Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

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* In an episode of the ''New [[Woody Woodpecker]] Show'', Woody's car stalls near a conveniently placed bowling alley in the desert, run by none other than Buzz Buzzard, who offers a prize to who can beat him. Of course, being Buzz Buzzard who he is, he rigs the match completely so that he'll end up winning with a 300 score to keep with his reputation as "Champion" of the place. Turns out that, after he flees, Woody finds out his long list of offenses to the law, which includes "unlawful toenail clipping". But there's more: upon seeing this, he immediately calls the police on the phone and starts listing his offenses, to which the cop pays no mind whatsoever. Only when he mentions: "but Officer, he parked in a no-parking zone!" do the cops decide to flock in on him and arrest him (he was trying to escape [[What an Idiot!|in Woody's ]]''[[What an Idiot!|stalled car]]'').

** There's also Killer Moth's ultimatum to the city, which is that he'll unleash his army of mutant moth monsters if they don't declare him ruler, and the Teen Titans surrender. And Robin takes this lovely young woman (his extremely spoiled daughter) to the prom.

** While phrased in a humorous manner, [[Amusing Alien|Starfire]]'s first three reasons for why she feels left out when her sister visits are understandable.

{{quote| I am happy to see her, but Blackfire rules the video games and she is able to share very depressing poems and she knows the cool moves and she always knows when people are not talking about shovels. }}

{{quote| '''Farnsworth:''' And here's my workbench, and over there is my intergalactic spaceship, and here's where I keep my many lengths of wire.}}

** Also:

** Lrrr to Zapp Brannigan in The Problem with Popplers:

{{quote| '''Lrrr''': "Stop eating our young! And it's pronounced guacamole!"}}

** Peter bemoaning the sudden popularity of Joe:

{{quote| '''Peter:''' Geez, first he takes my friends, then he takes my job! [stops] But [[George Gershwin|the way I wear my hat? No, he can't take that from me...]]}}

{{quote| '''Squidward:''' And he replaced his hand with a rusty spatula. And then, he got hit by a bus! And...at his funeral, [[Fridge Logic|they fired him]]!}}

** There was also the scene where the Flying Dutchman, trying to be scary again, haunts Squidward with a series of freakish nightmares, including his own mother asking why he hasn't called her and then melting, and a giant SpongeBob dissolving into a pile of spiders. The scene ends with the Flying Dutchman doing the old severed finger magic trick, to which Squidward screams "No! Noooo! That's impossible!" and runs away terrified.

** In ''Sandy, Spongebob, and the Worm'', SpongeBob describes the Alaskan Bull Worm as "Big, Scary, and Pink."

** In "Life of Crime", Patrick: Confess!? Are you out of your mind!? Do you have any idea what they do to people like us? We’re not talking about some dumb mail fraud scheme or a hijacking here! WE STOLE A BALLOON!

{{quote| '''Coop:''' All right you intergalactic snots! You busted up my car show!<br />

'''Jamie:''' Yeah!<br />

{{quote| '''Coop:''' Sorry, force of habit.}}

*** Interesting note: that latter [[Truth in Television|actually happened]] during the Crimean War, where the elderly Lord Raglan would repeatedly call the enemies "the French", despite the fact that the French were now on his side and they were fighting the Russians.

** In the episode "Grumpy Old Men," the boys want to buy a violent video game that has a [[Media Classifications]] describing it as "for mature players only due to violence, exaggerated mayhem, and old lady kicking."

** ''Drip-Along Daffy'': Nasty Canasta's wanted poster said "Rustler, bandit, square-dance caller".

** Possibly inspired by this, the 'Wanted Poster With Your Face On It' souvenir available at Legoland's 'Western' section features a long list of crimes ending with "..bank robbery, cattle rustling, horse theft, and kicking little old ladies in the knee."

