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* "As they say in [country], '[phrase from a different country].'"

** ''[[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels]]'' [[The Musical]]

** [[Phineas and Ferb|Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] is fond of this:

"As they say in Mexico, 'dosvedanya!' Down there, that's ''two'' vedanyas." }}

** [[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country|"There is an old Vulcan saying: 'Only Nixon can go to China.'"]]

* "Don't worry, I'll/we'll be right behind you!" Usually said by the [[Lovable Coward]] to [[The Hero]] when faced with threatening situations, usually followed by the speakers running and taking cover behind something, or hiding behind the hero.

** A variation from ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'':

* "Don't worry! I know this [country|city|land|terrain] like the back of my hand." Sometimes subverted or spoofed by having a character say this, then examine the back of their hand and say "Wow! I never noticed that before!"

** In another common spoof, the other person says, "That's the ''front'' of your hand (you're looking at)."

* "I'm too young to die!" Or, in more comedic settings, "I'm too pretty to die!"

** Subverted in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]: The Mis-Edventures'':

** Lampshaded in [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]:

'''Old Man''': I'm not, but I still don't wanna! }}

** Both are used in an episode of [[The Ferals]]. [[Rule of Three|Followed by a third addition.]]

'''Rattus''': And I'm too smart! }}

* "I never asked for this." The main character has an incredible power/gift/ability but the writers want to make things seem angsty? Cue this phrase.

* "There goes our deposit." Spoken when property damage ensues.

* "There's no 'I' in 'team'!" Optional stock response: "But there's an 'm' and an 'e', and that spells ''me''!" (Then there's the response from web series ''Red vs. Blue'': "Yeah, and there's no U either. So if I'm not on the team and you're not on the team, there's nobody on the goddamned team! The team sucks!")

'''House''': There is a 'me', though...if you jumble it up a bit. }}

** This troper prefers, "Then why is there an 'I' in 'partnership?" He's never had the opportunity to use it though.

* "You won't get away with this!" "But I already have." Your typical superhero and enemy exchange. Related to [[Just Between You and Me]].

** Subverted in the famous miniseries/graphic novel ''Watchmen'':

''' {{spoiler|Ozymandias}}:''' "Do it? Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its [[The Tokyo Fireball|outcome]]? {{spoiler|[[Dangerously Genre Savvy|I did it thirty-five minutes ago.]]"}} }}

* "You would have done the same." Standard response of a character confronted by their past morally ambiguous actions.