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* ''[[The Colbert Report]]'':
{{quote|'''[[Stephen Colbert]]''': You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! But I've got oven mitts.}}
* The [[MTV]] Movie Awards one year had a sketch with the cast of ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' in a ''Brady''-themed version of the scene (with Florence Henderson-as-[[Jack Nicholson]]-as-Carol Brady on the stand)
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. In the ''[[Red Zone Cuba]]'' episode, at one point a general is shown perusing a paper and then setting it down. This prompted Mike to chime in: "''I'' can't handle the truth!"
* In the ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' follow-up series, ''Drew Carey's Green Screen Show'', Colin says the above Tooth Fairy line while talking about some toothless lions. [[Makes Sense in Context|Long story]].
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'''Judge''': I want the truth!
'''Martha Stewart''': You can't ''handle'' the truth! Because deep down in places you don't talk about, before the dinner party begins, you use words like centrepiece, garnish, decanting. I use these words as the backbone of a life spent turning me into a billionaire! }}
* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'':
{{quote|'''Liz Lemon''': You want the truth?
'''Kenneth''': I can't handle the truth. }}
* ''[[Farscape,]]'', in episode "Thanks for Sharing," while being questioned, Crichton responds to "I want the truth" with "You can't handle..." but doesn't finish.
* ''[[Community]]'': One of Pierce's suggestions for ending verbal marketing presentations is by quoting Nicholson films. His is "You can't handle a moist towelette!".