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-->--''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''

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-->--''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''-->--''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''

->''"We would've helped you get home '''if you had asked'''!"''
-->-- '''Michael Burnham''', to [[spoiler: Lorca]], ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', "What's Past Is Prologue"
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-->--'''Princess Celestia''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "The Ticket Master"

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-->--'''Princess Celestia''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "The Ticket Master"Master"

->'''Zak''': You recall the diary, yes?\\
'''Phoenix''': ...How could I forget? That scrap of paper[[note]]A fake diary page, which Phoenix presented in court[[/note]] lost me my attorney's badge.\\
'''Zak''': This is the real page that was torn from the book. Magnifi gave it to me that night.\\
'''Phoenix''': ...You could have told me this earlier. Like, [[TimeSkip seven years]] earlier.
-->--''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''
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-->--'''Narrator''', ''Film/TheCreepingTerror''

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-->--'''Narrator''', ''Film/TheCreepingTerror''''Film/TheCreepingTerror''

->''"My dear student Twilight, why didn't you just say so in the first place?"''
-->--'''Princess Celestia''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "The Ticket Master"
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-->--''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "Onion Trade"

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-->--''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "Onion Trade"Trade"

->''"In a remote part of the county, the first of a series of tragedies took place; tragedies that could have been avoided had the public been warned."''
-->--'''Narrator''', ''Film/TheCreepingTerror''
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->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Patrick?\\

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->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ->(''[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick desperately try to cover their naked bodies in front of a large crowd'')\\
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Patrick?\\



-->--''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Pranks a Lot"

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-->--''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Pranks a Lot"Lot"

->'''Pearl:''' Can you please explain this mess?\\
'''Steven:''' I traded that Replicator for Ranger Guy.\\
'''Pearl:''' Steven, [[StatingTheSimpleSolution why didn't you just replicate Ranger Guy?!]]\\
'''Steven:''' (''{{Beat}}'') DANG IT!
-->--''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "Onion Trade"
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-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}''

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-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}''-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}''

->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Patrick?\\
'''Patrick:''' Yeah?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' We should have bought the whoopee cushion!
-->--''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Pranks a Lot"
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-->--- '''Pagan Min''', ''VideoGame/FarCry4''

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-->--- '''Pagan Min''', ''VideoGame/FarCry4''
''VideoGame/FarCry4''. [[EasterEgg He's absolutely right.]]
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-->-- ''Series/TheFlash2014''

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-->-- ''Series/TheFlash2014''''Series/TheFlash2014''

->'''Gordon:''' Great gopher! We're right back where we started! Broke and unemployed...WE'LL STARVE!\\
'''Waffle:''' Not if we lick ourselves!\\
'''Mr. Blik:''' (''{{Dope Slap}}s Waffle'') Any ''other'' brilliant ideas?\\
'''Waffle:''' Well, we could just return all of the vases. Good thing I kept the receipt.\\
(''Gordon and Mr. Blik both JawDrop in disbelief and fall on their backs'')
-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}''
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-->--''WebComic/CucumberQuest'', pages 747-748

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-->--''WebComic/CucumberQuest'', pages 747-748747-748

->'''Barry Allen:''' We would have helped you...we would have done anything we could to save your life.
->'''Zoom:''' [[TheParanoiac Not everything!]]
-->-- ''Series/TheFlash2014''
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->'''Col. Trautman:''' Seems like bailing you out of trouble's got to be a life-time job for me.
->'''Rambo:''' There wouldn't be no trouble except for that [[DirtyCop king-shit cop]]. All I wanted was something to eat, [[BullyingADragon but the man kept pushing]], sir!
-->-- ''Film/FirstBlood''
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-->--''WebComic/CucumberQuest'', pages 747-748
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-->--''WebComic/CucumberQuest'', pages 747-748
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->'''Almond:''' You're blaming me? You're saying it's ''my'' fault he attacked us? Is ''THAT'' it? ''SHUT UP!'' I guess ''EVERYTHING'' is just ''MY'' fault, huh?!
->'''Cucumber:''' Yeah. I guess so. If you hadn't treated this like a game back when we had the chance to prevent it, we wouldn't even be here at all, so, yeah. I guess it ''is'' your fault.
-->--''WebComic/CucumberQuest'', pages 747-748
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->''"Now, before we begin...ah...to whom am I speaking? Hm? The son who returned to scatter his mother's ashes, or the '''lunatic''' who has murdered his way to the top of my mountain? If I was speaking to the first guy, then I would say, 'Sit down. Let's be civilized. Enjoy some food.' But we tried that before, didn't we? At our first meeting, you sat right here. Paul was off applying voltage to the nipples of your rude little plus one. I stood just like this, and what were my exact words? Ah. ''''Stay''' here. '''Enjoy''' the Crab Rangoon. '''Don't. Move.''' I'll be right back.' Now, if you had just listened, just '''waited''' for me, then we would have come back here straightaway together, and scattered your mother's ashes. So then you must be the second guy, who '''didn't''' listen, and decided instead to join the other monkeys and start throwing his shit around."''

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->''"Now, before we begin...ah...to whom am I speaking? Hm? The son who returned to scatter his mother's ashes, or the '''lunatic''' who has murdered his way to the top of my mountain? If I was speaking to the first guy, then I would say, 'Sit down. Let's be civilized. Enjoy some food.' But we tried that before, didn't we? At our first meeting, you sat right here. Paul was off applying voltage to the nipples of your rude little plus one. I stood just like this, and what were my exact words? Ah. ''''Stay''' '[==]'''Stay''' here. '''Enjoy''' the Crab Rangoon. '''Don't. Move.''' I'll be right back.' Now, if you had just listened, just '''waited''' for me, then we would have come back here straightaway together, and scattered your mother's ashes. So then you must be the second guy, who '''didn't''' listen, and decided instead to join the other monkeys and start throwing his shit around."''
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->''"Now, before we begin...ah...to whom am I speaking? Hm? The son who returned to scatter his mother's ashes, or the '''lunatic''' who has murdered his way to the top of my mountain? If I was speaking to the first guy, then I would say, "Sit down. Let's be civilized. Enjoy some food." But we tried that before, didn't we? At our first meeting, you sat right here. Paul was off applying voltage to the nipples of your rude little plus one. I stood just like this, and what were my exact words? Ah. "'''Stay''' here. '''Enjoy''' the Crab Rangoon. '''Don't. Move'''. I'll be right back." Now, if you had just listened, just '''waited''' for me, then we would have come back here straightaway together, and scattered your mother's ashes. So then you must be the second guy, who '''didn't''' listen, and decided instead to join the other monkeys and start throwing his shit around."''

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->''"Now, before we begin...ah...to whom am I speaking? Hm? The son who returned to scatter his mother's ashes, or the '''lunatic''' who has murdered his way to the top of my mountain? If I was speaking to the first guy, then I would say, "Sit 'Sit down. Let's be civilized. Enjoy some food." ' But we tried that before, didn't we? At our first meeting, you sat right here. Paul was off applying voltage to the nipples of your rude little plus one. I stood just like this, and what were my exact words? Ah. "'''Stay''' ''''Stay''' here. '''Enjoy''' the Crab Rangoon. '''Don't. Move'''. Move.''' I'll be right back." ' Now, if you had just listened, just '''waited''' for me, then we would have come back here straightaway together, and scattered your mother's ashes. So then you must be the second guy, who '''didn't''' listen, and decided instead to join the other monkeys and start throwing his shit around."''
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->''"Now, before we begin...to whom am I speaking? Hm? The son who returned to scatter his mother's ashes, or the '''lunatic''' who has murdered his way to the top of my mountain? If I was speaking to the first guy, then I would say, "Sit down. Let's be civilized. Enjoy some food." But we tried that before, didn't we? At our first meeting, you sat right here. Paul was off applying voltage to the nipples of your rude little plus one. I stood just like this, and what were my exact words? Ah. "'''Stay''' here. '''Enjoy''' the Crab Rangoon. '''Don't. Move'''. I'll be right back." Now, if you had just listened, just '''waited''' for me, then we would have come back here straightaway together, and scattered your mother's ashes. So then you must be the second guy, who '''didn't''' listen, and decided instead to join the other monkeys and start throwing his shit around."''

