History Main / MetaphorGotten

* ''RubyRocketPrivateDetective'' is based on this trope, particular its relationship to stereotypical noir-speak. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9P9I9CN7Ww Example here.]]

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--> "You know Mark Twain? Scared to *death* of the Village People."

* This entire Website/SomethingAwful [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/sexy-body-metaphor.php article]].

* [[MyLifeIsAGoddamnMess "Social links are like Pringles. They come in a can and they don't taste good."]]

-> ''"Your father and I are just too different, we're like apples and oranges... oranges who went off and slept with their secretary and broke the apple's heart."''

The trope generally follows one of two paths. As seen in the page quote, the metaphor begins with a solid concept but quickly degenerates into a repetition of the actual situation only projected onto the metaphorical concepts. "You can't make an omelette without [something much more unpleasant than breaking a few eggs]" seems to be particularly popular, perhaps because it lends itself well to BlackComedy. It is also possible for the metaphorical concept to [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny distract the speaker]] so that the metaphor is forgotten.

-> ''"Your father and I are just too different, we're like apples and oranges... oranges who [[YourCheatingHeart went off and slept with their secretary and broke the apple's heart.]]"''

-> ''"A good story is like a good bowel movement: it's only really satisfying once it's ended. Because if you just keep going, then eventually your body runs out of shit and moves on to pushing all of your internal organs out of your sphincter, until only a foul-smelling shell remains, and anyone who wants to get in on your incredibly long poo gets turned off, because they need to have gone through all of the poo up to that point to have the necessary context and [[LampshadeHanging this is where the analogy is breaking down somewhat]]."''
-->--'''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''s [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2757-DC-Universe-Online review]] of DCUniverseOnline

* In ''[[AVeryPotterMusical A Very Potter Sequel]]'' Ron attempts to cheer up Hermione, who's worrying that she's too much like Umbridge, by comparing her to Spiderman. It's pretty clear that's not what he's really talking about when he mentions Spiderman's 'enormous breasts.'
* [[LetsPlay Let's Player]] {{raocow}} occasionally has these.

* ''MySoCalledLife'', "Life of Brian" involves Brian, Graham, Angela, Delia the new girl, and a metaphor involving wallpaper that covers ([[HurricaneOfPuns pun intended]]) most of the episode.
* In ''PeepShow'', Jez is railing against his aunt's decision to give his religious uncle a secular funeral during his eulogy, except that he tries to compare Jesus to the Irish musician Enya, capped off by claiming "Enya died for our sins".

* Shawn Spencer in ''{{Psych}}'' frequently comes up with metaphors. Problem is, they either make no sense in relation to what he's talking about, or he veers off in his meaning and... loses it.

* In ''VisionOfEscaflowneAbridged'':

* ''RubyRocket'' is based on this trope, particular its relationship to stereotypical noir-speak. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9P9I9CN7Ww Example here.]]

* In ''TheSocialNetwork'', Sean Parker uses the metaphor of a fisherman having his photo taken with one big Marlin instead of 15 trout. Eduardo goes into all the technical details, like how much a Marlin could weigh in real life and how strong the fisherman would have to be, while an irate Jesse tells him that he's CompletelyMissingThePoint.

---> '''Earl''': But that’s the thing! I’m the straw. Without the straw, the camel wouldn’t have a broken back.

* Here's a classic, "drive-'em-nuts" joke: Ask someone, "What has pointy ears, lives in the Southwest, howls at the moon, and is filled with cement?" They'll be completely baffled. Then tell them the answer is "A coyote." When they retort that coyotes aren't filled with cement, reply that that part was "just to make it ''hard''." (For a dirtier pun, replace "filled with cement" with [[ADateWithRosiePalms "masturbates constantly."]])

* ShaunMicallef was fond of this on ''TheMicallefProgram''.

** He's described his more recent show ''TalkinBoutYourGeneration'' as "''{{QI}}'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''ItsAKnockout'', goes out with each other for a few weeks, then ''QI'' gets dumped and takes up with ''SpicksAndSpecks'', but awkwardly runs into ''ItsAKnockout'' again a couple of months later and they have an affair. ''SpicksAndSpecks'' finds out, shoots ''ItsAKnockout'' in a jealous rage and goes to jail"

---> '''Earl''': But that’s the thing! I’m the straw. Without the straw, the camel wouldn’t have a broken back.

--> ''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003677 Shit is basically flying off the hook. It's like shit wants nothing to do with that hook. The hook filed for divorce from that shit and is now seeking custody of the hook and the shit's two kids.]]''

-->'''Second Hitman:''' You know, I'm with him on this one, man. That's pretty fucking obscure.

Handily TruthInTelevision. Has a lot of overlap with {{Dissimile}}. Compare AnalogyBackfire, SidetrackedByTheAnalogy, ShaggyFrogStory, DisorganizedOutlineSpeech, and ILikeMyXLikeILikeMyY. Because this often uses realistic diction, it can also subvert RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic. BuffySpeak uses this a lot.