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Lines that people associate with something or someone by way of PopCulturalOsmosis, despite having never been uttered by them, or only rarely. Usually a misquotation or a slight paraphrase of something that actually ''was'' said or done, or a combination of several common or famous lines. The misquote provides context necessary to recognize or appreciate the reference, as in "LukeIAmYourFather", or fills in parts of the sentence that are orphaned from the interesting bit, as in [[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/179300.html "Hell [has no] fury like a woman scorned."]] Sometimes [[NeverTrustATrailer the trailer shortened the quote]] to save time, and its version became better known. This is all well and good, but we here at Website/TVTropes think people should at least know what the line they're paraphrasing is ''meant'' to be.

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Lines that people associate with something or someone by way of PopCulturalOsmosis, despite having never been uttered by them, or only rarely. Usually a misquotation or a slight paraphrase of something that actually ''was'' said or done, or a combination of several common or famous lines. The misquote provides context necessary to recognize or appreciate the reference, as in "LukeIAmYourFather", or fills in parts of the sentence that are orphaned from the interesting bit, as in [[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/179300.html "Hell [has [hath no] fury like a woman scorned."]] Sometimes [[NeverTrustATrailer the trailer shortened the quote]] to save time, and its version became better known. This is all well and good, but we here at Website/TVTropes think people should at least know what the line they're paraphrasing is ''meant'' to be.

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