To the Bat Noun: Difference between revisions

 

Now, to the [[Overly Long Gag|Bat]]-examples!:

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* Used and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''[[The Middleman]]'': all gadgets and outfits are middle-suffix.

 

* Used at the end of ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'', when the rehabilitated Monster accidentally rips off Inspector Kemp's wooden arm while shaking hands:

* During ''It's a Very, Merry Muppet Christmas Movie'', after Kermit's little nephew Robin suggests him to call one of his famous friends after Miss Piggy leaves the Christmas play, Kermit says "To the starphone!" accompanied by Batman-sounding music.

* ''[[Flushed Away]]'': "Enough games. To the ratmobiles!

 

* ''[[Discworld]]''

** Gandalf: "To the bridge of Khazad-dûm!"

** Éomer: "Rohirrim! To the King!"

* [[Captain Underpants]]:

'''Harold''': There is no underwear cave! }}

* Parodied in ''[[Animorphs]]'':

 

* The [[Trope Namer]]: ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''.

** Alfred even took a leaf. Alfcycle, anyone?

* Parodied in ''[[Angel]]'' when Spike mocks the title character's hero complex by narrating as Angel saves a woman from being mugged. We can't hear the real dialogue between Angel and the woman, but we hear Spike speak for Angel, "Evil's still afoot, and I'm almost out of that nancy-boy hair gel I like so much. Quickly! To the Angelmobile! Away!"

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' uses this trope to mock the title character of ''[[Puma Man]]'' when he attempts a heroic cape swish.

** And again in ''[[This Island Earth]]'':

** And ''[[Riding With Death]]'':

* Parodied in [[Mock the Week]] with Scenes We'd Like To See, "Lines you wouldn't hear in a superhero film"

* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'': "To the Willowbrook Mall!"

* ''[[I'm in The Band]]'': Usually, though not always, "To the band van!"

* In one episode of ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'', during one scene, Ned says, "To the library!"

 

* The song "One More River" by James Reyne has the line, "Pick up the Batphone and dial my number."

* [[Eminem]]: To the Rapmobile! Let's go! (Guess who's back guess who's back <small>guess who's back guess who's back</small>)

 

* In a memorable ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' strip, Calvin wonders out loud why his heroes don't fight realistic villains. Hobbes suggests that the fights would involve writing letters to the editor and so forth. As Calvin says that he sees the problem, Hobbes ends the strip with the line "Quick! To the Bat-Fax!"

 

 

* The Red Baron in ''[[Empire Earth]]'': To the skies!

* ''[[Professor Layton]]'': Unfortunately, this never happens, despite him calling his car the Laytonmobile.

* Some variation of "To the Freedom Flyer!" appeared in ''[[Freedom Force]]''.

 

* Naturally, ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' had to get [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/040509 into the act] with the Bum-Mobile and the Bum-Jet, except there's no Bum-Mobile and the Bum-Jet is a cardboard box that Torg makes engine sounds to.

* The [[Trope Namer]] was parodied in [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=76616 this] ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' episode.

* Combined with [[Gratuitous German]] in [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2614.html this] [[Irregular Webcomic]] strip. "To die Fledermauszeppelin!"

 

* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'': Used in the Strong Bad Email [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail48.html ghosts] (followed immediately by a Batman-style scene transition):

'''Strong Bad''': Erm, well... meet me in the closet and, uh... we'll put on some costumes. }}

** Also used in an [[Easter Egg]] in [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail195.html love poems], where Strong Sad expects to be called on the Strong Badphone.

* Parodied in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'': "Into the Kaibacave!"

** "To the Mokubamobile!"

*** There isn't a Mokubamobile.

* Lampshaded in ''[[PS238]]'', where one of the problems with the school is that the superpowered students respond to going on lunch breaks by declaring in unison: "To the cafeteria -- For Justice!".

* '[[Weebl and Bob]]'': In the Team Laser Explosion episodes, Captain Exploserous Laser (Weebl) always responds to calls from the mayor with "To the skies!"

* ''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]'': The Chick, in one of her rare [[Large Ham]] moments: "'''To Wikipedia!'''"

 

* ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]''

** The Joker, of all people, does this in : "To the Batmobile!"

** Plastic Man spoofs this as well. "Quick! To the Plas-Cave!"

** "To the Crocker Cave!"

* As always, ''[[The Simpsons]]'' did it:

** And of course, the mandatory employee meeting called with "To the Mandatorium!"

** And in case of emergencies, "To the Calamitorium!"

** Bender exhorts the others to get on the Planet Express Ship with "To the Flying Machine!"

* ''[[Family Guy]]'' plays with this three times:

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''; Elderly Batman parody Mermaid Man is fond of these, but, due to his advanced age, occasionally requires a moment to catch his breath before finishing the declaration. The drama is also undercut by his tendency to shuffle off slowly and lose track of his [[Thememobile|Invisible Boatmobile]].

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Sokka invokes this trope when he picks where to spend his mini-vacation. He always did have a [[Large Ham|flair for the dramatic]].

* ''[[Invader Zim]]'': Zim once got lost and had to take a taxi back home: "Take me to...[[Large Ham|that way!]]"

* ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'': When Hobie Brown {{spoiler|has to take over Harry's role in the play}}, the [[Large Ham|drama teacher]] shouts "To the dressing-room, Brown!"

* In every episode of ''[[George of the Jungle|Super Chicken]]'', after the eponymous chicken's [[Transformation Sequence]], he'd head off for his flying domed giant egg with:

'''Fred''': "Roger wilcox!" }}

* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'' features a villainous version with Yzma's "To the secret lab!"

* [[Dynomutt Dog Wonder|"The Falcon Flash! Quick, Dog Wonder! To the Falcon's Lair!]]

** "To the Falconcar!"

** "To the Crocker-Cave!"

* In ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', [[Adam West]] himself proclaims "To the Adam Westmobile!", but then immediately grumbles that it's a stupid name. Johnny insists that it's cool, which restores Adam's spirits.

 

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