History Main / HavingAHeart

* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'': In an episode where the staff are dressed in American costumes as part of young Mr. Grace's latest scheme to boost sales, Miss Brahms looks at Mr. Lucas who wearing a shirt open to the waist and comments that she never knew he had a hairy chest. Mr. Lucas replies that he's had it for years, en removes his chest wig and hands it to her.

-->'''Marc Antony:''' Yes. I just made a speech over the body of Caesar. I said, "Friends, Romans and countrymen,
lend me your ears!"\\

* ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. Gneelix is a chimera (half-man, half-Siberian husky) created by xenograft surgery to settle the harsh polar regions.
-->"I have the heart of a lion and the ferocity of a tiger! I'd have the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox too, but [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Doctor Moreau]] was arrested before he could perform the operation."

* Played with in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.

* In ''Film/DrGiggles'', this is one of the dark jokes made by the villainous doctor. "Have a heart! *tosses a real human heart at someone*"
* In ''Film/AChristmasCarolTheMusical'', one of Marley's fellow [[FlyingDutchman tormented spirits]] has a cash box in place of his heart.

* In Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire, Tyrion was having a bad day. The maester tried to cheer him up by saying "take heart", but a cranky Tyrion simply said "Whose?"
* In Literature/WaxAndWayne, the second Literature/{{Mistborn}} series, kandra tend toward this, since their shapeshifting depends on shaping around bones. One kandra owns the hands of a character from the first series. His descendent is noticeably not pleased.

* On ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'', Mimi is described as having a crying little girl deep inside her...and it's giving her indigestion.

* AttentionScum: "I have the eyes of a hawk, the legs of a cheetah, and the cock of a hippopotamus! All I need now is some glue."

* The subject of a ''Series/MadTV1995'' sketch in which a coach is in the locker room giving his team the obligatory speech and arrives at, "You gotta have THIS!" He's upset when the team suddenly loses interest in the subject of his speech and starts inquiring why he's brandishing a human heart in his hand, where the heart came from (he claims it's a family heirloom kept for making this speech), why it's dripping fresh blood (he claims it would be silly to not store a human heart in blood), where the blood came from...

* Used in an episode of ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'', in which the panel were discussing a news story about a Satanist who'd been recruited into the Royal Navy. Guest host Robin Cook read a quote from the sailor's mother saying "He doesn't have an evil bone in his body", then quipped that they were all in the biscuit tin under his bunk.
* This line from Crystal in ''Series/LeCoeurASesRaisons'':
--> "I am not a ''granny''! I have the body of a 20 years-old woman! I keep in the trunk of my car for organ transplants."

* Music/JimmyBuffett's "Schoolboy Heart." It starts out with puns ("I've got a schoolboy heart, a novelist's eye ...") but ends with Buffett speculating on how such diverse parts must have been [[spoiler: assembled by demented aliens from the dismembered corpses of shipwrecked sailors]].
* The narrator of ''Dem Bones'' ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks not *that* one]]) by ''Music/CreatureFeature'' has the heart of a child-several, in fact, though his current mania is for bones.

* A variation in a ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' comic: a factory worker is said to have a good head on his shoulders... it's best not to mention it. The worker does indeed have a tiny head growing out of his shoulder.

* Apparently, Creator/TimSchafer (the designer of both ''Grim Fandango'' and ''Psychonauts'' above) likes this joke as much as Terry Pratchett. Emperor Doviculus from ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' keeps enemies' body parts within his own body, e.g. [[spoiler:Drowned Ophelia's heart, however briefly]]. Also, if you lose the final battle against him, the game gives us a NonStandardGameOver where he quips "You have your mother's eyes. And soon, so shall I... On a necklace, I think." before [[EyeScream shoving his fingers into Eddie's eye sockets]].

* Terry Bogard in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '95'' also indulges into this: "You had guts, kid. Now wipe 'em off the pavement!"

* There is one mission in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' called "Have a Heart", in which Niko, under Elizabeta's orders, has to take the shot-dead bodies of [[spoiler:Manny and his cameraman]] to a doctor-slash-organ dealer, falling more under this trope than what one could expect.
* From ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'': "After he'd spilled his guts, well... he spilled his guts."
* One of the opening lines from the {{Combat Commentator}}s in ''VideoGame/FossilFighters: Champions'' is along the lines of "One fighter will emerge with the heart of a champion --IN HIS TEETH!"
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', fighting a Spooky Hobo in Hobopolis may lead to the attack message "He tells you he has the heart of a twelve-year-old boy. Then he tells you where he keeps it. *Shudder*"
* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud2'' has Dr. Osmond, who, upon being asked by Monica to lend a hand, reluctantly hands one of his over.

* ''VideoGame/Dota2'' has this bit from Nevermore the Shadow Fiend (who, for context, is a soul-collecting EldritchAbomination): "It's true, I have the soul of a poet. I just can't remember where I put it." Also present in his bio:
--> ''It is said that Nevermore the Shadow Fiend has the soul of a poet, and in fact he has thousands of them.''
* ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' has [[TheBeastmaster FL4K]] mention this, though it's unclear if they mean it [[LiteralMetaphor literally]] or are just [[{{Troll}} messing with Wainwright]].
--->'''Wainwright''': I suppose the heart of an adventurer beats within you, Vault Hunter.\\
'''[=FL4K=]''': You are close. I keep one in my jacket pocket.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Halloween episode, they had Kodos and Kang saying they had the hearts (''splat!'') and minds (''plop!'') of the Earth people.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'': Mr. Copperbottom mentions that the newborn Rodney "got your mom's eyes and my dad's nose. I knew we were smart to save those parts."