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->''"Now, before we begin...ah...to whom am I speaking? Hm? The son who returned to scatter his mother's ashes, or the '''lunatic''' who has murdered his way to the top of my mountain? If I was speaking to the first guy, then I would say, "Sit down. Let's be civilized. Enjoy some food." But we tried that before, didn't we? At our first meeting, you sat right here. Paul was off applying voltage to the nipples of your rude little plus one. I stood just like this, and what were my exact words? Ah. "'''Stay''' here. '''Enjoy''' the Crab Rangoon. '''Don't. Move'''. I'll be right back." Now, if you had just listened, just '''waited''' for me, then we would have come back here straightaway together, and scattered your mother's ashes. So then you must be the second guy, who '''didn't''' listen, and decided instead to join the other monkeys and start throwing his shit around."''

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%%->''"Why does he have to kill them to prove his point? Can't he just show them a pie chart or something?"''
%%-->-- '''Tom Servo''', '''''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'''''

%%->'''Chris''': Honestly, Lex seems like a pretty good kid at this point. He even makes a joke about the accident, referring to himself as “the maniac in the Porsche” on the card. The card he sends with the [[ImprobablyCoolCar NEW CAR HE BOUGHT FOR THEM.]]\\
'''David''': As far as I can tell, Lex turning super-evil is entirely the result of Jonathan being a total douche to him. At this point, Lex clearly thinks his dad is kind of a dick.\\
'''Chris''': You get the feeling that if he Jonathan would’ve let him come over and hang out and refer to him as “Mr. K,” everything would’ve been all right.\\
'''David''': Rather than being about how the Kents were moral paragons who inspired Clark to become Superman, this show is really about the Kents being spiteful dicks who inspired Lex to become [[CreateYourOwnVillain a mass murderer.]]\\
'''Chris''': Pretty much!
%%-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-1-1-pilot/ on]] ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' ("Pilot")

%%->''"You know, all this crap could have been avoided if [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]] just kept his mouth shut and not make a stupid joke like [[spoiler: go kill the Japanese in front of Euphy.]]"''
%%-->-- ''[=D180=]'', commenting on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo a scene]] from '''''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ 2: Hakai-hen'''''. (Warning: ''Anime/CodeGeass R1'' Spoilers)

%%->''"Meet Juliet from [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. She is about to take her own life. This fate could've been avoided, if she'd had a [[TitleDrop Sassy Gay Friend]]."''
%%-->--'''''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend'''''



-->-- '''Mr. Mertle''', '''''Film/TheSandlot'''''

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-->-- '''Mr. Mertle''', '''''Film/TheSandlot'''''
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->''"Now, before we begin...to whom am I speaking? Hm? The son who returned to scatter his mother's ashes, or the '''lunatic''' who has murdered his way to the top of my mountain? If I was speaking to the first guy, then I would say, "Sit down. Let's be civilized. Enjoy some food." But we tried that before, didn't we? At our first meeting, you sat right here. Paul was off applying voltage to the nipples of your rude little plus one. I stood just like this, and what were my exact words? Ah. "'''Stay''' here. '''Enjoy''' the Crab Rangoon. '''Don't. Move'''. I'll be right back." Now, if you had just listened, just '''waited''' for me, then we would have come back here straightaway together, and scattered your mother's ashes. So then you must be the second guy, who '''didn't''' listen, and decided instead to join the other monkeys and start throwing his shit around."''
-->--- '''Pagan Min''', ''VideoGame/FarCry4''
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%%->''"Meet Juliet from {{Shakespeare}}'s ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. She is about to take her own life. This fate could've been avoided, if she'd had a [[TitleDrop Sassy Gay Friend]]."''

