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[[Truth in Television]], naturally.

 

* ''[[GetBackers]]'' episode "The Animal Transformation of the Beastmaster"

* [[Meta Guy|Chisame Hasegawa]] tends to utter this in some form or other in [[Mahou Sensei Negima]].

* Kyon from ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', at least in the dub.

* ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'': during the Tachicomatic Days section of episode 3 of Stand Alone Complex, the Tachicoma utters this when it looks up to see a huge tank about to land on it.

* Ryuuji in the Festival Arc of ''[[Toradora!]]'', when {{spoiler|he finds out Taiga's father won't be coming to see her in any of the school's activities.}}

 

* In ''[[Final Crisis|Legion of Three Worlds]]'', this is Superboy-Prime's reaction upon discovering the 31st Century's Superman Museum.

* People have often said this about ''[[The Punisher]]''. He himself has said it only twice in [[Garth Ennis]]' run:

([[Gross Up Close-Up]] of Pittsy's shotgunned face) }}

''...was the thought that came to mind.'' }}

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Adventures in Babysitting]]''

* ''[[Megamind]]''

* ''[[Child's Play (film)|Bride of Chucky]]''

* ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]''

* ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]'': Also doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] in an otherwise horrific scene, in which {{spoiler|the Thing-mimic of Norris detaches its head}}..

* In ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]: Texas Blood Money'' Robert Patrick managed to cram even more profanity into the phrase when a ''total eclipse of the sun'' makes containment of vampires in a bank during the day impossible.

* ''[[Bon Cop, Bad Cop]]'' uses it as {{spoiler|the villain's [[Famous Last Words]].}}

== [[Literature]] ==

* In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Expanded Universe]] book ''[[New Jedi Order|Enemy Lines 2: Rebel Stand]]'', Han and Leia are trapped in prison, awaiting what looks to be their final meal before they're shipped off-system to [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|the Yuuzhan Vong]]. Instead of breakfast, Han's blaster, Leia's lightsaber, and an assortment of other useful items pour through the food tray slot courtesy of a complex plan by R2-D2, and the obligatory line is Han's reaction.

* ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Goblet of Fire'', when Dumbledore announces that the Triwizard Tournament is being held at Hogwarts.

'''McGonagall:''' *clears throat* }}

 

* ''[[The Office]]'': Kevin reacts this way to Jim's declaration that he's single and Pam saying that they're "good friends" at the start of season 4. {{spoiler|He's right.}}

* On ''[[Monster Garage]]'', a variation ("You've gotta be kidding me!") was used almost [[Once an Episode]] by The Big Schwag during the final challenge.

* ''[[Wire in The Blood]]'' (TV special): Dr. Tony Hill literally says this when set up and busted for possession of cocaine in his car (after he has pried around too much for the Texas locals). Unusually, ''everyone else'', including the cops, also acknowledges how ridiculous the charge is, but they go through with the drop-charges-if-you-buzz-off-now spiel nevertheless.

* ''[[Burn Notice]]'', 5x10, when a duped bad guy sees Michael, out of cover and alive.

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

* This ended being the response at any [[Royal Rumble]] matches since knowing what order the wrestler would come or any surprise entrant is pretty much the guess of anyone.

* When someone steals a finisher of another wrestler, this ends up being the response from watching including the wrestler whose move is done by another.

* Raw, March 31, 2014, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CblaVpAf7J4 AJ] and [[Jerry Lawler]] had this reaction when Naomi got tossed outside of the ring. Normally, in a lumberjack match, the other wrestlers that surround the ring have to toss another wrestler back, like how lumberjack handled feuds. When AJ notices the other divas leaving Naomi, she tossed Naomi back only for Natalya and Emma going after her.

** When AJ is tossed out of the ring and heads to the announcer table and Tamina goes to protect her, Rosa Mendes decides there’s one way to handle the matter… [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]], prompting this response by JBL, Michel Cole, and Jerry Lawyer.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Blood]] 2: The Chosen'':

'''Caleb:''' You've gotta be kidding. }}

** Caleb utters the line again at the beginning of the second chapter, when Gideon once again crashes the subway train Caleb was riding on into another one.

*** "{{spoiler|Core Transfer}}? Oh, you are kidding me."

* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'': Lightning summoning Odin for the first time cues the following quote just before he tries to bisect [[Tagalong Kid|Hope]]. Bonus points for snarking her sudden role as the [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]] after they were separated from Sazh and Vanille prior to the summoning.

* Variations happen twice in ''[[Modern Warfare]]''. First, when Gaz hears that [[The Squad]]'s extraction point has just become compromised and they have to fight through a virtual army downhill to the secondary one ''before the chopper leaves without them'', he lets out the anguished: "Oh, he's gotta be taking the piss!" A few levels later, Price, Soap, and Griggs fight their way to the final bunker door [[Race Against the Clock|under extreme time pressure]] and the door begins to open veeeeerryyyy slooowlyyy. Griggs: "Oh, you gotta be shittin' me!" Cue [[Deadpan Snarker|snarks]] from Price and Gaz on the comms. In ''Black Ops'' Hudson says the quote verbatim when told the only way to escape a pursing Spetznaz hit-squad that wants him, his partner and their prisoner dead is to jump off the roof of the building they're all standing on.

* Shepard utters this exact line in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'''s Overlord DLC when the huge satellite dish they just disabled starts collapsing. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|While they're still standing on it]].

* The ''[[Uncharted]]'' series uses this at least once per scene. Often said by rogueish protagonist Nathan Drake as he suddenly finds himself face-to-face with a tank, or a helicopter, or a slimy zombie-like thing, or a dude with a humongous gun. Or even just another wall that must be scaled.

* Zidane of ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' says this almost word-for-word when the Armodullahan appears out of nowhere in an enclosed space. To his credit, he does start running ''before'' saying the line.

* Both AWACS Thunderhead and one of the allied tanks in ''[[Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War]]'' have this reaction in the "Desert Lightning" mission, after the enemy manages to sneak a ''battleship'' into the river near their fallen airfield.

* [[Tsundere|Sheena]] in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' is very fond of this line when she gets flustered, such as if Lloyd catches her playing with children and Luin and comments [[Capulet Counterpart|how cute this makes her look]].

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* This is Ginger's reaction in ''[[Collar 6]]'' when {{spoiler|Linda Knight}} shows up as her "training partner".

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* The phrase is stated by Charlie in [[Charlie the Unicorn]] 2, when he finds out the journey to save the world from 1000 years of darkness was actually a trap to steal his television.

* The ''[[How It Should Have Ended]]'' version of [[Sherlock Holmes a Game of Shadows]] has Moriarty [[Crowning Moment of Funny|utter this phrase]] when [[Iron Man]] [[It Makes Sense in Context|shoots a tank missile at him]]. Made funnier if you've seen their version of [[Self-Referential Humor|Iron Man]]. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poDaiYKJFlo here].

''[[Stuff Blowing Up|*Balcony explodes*]]''. }}

* Yami in [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]] in episode 30, "Sore", when his opponent appears to be none other than [[Saw|Jigsaw]].

** [[Let's Play]]/Chorocojo had a similar reaction after finally managing to catch a Weezing in ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Crystal]]'', wasting a ton of Ultra Balls on it before finally catching it with a Great Ball (made funnier considering Great Balls had literally ''never'' worked before that point).

* In ''[[The Mercury Men]]'', words to this effect are said by Edward on several occasions.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** This isn't the only moment he drops this - he says it quite often when he runs into trouble. For example, he even dropped it at least once in the Fast Forward episode "Home Invasion" when a machine that brushes his teeth and puts shaving cream on his face came to life where he thought he could get the privacy to read a newspaper.

* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] has Nightmare Moon utter [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSxD7ANFONM "You're kidding. You're kidding, right?"] when Twilight gives the [[Furry Reminder|do-you-want-a-piece-of-me ground kick]]

* In [[Kim Possible|"A Sitch in Time"]], Kim is incredulous when Shego summons Dr. Drakken to fight her. This leads to [[The Reveal]] that Drakken is now [[Future Badass|a mass of muscle]].

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

* Notably, the unofficial catchphrase for [[Wild Weasel]] crews was "YGBSM", for "You Gotta Be Shittin' Me". To clarify, the Wild Weasels were Vietnam-era USAF fighter aircraft whose job was to act as bait for North Vietnamese air defenses, in hopes of [[High-Speed Missile Dodge|drawing their fire]], [[Dodge the Bullet|evading it]], and then [[Death From Above|destroying the antiair site]]. The phrase was supposedly coined as

** This is, by the way, ''still'' US Air Force doctrine when they cannot locate the SAM or AAA site through other means. It's called SEAD duty (Suppression of Enemy Air Defense), and pilots are typically ''not'' happy to draw the short straw on it.

*** The original [[Catch-22]] revolved around this: any airman who tries to get out of flying dangerous bombing missions by claiming insanity is clearly sane enough to fly them, because he's trying to avoid doing so.

 

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