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{{quote|'''Jay:''' Maybe we can just ask him to shut down the church. If it's closed that day, uh, those guys can't get blessed or whatever, right?<br />
'''Metatron''': Good Lord, the little stoner's got a point!|''[[Dogma]]''}}
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** In another episode, the gang decides to follow the Cat's advised course of action in dealing with a ship of hostile Simulants, prompting the Cat to reply "You're going to go with one of ''my'' plans? Are you ''nuts''?! What happens if we all get killed? [[Fridge Logic|I'll never hear the last of it!]]" (It does work. Again.)
*** Also, when Lister, after a history reboot, suggest they pick up a time machine they found before the reboot and use it again to go back in time to buy [[Trademark Favorite Food|curries]], Rimmer insist they must leave the time machine alone. Cat responds: "You know I'd rather wear sideways-pressed flairs and a clip-on polyester tie than agree with Goalpost-Head... but this time he's right."
* In an episode of ''[[Veronicas Closet|Veronica's Closet]]'', Veronica is discussing her company's overproduction of swimsuits, which has resulted in heaps of useless leftover stock now that it's winter. Her oafish, hated ex-husband, who happens to be passing through the room, jokes that they should ship the lot to Australia -- "It's summer there." Veronica's assistant timidly suggests:
{{quote| '''Olive:''' Bryce's idea-<br />
'''Veronica:''' Is stupid?<br />
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'''Joey:''' Yeah. Like a cow's opinion. It doesn't matter. It's moo.<br />
'''Rachel:''' Have I been living with him too long or did that just make sense? }}
* In the ''[[Seriees/Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]'' episode "Grey 17 is missing" the [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Warrior Caste member Neroon]] delivers a rather [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABOw9cNw5lU&t=00m07s caustic observation] to how he interprets Delenn's breaking of the Grey Council and essentially taking over Minbari leadership for the Greater Good. While everything Delenn claims about the situation turns out to be ''true'' and eventually works out for the good of everyone, from Neroon's point of view it's probably the equivalent of how a modern-day American would view a Senator breaking up Congress, the Senate, the Supreme Court and the Presidency, forming a private army with her own charisma, proceeded to enlist volunteers from a country we were recently at war with (like, say, Iraq), formed a base on an outpost of said country, claimed she was on a [[Mission From God]], and that all this was necessary to save the world from [[Alien Invasion]].
* During the Second Season finale of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' the Scoobies discover a way to return Angel's soul, thus removing him as a bad guy. Xander's reaction is "I don't care, Angel needs to die," pointing out that Buffy is "ignoring Miss Calendar's murder just so you can get your boyfriend back".
** Notably, no one in the show, except maybe Cordelia, seems to recognize this. Buffy is too focused that she can get Angel back to realize he's right, and Willow is too focused on supporting Buffy to recognize he's right.
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* In ''[[Community]]"" episode [[Community/Recap/S1 E11 The Politics of Human Sexuality|The Politics Of Human Sexuality]] Pierce demonstrates unexpected maturity, wisdom and humility in both discussing Jeff's and his own experiences with women at the end.
* ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' used to play this for laughs a lot with Rose, since she was the one who seemed dumb all the time.
** Also played straight in the episode with [[A Very Special Episode|Dorothy's gambling problem]]. Dorothy gets so bad that she lies to Rose about needing money and Rose gives Dorothy her bank card. Dorothy asks Rose if she realizes that she's stealing her money, and Rose says "I know."
 
 
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