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* [[Memetic Mutation/Game Show|Game Show]] (game shows in general since the genre has so many memes)
* ''[[
* ''[[Monty Python
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000
* ''[[Saturday Night Live
* ''[[Seinfeld
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*** Further mutations and successor memes, if any.
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* The video showing Zinedine Zidane's headbutt of Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup was played with in a number of ways, often with Zidane replaced with [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]].
** One memorable one involved the act done as a ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' attack sequence, complete with a floating number representing Materazzi losing hit points.
** I knew [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw8B4zBRFlA this video] [[Someday This Will Come in Handy|would someday come in handy.]]
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*** '''YOOOU-NITY!'''
** [[Lil Jon|WHAT!? OKAY! YEAH!]]
** [[Samuel L. Jackson|SAM JACKSON BEER!!!]] MM-MMM, BITCH!
* According to United States Senator Ted Stevens, the Internet is "a series of tubes". ''[[
** Let the record state that it is "not a big truck", either.
** "And now here it is, your moment of zen..." <ref> The end of every episode, showing a clip that didn't make the final cut or an extended version of a previously shown clip.</ref>
** Brought to you by the International Association for the Collection of Television Tropes, or NAMBLA. <ref> Apparently, the acronym of every organization is NAMBLA.</ref>
** '''[[
** "Fox News is the Lupus of News" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2YK7pADmWU\]
** "Meet me at [[Author Filibuster|Camera Three]]."
** Roll 2:12! <ref> Originates from the Jim Cramer interview, where Jon had videos prepared of statements Cramer had made on his show, which contradicted parts of his explanation. Became a [[Running Gag]] for a while for Jon to shout it before playing a video clip of someone saying something in the past that conflicted with their more recent statements.</ref>
* An example of a meme that ''never'' appeared in the actual show is the famous line "[[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]" which is never said in any of ''[[
** The Romulan "It's a FAAAAAAKE!" guy from ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
*** IT'S REEEEEEEEEEEEEAL!
** "It's X, Jim, but not as we know it".
** "He's dead, Jim."
** Space...the final frontier...
** "[[I'm a Doctor, Not
** Live long and prosper. And the V-sign that goes with it.
** "Da-da DA DA DA DA DA da-da DA DA..." <ref> Fight music, especially when Kirk and Spock fight on Vulcan when Spock goes into heat</ref>
** From ''[[Star Trek:
** "I am [character name] of Borg." Followed by some character-appropriate variation on the phrase "You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile." The identification of the Borg with Microsoft was a common Web meme in the mid-1990s.
*** "I am Pentium of Borg. Accuracy is irrelevant. You will be approximated."
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** "To boldly X where no Y has X'ed... before!"
** [http://wearuniform.ytmnd.com/ "You don't deserve to wear that uniform!"]
** "[[As Long
** "Make it so."
** "Engage!"
** The Picard Song: "Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise..."
** "Mr. Worf? Fire." '''''TO BE CONTINUED...'''''
* ''[[
** Guys? Where are we? <ref> One of Charlie's lines at the end of the pilot episode, indicating to the audience that the survivors aren't on a normal island.</ref>
** 4+8+15+16+23+42=[[108]]. <ref> The [[Arc Number|memetic numbers]] of the series and their sum, which appear in the plot on multiple occasions.</ref>
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** Hurley throwing the Hot Pocket at Ben: "Hello Hugo. HYAHH!" *throws hot pocket at Ben*
* ''[[Six Feet Under]]'': My arm's numb. Numb arm. [[Narm|N'arm. NARM!]] *thud*
* ''[[
** How you doin'? <ref> Joey's [[Catch Phrase]] that he uses to attract women.</ref>
** [[Punctuated for Emphasis|OH...MY...GOD!]] <ref> Recurring character Janice's [[Incoming Ham]] [[Catch Phrase]]</ref>
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** Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat ...
* In Finland, Olli Hokkanen (now known as Kola-Olli) continues to enjoy a stint of popularity after appearing on national television in 2006 attempting to set the world record for drinking 1.5 litres of Coca Cola as quickly as possible...and giving up after the third glass. Since then he has made numerous appearances in finnish media, and his attempt has inspired the Olli Hokkanen Open website, which hosts videos of its members' attempts at setting records for drinking various soft drinks as quickly as possible and keeps track of the quickest times.
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel
** Now this is a story all about how/My life got flipped, turned upside down/And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there/I'll tell you how I become the prince of a town called Bel-Air. <ref> The opening theme song of the series, became an endemic [[Interrupting Meme]] in many parts of the internet.</ref>
*** Additionally, ''The Fresh Prince of'' [insert title here], or some variation thereof. <ref> There's a fad among video makers that involves synching the show's theme song with other music, claiming that it works with any kind of music. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRBjND_899U Unsurprisingly,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPF0zjOq2s it] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0WAn8qEkOU does.] ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w61hulBveXM Too]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuQGPILDKfI well,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hcx3boKEUI in] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWWDa2rLpqI fact.] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TEK9Fu55m4 No,] ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ZYitN-QAg seriously.]'' This seems to have been inspired by the [[Street Fighter
** It even goes with the [[Rickroll|Rick]][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqm8hZ0X94k Roll]
** When one talks turkey with Uncle Phil, he'll start daydreaming about [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALpdZHkOtHE pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes.]
