Having a Heart: Difference between revisions

 

== [[Film]] ==

{{quote| '''Gomez:''' He has my father's eyes.<br />

'''Morticia:''' Gomez, take those out of his mouth. }}

* The first ''[[Hot Shots]]'' movie: "I have my father's eyes."

* ''[[Re-Animator]]'' was advertised with the [[Tagline]]: "Herbert West has a very good head on his shoulders . . . and another one in a dish on his desk!"

* In ''[[Dr. Giggles]]'', this is one of the dark jokes made by the villainous doctor. "Have a heart! *tosses a real human heart at someone*"

 

== Humor ==

* A (less squicky) variant in this joke:

"Yes," the mother answers. "What about it?"<br />

"Well, now she has Granddad's teeth!" }}

* [[Terry Pratchett]] ''loves'' this trope.

** "People said Nobby had the body of a 20-year old, only no one knew where he had hidden it..."

*** In the same novel, [[Complete Monster|Carcer Dun]] wonders "what I've got in my pocket for a good boy, eh? Oh, yes... [[Squick|someone's ear. Still warm. Here you go, kid!]]"

** Taken to the logical extreme in [[Discworld]] by the Igors. What goes around comes around.

* In [[A Song of Ice and Fire]], Tyrion was having a bad day. The maester tried to cheer him up by saying "take heart", but a cranky Tyrion simply said "Whose?"

 

'''Manny:''' ''No.''<br />

'''Membrillo:''' Sorry, old coroner joke. }}

{{quote| '''Kochamara:''' Fine, take control of this freaky toad! I don't need him to nab children for me anymore. I've got the brain of a little girl ''(Raz begins to laugh)'' back in my lab that's strong enough to power a whole army of psycho-blaster death tanks- ''(he finally realizes Raz is laughing)'' What?!<br />

'''Raz:''' You've got the ''brain'' of a little girl? <br />

* ''[[Samurai Shodown]] IV'' has a variation of this in a post-battle-quote for Bust-Jubei: "You've got guts. Pick them up!"

* Terry Bogard in ''[[King of Fighters]] '95'' also indulges into this: "You had guts, kid. Now wipe 'em off the pavement!"

{{quote| ''"Sabretooth has a good heart!"''<br />

''"That's only because he ripped it out of someone else."'' }}

* ''[[Looking for Group]]'' has this in a parody of the "brains, heart and courage" from ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''. [[You Do NOT Want to Know]] [[Groin Attack|what's]] [[Squick|used]] [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/177 for "courage"...]

* This ''[[VG Cats]]'' strip. [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=164 LINK!]

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** He's evil alternate Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle, and the line is "I've got the heart of a real hero!" while talking to himself. Batman (skulking through the shadows) pricks his ears up. "I keep it in a jar in my closet." Batman is not amused.

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Halloween episode, they had Kodos and Kang saying they had the hearts (''splat!'') and minds (''plop!'') of the Earth people.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

* [[Stephen King]] has also said that he has the heart of a small boy...in a jar on his desk.

* An Irish comedian (think his name was Bill Murray) once said "I have the body of an eighteen-year-old. I keep it in my fridge."