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* At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''' [[Recap/VeggieTalesEpisode6TheToyThatSavedChristmas Christmas episode]], George was telling the ending of an admittedly unusual bedtime story to his granddaughter Annie by the time the episode begins, before telling the eponymous story next.
-->'''George:''' And so the pig and the giant lizard brought the boy back to his family at the bowling alley, and they all lived happily ever after. The End.

* At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''' [[Recap/VeggieTalesEpisode6TheToyThatSavedChristmas Christmas episode]], George was telling the ending of an admittedly unusual bedtime story to his granddaughter Annie by the time the episode begins, before telling the eponymous story next, after that.

* ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'': One Storyteller's sketch has him asked for a story [[ARareSentence involving the phrase "that robot weasel might just be Prince Albert"]]. He tells a story about Queen Victoria's brain, and robot hedgehogs, only at the end to realise he misheard the question.

--> '''Major Payne''': Once upon a time, deep deep in the jungle...There was a little engine that could. He was chugging his way across the enemy line, ''"chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga, toot toot!"'' This little engines' mission was to take some AK-47's and a ''nuclear payload'' over the mountain to the 2063 Battalion! Needless to say, there was plenty of opposition! You think that stopped the little engine that could? No siree bob! He just kept chugging along, ''"chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga, toot toot!"'' Not even when they climbed aboard the train, and ''popped'' out the eyes of the conductor, and blood and snot was drippin' out of his eye sockets! Think that stopped the engine that could? ''Damn'' skippy, he just kept chuggin along...''"chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga, toot toot!"'' Wasn't until...Charlie rigged the bridge with plastic explosives as the little engine was making his way across the trestle...''BOOM!'' An explosion happened, and ''blood'', and ''guts'', and ''spit'', and ''ass'' was ''everywhere!'' Bubba come crawling out the back door...both legs missing! Lula May's baby boy, and he looked up and me and he said, 'Payne...I can't feel my legs!' And I said, 'Bubba, they ain't there!' And I looked down and them little bloody nubs was ''kickin real fast like this here!'''. And I said, 'Bubba, its 30 miles to the nearest town, and unless you can flip upside down and walk on your hands you ain't gonna make it!' All of the sudden, ''Charlie was all over the place!'' Just me and my sidearm, and I had no other alternative, but to blast my way out! ''''''AHHHHHHHHHHH!!'''''' ''Die,'' pigs, ''die!'' '''''YOU'LL NEVER TAKE MAJOR BENSON WINNIFORD PAYNE ALIVE!!'''''
* In the Italian movie "Così è la vita" (That's Life) from the comedic trio Creator/AldoGiovanniAndGiacomo, Aldo plays a convict on the run and manages to get a date with a misterious girl (Creator/MarinaMassironi) while he's still at large. To impress her, his two hostages-turned-friends Giovanni and Giacomo suggests him to tell the lion and gazelle story ("It doesn't matter if you're a lion or gazelle, you'd better be running"). Which may be A LITTLE TOO MUCH to remember for Aldo's stressed character. Here's the hilariously deranged result as he tries to get it right:

* This was the shtick of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character Roseanne Roseannadanna. She would answer a letter about a current topic, which would inevitably lead to an anecdote about meeting a celebrity doing something gross. When asked what does that have to do with the topic at hand, Roseannnadanna would respond with the CatchPhrase "It just goes to show, it's always something."

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* When ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' doujins or fics do [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine manzai]] and/or has [[TheDitz Cirno]] in it, this trope is bound to come up.

** "Something Smells": In this episode, Spongebob becomes convinced he's extremely ugly due to everyone avoiding him, not being aware that the reason for their aversion is the fact he actually had really bad breath that day. Patrick (who, not having a nose, is completely unaware of Spongebob's bad breath), attempts to make Spongebob feel better:

** In a similar vein, Homer is attempting to explain to Bart why he can't have the video game he covets.
--->'''Homer:''' When I was your age, I wanted an electric football game more than anything in the world. And my parents bought it for me, and it was the happiest day of my life.

The {{Cloudcuckoolander}} is often prone to this. May overlap with NoSenseOfHumor.

--> '''Major Payne''': Once upon a time, deep deep in the jungle...There was a little engine that could. He was chugging his way across the enemy line, ''"chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga, toot toot!"'' This little engines' mission was to take some AK-47's and a nuclear payload, over the mountain to the 2063 Battalion. Needless to say, there was plenty of opposition. You think that stopped the little engine that could? No siree bob! He just kept chugging along, ''"chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga, toot toot!"'' Not even when they climbed aboard the train, and ''popped'' out the eyes of the conductor, and blood and snot was drippin' out of his eye sockets. Think that stopped the engine that could? ''Damn'' skippy, he just kept chuggin along...''"chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga, toot toot!"'' Wasn't until Charlie rigged the bridge with plastic explosives as the little engine was making his way across the trestle. ''BOOM!'' An explosion happened. And ''blood'', and ''guts'', and ''spit'', and ''shit'' was ''everywhere!'' Bubba come crawling out the back with both legs missing! Lula May's baby boy, and he looked up and me and he said, 'Payne, I can't feel my legs!' And I said, 'Bubba, they ain't there!' And I looked down and them little bloody nubs was ''kickin'''. And I said, 'Bubba, its 30 miles to the nearest town, and unless you can flip upside down walk on your hands you ain't gonna make it!' All of the sudden, Charlie was ''all over the place!'' Just me and my sidearm, and I had no other alternative, but to ''blast my way out!'' ''''''AHHHHHHHHHHH!!'''''' Die, pigs, die! '''''YOU'LL NEVER TAKE MAJOR BENSON WINNIFORD PAYNE ALIVE!'''''

--> "Every morning, in Africa, when sun rises, a gazelle dies. [pause] Wakes up, already dead. Maybe she wasn't feeling well the day before, so... [Giovanni and Giacomo gives him dumbfounded looks from another table] Anyway, also in Africa, every morning, when the sun rises, a lion wakes up and starts running to avoid ending like the gazelle that died the day before. Then, while running, he crosses path with the dead gazelle and says to himself 'why am i running? Might as well stop there and take a bite.' [Giovanni and Giacomo are even more appalled]
Anyway, what's my point? [visibly confused] It doesn't matter... if you're an armadillo... or a peacock... What's important is... if you die let me know in advance.

--> "Every morning, in Africa, when sun rises, a gazelle dies. [pause] Wakes up, already dead. Maybe she wasn't feeling well the day before, so... [Giovanni and Giacomo gives him dumbfounded looks from another table] Anyway, also in Africa, every morning, when the sun rises, a lion wakes up and starts running to avoid ending like the gazelle that died the day before.
Then, while running, he crosses path with the dead gazelle and says to himself 'why am i running? Might as well stop there and take a bite.' [Giovanni and Giacomo are even more appalled]

--> '''Major Payne''': Once upon a time, deep deep in the jungle...There was a little engine that could. He was chugging his way across the enemy line, ''"chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga, toot toot!"'' This little engines' mission was to take some AK-47's and a nuclear payload, over the mountain to the 2063 Battalion. Needless to say, there was plenty of opposition. You think that stopped the little engine that could? No siree bob! He just kept chugging along, ''"chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga, toot toot!"'' Not even when they climbed aboard the train, and ''popped'' out the eyes of the conductor, and blood and snot was drippin' out of his eye sockets. Think that stopped the engine that could? ''Damn'' skippy, he just kept chuggin along...''"chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga, toot toot!"'' Wasn't until Charlie rigged the bridge with plastic explosives as the little engine was making his way across the trestle. ''BOOM!''' An explosion happened. And ''blood'', and ''guts'', and ''spit'', and ''shit'' was ''everywhere!'' Bubba come crawling out the back with both legs missing! Lula May's baby boy, and he looked up and me and he said, 'Payne, I can't feel my legs!' And I said, 'Bubba, they ain't there!' And I looked down and them little bloody nubs was ''kickin'''. And I said, 'Bubba, its 30 miles to the nearest town, and unless you can flip upside down walk on your hands you ain't gonna make it!' All of the sudden, Charlie was ''all over the place!'' Just me and my sidearm, and I had no other alternative, but to ''blast my way out!'' ''''''AHHHHHHHHHHH!!'''''' Die, pigs, die! '''''YOU'LL NEVER TAKE MAJOR BENSON WINNIFORD PAYNE ALIVE!'''''

-->"If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight! [[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu Sun Tzu said that]], and I'd say he knows a little bit more about fighting than you do, pal, because he [[BigBookOfWar invented it]], and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor. Then, he used his fight money to buy two of every animal on earth, and then he [[NoahsStoryArc herded them onto a boat]], and then he [[MemeticBadass beat the CRAP out of every single one.]] And from that day forward any time a bunch of animals are together in one place it's called a ''[[{{Pun}} zoo]]''! (Beat) '''Unless it's a farm!'''"

* The ''Series/UprightCitizensBrigade''' episode "The Story of the Toad", about the titular toad who left bread crumbs in the forrest so he could find his way back … and then runs into one of his friends, Harry the Hornless Unicorn.

** What happens [[http://xkcd.com/872/ if a math professor starts rambling while reading fairy tales:]]

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', Otacon takes over as Snake's VoiceWithAnInternetConnection, and takes all the roles of Snake's former team. However, he does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW8QPIId6E8 not that great of a job imitating Mei-Ling's quoting of classic literature.]] Call him enough and [[EasterEgg Mei-Ling hijacks his feed to tell him to shut up.]]

--->'''Patrick:''' Maybe a story will cheer you up. It's called "JustForFun/TheUglyBarnacle". Once there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that [[KillEmAll everyone died]]. The end.\\

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* When ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' doujins or fics do [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine manzai]] and/or has [[TheDitz Cirno]] in it, this trope is bound to come up.
* Invoked by Cross in ''Fanfic/ThisBites'' when Ms. Valentines Day demands to know the source of his world-shaking knowledge, and he ends his explanation with the American Civil War.
-->'''Cross''': ...And so, while the Civil War didn't start out over slavery, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made it about slavery. Make Sense?\\
'''Valentine''': Hm... yeah, when you put it that way, I understand perfectly. Just one question, however... WHAT DID ANY OF THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR UNHOLY KNOWLEDGE!
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* In the Italian movie "Così è la vita" (That's Life) from the comedic trio Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, Aldo plays a convict on the run and manages to get a date with a misterious girl (Marina Massironi) while he's still at large. To impress her, his two hostages-turned-friends Giovanni and Giacomo suggests him to tell the lion and gazelle story ("It doesn't matter if you're a lion or gazelle, you'd better be running"). Which may be A LITTLE TOO MUCH to remember for Aldo's stressed character. Here's the hilariously deranged result as he tries to get it right: