History Main / WordSchmord

'''Hugh Neutron:''' Sport, shmort. Losing blows eggwater. Now, let's kick some Vortex hiney!

* ''[[Film/ScaryMovie3 Scary Movie 3]]'': After George is literally thrown out of a [[BattleRapping Rap Battle]] event for his [=KKK=]-looking hoodie and making a Nazi salute ([[DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot to a predominantly black audience no less]]), he decide to give up rapping by saying this in a very childish manner.

* ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'': In "The Wide Window", when Klaus insists to Count Olaf/Captain Sham that Mr. Poe will believe him and his siblings because they're telling the truth, Olaf cynically retorts, "Truth schmuth." The narration proceeds to go into a long AuthorTract not only about the usage of this trope, but also [[AndThatsTerrible how terrible it is]] that Olaf used it on the word "truth".
* First book of ''Literature/StarRiskLtd'': When M'chell is admiring a beautiful view of an AlienSky, Chas - at the moment in awful mood - comments, "beautiful schmutiful".
* In one of George Carlin's books, he idly wonders what you do when the original word already begins with "schm," i.e. "Schmidt, Schmidt!"

* ''Literature/BeingBindy'': Annoyed at Janey's sudden interest in shoes, Bindy thinks, ''Shoes schmooze''.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' had JD claiming he could rhyme anything, but did so by repeating whatever the last person said and invoking this trope. Leading to this punchline to a BrickJoke when he annoys Lavern earlier in a scene;
-->'''J.D.:''' (''cheerfully'') Eat ''schmit'' and die.

* In the David Letterman Top Ten List of "Other O.J. Defense Rhymes" (on both the show and the book), Number one was "Evidence, Schmevidence".
* From ''Series/KenanAndKel'':
-->'''Kenan:''' Science project, schmience, smo..ject.

* In ''ComicStrip/RoseIsRose'', Pasquale once told his mom that "Clem says anything can be cancelled out by replacing its first letter with shm". Her response was "Oh, Clem Shmlem!" In the last panel, Pasquale is asking Clem "[[LogicBomb Now what?]]".
* The September 4, 1978 strip of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' has "Labor Day, Schmabor Day."

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12480493/5/Planning-for-Failure Planning for Failure]]'' Harry uses an Inuit warming charm on Hermione.
-->'''Harry:''' The book said it doesn't actually warm up, but just 'regulates outgoing heat exchanges with inorganic matter', or something. I've always wanted to have a picnic in the snow, but the cold and wet aspects would make the fulfillment of this particular fantasy quite disappointing, now, wouldn't they...\\
'''Hermione:''' Well, thank goodness the second law of thermodynamics is so lax, then. Should've called it the second ''guideline'' of thermodynamics, really. Entropy, schmentropy, etc.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11821585/5/If-I-Knew-the-Consequences-I-Wouldn-t-Have-Done-it If I Knew the Consequences I Wouldn't Have Done it]]'' Hermione's parents offer to take over Harry's guardianship.
-->'''Hermione:''' You mean you'll come with me. Leave Hogwarts and become my brother?\\
'''Harry:''' I don't think I'll be your brother, foster brother, maybe?\\
'''Hermione:''' Oh, what rubbish! Foster smoster we'll be siblings in all the ways that count. I always wanted a brother. Well, mostly an older brother but I guess you'll do. I love you, little brother.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4736622/5/Patchwork-Wishes Patchwork Wishes]]'':
-->'''Ron:''' Not a ''toy'' broom, Mum! I ''need'' a ''real'' one. One of my very, very own. Pleeeasssse?\\
'''Mrs. Weasley:''' And why do you need a real one of your very own? We have plenty at home and with your brothers all at school, you don't even have to share with anyone but your sister.\\
'''Ron:''' But, Mum! Those brooms can hardly get off the ground anymore. Mr. Dog wants me to take him flying! Mr. Dog wants a Nimbus!\\
'''Mrs. Weasley:''' Nimbus - shmimbus! You and that stuffed bear of yours are just going to have to suffer down here on the ground with the rest of us Weasleys. The answer is still no.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13516910/1/Just-Begging-for-a-Little-Change Just Begging for a Little Change]]'':
-->'''Augusta:''' If my Frank could see this...\\
'''Algernon:''' Eh, Frank, shmank. The facts are that your son and daughter-in-law are at St. Mungo's and not going to get better.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1919804/2/The-Ridiculous-Notion The Ridiculous Notion]]'' Draco reads a book called ''Uterus Schmuterus: Pregnancy Is for Everyone''.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5790760/9/Searching-For-The-Power Searching For The Power]]'' Fred and George announce that they've found premises in Diagon Alley for their joke shop.
-->'''Mrs. Weasley:''' Just where did you find these premises, are you certain you can afford the rent?\\
'''Fred:''' Rent, schment. We used our inheritance to purchase premises across from Gringotts.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9157305/8/Losing-Control Losing Control]]'' Harry kills a boggart with an Incendio from the Elder Wand.
-->'''Cedric:''' Um...Harry, you can't destroy a boggart like that. Fire spells won't hurt it. It's one of the rules we were taught in defense.\\
'''Harry:''' Rules, schmules. I'm the son of the only true Marauder and I make up my own rules. Cool, wasn't it?

