Or So I Heard: Difference between revisions

* [[Detective Conan]] - After giving a lengthy rant on subjects a six year old definitely ''shouldn't'' know about, Conan covers up (or at least, tries to) by saying "At least, [[Taught by Television|that's what it said on TV]]!" (or something similar).

** Ai used that once in a [[Non-Serial Movie]], too.

 

== Comic Books ==

* Tonto says this when he is called out by the Lone Ranger in Dynamyte's comic book series.

* ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]'': Cassidy, the Vampire -- "This gravy tastes like semen.." Seeming to understand the implication of his choice of words hastily adds "Or so I'd imagine". {{spoiler|This becomes a [[Harsher in Hindsight]] moment when Jesse learns more about his friend's history than he'd care to know.}}

 

== Film ==

 

== Literature ==

{{quote|"They're the very devil to forge, I know that," said Moist. "Or so I've been told," he added quickly.}}

 

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' - During ''The Atomic Brain'', Mike compares a scene to ''[[The Facts of Life]] Go to Europe''. ("Not that I've seen it...")

** During the opening credits of ''Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'':

'''"Ron Vibbentrop":''' ''(shouting)'' Nein! Nein! ''(calms down)'' Oh. Ha ha. Different other chap. I in Somerset am being born. Von Ribbentrop is born Gotterdammerstrasse 46, Dusseldorf Vest 8... so they say! }}

* During the opening of one episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', Colbert gives "a shout-out to all of my [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Bronies]]", followed by an insincere "And I do want to reiterate that I do not know what that means."

 

== Radio ==

{{quote|'''Humph:''' Who is the odd one out of Henry Ford, Fred Astaire, Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln? ...I'm sorry, Tim, the answer is Henry Ford. His hat size was six-and-seven-eights, and the others were all seven-and-one-eighths. And I have to tell you that these are all true, I don't believe this--six-and-seven-eights?

'''Tim:''' That's tiny! That's a schoolboy's size! ...I'm told. }}

 

== Video Games ==

{{quote|207. The Chicken and Rice MRE is *not* a personal lubricant. (Skippy wanted this noted for the record that this is not something he has ever attempted or considered! It was something we heard at dinner on 22 September 2001 and it was just so obscene it had to go here.)

209. An airsickness bag is to be used for airsickness *only*. (Also not a Skippy-ism...this was the same dinner.) }}

 

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'': When Wanda takes over [[The Family for the Whole Family|her father's business]], she put a ficus in the meeting room. One of the men comments on a gardening tip for it, then quickly invokes this trope when the others stare at him surprised.

{{quote|"A ficus? That's gonna need more light... not that, I would know." }}

 

== Real Life ==

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