History Main / DisSimile

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' is also fond of these, usually something to the effect of: "Many people compare this scene to the chariot race in ''Film/BenHur''. They'll say, '''Ben Hur'' was a great film. This film totally sucks.'"

-->'''Franchise/{{Wolverine}}:''' Maybe you ain't so bad after all, Blake. In fact, you kind of remind me of myself at your age. Except, you know, I'm a mutant. And I've got ethics. And I'm not a psychopath. Or a rapist. You know, maybe you remind me of someone else.[[note]]Sabretooth[[/note]]

** ""It's kind of like ''Bang The Drum Slowly'', except the drum's a chick."

* Deadpan comedian Steven Wright: "I have a pair of pants just like these at home…except they're red with green stripes and they're shorts."

A Dissimile is like when you eat a banana, but instead of peeling it, you compare it to another thing that is [[ConfusingMultipleNegatives not entirely unlike]] it. Also, instead of eating it, you deconstruct the comparison. And it doesn't necessarily have to be a banana, either, or any other kind of fruit for that matter. Actually, it is nothing like eating a banana. [[Series/DoctorWho Forget the banana.]]

* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII'', HK-47 tries to elucidate his consternation at the existence of his [[EvilKnockOff evil(er) knock-offs]] by comparing his situation to that of the Exile. The result is a cross between this and {{Metaphorgotten}}, and, [[ComedicSociopathy as might be expected]], [[BloodyHilarious it's hilarious]]. He draws a number of other comparisons between his vocation of assassination and the practices of various factions in the game; whether you find these similarities convincing will depend largely on whether you share [[DeconstructorFleet the game's own]] cynicism about the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe and its heroes.

* Used once in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', when Yue gives Negi "hot cola".

* ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'': "You know that kind of cancer you eventually get better from? That's not the type of cancer I have."

* The French comic series ''LeoLoden'' - whose CharacterTitle is a detective from Marseille - opens often with a visited city of France depicted as "exactly like Marseille, except..." ...many differences.

* In the first issue of ''[[Comicbook/TheSimpsons Simpsons Comics]]'', Burns contemplates becoming a giant and says, "I'll be like the Jolly Green Giant, only not green, and not jolly!”
* In ''[[{{Franchise/Tintin}} Explorers on the Moon]]'', when Captain Haddock is explained by Prof. Calculus how the Moon Rocket will turn around before landing, he ends up concluding that "It is exactly like during take off, except that it is the complete opposite".

* ''FanFic/ThirtyHs'': "Harry slammed his book shut. It wasn't really a book, because the pages were made of lasers and the words were made of headless women making godless love to dragons made of motorcycles, but it was still reading."

* ''FanFic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'' describes the evil Combines as "robot things that werent robots."

* From Fanfic/TwilightSparklesAwesomeAdventure: "The Mane Six – minus Twillight Sparkle who was with Doctor Whoowes and Rainbow Dash who was in a prison and Fluttershy who is useless – still fought against the guards."

* ''FanFic/{{Shatterheart}}'': When Syaoran looks at the mannequins in the clothing store.

* This gem from FanFic/ForbidenFruitTheTempationOfEdwardCullen: "Jasper Cullen was tall with blond curly hair like straw only soft and nice and not dry."

* On ''{{Skithouse}}'', when Scod tried to explain Charades to Yon.

-->'''Merrill:''' "You remind me of Hahren Paival, Varric. Only younger. And shorter. And not as serious."\\
'''Varric:''' [[LampshadeHanging "So it's a close resemblance, then."]]

* According to the official website, the {{roguelike}} FirstPersonShooter ''VideoGame/TowerOfGuns'' is "like ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', only less dead babies. Also, it's an FPS... maybe it's not like Binding of Isaac."

* From ''Webcomic/StringTheory'', a talking cat compares his new owner to his prior one:

* ''{{Webcomic/Freefall}}'', on [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2200/fc02112.htm this page]]: "Why, we're like Franchise/{{Batman}} and Comicbook/{{Robin}}. Well, if Batman and Robin were poor and engaged in petty crime."

* The crew of ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' have never seen a {{holodeck}} before, the closest thing they have being a three-dimentional theatre called an Illusionarium, so Nee'Lix tries to explain what it is.

-->Sister Mona is reminded of the biblical story of Samson and Delilah, except... y'know... totally different.

-->''It is considered by some to be almost a sister planet to Kerbin. Well, despite the purple, and the toxic atmosphere, and the extreme pressures and temperatures. Actually, it’s not very similar at all is it? Who are those people?''

* "This is just like X, only without (element{s} crucial to X, sometimes a LongList)."

'''Dr. Ann Possbile:''' Oh, they're just like you and me... except they're wealthy, beautiful, and live by no recognizable moral code.
** The fact that the Possibles are themselves wealthy and beautiful is apparently not relevant here.

* The crew of ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' have never seen a {{holodeck}} before, so Nee'Lix tries to explain what it is.

* ''VideoGame/{{Whiplash}}'', a game featuring you playing as a weasel chained to a rabbit whom you use as a mace despite his pained protests occasionally has the rabbit moan 'Ya know, this is kind of like water skiing. Except it's on concrete, I'm on my back and it's REALLY PAINFUL'.

-->'''Cortex:''' Three years I spent alone in the frozen Antarctic wastes! ''And I missed you!'' And so, I've organised a little gathering; like a birthday party, except... the exact opposite!

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. After introducing a large artificial habitat room, containing a grassy field with [[TheWorldTree a large cherry tree]], the author notes below the page:

* One of the more popular answers to the nonsensical joke "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" is something along the lines of "Because you can ride neither of them like a bicycle."
** A better answer would be "Because both of them ruin this joke."

** What do elephants and grapes have in common? [[spoiler: They're both purple. Except the elephants.]]
*** What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming? [[spoiler: Here come the elephants.]]
*** What did Jane say? [[spoiler: Here come the grapes. (She was color-blind.)]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'': Jay agrees with Dante asking him if Caitlyn is running a kissing booth for charity, "only it don't cost nothin' and it's not for charity. [[EscalatingPunchline And there's no booth.]] [[OverlyLongGag And it's more than just kissing.]] [[BiTheWay And you don't have to be a guy.]] [[DontExplainTheJoke Dude, she's cheating on you]]."

--->'''Kim's Dad:''' Hon, you know how I feel about show folk.\\
'''Kim's Mom:''' Oh, they're just like you and me... except they're wealthy, beautiful, and live by no recognizable moral code.