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{{quote|'''Jack Slater:''' You've seen these movies where they say, "Make my day," or "I'm your worst nightmare"? Well, listen to this one: Rubber baby buggy bumpers!}}

 

* Fez of ''[[That '70s Show]]'' is prone to saying "Good day," to which another character protests, "But, Fez..." and he replies, "I said, 'Good day,'" and storms off. On a few occasions, however, he subverts the expectation by either not responding to the "but" line in the same manner, or else replacing "good day" with another phrase, often [[Trademark Favorite Food|something to do with candy]] or women.

* Barney from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' did this once.

'''McCoy:''' Please, Spock, do me a favor, don't say it's "fascinating".

'''Spock:''' No, [[Deadpan Snarker| but it is ''interesting.'']]}}

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Whenever Kenny dies in the ''[[South Park]]'' cartoon, someone (usually Kyle, Stan, and/or Cartman) will shout, "Oh my God! They killed Kenny! You bastard!" However, in the game ''South Park and the Stick of Truth'', {{spoiler|where Kenny is the [[Final Boss]], Kyle starts to say it when you appear to defeat Kenny, but before he can say the "You bastard!" part, he instead says, "Oh wait, he's back." And it's [[Oh Crap| only too true]], because [[The Battle Didn't Count]] and it's about to get ''much'' harder.}}

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

'''Brain:''' [[Borrowed Catchphrase|Narf.]] }}

:* There are also two or three occasions when Pinky actually is [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?|pondering what Brain is pondering]], instead of giving his usual response of "I think so, Brain, but..."

** In one episode, before Stan can say the "You bastards!" part, Wendy frantically asks him who "they" are. He's at a loss to answer.

** Another late-season episode where Stan and Kyle clearly can't fake being surprised anymore:

* ''[[Futurama]]'' sometimes does this with Farnsworth's "Good news, everyone", instead having him say something like "Bad news, no one" or "Good news, no one".

** Also, Hermes in "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back": "Sweet... something... of... someplace". This counts as a subversion as well as a [[Lampshade Hanging]], since it's the only time where it doesn't rhyme, and one of the only times when the "something" isn't an animal.

** In “Knightmare Hare” when he meets Sir O of Kay: “Eh, what’s up, Duke?”

** When he meets Christopher Columbus in “Hare We Go”: “Eh, what’s-a ups-a, Docs?”

** When he meets a scared crocodile in “Bedeviled Rabbit”: “Eh, what’s up, Croc?”

** To baby Elmer in "Baby Buggy Bunny": "Eh, what's up, pediatrician?"

* A ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' example for another character: The Giant in “Beanstalk Tweety” Subverts ''two'' characters’ (his own and Tweety's) catchphrases in one line:

{{quote|'''Giant:''' Fee-fi-foe-fat! I tawt I taw a puddy tat!}}

 

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