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'''Policewoman:''' Was she looking out for me when she broke my arm?
'''Teenager:''' Was she looking out for me when she stole my hairstyle? ''(everyone glares at her)'' Well, she did! }}
:** Another episode shows Mojo Jojo robbing a bank, a jewelry shop and... a DVD store.
* The [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', after Danny steals the Infi Map back from Plasmius and tells him he seriously needs therapy.
{{quote|'''Plasmius:''' "Taking my map, destroying my satellite, mocking my mental health... it's time I finished off Danny Phantom once and for all!"}}
:** In one episode, Mr. Lancer says he hates Halloween because of the kids keying cars, egging houses, and bobbing for apples.
:** And in "Boxed-Up Fury", when Danny is reading about the contents of Pandora's Box:
{{quote|'''Danny''': Plagues, pestilence, ''boy bands'', man this is one evil box.}}
:** What Danny, Sam, and Tucker are in "a world of trouble" for near the end of "Kindred Spirits":
{{quote|'''Jack''': Skipping school, stealing and wrecking the Spectre Speeder...
'''Mr. Lancer''': Calling me "OLD MAN"... }}
* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'' combines this with [[I Take Offense to That Last One]], with the trivial item being the one that causes Kronk's [[Heel Face Turn]]:
** One example combines this with [[I Take Offense to That Last One]], with the trivial item being the one that causes Kronk's [[Heel Face Turn]]:
{{quote|'''Yzma:''' Kronk! Why did I think you could do this? This one simple thing. It's like I'm talking to a monkey!
'''Kronk's [[Good Angel, Bad Angel|Shoulder Angel]]:''' Whoa now.
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'''Yzma:''' And do you want to know something else? I've never liked your spinach puffs. ''Never!''
'''Kronk's Shoulder Devil:''' That's it. '''(cocks his pitchfork [[Dramatic Gun Cock|like a gun]])''' She's going down. }}
:** [[Justified Trope]] in that Kronk's cooking skills are the one thing he truly prides himself on. As we learn in the [[Kronks New Groove|sequel]], Kronk had always dreamed of being a cook, but his father had mocked his ambition, making little Kronk cry.
*** As we learn in the [[Kronks New Groove|sequel]], Kronk had always dreamed of being a cook, but his father had mocked his ambition, making little Kronk cry.
* When [[Lilo and Stitch|Stitch]]'s destructive programming attempts to assert itself, his [[Mad Scientist]] creator Jumba gloats that "he will be irresistibly drawn to big cities, where he will back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everybody's left shoe."
* Invoked by Red Tornado as he reeled off a list of a villain's crime in ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold]]''.
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* In an episode of ''[[American Dad]]'', ''Bullocks to Stan'', when Stan fights his boss Avery Bullock:
{{quote|'''Stan:''' [[And This Is For|This is for]] delaying my promotion! This is for disrespecting my daughter! And this is for not letting me stop at the creek for a drink!}}
:** In the episode "You Debt Your Life" Roger is about to get hit by a bus and he thinks back to the bad things he's done which included protesting the integration of a University, sinking the Exxon Valdez tanker, and creating [[Star Wars|Jar Jar Binks]]. [[Comically Missing the Point|To be fair, most fans would attest that creating Jar Jar Binks is a pretty bad crime in itself.]]
:** In "My Morning Straitjacket", Stan claims that rock music is the number one cause of teen pregnancy, school violence and leather pants.
*** [[Comically Missing the Point|To be fair, creating Jar Jar Binks is a pretty bad crime in itself.]]
* ''[[Drawn Together]]'':
** In "My Morning Straitjacket", Stan claims that rock music is the number one cause of teen pregnancy, school violence and leather pants.
* On ''[[Drawn Together]]'',* Ling Ling's father says that Ling Ling dishonours the family name of Hitler Bin Laden Seacrest.
** Also, Wooldoor finding out that Clara is keeping him sick with drain cleaner, cyanide, and ''Gerber's Apple/Banana sauce''.
* Glowface's minions in an episode of ''[[The Xs]]'' are the Scream Queens, Sasquatch, the McVampires, Missing Link, Bio-Harold and Some Old Guy (who asks "Is this the nickel store?").
* ''[[The Boondocks]]'',
** Uncle Ruckus, a main character on ''[[The Boondocks]]'', is [[Boomerang Bigot|a black man who hates black people and everything to do with them]]. He has stated that black people were better off with slavery and Jim Crow laws, and many other outrageous statements, despite his own skin color. His three favorite movies? Birth of a Nation, Gone With the Wind, and Notting Hill.
** When trying to exorcise Mr. Stinkmeaner out of Tom, Ruckus brings several items "guaranteed" to scare the ghost out of him: a whip, a branding iron, a noose, a night stick, and a job application.
* ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'',
** In anone episode of ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', the main characters are in Egypt observing an archeological expedition in the Great Pyramid of Giza for Brain's latest scheme. Suddenly, a creepy Egyptian guy walks in on the archeologists:
{{quote|'''Egyptian Guy''': Beware! Beware ignorant fools! To open the sacred burial chamber of Khufu is to invite a plague of misery upon humanity: fire shall rain down from the sky, locusts shall devour crops, the Olsen Twins... ''[[Faux Horrific|will make more movies]]''.
''[Pinky and Brain gasp in horror]'' }}
:** In "The Pink Candidate", Brain was found guilty of "sedition, abuse of power and shoplifting".
* ''[[Bounty Hamster]]''.: "You stand accused of breaking the Prime Directive, 16000 speed limits, and a really nice vase!"
** "You stand accused of breaking the Prime Directive, 16000 speed limits, and a really nice vase!"
** On another occasion a bounty hunter arrests a criminal wanted for "12 robberies, 300 counts of dangerous flying, and dropping an ice cream truck into an active volcano."
* In ''[[Ice Age]]: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', [[Crazy Survivalist|Buck]] lists off the rules if the [[True Companions|heroes]] want him to help them: "Rule 1: Do whatever Buck says. Rule 2: Stay on the middle of the track.... Rule 3... He who has gas walks at the back."
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* In ''[[Red Hot Riding Hood]]'', the wolf offers Red the following if she would just go with him:
{{quote|I will give you diamonds, furs, ermine. I will even give you a new set of white sidewall tires.}}
*:* ''Red Hot Riding Hood'' came out in 1943, or, in other words, during [[World War II]]. Rubber was one of the several substances that were rationed as part of the war effort. It still fits the trope, but it's not ''quite'' as incongruous as it seems today.
* Used in the ''[[Static Shock]]'' episode "The Big Leagues", when Static apprehends Ferret:
{{quote|'''Static''': Let's see, so far I have you down for robbery, vandalism, and excessive cruelty to produce. }}
:** Knowing [[Deadpan Snarker|Static]], he may have done that on [[Invoked Trope|purpose]].
* ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' did this a few times, especially in the [[U.S. Acres]] shorts. Usually, the last thing mentioned was the lineup/schedule of a rival TV network (the show aired on CBS).
{{quote|'''Roy:''' Wade's confessing his crimes.
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