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKlxjbhB9HE The Carlton Dance.] <ref> Carlton ''looooved'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS1cLOIxsQ8 to break out into dance to Tom Jones.] Even ''Will'' (who usually gave this antic a [[Fascinating Eyebrow]]) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ANUkOyDNQ joined in for the final time.]</ref>
*** JUMP ON IT! JUMP ON IT! JUMP ON IT! <ref> ''Another'' dance involving Will and Carlton; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSpnneXeDKY this time,] it was a duo act used to win a contest.</ref>
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'':
** "It's never lupus." "... Until that time!" <ref> It became a [[Running Gag]] that the team would keep suspecting the patient had lupus only to be proven wrong, to the point were House used a hollowed lupus textbook for storage. The joke died swiftly after there was a patient who ''actually had lupus''.</ref>
** Tritter and his [[Memetic Molester|tendency for rape.]] <ref> Tritter was unbelievably creepy in all of his appearances, and the fandom immediately leaped to "serial rapist".</ref>
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** Be not afraid. (For the nymphs have taught Wilson how to please a woman.) <ref> In a spectacular [[Crowning Moment of Funny]], House discovers that Wilson was once in a pornographic film and said this line. Cue ''every person in the hospital'' saying this to Wilson in one form or another.</ref>
** Another life saved by girl-on-girl action. <ref> One of House's many quips, referring to how he wouldn't have managed to diagnose the patient if [[Bi the Way|Thirteen]] hadn't kissed her.</ref>
* ''[[
** "Legen-wait for it and I hope you're not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is-DAIRY!" <ref> Barney's [[Running Gag]] of calling things "Legendary" and having [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]].</ref>
** Haaaaave you met Ted? <ref> Barney's introduction of Ted to random women, including the one who kicks off the whole show, Robin.</ref>
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** NOBODY ASKED YOU PATRICE!! <ref> A jealous Robin screams this at a coworker who sighs that Barney's [[Grand Romantic Gesture]] towards Nora is "so dreamy."</ref>
** I LOVE EVERYONE IN THIS BAR! <ref> Ted shouts this to an appreciative crowd in [[Mc Laren]]'s Bar while drunkenly performing for them. A common reaction gif, the proper response is "We love you too, Drunk!Ted!"</ref>
* ''[[
** The songs [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20H6g3ORicY "Cooking By The Book"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLsJyfN0ICU "You Are A Pirate"].
** YAR HAR Fiddle-dee-dee!
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** YOU ARE A PIRATE!
* Welcome to ''[[The OC]]'', Bitch!
** [[Tin Man (TV series)|"Welcome to the O.Z., bitch."]]
* ''[[
** And the number one threat to America? [[Everything Is Worse With Bears|BEARS!]] <ref> The Threat Down segment lists the current "theats to America", with bears originally always number one (Colbert, either actually or as part of his persona, has a massive fear of bears).</ref>
** You know it's gone too far when the [[Studio Audience]] ''interrupts the host with it''. "I'll do the lines, thank you!"
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** The character of [[Stephen Colbert]] can be best described as a joke that everyone in America is in on.
*** Speaking as a citizen of America's friendly neighbour to the north, everyone in Canada is in on it too. Possibly everyone in the world.
*** Everyone apparently, ''except'' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/27/colbert-study-conservativ_n_191899.html the conservatives he parodies]. Making him not only the greatest comedian on the planet, but quite possibly the greatest [[Troll]] too. Except, [[Your Mileage May Vary|maybe]], [[
*** Alternatively (thank you [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|ROCEJ]]), [[No True Scotsman|real conservatives]] are aware they're the ones being poked fun at and still find it hilarious.
** [[I Knew It!|I CALLED IT!]]
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** All people who have ever viewed TV Tropes, and Senator Jon Kyl have had sexual relations with some form of poultry. (Not intended to be a factual statement). <ref> After Jon Kyl said that 90% of what the Planned Parenthood organization did was funding abortion, he was called out on the fact that the actual figure was somewhere around 3%. He responded that it wasn't intended to be a factual statement.</ref>
** Munchma Quchi.
* ''[[Harry
** "But which is better? There's only one way to find out..."
** FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!
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** 'This is an outraaaage!'
** Any dialogue the [[Weird Moon]]'s spoken. He's a vanilla rapist.
* ''[[
** Fear not, I have a cunning plan!
** ...Bob.
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** YOU SHOT MY SPECKLED JIM???
