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--->'''Lewis:''' You lied to me?!\\
'''Wilbur:''' No! Well...yes.

-->'''Lionel:''' Marge, I had a lot of calls about you! Customers love your "no pressure" approach.\\

** Lionel Hutz, explaining to Marge why Judge Snyder is not on good terms with him: "Well, he's had it in for me ever since I kinda ran over his dog... Well, replace the word 'kinda' with the word 'repeatedly' and the word 'dog' with 'son'".

** This...

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* In ''Comicbook/NickSpencersSpiderMan'', when Spidey discovers that the new Sinister Syndicate is an AmazonBrigade who've decided to work together in order to get ahead in the misogynistic world of supervillainy:

* ''WebComic/DarthsAndDroids'' [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1821.html episode 1821]]:

* In ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'' Chapter 73: The Immortal King - Dedication:

* In ''Film/TheHost'', Gang-du tries to convince an ObstructiveBureaucrat that his daughter is alive.

-->'''Loki:''' [''to Odin''] It's not that I don't love our little talks, it's just... I don't love them.

-->'''Officer''': Your daughter, Park Hyun-seo, a seventh-grader at Dangsan Middle School... she's on the deceased list.
-->'''Gang-du''' ''(desperately)'': Yes, she goes to Dangsan School... she's deceased... but she's not dead. ''(The officer scoffs)'' I mean, she died, but she's still alive.

-->'''Rod:''' A real man would not [[UnusualEuphemism shoplift the pootie]] from a single mother.
-->'''Jerry:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Didn't. Shoplift. The Pootie!]] (''Ray just looks at him''). All right. I shoplifted the pootie!

-->'''Willie:''' Oh my god! Oh my god, oh my god, is he nuts?
-->'''Short Round:''' He no nuts, he's CRAZY!

--> '''Leslie:''' Is this audit even real?
--> '''Tammy One:''' In a sense, yes. But in another, truer sense, no.

-->I said I wanna, I wanna see you
-->I really meant I wanna, I wanna leave you
-->I said I wanna, I wanna touch you
-->I really meant I wanna, I wanna punch you

--> '''Torg''': Want to hear about the childhood events that shaped me into [[CloudCuckoolander me]]?
--> '''Zoë''': My guess is they're really weird and I'd like to maintain my intention to actually marry you.
--> '''Torg''': Yeah, let's go with that.
--> '''Zoë''': But seriously, you can share with me anything.
--> '''Torg''': Of course.
--> '''Zoë''': Except the weird stuff that made you ''you''.

-->''...we eventually tortured a volunteer for correct information. And by torture, I mean we looked sad and tired and frustrated. ''

--> "I hate to be all [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks "they changed him now he sucks"]]...but at the same time, they did change him, and now he really does suck.

-->Nice try!
-->"Nice" meaning "bad".

--->[[spoiler:'''Ford Pines''']]: Tell me, Stan. Are there any security breaches? Does anyone else know about this [[spoiler:portal]]?!
--->'''Stan''': No, just us. [[FalseReassurance Also, maybe the entire U.S. government]].
--->[[spoiler:'''Ford''']]: [[ParrotExpoWhat The]] [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]

--->'''Homer:''' I have to go do some serious thinking.
--->'''Bart:''' I think Dad meant "do some serious ''drinking.''"
--->'''Lisa:''' [[DeadpanSnarker That's what I assumed.]]

