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'''Crunch:''' You can't handle the truth!

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'''Crunch:''' You can't handle the truth!truth!\\
''*both look back at him as if to say "Dude, shut up."*''
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We've all heard this phrase used a million times in a million different ways. Sometimes it's the exact phrase, but more often than not the writer will twist it in some way, just a bit, to impart a little comedy while not compromising the actual quote - like replacing [[{{Pun}} "truth" with "tooth"]]. [[SelfDeprecation Or maybe "parody"]].

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We've all heard this phrase used a million times in a million different ways. Sometimes it's the exact phrase, but more often than not the writer will twist it in some way, just a bit, to impart a little comedy while not compromising the actual quote - like quote--like replacing [[{{Pun}} "truth" with "tooth"]]. [[SelfDeprecation Or maybe "parody"]].
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* On film review site Letterboxd, reviews which contain spoilers are often marked with a message that says "This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth."

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* On film review site Letterboxd, Website/{{Letterboxd}}, reviews which contain spoilers are often marked with a message that says "This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth."
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* In ''Film/SeventeenAgain'', Mike's friend Ned marches into Mike's divorce hearing (which Mike can't show up for because he's been turned into a teenager) shouting "You can't handle the truth!" because it's a courtroom and that's the lawyer phrase he knows.

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* In ''Film/SeventeenAgain'', ''Film/SeventeenAgain2009'', Mike's friend Ned marches into Mike's divorce hearing (which Mike can't show up for because he's been turned into a teenager) shouting "You can't handle the truth!" because it's a courtroom and that's the lawyer phrase he knows.
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-->Quoteed almost word for work when Richard asks what costume Sandra ordered. Turns out he really can't hanndle the truth and has Larisa removed the memory of him learning it.

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-->Quoteed Quoted almost word for work word when Richard asks what costume Sandra ordered. Turns out he really can't hanndle handle the truth and has Larisa Marisa removed the memory of him learning it.it
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'''Kaffee:''' I want the '''truth!'''\\
'''Jessup:''' You can't '''handle''' the truth!

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'''Kaffee:''' I want the '''truth!'''\\
''truth!''\\
'''Jessup:''' You can't '''handle''' ''handle'' the truth!
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-->Quote word for work when Richard asks what costume Sandra ordered. Turns out he really can't hanndle the truth and has Larisa removed it.

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-->Quote -->Quoteed almost word for work when Richard asks what costume Sandra ordered. Turns out he really can't hanndle the truth and has Larisa removed the memory of him learning it.
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* ''Webcomic/SandraandWoo'':
-->Quote word for work when Richard asks what costume Sandra ordered. Turns out he really can't hanndle the truth and has Larisa removed it.

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* In the GagDub ''WebVideo/EvangelionReDeath'', Gendo says so to Shinji after he asks him what the "nookie" is.



* In the GagDub ''WebVideo/EvangelionReDeath'', Gendo says so to Shinji after he asks him what the "nookie" is.



* In ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', Daffy Duck tries to persuade Kate Houghton not to fire him by saying "I can do voices, listen!" and rattling off a rapid-fire string of impressions, the last of which is a gruff, "You can't handle the truth!"

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* In ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', Daffy Duck tries to persuade Kate Houghton not to fire him by saying "I can do voices, listen!" and rattling off ''Film/SeventeenAgain'', Mike's friend Ned marches into Mike's divorce hearing (which Mike can't show up for because he's been turned into a rapid-fire string of impressions, the last of which is a gruff, teenager) shouting "You can't handle the truth!"truth!" because it's a courtroom and that's the lawyer phrase he knows.



* In ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', Daffy Duck tries to persuade Kate Houghton not to fire him by saying "I can do voices, listen!" and rattling off a rapid-fire string of impressions, the last of which is a gruff, "You can't handle the truth!"



* In ''Film/SeventeenAgain'', Mike's friend Ned marches into Mike's divorce hearing (which Mike can't show up for because he's been turned into a teenager) shouting "You can't handle the truth!" because it's a courtroom and that's the lawyer phrase he knows.



* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
-->'''Liz Lemon:''' You want the truth?\\
'''Kenneth:''' I can't handle the truth.
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' the season 1 finale has this:
-->'''[[Creator/AndySamberg Jake Peralta]]:''' YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE ME!
** In [[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS5E14TheBox The Box]], Jake is about to interrogate a dentist and he tells Holt how he plans to use "You can't handle the tooth!" somehow during the interrogation.
* ''Series/TheColbertReport'':
-->'''Creator/StephenColbert:''' You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! But I've got oven mitts.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': One of Pierce's suggestions for ending verbal marketing presentations is by quoting Nicholson films. His is "You can't handle a moist towelette!".