** X? That sounds a bit ''rude'', doesn't it? Sounds almost exactly like... bum!
* A picture of ''[[Dateline (TV series)|Dateline]]'''s Chris Hansen and or "I'm Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC"/"Why don't you take a seat over there." is a frequent response to things related to [[Lolicon]] or [[Hannah Montana]]. (And in the wake of the 2008 Beijing Olympics... gymnasts.)
** During the course of a typical interview, Hansen will read [[Bowdlerise|"explicit"]] lines such as "that's terribly sexy" or "I like rape" from the transcripts of chats between the alleged predators and non-underage decoys. These quotes are often remixed as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IwCtMc0ZP8 pick-up lines], used for [[Troll|trolling]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur4aqkyCzPA purposes,] or combined with [[The
* ''[[
** "Bloody Torchwood."
** "[[Anything That Moves|You people and your quaint little categories]]."
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** WE ARE COMING.
*** WE ARE HERE.
* ''[[
** Blood. Her blood. Blood. Blood. Blood.
** {{spoiler|Blood.}}
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** Memes... are outrageous!
** That footage was intentionally disturbing!
* ''[[
** Jack Bauer. [[Memetic Badass|'Nuff said.]]
** [[Real Time|The following takes place between 3AM and 4AM.]]
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** [http://xkcd.com/442/ Boom de yada, boom de yada..]
** [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/188 ...boom de yada, boom de yada...]
* [[John Munch]] would [[Law and Order SVU|like]] you to know that your ideas intrigue him, and he would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Though technically he was quoting ''[[The Simpsons (
** Don't forget: "Are you ready for me, Daddy?" <ref>Elliot is undercover as a thug and Olivia's about to be caught in his apartment. She strips down to bra and panties and poses as a prostitute. Cue worldwide race to bunks everywhere.</ref>
** Speaking of ''[[Law and Order]]'', six words: [[Suddenly Sexuality|"Is this because I'm a lesbian?"]] <ref> Serena Southerlyn, upon being fired. One of the most famous [[Ass Pulls]] in history.</ref>
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{{quote| '''''YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'''''}}
** [[CSI: NY|Boom!]]
* ''[[
** "Am I missing an eyebrow?" <ref> Adam's reaction after a small scale experiment isn't quite as small as they expected. For the record, he was.</ref>
** Jamie wants [[Stuff Blowing Up|big boom]]. <ref> The single instance of Jamie being less eloquent than Adam. Also a fairly accurate summary of the entire series.</ref>
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** "Holy crap, ''run!''" <ref> The only viable reaction when things don't go as planned.</ref>
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZigahtFzeE Here, we see a wild Hyneman, in it's natural habitat...] <ref> Adam on occasion will pull out a nature documentary voice and proceed to describe Jamie as if he were some kind of rare animal, with hilarious results.</ref>
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'':
** Save the cheerleader, save the world.
** Dad doesn't verb objects, Claire.
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** (No, Father! Don't drink that, it's-) FECKIN' WATER!
** Instead of a mouth it has four arses!
** [[No Such Thing
*** CAREFUL NOW
** "I kicked Bishop Brennan up the arse!!"
* ''[[Dad's Army
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'':
** "Driver picks the music. Shotgun shuts his cakehole." <ref> Dean Winchester's rules of the Impala. Meaning Sam should shut up.</ref>
** "I full-on SWAYZE'd that mother!" <ref>Dean gets his ''[[Ghost (
*** Which has a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|different meaning now...]]
** "Stow the self-help, touchy-feely, yoga crap."
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** ''[[Supernatural]]'', where even the [[Angst|music has issues.]]
** "FIGHT THE FAIRIES!" <ref>A [[Funny Moments|particularly amusing]] quote from Dean, from "Clap Your Hands if You Believe". Went memetic courtesy of Twitter, prompting some alarm from some members of the gay community, who didn't realize it was about [[The Fair Folk|actual fairies.]]</ref>
* ''[[
** I'll be in my bunk. <ref> A common [[Unusual Euphemism]], even on this very wiki, for whenever someone is aroused and wants [[A Date
** Also? I can kill you with my brain. <ref> River's warning to Jayne. Used as a summary for [[Psychic Powers]].</ref>
*** Ceiling River is watching you procreate. <ref> At the end of [[The Movie]], River uses a hole in the ceiling to watch Simon and Kaylee take it to floor.</ref>
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** This food is problematic. <ref> One of [[Cloudcuckoolander|River]]'s classic lines.</ref>
** [[I Call It Vera]]. <ref> Jayne has a lot of affection for his weapons.</ref>
** [[Just Like Robin Hood|He robbed from the rich / And he gave to the poor]] / [[Jerk
** A good portion of Early's dialogue, including "That seem right to you?" and "Arson. The little man ''loved'' fire."
** Shiny!<ref> Used on the show to mean "It's fine" or "Cool." ("Everything's shiny, Captain.")</ref>
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*** [Contestant] is IN IT TO WIN IT!
** Welcome to Hollywood!
** Season 1: Keith the [[Madonna
** Season 2: Velvet Teddybear vs <s>Ambiguously</s> Gay Nerd.
** [[So Bad It's Good|William Hung.]] She bang! She bang!
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** TV Tropes, OUT!<ref>Ryan Seacrest used to end every show by saying "Seacrest, OUT!" When it failed to catch on, he stopped using it.</ref>
* ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'': "PETROL, WE'RE RUNNING OUT"
* ''[[
* ''[[
** "Please pack your knives and go."
** "I'm not your bitch, bitch!"
** "Utensils down, hands ''up!''"
** Ladies and gentlemen, [[House (TV series)|TV's Jesse Spencer]]!
* ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'': Four Candles
* ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'':
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*** "I'm a '''god-WARRIOR!'''"
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]] Multiverse'':
** It has generally come to be accepted by fans that all green rangers are air headed comic relief characters. However, out of the eleven green rangers to appear in the show, only [[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue|Joel]], [[Power Rangers SPD|Bridge]], [[Power Rangers Mystic Force|Xander]], and [[Power Rangers RPM|Ziggy]] can really be said to have been air heads, and [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Tommy]], [[Power Rangers
** Sacrifice the Zords!
** "It's morphin' time!"
** "AHHHH! AFTER 10,000 YEARS, I AM FREE!"
*** "[[Recruit Teenagers
*** "I HAVE A HEADACHE!"
** All of the morphing calls.
** Ahem. '''[[Power Rangers RPM|THAT IS NOT SPANDEX!]]''' Or [[Power Rangers SPD|buttery? *finger wiggle*]]
** After [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (
** Green Rangers tend to be a [[Memetic Badass]]. Tommy, Adam, and Xander anyway.
** [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|The black guy wears black]], [[Jive Turkey|speaks slang]], [[I Know Madden Kombat|uses a dance-based fighting style]], and [[Fantastic Racism|tends to insult the monsters racially]]. Racist much?
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* And the [[Super Sentai]] source material:
** Fighting for traffic safety! [[Gekisou Sentai Carranger|GEKISOU SENTAI! CARRRRRRRRRRANGER!]]
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cJl-9uEXSE opening scene] from the first episode of ''[[
* From fans of ''[[X-Play]]'': "Morgan's not a [[Gamer Chick|gamer]]!" "Adam is a lamer!" Adam and Morgan even referenced these lines in their "X-Play [[Message Board|Board]]" song.
* ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]'':
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** "Dear Ashley ..." "That's me!" <ref> How every letter being read in the Dear Ashley sketches goes</ref>
* ''[[The Amanda Show]]''
** "Meme, please!" <ref>How Penelope Taynt, [[Stalker
** "Bring in the dancing lobsters!" <ref>The way Judge Trudy sketches typically ended, sometimes used in other sketches</ref>
** "YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER!!!" <ref> A common phrase for the old man in a prank calling sketch</ref>
** "What's that supposed to mean?!" <ref> Misty's catchphrase in [[Show Within a Show|Moody's Point]]</ref>
* ''[[
** This trope page has been brought to you by the letters "M" and "E", and by the number "2". <ref> Each episode would end with [[Parental Bonus|a parody of advertisement]], each episode "brought to you" by numbers and letters instead of a company.</ref>
** One! Two! ''Two'' Sesame Street references! Ah ah ah! <ref> Count von Count's counting method is a wide-spread meme, applied to many things.</ref>
** OMNOMNOMNOM <ref> The noise Cookie Monster makes when eating cookies. More recently became the defacto onomatopoeia for vigorous eating.</ref>
** [[One of These Doors Is Not Like the Other|One of these memes just doesn't belong.]] <ref>Comes from Cookie Monster's song "One of These Things (Is Not Like the Other)."</ref>
** Oh no...OH MAN! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jpz_55EdM I totally forgot to bring a meme!] <ref>[[Jack Black]]'s appearance on ''[[
** How ''DO'' you get to Sesame Street? <ref> The opening theme asks "can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?", and nobody ever provides an explanation, leading many to ask this question.</ref>
* ''[[
** All these memes and no reference to Mr. Flibble? He will be cross.
** For that matter, smoke me a kipper: I'll be back for breakfast.
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** Fire up the Quattro. <ref> Gene's cue for a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.</ref>
** It backfired on [[British Political System|the Labour Party]] when they tried to use to suggest [[David Cameron]] and the Tories would take Britain back to [[The Eighties]], forgetting that comparing Cameron to Gene Hunt was both unlikely and [[Draco in Leather Pants|unadvised]].
* ''[[
** That was pathetic! We were... like... the world's GAYEST ninjas.
** WHO WANTS SOME OF MY CHAIR?!?
* '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7IJ480v4Uc&fmt=18 YOU'RE GONNA LOOK LIKE COOKED SPAGHETTI!!]'''
** '''THIS TURKEY IS A JERK!'''
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI89TD66CT8 Can I get a 'Hell Yeah?' ''--Hell Yeah!''] This troper observed this one live action before the ''[[
** Well, [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] had meme-ified this for years beforehand, and that's the bottom line, because Stone Cold says so.
