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-->' ''Susan''': Well, she's certainly no... [[ActorAllusion Yellow]] [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Ranger]].\\

But I'll never give him {{UP}}."\\

--> ''This page isn't nearly long enough. To get to the bottom of this, we're gonna need... [[GonnaNeedMoreTrope more trope.]]''

* This was parodied on {{Community}}, during their LawAndOrder episode, "Basic Lupine Urology". After a smashed yam is found in the biology class (the yam being the group's now ruined class project), Troy and Abed are tasked with finding out who killed it. They stand over the yam, having this exchange:

* Lampshaded into a RunningGag on ''NCIS'' when Jimmy constantly makes what would be a Grissom One Liner on another show; not only does it never precede a cut, he inevitably causes everyone present to either roll their eyes with the lameness of it or react in disgust with the complete inappropriateness. Sometimes both.

'''Horatio''': "Well Frank, he may have ToyStory and WesternAnimation/MonstersInc,\\

** Parodied twice by BruceCampbell in an episode of ''BurnNotice''. A bit of FridgeBrilliance, since both shows are set in Miami and Campbell's character was posing as a CSI technician.

* Parodied in the {{Monk}} episode "Mr. Monk gets Lotto Fever", where Randy Disher repeatedly tries (and fails) to pull a snappy one-liner off. Though really, the phrase "Randy repeatedly tries (and fails) to say something clever" could be applied to any episode he appears in.

* ''{{Bones}}'' mocks this trope in "The Beaver in the Otter". After describing how a corpse had been shot with a cannon filled with bric-a-brack, pelted by a crowd, and set on fire at a pep rally:

* ''BurnNotice'' skewered ''Series/{{CSI}}: Miami'''s Caine one liners in the episode ''Partners in Crime''. Sam Axe (played by BruceCampbell) pretends to be a crime scene investigator in order to put pressure on the murderer of a clothing model. Just before leaving, he pulls on his shades and delivers these gems:

* ''{{Castle}}'' plays this for laughs; Richard Castle is frequently given to making some comment of this nature, prompting Beckett to just give him an exasperated look in response.

---> '''Stewie''': "Well at least it didn't end like ''TheSopranos'' where it just cut to black in mid sent--"

-->' ''Susan''': Well, she's certainly no... [[ActorAllusion Yellow]] [[PowerRangersDinoThunder Ranger]].\\

*** An exceptionally hilarious one by a YouTube commenter:

** A ''{{CSI}}''-themed episode of ''{{Mythbusters}}'' naturally parodies this as well, complete with Who sample. Only it cut to the next narrative segment instead of commercial.

* ''{{CSI}}'' is a famous example. Gil Grissom has these so frequently that he used to be the TropeNamer.

** In the season 7 episode of ''{{CSI}}'' "''Meet Market''" is an example of what might be called [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] {{Subversion}}. With Grissom on sabbatical it is left to someone else to pick up the slack.

* HowIMetYourMother parodied this in one episode with Ted having been analysing the 'crime scene' of his apartment for evidence of a fight between Lily and Marshall and determining the cause was leaving the lid of the peanut butter, explained with CSI intenseness and use of shades.

* StargateAtlantis, episode ''Vegas'', is set in an alternate reality, where Sheppard never joined the SGC. "Detective John Sheppard" pulls a one liner at the end of TheTeaser.

* ''BurnNotice'' skewered ''{{CSI}}: Miami'''s Caine one liners in the episode ''Partners in Crime''. Sam Axe (played by BruceCampbell) pretends to be a crime scene investigator in order to put pressure on the murderer of a clothing model. Just before leaving, he pulls on his shades and delivers these gems:

* In the third ''WorldOfWarcraft'' expansion, Stormwind's town guard is investigating the murder of a beloved horse ([[ValuesDissonance and his two owners]]):

* Heavily parodied in [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/CSI/ this]] ''WeeblAndBob'' cartoon, as part of a general ''{{CSI}}: Miami'' parody.

* ''TheOnion'''s AV Club forums have a commenter who calls him-/herself David Caruso and posts nothing but one-lines, with the GlassesPull and ''YYYYYEEEAAAAHHHH'' copied from {{CSI}}.

* From the ''PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Finding Mary [[MacGuffin McGuffin]]":

* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''FamilyGuy'' when Peter mentions they're going to Hollywood, "where the people are sexy and clever and they always say somethin' funny right before the commercial break". He then doesn't say anything until after the break.
** Also from ''FamilyGuy'' as the last line from the episode "Stewie Kills Lois":

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-->'''Susan''': Well, she's certainly no... [[ActorAllusion Yellow]] [[PowerRangersDinoThunder Ranger]].\\

-->'''Susan''': Well, she's certainly no... Yellow Ranger.\\

*** Except that part of the shows rules was for them to follow actual police procedure, which includes police professionalism. [[hottip:* :No, not "'''[[TheWho Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!]]'''" because that's fun, and I want you to [[StopHavingFunGuys stop having it]].]]

