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{{quote|''"Whoever wrote this episode SHOULD DIE!!"''|'''Gwen''', ''[[Galaxy Quest (Film)|Galaxy Quest]]''}}

Keep in mind that in order to qualify as true to this trope, it has to be [[LampshadeLampshading|lampshaded]] in the actual work -- iwork—i.e., one of the characters blurts it out. If it's the ''audience'' who's saying it, it's probably just ''actual'' bad writing.

When used in ''another'' work (usually a parody), often overlaps with a [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer]].

See also: [[Self -Deprecation]], [[Take That]], [[Who Would Want to Watch Us?]]. Often a symptom of [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]] - they—they're knocking the trope, but they're still ''using'' it...

* A variant from the [[Four Kids4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] dub of ''[[Kirby]] [[Kirby Right Back At Ya|Right Back At Ya!]]'', in an episode where [[Stealth Pun|Meta]] Knight is recording dialogue for a [[Show Within a Show]] produced by King Dedede:

{{quote| '''Meta Knight:''' Oh! It is Fire Dedede, our hero! ''(as an aside)'' ... I would ''never'' say that...}}

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', during a duel between Chazz and Adrian Gecko, Adrian retorts to Chazz's lame comebacks with "The sooner I beat you, the less bad dialogue I have to hear!"

** That whole episode had many a [[Shout -Out]] to ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series]]'', proving even [[Four Kids4Kids! Entertainment]] can be funny if they try. Unfortunately that seemed to have been the only time they did that.

* HOLY agent [[Gratuitous English|Mad Script (okay, "Sprict", but come on)]] from ''[[S-Cry-ed]]'' had the ability to [[Rewriting Reality|forcibly rewrite]] [[More Than Mind Control|someone's perception]], so long as everyone around them follows his script. Unfortunately, he's a little too in love with his own maudlin "genius", so when he tries to rewrite rogue Alter [[Anti -Hero|Kazuma]] into joining HOLY, his "players" are often shown complaining to him about their parts... [[Shattering the Illusion|including, inevitably, Kazuma]].

* [[Power Girl]] never quite gets out the actual line, but when Vartox reveals that he has come to Earth because his planet is dying and [[Only You Can Repopulate My Race|he needs her help to repopulate the species]] she finds the entire story completely ridiculous.

* Done '''literally''' in the final issue of [[Grant Morrison (Creator)|Grant Morrison]]'s run on ''[[Animal Man (Comic Book)|Animal Man]]'', when Animal Man ''meets'' [[Author Avatar|Grant Morrison]].

* During her [[Meta Guy|"meta" phase]], [[She -Hulk]] would often despair at the crap she was forced to act out.

== [[Fan Works]] ==

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series]]'' and Megami33's ''[[Sailor Moon Abridged]]'' like to take [[Macekre|Macekreed]]ed lines and say them ''as they are written'', wholesale or paraphrased. You see [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|disclaimers]] that this is the case.

{{quote| "In a few hours the sun will rise!" -- Tristan}}

{{quote| ''(actual dialogue in the English dub)''<br />

'''Raye:''' That Serena isn't a Sailor Scout. She's a ''failure'' scout!<br />

''(end of actual dialogue)''<br />

* There was one in ''[[Avatar: theThe Abridged Series]]'' too, just after Aang get pwned by Jet: "Okay, seriously, ''what the crap''? Who ''wrote'' this episode?"

* ''[[Ranma Abridged|Ranma 1/2½: The Abridged Chronicles]]'' did this with Kunō as well, although only those who watched the original dub would be able to recognize it.

{{quote| '''Kunō:''' And so it falls out that we have we prize not to the worth whilst we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, why then we wrack the value, then we find the virtue that possession would not show us whilst it was ours.<br />

'''Ranma:''' What the f*** does that mean?<br />

** That one is actually a quote from Shakespeare, ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''. Slightly misquoted, but it's at least partially understandable as the westernWestern version of the classical Japanese poetry Kunō would likely be spouting.

* ''[[Jojos Bizarre Adventure Abridged|JojoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure Abridged]]'': "What's zat? You say I can beat your bum?"

* ''[[Re BootReBoot the Abridged Series]]'':

{{quote| '''Bob:''' No-one knows for sure... oh you know what, screw it, I hate this stupid line.}}

{{quote| '''Nimdok:''' Who wrote this crap?<br />

* In athe ''[[Harry Potter]]'' [[Fan Fiction]]fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2254006/1/ Made With Our Love]'', the author mocks several fanfic sub-genres/tropes {{spoiler|most notably [[Foe Yay]] and M-Preg}} through Harry doing something that has become something of a clichecliché within those sub-genres. In the twist ending, {{spoiler|it turns out he'd done it as a dare, and}} Harry admits that he'd gotten his idea for it from "some piece of crap on the internet."

* In the fanfic ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120407030033/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6320139/5/Ed_Edd_n_Eddy_The_High_School_Years Ed, Edd N Eddy: The High School Years]'', this is done subtly in chapter 4 by Kevin and then in chapter 5 by Eddy in references of the budding relationships of Rolf and Marie and of Ed and Edd.

{{quote| '''James Earl Jones:''' ''(introducing the Carnival of the Animals)'' Here the sensitive strains of impressionistic music combine with the subtle artistry of the animator to finally answer that age-old question: What is man's relationship to nature? ''(is handed a note)'' Oh, sorry... that age-old question: What would happen if you gave a yo-yo to a flock of flamingos? ''([[Beat Panel|beat]], turns to look off-camera)'' Who wrote this?}}

*** *deep breath*

* In ''[[Atlantis: theThe Lost Empire]],'' Ms. Packard complains about one of the bad jokes on the intercom announcements:

{{quote| "Attention. Tonight's supper will be baked beans. Musical program to follow... Who wrote this?"}}

{{quote| '''Nick Rivers:''' Listen to me Hillary. I'm not the first guy who fell in love with a woman that he met at a restaurant who turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist only to lose her to her childhood lover who she last saw on a deserted island who then turned out fifteen years later to be the leader of the French underground.<br />

'''Hillary Flammond:''' I know. It all sounds like some bad movie.<br />

* ''[[My Name Is Bruce]]'' starring [[Captain Obvious|Bruce]]... [[Bruce Campbell|Campbell]], to [[Adam Westing|self-deprecating effect]] has a kid coming to the drunken "[[Small Name, Big Ego|star]]" and extolling his need for help and explaining what is effectively the movie's plot. Bruce takes it as an indie film pitch, tells him to keep the budget under $500,000 and get one named actor, then gives himself an aside saying it's the [[Stupidest Thing IveI've Ever Heard|stupidest pitch he's ever heard]].

* ''[[Singin' in The Rain (Film)|Singin in Thethe Rain]]'': At the test screening of the [[Show Within a Show|movie within the movie]], when in a love scene the leading man makes a romantic speech consisting of saying "I love you" over and over again, one viewer sarcastically remarks, "Did somebody get paid for writing that dialogue?"

{{quote| "A meeting out of a silly ballad, Darkwind, I could [[Left the Background Music On|almost hear a harp a-playing]]."}}

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'': In the Episode ''The Crystal Skull'', the natives' chants at the end of the show are clearly ''Who wrote this? Who wrote this?'' repeated over and over again.

* In one of the ''[[MTV Movie Awards]]'', the cheesy writing in awards shows was mocked. Someone said a horrible banter line, and the presenter said, "Who writes this crap?" What followed was a pre-filmed sketch with David Cross pretending to be an awards show writer -- specificallywriter—specifically, a parody of actual awards show writer Bruce Vilanch. "I'm a patter writer! I write this crap!"

{{quote| '''Kelly:''' I'd like to spend a hundred years of solitude -- with you!<br />

* ''[[Law and& Order: Special Victims Unit]]'':

{{quote| '''Detective Odafin Tutuola:''' Damn, who thinks this stuff up?}}

* In ''[[Black AdderBlackadder]] III'', the actors hired to give Prince George elocution lessons look over Blackadder's speech, snort, giggle, then finally say "Who wrote this drivel?!" This slight, combined with his general hatred of actors, is what causes Blackadder to seriously consider resigning as George's butler. Of course, being [[Magnificent Bastard|Blackadder]], he ends up {{spoiler|having the actors ''wrongly executed for treason''}}.

* This trope is a recurring gag on ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]''.

** An episode parodying ''[[Robinson Crusoe (Literature)|Robinson Crusoe]]'' started with the Crusoe and Man Friday characters watching ''[[The Monkees]]'', and Friday saying "Who writes this stuff?'' Once the band arrived, he would repeat this frequently.

* ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]: Back to Earth'' has Rimmer reading what {{spoiler|the back of the DVD box}} says about him and exclaiming, "Neurotic? Neurotic?! I'm not neurotic! Who writes this stuff?!"

* Canadian TV writer/producer Greg Lawrence often made references to his own apparent lack of writing skill in his shows ''[[Kevin Spencer]]'' and ''Butch Patterson: Private Dick''. As just one example:

{{quote| '''Female client:''' I can't believe you came all this way just to make a stupid sex joke.<br />

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' took potshots at some of its less well-written episodes in "The Monster at the End of this Book", wherein the author of the ''Supernatural'' book series, really a prophet, apologizes to the main characters for having forced them to live "bad writing".

** They also took potshots at [[Roland Emmerich]]--writer—writer of the original ''[[Stargate (Filmfilm)|Stargate]]'' film--byfilm—by mocking his newer movies on the show.

** ''[[Stargate: Continuum]]'' has a line that's actually not [[Played for Laughs]]. As Daniel, Sam, and Mitchel are trying to explain to the incredulous [[Alternate Universe|alternate Air Force]] about the Stargate Program they get increasingly frustrated, causing Daniel to yell "Seriously, who would make this shit up?!"

* ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]'' had a quick mention, too, in ''Doppelganger'':

{{quote| '''Sheppard:''' I don't know. It's almost as if somebody in a warm, cosy room typing onto their computer sent us here for their own amusement.}}

** But Mulder wasn't referring to the writing of the episode, he was referring to the writer of the comic in which the monster was featured.

{{quote| '''Waiter:''' Fine, sir, he said in between clenched teeth knowing full well it was a most unrewarding part.<br />

* A potential example occurred in the fifth season finale of ''[[Lost]]'': after leading the Others to the statue where {{spoiler|Jacob}} lives, Richard suddenly claims that only Locke (the leader) can speak to {{spoiler|Jacob}} when Locke asks if both he and Ben can go inside. Locke angrily accuses Richard of simply making things up as he goes along. This is likely a reference to one of ''Lost''{{'}}s most famous criticisms in popular culture; the idea that (especially during earlier seasons) the writers had no long-term gameplan and made things up with no intention of resolving them.

** Although this has a slightly different meaning when you find out later that {{spoiler|this Locke is actually the Anti-Jacob and therefore already knows all the rules, meaning that Richard *''did*'' make this up.}}

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''

** The episode "Normal Again" had several lines of this nature during the [[Cuckoo Nest]] scenario -- suchscenario—such as the psychologist saying that Dawn's existence created "inconsistencies," and commenting almost snidely that Buffy went from fighting a god to a bunch of losers from high school.

** In the episode ''"Shadow''", Glory comments on the writing of a magic spell she's performing: "Dark incantations. Always overwritten."

** In "Tabula Rasa", after everyone loses their memories, Buffy has to tell Spike that he's a vampire and they're both pretty confused that he seems to be one of the good guys. This leads to a playful [[Take That]] to both [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]] and [[Angel]] and a [[Shout -Out]] to the latter, including the catchphrase for "Angel Investigations."

{{quote| '''Spike''': I must be a noble vampire, a good guy on a mission of redemption. I help the helpless. I'm a vampire with a soul.<br />

* The episode "Worst Case Scenario" of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' featured a holodeck program written by Tuvok called "Insurrection Alpha," a tactical training scenario that the characters mistook for a holonovel. At one point, Paris was playing the program and ended up being trapped in the brig with a holographic Tuvok. He wanted to stage an escape attempt, as opposed to "just doing nothing." Tuvok replied that they were hardly doing nothing, but rather observing their captors for weaknesses and that they should keep doing so, even if it took a week for them to figure something out. At which point, Paris commented "A week? Who wrote this stuff?"

{{quote| '''Mike:''' Hey, look, you wrote this crap!}}

* A variation in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'': "...clothes designed by a first year fashion student..."

* ''[[Frankie Howerd]]'' practically made his career out of breaking the fourth wall, and many of his quips were about the bad writing, or that he knew that joke wouldn't work, or that the writers gave all the best lines to others.

== Pro[[Professional Wrestling]] ==

{{quote| "[[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|Who. Is Booking. This CRAP?]] The Rock against Billy Gunn. The Rock against Gangrel. I mean, next week The Rock will be laying the smack down on the Brooklyn Brawler, for Chrissakes!"}}

== [[Puppet Shows]] ==

{{quote| '''Miss Piggy:''' Whoever wrote this should be shot!}}

{{quote| '''Floyd''': If I didn't know I was a genius, even ''I'' wouldn't listen to the garbage I write!}}

{{quote| '''Sam's Dancing Partner''': What's the difference between immoral and illegal?<br />

{{quote| ''"I've got cabin fever, I think I lost my grip!"''<br />

{{quote| '''Announcer:''' Ugh, who wrote this?<br />

{{quote| "Romero, Romero, wherefore ark thong, Romero?"<br />

{{quote| "Ting-tong-billy-bong! I would like it known that though I read this stuff, I don't write it. Ftang!"}}

{{quote| '''John:''' ...Who writes this rubbish?<br />

'''Barry:''' ''We'' do.<br />

== [[Theater]] ==

* [[Show Within a Show]] example: In the musical ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]'', Stine finds out that his secretary has been helping with the [[Executive Meddling]] on the script to his [[Film Noir]]:

{{quote| '''Stine:''' ''(reading from the script)'' "Wild, bloodshot private eyes?" That's atrocious! Am I supposed to run up and down the aisles in every movie house in the country and say I didn't write that?<br />

'''Donna:''' I thought it was clever, to be honest.<br />

'''Stine:''' ''(realizing)'' It's yours. It's your line.<br />

'''Donna:''' I tried to make it sound like you.<br />

* [[The Flying Karamazov Brothers]]' adaptation of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' starts off with this after it'sits opening [[Mr. Exposition]] sets things up.

{{quote| "Ding-dong, I wouldn't believe this story if they played it on the stage!"}}

{{quote| "Who writes these ghastly code phrases anyway?"<br />

* At the end of the dating sim parody in ''[[Super Paper Mario (Video Game)|Super Paper Mario]]'', no matter which responses are chosen, Peach will say a variation on this. "Hey! Who's picking these responses for me, anyway?!"

{{quote| "My flaming fists of fury will destroy you fiend! Ha ha ha...God, who writes this stuff!?"}}

* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in ''[[Ratchet: Deadlocked]]'', since Dallas, the commentator in question, is...[[Too Dumb to Live|not quite the smartest person in the game]]. Even ''he'' can spot the key bad writing:

{{quote| "Too bad the shields took a direct hit... too bad I said 'Bingo-bango', who writes this junk?!?"}}

** Also happens during the Captain Qwark mini-games during ''[[Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal]]''. The narrator in the opening and closing bits voices his disbelief of Qwark's supposed adventures. Didn't help that Qwark wrote the scripts.

** You sure it wasn't [[Kara no Kyoukai (Literature):|Kokutou Azaka]]?

* One of the outtakes in the end credits of ''[[Age of Mythology (Video Game)|Age of Mythology]]'' has Athena's voice actor wondering this about some of her lines.

{{quote| Alas, you have died,<br />

You'll be buried at sea,<br />

To restart the game.<br />

JUST PRESS ANY KEY! <br />

* The first level of ''[[Emo Game]]'' has a boss battle against [[Creed]]. Before the fight, Scott Stapp explains that he and his band were literally formed from the shit of [[Pearl Jam (Music)|Eddie Vedder]], at which the player character remarks that at least they know they suck. Then Scott elaborates, saying that they have held onto that shit and used it to build an attack helicopter, and now they must kill you because you know their secret. Your response is "God, this plot is getting worse and worse."

{{quote| '''Text Box:''' Captain Smiley is used to grabbing poles to make progress.<br />

'''Smiley:''' I'm "[[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms|used to grabbing poles]]"? Who writes this stuff?!<br />

* One of Eggman's PA announcements in ''[[Sonic Colors (Video Game)|Sonic Colors]]'' has one too many "ocean" puns for his taste, leading him to wonder "who writes this drivel?". [[To Make a Long Story Short|As it turns out]], ''[[Hypocritical Humor|he]]'' [[Absent -Minded Professor|does]]!

