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Due to the nature of this trope with [[Shown Their Work|multiple cultural references]] in quick succession, some of the allusions may fly over the audience's head. This usually doesn't actually hurt the comedic potential though.
See [[Who's
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== [[Comedy]] ==
* [[Abbott and Costello]]'s famous "[[Who's
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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'''Oscar:''' That's Fancy Feast. Ultra-Feast is something they made up so they can pig out together in the name of ceremony.<br />
'''Michael:''' What is Oktoberfeast? (sic) }}
* A short but funny example from ''[[
{{quote| '''Willow:''' (sarcastically) Old Reliable, yeah, that's really a sexy nickname.<br />
'''Xander:''' She means you're like a geyser of fun that goes off at regular intervals.<br />
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'''Willow:''' That's Old Yeller.<br />
'''Buffy:''' Xander, I beg you not to help me. }}
* This exchange from ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'':
{{quote| '''Lowell:''' It's like Dylan said. "Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage, for the times they are a-changing."<br />
'''Roy:''' I think you're confusing [[Bob Dylan]] with Dylan Thomas.<br />
'''Lowell:''' Don't be silly, Roy. Dylan Thomas was the poet laureate of Wales. Bob Dylan was the star of ''[[
'''Roy:''' No, no, no, that's Bob ''Denver''!<br />
'''Lowell:''' No, Bob Denver was the guy who sang "Rocky Mountain High".<br />
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'''Gladstone:''' Well I wouldn't have thought so, but it is starting to look that way.<br />
'''Goody:''' Perhaps that is why she is scared to go outside, sir.<br />
* Ziva, from ''[[
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Jeff:''' I'm saying you're a football player. It's in your blood!<br />
'''Troy:''' That's racist.<br />
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'''Ellie''': Dad, you're not going to make me laugh.<br />
'''Bartlet''': The only thing you ever had to do to make me happy was come home at the end of the day. }}
* From ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'':
{{quote| '''Wife of Gob''': I'm in love with your brother-in-law.<br />
'''Gob''': You're in love with your own brother? The one in the army?<br />
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'''Fibber''': Well, that's what I say. Any place that sells flowers on every street corner is a swell joint. }}
* From ''[[The Reduced Shakespeare Company|The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show]]'':
{{quote| '''Austen''': Now, Adam. Speaking of film versions of ''[[Hamlet]]'', remember that one a few years ago with [[
'''Adam''': Was that the one with Tina Turner in it?<br />
'''Austen''': No, you're thinking of ''[[Mad Max]] 3''.<br />
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'''Adam''': Mel Gibson was in ''What's Love Got To Do With It''?<br />
'''Austen''': Well, no, I didn't say that ... he wasn't ... He was [[Phil Spector]]. }}
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Tim:''' Look here, Cryer, that's a calumny!<br />
'''Barry:''' What is?<br />
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* From ''[[Frisky Dingo]]'':
{{quote| '''X-tacle #1:''' So...who's read ''[[
'''Nearl:''' Ken!<br />
'''X-tacle #2:''' Oooh, about the kid with all the chains, and the goggles, and at the end he gets killed with a shotgun?<br />
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'''Jefferson Twilight:''' They fought with Spaghetti-o's and meatballs?<br />
'''The Alchemist:''' Why would a company called Franco-American make Italian food? }}
* Frequently [[Playing
{{quote| I'm sorry, it was Tom Berenger, we were looking for Tom Berenger.}}
** also:
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