Wham! Line/Live-Action TV: Difference between revisions

* Many episodes of ''[[Dallas]]'' ended with one of these.

** "New Beginnings":

'''Jeremy:''' I want Ewing Oil involved in a scandal so big that their charter will be revoked. I want to see the end of Ewing Oil so that I can pick up the pieces, and if J.R. Ewing goes to jail, so much the better. }}

** "It's Kristin, calling from California. She just gave birth to a baby boy. You have another son."

** And, of course, the series' most infamous Wham Line was one of the most innocuous two-word phrases in the English language:

** "Three Stories", "God, you were right...it's House."

** "Finding Judas", {{spoiler|Wilson}} to Tritter: "I'm gonna need my thirty pieces of silver."

** "Everybody Dies" (series finale), House: {{spoiler|SHUT UP YOU IDIOT}}.

** Many episodes featured the [[Wham! Line]] "you're dying" or something to that effect. Sometimes they really ''were'' dying, but it was usually the penultimate diagnosis and was followed by a [[Wham Moment]] in which House had an epiphany and came up with the correct diagnosis. Cue [[Happy Ending|happy]], or, at worst, [[Bittersweet Ending]].

** Message received.

* ''[[Smallville]]'': "[["Well Done, Son" Guy|I was raised in your shadow.]] [[Self-Made Orphan|Now you're gonna die in mine.]] [[Moral Event Horizon|No one will even remember your name.]]"

** Episode 3x16: "I've been, um, diagnosed with a rather unique...{{spoiler|liver disease}} and I'm running out of options."

** Episode 10x8: "Abandonded". Not so much a Wham Line as a Wham Birth Certificate. "Lutessa Lena Luthor"

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'':

** Not as influential, but in the end..."The Face of Boe, they called me."

"Exterminate!" }}

'''Bob:'''I didn't, sir. The angels killed me too." }}

** And arguably "The aplans! They have two heads!" "So?" {{spoiler|"So why don't the statues?"}}

** From "The Pandorica Opens."

'''Dalek''': '''''READY. FOR.''''' '''''YOU.''''' }}

** "The Almost People":

'''Doctor''': {{spoiler|'''No, you're not. You haven't been here for a long, long time.'''}} }}

** "A Good Man Goes to War" gives us River's identity:

'''Doctor''': You named your daughter after {{spoiler|your daughter.}}" }}

** From "Night Terrors":

* From ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'': "Mr. Chambers, don't get on that ship. The rest of the book...'[[To Serve Man]]'...It's a cookbook!"

* ''[[NCIS]]'': "Tell me everything you know about this . . . NCIS." {{spoiler|Saleem to a captive Ziva at the end of season 6.}}

** "It's nice to meet you, Antony DiNardo." {{spoiler|''A freaking international arms dealer'' to Tony, [[The Reveal|proving that his relationship with Jeanne was an undercover assignment.]]}}

** "Hey, my red sweater!"

'''Chandler''': I know. }}

** Ross peeks into Chandler's hotel room to wake him up and express glee over getting married. After he leaves:

'''Adama:''' That was my son, Mr. President. }}

** "I've waited [[Title Drop|almost thirty years]] for this." "MOM?!" (Irina to Sydney, "Almost Thirty Years")

** "Congratulations sir. Phase one is complete. The Alliance is gone." (Sark to Sloane, "Phase One")

** "There! Were! Rules!" (First season finale)

** "There won't be anyone to open that door for at least 13 minutes." '''Picks up picture of a previous victim''' "It took me less than five to do this." ("Damaged")

** '''Evelyn Martin:''' The Vice President has nothing to do with this!

** Also in Day 2, when Roger Stanton is being interrogated about his role in the conspiracy. After learning that his plan has failed, he says, out of the blue, "Ask Sherry."

Jack: "Nothing. Nothing at all."

** Aaron Pierce to Charles Logan on Day 5: "Is there anything else, Charles?"

** "I need to talk to you."

** "Jack! One of them isn't on the manifest. He wasn't on the plane."

** "Only, the thing is...we're gonna have to take the boy."

** "Ignore everything I'm saying."

** "What-what boat?"

** "What...friends?"

** Also from the finale: "You're building Skynet". "No. ''I'm building something to fight it.''"

** "Will you join us?"

** "I condemn you, John Crichton...to live! So that your lust for unfulfilled revenge...will consume you."

*** Made even worse in that this was in the middle of a procedure that temporarily [[And I Must Scream|removed the speech center of John's brain]], during which Scorpious [[No One Could Survive That|presumably killed]] the doctor, the one person on the planet (if not the galaxy) who could have repaired the damage.

** Crichton attempts to return to Moya from [[Humanoid Alien|Einstein]]'s realm via wormhole fails, taking him to (1980s) Earth instead. "Whoops."

* ''[[Caprica]]'': "Zoe?"

'''Jenna''': {{spoiler|Servalan.}} }}

* ''[[Jericho]]'': After Denver is nuked, a group of people are listening to an answering machine message where Dale's mother describes seeing the explosion, cut off as she's incinerated. "I didn't even know your mother was in Denver." {{spoiler|"She was in Atlanta."}} Cue freakout.

** In Black Jack, as they're looking at the map of the US. "But there are six stars up there? Where's the president?" {{spoiler|"Which one?"}}

* In one episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Angel has once again turned into his [[Jekyll and Hyde|evil alter ego]] Angelus and helps Faith with luring the others into a trap.

'''Angel:''' {{spoiler|[[Fake Defector|Second best]].}} }}

** [[Wham! Line]] meets [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] from the end of "Two to Go": {{spoiler|"I'd like to test that theory."}}

** In the 3rd episode of Season 5, Riley: But she doesn't love me.

** From ''What's My Line, Part 1'': "I am Kendra the Vampire Slayer."

** A textbook one comes at the end of "Buffy vs. Dracula":

'''Buffy and Dawn:''' "Mom!" }}

** "You think you can just do that to me? You ''think'' I'd let you ''get away with that''? Think again!" (opens fire)

*** "Your shirt."

** "What'cha doing? {{spoiler|...Mom? ...Mom? ...Mommy?}}"

"I came up here to kill ''myself.''" }}

** In "Who Are You" Tara is fretting that the Scoobies don't even know she exists. Willow assure her that she will introduce her to them, but for the moment she wants something that is just [[Les Yay|hers.]]

'''Tara:''' [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Yours.]] }}

'''Angel:''' ''(picks up phone)'' Hello? Yes, I know, she’s...{{spoiler|But that’s impossible, she’s standing right...I’m sorry. Yeah. Did, um, so when did she die? Did, she, um...She never did wake up? I see. ''(hangs up)'' [[Tear Jerker|Thank you]].}} }}

 

 

 

 

 

{{spoiler|'''Sahjhan'''}}: I don't like to brag but... [[Prophetic Fallacy|read any good prophecies lately?]] }}

 

** None of the actors (save for Alan Alda, who was also one of the writers), knew what Radar was going to say, and were told to just keep working regardless.

* ''[[Mad Men]]'':

* From ''[[V-2009]]'', we have: "{{spoiler|John May is dead.}}"

** Also, "{{spoiler|I believe you've just experienced your first human emotion.}}" To cap off an already intense [[Wham! Episode]].

* The very last words of the ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' finale -- {{spoiler|Dr. Beckett never returned home}}.

** The end of "The Leap Home, Part 2" -- {{spoiler|"I'm alive, and it's all thanks to you, little brother."}}

** "I say yes." {{spoiler|''"It's a godawful small affair, to the girl with the mousey hair..."''}} (Shaz, 3x02)

** This bit of dialogue from the finale, though most viewers had caught on already:

'''Alex''': {{spoiler|No. No you didn't.}} }}

* ''[[Victorious]]'': In the episode "Wok Star":

'''Andre''': I think Cat just said something pretty smart. }}

** While they're discussing Darling's arrival in their dugout. To this point in the episode, George has happily awaited the order to advance, going so far as to turn down an offer to leave with General Melchett before the battle.