** To be fair, smog is quite toxic.

** According to the [[Word of God|DVD commentary]] he really loved the fancy door.

*** Well, the cabbages would have been food for people, and could have been traded to other towns to bring money in.

{{quote| '''Archibald:''' Wait! What happens next?<br />

'''Larry:''' Um...<br />

'''Archibald:''' Does the hippo ''see'' them? Is the poor mute cebu ''successful'' in communicating the ''imminent danger'' to the other passengers? Is the boy ''injured''? ''Why'' is the sad cebu sad? ''Is the canoe wood...or aluminum?'' }}

** And in another episode, the Babylonian priests' song where they're plotting against Daniel. In between proposing to have him thrown in jail or eaten by a crocodile, one of them comes up with the idea to give him jelly donuts and then take them away.

{{quote| '''Bank Teller:''' Was Femme Fatale looking out for me when she stole from my bank?<br />

'''Policewoman:''' Was she looking out for me when she broke my arm?<br />

'''Teenager:''' Was she looking out for me when she stole my hairstyle? ''(everyone glares at her)'' Well, she did! }}

** Another episode shows Mojo Jojo robbing a bank, a jewelry shop and... a DVD store.

{{quote| '''Plasmius:''' "Taking my map, destroying my satellite, mocking my mental health... it's time I finished off Danny Phantom once and for all!"}}

** In one episode, Mr. Lancer says he hates Halloween because of the kids keying cars, egging houses, and bobbing for apples.

{{quote| '''Jack''': Skipping school, stealing and wrecking the Spectre Speeder...<br />

'''Mr. Lancer''': Calling me "OLD MAN"... }}

{{quote| '''Yzma:''' Kronk! Why did I think you could do this? This one simple thing. It's like I'm talking to a monkey!<br />

'''Kronk's [[Good Angel, Bad Angel|Shoulder Angel]]:''' Whoa now.<br />

*** As we learn in the [[Kronks New Groove|sequel]], Kronk had always dreamed of being a cook, but his father had mocked his ambition, making little Kronk cry.

* When [[Lilo and Stitch|Stitch]]'s destructive programming attempts to assert itself, his [[Mad Scientist]] creator Jumba gloats that "he will be irresistibly drawn to big cities, where he will back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everybody's left shoe."

{{quote| '''Red Tornado:''' Felony robbery. Parole violations. Felony assault. Jaywalking.}}

** Immediately lampshaded by Batman: "Not NOW, Tornado!"

** In one episode, there's a [[Montage]] of the various things Superman did when he was affected by the [[Brainwashed and Crazy|Red Kryptonite]]: causes a storm at a beach, severely damaging a bridge by tying it together like shoelaces, and put a cat on a tree.

{{quote| '''Stan:''' [[And This Is For|This is for]] delaying my promotion! This is for disrespecting my daughter! And this is for not letting me stop at the creek for a drink!}}

** In "My Morning Straitjacket" Stan claims that rock music is the number one cause of teen pregnancy, school violence and leather pants.

** Also Wooldoor finding out that Clara is keeping him sick with drain cleaner, cyanide, and ''Gerber's Apple/Banana sauce''.

** When trying to exorcise Mr. Stinkmeaner out of Tom he brings several items "guaranteed to scare a nigger": a whip, a branding iron, a noose, a night stick, and a job application.

{{quote| '''Egyptian Guy''': Beware! Beware ignorant fools! To open the sacred burial chamber of Khufu is to invite a plague of misery upon humanity: fire shall rain down from the sky, locusts shall devour crops, the Olsen Twins...''[[Faux Horrific|will make more movies]]''.<br />

''[Pinky and Brain gasp in horror]'' }}

* ''[[Bounty Hamster]]''. "You stand accused of breaking the Prime Directive, 16000 speed limits, and a really nice vase!"

** On another occasion a bounty hunter arrests a criminal wanted for "12 robberies, 300 counts of dangerous flying, and dropping an ice cream truck into an active volcano."

{{quote| "Driving without a license, lying on a job application, destruction of private property, destruction of PUBLIC property, illegal use of [[Nausea Fuel|toilet plungers,]] AND calling me a [[Hollywood Pudgy|heifer!]] I mean, '''HONESTLY''', Bloo, what do you have to say for yourself?!}}

{{quote| "I'm all alone! Adrift at sea! Without breakfast!"}}

{{quote| ''"Name: Tork. Wanted in all fifty sectors on numerous counts of: Armed robbery. Extortion. Smuggling. Unpaid parking tickets..."''<br />

''"It's a list of evil things Zurg plans to do: Sabotage our fleet. Bust out all the prisoners from PC-7! And steal my newspaper."''<br />

''"Ooh! Messieur XR! You scoundrel! You skeeped out of your bill, enraged the chambermaid and stole our last blueberry bathrobe."'' }}

* In an episode of the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'', Gobo is exploring a cave and sees a sign warning him of a monster that lives there, that will "Bite your head off, stomp you till you're flat as a flapjack, and kick you into a bottomless pit from which you'll never return. And then, it will call you names."

* In the crossover movie, ''[[Turtles Forever]]'', the 2003 Turtles explain exactly how bad their Shredder is to their 1987 counterparts:

{{quote| '''Leonardo''': You don't understand. The Utrom Shredder isn't like your Shredder. He's vicious...<br />

'''Donatello''': Lethal...<br />

'''Michaelangelo''': [[Bond Villain Stupidity|COMPETENT]]! }}

** In "Freak Strike," Cartman in his out-of-control persona claims to belong to twelve gangs that only commit hate crimes; to have run for Congress, won, then had sex with an intern, killed her, and hid the body; and to have digitally edited Jabba the Hutt into ''[[Star Wars]]''.

** In [[The Movie]]'s trailer, we get this funny bit:

'''Sheila Broflovski''': Did he say the S word?<br />

'''Mr. Mackey''': Young man, did you just say the Q word? }}

* In an episode of ''[[Top Cat]]'' where Officer Dibble has been replaced by another, even more strict, cop, T.C. convinced said cop that city's mayor is Cha-cha Charlie, a gangster wanted by police for extortion, smuggling and leading a dance school without permission.

* In ''[[Red Hot Riding Hood]]'', the wolf offers Red the following if she would just go with him:

{{quote| '''Static''': Let's see, so far I have you down for robbery, vandalism, and excessive cruelty to produce. }}

** Knowing [[Deadpan Snarker|Static]], he may have done that on [[Invoked Trope|purpose]].

{{quote| '''Roy:''' Wade's confessing his crimes.<br />

'''Orson:''' What crimes?<br />

'''Garfield:''' Don't ever ask anyone to drop a ten-ton safe on you.<br />

'''Garfield:''' And especially don't ever sign a contract with an agent who dresses like that. That's ''really'' dangerous. }}

** Also in "Emotion Commotion", Timmy had to dive through a lagoon with jagged rocks, alligators, piranhas, a whirlpool, a tornado and one really angry tourist.

{{quote| '''Tourist''': The service here stinks.}}

{{quote| '''Mr. Turner''': You dented a 747, destroyed Mr. Joel's glass house, and worse, Dinkleberg won my plaque!}}

** Also in "Where's Wanda?", Timmy fishes up his dad, who wants to be a suspect. The end is taken literally. He stole cable, he ripped the tags off of mattresses, and he jaywalked.

{{quote| '''Aladdin''': Jasmine, I think you are...<br />

'''Genie''': Magnificent! Glorious! ''(beat)'' Punctual! }}

** Also from the animated series

{{quote| '''Genie''': ''(Pretending to be a pirate)'' If she dares cross our path we'll keelhaul her! We'll lash her to the mizzenmast! We'll...make fun of her hairdo.}}

{{quote| '''Dale''': I, too, am on more lists than I care to mention... the CIA, the FBI, L.L. Bean... }}

** When Hank finds out about his birth place in "Yankee Hankie", Hank tells his father Cotton:

{{quote| '''Hank:''' Dad, it's your fault I was born in New York, that I can't drive my truck anymore, and that I tried a bagel and actually liked it!}}

** In the episode where they go to the aquarium plays with this. The security guard rattles of a list such as no video cameras, no tapping on the glass, no feeding the fish, no diving in the shark tank, no smoking, no knives, no guns, no plastic explosives, but his most important rule is no skateboarding.

