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'''Spike:''' ''(Counting them off on his fingers)'' Out. For. A. Walk. ''(realises he still has the thumb)'' Bitch.
It's basically ending a sentence with a comma and "Bitch!", as a way of someone verbally making an exclamation point in dialog.
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Compare (but would not overlap with) [[Verbal Tic]], [[Precision F-Strike]].
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* [[ADV Films]]' English dub of ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' has an example in the outtakes:
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'''Duck:''' Well, I love him, too!... BITCH! }}
* Their translation of chapter 472 has "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140311160641/http://read.mangashare.com/Naruto/chapter-472/page005.html I'd like to see you try! BITCH!]
* In episode 12 of ''[[Baka to Test To Shokanju]]'', a fansub group translated a line saying "don't underestimate Class A" as "We're Class A, bitches!"
* In the anime ''[[
* Used quite heavily in the dub of ''[[Magikano]]''.
== Comic Books, Bitch! ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* From DC, Donna Troy is fighting an alternate-version of herself. When asked who she is, she punches that version in the head and says:
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* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]] and the Infinite Sadness'' had the vegan police announce Todd Ingram had eaten "Gelato, bitch!" The [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World|movie]] puts its own spin on it.
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'''Vegan policeman''': "It's milk and eggs, bitch." }}
== Fan Works, Bitch! ==▼
* [[My Way Entertainment]]'s [[Gag Dub]] of ''[[X-Men]]'': "I'm ''[[The Juggernaut]]'', bitch!" (Became an [[Ascended Meme]] with ''[[X
▲== Fan Works ==
▲* [[My Way Entertainment]]'s [[Gag Dub]] of ''[[X-Men]]'': "I'm ''[[The Juggernaut]]'', bitch!" (Became an [[Ascended Meme]] with ''[[X Men the Last Stand (Film)|X Men the Last Stand]]''.)
▲* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'':
▲** "The [[Portal (Video Game)|cake is a lie]], Bitch!"
** "Who's smexy now, bitch?!"
** "Talk to the hand, bitch!"
** "Desu desu, bitches!"
* ''[[Teen Titans Abridged]]'': "Gravity trumps pink, bitch!"
* In the Flash movie ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Brawl Taunts 2]]'', a [[Hollywood Nerd]] comments how it would be cool if Cloud from ''[[
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9NYYewCSxo Gotcha, bitch!] Kajetokun, creator of Over 9000, plays Monster Hunter Freedom 2nd G.
* ''[[Dragonball Z Abridged]]'': "Enjoy the climb back up, Bitch!"
** Vegeta: "Later, bitches!"
* [[Hellsing Abridged]]: WE'RE HERE ON [[
* [[Gurren Lagann the Satire]]: "Let's see a sword top that, bitch!"
* ''[[Sailor Moon Abridged]]'': "I'm Sailor Venus, bitches!"
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* ''[[Naruto the Abridged Series]]'': "Sharingans only, bitch!"
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoFocF_WciE Death Note: The Abridged Series]'' by Team Dattebayo uses this in a famous line for most watchers of the series: "It's time to d-d-d-d-d-d-d-die... bitch!"
* Many, many times in ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'', with perpetrators ranging from Molly Weasley to Voldemort himself.
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* ''[[Ranma ½: The Abridged Chronicles]]'': "Suck my rose, bitch. I had it first."
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2379730/23/My_Life_as_a_Teenaged_Von_Neumann_Device My Life as a Teenaged Von Neumann Device]: "Ready for round two, bitch?!"
* ''[[Time Braid]]'': "You're within the range of my divination, bitch."
* ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]'': Alex, who normally can't bring herself to call anyone, no matter how evil, anything harsher than [[Big Stupid Doodoo Head|"jerkhead"]] faces her long-time nemesis at the climax of the story and says, "Let's dance... ''bitch''."
== Film, Bitch! ==▼
* ''[[X
▲== Film ==
* Snoop Dogg/Huggy Bear, ''[[Starsky and Hutch (
▲* ''[[X Men the Last Stand (Film)|X Men the Last Stand]]'': "Don't you know who I am?! I'm ''[[The Juggernaut]]'', bitch!" ([[Ascended Meme]], inspired by [[My Way Entertainment]]'s [[Gag Dub]].)
