Wham! Line/Western Animation
- Justice League Unlimited: "And if I were you, I wouldn't probe the situation too closely...rich boy."
- The last line in "Once and Future Thing, Part 1".
Warhawk: (to John Stewart) Dad? |
- From the final episode, "Epilogue" (It also counts as one for Batman Beyond).
Terry: (To Bruce Wayne) "My point is I just found out that Warren McGinnis isn't my father! You are!" |
- The Spectacular Spider-Man: "After all, we know who you love the most...bro."
- "Guilty, guilty and oh so guilty of being the new Big Man of crime!"
- In the first season finale of Beast Wars, Optimus is piloting a stasis pod set to self-destruct towards this big planet-destroyer. The plan is for him to blow the doors and zoom out before the explosion.
Optimus: "All right, it's time. Computer, prepare to blow the pod doors." |
- "Coming of the Fuzors, Part 2" sees the Maximals about to be destroyed by the Predacons. Cue a Big Damn Heroes moment from an unexpected source.
Optimus: Well that's just prime. |
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? has a Wham! Line in its pilot episode, that subverts expectations from previous incarnations of the franchise:
Shaggy: "There's only one thing missing from your theory, Fred: the creep inside!" |
Queen of the Crown: "I know all about you, Ranger Foxx." (as the Slaverlord behind him takes on the form of his wife) |
- Teen Titans, episode "Apprentice Part I":
Slade: Trigger? There is no trigger, because there is no detonator. |
- Even earlier than that, when the audience learns Red X's identity in Masks:
Robin: It's about time we came face to face. |
- And in Birthmark:
Slade: You're going to destroy the world, Raven... |
Zhao: I assure you, I have everything under control. I intend to remove the moon as a factor. ("Siege of the North, Part 2") |
- From The Legend of Korra: "When Extremes Meet".
Korra: (To Tarrlok) You're a blood-bender? But...it's not a full moon! How are you doing this? |
- Toy Story 2:
Prospector: I tried reasoning with you, Woody, but you keep forcing me to take extreme measures. |
- In Toy Story 3:
Lotso: Where's your kid now, Sheriff? |
- And before that:
Lotso: Family man, huh? I understand. Put him back in the time-out chair. |
- "What do you mean, escape?"
- Metalocalypse: "That's my bread and butter you're fucking with."
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie: "The name is Puggsy. What's yours?"
- Jackie Chan Adventures season 2 episode 1 episode "The Stronger Evil" has this exchange:
Finn: We must've left millions of dollars back on that beach. What's the matter with you, Big V? |
- Fred Jones from episode 26 of Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated: "Mystery Incorporated is dead."
- Moments before that:
Mayor Fred Jones Sr.: Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves are your real parents. |
- South Park: "I. Can't. Die."
- "You're Getting Old": "Because I'm unhappy, okay?! I've been unhappy for a long time!"
- "Scott Tenorman Must Die":
Scott Tenorman: I'm glad you like [the chili] so much, because now that you're almost finished I have something to tell you. |
- And later:
Cartman: Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it "Mr. and Mrs. Tenorman chili". |
- In "201", The Reveal of the Head Ginger's identity is directly preceded by this line:
Scott Tenorman: Welcome to my Chili Con Carnival! |
- In one of the most memorable scenes of Turtles Forever, what started off as a simple crossover movie escalates into a Crisis Crossover with this:
2003 Shredder: BEHOLD! A MULTIVERSE of accursed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! |
Kim: But...We captured the Supreme One. See? (gestures to Dr. Drakken and his cohorts) |
- And from So The Drama
Alt!Doofenzchmirtz: Platyborg...Do that same thing to those two boys over there. |
- From near the end of "Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy's Big Picture Show":
Eddy's Brother: "Just for old time's sake, let's...play "uncle". |
Darkseid: Savor your moment of triumph, Superman, but remember--victory has its price. |
Jafar: It's mine! It's all mine! I-- Where is it? No! NOOOOOOOOO!!! |
- And in Return of Jafar:
Aladdin: It's the truth! Why don't you believe me? |
Optimus Prime: "Where are we, Megatronus?" |
- Adventure Time: "Hello. My name is Simon Petrikov."
- The Simpsons episode "Hurricane Neddy":
Ned Flanders: Now calm down, Nedilly-diddly-diddly-diddly-doodly, they did their best, shodilly-iddly-iddly-diddly. Gotta be nice, hostiddly-iddly-diddly-diddly... AW, HELL-DIDDLY-DING-DONG-CRAP! CAN'T YOU MORONS DO ANYTHING RIGHT?! |
- X-Men Evolution: In "Day of Reckoning" Part 2
Scott Summers/Cyclops: (pulling Professor X from his wheelchair) It was YOU! YOU did this! |
- X-Men: "The Final Decision"
Trask: You can't make me do this! You were designed to protect humans from mutants! |
- The first part of the My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic second season finale, when Twilight believes she messed up:
Twilight: I'm sorry... |
- And before that in the same episode:
Twilight: "Princess Celestia invites you to the wedding between Princess Mia Amore Cadenza and... my brother!?" |
- Young Justice: "Auld Acquaintance"
Red Tornado: Unfortunately, the Roy Harper we have all known for the last three years is another Cadmus clone. |
- And from "Happy New Year", FIVE YEARS LATER
- From "Bloodlines":
Bart Allen: "Better get into character." |
- Subverted nicely, in "Depths".
Nightwing: She's Dead. |
- And
Nightwing: We'd laugh about this some day. |
- For context, Nightwing asks Artemis to rejoin the team. On the mission, they fight Aqualad who has already been revealed to have made a Face Heel Turn, who stabs her in the chest with the line "Welcome Back." After the second wham line, it's revealed to have been a ruse and Artemis is in fact alive, and Aqualad never really made a Face Heel Turn
- From the "Super Powers Team" incarnation of Superfriends, the episode "Darkseid's Golden Trap":
Superman: Good luck, my friends, I'm sorry I can't join you. |
- Even the Narrator is puzzled at what sort of mission is so dangerous that Superman himself has to sit it out; It's an Auction of Evil where one of the lots is a piece of gold kryptonite, which the heroes have to confiscate before it can be used against Superman.