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{{quote|'''Doctor Cox''': Who can tell me what this patient's symptoms mean? Mister Murphy? |
{{quote|'''Doctor Cox''': Who can tell me what this patient's symptoms mean? Mister Murphy? |
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'''Doug Murphy''': Actually, sir, it's ''Doctor'' Murphy. |
'''Doug Murphy''': Actually, sir, it's ''Doctor'' Murphy. |
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'''Doctor Cox''': ...uh-huh. |
'''Doctor Cox''': ...uh-huh. |
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|''[[Scrubs]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''[[Big Eater|Uncle Phil]]''': Geoffrey, bring me my tools. |
{{quote|'''[[Big Eater|Uncle Phil]]''': Geoffrey, bring me my tools. |
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'''Walter''': Who's Prometheus? |
'''Walter''': Who's Prometheus? |
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'''Ruth''': I don't know, honey. Don't worry about it. |
'''Ruth''': I don't know, honey. Don't worry about it. |
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'''Walter''': They get to a point they can't even insult you man-to-man. They got to talk about something nobody ever heard of. |
'''Walter''': They get to a point they can't even insult you man-to-man. They got to talk about something nobody ever heard of. |
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|''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''[[Evil Chancellor|Polonius]]''': Do you know me, my lord? |
{{quote|'''[[Evil Chancellor|Polonius]]''': Do you know me, my lord? |
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'''[[Hamlet]]''': Excellent well; you are a [[Get Thee to a Nunnery|fishmonger]]. |
'''[[Hamlet]]''': Excellent well; you are a [[Get Thee to a Nunnery|fishmonger]]. |
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|''[[Hamlet]]''}} |
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== Web Original == |
== Web Original == |
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The Prime Minister orders hundreds of corks to plug the anuses, but none of them arrive as the people who were meant to deliver them can't be bothered. |
The Prime Minister orders hundreds of corks to plug the anuses, but none of them arrive as the people who were meant to deliver them can't be bothered. |
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"I can't bear this any longer!" says the Prime Minister's wife, sheltering underneath an umbrella. |
"I can't bear this any longer!" says the Prime Minister's wife, sheltering underneath an umbrella. |
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The Prime Minister does not reply. Instead he stands and stares upwards, transfixed by the apocalyptic messages that the anuses are transmitting into his brain.'' |
The Prime Minister does not reply. Instead he stands and stares upwards, transfixed by the apocalyptic messages that the anuses are transmitting into his brain.'' |
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|''[[Chriddof|The Golden Age of the Low Countries]]''}} |
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{{quote|''...all I'm saying is that if I was a Korean animator, drawing this nonsense is exactly how I would tell an American cartoon writer to fuck himself.'' |
{{quote|''...all I'm saying is that if I was a Korean animator, drawing this nonsense is exactly how I would tell an American cartoon writer to fuck himself.'' |
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|'''[[Seanbaby]]''', [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-super-friends-villains-that-didnt-give-4023252A 6 Super Friends Villains That Didn't Give a @#%*] (from [[Cracked.com]])}} |
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== Western Animation == |
== Western Animation == |
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{{quote|'''Megatron''': ... [[Verbal Tic|yeeesss]]. |
{{quote|'''Megatron''': ... [[Verbal Tic|yeeesss]]. |
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'''Blacharachnia''': Why do you always talk to yourself? |
'''Blacharachnia''': Why do you always talk to yourself? |
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'''Megatron''': I merely have a penchant for ''intelligent'' conversation. |
'''Megatron''': I merely have a penchant for ''intelligent'' conversation. |
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|''[[Beast Wars]]''}} |
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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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{{quote|''"[[Beige Prose|He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary]]."'' |
{{quote|''"[[Beige Prose|He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary]]."'' |
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|'''[[William Faulkner]]''', on '''[[Ernest Hemingway]]''' <ref> Hemingway's famed response to this was "Poor Faulkner... Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"</ref>}} |
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Latest revision as of 22:10, 22 November 2020
Film
Atticus Finch: Good afternoon, Miss Dubose... My, you look like a picture this afternoon. |
Live-Action TV
Doctor Cox: Who can tell me what this patient's symptoms mean? Mister Murphy? |
Uncle Phil: Geoffrey, bring me my tools. |
Theatre
Polonius: Do you know me, my lord? |
Web Original
...all I'm saying is that if I was a Korean animator, drawing this nonsense is exactly how I would tell an American cartoon writer to fuck himself. |
Western Animation
Megatron: ... yeeesss. |
Real Life
- Back to Stealth Insult
- ↑ Hemingway's famed response to this was "Poor Faulkner... Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"