History Main / InThatOrder

* ''DragonballAbridged'' gives one to Goku in the Cooler special. It helps to highlight his... unique mindset.

* In [[TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]] this is referenced in the following exchange regarding Hannibal's interest in Special Agent Clarice Starling:

-->--'''Zoe Washburn''', ''{{Firefly}}''

* In ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean: On Stranger Tides'', the mermaids will take you to the bottom of the sea, drown you, then eat you. Sometimes, however, they will do it the other way around.

* In ''MoneyTrain'', Wesley Snipes' and Woody Harrelson's characters get chewed out by their [[BadBoss unhealthily aggressive supervisor]] for misconduct. Patterson (the supervisor) claims that if they screw up again, he's going to "fuck them dead". W & W then discuss and try to figure out if he meant fucking them before or after they're dead. They come to the conclusion that "[[{{Pun}} Either way it's a pain in the ass]]". Later in the film, Wesley makes a point that they need to stay one step ahead of "That necrophiliac Patterson".

** "Vivisection" specifically means something you do to a still-living thing.

* Used for parody in ''TheHorseAndHisBoy'', when [[TheDitz Lasaraleen]] says that any servants disobeying an order will "first be flogged to death and then be burned alive and after that be [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking kept on bread and water for six weeks]]."

--> Anything that, in happening, causes comething else to happen, causes something else to happen.

* In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', the sadistic Ramsay Snow likes to hunt women with dogs. If they are "lucky", and he thinks they put up a good fight, he'll kill them and then flay their skin and will name a dog after them. If they aren't lucky, he'll rape them and then flay them alive.
* In ''TheDresdenFiles'', at one point, they run into Sigrun Gard, who had recently been disemboweled during a fight. Thomas comes to the conclusion that Gard had beaten up the opponents, and then gotten her wounds. Harry corrects him; she beat up a fallen angel ''[[{{Badass}} while her guts were hanging out of her side.]]''

* ''Film/{{Commando}}'' has a variation in which John Matrix tells [[spoiler:Sully]] that he'll kill him last. When he does kill him, it's nowhere near last; all he offers by way of explanation is "I lied".

* [[{{FEAR}} F.E.A.R.]]'s industrial first level features the following sign on the walls: "Remember it's Quantity, Quality, Safety, ''in that order.''"

* CollegeHumor features a variation where Batman, circa ''TheDarkKnightRises'', spends his dying breaths [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enOHraf3LEk&feature=player_embedded&hd=1 relating how he knocked Talia up]], going in detail on how he explored her orifices...and "not in the order you might imagine", cueing {{Squick}} from Bane.

** In ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', the bordering-on-senile Silver Horde have to be reminded of the proper order and that it's rape the ''women'', burn the ''houses''.

* CollegeHumor features a variation where Batman, circa ''TheDarkKnightRises'' spend,s his dying breaths [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enOHraf3LEk&feature=player_embedded&hd=1 relating how he knocked Talia up]], going in detail on how he explored her orifices...and "not in the order you might imagine", cueing {{Squick}} from Bane.

* CollegeHumor features a variation where Batman, circa ''TheDarkKnightRises'' spends his dying breaths [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enOHraf3LEk&feature=player_embedded&hd=1 relating how he knocked Talia up]], going in detail on how he explored her orifices...and "not in the order you might imagine", cueing {{Squick}} from Bane.

It is also very common to simply imply the trope by stressing the word of ordering. God bless italics. Note to future editors: Description ''then'' examples.

* The beginning of ''[[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Mostly Harmless]]'' claims the following:

* In ''TheRunningMan'', Amber Mendez's friend tells her she was lucky to survive an encounter with Ben Richards: "You're lucky he didn't kill you, too. Or rape you, then kill you. Or kill you, then rape you."
* ''{{Commando}}'' has a variation in which John Matrix tells [[spoiler:Sully]] that he'll kill him last. When he does kill him, it's nowhere near last; all he offers by way of explanation is "I lied".

* [[TopGear Jeremy Clarkson]] once had this gem during their US Special:

** "Vivisection" specifically means something you do to a still-living thing, making the statement [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment a bit redundant]].

** "Vivisection" is the standard word for doing that to a still-living thing.

* From the British run of ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway?'', whilst doing a scene in the style of Greek tragedy:

* From the AntiChristmasSong ''[[www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2nFE_kuyeA The Man that Slits the Turkey's Throats at Christmas]]'' by Robin Laing: