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* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' episode "Bug Off":
-->''[Linka has a cold]''\\
'''Wheeler:''' I never thought I'd say this, Linka, but what you got, I don't want.

-->Leela: As unclean as it makes me feel, I agree with Bender.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Agent Washington is not very pleased by his first encounter with [[TheDitz Caboose]]

* At the end of ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada'', Miranda says to Andy: "I never thought I'd say this, Andrea, but... [[NotSoDifferentRemark I see a great deal of myself in you]]." (Funnily enough, Miranda means it positively, whereas Andy [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame perceives this as a sign]] that she'd crossed the MoralEventHorizon.)

-->'''DM:''' I never thought I'd say this, but do you hand your torch to the octopus?

(''[Later...]''\\

--> '''Fate:''' I never thought I'd say this, Nanoha, but I think you should have used more firepower when you shot it the first time.

--> Hello all. I wish to tell a ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' story. Heh, those are nine words that I never thought I would utter in my lifetime.

-->'''Hermione:''' I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I understand why you’re taking Malfoy with you tonight.

* ''Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge''

* ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion''

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', if the male Inquisitor romances Cassandra and speaks to Blackwall about it, the grizzled Warden acknowledges that the pairing is adorable - adding that "I never thought I’d use the words ‘adorable’ and ‘Cassandra’ in the same sentence."

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* In a 4th season episode of ''WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow'' has the host saying, "I can't believe I'm saying this but... welcome back [to the show], Shaq."

** In the Season 4 episode "Flight to the Finish", the Cutie Mark Crusaders are practicing a spectacular routine as part of their audition to be the flag carriers for the upcoming Equestria Games; not far, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon are spying on them and are shocked by how amazing their performance is. Diamond then says this to Silver just before plotting to bully Scootaloo about her disabled flying to shake their confidence so they don't win.
-->'''Diamond:''' Did you see that?! I can't believe I'm saying this, ''they could win!''

-->'''Rarity:''' Ooh... I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope that ''burping dragon'' wins.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has the season 6 episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E5GauntletOfFire "Gauntlet of Fire"]]. At one point, several dragons discuss what they'll do if they become the new Dragon Lord; one female [[{{Gasshole}} wants to make burping an official greeting]], a male wants to [[MundaneLuxury steal Equestria's supply of pillows so dragons don't have to sleep on rocks anymore]] and Garble, a male bully seen in an early episode, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick wants to loot and pillage Equestria before razing it to the ground]]. Cue [[ProperLady Rarity]]:

* ''Series/HeyYouWhatIf'': Ben says this word for word in "You Could Dig Through The Earth?" when he has to explain that if you could dig a hole through the Earth, then you could jump through it safely:

* ''Futurama'', "Bender Should Not be Allowed on Television":

--->'''Squidward:''' Mr. Krabs, I can't believe I'm saying this, but [[WhatTheHellHero ''how'' could you trade [=SpongeBob=] for 62 cents?!]]\\

* In a 4th season episode of ''WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow'' has the host saying, "I can't believe I'm saying this but...welcome back [to the show], Shaq."

* ''Creator/AchievementHunter'''s Let's Play Madden 25 Superbowl Special.

''LetsPlay/Slowbeef'' said this verbatim during his Let's Play of ''VideoGame/DeadToRights.'' For context, he was saying that his enemy breathing fire wasn't so bad.

-->'''Timmy:''' I can't believe I'm saying this, but Mr. Crocker, [[SuddenlyShouting YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER EVER!]]

-->'''Timmy:''' Great idea, Cosmo! ...Wow, there are three words I never thought I'd say together.

-->'''Drago:''' I can't believe I'm gonna say this out loud, but ''[beat]'' I never should've fired the Enforcers."

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries,'' resident JerkJock Flash Tompson has this to say when he gets tired of his girlfriend's two-week-long party streak.
-->'''Flash:''' I can't believe I'm saying this, but I need to study!

--->'''Squidward:''' Mr. Krabs, I can't believe I'm saying this, but [[WhatTheHellHero ''how'' could you trade [=SpongeBob=] for '''62 cents?!]]'''\\

'''Mr. Krabs:''' ''[examines coins]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint You think I could've gotten more?]]

(''later...'')\\

(''later...'')\\

-->'''Buck:''' "Am I nuts? Something's wrong with his feet."\\
'''Trevor:''' "I never thought I'd find myself saying this, but you're right."

** Xander: "I can't wait to see Cordelia. ''[horrified realization]'' I can't believe I can't wait to see Cordelia."

--->'''Rimmer:''' Oh, and, sir, you're wrong. We won't be apart, we just won't be together. ({{Beat}}.) I ''cannot'' believe I just said that.

* On November 2, 2016, the reporter on WBBM in Chicago, Ill. said on the air "I can't believe I'm saying this... the Chicago Cubs have won the World Series!"

-->'''Washington:''' I'm investigating a critical issue and you seem to be the only person with the knowledge and experience necessary to help me. (''{{beat}}'') And I just realized how ridiculous that sounded once I said it out loud.

'''Critic:''' YOU SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE MOVIE?! YOU SEE WHAT YOU DID?! ''YOU JUST MADE [[Creator/CharlieSheen CHARLIE SHEEN]] RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING!''

--> When we think of influential shows in the history of anime, we think of international megahits like ''Anime/{{Akira}}'', ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', anime that had an industry-wide effect and [[GenreTurningPoint influenced their genres for years to come]]. So, seven years after [[SelfDeprecation some no-name on the internet]] reviewed ''Anime/KOn'' and publicly exclaimed that this was a nothing show about cute girls drinking motherfucking tea, I can now begrudgingly admit that ''K-On'' is one of the most important and influential shows to come out for modern anime. ''({{Beat}})'' Yes, those were really words that just came out of my mouth.

-->'''Wheeler:''' ''[Linka has a cold]'' I never thought I'd say this, Linka, but what you got, I don't want.

** After Cosmo suggests a solution to the episode's problem, Timmy says "Great idea, Cosmo! ...Wow, there are three words I never thought I'd say together."

--->'''Sean''': I can't believe I'm saying this, but.....let's go to Bortron 7.

--->'''Mrs. Puff''': Now these are my last boats and if you wreck 'em, none of you will pass my class. I can't believe I'm saying this, but be more like [=SpongeBob=]. He hasn't acted out once.

-->'''Boimler''': I can't believe I'm saying it -- Starfleet is better with you in it.

* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': In Season 2, Chloe and Lucifer find themselves at the scene of a murder where the victim has been burned at the stake. Everyone's taken aback when Ella's assessment of the scene concludes that the victim was burned to death after his crotch was set on fire, which makes them all momentarily unable to look away from the region of the body in question. When Lucifer tentatively reaches out towards the body, Chloe is forced to intervene.
--> '''Chloe''': ''Do not'' touch the charred crotch...(''{{beat}}'') ...is a sentence I never thought I'd say out loud.

** While hiding in a cave that's clearly occupied in "[[Recap/TotalDramaAreWeThereYeti Are We There Yeti?]]", a terrified Heather says that she never thought she'd say this: "Please tell me that tongue in my ear is Owen." Owen corrects her that it's most likely a bat.

* At the end of ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada'', Miranda says to Andy: "I never thought I'd say this, Andrea, but... [[NotSoDifferent I see a great deal of myself in you]]." (Funnily enough, Miranda means it positively, whereas Andy [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame perceives this as a sign]] that she'd crossed the MoralEventHorizon.)

--->'''Squidward:''' Mr. Krabs, I can't believe I'm saying this, but ''how'' could you trade [=SpongeBob=] for '''62 cents?!'''\\