History Main / QuipToBLack

** Complete with a shot of Hawke [[UnflinchingWalk walking away for the cliff]] while his/her companions frame him/her. The only things missing were the sunglasses and [[http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=csi this]].

* ''TheWestWing'' frequently had someone make a dry comment about whatever impending crisis had just been set in motion before the smach cut to the credits.

** Also played with in the Season 1 episode "Investigative Journalism". JackBlack plays an [[RememberTheNewGuy abruptly introduced new character]], Buddy, who is desperate to become part of the study group.

* ''WoodyAllen's Melinda and Melinda''. The FramingDevice ends the film justly:

* [[DeadRising2 Chuck Greene]] has a tendency to drop one of these after taking out the more unsympathetic psychopaths.

* Series/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.

'''''[[TheWho Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!]]'''''

-->'''Sy:''' We just got to accept it and enjoy it, because it can end... like ''that''. ''(Snaps Fingers. QuipToBlack. CreditsRoll.)''

** The QuipToBlack was somewhat [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade Hung]] in the episode "Crow's Feet", when Catherine Willows, who had reported to the scene and therefore got the chance to quip, stated "it's my turn now" before the credits rolled.

** 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.
* A ''CSINewYork'' example -- on discovering that a corpse that has fallen from the Empire State Building has had its brain go out of the hole in its skull, Stella opines, "Looks like a no-brainer."
** Dead man found dressed as a giant cigarette; "Let's just say it now to get it over with, Smoking Kills." This was shamelessly lifted for ''[=Grindhouse=]'' ''Film/PlanetTerror'', though, of course, the delivery style was entirely different.

** Subverted delightfully in "The Squab and the Quail". Beckett is pursued romantically by a brilliant and charming billionaire. The episode ends with Castle showing his rival to the elevator out, having been chosen by Beckett. Castle intends to get the last word in a well-earned QuipToBlack, only to be out-jousted by his rival.

*** Just in case you don't get the joke first time, said NPC then goes on to crack several more [[QuiptoBlack quips to black]] in the course of the quest line.

-->--'''''[[TheWho YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]'''''
* The ''{{Hamlet}}'' level of [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/522607 REPLAYING :the game:]] runs this one deep into the ground.
* One of the subcategories on Comixed.com, a yonkoma creation site, is a QuipToBlack (usually featuring [[CSIMiami Horatio Caine]] but occasionally characters from other series as well) with the last panel being a establishing shot of Miami (or wherever) with '''''[[TheWho YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH]]''''' captioned across it.

** Dead man found dressed as a giant cigarette; "Let's just say it now to get it over with, Smoking Kills." This was shamelessly lifted for ''GrindHouse: PlanetTerror'', though, of course, the delivery style was entirely different.

** Parodied on SaturdayNightLive with CSI: Sarasota featuring an elderly pair of detectives. Each of BettyWhite's lines is a one-liner accompanied by removing her sunglasses and YYEEEAAAHHHH!!!!!

* In the Crash Course level of ''Left4Dead'', 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:

*** Also, the opening cutscene of ''Left 4 Dead 2''.

** Unfortunately, what most people don't realize is that this is a case of BeamMeUpScotty; most of Caine's one liners aren't actually quips, simply straightforward, serious statements made in a ridiculously deadpan manner. Only rarely do they fit the spirit of this trope of being ironic or punny.

* ''{{Mirai Nikki: The Abridged Series}}'': During the first episode, right after Yukkiteru kills Three by destroying his phone, he is rightfully confused about what just happened:

* ''{{Mirai Nikki The Abridged Series}}'': During the first episode, right after Yukkiteru kills Three by destroying his phone, he is rightfully confused about what just happened:

* ''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 Series/{{CSI}}.

* On the ''WrestleCrap Radio'' podcast, Blade Braxton's character [[FunWithAcronyms C. S. Irwin]] was a parody of Horatio Caine. Ostensibly the podcast's {{TNA}} correspondent, Caine (like all previous correspondents) never actually recapped TNA; instead, he'd do a sort of TNA-related ShaggyDogStory that ended in a lame pun, followed by the signature Who music.

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

* ''Series/BurnNotice'' skewered ''Series/CSIMiami'''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:

* ''Series/{{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.

Commonly found on detective/mystery series; a frequent (but ''not'' exclusive) use of this is when the detectives make a pithy 'gallows humour' comment about the [[MysteryOfTheWeek crime of the week]] in the ColdOpen, followed by a cut to the credits. The usual purpose is to convey a sense that the detective has [[SeenItAll seen this level of horror before]], and that he's so used to it he can make a joke about it. Often will include a GlassesPull for emphasis.

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade Hung]] and subverted in "Two and a Half Dead". After finding a dead comedy actress with a [[NobodyHereButUsChickens rubber chicken]] stuffed in her mouth (it's a long, complex and hilarious story), the lab techs ask Grissom why he hasn't done a OneLiner, suggesting "I suspect ''fowl'' play" and "This is ''poultry'' evidence". Grissom goes for neither, instead invoking IncrediblyLamePun with "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard".

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

* The {{Hamlet}} level of [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/522607 REPLAYING :the game:]] runs this one deep into the ground.

* On the Cheezburger Network site [[http:http://comixed.com Comixed]], this is a popular trend. However, one recent comic [[http://comixed.com/2010/07/05/4-koma-comic-strip-dude/ averts this.]]

* DragonBallAbridged parodies this. Krillin tries to set one up after he and Gohan take out a pair of Freeza's soldiers, all it does is give him his first [[RunningGag owned count point of the season]]. No glasses or The Who though.

* The fourth ''CodexAlera'' book has one at the end of a chapter that's just ''begging'' for an anachronistic GlassesPull:

* Played with on ''TheWire'', in an effort to distinguish itself from traditional cop shows. The pilot opens with [=McNulty=] questioning a witness about a dead kid named "Snot Boogie," a knucklehead who always hung around the local craps games and tried to steal the winnings because he "couldn't help himself." So [=McNulty=] asks why they kept letting him hang around if they knew he was going to grab the cash, and the kid says "You got to. This is America, man." The somber theme song dampens the humor of the moment, but the ''characters'' find it hilarious: [=McNulty=] opens the next scene by re-telling the story to another cop.

* Parodied in ''{{Supernatural}}'', where the boys were TrappedInTVLand.

* Series/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.
** In an episode of Stargate SG-1, a tv producer pitches a number of show ideas, including T'ealc P.I. (a shameless ripoff of ''{{Shaft}}'') featuring a scene where the one liner is simply. "[[CatchPhrase Indeeeeed.]]"

* ''Series/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:

* ''BackToTheFuture'': "Roads? ''where we're going we don't need *glasses flip* roads!''" YYYEEEEEAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'''[[TheWho Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!]]'''