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{{quote|''It looked like a piano sounds shortly after being dropped down a well. It tasted yellow, and felt Paisley. It smelled like a total eclipse of the moon. Of course, nearer to the tower it got really weird.''|''[[Discworld/Sourcery|Sourcery]]''}}
{{quote|''It looked like a piano sounds shortly after being dropped down a well. It tasted yellow, and felt Paisley. It smelled like a total eclipse of the moon. Of course, nearer to the tower it got really weird.''|''[[Discworld/Sourcery|Sourcery]]''}}
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* ''[[History of the World Part One]]'': "Everything's so ''green''!"
* ''[[History of the World Part One]]'': "Everything's so ''green''!"
* ''[[Tangled]]'': "I don't know why, but overall it just smells like the color brown."
* ''[[Tangled]]'': "I don't know why, but overall it just smells like the color brown."
* One of the [[Tagline|taglines]] for ''[[Fantasia]]'' was "Hear the pictures! See the music!"
* One of the [[tagline]]s for ''[[Fantasia]]'' was "Hear the pictures! See the music!"
* In ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'', while pretending to be crazy, Anna intones: "What does the color blue taste like? Bobo knows!"
* In ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'', while pretending to be crazy, Anna intones: "What does the color blue taste like? Bobo knows!"


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* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[The Golden Oecumene|The Golden Age]]'', Helion glances at Vafnir's view of the meeting. It all appears as music to him.
* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[The Golden Oecumene|The Golden Age]]'', Helion glances at Vafnir's view of the meeting. It all appears as music to him.
* In the book ''[[Last Dragon]]'', someone comments that a fruit tastes like moonlight.
* In the book ''[[Last Dragon]]'', someone comments that a fruit tastes like moonlight.
* In ''[[[[The Hunger Games]] Catching Fire'', when Katniss and Peeta are at the capital, Katniss mentions in passing eating a soup that she describes in her narration as "tasting like springtime."
* In ''[[The Hunger Games]] Catching Fire'', when Katniss and Peeta are at the capital, Katniss mentions in passing eating a soup that she describes in her narration as "tasting like springtime."




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* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'': This trope is said word-for-word by Betty, who at the time was accidentally drugged by perfume. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'': This trope is said word-for-word by Betty, who at the time was accidentally drugged by perfume. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'': Said word-for-word by Jack Donaghy while whacked out on pain relievers after his heart attack
* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'': Said word-for-word by Jack Donaghy while whacked out on pain relievers after his heart attack
* ''Snipets'': Said word-for-word by a child in one of the series of [[PSA|PSAs]] for children made in the 1970s, when he tastes some blueberry yogurt.
* ''Snipets'': Said word-for-word by a child in one of the series of [[PSA]]s for children made in the 1970s, when he tastes some blueberry yogurt.
* ''[[Survivor]]'': The final 4 tie vote in Survivor: Marquesas was decided by a random drawing of rocks. Whoever gets the purple rock goes home. One of the contestants said "Oh, it feels like purple" when he picked his rock. Guess who got sent home?
* ''[[Survivor]]'': The final 4 tie vote in Survivor: Marquesas was decided by a random drawing of rocks. Whoever gets the purple rock goes home. One of the contestants said "Oh, it feels like purple" when he picked his rock. Guess who got sent home?
* ''[[Greg the Bunny]]'': In the first episode, Tardy the Turtle is eating crayons and says "Crayons taste like purple"
* ''[[Greg the Bunny]]'': In the first episode, Tardy the Turtle is eating crayons and says "Crayons taste like purple"