You Know What They Say About X...: Difference between revisions

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'''Car Insurance Agent:''' (sigh)... ''[[Genre Savvy|they have large penises?]]''<br />

'''Barats:''' [[Call Back|They're great drivers.]] [[Subverted Trope|Nice try though,]] ''[[Wrong Genre Savvy|pervert!]]''|'''[[Barats and Bereta]],''' "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtEp5yc-g3A&ob=av3e Auto Insurance]"}}

== Advertising ==

* In 2010 or so, the United States corn refiners' lobby was running an [http://www.sweetsurprise.com/ ad campaign promoting high-fructose corn syrup], including TV spots like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVsgXPt564Q this one]:

"That it's made from corn, has the same calories as sugar or honey, and is fine in moderation." }}

** In ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'', Angua and Carrot find a suspect has a collection of weapons catalogues, and Angua jokes "You know what they say about men who like big weapons." Carrot, who's not one for dirty jokes, asks what, and after she awkwardly admits "They're rather... small", he thinks she means "short" (like dwarfs, who are known for carrying big axes wherever they go). At least, that's what he ''says''. Angua has her doubts...

** ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'':

'''Senior Wrangler''': ''Yes,'' they say, 'look at him, he's got no hair.' }}

* [[Narnia]]: "Fauns will say anything, you know."

*** That line was given to Chekov while Uhura's other line was to be "Would you let your daughter marry one?" was cut altogether.

* In the ''Pee Wee's Playhouse'' episode The Cowboy and the Cowntess, Pee Wee notices Cowboy Curtis's boots are worn out and offers him his wish for the day so Jambi could give him a new pair of boots. Jambi asks what size and Curtis says something like 15 and then... [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]

* In ''[[Waking the Dead]],'' a character comments that the French are highly emotional. Boyd agrees and {{spoiler|glances at Stella as he does so. She's French. OK, British-born, brought up in France, but that's a discussion for elsewhere}}.

* ''[[NCIS]]''.

** From "My Other Left Foot":

'''Abby''': They're clowns! }}

** Another episode involved [[The Mafia]] characters, who happened to have stereotypical Italian names.

'''DiNozzo''': ''(miffed)'' I dunno probie, what ''do'' [[You Know I'm Black, Right?|you expect]]?<br />

'''McGee''': Uh... }}

* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'': Will had his "baby shoes" lacquered to give to his mother on Mother's Day. When he shows them to the others they turn out to be ''adult sneakers''. When they point this out...

'''Will''': ...they say "Damn, that guy has big feet!". }}

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' (also an example of [[Hypocritical Humor]]):

== Webcomics ==

* Subverted magnificently in [http://icomix.com/maze/comicpage/browse.php?index=717 this] ''[[Irritability]]'' strip.

'''Robot:''' Yes. I heard it on NPR. }}

* Played with in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050808 this strip] of the webcomic ''[[Girl Genius]]'', with the three Jaegerkin discussing their becoming actors. Once they figure out that the Heterodyne stories have not one but ''two'' leading men, Maxim and Ognian are relieved because they ''both'' can play a leading man. What's so hot about being a leading man? Why, you get to kiss the girls. (The following exchange translated from the faux German accent. It's a great accent but a little hard for the uninitiated to read.)

'''Dimo:''' Quiet, you idiots! If they find out how irresistible we are to the women, they'll never let us join! }}

** Immediately after this exchange, the actors decide they ''are'' worth keeping on - as clowns.

== Western Animation ==

* Slight variant in this exchange from ''[[Beast Wars]]'', after [[Big Bad]] Megatron has proposed a truce.

Of course, Optimus takes the truce, but he knows Megatron is up to something, and from there, things get interesting. }}

** Also, during Optimus' unintentional suicide run at the Planet Buster, Megatron comments on his plan with this:

The insult here being that all previous holders to the title of Optimus (such as Optimus Prime in G1) tend to jump on a whim into certain death to protect others and defeat a Megatron. }}

* In one episode of ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', Brain masquerades as an office worker, and a female co-worker comes on to him with the line, "You know what they say about men with big ears? They wear big earmuffs."