* "Kiss this, bitch!" from Mikaela in ''[[Transformers (
▲* Snoop Dogg/Huggy Bear, ''[[Starsky and Hutch (Film)|Starsky and Hutch]]'': [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"I found yo' nine-iron, BITCH!"]]
** The Microcon (a group of tiny, spherical Decepticons [[Combining Mecha|that combine]] to form [[Paper People|Reedman]]) article on [[
▲* "Kiss this, bitch!" from Mikaela in ''[[Transformers (Film)|Transformers]]: Revenge of the Fallen''.
▲** The Microcon (a group of tiny, spherical Decepticons [[Combining Mecha|that combine]] to form [[Paper People|Reedman]]) article on [[TF Wiki]] has this caption: "[[Bakugan]] this, bee-yotches!"
▲* ''[[A Nightmare On Elm Street]]'' series:
** "Welcome to Prime Time, bitch!" from ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors''.
** ''A Nightmare on Elm Streett 4: The Dream Master'': "I've been guarding my gate for a long time, bitch!"
** ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child'': "Die, bitch!" from , as well as "Bon appetit, bitch!"
** ''[[
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* The title character in ''[[Happy Gilmore]]'' throws down with Bob Barker during a celebrity pro-am golf tourney.
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'''Bob Barker:''' ''(after laying Happy out with a swift kick to the face)'' ''Now'' you've had enough... bitch. }}
* ''[[
* In ''[[Anchorman]]'', during the anchor fight, the Spanish news channel's anchor says "Como estan bitches?"
* From ''[[View Askewniverse|Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'''s ''[[Good Will Hunting]] 2: Hunting Season'': "Applesauce, bitch."
* ''[[The
* ''[[American Pie]]'' spin-off, ''The Naked Mile''. "Mail call, bitches!"
* ''[[Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter]]'': "The power of Christ compels you, bitch!"
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* ''What Happens in Vegas'': "I AM the law, BITCHES!"
* ''Beauty Shop'': "It's Gina, BITCH!"
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[The Running Man (
* In the film version of ''[[Rent]]'', the actor playing Collins improvised the line "Merry Christmas, bitches!" upon entering the apartment with Angel on Christmas morning.
* In ''[[
* ''[[The Social Network]]'' has [http://m4.paperblog.com/i/9/97374/cartoes-de-visitas-inusitados-L-yHveeB.jpeg the business card written "I'm CEO, bitch"]{{Dead link}}. ([[
* In ''[[Donnie Darko]]'', Donnie calls his mom "bitch" in the subtlest and calmest way ever:
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'''Donnie's mom:''' Our son just called me a bitch.
'''Donnie's dad:''' [[Rule of Cool|You're not a bitch. You're]] ''[[Totally Radical|bitchin']]''... but you are not a bitch. }}
* ''Aliens'': "Get away from her, you BITCH!"
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' takes this to an extreme with Jessie Pinkman. "Bitch" might as well be his catchphrase.
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* ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]''
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* "I'm Rick James, Bitch!" from ''[[
** [[Shout
* ''[[The OC]]''
** "Welcome to The OC, bitch!"
** Frequently parodied with "Welcome to the O.Z., bitch!" when referencing ''[[Tin Man]]''.
** Also parodied in ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''. "Welcome to the S.H, bitch."
* In ''[[
* ''[[The Colbert Report]]'': "It's French, bitch!"
* ''[[The Middleman]]'': "Muscle memory, bitch!"
* ''[[Jersey Shore]]'': In the first episode of Season 1 and subsequently, the current opening: Snooki says "I'm going to Jersey Shore, ''bitch''!
* ''[[Greek]]'': "I don't even like Cosmos, bitch!"
* Sweet Dee saying [https://web.archive.org/web/20091007175513/http://www.hulu.com/watch/25444/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-hundred-dollar-baby?c=748:754 "I WILL EAT YOUR BABIES BITCH!"] in ''[[
** Also, Mac's "What's up bitches?"
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'': Sheldon in ''The Bat Jar Conjecture'': "In other words, it's on...bitch." [[Badass
* In ''[[Space Mutiny]]'', [[Big Bad]] Kalgan has some such line, to which [[
* From Michael to Dwight on ''[[The Office]]'': "Hug it out, bitch."
* On ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', any conversation Tracy Morgan holds with Lorne Michaels is likely to end with the former demanding, "Get me a soda, bitch!"
* Dave, a contestant on season one of reality cooking show ''[[
* ''[[X
* X-Play's coverage of G-Phoria one year featured Ratty sneaking into the awards by jumping off a nearby building. This action was accompanied by "Geronimo, bitches!"
* ''[[
** "I'm cuddley, bitch!"
** Also, Ted re: shots "I drank all five, bitch!"
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* ''[[Modern Family]]'': "See, we're all going to get past this and be friends again, and this was all set up by me, Mitchell, who is not a mummy's boy but is instead a insightful and considerate person, so make a note bitches!" in episode 4.
* From a sketch/interview on ''[[The Soup]]'' where Zachary Quinto [[Kick Them While They Are Down|kicks Joel McHale]]: "Who's Sylar now, bitch?"
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* ''[[
== Music, Bitch! ==▼
▲== Music ==
▲* "Konichiwa, Bitches" by [[Robyn (Music)|Robyn]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCytMZYl89I It's Britney, bitch.]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGUqTa04Z6o Machinae Supremacy, bitch!]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU "I'm on a boat, bitch!"]
* In [[Linkin Park]]'s "No Laundry": "I ain't gonna do no laundry, BITCH!"
* In [[
* [[Emilie Autumn]] to a rude concertgoer: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAT_YsRb8NI&feature=sub You're in MY house now, bitch!]"
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]: "Look Arond": Hustle Me, ''Bitch''.
* [[Drake]] in Forever: "Everyone who doubted me is asking for forgiveness | If you ain't been a part of it, at least you got to witness, bitches!
▲== Pro Wrestling ==
* One of The Hurricane's [[Catch Phrase|Catchphrases]] is, "I've got my Hurri-powers, ''BEEE-YOOOTCH''!"
* [[WCW|Y]][[WWE Raw|o]][[WWE Smackdown|u]] are in [[ECW|our]] house, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_xzLijve40 BITCH!!]
* [[Scott Steiner|Size does matter,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOoXZe_S3wI BITCH!!!]
== Radio, Bitch! ==▼
* The [[wikipedia: WNYC-FM|WNYC]] program ''[[Radio Lab]]'' episode Choice(501) contained an instance of this, subverting the line tagged onto the end of many radio broadcast introductions. "Stay with us...bitches."▼
* Inetta the Mood-Setter. [http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/inettamoodsettaradioresignation.htm "I quit this bitch!"].
== Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy, Bitch! ==▼
▲== Radio ==
▲* The WNYC program ''[[Radio Lab]]'' episode Choice(501) contained an instance of this, subverting the line tagged onto the end of many radio broadcast introductions. "Stay with us...bitches."
▲== Stand-Up Comedy ==
* Inverted by David Cross, on ''Bigger and Blackerer'': He details a game to play with friends at a restaurant. When talking to the waitress, make the first thing you say be "Yeah, bitch," But in as low-key a manner as possible. Then, be as polite as possible when making your order. The object is to make it so that the waitress won't be sure you called her 'bitch', but would feel uncomfortable asking such a polite person if he did.
* [[Daniel Tosh]] provides a milder example that involves [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g3NQjjHoGA working the phrase "Suck It" into everyday conversation:]
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== Video Games, Bitch! ==
* ''[[Resistance]]'': "I'm James Grayson, bitches!"
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'' has quite the handful.
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* Quoth Heather from ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'': "Shut your stinking mouth, BITCH!".
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'': "Welcome to the Land of Freedom, Bitches! AHHHHHHHHH!"
** "I ain't ''nobody'''s "ass technician", bitch!" - [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
* ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'': "Who's the overlord now, bitch?"
