History Main / AuthorCatchphrase

* When Creator/RASalvatore writes combat scenes, any impact "blasts" the target, especially evident when WUlfgar was throwing his magic hammer.

* If you're reading a book by Dan Simmons, especially ''[[Literature/HyperionCantos Hyperion]]'' expect to hear something described as Lapis Lazuli.

* Also, in several of the books his characters tend to "salute ''smartly''", usually while holding something with their saluting paws.

* He doesn't use it as much as he once did, but there was a time Cyber Commander (writer of "FanFic/YuGiOhTheThousandYearDoor" and the "{{FanFic/Shadowchasers}}" series) could ''not'' get five paragraphs without someone shouting "What? No!" He was also addicted to having his heroes call his villains "cowards" in lieu of any other insult.

** He also often uses ironclad grammatical accuracy in places where it's not appropriate, such as having Pat Bartlett say "an U.F.O." (most English speakers would say "''a'' U.F.O."), or Tom Fries's urging his niece Podkayne to use his "handky".

* Whenever anyone in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' cedes an argument, they'll almost inevitably acknowledge that the other person has a point by simply saying the word, "Point." (See above under TimothyZahn.)

* ''Literature/TheBible''. Isaiah refers to {{God}} as "The Holy One of Israel" numerous times. This phrase is rarely if ever used outside of Isaiah.

* Ville Valo of the Finnish love metal band HIM seems to have a fixation on the words "baby" and "darling", and will put these two words into his lyrics whenever possible. Same goes for "six six six".

* Hymn writers do this frequently, and not just because of common subject matter; for example, [[http://nethymnal.org/bio/c/r/o/crosby_fj.htm Fanny Crosby]] (1820-1915) seemed to have a particular thing for vineyards, especially "The Vineyard". In her defence, she wrote [[OverNineThousand over 8,000]] religious poems, so some repetition is inevitable.

** Whenever he wants a male character to give a speech/lecture/lesson to a group of people, he will always address his audience as "My friends..." (Examples, Robert Langdon from ''TheDaVinciCode'', Senator Sexton from ''Literature/DeceptionPoint''.)

* DavidDrake's characters often refer to "wogs". However, it is only in settings where [[ValuesDissonance it is clear the characters actually are somewhat bigoted]]. In the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'', for example, he snuck it in in the last book.

** He always starts fights by having Gotrek "Run his thumb along his axe until it drew blood." Considering the nature of his axe (one of the most powerful rune weapons in the world, originally thought (and made out to be) one of the two belonging to a Dwarf ''god!''), it's a wonder Gotrek has any thumb left. Of course, it's because he's just that BadAss.

* Ruben Fleischer has directed [[Film/{{Zombieland}} two]] [[ThirtyMinutesOrLess films]] with Jesse Eisenberg in them; in both Eisenberg's character makes a TakeThat at {{Facebook}}. [[Film/TheSocialNetwork Guess what other movie Eisenberg was in?]]

** One of Schulz's idiosyncrasies is that he puts nicknames (other than those that are variants of a given name) into inverted commas - thus it is not "Peppermint Patty" but "'Peppermint' Patty". This even applies to Snoopy's biplane: "Here's the World War I flying ace in his Sopwith 'Camel' zooming through the air..."

-->'''Character A''': Tell me this thing that you are keeping secret from me!
-->'''Character B''': I'll tell you, but you won't like it.
-->'''Character A''': Tell me anyway!
-->'''Narrator''': B told A. A didn't like it.

* DaveBarry really likes to write "I am not making this up", "This really happened", or "I am not making up this _______" after something that is strange but true. He uses a lot of hyperbole, so this explains that, no, he is not exaggerating for comedic effect.

* If DavidMitchell is around, you'll probably hear the word "massive" used with peculiar emphasis... not necessarily by him.

** Across his writing and TV commentary, he describes people by making unflattering comparisons, and there are a number of adjectives he returns to time and again, including "haunted" (describing UsefulNotes/GordonBrown as a "haunted grandfather clock", a pair of ''Series/TheXFactor'' contestants as "haunted porcelain dolls", etc.) and "dented" (describing [[BigBrother Jade Goody's]] mother as "[[Series/EastEnders Dot Cotton]] reflected in the side of a dented kettle", [[SelfDeprecation himself]] as having a face "like a rucksack full of dented bells", etc.).

* {{Kamelot}} lyrics seem to like to use carmine wherever a word meaning a shade of red needs to be used.
* BritneySpears: Known to use "Baby" and "Crazy" to the extent special videos have been made about her habit of using these words.

* Australian IdolSinger CodySimpson likes to start his songs with the ad-lib, "I like this right here".
* MileyCyrus and "something special", either as herself or ''HannahMontana''. "Life (is) what you make it" often appears, too.

* RogerWaters frequently mentions "the stone", [[Music/TheWall walls]], [[Music/{{Animals}} pigs, dogs and sheep]], "recourse to the law", "pie in the sky", "Donald Duck light", "crazy", and using "babe"/"ooh babe" as an affectionate name for a female (usually in character) (or as the mother in ''TheWall'' to Pink).

* LanaDelRey really loves going downtown, red lipstick, red dress, being a beauty queen and vintage all-American references such as: James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Lolita and Coney Island.

* Stan Lee-style old-school MarvelComics

* Furman's predecessor in the MarvelComics [[ComicBook/TheTransformers Transformers]] series, Bob Budiansky (the person primarily responsible for the Transformers universe and its characters, actually) had several tendencies of his own:

* Creator/ChrisClaremont. Many of his ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' plots are to a certain extent strings of mind control and transformation tropes linked to mutant wangst and peppered liberally with catchphrases--and there are lots, even excluding the characters' signature lines. See a representative list [[http://stason.org/TULARC/art/comics-xbooks/68-What-s-a-Claremontism.html here]]; others include: