explain the Joke|I'm gonna skull-f*ck you!]]''''' }}

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_K1Gjrx8c The Posh Mothershuckling Dangle Donger Hour], a [[Gag Dub]] of the cutscenes from [[Hotel Mario]] made using a text-to-speech program that puts in the mouths of Mario, Luigi, and the Princess dialogue that alternates between [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]], vulgar, and just plain weird.

* ''Drunk History'', a series of videos in which inebriated history professors attempt to relate a historical anecdote they find profound or important, which is then enacted, according to the drunk lecture, by comedy actors. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* The typical ''Pube Muppet'' Flash animation starts with Pube Muppet greeting a store clerk with "Hello, my good man. I am the Pube Muppet." He then lists [[Long List|numerous things he wishes to purchase]] [[Depraved Homosexual|and what he intends to do with them]] before storming off saying "What the fuck! What kind of piece of shit establishment is this?! Fuck off and let me be!" [[Rant-Inducing Slight|when the clerk says one of the things he wanted is something they don't have in stock]].

{{quote| '''Lisa:''' Now we merely push this switch to "overload". (she reaches then hesitates) ...Yet once we do, we'll be breaking the law. Can good truly come from civil disobedience? Gandhi thought so, but-<br />

'''Bart:''' Gandhi also said "less talk, more rock"! (throws the lever) }}

* From the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Nerdy Dancin'":

{{quote| '''Phineas''': So, brother of mine, what endeavor shall we engage in today?<br />

** [[Truth in Television]]: The most esteemed British actors, both then and now, tend to be quite familiar with the idioms of American speech.

* One episode of ''[[Mission Hill]]'' had Kevin get in trouble for using an inappropriate word at school, and his brother Andy was called to discuss the situation. The prim and proper principal wouldn't say the word out loud, instead writing it on a piece of paper. Unfortunately, the principal's elegant, cursive handwriting -- of the word "douchebag" -- [[Actually Pretty Funny|sent the two brothers into a laughing fit]] as a kind of written version of this trope.

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEgjgR4j2Mw Dapper Crackhead] in ''[[Boondocks]]''. (Starts about a minute in.)

* In one [[Looney Tunes|Foghorn Leghorn]] cartoon, after Leghorn plays a practical joke on the farm dog, the dog answers, "There is but one course for me to follow. I'LL MOIDER DA BUM!"

* [http://othieves.com/philosophy.html Three Minute Philosophy] runs on this trope:

{{quote| Aristotle transformed the landscape of western thought with his revolutionary theories of philosophy and science, which was an amazing achievement although the bulk of his theories are already discovered to be nigh-incomprehensible bullshit.}}

{{quote| Not to mention my whole Moist storyline <br />

Where he gets caught selling blow at a rest stop and serves time <br />

* Every other definition on [[Urban Dictionary]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkC7dcxZ5_Q Juggalo News.]

* Some articles on Encyclopedia Dramatica are this way. The page on psychedelic mushrooms refers to "a gradual escalation of losing your fucking mind."

* Alamos's [http://www.wowwiki.com/Alamo guide] to playing a druid in [[WoW]] is written in language that bears strong resemblance to lolcat-speak. Once, when confronted by a heckler for his inability to write proper English, his response was several paragraphs of extremely sophisticated language defending his guide, which at the end reverted to his previous style:

* This inevitably turns up when [[Media Watchdogs]] report on swearing on TV. [http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/enforcement/broadcast-bulletins/obb133/ Example:] ''However, on this occasion there were [[Cluster F-Bomb|115 examples of the most offensive language]] i.e. “fuck” and its derivatives, in the first 40 minutes of [[Kitchen Nightmares|the programme]].''

* If I may quote from [[The Other Wiki|The Other Wiki's]] article on the "Online Disinhibitation Effect":In psychology, the online disinhibition effect, also known in popular culture as John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory (GIFT), refers to the way people behave on the Internet with less restraint than in real-world situations.

 

 

 

* In ''The Unknown [[Marx Brothers]]'', a cooperative real-life example of this pops up when Dick Cavett relates an anecdote (and it definitely helps to hear him tell this in his calm, mannered delivery) about Chico Marx being a notorious womanizer, and a crude one at that. He is to meet Tallulah Bankhead, "a great aristocratic beauty", at a fancy party of some sort, and everyone's worried about Chico making an embarrassing pass at her and causing a scene. He promises he'll behave. The day comes, he meets her, they converse pleasantly, and everyone breathes a sigh of relief. Chico then tells Tallulah "You know, I'd really like to fuck you." She replies, "And so you shall, you old-fashioned boy." Cue Cavett's interviewers cracking up.

* Jeffery Skilling, a former Enron executive, while applying for Harvard Business School, one of, if not the most formal schools in the country, was asked if he was smart. His answer? "I'm f*** ing smart."

* According to [[The Other Wiki]], even respected scholars refer to the tendency of semi-anonymous members of online communities to act more vulgarly and aggressively towards each other as the "[[GIFT|Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory]]". In addition to potentially being a misapplication of the word "Theory," the vocal dissonance is fucking hillarious.

* Five Thirty Eight (a political statistics blog) had [http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/02/george-f-will-takes-on-science-loses.html this beautiful sentence] when talking about denial of [[Global Warming]]:

{{quote| "There's just one little problem with this story, which reappears every so often in conservative discourse on the environment. Specifically, it's a crock of shit."}}

{{quote| "If this were a sci-fi melodrama, it might be called Speech-Zilla meets Trademark Kong."}}

** And then ended as follows:

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f40TRJl5vvI Christopher Hitchens] has truly mastered this trope.

* A truly epic critique on the Erotic Literature page of 99chan, which can be found in its entirety [http://www.99chan.in/elit/res/6487.html here, comment 6511] (very NSFW)

* According to [[The Other Wiki]], freshmen members of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets (known as fish) are required to answer any questions asked of them by upperclassmen with certain prescribed answers. If the freshman doesn't know the answer to the question, the required answer is as follows (spoken very rapidly):

{{quote| Sir/Ma'am, not being informed to the highest degree of accuracy I hesitate to articulate for fear that I may deviate from the true course of rectitude. In short, sir/ma'am, I am a very dumb fish, and do not know, sir/ma'am!}}

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* [[Peter Cook]]. The following one-liner about a [[Sex Pistols]] concert is commonly attributed to him: "And there you have it. The first recorded instance of the fan hitting the shit."

 

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