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]].'' uses this liberally, but I guess the greatest example is when he finishes off the crime lord who had his father killed over a money laundering scheme. While this could be a bit of a solemn moment, as he watches his father's killer burn to death in a plane crash, he follows it up by saying: "Try Laundering THAT, bitch!"
* ''[[Duke Nukem]]'': Duke, despite his extreme womanizing, is a [[Chivalrous Pervert]] who never insults the objects of his desire. When you hear him confront the female monster Alien Queen and bellow, "I'm gonna kick your ass, ''bitch!'', you know it is on.
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'''s new Crash Course DLC has hopeless optimist Louis, of all people, scream "Oh, it's a ''bitch'' apocalypse now, bitch!"
* ''[[
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'': Used here and there with examples such as
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Jack - "Touch me and I will smear the walls with you, bitch!" }}
** Delivered by Commander Shepard in ''[[
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* ''[[Tony
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* Used to ridiculous extremes in ''[[Def Jam Series|Def Jam Fight For NY]]'' Some examples are:
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Created Character: "You just got owned, bitch!" }}
* In ''[[
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'''Kreese:''' Alright, drop it down.
'''Howard:''' Ninja rise from floor.
Red spray-paint ceiling and walls.
Jack is triumphant.
'''Kreese:''' 5, 7, 5, ''bitches''. }}
* [[Gears of War|Marcus Fenix]] delivers a well-deserved one to [[Big Bad|Queen Myrrah]] after the Battle of Azura.
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* ''[[Batman:
* In [[The Simpsons Game]] when the Simpson family meets [[Adam Westing|an evil]] [[Will Wright]].
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'''Will Wright:''' Sure I can. I'm Will Wright, bitch! }}
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', during a confrontation in Silverpine Forest between Garrosh Hellscream and Sylvanas Windrunner.
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'''Sylvanas:''' Isn't it obvious, Warchief? *flippant salute* I serve the Horde.
'''Garrosh:''' Watch your clever mouth, bitch. }}
== Web Animation, Bitch! ==▼
▲== Web Animation ==
* ''Tankmen 2'': "You should've used the Pythagorean theorem, bitch."
* The end of ''[[Neurotically Yours]]''' "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXKh3_Vojjs Caffeine Conspiracy]" has Franklin the Star Shmucks peddler warn his superiors over walkie talkie that "The squirrel is on to us." A moment later, he starts another transmission to add "bitch."
* [[Exactly What It Says
* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]:'' Everyone uses Bitch as a punctuation mark.
== [[Web Comics]], Bitch! ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Fodi]]'': [http://www.baldninja.com/archive.php?comic=2005-10-11 Ask and ye shall surely receive, bitches!]
▲* ''[[Dinosaur Comics (Webcomic)|Dinosaur Comics]]'' had a strip about the overuse of the word "bitches", and suggested alternatives like "fellows", "gravy", and "Monterey Jack". Possibly a [[Lampshade Hanging]], since T-Rex is known for exclamations like "Phlogiston, bitches!" and "Live and learn, bitches!"
* ''[[xkcd]]'': [http://
** Also, [http://xkcd.com/622/ "Q.E.D., Bitches!"] Made more awesome by the haiku.
** Also, [http://xkcd.com/263/ "Politicize that, bitches." (in the mouse-over text)]
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* ''[[Skin Horse]]'': "I'm the ''government'', beyatch."
* From the first ''[[A Lesson Is Learned but The Damage Is Irreversible]]'': "No sorry I've got something else to do... [http://alessonislearned.com/index.php?comic=1 on the MOON, BITCH!]"
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101213220740/http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/338 "WE'RE PLAYING HORDE, BITCH!"] from ''[[Loserz]]''.
* ''[[Chainsawsuit]]'': "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090806063349/http://www.chainsawsuit.com/20081021.shtml abbondanza, bitch]"
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100103013632/http://www.partiallyclips.com/index.php?id=1321 This strip of Partially Clips]'' discusses this in both this trope and [[Quote Swear Unquote]].
* ''[[Bob and George]]'': "[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=060606 It's called a partisan, bitch.]"
* ''[[Elf Only Inn]]'': "[http://www.elfonlyinn.net/d/20060922.html Live Long and Prosper, Bitch.]"
