History Main / WeirdAside

* ''MassEffect3'': Javik has a habit of interspersing conversations with harsh, derogatory, or downright weird facts about life in "his cycle". For instance, when James tries to invite him to play poker, he claims that gambling was punishable by ''[[DisproportionateRetribution execution]]'' and that his troops whiled away the hours with staring contests. He's also known for aside references to Prothean cooking (ingredients: [[ImAHumanitarian most of the galaxy's now-sapient species]]). On the other hand, he admits in a conversation in ''Citadel'' that he [[{{Troll}} enjoys winding up the rest of the crew]], seeing what outrageous lies they'll believe about his people.

* {{Played for Drama}} in ''{{Doctor Who}}'s'' ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E9TheFamilyOfBlood The Family of Blood]]''. John Smith ([[spoiler: the human character the Doctor created and turned himsef into]]) is holding the pocket watch that contains the Doctor's Time Lord consciousness, and talking to Martha and Joan. At one point in the conversation, the Doctor briefly takes him over, causing "John" to casually spout {{technobabble}} jargon and considerably freaking him out.

Similar to BreadEggsMilkSquick, only it's in a conversation and it's actually Bread, Eggs, Milk, {{Beat}}... wait, what? It can also be Bread Eggs Milk Squick depending on the content of the aside.

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* Mortimer Brewster's aunts in ''ArsenicAndOldLace'' tended to speak much like this.

* {{Played for Drama}} in ''{{Doctor Who}}'s'' ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E9TheFamilyOfBlood The Family of Blood]]''. John Smith ([[spoiler: the human character the Doctor created and turned himsef into]]) is holding the pocketwatch that contains the Doctor's Time Lord consciousness, and discussing the current situation with Martha and Joan. At one point in the conversation, the Doctor briefly takes him over, causing "John" to casually spout technobabble jargon and considerably freaking him out.

'''Spike:''' So...no fudge?\\

* Some of the wizards in the {{Discworld}} series have a tendency to make awkward pauses in the conversation even more awkward by filling them in with random trivia. In ''Discworld/ReaperMan'', the Senior Wrangler is said to be able to "do to a conversation what it usually takes thick treacle to do to the gears of a precision stopwatch."

During what had previously been a perfectly ordinary conversation, one character nonchalantly inserts something completely bizarre, and often disturbing, which often [[MoodWhiplash derails the conversation]]. They may do this knowingly or innocently, not realizing how strange what they are saying is. This is often used for humorous purposes (even by the very character, if knowingly) or to add emphasis to how screwed up a life the particular character had, that they think something like that would be normal or conversation-appropriate.

Here's an example:

Old Lady: "Oh, this recipe? Well, when I fought the militias in {{Qurac}}, I met this woman who taught it to me. Very sweet lady, even though her husband made that DealWithTheDevil. Anyways, first you take two eggs, separate the whites and the yolks... Are you listening?"

** Also, when Phoebe was a Surrogate Mother she liked to freak people out by talking about having her brother's baby.

* The character Sister from ''RedVsBlue'' is known for this. She inserts all kinds of weird stuff into conversations that make people go "Wait, what?" as if it were normal.

'''Spike:''' Uh...I like pickles?

* AlfredHitchcock did this in real life, especially as he was getting out of an elevator. Just as he was getting off at a floor, he'd turn to a friend and say, "So there I was with the dead body. Looking back I shouldn't have touched the knife, but, with such an amount of blood before me, I acted with poor judgement." As the elevator door shut, the other passengers would wonder what the hell had happened.

Similar to BreadEggsMilkSquick, only it's in a conversation and it's actually Bread, Eggs, Milk, {{Beat}}... wait, what? It can also be BreadEggsMilkSquick depending on the content of the aside.

Old Lady: "Oh, this recipe? Well, when I fought the militias in Qurac, I met this woman who taught it to me. Very sweet lady, even though her husband made that DealWithTheDevil. Anyways, first you take two eggs, separate the whites and the yolks... Are you listening?"

* In ''Discworld/ReaperMan'', the Senior Wrangler has a tendency to make awkward pauses in the conversation even more awkward by filling them in with random trivia.

'''Pinkie Pie:''' I'm not sure how ketchup is going to help her in this contest. Now in a hot dog eating contest, it can make them doggies nice and slippery, but personally I prefer mustard. How about you, Spike?\\

'''Pinkie Pie:''' No thanks! I had a big breakfast.

* RossNoble's entire routine is this. He begins practically every show by observing something strange an audience member is wearing or doing, and goes on to make a two-hour show out of it. A single show could cover Hare Krishnas, sailors, emus, and DJ ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia/Aslan'' before the night is out.

'''Pinkie Pie:''' And I like fudge! But if I eat too much fudge, I get a pudge, and then I can't budge.

* Pinkie Pie from ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic'' is seen doing this while doing the commentary for the Running of the Leaves in "Fall Weather Friends":

* Phoebe Buffay, from {{Friends}}, often begins a story with "When I was living on the streets..." or "When my mother killed herself..." - The titular friends take it in stride (after all, they already know about Phoebe's mother and life story), new acquaintances do not.

* Sue Sylvester in {{Glee}} frequently does this.
* The character Sister from RedVsBlue is known for this. She inserts all kinds of weird stuff into conversations that make people go "Wait, what?" as if it were normal.

* The Janitor in Scrubs does this sometimes.
* Mortimer Brewster's aunts in ArsenicAndOldLace tended to speak much like this.
* Alfred Hitchcock did this in real life, especially as he was getting out of an elevator. Just as he was getting off at a floor, he'd turn to a friend and say, "So there I was with the dead body. Looking back I shouldn't have touched the knife, but, with such an amount of blood before me, I acted with poor judgement." As the elevator door shut, the other passengers would wonder what the hell had happened.
* In ''Discworld/ReaperMan'', the Senior Wrangler has a tendency to make awkward pauses in the conversation even more awkward by filling them in with random trivia.

* The news segments on ''TopGear'' often go off-topic for one reason or another, but no one derails them faster than James May.

Similar to BreadEggsMilkSquick, only it's in a conversation and it's actually Bread, Eggs, Milk, {{Beat}}... [[FlatWhat wait, what?]]. It can also be BreadEggsMilkSquick depending on the content of the aside.

* The character Sister from RedVsBlue is known for this. She inserts all kinds of weird stuff into conversations that make people go [[FlatWhat "Wait, what?"]] as if it were normal.

'''Pinkie Pie:''' And I like fudge! But if I eat too much fudge, I get a pudge, and then I can't budge.

* In ''Discworld/ReaperMan'', the Senior Wrangler has a tendency to make awkward pauses in the conversation even more awkward by filling them in with random trivia.

* Alfred Hitchcock did this in real life, especially as he was getting out of an elevator. Just as he was getting off at a floor, he'd turn to a friend and say, "So there I was with the dead body. Looking back I shouldn't have touched the knife, but, with such an amount of blood before me, I acted with poor judgement." As the elevator door shut, the other passengers would wonder what the hell had happened.

* The character Sister from RedvsBlue is known for this. She inserts all kinds of weird stuff into conversations that make people go [[FlatWhat "Wait, what?"]] as if it were normal.

The alternate name is named for Phoebe Buffay, a specialist in this kind of speech. Not to be confused with BuffySpeak.

* Mortimer Brewster's aunts in ArsenicAndOldLace tended to speak much like this.