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* [[RockyAndBullwinkle "Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!" "Again??"]]

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* The kung fu dinner theatre sequence from ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons'':
-->'''Lewis:''' Is dinner always like this?
-->'''Art:''' No, last night we had meatloaf.

* The fact that his family is horribly dysfunctional is part of Justin's plan in ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' to dump a clingy GirlOfTheWeek. When she asks if his family is always that weird, he tells her yes, and that quickly causes her to reconsider the relationship.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants,'' Mr. Krabs' lawyer tells him that he a) won't be charged unless they win the suit, and b) can countersue. At this point, his eyes turn into [[WingdingEyes gold bricks]] and hit the floor. The lawyer turns to Spongebob and uneasily asks him if that's normal. Spongebob's response? "No. Usually, they're silver."

* In ''OnePiece'', Robin asked this when she joined the crew and noticed how lively they were.

* In ''ToLoveRu'', Yami's assassin associate Black is quite astonished by the variety of {{ecchi}} antics that happen around Rito.

* Reversed in ''TheMoteInGodsEye''. A more experienced shipmate tells the new recruit not to expect lives of constant excitement. They don't have missions to dive into a star (to retrieve a an interstellar craft decelerating via lightsail) all the time. The new recruit then points out that they're about to do exactly that, again, in search of an interstellar transfer point inside a red giant star.

* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', where after fighting off a blob monster the size of the Statue of Liberty, IronMan quips to CaptainAmerica that this must be nothing like what he went through in the war. Cap answers that [[SarcasmMode no, it wasn't]], because sometimes it got weird.

* In one episode of ''SpongebobSquarepants,'' Mr. Krabs' lawyer tells him that he a) won't be charged unless they win the suit, and b) can countersue. At this point, his eyes turn into [[WingdingEyes gold bricks]] and hit the floor. The lawyer turns to Spongebob and uneasily asks him if that's normal. Spongebob's response? "No. Usually, they're silver."

* From ''{{Backbeat}}'': John Lennon goes off on a tirade against artistic types in one of his first run-ins with Klaus and Astrid. Astrid asks Stu Sutcliffe, "Is he always like this?" Stu replies, "No, he can get really bitter and cynical."

* Sieg Hart, the [[OnlySaneMan only good guy who doesn't frequently aid the manga's humor]] in ''RaveMaster'', is rather taken back when he finally sees how most of the gang usually behaves. When asking if they usually act that way, Musica, the next closest to normal at that point in the story, replies "Fun, isn't it?"

* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', where after fighting off a blob monster the size of the Statue of Liberty, IronMan quips to CaptainAmerica that this must be nothing like what he went through in the war. Cap answers that [[SarcasmMode no, it wasn't]], because sometimes it got weird.

* In superhero-city police procedural ''[[TopTen Top 10]]'', new recruit Robyn "Toybox" Slinger is led through the station on her first day where superpowered cops are bringing in superpowered perps, she asks this. The reply is "No. Mondays are usually quiet, but it picks up later in the week."

* At the end of ''{{Firefly}}'''s pilot, Book asks Inara, "Is this what life is like out here [in the black]?

* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Fry determines when he needs to brush his teeth based on when the last AlienInvasion happened.

* The kung fu dinner theatre sequence from ''MeetTheRobinsons'':

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* In ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' the recently introduced character Molly asks this upon the first appearance of the [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060912.html Halloween Monster.]]

* ''SayonaraZetsuboSensei'' often has characters asking this question or variants on it, usually regarding the teacher's antics.

* In happens a few times in ''Series/{{House of Anubis}}''
--> Eddie: "Is your friend (Patricia) always so..?" Joy: "Yep."
--> Fabian: "She's (Patricia) not always like this, you know." Nina: "Don't tell me this is her warm and fuzzy side?"
--> KT: "What are we going to do, follow her?" (Pause) KT: "We're following her, aren't we?" Eddie: "You're starting to get the hang of how things work around here."

A new character will walk into a situation that seems bizarre, flaky, extremely dangerous, or otherwise very much out of what he considers ordinary. He asks someone, "Is it always like this around here?" and is told "No, today's rather quiet," or "You get used to it," or "Well, just on [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Tuesdays]]," or something similar.

'''Henry Jones Sr:''' Well, it's a new experience for me.

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. After swinging in through the window in a castle, rescuing his dad, shooting a team of Nazis, getting captured, tied up, setting fire to a room (and nearly being been burned to death in the process) and going through two hidden passages, Indy and his father are trying to escape from a Nazi stronghold.

-->--Typical high school field trip in the world of ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic!'

-->--Typical high school field trip in the world of ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic!''

* Played for drama in ''MassEffect2''. A NPC from the first game (Shiala) approaches you with a subquest involving medical contracts. If you choose to help her she thanks you and then utters the trope title in context of lingering problems arising in new forms. "Isn't anything ever just fixed?"

----> Eddie: "Is your friend (Patricia) always so..?" Joy: "Yep."
----> Fabian: "She's (Patricia) not always like this, you know." Nina: "Don't tell me this is her warm and fuzzy side?"
----> KT: "What are we going to do, follow her?" (Pause) KT: "We're following her, aren't we?" Eddie: "You're starting to get the hang of how things work around here."

----> '''Hugh Jackman:''' ''(turns to Andy)'' Does he always have to be the woman?
----> '''Andy:''' Absolutely.

* In ToLoveRu, Yami's assassin associate Black is quite astonished by the variety of {{ecchi}} antics that happen around Rito.

* WildCats: "Wow, a guy just turned into a giant blueskinned monster. You don't see things like this every day" "Tell me, you're new in the city."

* Something like this is invoked at least once on MatchGame, during one of Betty White's recurring instances of rolling up Gene Rayburn's pant leg.

* In happens a few times in ''House of Anubis''

* In the second episode of ''Series/The Sentinel'', Blair, after going to the police station to get his Observer's pass, said station getting taken over by terrorists, two of whom he takes out with (a) a restroom stall door and (b) a vending machine, getting held at gunpoint, pistol-whipped, taken hostage, etc. he asks Jim "is this a typical day for you?"
* When Hugh Jackman was a guest on ''Series/Conan'', he pretended to be George Clooney and asked Conan to just play himself. Conan still insisted on acting as a woman (with feminine mannerisms), which prompted this exchange:

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* WhateleyUniverse example: new girl Misty asks this question of her roommate She-Beast when she sees the madness that is Melville Cottage at Whateley Academy... and is assured that this was a calm day.

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* Played for drama in ''MassEffect2''. A NPC from the first game (Shiala) approaches you with a subquest involving medical contracts. If you choose to help her she thanks you and then utters the trope title in context of lingering problems arising in new forms. "Isn't anything ever just fixed?"