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14043306/29/The-Guile-of-the-Traveller The Guile of the Traveller]]'':
-->'''Harry:''' Yep. Somehow my magic fought it off and well ... I am now stuck with another fancy shmancy scar.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14069113/1/Consequences-Schmonsequences Consequences, Schmonsequences]]'', which involves a time-traveling Hermione.

* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'': "Planet, schmanet, Janet!"
* ''Film/WeirdScience'': When the futuristic biker goons conjured by Lisa show up at Gary and Wyatt's party and start trashing the house, Max and Ian look for a place to hide. Max yells, "What about the girls?" [[note]]Their dates to the party.[[/note]] Ian returns, "Girls schmirls!", and the two cower.

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* In Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', as part of his plan to undermine Enzo's image in the eyes of the Mainframe denizens, Megabyte sends Cyrus to place posters of him with the words "Guardian Schmardian".

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->''"Teamwork, Schmeamwork!"''

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' does this every once in a while, especially Rainbow Dash seems to be fond of it. The page quote is even from Rainbow Dash.

->''Teamwork, schmeamwork!"''

->''teamwork, schmeamwork!"''

->''"Teamwork, Schmeamwork!"''

->''"Teamwork, Schmeamwork"''
-->-- '''Ming-Ming''', ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets''[[note]][[http://youtu.be/k8whn597qTY viewable here]][[/note]]

->''"Magic schmagic. Boooo!"''
-->-- '''Rainbow Dash''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''[[note]][[http://youtu.be/k8whn597qTY viewable here]][[/note]]

* Local pro league Duelist Aster Phoenix from ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' asserts that he is the greatest around, and hears tell of the seemingly-invinicble protagonist Jaden Yuki.
-->'''Aster:''' I'm the best! I can't be beat, and to prove it, I'm challenging this schoolboy. I won't tell you his name, but it rhymes with ''"Schmaden Schmuki"''.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Life of Crime", Spongebob asks Mr. Krabs if it's wrong to borrow something without asking for the owner's permission, he responds with "permission schmermission!"

--> Karen: Don't you have a plan?
--> Plankton: Plan-schman, I'm just gonna wing it.

-->'''Boris:''' Friendly game, Schmendly game!

** Boris does it again when he and Lou get into a CardGameFight over the rules of the game they're playing:

** Another one involving Lou [[TalkingInHisSleep muttering in his sleep]]

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* In the write up for the ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Literature/{{Lensman}}'' character [[http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=452 Rachel Ginsberg, the Brooklyn Bombshell]], a GlamorousWartimeSinger and comedienne, one of her sample quotes is "Alien shmalien, is it kosher?"