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%%->''"Meet Juliet from {{Shakespeare}}'s [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. She is about to take her own life. This fate could've been avoided, if she'd had a [[TitleDrop Sassy Gay Friend]]."''
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->''"Why does he have to kill them to prove his point? Can't he just show them a pie chart or something?"''
-->-- '''Tom Servo''', '''''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'''''

->'''Chris''': Honestly, Lex seems like a pretty good kid at this point. He even makes a joke about the accident, referring to himself as “the maniac in the Porsche” on the card. The card he sends with the [[ImprobablyCoolCar NEW CAR HE BOUGHT FOR THEM.]]\\

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->''"Why %%->''"Why does he have to kill them to prove his point? Can't he just show them a pie chart or something?"''
-->-- %%-->-- '''Tom Servo''', '''''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'''''

->'''Chris''': %%->'''Chris''': Honestly, Lex seems like a pretty good kid at this point. He even makes a joke about the accident, referring to himself as “the maniac in the Porsche” on the card. The card he sends with the [[ImprobablyCoolCar NEW CAR HE BOUGHT FOR THEM.]]\\



-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-1-1-pilot/ on]] ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' ("Pilot")

->''"You know, all this crap could have been avoided if [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]] just kept his mouth shut and not make a stupid joke like [[spoiler: go kill the Japanese in front of Euphy.]]"''
-->-- ''[=D180=]'', commenting on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo a scene]] from '''''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ 2: Hakai-hen'''''. (Warning: ''Anime/CodeGeass R1'' Spoilers)

->''"Meet Juliet from {{Shakespeare}}'s ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. She is about to take her own life. This fate could've been avoided, if she'd had a [[TitleDrop Sassy Gay Friend]]."''
-->--'''''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend'''''

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-->--'''Chris %%-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-1-1-pilot/ on]] ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' ("Pilot")

->''"You %%->''"You know, all this crap could have been avoided if [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]] just kept his mouth shut and not make a stupid joke like [[spoiler: go kill the Japanese in front of Euphy.]]"''
-->-- %%-->-- ''[=D180=]'', commenting on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo a scene]] from '''''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ 2: Hakai-hen'''''. (Warning: ''Anime/CodeGeass R1'' Spoilers)

->''"Meet %%->''"Meet Juliet from {{Shakespeare}}'s ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. She is about to take her own life. This fate could've been avoided, if she'd had a [[TitleDrop Sassy Gay Friend]]."''
-->--'''''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend'''''
%%-->--'''''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend'''''
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-->-- ''180223'', commenting on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo a scene]] from '''''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ 2: Hakai-hen'''''. (Warning: ''Anime/CodeGeass R1'' Spoilers)

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-->-- ''180223'', ''[=D180=]'', commenting on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo a scene]] from '''''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ 2: Hakai-hen'''''. (Warning: ''Anime/CodeGeass R1'' Spoilers)
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->'''Applejack:''' Y'know, this all could've been avoided if y'all just came to me in the very beginning.
->'''Sweetie Belle:''' That's what ''I'' was trying to say!
-->--''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "One Bad Apple"
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-->'''''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend'''''

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-->'''''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend'''''
-->--'''''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend'''''
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-->''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend''

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-->''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend''
-->'''''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend'''''
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-->-- '''Tom Servo''', '''''MysteryScienceTheater3000'''''

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-->-- '''Tom Servo''', '''''MysteryScienceTheater3000'''''
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->"Meet Juliet from {{Shakespeare}}'s ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. She is about to take her own life. This fate could've been avoided, if she'd had a Sassy Gay Friend."