* Shows up twice in ''Comicbook/{{Bookhunter}}''.

* In Gregory [=McDonald's=] novel, Flynn, Inspector Flynn finds a severed hand on his front porch the morning after a plane exploded over Boston Harbor. He says "Pull yourself together, Charlie," and muses about the dark humour professionals use to deal with such sights.

'''Horatio''': "Well Frank, he may have ToyStory and MonstersInc,\\

* Parodied in ''{{Supernatural}}'', where the boys were [[TrappedInTVLand Trapped In TV Land]].
--> ''After finding a victim with quarters jammed down his throat:''

--->'''Abby Sciuto''': With a big dash of creepy, Jimmy.

* In the Crash Course level of ''{{Left 4 Dead}}'', Zoey had just shot the group's (infected) helicopter pilot, causing the helicopter to crash. When approaching his dead body, she has a chance of saying:

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{American Dad}}'' when someone from animal control attempts this in complete with him putting on shades, jumping up and yelling "Yeeeeeeeeagh!". but it falls flat when his friend doesn't get the reference.

** In "A Space Oddity", Hodges and Simms are at a sci-fi convention when a corpse is found. Hodges calls up Captain Brass, flips open his phone communicator-style, and says "[[StarTrek He's dead, Jim]]".

A snappy, one-liner comment just before the commercial break or opening sequence. Often takes this form:f

* Isaac Newton parodies Horatio Caine's one-liners in [[http://xkcd.com/626/ this]] ''{{xkcd}}'' strip.

* The opening sequence for ''ColdCase'' is set up for this, though it's only occasionally preceded by a quip.

* Seto Kaiba pulls one at the end of ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}'' Episode 44.

A snappy, one-liner comment just before the commercial break or opening sequence. Often takes this form:

-->'''Kaiba''': Looks like the rules... * pulls out shades* ...just got screwed.

* Used by [[TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]] in his LetsPlay of ''{{Phantasmagoria}} 2: A Puzzle of Flesh'':

** Parodied in the episode "Field Mice". Hodges is recounting the story of an old murder case to two rookie CSIs, challenging them to solve it. On two occasions Hodges' story ''appears'' to end with a QuipToBlack, complete with the intro music starting to fade in...only for someone to interrupt, [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the ridiculous nature of the quip. He ''finally'' manages to play the trope straight on the third attempt.

-->(''After Phineas and Ferb parody StarskyAndHutch and MiamiVice'')

--> Frank: "The suspect was identified by an eye-witness as one RickAstley and was seen leaving the scene of the crime with the missing {{Pixar}} movies."\\
Horatio: "Well Frank, he may have ToyStory and MonstersInc,\\

-->''Cam'': Now that's what I call team spirit. (Vaziri and Angela stare at her) I'm a wise-cracking pathologist with a dark sense of humor. (cut)

--->Coach: Wait for official instructions... (Laughs) Wait, my ass.
--->Eilis: Kill all sons-of-bitches. [[DramaticGunCock *Cocks shotgun*]] That's my official instructions.

*** Though why she needed to pick her kid up is unknown, the whole series takes place in the summer.
*** You never heard of summer school?

-->[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR-NPVtF6Ok YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]]

** Jim Carrey [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glvGfQnx3DI makes fun of this for several minutes on Letterman.]]

* Not even ''ColdCase'' is immune to this; one example is from the episode 'Wings', when they find a winged pin that means the victim was a flight attendant.

** Isn't it more like a [[{{SchiffOneLiner}} Schiff One Liner]]? It happens at the episode's end. Anyway, since '''every single line''' in the YGOTAS is funny, it's obvious that all the remarks before a cut are too. I remember one in particular:
-->'''Ishizu''': My Millenium Necklace gives me the power to see the future. And also to break the Fourth Wall.
-->'''Somebody''': That's pretty neat. What else can you see?
-->'''Ishizu''': In about five seconds you will be interupted by the opening credits.
-->'''Somebody''': What the hell are you talkin ab--''opening starts''

* In ''DragonAgeII'''s "Mark of the Assassin" DLC, Hawke pulls off a one-liner so intentionally cringe-worthy it ''must'' be a ShoutOut to ''CSIMiami''. After the villain, an Orlesian duke, falls off a cliff: