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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|''Magic, schmagic. Boooo!'' ~~{{quote\|Magic schmagic. Boooo!~~\|Rainbow Dash, from ''[[My Little Pony: ~~Friendship Is Magic\|My Little Pony~~ Friendship Is Magic]]''. Viewable [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}k8whn597qTY here.]}} A [[Stock Phrase]], or rather, a [[Stock Phrase]] Template. A character scornfully dismisses a warning or advice for restraint by repeating the word that represents the advice, then the same word with its beginning replaced with "schm-". "Safety, schmafety!" "Rules, schmules!" [[The Other Wiki]] tells us the actual name for this is [[wikipedia:Schm\|Shm-reduplication]] and it's, unsurprisingly, of [[Yiddish as a Second Language\|Yiddish]] origin. {{examples}}▼ ▲{{examples}} == [[Advertising]] == * All the kids want to play these these days is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZfNTKUQ8l4 Tetris, Schmetris!] Whatever happened to the unicycle? And the ~~BALL~~''ball''? == [[Film]] == * ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'': "Planet, schmanet, Janet!" == [[Live -Action TV]] == * ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' used this in at least one episode. There was a whole string of examples until somebody said, "Fraggles, schmaggles," which was apparently the most shocking thing any fraggle could ever say. * An episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' had JD claiming he could rhyme anything, but did so by repeating whatever the last person said and invoking this trope. Leading to this punchline to a [[Brick Joke]] when he annoys Lavern earlier in a scene; Line 20 ⟶ 21: * In the ''[[Married... with Children]]'' episode "The Joke's on Al", Officer Dan has Griff arrested on the counts of "indecent exposure, murder, cannibalism" as a practical joke. Later, a TV report is seen about his arrest: {{quote\|'''Announcer:''' This news bulletin just in: The Chicago Cannibal has been arraigned for over 100 murders. The cannibal, shown in this picture, says he's innocent, claiming there is no evidence. The D.A. responded by saying, "Evidence, schmevidence".}} * In the ''[[David Letterman]]'' Top Ten List of "Other O.J. Defense Rhymes" (on both the show and the book), Number one was "Evidence, Schevidence". == [[Music]] == * In [[Tom Lehrer]]'s song "Wernher von Braun": {{quote\|''Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown. Line 29 ⟶ 30: == [[Newspaper Comics]] == * There's a ''[[Far Side]]'' cartoon with several characters saying some variant of the phrase: "Neanderthals Schmeanderthals" (mammoths), "Indians Schmindians" (Custer), "Huns Schmuns" (castle guards), "Genghis Schmengis" (Chinese soldiers). The caption is "History Schmistory". * In ''[[Zits]]'', Connie reads an article about how the decision -making part of the brain isn't fully mature until the early 20s. She then says, "Science, schmience," as she decides to punish Jeremy. == [[This Very Wiki]] ==▼ * [[Convection, Schmonvection]]▼ * [[Strategy Schmategy]]▼ * [[Self-Demonstrating Article\|Word Schmord]]▼ == [[Web Original]] == Line 46 ⟶ 42: {{quote\|'''Bubs:''' Pictures with the Tragic Clown Dog ain't free! 50 bucks! 60 bucks! Get back here and let me confiscate your film! '''Coach Z:''' Chorsh, frorsh! ''[runs off with Pom Pom]'' }} ▲=== [[This Very Wiki]] === ▲* [[Convection, Schmonvection]] ▲* [[Strategy, Schmategy]] ▲* [[Self-Demonstrating Article\|Word, Schmord]] == [[Western Animation]] == Line 66: *** And later the same episode, "facts schmacts". * The ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Rainforest Schmainforest". * ''[[My Little Pony: ~~Friendship Is Magic\|My Little Pony~~ Friendship Is Magic]]'' does this every once in a while, especially Rainbow Dash seems to be fond of it. The page quote is even from Rainbow Dash. ** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E09 Bridle Gossip\|Bridle Gossip]] {{quote\|'''Twilight Sparkle''': Curses, Schmurses}} Line 77: == [[Real Life]] == * During a staff meeting of the Israeli government in 1955, Prime Minister [[David Ben Gurion]] responded to a comment about Israel owing its existence to the UN with the words "Um shmum",<ref>Or [[Spell My Name with an "S"\|um schmum, or oum shmoom, or oum shmoum, or...]]</ref>), UM being the acronym for the United Nations in Hebrew.<ref>The full name is roughly "haUmot haMaochadot".</ref> * In Portland, Oregon, there's a pizza chain called "Pizza Schmizza". It got its name when the founder's father told him, "Pizza schmizza — get a real job." ---- :''[[Shm-reduplication\|Stock Phrase, Schmock Phrase]]...'' {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Stock Phrases]] [[Category:Sublime Rhyme]] [[Category:~~Word,~~Trope ~~Schmord~~Names from Yiddish]]