* From ''[[Outlaw Golf]] 2'', this was one of [[Insomniac Withwith Dave Attell (TV)|Dave Attell's]] quips.

{{quote| "That ball is really moving! Is there a urologist in the house? [[Don't Explain the Joke|I guess they work well with fast-moving balls]]...whadda...who writes this?!"}}

== [[Web ComicsOriginal]] ==

{{quote| '''Foamy:''' That's it. I'm leaving. [[Self Deprecating Humor|This is the worst cartoon ever made]]. Scripts about jiggly asses don't cut it with me, alright? Who writes this crap? I want names. Give me names.}}

* In episode 7 of ''[[Four Swords Misadventures|4 Swords Misadventures]]'', during the "obligatory filler time", Purple Link exclaims this after Green Ljnk does the ant speech from ''[[Naruto]]''.

* [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] and combined with [[Self -Deprecation]] in [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony's]] review of Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge.

{{quote| '''Linkara:''' I am...[[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Heinous?|the beekeeper!]]<br />

* In his Virus review, the [[Joueur Du Grenier]] (Basically [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s French equivalent) had this reaction after saying a cringe-inducingly lame pun about evil in a fake movie trailer for Virus 2.

* [[Newgrounds]]' ''Legend of Pokémon'' had this; when Gary sees the ship, he says, "Who the fuck wrote this shit?"

{{quote| '''Character B:''' This scene is complete rubbish! Why would anyone want to watch this?<br />

{{quote| '''Foghorn Leghorn:''' ''(shoving Plucky out of the classroom)'' Phew! That duck spits more words than a dictionary in a garbage disposal!<br />

'''Buster Bunny:''' Uh, speaking of garbage...<br />

'''Babs Bunny:''' What?<br />

'''Buster Bunny:''' Who wrote today's script?<br />

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':

{{quote| '''Krusty:''' Well, here we are. Star of ''[[The Blue Lagoon]]'' and me: The blue-haired goon! What the...? It's terrible! [...] First of all, my hair is green, not blue! I've got nothing to work with here! Nothing!}}

{{quote| '''Krusty:''' (Back on the air, smoking a cigarette) Ehh... I could pull a better cartoon out of my a... (turns to the camera and notices he's back on the air and immediately stops himself and tosses away the cigarette) ...ahhehehahahaha! (runs to them) Hey, whoa! Wasn't that great, kids?!}}

{{quote| '''Krusty:''' Come on people, lighten up! It's a comedy! ''(reads script)'' Woah, who wrote this crap? Wait, I got one -- how do you make a King Lear? Put the Queen in a bikini! Hey, tough crowd -- they're booing ''Shakespeare''!}}

{{quote| '''Krusty:''' No more Rice Krispies, we are out of Rice Krispies. What, don't blame me, I didn't write this crap.}}

{{quote| '''Burns:''' "Thank you all so much. I love Springfield, from the cuddliest infant, to--" ''(grimaces and rifles through the rest of the speech)'' "Puppies"? ... "''Patriotism''"? ... "''Bluebirds''"?! ... Pffft! I'm not reading this drivel! This speech is over!}}

* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'' did this at least twice with Grim/Billy saying something about what kind of moron wrote the script for the episode of the day, usually cutting away to a drooling baby or a monkey wearing a diaper with a laptop.

{{quote| '''Wolf:''' ''(after drinking a [[Gargle Blaster]])'' This stuff's been cut!<br />

'''Droopy:''' Well what do you want for ten cents, ''gasoline''?<br />

* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'s Cliptastic Countdown'': Major Monogram asks who is writing their lines. Carl the intern responds "Agent M!". Cut to a monkey in a fedora at a typewriter. Dr. Doofenshmirtz then rants about how [[What Are Records?|none of the kids watching this show are going to know what a typewriter is.]]

* This happens in ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'' during the Gobbowl story arc, when Yugo, Amalia and Eva are entering the match. The rather excitable sport announcer is handled sheets with their descriptions, finds them too bland and comments "Who wrote this? That's lame!" before going into wild improvisation.

{{quote| '''Peggy:''' Lenny, don't drunk so much!<br />

'''Hank:''' Okay, George you have some, you have some too.<br />

* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' has one where Helga reads some of her Arnold-centered poetry to see whether an "out-of-love potion" she took has stopped her from being obsessed with him:

{{quote| '''Helga:''' "Oh, orzo-shaped Prometheus, wandering dim hallways of my..." What ''is'' this ''crap?!''}}

* Somewhat referred to in the ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' theme song... "''The writers flipped, we have no script / why bother to rehearse?''"

* In ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'', the <s>fictional</s> metafictional character [[The Cape (trope)|The Crimson Chin]] is repeatedly brought to life. On one occasion he asks Timmy who writes his comics.

{{quote| '''Timmy:''' Some forty-year-old who lives with his mom.<br />

'''Crimson Chin:''' Any money in it?<br />

'''Timmy:''' ''([[Medium Awareness|indicates own speech bubble in previous panel]])'' [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|Lives. With. His. Mom.]] }}

* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'': In "Brother, Can You Spare An Ed?", after Edd goes on a dramatic, guilt-ridden monologue about Eddy convincing Ed to buy jawbreakers with Sarah's money (instead of fudge, like she asked), Eddy responds with "Who writes this guy's stuff?"

* ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'': As listed on the [[Who Writes This Crap?/Quotes|quote page]], Dr. Robotnik demands to imprison the cartoonist who made fun of him in his comic book.

* On ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'', we ''know'' Fry writes this crap. ([[Rouge Angles of Satin|"I am the greetest. Now I will leave Earth for no raisin!]]") But there's also this, as part of his opera that was crashed by the Robot Devil:

{{quote| '''Farnsworth:''' I can't believe the devil would be so unforgiving.<br />

{{quote| '''Robot Devil''': This play is as lousy as it is brilliant! You can't just have your actors announce how they feel. [[Hypocritical Humor|That makes me]][[That Makes Me Feel Angry|feel angry!]]}}

* In ''[[Recess (Animation)|Recess]]'', King Bob reminisces about his days as the Prankster Prince. One of these pranks had this:

{{quote| '''Principal Prickly:''' ''(via P.A.)'' ...And don't forget to tell your parents that Principal Prickly is a big fat... HEY! Who wrote this in the morning announcements?! Mrs. Lemon!!!<br />

{{quote| '''Piggy:''' I don't know who's writing this, but give them a big bonus!}}

* Invoked word for word in ''[[The Dating Guy]]'' by Sam in the ''[[Twenty Four24]]'' parody. She's then relabeled from "The Girl" to "The Bitch".

{{quote| '''Sam:''' Harsh, but fair.}}

{{quote| '''Mickey:''' He may be the richest duck in the world but he's turning the "House of Mouse" into the "House of Baby Chicks".<br />

'''Horace:''' Huh?<br />

'''Mickey:''' You know. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Cheap-cheap.]]<br />

{{quote| '''Daffy''': Oh brother! 51st and a half anniversary... Who writes this slop?! Ech! "Happy birthday, old chum, old pal, old buddy." They next thing you know, [[Donald Duck|they'll stick me with three snot-nosed nephews!]] I wouldn't put it past them! It's just... ugh! Warner Brothers doesn't have an original bone in its...}}

* ''[[Taz -Mania]]'': Francis X. Bushlad gets an epic one in one episode, berating the writers for the [[All Just a Dream]] ending and pointing out the unfired [[Chekhov's Gun]] of the 16 ton weight that had been dangling over the characters' heads for most the episode. [[Tempting Fate|This proves unwise]].

== [[Real Life]] ==

* Reportedly the father of Werner Klemperer (a.k.a. [[Hogan's Heroes|Colonel Klink]]) read the script of the first episode and said to his son "Your work is good... but who is the author of this material?".

* A famous example of 'celebrities at their worst' is an [[MP 3MP3]], originating from the BBC's Classic ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' site no less, of Tom Baker recording a commercial for a company named Symphony Furniture. The seven-minute recording features Tom berating the other poor individuals in the studio without mercy, saying (among other hilarious quips) that the commercial should've been marketed as a sleep aid, read like a translation from early Serbo-Croat (or "fucking Albanian"), seemed to have been written by a "fucking infant teacher," and was powerful enough in its sheer emotion to give him an erection.

{{quote| '''Wells''': Because it's full of--of--of things that are only correct because they're grammatical, but they're tough on the ear. You see, this is a very wearying one, it's unpleasant to read. Unrewarding.}}

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