History Main / IsItAlwaysLikeThis

* Zed, the chief agent in ''Film/MenInBlack,'' tells new agent Jay that the reason nobody seems to get any sleep at [=MiB=] headquarters is because they operate on a 37 hour day. "Give it a few months, you'll get used to it. Or you'll have a psychotic episode."
** "There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they [[IgnoranceIsBliss DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT]]!"

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''.

** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager'':

* From the end of the premiere of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Encounter at Farpoint" (which involved giant space jellyfish, their first encounter with the god-like entity Q putting HumanityOnTrial, and Counselor Troi clutching her head and reeling off every emotion in the book):
-->'''Picard''': Some problem, Number One?\\

* In ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', Captain Janeway remarks "We're Starfleet officers; weird is part of the job."

---> '''Riley''': When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ''ending'', I just assumed that was a big week for you. I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of "apocalypse."

* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' the recently introduced character Molly asks this upon the first appearance of the [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/58/ Halloween Monster.]]

* Literature/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.

* The kung fu dinner theatre sequence from ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'':
-->'''Lewis:''' Is dinner always like this?\\
'''Art:''' No, last night we had meatloaf.
* From the animated adaptation of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AsterixInBritain ''Asterix in Britain'']]:
-->'''Asterix:''' Is it always this foggy?\\
'''Anticlimax:''' Oh no. Only when it isn't raining.\\
'''SFX''': [[CueTheRain KRAK-THOOM]]

* ''Webcomic/KillroyAndTina'':
--->'''Qwerty''': Is this a relatively normal Thursday evening for you?\\
'''Tina''': Sometimes I have homework, too.
* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'':
-->'''Helen''': Oh, a portal to hell seems to have opened in the ladies' room, and horned beasts are gibbering for his blood.
-->'''Seth''': Is it always like this around here?\\
'''Dave''': (looking at Helen) Hell no. Usually she just wears jeans.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' during the incident with "[[InkBlotTest Ink Blot]] [[TheIllegible Handwriting]]":
-->'''Justin''': [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels This is messed up on so many levels]]. I'm guessing [[DysfunctionalFamily you don't visit your cousin and uncle that much]]?\\
'''Nanase''': It's common sense not to.

* In the ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries'' story "[[Recap/FacingTheFutureSeriesEp8StolenYears Stolen Years]]", one of [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Jack's]] experiments causes a BigBlackout that envelops half the city, resulting in [[TorchesAndPitchforks an angry mob]] forming on the front stoop, led by Sam's parents. Upon seeing this, [[spoiler:[[HappilyAdopted newly adopted]] Danielle]] invoked this trope, with Jazz responding with a disappointed yes.

* In the ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries'' story "[[Recap/FacingTheFutureEp8StolenYears Stolen Years]]", one of [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Jack's]] experiments causes a BigBlackout that envelops half the city, resulting in [[TorchesAndPitchforks an angry mob]] forming on the front stoop, led by Sam's parents. Upon seeing this, [[spoiler:[[HappilyAdopted newly adopted]] Danielle]] invoked this trope, with Jazz responding with a disappointed yes.

* In the ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', one of [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Jack's]] experiments causes a BigBlackout that envelops half the city, resulting in [[TorchesAndPitchforks an angry mob]] forming on the front stoop, led by Sam's parents. Upon seeing this, [[spoiler:[[HappilyAdopted newly adopted]] Danielle]] invoked this trope, with Jazz responding with a disappointed yes.

-->'''Leo''': Uh, are they...''always'' like this?
-->'''Paulie''': ''(With an exasperated sigh)'' Sadly, ''yes''. Seriously, half of Water 7 sets their clocks to these damn fights...
-->'''Kaku''': Half nothing, I take my lunch breaks whenever they clash.

-->'''Lewis:''' Is dinner always like this?
-->'''Art:''' No, last night we had meatloaf.

-->'''Asterix:''' Is it always this foggy?
-->'''Anticlimax:''' Oh no. Only when it isn't raining.
-->'''SFX''': [[CueTheRain KRAK-THOOM]]

-->'''Ahsoka:''' Does this ''always'' happen to you?
-->'''Anakin:''' Everywhere I go.

* There's one lesser known of Grimm's {{Fairy Tale}}s about a man who wants to visit the godfather of his last child. When he comes to the house, the first thing he finds are a broom and a dustpan fighting on the stairs. He asks them for the godfather, the broom tells him "next floor". There he finds a lot of dead fingers - they also tell him "next floor". There he finds [[NothingButSkulls a heap of death's heads]]; again, "next floor". On that floor, a bunch of fish are busy [[LetsMeetTheMeat frying themselves in a pan]] - they too tell him, "next floor". There's a door, he looks through the keyhole, and sees the godfather with long horns on his head. He walks into the room, but the godfather has already hidden in his bed. Then, this dialogue ensues:
--> Man: "What's going on in your house? There were a broom fighting with a dustpan!"
--> Godfather: "You're stupid, those were my servants, they were talking."
--> Man: "On the second floor, there was a room full of dead fingers."
--> Godfather: "You're being silly, those were [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorzonera_hispanica scorzonera."]]
--> Man: "On the third floor, I found lots of death's heads."
--> Godfather: "Dumb man, those were cabbages."
--> Man: "On the fourth floor, I found fish in the pan, frying themselves."\\
(The fish come in and serve themselves.)
--> Man: "And when I looked into your room, I saw you wearing horns."
--> Godfather: "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Hey, that's not true!]]"\\
And the man is leaving very fast.

-->Hailey: Is it always like this?
-->Carter: No, sometimes it gets really exciting.

-->'''Oz:''' So, do you guys steal weapons from the Army a lot?
-->'''Willow:''' Well, we don't have cable, so we have to make our own fun.

-->'''Joyce:''' So, is this a typical day at the office?
-->'''Buffy:''' No. [beat] This was nothing.

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

--> '''Jo:''' Are all your cases like this?
--> '''Mac:''' [''nodding''] Pretty much.

--->'''Qwerty''': Is this a relatively normal Thursday evening for you?
--->'''Tina''': Sometimes I have homework, too.

-->'''Seth''': Is it always like this around here?
-->'''Dave''': (looking at Helen) Hell no. Usually she just wears jeans.

-->'''Justin''': [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels This is messed up on so many levels]]. I'm guessing [[DysfunctionalFamily you don't visit your cousin and uncle that much]]?
-->'''Nanase''': It's common sense not to.

--> '''Jazz:''' Is it always like this on this crazy planet?
--> '''Prowl:''' Pretty much.

--> '''Rocket:''' It IS always like this!
--> '''Zatanna:''' Told ya.

* In a confusing reversal, in the book ''Firewing'' (which takes place in the bat underworld): a recently dead bat with no memory constantly asks a living bat if the weird shit that keeps happening around them, like mountains shooting up out of nowhere and deserts melting, is "supposed to happen" in the real world.

* There's one lesser known of Grimm's {{Fairy Tale}}s about a man who wants to visit the godfather of his last child. When he comes to the house, the first thing he finds are a broom and a dustpan fighting on the stairs. He asks them for the godfather, the broom tells him "next floor". There he finds a lot of dead fingers - they also tell him "next floor". There he finds [[NothingButSkulls a heap of death's heads]]; again, "next floor". On that floor, a bunch of fish are busy [[LetsMeetTheMeat frying themselves in a pan]] - they too tell him, "next floor". There's a door, he looks through the keyhole, and sees the godfather with long horns on his head. (Hmm, {{Horny Devil|s}}?) He walks into the room, but the godfather has already hidden in his bed. Then, this dialogue ensues:

--> Godfather: "You're being silly, those were [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorzonera_hispanica scorzonera]]."

* Used in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Prodigy".

* There's one lesser known of Grimm's FairyTales about a man who wants to visit the godfather of his last child. When he comes to the house, the first thing he finds are a broom and a dustpan fighting on the stairs. He asks them for the godfather, the broom tells him "next floor". There he finds a lot of dead fingers - they also tell him "next floor". There he finds [[NothingButSkulls a heap of death's heads]]; again, "next floor". On that floor, a bunch of fish are busy [[LetsMeetTheMeat frying themselves in a pan]] - they too tell him, "next floor". There's a door, he looks through the keyhole, and sees the godfather with long horns on his head. (Hmm, {{Horny Devil|s}}?) He walks into the room, but the godfather has already hidden in his bed. Then, this dialogue ensues:

* ''ComicBook/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."

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

--> Godfather: "You're being silly, those were scorzonera."

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

* In the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures novel ''Sky Pirates!'', new companion Roz reflects that her first adventure with the Doctor ended with the possibility her friend could turn into a mindless berserker with no warning, her career in ruins, assassins searching for them, and a destroyed city, and asks old-hand companion Benny for reassurance that not all of their adventures will end like that. Benny is suddenly reluctant to continue the conversation.

* 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.

--> '''Eddie:''' "Is your friend [Patricia] always so..?
--> '''Joy:''' "Yep."

--> '''Fabian:''' She's [Patricia] not always like this, you know.
--> '''Nina:''' [[SarcasmMode Don't tell me this is her warm and fuzzy side?]]

--> '''KT:''' What are we going to do, follow her? ''({{beat}})'' We're following her, aren't we?
--> '''Eddie:''' "You're starting to get the hang of how things work around here."

** An observation from Riley, discussing this trope

** Oz first mission for the Scoobies involves lending his van so they can steal a rocket launcher from a US military base.

** Buffy's mother after their home is attacked by zombies.

* Phoebe, when she was first introduced in ''TheMagicSchoolBus'' book ''Inside the Earth'', repeatedly inquired about whether Ms. Frizzle's class was always like this. She adapted and was treated as a regular student thereafter. Nevertheless, the [=TV=] show gave her the CatchPhrase "At my old school, we never <insert random occurence here>".

->''"Again?"''

* Detective Sergeant Scott used this to [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] the rather [[NeverOneMurder high murder rate]] in [[MidsomerMurders Midsomer]].

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

-->'''Leo''': Uh, are they...'''always''' like this?

* In the ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', one of [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Jack's]] experiments causes a blackout that envelops half the city, resulting in [[TorchesAndPitchforks an angry mob]] forming on the front stoop, led by Sam's parents. Upon seeing this, [[spoiler:[[HappilyAdopted newly adopted]] Danielle]] invoked this trope, with Jazz responding with a disappointed yes.

* 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.