{{quote| '''Angelica''': [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|Mountains crumbled, rivers overflowed, and finally, all the TV shows were cancelled]].}}

* Cartoon Planet: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjXxG5lM4Ss "Learning to Talk Italian":]

{{quote| '''Zorak''': Sei di tek! Traditore! Serpente! Biscottino! (Blockhead! Traitor! Snake! '''COOKIE!!!''')}}

{{quote| '''Edd''': Oh dear, an intruder. Eating all the food out of my refrigerator! ''In bare feet!'' So unsanitary...}}

{{quote| '''Robotnik''': You lost my rocket ship, you let the hedgehog foil my plans again, and NOW YOU'RE RUNNING UP MY LONG DISTANCE BILL!}}

** Also in the first episode:

* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', on [[Wicked Weasel|Weavils]].

{{quote| "Because weavils are rude, crabby, full time cheats and kind of have gross hygiene."}}

{{quote| '''Dr. Mystico''': [[They Called Me Mad|They called me mad.]] [[Mad Scientist|Insane.]] Wendell!}}

{{quote| '''Dexter''': If I don't retrieve the nuclear core in one hour, it will melt down, causing a chain reaction that will destroy the Earth... ''and I won't be able to read my book''! }}

{{quote| '''Irving''': This is from the time you built that rollercoaster, and this is from the time you raced those chariots, and this is from the time you ate that soup.}}

** Also, from "Ready For The Bettys":

* From ''The Good, The Bad, and The [[Huckleberry Hound]]'':

{{quote| '''Judge''': Stinky Dalton you've been charged with assault, train robbery, cattle rustling, and worst of all forgetting Mother's Day! (jury gasps)}}

** For example- Orel resurrects the dead using the Necronomicon; he gets in trouble because all the dead are now naked, and nudity is immoral. Another time- Orel gets addicted to crack; he gets in trouble because "crack is a gateway to using slang."

* ''The [[Little Lulu]] Show'' episode, "Prisoner Exchange", had Tubby's [[Criminal Doppelganger]], Marty the Midget, who is wanted for burglary, kidnapping, grand theft auto, and worst of all, not looking both ways before crossing the street.

* From ''[[Bionicle]]'':

{{quote| '''Vezon''': So, what am I supposed to do on Destral? Theft? Assassination? Running with sharp objects?}}

{{quote| '''Tibor the Terrible''': He called me a pirate! Plundering, scavenging, [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|downloading MP3s]]!}}

{{quote| '''Gorilla Grodd''': Humans are weak, slow, stupid, and have an unpleasant body odor.}}

{{quote| "I would rather be doing other things right now: base jumping, swimming with sharks, chasing beautiful women. You know, dangerous things.}}

{{quote| '''Dark Warrior:''' Just think of it a time machine capable of taking me anywhere in history I could lock up criminals before they commit crimes, banks will be safe, drug stores will go unrobbed, and no one will get away with not brushing after every meal!<br />

'''Dark Warrior:''' ''(as a judge in ancient Greece)'' For stealing an ox the penalty is death, coveting wives: death, stealing grain: death, [[Disproportionate Retribution|tracking mud through the kitchen]]: ...death! }}

{{quote| '''Daria:''' Yeah, why should you be afraid of mass murderers, serial killers, torturers, cannibals, ''[[Kick the Dog|puppy kickers...]]''}}

{{quote| '''Gary''': I've seen my only real friend die, I've seen a giant panty roll over a guy dressed up like a rainbow, I've seen the [[Donkey Kong]] kill screen, I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion...}}