--->'''Homer:''' Hey Marge! Want $1000?
--->'''Marge:''' ''NO!'' I mean yes.
--->'''Homer:''' Too late. ''[burns the money]''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Cartman's Incredible Gift," the police come to Cartman, who has (supposedly) gained psychic abilities, and offer to pay him to help them catch a killer. Cartman replies, "I'm afraid that my powers are not for sale. And by that, I mean that they absolutely ''are'' for sale."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Lionel Hutz, explaining to Marge why Judge Snyder is not on good terms with him: "Well, he's had it in for me ever since I kinda ran over his dog... Well, replace the word 'kinda' with the word 'repeatedly' and the word 'dog' with 'son'".
** Creator/LeonardNimoy introduces the episode "The Springfield Files" with, "The following tale of alien encounters is true. And by true, I mean false. It's all [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie lies]]. But they're entertaining lies, and in the end, isn't that the real truth? The answer is no".
** This...
--->'''Homer:''' I have to go do some serious thinking.
--->'''Bart:''' I think Dad meant "do some serious ''drinking.''"
--->'''Lisa:''' [[DeadpanSnarker That's what I assumed.]]
** In "Kill Gill Vols. 1 & 2", Marge has trouble saying no to freeloader Gil and when she finally gets the guts to, he's gone. Which leads to this...
--->'''Homer:''' Hey Marge! Want $1000?
--->'''Marge:''' ''NO!'' I mean yes.
--->'''Homer:''' Too late. ''[burns the money]''
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** Doctor Doofenshmirtz does this about OnceAnEpisode, usually when Perry bursts in to foil his evil scheme of the week. There was at least one occasion where, by unexpected, Doof actually meant unexpected. And he sometimes isn't sure [[{{Metaphorgotten}} what he meant]] by other variations.
---> '''Doofenshmirtz:''' Ah, Perry the Platypus! What an unexpected surprise... and by unexpected I mean ''completely expected''!
** Major Monogram once said he wanted to approve Perry's request for a vacation but there was a small problem. He admitted that by "small" he meant "big" and by "approve" he meant "deny".
* Used in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MaryokuYummy'', with [[DeadpanSnarker Baburu]] commenting on Hadagi's latest scheme: "I can see this is going to be fun. And by fun, I mean no fun at all."

* Pushed to the extreme by Sasha in ''WesternAnimation/TitanMaximum'':
-->'''Sasha:''' We thought you'd given up on us. And by ''We'' I mean ''I'' and by ''thought'' I mean ''hoped'' and by ''given up'' I mean ''died'' and by ''on us'' I mean ''in a fire'' and by ''period'' I mean ''disappointed ellipses''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** "Hairicane": When it seemed the Air Force would defeat the hairicane, Chet Ubetcha announced "We're saved!". Then the hairicane defeated the Air Force, prompting Chet to say "And by saved, I mean ''doomed''!"
** "I Dream of Cosmo": Timmy's Dad meets an amnesiac Cosmo and assumes Cosmo must be a [[ItMakesSenseInContext magical mix of witch and genie]] and says Cosmo must grant him ThreeWishes. By three, Timmy's Dad means a gazillion.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E13DungeonsDungeonsAndMoreDungeons Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons]]": Dipper tells Mabel "Yes, except no" when she asks if she gets to ride unicorns after rolling the die.
** Stan tells the author only the two of them are aware of the [[spoiler: portal.]] Well, just them and maybe the entire government of the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates.
--->[[spoiler:'''Ford Pines''']]: Tell me, Stan. Are there any security breaches? Does anyone else know about this [[spoiler:portal]]?!
--->'''Stan''': No, just us. [[FalseReassurance Also, maybe the entire U.S. government]].
--->[[spoiler:'''Ford''']]: [[ParrotExpoWhat The]] [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]

* This is how WesternAnimation/DangerMouse defeats the anti-logic Gremlin in "Gremlin Alert," by confusing him with a "yes means no" LogicBomb.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheZhuZhus'' Zhu Land, Midge the Mighty stops the hamster car with her foot.
-->Nice try!
-->"Nice" meaning "bad".
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In "Harley's Holiday", after Harley [[ItMakesSenseInContext accidentally kidnaps Veronica Vreeland]], her father, a general, comes to the rescue in a tank, prompting Harley to make a hairpin turn the opposite direction.
-->'''Veronica''': What are you doing, that's my father!\\
'''Harley Quinn''': No, that's your father--[[TankGoodness IN A TANK!]]
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', Shaggy is heard to say:
--> "Scoob, there's a time and place for eating, which is all the time and every place. But not ''here'' and not ''now!''"

* In ''Comicbook/JeffParkersSpiderMan'', when Spidey discovers that the new Sinister Syndicate is an AmazonBrigade who've decided to work together in order to get ahead in the misogynistic world of supervillainy:

** At this point, his shouting has vibrated the candlestick from its perch above the doorway he's standing in and clocked him on the head.

'''Saladin''': Nothing. (He walks away then turns around) '''Everything.'''

* ''Nick's Strength and Power'' host Nick Miller, in a video posted August 6, 2020, speculated about a cryptic post by seven-time Mr. Olympia-winning bodybuilder Phil Heath,”. In it Phil hinted, without saying it directly, that he intended to end his recent hiatus to try and reclaim the Olympia title he'd lost back in 2018.

* ''Nick's Strength and Power'' host Nick Miller, in a video posted August 6, 2020, speculated about a cryptic post by seven-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath. It featured a photo of Phil hanging out with eight-time Mr. Olympias Lee Haney and Ronnie Coleman, and came with a teasingly-worded inspirational message about powering through setbacks to reach your goal, ending with a wink emoji. Phil seemed to be implying that he, who was dethroned by Shawn Rhoden in 2018 and had been on an indefinite hiatus from bodybuilding competition ever since, was finally planning to make his Olympia comeback in order to win his eighth title and match the record held by his heroes Lee and Ronnie. Nick made the following prediction, which was confirmed the next day when Phil officially announced that he’d compete in the 2020 Olympia:

* ''Nick's Strength and Power'' host Nick Miller, in a video posted August 6, 2020, speculated about a cryptic post by seven-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath. It featured a photo of Phil hanging out with eight-time Mr. Olympias Lee Haney and Ronnie Coleman, and came with a teasingly-worded inspirational message about powering through setbacks to reach your goal, ending with a wink emoji. Phil seemed to be implying that he, who was dethroned by Shawn Rhoden in 2018 and had been on an indefinite hiatus from bodybuilding competition ever since, was finally planning to make his Olympia comeback in order to win his eighth title and match the record held by his heroes Lee and Ronnie. Nick made the following prediction, which was confirmed and even exceeded the next day when Phil officially announced that he’d compete in the 2020 Olympia:

-->'''Chief:''' Pepperland is a tickle of joy on the blue belly of the universe. It must be scratched. Right, Max?\\

'''Chief:''' '''''WHAAAAAATT???!!''''' We Meanies only take "no" for an answer! Is that understood, Max?\\

'''Chief:''' That's better!

-->'''John''': Are you with us? Will you join?\\

* ''Film/{{7Zwerge}}'': this is the mirrors normal way of talking

* ''Film/7Zwerge'': this is the mirrors normal way of talking

* WebSite/SFDebris' review of Creator/DavidLynch's Film/{{Dune}}, discussing the changes in the Baron's character from the book:

* ''Nick's Strength and Power'' host Nick Miller, in a video posted August 6, 2020, speculated about a cryptic post by seven-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath. It features a photo of Phil hanging out with eight-time Mr. Olympias Lee Haney and Ronnie Coleman, and comes with a teasingly-worded inspirational message about powering through setbacks, ending with a wink emoji. Phil seems to be implying that he, who was dethroned by Shawn Rhoden in 2018 and has been on an indefinite hiatus from bodybuilding competition ever since, is finally planning to make his Olympia comeback so he can win his eighth title and match the record held by his heroes Lee and Ronnie.
--> '''Nick''' "Now I’m not saying that Phil’s gonna come back, but I’m saying Phil’s gonna come back."

->''"I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right... but I'm never wrong."''

-> '''Nick''' "Now I’m not saying that Phil’s gonna come back, but I’m saying Phil’s gonna come back."