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'': "That's for earlier, bitch."
* Recent ''[[Sinfest]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20111129055327/http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3295 Social Justice, Bitches!]
* ''[[The Way of the Metagamer]]'': [http://wayofthemetagamer.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/19052 It works,] bitches.
* ''[[Guilded Age]]'': "You're my bitches, [http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-2/chapter-2-page-21 bitches]!"
* ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'' has this memorable line, from Vulcan Raven to {{spoiler|Big Boss}}:
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* ''[[Ansem Retort]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20111129034418/http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=237 New codenames, bitch!]
* [[Played for Laughs]] in [http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2116 this] ''[[Grrl Power]]'' strip.
== Web Original, Bitch! ==▼
* To quote Paris Hilton in her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], "[https://web.archive.org/web/20081026185335/http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/64ad536a6d I'll see you at the debates, bitches.]"▼
▲== Web Original ==
▲* To quote Paris Hilton in her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], "[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/64ad536a6d I'll see you at the debates, bitches.]"
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNrO-FAHcdI "I use the Neverscrubber to flush the toilet five times... bitch."]
* ''[[That Guy With
** [[Everything's Better
** "I'm Eight-Bit Mickey, bitch."
** "We play [[Magic:
** "I'm Rick James, beee--" (is hit while trying to say that)
** [http://marobot.deviantart.com/art/Im-the-Nostalgia-Critic-BITCH-113364755 I'm the Nostalgia Critic BITCH]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuJyO2kUGw4 Draenei Priest Rap]... bitch.
* ''Ask a Gay Man'', where the lead guy says in a [[Camp Gay|stereotyped voice]] "hey there, bitches" at the start of at least a few videos.
* ''[[The Adventures of Duane and
* Most of the guest characters of ''[[
* ''[[Cracked
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL_EpnSp8 Read a Book] "It's called Speed Stick, bitch! It's not expensive, bitch!"
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9NYYewCSxo I'm facing the wrong way, but GOTCHA, BITCH!]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111226173234/http://www.zombiedefense.org/main/glossary.html#sack_up Ex. "Jose (not Linda) pointed at the zombie horde outside his living room window, looked his crying, 12-year-old son in the eyes, and said, 'It's time to sack up, beotch.'" ]
* ''4 Player Podcast'', in one part of ''inFamous'' in which Brad said, "Can't catch me. I'm the [[Obligatory Swearing|fucking]] gingerbread man, bitch."
* ''[[Retsupurae]]'':
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'''Diabetus:''' This is an example of a defective product. Here's what you should do in this situation, ''bitch''. }}
* ''[[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]'': Agent Laburnum, when kicking [[Gorillaz|Murdoc Niccals]] in the face ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]), got a [[Shout
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeLrlmV9A-s "Someone who loathes you, bitch! Now stand up and rhyme!"]
* [[I'm a Marvel And
* [[Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time]]: "Dinner is served, ''bitches''."
== Western Animation, Bitch! ==▼
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'':
** "You're liquified, ''bitch''." Made even funnier because Frylock isn't one to quickly resort to swearing.
** Frylock hurling fireballs in the videogame: "Look into my eyes, bitch."
** "Now what is the magic word, bitch?"
* ''[[Clone High]]'': "Try and catch me, bitch!"
* The opening credits of a recent [[Affectionate Parody]] comedy show called [[Exactly What It Says
* ''[[The Simpsons (
* From a ''[[
* From ''[[Sealab 2021]]'', "[[Groundhog Day Loop|Lost in Time]]":
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'''Stormy:''' Dodgeball time.
'''Quinn:''' Dammit, Stormy, what time is it?
'''Stormy:''' ''(knocks Quinn out with a dodgeball)'' I said it was dodgeball time, bitch. }}
* ''[[
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== Real Life, Bitch! ==
* After carefully outlining the many, many reasons that global warming is real, a scientist famously ended her presentation with:
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* The official [[Twitter]] announcement for the return of [[Toonami]] (through [[Adult Swim]]) is #[[He's Back|Toonamis]][[Back
** And it makes up the majority of the opening theme
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