* The subject of a ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' sketch in which a coach is in the locker room giving his team the obligatory speech and arrives at, "You gotta have THIS!" He's upset when the team suddenly loses interest in the subject of his speech and starts inquiring why he's brandishing a human heart in his hand, where the heart came from (he claims it's a family heirloom kept for making this speech), why it's dripping fresh blood (he claims it would be silly to not store a human heart in blood), where the blood came from...

* Dr. Doofensmirtz from WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb is somewhat distressed to discover that his alternate-dimensional self wears an eye-patch. They then do this trope ''in song''!

* ''VideoGame/Dota2'' has this bit from Nevermore the Shadow Fiend (who, for context, is a soul-collecting EldritchAbomination): "It's true, I have the soul of a poet. I just can't remember where I put it."

Not to be confused with SoulJar, in which a character keeps his own heart in a jar somewhere to gain immunity from death, or with a BrainInAJar, which is actually a working brain. If somebody professes to putting some heart into their cooking it just may be MadeFromRealGirlScouts. Naturally these exchanges often overlap with BaitAndSwitchSentiment.

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* [[WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity "I have an extra toe. Not with me, of course."]]

* Topper in ''Film/HotShots'': "I have my father's eyes." (opens a case with his father's eyes in)

Not to be confused with SoulJar, in which a character keeps his own heart in a jar somewhere to gain immunity from death, or with a BrainInAJar, which is actually a working brain. If somebody professes to putting some heart into their cooking it just may be MadeFromRealGirlScouts.

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--->'''Wainwright''': "I suppose the heart of an adventurer beats within you, Vault Hunter."\\
'''[=FL4K=]''': "You are close. I keep one in my jacket pocket."

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* ''ComicStrop/{{Garfield}}'': "Inside every fat person, there's a thin person trying to get out. Mine escaped years ago."

* Creator/TerryPratchett ''loves'' this trope.

** Vimes, in Literature/{{Discworld}}'s ''Discworld/NightWatch'', is told that he has "the eye of a mass murderer". When [[spoiler:his younger self]] asks if it's true, he says "In the pocket of my other suit, yes."
*** In the same novel, Carcer Dun wonders "what I've got in my pocket for a good boy, eh? Oh, yes... [[{{Squick}} someone's ear. Still warm. Here you go, kid!]]"
** Taken to the logical extreme in Literature/{{Discworld}} by {{the Igor}}s, who recycle theirs and others' body parts for those who need an organ donor. When an Igor says he has his grandfather's hands or [[FamilyEyeResemblance his uncle's eyes]], [[LiteralMetaphor he means it]].

* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'', "Insane in the Mainframe", after Fry recovers from thinking he's a robot, Bender tries to compliment him by saying that even though he's human, he has the heart of a robot, adding "just like inside my cold, hard exterior is the heart of a human." Which he pulls out. Everyone else is disgusted, but Bender just asks "What?"
** Also, Professor Farnsworth keeps his business plan right next to his heart... which is to say, in a filing cabinet.
** In the first X-Mas episode, Bender mentions that one time he gave blood. Whose blood? Some guy's.

->'''Alice''': I have the heart of a true hero!\\
'''Bob''': Really?\\
'''Alice''': Yeah, I keep it in a jar over there.

-->'''Robin''': ...that's disgusting.

-->'''Tarix''':You have to admit- For a Jungle type, he has guts.
-->'''Strakk''': Yes. And I think we're about to see them.

--> '''Doof''': I thought I'd have both my eyes...\\
'''Doof 2''': It's in this pouch!\\
'''Doof''': ...ouch!

Not to be confused with SoulJar, in which a character keeps his own heart in a jar somewhere to gain immunity from death. If somebody professes to putting some heart into their cooking it just may be MadeFromRealGirlScouts.

* JimmyBuffett's "Schoolboy Heart." It starts out with puns ("I've got a schoolboy heart, a novelist's eye ...") but ends with Buffett speculating on how such diverse parts must have been [[spoiler: assembled by demented aliens from the dismembered corpses of shipwrecked sailors]].

* Music/TomLehrer's "I Hold Your Hand In Mine":
-->I hold your hand in mine, dear,\\

** As well as his "Masochism Tango":

* CerberusDailyNews has [=RememberTheBlitz=] claim that he's really a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Cerberus Agent with a heart of gold]]. [[JerkAss He keeps it on his shelf]], next to the jar of batarian eyeballs.

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* CerberusDailyNews has [=RememberTheBlitz=] claim that he's really a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Cerberus Agent with a heart of gold]]. [[JerkAss He keeps it on his shelf]], next to the jar of batarian eyeballs.
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* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' has this in a parody of the "brains, heart and courage" from ''TheWizardOfOz''. YouDoNOTWantToKnow [[GroinAttack what's]] [[{{Squick}} used]] [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/177 for "courage"...]]