* ''[[
** "Don't you ever think about anything besides boys and clothes?" "Saving the world from vampires?" <ref> Buffy's reaction to her mother questioning her priorities, before she knew about her daughter's status as [[The Chosen One]].</ref>
** "If the apocalypse comes, beep me." <ref> The Scoobies became increasingly blase about how [[The World Is Always Doomed]].</ref>
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** "Ha! I mock you with my monkey pants!" <ref> Oz's conversation with Willow about how unfair it is that the monkey is the only animal cracker with pants.</ref>
** "We saved the world. I say we party."
** "Out. For. A. Walk...Bitch." <ref> Buffy gives Spike [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|five words]] to explain why he's in her front yard</ref>
** "Five by Five." <ref> Faith's catchphrase, indicating everything's cool. Derived from a bit of [[Radio Voice|radio communications terminology]] meaning "Loud and Clear".</ref>
** "Fire bad. Tree pretty." <ref> Buffy's exhausted reaction to Sunnydale High blowing up/the sheer craziness of the last few days</ref>
** "You had SEX with GILES?! ''ON A POLICE CAR?!'' ''TWICE?!?!''" <ref> Buffy briefly has psychic powers and hears her mother trying not to think about a secret she's been keeping for months</ref>
** "[[Get Out!]], GET OUT, ''GET OUT''!!" <ref> Dawn...screeching...</ref>
* ''[[
** "My name's Angel. I was born 244 years ago in Ireland. Small town, good family. Twenty seven years into an unremarkable life, I met a woman. She told me she could show me a world I'd never seen... ''She wasn't kidding."'' <ref> Angel's summary of how he became a vampire.</ref>
** Angel Investigations. [[We Help the Helpless]]. <ref> The slogan of Angel Investigations, and in some ways the series as well.</ref>
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** ... do the astronauts have weapons? <ref> Spike and Angel having an argument (that soon spreads around the entire office) about whether cavemen could defeat astronauts.</ref>
*** NO!
** [[Angel
*** I DO NOT HAVE PUPPET CANCER!
*** WEE LITTLE PUPPET MAN!
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** Aren't tropes brilliant?
*** Nah, s'a load of old bollocks.
* ''[[
** It's hot in here. Must be [[Summer Glau]].
** Bazinga!
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* No, but seriously, you've all been a great audience...''for me to poop on!'' <ref>[[Catch Phrase]] of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.</ref>
* Brazil has its native version of Star Wars's "It's a Trap" thank to TV drama series ''Carga Pesada'' (about [[Heterosexual Life Partners|two trucker guys]], Pedro and Bino, who bump into adventures all over Brazil). Pedro shouting "Ã cilada, Bino!" (It's a trap, Bino!) [[Seen It a Million Times|happened enough times]] in the series so it is now uttered whenever one wants to talk about anything that has dubious merits.
* ''[[
** [[Catch Phrase|Here's what happened.]]<ref> Monk says this near the end of most episodes as [[The Summation]]. Led to it being [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in-universe.</ref>
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGYmheg-fBc Anderson Cooper would like to be your boo.]
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*** [[Overly Long Gag|So say we all.]] <ref> In the miniseries, Cmdr. Adama leads a eulogy at a military funeral by these words, emphasizing their unity in the face of genocide. He's ''very'' insistent.</ref>
** [[Unusual Euphemism|Frak off.]] <ref> You can't curse on television, so <a href="http://tutvp.com/click/?s=63452&c=447590" style="color:#006600;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;background:none;padding:0;margin:0;">BSG</a> uses "frak" as a substitution for the F-word.</ref>
* ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'': Jessica Fletcher committed [[Mystery Magnet|all those murders]] herself. <ref> It is a widely known and accepted [[Epileptic Tree]] that Fletcher is actually the world's most prolific serial killer, framing other people for each murder.</ref>
* ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'': "Walker told me I have AIDS".
* ''[[Legends of the Hidden Temple]]'': Near the bottom of this page you will uncover The SHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE of the Silver Monkey.
* ''[[
* ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]'': You're fired!
** ''[[
** ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'': Johnson, you're fired!
* ''[[
** I'm the only X in the Y.
** Computer says no.
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** Bitty.
** OH MY GOD I SO CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT!
* ''[[Grey's Anatomy
** McDreamy is so McGorgeous (TM).
** Seriously? Seriously! ...SERIOUSLY!?
** O'Malley... stop. lookin. at. my VA-JAY-JAY!
* Police Ten-7: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7UX8KASASU&feature=related Always blow on the pie. Safer communities together.]
* ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]'': X, the tribe has spoken.
* In Malaysia's very own ''Malaysian Idol'', perhaps the closest equivalent to [[So Bad It's Good|William Hung]] is this [[Michael Jackson]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNatqCzF_Ns impersonator].
** [[Gratuitous English|My heart is break!]] Boy, wonder how he feels after MJ's death...
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* If you lived in South you must remember the ever so [[Narm|narmful]] commercial for ''Charter Mental Health Hospital.''
{{quote| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}0URa7ByznRI&feature{{=}}related "And remember, if don't get help at Charter... Please get help somewhere."]}}
* ''[[
** The Gibbs-slap. <ref> Leroy Jethro Gibbs is the master of the [[Dope Slap]]. Do not attempt to avoid the Gibbs-slap, you will fail.</ref>
** Ya ''think''? That's a good question. Why don't you find me an answer?
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** Day Thurty-Naine, and Michelle has been called to the [[British Accents|diii-aary room.]]
** Most of the housemates... are in the house.
* ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'': "Mrs. Peel, we're needed."
* ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'':
** "Mork calling Orson. Come in, Orson..."
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** Indeed. <ref> Teal'C says this on many occasions. Used as shorthand to demonstrate his status as [[The Stoic]].</ref>
** With ''magnets!'' <ref> O'Neill never understands any of the [[Techno Babble]], content to think that everything works with magnets.</ref>
** Mektel shree lotak! Meta...Setak...Oz! <ref> Daniel is told to get on the radio and stall the Goa'ould threatening them. This is his response when he's asked to identify himself; it translates to "I am the Great and Powerful [[The Wizard of Oz (
** "Are you a Russian spy?" "Niet!" <ref> While in the past (during the Cold War), the team is suspected of being spies. The interrogator asks Daniel Jackson, in Russian, if he is a Russian spy. Daniel, being fluent in Russian, replies with "Niet!"</ref>
* Coming from ''The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet'' is the image of "Spaghetti Cat", which interrupts the show's broadcast on occasion for legal purposes. Joel McHale just happened to catch one of these instances and, assuming that it's just a [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] due to the lack of an explanation from the show, featured it on ''[[The Soup]]'', launching the meme. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pWFBmEQzuo#t=1m10s For the full story, view this video.]
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* ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'': BARROWMAN! Grrr...! *shakes fist*
** Or SUTIN!
* GUERREROWNED! has become a small-scale meme among ''[[
* ''[[Kamen Rider]] franchise'':
** Narutaki's infamous catchphrase from ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'': '''''[http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt87/Ookalf/Kamen%20Rider/1250746192758.jpg ONORE, DICKEIDO!!]'''''
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** [[Kamen Rider Black|"This page's creation must be a part of Gorgom's plot!"]]
** [[Shin Kamen Rider Prologue|Poor Shin, last on the meme list...]]<ref>It's popular to lament how little respect or notice that Shin has gotten since his movie, not getting a continuation to the original story or much role in crossovers.</ref>
* ''[[
** "Do you think this is hard? Try doing memes. THAT'S hard!" (And that's how Sue C's it!) <ref> Sue Sylvester lives in the realm of [[Refuge in Audacity]], and signs off her television show with the latter phrase.</ref>
** From the top! <ref> Will Schuester's favorite phrase.</ref>
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* ''[[Generation Kill]]'': "You're not gay if you think [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Rudy is hot."]]
* ''[[Punky Brewster]]'': Henry, [[She Is All Grown Up|I'm getting boobs!]] [[Spit Take|*spittake*]]
* ''[[
** I'M EMARTAL!
* ''[[30 Rock
** It's a Werewolf Bar Mitzvah/Spooky/Scary/Boys becoming men/Men becoming wolves.
** Ah, blergh!
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* ''[[Late Night]]'':
** I think it's time we took a look, once again, into the future.
** The ''future'', [[Conan O
* ''[[Flash Forward 2009]]'': BECAUSE I WAS LOADED OK?!
* ''[[Bones]]'':
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** Crime, boy I don't know. <ref> Governor Richie says this after hearing about the convenience store shooting of a secret service agent, inadvertently exemplifying in one fell sentence everything wrong with American politicians that the Bartlet White House is fighting against.</ref>
* HE TOSS A GENIE!!!! from a [[Mondegreen]] belonging to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMvs0aSfFLs&feature=fvw the 1978 Spiderman Sentai show in japan. ]
* ''[[
** I love it when a plan comes together.
** [[Mr. T|I pity da fool!]]
* ''[[
** Bus wankers!
** Oooh, ''frieeeend''.
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** I DON'T COMPROMISE!
* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_edtFYNWNU I'm Wilhelmina Slater and I don't get wet!]
* ''[[
** "Fatcakes, YEAH!"
** [[Black Humor|When temperatures get too high, the elderly will start to die!]]
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** For most Creddiers, [[Ariana Grande|Ariana Approves!]]
* ''[[Unnatural History]]'': "I don't want to taze you, bro."