'''George''': I'm scared, sir. }}

** Just before they go [[Downer Ending|over the top]].

'''Darling''': Thank God. We lived through it. {{spoiler|The Great War, 1914 to 191'''7'''.}} }}

** In fact, by this time in the war, [[Did Not Do the Research|the guns would still have been firing]] since the "Creeping Barrage" was standard practice - the artillery gradually entended the aiming point at roughly the same speed as the advancing infantry.

** "Enemies Closer": "I left you like three messages!"

** "Friends and Enemies": "Mike, {{spoiler|you just burned a guy}}."

* From ''[[Dollhouse]]'': "[[Trigger Phrase|There are three flowers in a vase. The third flower is green]]."

* From ''[[Scrubs]]'', the episode ''My Screw Up''

'''JD:''' {{spoiler|...Where do you think we are?}} }}

** "I'd forgotten the room number," "[[Split Personality Takeover|You know what? HE didn't...]]"

** "I don't own a black van."

** "You're relieved, Mr. President."

** And let's not forget:

''Charlie'': {{spoiler|No. She's dead}}. }}

* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'': "I see that ski accident has been pretty kind to you, Alexander Meade." "My name is ''Alexis''."

* ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'': Wataru has just revealed that by Decade's efforts the nine Riders Decade has aided will live through their stories. When asked about Decade, his answer: {{spoiler|"Decade... does not have a story."}}

** Additionally, his line towards Decade in the finale regarding his mission: {{spoiler|"Do you remember my words? You needed to destroy all Kamen Riders. Instead you became comrades with them. That was...a big mistake."}}

** An outright [[Lampshade Hanging]] occurs in ''Scenes from a Hat'' when the suggestion "Worst lines in a [[Soap Opera]] leading into commercials" is pulled out.

** Also Day Four, because all of the buildup makes you think that this is going to be a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment for the Torchwood team to save the day. {{spoiler|It's not.}}

'''The 456:''' {{spoiler|You wanted a demonstration of war. A virus has been released. It will kill everyone in the building.}} }}

** Heck, they manage to condense the WHAM into a ''word'' at the end of Day One.

** Possibly a better line: "Say Mike, what size jumpsuit do you wear?"

* ''[[Carnivale]]'':

** "New Canaan, CA" - "This ''is'' your house." ({{spoiler|Omega!Sofie to Sofie}})

* ''[[Taxi]]'' - "Could I say just one word? SELTZER!" (From the episode "Jim's Mario's")

** "The Babylon project was our [[Catch Phrase|last, best hope for peace]]... {{spoiler|[[This Means War|It failed.]]}}"

* From the first season finale of ''[[Bones]]'': "That...is {{spoiler|Christine Brennan.}}" And again in the sixth season finale. {{spoiler|I'm pregnant. And you're the father.}}

** "You!" {{spoiler|Mary Winchester to the Yellow-Eyed Demon}}

** "You're going to have to...sweeten the pot." {{spoiler|YED to John, before John makes the deal to save Dean's life.}}

** And, of course, the line that took [[Poor Communication Kills]] [[Up to Eleven]]: "You don't understand! Lilith ''is'' the final seal!"

* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'': From "Bad News".

'''Marshall''': {{spoiler|"M-my dad's dead?"}} }}

** And prior to that, in "Canning Randy", Zoey has got Ted's architecture class to abandon him and turn against him after he [[Disproportionate Retribution|wanted the Arcadian to be blown up]] while they didn't. When asked if he has anything to say for himself, what's his response? "Anyone not in class tomorrow gets an F." And it works.**

** An absolutely ''[[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]]'' one at the end of ''Symphony of Illumination''. The episode features Robin telling ''her'' kids how she met their father, despite {{spoiler|the entire episode revolving around Robin finding out she can't have kids.}} The audience sees Robin's kids as she tells the story. At the very end...

'''Robin:''' Really glad. }}

* ''[[Haven]]'': Said to Audrey: {{spoiler|"I'm Special Agent Audrey Parker. Who the hell are you?"}}

** "Series 2, Episode 8"

{{quote| '''Sam Tyler:''' {{spoiler|I can't feel anything.}}}}

** "Progeny"

{{quote| '''Rodney McKay:''' {{spoiler|They're machines. Replicators.}}}}

** "Common Descent"

{{quote| '''Jason:''' {{spoiler|You're the ancestors.}}}}

** Hilariously subverted in a first season episode, however. When asked if she and Puck are dating, Santana replies "Sex is not dating." [[The Ditz|Brittany]] adds, "{{spoiler|If it were, [[Les Yay|Santana and I]] [[Relationship Reveal|would be dating]].}}" There's a [[Beat Panel|long silence]]...then everyone else continues as if she never said anything, apparently not wanting to touch Brittany's contribution with a ten-foot pole. {{spoiler|Brittany and Santana's relationship}} is barely even mentioned again until nearly a season later.

* From the ''[[Punky Brewster]]'' episode "Accidents Happen," Punky runs to Henry's arms the day her class watched the Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off, and she sobs "It blew up."

*** As well as "Mr. Worf, FIRE!" from the cliffhanger of that episode.

** From "I, Borg":

'''Hugh:''' No. I am Hugh. }}

'''Cochrane:''' ''{{spoiler|[[Mirror Universe|*pulls out a gun and shoots the Vulcan*]]}}'' }}

** 01x04: "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"

{{quote| {{spoiler|Catelyn about Tyrion}}: "This man came into my house as a guest and there conspired to murder my son, a boy of ten. In the name of King Robert and the good lords you serve, I call upon you to seize him and help me return him to Winterfell to await the king's justice." }}

{{quote| {{spoiler|Joffrey}}: Ser Ilyn, bring me his head. }}

** 02x07

Xaro: [[Adaptational Villainy|There is now. That was the other part of the arrangement.]] }}

** 02x10: "Valar Morghulis

{{quote| Grenn: Three blasts.}}

* In ''[[Chuck]] vs The Ring.'' A combination of [[Wham! Line]], [[Wham! Episode]] given how it completely changes the dynamic for the characters.

''' {{spoiler|Daniel Shaw}}:''' I did. }}

** "Okay. I got this." {{spoiler|Spoken by Sarah, as she's given no other option than to upload the Intersect to her head, in order to save a kidnapped Chuck at the end of ''Chuck Versus Bo".}}

{{quote| '''Sean''': "This is the order, how it's gonna go?" }}

*** With that, Kathy, Neleh and Paschal realize that Rotu is showing their planned order of voting, and that they are at the bottom of the former Rotu hierarchy. They proceed to join forces with Sean and Vecepia, blindside the arrogant John at the next Tribal Council, and wipe out the rest of the Rotu 4 at the next 3 votes.

{{quote| '''Sandra''': "And in my head, and mumbling under my breath, I was like 'I swear on my two kids that I'm gonna screw you [Jon] '''''and''''' Burton.'"}}

*** What follows is Jon and Burton's game completely collapsing on itself.

{{quote| '''Jeff Probst:''' (''revealing the third vote for Parvati'') Parvati, does not count. We're still at two votes Russell. (''reveals next vote'') Parvati, does not count.}}

** ''Redemption Island'': "This Game Respects Big Moves" - The minority alliance is planning to weaken Rob and his majority alliance by convincing Matt (who had returned from the titular island after being blindsided) to go along with them and taking out [[The Dragon|Grant]]. Rob gets wind of this and immediately starts taking countermeasures by talking Matt back onto his side, secretly planning to have his alliance cut him loose immediately. The minority alliance anticipates the majority outvoting them, so at the tribal council, the immunity idol is played on [[Genius Bruiser|Mike]], the most obvious target. All of the votes from the minority come up Grant, and then...

