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'''Zoolander''': I don't wanna hear your excuses! The building has to be at least... three times bigger than this!|[[Zoolander]]}}

 

[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. This [[Stock Phrase]] is usually said in exasperation or annoyance to highlight an unlikely, unusual, nonsensical, or out of character moment. It is most often said by the [[Plucky Comic Relief]] or the [[Deadpan Snarker]].

 

 

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* In the Funimation dub of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', in one episode, when Bulma gets surprised that she has to wear a [[Playboy Bunny]] costume: "What is this, [[Easter Bunny]]?!"

 

== [[Film]] ==

{{quote|'''Dance Extra''': What is this, a daisy chain?

'''Ted Hanover''': Sorry, we're just looking for the back of a girl we don't know... }}

* The Black Ranger uses it in ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (film)|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie]]''

{{quote|'''Adam''': What is this, pick on the Frog day?}}

{{quote|'''Violet:''' What is this, a freak-out!?}}

 

* In one episode of ''[[Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman]]'', Ruff does this when he sees Chet pasting an underwater wallpaper on the studio wall:

{{quote|'''Ruff''': Chet, an under-the-sea motif? What is this, "FETCH! with Ruff Rumblefish"? Come on!}}

'''Brian:''' "Tomato bisque."

'''Brian:''' "It's tomato bisque."

'''Brian:''' "Look I'm not going to make you anything else, so just eat it, OK?" }}

 

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