-->'''Francine Jones:''' (''yelling at Annalise as she storms out of the pub'') You can't handle Quizmania!

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-->'''Francine Jones:''' (''yelling ''(yelling at Annalise as she storms out of the pub'') pub)'' You can't handle Quizmania!Quizmania!
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In "Thanks for Sharing", John Crichton is being interrogated by an alien who needless to say has never heard of Creator/JackNicholson.
-->'''Tolven:''' I want the truth.\\
'''Crichton:''' You can't handle the... [[PopculturalOsmosisFailure never mind]].
* Imitated in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' when Ted found out that Lily had sabotaged six of his relationships. Interestingly, the scene uses several other lines from Jessup's MotiveRant but not "You can't handle the truth!"
-->'''Ted:''' Did you break up me and Robin?\\
'''Lily:''' ''You're damn right I did!''
* The Creator/{{MTV}} Movie Awards one year had a sketch with the cast of ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' in a Brady-themed version of the scene (with Florence Henderson-as-Creator/JackNicholson-as-Carol Brady on the stand).
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. In the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E19RedZoneCuba Red Zone Cuba]]'' episode, at one point a general is shown perusing a paper and then setting it down. This prompted Mike to chime in: "''I'' can't handle the truth!"



* ''Series/TheColbertReport'':
-->'''Creator/StephenColbert:''' You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! But I've got oven mitts.
* The Creator/{{MTV}} Movie Awards one year had a sketch with the cast of ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' in a Brady-themed version of the scene (with Florence Henderson-as-Creator/JackNicholson-as-Carol Brady on the stand).
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. In the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E19RedZoneCuba Red Zone Cuba]]'' episode, at one point a general is shown perusing a paper and then setting it down. This prompted Mike to chime in: "''I'' can't handle the truth!"
* In the ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' follow-up series, ''Drew Carey's Green Screen Show'', Colin says the above Tooth Fairy line while talking about some toothless lions. [[MakesSenseInContext Long story]].
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' George walks into Jerry's apartment and just says the line with no provocation or set up, apparently finding the line to be so cool that he couldn't wait for an appropriate moment to use it.
* Imitated in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' when Ted found out that Lily had sabotaged six of his relationships. Interestingly, the scene uses several other lines from Jessup's MotiveRant but not "You can't handle the truth!"
-->'''Ted:''' Did you break up me and Robin?\\
'''Lily:''' ''You're damn right I did!''

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* ''Series/TheColbertReport'':
-->'''Creator/StephenColbert:'''
''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' has this exchange after Harold threatens to leave the show:
-->'''Red Green:''' Harold, you want the truth?\\
'''Harold Green:''' Yes!\\
'''Red:'''
You want the truth? You truth?\\
'''Harold:''' I want the truth!\\
'''Red:''' I
can't handle the truth! But I've got oven mitts.
* The Creator/{{MTV}} Movie Awards one year had a sketch with the cast of ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' in a Brady-themed version of the scene (with Florence Henderson-as-Creator/JackNicholson-as-Carol Brady on the stand).
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. In the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E19RedZoneCuba Red Zone Cuba]]'' episode, at one point a general is shown perusing a paper and then setting it down. This prompted Mike to chime in: "''I'' can't handle the truth!"
* In the ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' follow-up series, ''Drew Carey's Green Screen Show'', Colin says the above Tooth Fairy line while talking about some toothless lions. [[MakesSenseInContext Long story]].
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' George walks into Jerry's apartment and just says the line with no provocation or set up, apparently finding the line to be so cool that he couldn't wait for an appropriate moment to use it.
* Imitated in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' when Ted found out that Lily had sabotaged six of his relationships. Interestingly, the scene uses several other lines from Jessup's MotiveRant but not "You can't handle the truth!"
-->'''Ted:''' Did you break up me and Robin?\\
'''Lily:''' ''You're damn right I did!''
truth!



* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
-->'''Liz Lemon:''' You want the truth?\\
'''Kenneth:''' I can't handle the truth.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In "Thanks for Sharing", John Crichton is being interrogated by an alien who needless to say has never heard of Creator/JackNicholson.
-->'''Tolven:''' I want the truth.
-->'''Crichton:''' You can't handle the... [[PopculturalOsmosisFailure never mind]].
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': One of Pierce's suggestions for ending verbal marketing presentations is by quoting Nicholson films. His is "You can't handle a moist towelette!".
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' the season 1 finale has this:
--> '''[[Creator/AndySamberg Jake Peralta]]:''' YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE ME!
** In [[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS5E14TheBox The Box]], Jake is about to interrogate a dentist and he tells Holt how he plans to use "You can't handle the tooth!" somehow during the interrogation.



