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* In nearly every one of the ''[[Encyclopedia Brown]]'' children's books, the tale of Encyclopedia's sidekick, Sally Kimball, pounding some sense into bully [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Bugs Meany]], leaving him muttering "deal the cards." However, ''Encyclopedia Brown Lends A Hand'' has it that she left him "muttering about the price of yo-yos in China."
** Different books have it being different things, but he always has a non-sequitur thud. She beats him up multiple times, and he usually has one each time.
* ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' features this type of behavior from a Muggle as a side-effect of an unusually large amount of magical memory modification: when the main characters are checking out of a campground in August he waves them off with a "Merry Christmas."
* In the seventh book, ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' lands on his head. When Harold and George rush to his side to see if he's okay, he mutters "Mommy, my train went swimming in the piano."
* Tobias smacks into a window during a mission in one ''[[Animorphs]]'' book. The rest of the mission is interspersed with his random comments about ''[[Clue (game)|Clue]].''