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{{trope}}
Across many works, you will hear the same quotations over and over. These quotes are so well known that most people will recognize them right away, but not all of them will be aware where the quote originated from. Popular sources include [[Shakespeare]], historical figures, and classic literature. This will often be because of [[Small Reference Pools]] - either the author isn't familiar with less famous quotes, or they are afraid the [[Viewers
Predictably, [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|they will often be mangled]], both deliberately and not.
May overlap with [[As the Good Book Says]] if the memorable quote is from [[The Bible]]. When used to title a work, it is a [[Literary Allusion Title]]. Not to be confused with [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]], which is when a quote is popularly attributed to a source but was never actually said, or played for laughs when a stock quote is misidentified [[In the Original Klingon]] (many of these are also misidentified with the bible quotes when [[Zeroth Law|Shakespeare said it first]]). See also [[Stock Phrases]], which can't be attributed to a single source but also show up time and again.
If you want to add a quote to this page, please come up with at least three examples of its use. If you're not sure, add it to the discussion page. Once it has enough examples, it can be moved here.
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This quote is hardly ever used together. Instead, the first and second parts often appear alone.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Referenced in the [[Jim Carrey]] version of ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'':
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' uses "I am Become Death" as an episode title.
* Parodied in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' with [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]].
** Mike also spoofed the line in ''[[Riding With Death]]'': "I am become Death, destroyer of small radios."
* On ''[[Fringe]]'', Walternate uses it after comparing what he is trying to do {{spoiler|by using the machine to destroy our universe}} to what Oppenheimer did (see [[Real Life]] example below).
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Reportedly said by J. Robert Oppenheimer after witnessing the first nuclear bomb test.
** In fact many uses of this quote are [[Trope Codifier|actually quoting Oppenheimer]] [[Older Than They Think|quoting Gita]]. The meaning is frequently taken to be "I have the power!"... but that's [[Misaimed Fandom|not what Oppenheimer meant at all]]. The Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between the god Krishna and the prince Arjuna, as Arjuna is about to go into battle against his cousins, his guru, the people who raised him, to secure the kingdom. Arjuna questions the rightness of such violence, and in response, Krishna transforms into his [[One
*** So on top of being a brilliant scientist, I guess Oppenheimer was psychic?
* As he watched sand turn to glass in the New Mexico desert, I bet Oppenheimer felt quite a bit like Arjuna.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Spoofed in the ''[[
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