* ''[[Where in
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'':
** "Dude. [[Memetic Sex God|I'm Chuck Bass]]. Even Europeans must know what that means."
** You know you love me.
** (after somebody insults you) Yeah? Well your sweet potatoes are bland.
* ''[[
** I'd do it all again . . . except for the Flukeman. <ref> Scully confesses to Mulder she wouldn't change a thing about their partnership, except for that six-foot hybrid flukeworm monster they chased around the sewers. That was too weird, even for them.</ref>
** ... bleeping dead alien. <ref> In "Jose Chung's From Outer Space", one of the detectives curses like a sailor, which they can't show in the Rashomon-style episode. So he apparently says "bleep" a lot. Both Mulder and Scully quote the detective in phrases ending with "bleeping dead alien".</ref>
* ''[[
* These memes are entering... ''[[
** Doodoodoodoo doodoodoodoo!
** "[[You Have to Believe Me|THERE'S A MEME ON THE WING!!]]"
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** "Bulls make money, bears make money, hogs (sfx) get slaughtered!"
** "Sudden Death! Booyah-free zone! There goes Swifty!"
* ''[[
** "[[Large Ham|FAATHEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRR!]]"
* ''[[Dear John]]'' letters. <ref> A show about a man who comes home and finds a letter (in the title sequence no less) beginning Dear John, from his wife explaining that she's leaving him. Decades later, a Dear John letter is a letter telling someone they're dumped.</ref>
** [http://www.wendy.com/letterwriting/dearjohn.html Actually, Dear John letters probably originated back in or before World War II]
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?
** It's a rare Youtube video featuring arctic terns where the highest rated comment isn't "Backstreet Boys".
** Tapioca.
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** I didn't order creamed corn.
** I want my garmonbozia (pain and suffering).
* ''[[
** Sterling always wins. [[Karma Houdini|Always.]]<ref> One of the rules of the show's writers.</ref>
** Alright, [[Catch Phrase|let's go steal a meme.]]<ref> Nate's [[Catch Phrase]]</ref>
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* ''Steptoe and Son'': "You dirty old man!" <ref>In the British sitcom Steptoe and Son (the basis for [[Sanford and Son]]), the son would often call his father this whenever the father said something the son really disagreed with.</ref>
* ''The Armstrong and Miller show'': "Isn't it?" "Isn't it?" "Isn't it, though?" "Standard."
* ''[[
** "John, we're out of milk." <ref> The number of fanfictions mentioning milk (or rather, the lack of it), is astronomical. In universe? It's mentioned once. (Well, technically twice, if you count [[Logging Onto the Fourth Wall|Sherlock's]] [http://www.thescienceofdeduction.co.uk/forum/page3 forum].) ''Three'' times once you find John's [http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/blog/07february private blog].</ref>
** Also, "John, could you pass me a pen/my phone?" works as well.
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*** WAAAAAAAAAHHH! WAH! WAH! WAH! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!<ref> This is how La Chilindrina cries.</ref>
** To many Mexican viewers, "The Elephant Never Forgets" by Perry-Kingsley has also become memetic thanks to the show.
** "Ron Damón" <ref> A [[
*** "Don Rrrrrrrramón" <ref> Doña Clotilde ("la bruja del 71") has an infatuation with Don Ramón, causing her to say his name with [[Trrrilling Rrrs]].</ref>
** "¡Satanas! ¿Donde estás Satanas?" ("Satanas! Where are you Satanas?") <ref> A running gag in later episode in which [[Maiden Aunt]] Doña Clotilde is searching for one of her pets. With such a forboding name, it only serves to reinforce her perception as "La Bruja del 71".</ref>
** "Yo tengo un meme, ¡y no te lo presto!" (loosely: "I have a meme, and I'm not gonna lend it to you!)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhyeyoC-TxU "Alan! Alan! Alan! Al! Alan!"]
* ''[[
** "The question isn't where, Constable...[[Inspector Spacetime|it's when."]] <ref> In the episode [[Community
** "Cool. Cool cool [[Rule of Three|cool.]] <ref> Abed's [[Catch Phrase]].</ref>
** "Streets ahead." If you have to ask, you're streets behind.
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** "I'm gettin' ridda Britta/I'm gettin' ridda the 'B'" "She's a G.D.B.!" <ref> Britta's ex-boyfriend Vaughn performs this song (with Pierce on the keyboard) to humiliate her after she showed Jeff a poem Vaughn wrote</ref>
** "Pierce, Pierce, Pierce, Pierce you're a 'B'!" <ref> Vaughn and Pierce had a falling out, this song is the result</ref>
* ''[[
** '''DUUUUSTSTOOOOOOORM!'''
* ''[[
** If Tyrion Lannister's [http://i.imgur.com/6k9jl.gif Triple Bitch-Slap of Win] doesn't become a meme, there's simply no justice in this world.
** "Winter is coming" and Hodor! seem to be on their way as well.
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** "I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of..."<ref> It was the fictitious band's (and by extension, David Cassidy's) only major hit outside the show</ref>
** CAREFUL/NERVOUS/MOTHER/DRIVING <ref> The rear of their bus has a painted on roadsign with this message, with each word originally in descending order from top to bottom.</ref>
* ''[[
** [[Sweet Tooth|WHERE'S MY CANDY YOU SON OF A BITCH!]] <ref> Fez has an epic [[Sweet Tooth]], and says this phrase upon being given an apple while trick or treating in his first Halloween in the USA.</ref>
** Dumbass!
* [[The Whitest Kids U' Know|NOW YOU FUCKED UP! NOW YOU FUCKED UP! NOW YOU FUCKED UP!]]