* In one episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' George walks into Jerry's apartment and just says the line with no provocation or set up, apparently finding the line to be so cool that he couldn't wait for an appropriate moment to use it.



* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' has this exchange after Harold threatens to leave the show:
-->'''Red Green:''' Harold, you want the truth?\\
'''Harold Green:''' Yes!\\
'''Red:''' You want the truth?\\
'''Harold:''' I want the truth!\\
'''Red:''' I can't handle the truth!

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* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' has this exchange after Harold threatens to leave In the show:
-->'''Red Green:''' Harold, you want
''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' follow-up series, ''Drew Carey's Green Screen Show'', Colin says the truth?\\
'''Harold Green:''' Yes!\\
'''Red:''' You want the truth?\\
'''Harold:''' I want the truth!\\
'''Red:''' I can't handle the truth!
above Tooth Fairy line while talking about some toothless lions. [[MakesSenseInContext Long story]].



-->'''Florence:''' Do you want the truth? [about a hurricane about to destroy the building she's in]\\

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-->'''Florence:''' Do you want the truth? [about ''(about a hurricane about to destroy the building she's in]\\in)''\\



* At the end of Website/CollegeHumor's ''WebVideo/HardlyWorking'' sketch "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kB7Byoe_Uo You'll Never Guess]]" some of the staff are re-enacting the iconic scene from ''Film/AFewGoodMen'', so the line of course gets said. They're also not wearing shirts while doing it.



* At the end of Website/CollegeHumor's ''WebVideo/HardlyWorking'' sketch "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kB7Byoe_Uo You'll Never Guess]]" some of the staff are re-enacting the iconic scene from ''Film/AFewGoodMen'', so the line of course gets said. They're also not wearing shirts while doing it.



* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episode "Return to Wannaweep"

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* ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]] Deleted Scenes 3'' (Website/YouTube video):
-->'''Katara:''' Tell me the truth, how's my hair?\\
'''Aang:''' You can't handle the truth!
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' concerned a remake of ''A Few Good Men'', starring Jack Nicholson, Christian Slater, and William Devane. One shared voice, naturally. [[DontExplainTheJoke That's the joke]].
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episode "Return to Wannaweep"Wannaweep":



* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' has an episode where the main characters are in a game that require beating the user to a tooth (the goal of the game). The user breaks in at the 11th hour to announce that he he wants the tooth. One of the temporary characters responds with "You can't handle the tooth!"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "[[CourtroomEpisode The Trial]]", during which Randall accuses Spinelli of throwing a rock at him during a dirt-clod war, Spinelli reveals that she was helping Miss Finster's cat out of a tree during this time. Everyone glares at Randall for his perjury.
-->'''Randall:''' [[DefensiveWhat What?]] Why is everyone looking at me? I'm not the one on trial, right, Gretchen?\\
'''Gretchen:''' Actually, Randall, I too would like to hear the truth for a change!\\
'''Randall:''' The truth? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!



* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' concerned a remake of ''A Few Good Men'', starring Jack Nicholson, Christian Slater, and William Devane. One shared voice, naturally. [[DontExplainTheJoke That's the joke]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' has an episode where the main characters are in a game that require beating the user to a tooth (the goal of the game). The user breaks in at the 11th hour to announce that he he wants the tooth. One of the temporary characters responds with "You can't handle the tooth!"
* ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]] Deleted Scenes 3'' (Website/YouTube video):
-->'''Katara:''' Tell me the truth, how's my hair?\\
'''Aang:''' You can't handle the truth!



* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "[[CourtroomEpisode The Trial]]", during which Randall accuses Spinelli of throwing a rock at him during a dirt-clod war, Spinelli reveals that she was helping Miss Finster's cat out of a tree during this time. Everyone glares at Randall for his perjury.
-->'''Randall:''' [[DefensiveWhat What?]] Why is everyone looking at me? I'm not the one on trial, right, Gretchen?\\
'''Gretchen:''' Actually, Randall, I too would like to hear the truth for a change!\\
'''Randall:''' The truth? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!


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* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine''

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* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine''''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' the season 1 finale has this:


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** In [[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS5E14TheBox The Box]], Jake is about to interrogate a dentist and he tells Holt how he plans to use "You can't handle the tooth!" somehow during the interrogation.
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A {{Stock Parod|ies}}y.

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A {{Stock Parod|ies}}y.
Parod|ies}}y. Compare HeresJohnnyHomage for another stock parody of one of Jack Nicholson's roles.
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The original line, as demonstrated in the page quote, was said by two characters. However, many of the parodies will instead be said by one person. This may be because the one-person variation of the quote ("You want the truth? You can't ''handle'' the truth!") is [[BeamMeUpScotty often incorrectly believed to be the real line]].

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