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== Comics ==

* The old [[Mad]] magazine sendup of "Conquering the Planet of the Apes", as the intelligent ape addresses his army:

 

== Film ==

* In ''[[Money Train]]'', Wesley Snipes' and Woody Harrelson's characters get chewed out by their [[Bad Boss|unhealthily aggressive supervisor]] for misconduct. Patterson (the supervisor) claims that if they screw up again, he's going to "fuck them dead". W & W then discuss and try to figure out if he meant fucking them before, or after they're dead. They come to the conclusion that "[[A Worldwide Punomenon|Either way it's a pain in the ass]]". Later in the film, Wesley makes a point that they need to stay one step ahead of "That necrophiliac Patterson".

* In [[The Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal]] this is referenced in the following exchange regarding Hannibal's interest in Special Agent Clarice Starling:

'''Cordell:''' "Probably all three, though I wouldn't want to predict in what order." }}

 

* In ''[[Coupling]]'', Susan invites Steve over for dinner. When she's ready to go home and start cooking, she says to him, "[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|You can come and watch]] ... in that order."

* From the British run of ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'', whilst doing a scene in the style of Greek tragedy:

'''Paul Merton:''' I'm afraid I've done that already. }}

* ''[[Jekyll]]'' - Benjamin, about to walk into a meeting with Hyde, warns his men "Don't kill him. Or me. In that order."

* [[Top Gear|Jeremy Clarkson]] once had this gem during their US Special:

 

== Literature ==

* Used for parody in ''[[The Horse and His Boy]]'', when [[The Ditz|Lasaraleen]] says that any servants disobeying an order will "first be flogged to death and then be burned alive and after that be [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|kept on bread and water for six weeks]]."

* The beginning of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Mostly Harmless]]'' claims the following:

It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though. }}

* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', the sadistic Ramsay Snow likes to hunt women with dogs. If they are "lucky", and he thinks they put up a good fight, he'll kill them and then flay their skin and will name a dog after them. If they aren't lucky, he'll rape them and then flay them alive.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Inverted in the trailer for ''[[Poker Night At the Inventory]]''

* A play on the ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' example specifically, rather than a general example in and of itself: [[Warhammer Online]] has a powerful (for its level) health potion with the description "Next time, pillage ''before'' you burn".

* F.E.A.R.'s industrial first level features the following sign on the walls: "Remember it's Quantity, Quality, Safety, ''in that order.''"

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In an early episode of [[The Fairly Odd Parents]] after Timmy wishes Mark the alien to earth.

* ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', the 100th episode:

''later''<br />

'''Studio Exec''': Can I rape her and behead her? ''[[Crosses the Line Twice|And not necessarily in that order]]?'' [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|This is a family show]]!<br />