What Have You Done for Me Lately?: Difference between revisions

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* The entire [[Marvel Universe]] has had this since [[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]] started. Every event in the past fifty years in Marvel? Took place within roughly the last ''fifteen'' in [[Comic Book Time]]. They were still cleaning up from Galactus' last attack when they beat the Human Torch into a coma. The public turns on superheroes so fast that it's a wonder any of them even cared enough to fight.
** [[Dumb Is Good|There's]] [[All of the Other Reindeer|a]] [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|very]] [[Honor Before Reason|good]] [[Status Quo Is God|reason]] [[Idiot Ball|for]] [[Conflict Ball|it]].
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=184NTV2CE_c{{Broken link}}<ref>And ''this'', children, is why we don't like bare URLs with no description of the example.</ref> Perfect example.
* Naturally, it's also a lengthy bit in Eddie Murphy's stand-up special ''Raw''.
* Issue 1 of the comic ''Blood Pack'', have this line said by a general about the main characters:
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* In the ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'', Miles, thinking of the costs the Barrayaran government incurs in funding his alter ego Admiral Naismith, notes that the day that Naismith cannot provide an answer to that question is the day he ceases to exist.
* A guest on Radio 4's ''Quote Unquote'' mentions that her father, who was a rabbi, used to say that "people never ask their rabbi 'what have you done for me?' but 'what have you done for me ''lately''?'"
* The ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' spoof of ''[[Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets]]'' featured this. As in the book, the students are growing suspicious of Harry. Harry points out that he saved them all last year, and the respond with the trope.
 
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