** ''South Pacific'': "Double Agent" - Ozzy's bold gambit to get himself voted to Redemption Island in order to take out Christine, betting that they were about to merge and his play would bring his tribe into the merge even with the other tribe, actually works when he defeats Christine in the challenge and they do in fact merge, bringing him back into the game. The second part of his plan involves Ozzy [[Bad Bad Acting|acting]] at the Redemption Island challenge like Cochran betrayed the whole tribe by playing the immunity idol. This would allow Cochran to infiltrate the other tribe as a double agent. Later, Cochran is playing up being on the outs with his tribe to Coach to try to get more information. It seems to be going well, until:

{{quote| '''Coach''': “I’m gonna tell you right now, our tribe isn’t budging ... and I feel like you guys are trying to play us.”}}

* ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' had "Cory, will you marry me?" from the episode "Graduation".

* From ''[[Breaking Bad]]'', in the Season 2 finale "ABQ", while Walt is under anesthesia

'''Walt''': Which one? }}

** In the season 3 premiere.

{{quote| '''Gus''': If you interfere, the problem becomes much simpler. I will kill you. I will kill your wife. I will kill your son. [[Moral Event Horizon|I will kill your infant daughter.]]}}

* ''[[Dexter]]'', "Seeing Red": {{spoiler|"Mommy loves you, Dexter."}}

'''Bridget''': {{spoiler|I am not who you think I am! I'm not Siobhan... I-I'm Bridget.}} }}

* ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''

** Two from "A Return to Normalcy"

** From "To the Lost":

{{quote| ''"Welcome to [[Historical In-Joke|Cicero]]!"''}}

'''Matt''' ''(shocked)'': This is unbelievable. {{spoiler|If Rachelle Gavin is your mother, then I'm your father}}. }}

* Even if you knew this was coming, the last line from the first series of [[Downton Abbey]] changes everything:

* [[Leverage]]

** The Season 2 finale:

* [[Power Rangers]]

** [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|"Return of an Old Friend"]]

{{spoiler|'''Tommy''': [[He's Back|Where's everybody?]]}} }}

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Billy:''' Tanya, I give my Zeo crystal to you.}}}}

** ''[[Power Rangers Turbo|Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie]]''

{{quote| '''Justin''': Guys, {{spoiler|I'm the new Blue Ranger!!}} Isn't that cool or what?}}

** "Chase Into Space"

'''Justin''': [[I Have This Friend|He...]] {{spoiler|he can't go with you, there's reasons.}} }}

{{quote| '''Andros''' (to {{spoiler|Astronema}}): {{spoiler|You are my sister}}}}

** [[Power Rangers in Space|"The Rangers' Leap of Faith"]]

{{quote| '''Maya''': We've landed on {{spoiler|[[Where It All Began|Miranoi!]]}}}}

** [[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue|"From Deep in the Shadows"]]

'''Cpt. Mitchell''': Because, {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|he's my son.]]}} }}

** [[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive|"Things Not Said"]]

{{quote| '''Mack''': Good thing. Good thing. Good thing. {{spoiler|[[Broken Record|Good thing. Good thing.]] [[Robotic Reveal|Good thing. Good thing...]]}}}}

** [[Power Rangers RPM|"Doctor K"]]

* The last episode of season 2 of [[Sherlock]] ''starts'' with one.

{{quote| '''John''': My best friend, Sherlock Holmes, {{spoiler|is dead.}}}}

** And has another good one near the end.

{{quote| '''Moriarty''': Well good luck with that. {{spoiler|''(shoots himself)''}}}}

'''Sherlock''': No...because I took your pulse. }}

{{quote| '''[[Shao Khan]]''': You're already in Outworld!}}