* [[Dr. Phil]]: You're fat, and don't try to sugarcoat it or you'll eat that too.
* ''[[Saved
** "[[Narm|I'M SO EXCITED!!! I'M SO...SCARED!!!]]"<ref> [[Elizabeth Berkley]]'s character is addicted to "diet pills".</ref>
** ""Hey, hey, hey, what is going on here?''
* ''[[The Honeymooners]]'':
** "Honey, you're the greatest!" <ref> Ralph Kramden would always say this to his wife Alice at the [[Every Episode Ending|end of every episode]]</ref>.
** "Bang! Zoom!" <ref> Ralph uses this onomatopoeia, along with a vigorous fist swing at nothing, to indicate that someday he will punch Alice to the moon. [[Jerk
*** "To the moon, Alice!"
*** "One of these days...ONE OF THESE DAYS...'''POW''', right in the kisser!"
* [[Behind The Music|Behind the Meme]] <ref>Behind the Music, [[VH
* ''[[
{{quote|- By the way, the same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?|The same procedure as every year, James.}}
* ''[[Kojak]]'': "Who loves ya, baby?"
* ''[[
* ''[[Hunter]]'': "Works for me."<ref> Often says this about his (initialy) more violent approach to solving crimes, etc.</ref>
* ''[[The Closer]]'': '''''"ANSWER THE QUESTION!!"'''''
** "MURDER ONE!"<ref>Often used when referring to first-degree murder.</ref>
* ''[[
* The [[Made for TV Movie]] of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Langoliers]]'': "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNtI5BAy5b8 Scaring the little girl?!]"<ref>Bronson Pinchot's character, an impatient businessman, gets extremely upset that his flight to an "important business meeting" is going to be delayed to stop at a small airport. His yelling scares one of the young girls on the plane, but he doesn't care. (Note the extra emphasis on "little GIRL?!")</ref>
* ''[[Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion]]'': '''''MALDITO JUSPION!!!''''' <ref> This one's said in the Brazilian Portuguese dub of the show, the language's translation of "Onore Juspion (Damn You, Juspion)!"</ref>
* From [[The History Channel]]'s ''[[Ancient Aliens]]'': "[http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/158/326/9148130.jpg I'm not saying it was aliens, but... IT WAS ALIENS]" <ref> [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ancient-aliens This guy's] infamous infatuation with [[Ancient Astronauts]] became a rich source of hilarity once the interwebs got hold of it.</ref>
** "[[Inverted Trope|I'm not saying it was humans but...]] [http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/8/2011/12/488f0cb4593b765cc0dc5dc25685a90f/original.jpg HUMANS]."
* The song ''Nothing Suits Me Like A Suit'' from ''[[
** I'm gonna stop you right there... It's suits. Come on, Lily, get your head outta your ass.
* ''[[Austin and Ally]]'': [http://she-herps-he-derps.tumblr.com/post/18888623632/you-guise-they-were-made-for-each-other His and Her Derpy faces.] <ref> a [http://she-herps-he-derps.tumblr.com/ Austin and Ally Tumblr] that showcases their herpy-derpy facial expressions.</ref>
* ''[[The Greatest American Hero]]''
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1kAUH0nEg4 theme song] has enjoyed renewed popularity recently, thanks to its use by a certain [[The Cinema Snob
* Amongst ''[[Babylon 5]]'''s fandom, the Narn Bat Squad<ref> An early episode of B5 featured a Zima sign in the background, hung up by a memebr of the production crew as a joke. [[J. Michael Straczynski]], after learning about it, joked that he wanted to bring the guy from the Zima commercials onto the show so that he could be beaten to death by a gang of angry Narn with baseball bats. Ever since then, the Narn Bat Squad beat netizens senseless as rightful punishment for [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]].</ref>
* ''[[Cyberbully]]'': [[Epic Fail|I CAN'T GET THE CAP OFF!]] <ref> Cyberbullying victim Taylor tries to commit suicide through an overdose, but has trouble getting the childproof cap off. She's then put in a hospital, and placed on a suicide watch.</ref>
* "This program is/was recorded on tape/filmed/(video)taped/produced before a (live) studio audience."<ref> Beginning in the 1970s and largely phased out by the late-1980s/early-1990s, sitcoms that were made during this time would often announce this to the viewers to let them know that the shows weren't being done live--something that it itself had been phased out by the early 1970s--or to indicate that a [[Laugh Track]] wasn't being used. It usually happened just before or during the credits, but sometimes also happened at the beginning of an episode, whether it was the [[Cold Opening]], or the beginning of the episode itself.</ref>
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