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*** Subverted in the final episode: "You stupid woman! Can you not see I am eloping?"

** Madame Fanny La Fan: "Ze flashing knobs!" when the bedknobs flash, signaling an incoming transmission on the radio.

** Alberto Bertorelli: "What a mistake-a to make-a!"

** Crabtree: "Good moaning!"

* ''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]'': "It's the (Scientific Experiment)...''of Science!''"

** "Science rules!"

* ''[[Black Adder]]'', anyone? Baldrick's line "I have a cunning plan", immediately followed by some of the most breathtakingly idiotic schemes in existance, definitely makes the list.

** Some variant of "a cunning plan" is uttered by Edmund, Baldrick, Percy, or George in nearly every espisode of all 4 series.

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Evil Willow, whether she be alternate universe [[Lesbian Vampire|Vampire Willow]] or [[Beware the Nice Ones|Dark Willow post-hulking out]], precedes murder and mayhem with two words you don't EVER want to hear: "Bored now".

** [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Faith]] is five by five with that.

** Giles taking off and cleaning his glasses with his handkerchief should probably count as a catchphrase.

* ''[[Burn Notice]]'': "I'll see what I can do."

* ''[[Due South]]'': Benton Fraser would often say 'Thank you kindly.', as well as: 'Oh dear.' Ray had the very succinct, 'Fraser!'

** Also in the last season, when people would ask what a Mountie was doing in Chicago, Fraser would answer, 'I first came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of my father and, for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, I've remained, attached as liaison with the Canadian Consulate.' After which people would stare at him, for some reason.

* ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'': It seems as if Frank said "Holy crap!" at least once per episode.

* ''[[Extras]]'': Mocked with an appalling [[Show Within a Show]] ''When the Whistle Blows'' with [[Catch Phrase]] "Are you 'aving a laff?; Is he/she 'aving a laff?"

** TVtropeseditorsay''what??''

** Ya think?

** "Be there. Aloha."

* ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'': Hiro, when achieving some goal, would often yell, "YATTA!" And upon meeting Nathan Petrelli, would often throw his arms in the air and exclaim, "FLYING MAN!"

*** [[Unknown Rival|Tsurugi Kamishiro]]: "The man who replaces the gods with a sword's slash!" "I will stand on top of (whatever he's attempting at the moment)." and "My best friend KaGAmi!"

** A signifigant portion of ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O|Den-O]]'''s cast:

*** [[Chivalrous Pervert|Urataros]]: "Do you mind if I string you along?" and less often "Every word contains a thousand hooks."

*** [[Gentle Giant|Kintaros]]: "My strength has made you cry. Wipe your tears with this", sometimes shortened to just "You'll cry!" or "You cried!".

*** [[Laser Guided Tykebomb|Ryutaros]]: "Mind if I (relevant action)? Not gonna hear your answer!". Most commonly "Mind if beat you?"

*** [[Sixth Ranger|Yuto]]: "Let me say this to start...", followed by a statement about how strong (or pissed off) he is; his partner [[Battle Butler|Deneb]] shares the intro, but always messes it up by following it up with an honest statement that [[Moment Killer|confuses and annoys everyone]].

*** [[Big Bad|Kai]]: "Does my face look it?", after saying how he feels.

* ''[[The Monkees]]'' had dozens of catchphrases and one-liners, many of them ad-libbed as inside jokes between the group. A few notable examples:

** "Don’t do that!"

** "Isn’t that dumb?"

** "Save the Texas Prairie Chicken!"

** "Kermie, Kermie, Kermie" - [[Miss Piggy]]

** "Yaaaaay!" - Kermit the Frog

* ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'': Joy uses "Oh snap!". (A phrase shared with ''[[That's So Raven]]''.)

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'': "We've got Movie Sign!"

** And Tony has a habit of saying "You see my dilemma" quite often.

*** And inherited the [[Dope Slap]] while Gibbs was incapacitated.

* ''[[Nobuta wo Produce]]'' has several. One of the most iconic is used in almost every episode by Nobuta to try to up her confidence level: "Nobuta power, CHUU NYUU!", which comes with a Magic Girl-esque pose. Shuji has a couple too, the most common being "Bye Bye-cycle!" (accompanied by a mine of bicycle handles) and "Do~nichi~getsu~ka~sui~mo~kin~doOOoOoOoo!" But Akira has by far the most out of all the characters, due to his habit of exclaiming certain phrases when surprised. "Kon kon!" is the most recognized of all these among fans(as with the previous characters, it comes with a signiture move; a hand barking like a fox) Also, theres "Akira SHOCK!", "Akira DOWN~" and "Shu~u~ji-kun!"

* ''[[One Foot in The Grave]]'': Victor's "I don't ''beli'''eee'''ve''' it!" when something [[Kafka Komedy|cruel and unexpected]] happens to him, which it does lots of times an episode.

** Rangers Season 1: ""Morphenomenal"

** Alpha Five: "Ay-yi-yi!" (For particularly stressful situations, four or even ''six'' yi-s might be needed.)

** Zordon: "My worst fear(s) has (have) been realized!" (For such a powerful and ancient sage, he's got a lot of worst fears.) An occasional variant was "the thing that I fear the most has happened."

** Zordon's also got "Report to the command center immediately" and "Observe the viewing globe."

** "We can't do this right now."

** Gus's "You heard about Pluto? That's messed up."

** "Wait for iiiiiiiiiit..."

** Gus's "I hear that"

** Various [[Applied Phlebotinum]] commands, such as "Engage," "Energize," "Hailing frequencies open," "Raise shields," or "Warp factor [number]." Janeway adds "Compensate" when someone tells her that something's interfering with the Phlebotinum in question.

** Taking place before the days of shields, Enterprise replaces "Raise shields" with "Polarize the hull plating."

** "Bones" McCoy started a tradition of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitletzsppi6i "I'm a doctor, not a..."] phrases. Voyager's EMH ran with it. It's a rare chief medical officer who hasn't done it at least once.

** Let's not forget Spock's "Fascinating," followed by Data's "Intriguing" and Tuvok's "Impressive."

*** Lampshaded by McCoy in the episode "The Ultimate Computer":

** Kelso: "BURN!"

* ''[[That's So Raven]]'': "Oh snap!" (Shared with ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''.)

* ''[[This Is Wonderland]]'': [[The Judge|Judge]] Malone gradually acquired "There must be something we can do to help this man/woman/child," as a [[Catch Phrase]].

* Before each commercial break on ''[[Today]]'', the segment host will tell the audience what is coming up in the next segment, followed by "But, first, this is ''Today'' on NBC."

*** '''Neal:''' Look at us, saving America's youth from a life of crime.

*** Okay, yeah, it qualifies.

* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'': The US version had "[[The Points Mean Nothing|The points don't matter.]]"

** When describing Questions Only, 90-Second Alphabet, or other simple games, "This is a great game to play when you're at a party with no chicks or booze."