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->"Meet ->''"Meet Juliet from {{Shakespeare}}'s ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. She is about to take her own life. This fate could've been avoided, if she'd had a [[TitleDrop Sassy Gay Friend."Friend]]."''
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-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-1-1-pilot/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Pilot")

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-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-1-1-pilot/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' ("Pilot")



-->-- ''180223'', commenting on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo a scene]] from '''''VideoGame/{{Super Robot Wars Z}}2: Hakai-hen'''''. (Warning: ''Code Geass R1'' Spoilers)

->"Meet Juliet from Shakespeare's ''RomeoAndJuliet''. She is about to take her own life. This fate could've been avoided, if she'd had a Sassy Gay Friend."
-->''SassyGayFriend''

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-->-- ''180223'', commenting on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo a scene]] from '''''VideoGame/{{Super Robot Wars Z}}2: '''''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ 2: Hakai-hen'''''. (Warning: ''Code Geass ''Anime/CodeGeass R1'' Spoilers)

->"Meet Juliet from Shakespeare's ''RomeoAndJuliet''.{{Shakespeare}}'s ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. She is about to take her own life. This fate could've been avoided, if she'd had a Sassy Gay Friend."
-->''SassyGayFriend''
-->''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend''



-->-- '''Mr. Mertle''', '''''TheSandlot'''''

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-->-- '''Mr. Mertle''', '''''TheSandlot''''''''''Film/TheSandlot'''''
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->'''Chris''': Honestly, Lex seems like a pretty good kid at this point. He even makes a joke about the accident, referring to himself as “the maniac in the Porsche” on the card. The card he sends with the [[ImprobablyCoolCar NEW CAR HE BOUGHT FOR THEM.]]\\
'''David''': As far as I can tell, Lex turning super-evil is entirely the result of Jonathan being a total douche to him. At this point, Lex clearly thinks his dad is kind of a dick.\\
'''Chris''': You get the feeling that if he Jonathan would’ve let him come over and hang out and refer to him as “Mr. K,” everything would’ve been all right.\\
'''David''': Rather than being about how the Kents were moral paragons who inspired Clark to become Superman, this show is really about the Kents being spiteful dicks who inspired Lex to become [[CreateYourOwnVillain a mass murderer.]]\\
'''Chris''': Pretty much!
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-1-1-pilot/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Pilot")
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->''"Why didn't you just knock on the door? I could have gotten it for you."''
-->-- '''Mr. Mertle''', '''''TheSandlot'''''
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-->-- ''180223'', commenting on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo a scene]] from '''''SuperRobotWarsZ Hakai-hen'''''. (Warning: ''Code Geass R1'' Spoilers)

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-->-- ''180223'', commenting on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo a scene]] from '''''SuperRobotWarsZ '''''VideoGame/{{Super Robot Wars Z}}2: Hakai-hen'''''. (Warning: ''Code Geass R1'' Spoilers)
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->''"You know, all this crap could have been avoided if [[CodeGeass Lelouch]] just kept his mouth shut and not make a stupid joke like [[spoiler: go kill the Japanese in front of Euphy.]]"''

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->''"You know, all this crap could have been avoided if [[CodeGeass [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]] just kept his mouth shut and not make a stupid joke like [[spoiler: go kill the Japanese in front of Euphy.]]"''
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->''"Why does he have to kill them to prove his point? Can't he just show them a pie chart or something?"''
-->-- '''Tom Servo''', '''''MysteryScienceTheater3000'''''

->''"You know, all this crap could have been avoided if [[CodeGeass Lelouch]] just kept his mouth shut and not make a stupid joke like [[spoiler: go kill the Japanese in front of Euphy.]]"''
-->-- ''180223'', commenting on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo a scene]] from '''''SuperRobotWarsZ Hakai-hen'''''. (Warning: ''Code Geass R1'' Spoilers)

->"Meet Juliet from Shakespeare's ''RomeoAndJuliet''. She is about to take her own life. This fate could've been avoided, if she'd had a Sassy Gay Friend."
-->''SassyGayFriend''
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