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{{quote|'''Joel:''' The... spotted cuckoo is flying backwards?
{{quote|'''Bookseller:''' I hear the gooseberries are doing well this year... ''and so are the mangoes''.<br />
'''LemmingCrow:''' IIt'ms sorry?<bra />cold day for pontooning.
|''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', episode 512 "''[[Mitchell]]''"}}
'''Bookseller:''' Oh! I was just saying, thinking of the weather, I, uh, hear the gooseberries are doing well this year... ''and so are the mangoes''.<br />
'''Lemming:''' Mine aren't.<br />
'''Bookseller:''' Go on.<br />
'''Lemming:''' What?<br />
'''Bookseller:''' Go on. Mine aren't, but...<br />
'''Lemming:''' What?<br />
'''Bookseller:''' Aren't you going to say something about "Mine aren't, but the Big Cheese gets his at low tide tonight"?|''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''}}
 
{{quote|'''Bookseller:''' I hear the gooseberries are doing well this year... ''and so are the mangoes''.<br />
{{quote|"The significant owl hoots in the night."<br />
'''Lemming:''' I'm sorry?
"Yet many grey lords go sadly to the masterless men."<br />
'''Bookseller:''' Oh! I was just saying, thinking of the weather, I, uh, hear the gooseberries are doing well this year... ''and so are the mangoes''.<br />
"Hooray, hooray for the spinster's sister's daughter."<br />
'''Lemming:''' Mine aren't.<br />
"To the axeman, all supplicants are the same height."<br />
'''Bookseller:''' Go on.<br />
"Yet verily, the rose is within the thorn."<br />
'''Lemming:''' What?<br />
"The good mother makes bean soup for the errant boy."<br />
'''Bookseller:''' Go on. Mine aren't, but...<br />
"What?"<br />
'''Lemming:''' What?<br />
"The good mother makes bean soup for the errant boy."<br />
'''Bookseller:''' Aren't you going to say something about "Mine aren't, but the Big Cheese gets his at low tide tonight"?|''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''}}
"Are you sure the ill-built tower doesn't tremble mightily at a butterfly's passage?"<br />
|''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''}}
"Nope. Bean soup it is. I'm sorry."<br />
"What about the caged whale?"<br />
"What ''about'' it?"<br />
"It should know nothing of the mighty deeps, if you must know."<br />
"Oh, the caged ''whale''. You want the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night. Three doors down."|''[[Discworld/Guards Guards|Guards Guards]]'' by '''[[Terry Pratchett]]'''}}
 
{{quote|'''[[Player Character|"The Warden]]:'''significant Theowl greyhoots nug flies north forin the winternight.<br />"
"Yet many grey lords go sadly to the masterless men."<br />
'''Assassin:''' ... Go away.|''[[Dragon Age]]''}}
"Hooray, hooray for the spinster's sister's daughter."<br />
"To the axeman, all supplicants are the same height."<br />
"Yet verily, the rose is within the thorn."<br />
"The good mother makes bean soup for the errant boy."<br />
"What?"<br />
"The good mother makes bean soup for the errant boy."<br />
"Are you sure the ill-built tower doesn't tremble mightily at a butterfly's passage?"<br />
"Nope. Bean soup it is. I'm sorry."<br />
"What about the caged whale?"<br />
"What ''about'' it?"<br />
"It should know nothing of the mighty deeps, if you must know."<br />
"Oh, the caged ''whale''. You want the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night. Three doors down."|''[[Discworld/Guards Guards|Guards Guards]]'' by '''[[Terry Pratchett]]'''}}
|''[[Guards! Guards!]]'' by '''[[Terry Pratchett]]'''}}
 
{{quote|'''Adam[[Player JensenCharacter|The Warden]]:''' Something,The something,grey Deathnug andflies taxes.north Confucius.<brfor />the winter.
'''Assassin:''' ... Go away.|''[[Dragon Age]]''}}
'''Anonymous X:''' What? Wait, that-- That's not it at all! That's not even close!<br />
|''[[Dragon Age]]''}}
'''Adam Jensen:''' Does it matter?<br />
'''Anonymous X:''' Of course it matters! Otherwise, how am I supposed to know you're-- You were supposed to say "death and life have their determined appointments"! Then I say "riches and honor depend upon heaven"!<br />
'''Adam Jensen:''' Okay. "Death and life have their determined appointments".<br />
'''Anonymous X:''' Riches and hon-- Oh nevermind! You ruined the whole thing!|''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]''}}
 
{{quote|'''IvanAdam Jensen:''' TheSomething, weathersomething, isDeath unusuallyand inclementtaxes. for the time of yearConfucius.<br />
'''AdrianAnonymous X:''' LetWhat? us hopeWait, that-- That's not it isat soall! That's innot Leningrad.<breven />close!
'''IvanAdam Jensen:''' Ivan.<brDoes it />matter?
'''Anonymous X:''' Of course it matters! Otherwise, how am I supposed to know you're-- You were supposed to say "death and life have their determined appointments"! Then I say "riches and honor depend upon heaven"!<br />
'''Adrian:''' Adrian.<br />
'''Adam Jensen:''' Okay. "Death and life have their determined appointments".<br />
'''Ivan:''' You are an old friend of Squiffy's, yes?<br />
'''Anonymous X:''' Riches and hon-- Oh nevermind! You ruined the whole thing!|''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]''}}
'''Adrian:''' Yes, he was my tutor at Cambridge.<br />
|''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]''}}
'''Ivan:''' There's no going back, you know.<br />
'''Adrian:''' No.<br />
'''Ivan:''' Excellent. We leave for Moscow tonight.<br />
'''Adrian:''' Wonderful; I think I'll be the best spy you ever had.<br />
'''Ivan:''' Spy? ''Spy?!'' No boyfriend of mine goes out to work.|'''Mel Smith (Ivan) and Rowan Atkinson (Adrian)''', ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' "The Spy Who Came In The Cold"}}
 
{{quote|'''Ivan:''' The weather is unusually inclement for the time of year.
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'''Adrian:''' Let us hope that it is so in Leningrad.
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'''Ivan:''' Ivan.
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'''Adrian:''' Adrian.<br />
'''Ivan:''' You are an old friend of Squiffy's, yes?<br />
'''Adrian:''' Yes, he was my tutor at Cambridge.<br />
'''Ivan:''' There's no going back, you know.<br />
'''Adrian:''' No.<br />
'''Ivan:''' Excellent. We leave for Moscow tonight.<br />
'''Adrian:''' Wonderful; I think I'll be the best spy you ever had.<br />
'''Ivan:''' Spy? ''Spy?!'' No boyfriend of mine goes out to work.
'''Ivan:''' Spy? ''Spy?!'' No boyfriend of mine goes out to work.|'''Mel Smith (Ivan) and Rowan Atkinson (Adrian)''', ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' "The Spy Who Came In The Cold"}}
 
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