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* A short by [[Martin Scorsese]] is titled "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"
* Evie from ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]'' gets the line mixed up while drunk. "I know what you're thinking. What is a place like me doing in a girl like this?" Rick responds, "Something like that."
* ''[[Following]]'':
{{quote|'''The young man:''' So what's a nice girl like you-
'''The blonde:''' Doing in a place like this?
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S5 E5/E05 The Web of Fear|The Web of Fear]]", someone asks a female scientist "What's a girl like you doing in a job like this?". She's not impressed.
* In ''[[The Pretender]]'' episode ''A Stand-Up Guy'', Jarod strikes up a conversation with a woman whose restaurant has become a gang hangout, and asks her in a joking tone what a nice girl like her is doing in a place like this.
* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' first-season episode "11001001", said by Riker to a hologram: "What's a knockout brunette like you doing in a computer-generated gin joint like this?"
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== [[Theatre]] ==
* There was a musical revue in the 1970s called "What's a Nice Country Like You Doing in a State Like This?"
* ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]'':
{{quote|'''Stone''' (to Bobbi): "Let me take you away from all this," is that the routine? "What's a nice kid like you, et cetera?" What ''is'' a nice kid like you, et cetera?}}
 
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