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{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Kirk''': "So you're saying I have to emotionally compromise you guys."
'''Spock Prime''': Jim, I just lost my planet. I can tell you, I am emotionally compromised."}} }}
** ''[[Star Trek VI: The
*** The other was provided, once again, by [[The Spock]]: "Two months ago a Federation Starship monitored an explosion of the Klingon moon Praxis." If you call being knocked off course and nearly shaken to pieces "monitoring".
* In the ending of ''[[Kill Bill]]'', Bill explains his massacre of everyone attending the Bride's wedding by saying that he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=lASM_n2R_TY "overreacted."] Oh, and this little gem:
{{quote|'''Earl McGraw''': It would appear someone objected to this union and wasn't able to hold their peace.}}
* In ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'', the Emperor says of his son, "Commodus is not a moral man." Even he had ''[[Complete Monster|no idea]]''.
* Invoked in ''[[I, Robot (film)|I Robot]]''. After
{{quote|You know, somehow, "I told you so" just doesn't quite say it.}}
* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]''{{'}}s Tech Sergeant Fred Kwan prefers these; his reaction to being [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWv9r5MXdSA&feature=related unexpectedly teleported] 8 million light-years in a gel-pod to land on an alien ship was a subdued "That was a helluva thing."
* ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'': "You met me at a very strange time in my life."
* ''[[Major League]]'': "Juuuuuuuuuuuuust a bit outside..."
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* ''[[X Men Origins: Wolverine|X Men Origins Wolverine]]'', when asked how his execution by firing squad went; "Tickled."
* In ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'', after {{spoiler|Grace Augustine}} is shot: "This is gonna ruin my whole day."
* ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'': "I would like, if I may,<ref>[[Audience Participation|(YOU MAY NOT!)]]</ref> to take you on a strange journey..." Strange doesn't even ''begin'' to cover what happens to Brad<ref>[[Audience Participation|(ASSHOLE!)]]</ref> and Janet<ref>[[Audience Participation|(SLUT!)]]</ref>.
* The [[Tagline]] to ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' was "It's terrific!"
* Anakin Skywalker in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'', just after the atmospheric entry tore off the bigger part of the ''Invisible Hand'' (the ship he happens to be flying): "We lost something." This was immediately [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] with Obi-Wan's reply: "Not to worry, we are still flying ''half'' a ship."
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'''Zoolander''': That is a bit above average... }}
* ''[[Forrest Gump]]'':
{{quote|'''Forrest:'''
'''Forrest:'''
* The opening narration of the [[After the End|Post-Apocalyptic]] B-movie ''Hell Comes To Frogtown'' tells that some years prior to the events of the film there was a "disagreement." Cue footage of a nuclear explosion.
* ''[[Primer]]'': "At this point, there would have been some... discussion."
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{{quote|'''Wadswoth:''' ''Three'' murders.
'''Mr. Green:''' Six altogether
'''Wadsworth:''' This is getting serious.
* In the 2005 film adaptation of ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and The Chocolate Factory]]'', Willy Wonka says that cannibalism "is frowned upon in most societies."
* ''[[Dr. Strangelove]] [[Either
** General Buck Turgidson gets several of these in quick succession when he informs the President of the United States that General Ripper, a lower echelon American military commander, has ordered a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union without the approval or knowledge of the White House or the Pentagon.
** When the President asks how General Ripper could possibly order such an attack, Buck says:
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* In ''[[Once Upon a Time In Mexico]]'', Agent Sands of the CIA {{spoiler|just had his [[Eye Scream|eyes drilled out]] and left in the street.}} When a boy approaches him, Sands tells him "I'm not having the best day here, kid."
* ''[[Jurassic Park]] 2'': "Mommie's very angry."
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