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** Similarly, any discussion of "Classic" (1963-89) Doctor Who will feature a lot of people talking about "shaky sets and monsters made of bubblewrap". One particularly dedicated fan has watched every episode of Classic Who available on DVD (which includes most of the Jon Pertwee/Tom Baker era that most people are recalling), and counted exactly '''one''' incident of each of those.
** The Doctor, especially the Third, is often referenced by his supposed catchphrase: "Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow!" Which the Third Doctor said exactly two times, ''eleven years apart'', as well as once more in a play. The Fourth and a clone of the Eleventh ([[It Makes Sense in Context|going through other phrases of his incarnations]]) used it once and the Fifth and the Tenth twice.
** The many fans who consider Adric [[The Scrappy]] will never, ever, stop talking about the moment in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S19
*** The time when it was against his will covers two stories, so that's 5 stories out of 11 total.
** Rory has been referred to ''in-show'' as "the man who dies and dies again." He's only done it for real once. He's just... very good at creating the ''illusion'' of death. By accident. Lots.
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** Ross was afraid that getting divorced a third time would become his [[Never Live It Down]], so for several episodes he didn't tell Rachel that he hadn't filed for an annulment.
*** Ross getting divorced eventually did become the one thing anyone commented on whenever he was interested in someone. Granted, getting divorced 3 times in the span of 5 years is no easy feat.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'''s James Kirk is well known as a [[Boldly Coming|space-traveling playboy]] who has more notches than bedpost. In fact, despite liberal use of soft lens and hey-look-a-pretty-girl music, Kirk didn't get involved with many of the women he met in his travels, and when he ''did'', it was usually because a) he needed something, or b) alien sex pollen/some sort of mental control. The sole exception to this is Edith Keeler, whom he genuinely did have feelings for. He was even occasionally portrayed as an uptight boy scout, and he ''never'' slept with a member of his crew. And the rest of the male cast seemed to get involved with women at least as often as Kirk did.
** Although let's not forget "Wink of an Eye" in which after the commercial break the leader of the aliens is combing her hairs and the good captain is on the bed ''putting on his boots''.
** Oh, and let's not forget that half the time that seductive smile was directed at ''[[Ho Yay|Spock]].''
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** Additionally, fans will never let TJ live down the fact that he sacrificed the Zords at the end of Turbo, leading to Divatox's victory over the rangers.
*** Similarly, Tommy's appearance in ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'' is remembered for one thing: [[Memetic Mutation|"SACRIFICE THE ZORDS!"]]
* On [[Leverage]], Hardison has this over the time he was kidnapped by the Russian Mob while pretending to be Parker(the world's greatest thief).
* Megumi Misaki/Blue Dolphin of [[Choujuu Sentai Liveman]] is brought to tears in the first two episodes as nearly everything she's known and loved is destroyed all around her by three [[Face Heel Turn|former friends turned evil]]. She hardly ever cries after that, yet fandom seems to believe she did so nearly every episode thereafter.
** While we're on the subject of Liveman, it seems that the only thing Junichi Aikawa/Green Sai is known for is [[Mister Seahorse|being impregnated by a]] [[Monster of the Week]] [[Mister Seahorse|and giving birth to said monster's child.]]
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* In-universe example in ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'': A social worker is called to trial for placing a child in an abusive home, which eventually led to his death. The bad publicity and death threats she receives drive her to suicide, with her last words lampshading that she has saved hundreds of children but will only be remembered for this one.
** Very much [[Truth in Television]]. Whether justified or not, a person is expected to do their job well, and a disproportionate amount of attention is almost always placed on any and all mistakes.
** Another in-universe case from SVU- Elliot Stabler once admitted that he has fantasies of murdering child molesters, which is often brought up by people who question his credibility as a cop. Enters into [[Wall Banger]] territory since Stabler has dozens of examples of police procedure violations, including several cases of harassing, assaulting, and railroading suspects, but people keep bringing up the one thing he ''didn't'' do.
* While ''The Shield'' star David Rees Snell (aka "Ronnie Gardocki") had a manly beard for the bulk of the series, it's not the beard that the actor is most remembered for facial hairwise; it's his magnificent [[Porn Stache]] that David Rees Snell had for the first two seasons of the show.
* When ''[[Law and Order]]'''s Jack McCoy has an argument with one of his subordinates over questionable tactics, expect the phrase "You once hid a witness" to come up. In the episode "Under The Influence" (s8e11), McCoy hid an exculpatory witness from the defense, in order to maintain murder charges against a drunk driver who killed two pedestrians (a mother and daughter). (He later relents, but still faced sanctions for his actions).
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** ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' fans will not let go of the scene in episode 6 where Eiji [[It Makes Sense in Context|tries to ride an untransformed Ridevendor]]. It's even made it into at least one officially released figure!
* In one of ''[[JAG]]'s'' early episodes, Harm fired off a sub-machine gun in open court. This gets referenced two or three times a season for the rest of the show's run, usually in terms of "I can't believe he didn't get brig time for that." (He lost that case, by the way.)
* Many ''[[Lost]]'' fans tend to ignore Michael's more positive (or at least less negative) traits after his [[Moral Event Horizon]] moment in season 2 (i.e., {{spoiler|murdering Ana Lucia and Libby}}) and feel content with labeling him a [[Complete Monster]] because of it. While the act was certainly indefensible (which makes this a partial case of [[Justified Trope]]), fans gloss over the fact that having your son kidnapped by strangers on a weird island doesn't exactly make a loving parent rational, nor did the fans acknowledge what he did AFTERWARD, which contradicts the assumption that he's an amoral, heartless bastard. This includes never ending guilt for doing the aforementioned act, which sparked numerous suicide attempts, and a last ditch effort to help the friends he betrayed on the island. Hell, even Hurley later forgave Michael for what he did, despite him {{spoiler|killing Hurley's girlfriend Libby}}. Good luck finding fans who feel the same way Hurley did.
** Jack is rather well-known for his frequent emotional outbursts (Jears) around the interwebs. In the actual show, he's a mostly-stoic character (for the first few seasons, anyway) who relies on logic and rarely tells people how he feels.
* [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MSTings]] have a [[Running Gag]] dubbed "Crow Syndrome", where Crow (or another character) almost constantly makes sexually suggestive riffs and gets a [[First Name Ultimatum]] from the [[Team Dad]]. This seems to be based entirely on the episode ''[[Gemini Man|Riding with Death]]'', where '''everyone''' uses the film's trucking scenes as [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|sex metaphors]]; Crow is just the one who takes it a hair too far and gets chewed out by Mike. Of course, usually he displays [[Ping-Pong Naivete]]; compare to the episode where he puts together a presentation about how women don't exist, despite interacting with Pearl Forrester for years. In regards to MSTings, Crow Syndrome has become a [[Discredited Meme]] and is now viewed as something to be avoided.
** Amusingly enough, most people tend to forget that in the ''Riding with Death'' episode, Mike himself makes a suggestive joke shortly after reprimanding Crow, who responds "And you think '''I'm''' bad?".
** In-universe example on MST; [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]].
{{quote|''Prof. Bobo, the [[Simple Country Lawyer]]:''So you blow yourself up a planet; does that make you a world-destroyer? Hmm? My momma, she burnt a brown betty one time, that make her a world-destroyer? I reckon not.}}
** If you went strictly by [[MST|MSTings]], Tom Servo's head exploded every other episode. It only happened four times in ten seasons: Two of them in [[Old Shame|the disavowed Season 1]], and none after Season 4.
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