History Quotes / Infodump

[[folder:Comic Books]]

->Could you slow down? I wasn't this lost when I read ''[[{{Literature/Dune}} Heretics of Dune]]''!
-->-- '''Yorick''', ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''

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->''[[LampshadeHanging If I didn't know any better]], I'd think you were reciting an important plot point!''

->The lack of gravity, or solid ground. or even or a regular daylight cycle all contribute to medical problems that characters ''sure do love taking their sweet time'' explaining. It is '''[[Creator/HideoKojima Kojima]]''', after all, and if there's one example of how drastically his skills at characterization, world-building, and plot development collide with [[{{Infodump}} the sheer inefficiency of his writing]], it's ''Policenauts''... No one in real life talks like this! It just pulls you out of the world and reminds you that it's conservatively-translated Japanese sci-fi from the Nineties! The technological marvels we enjoy in real life are mundane to us; they're ordinary. But the people in ''Policenauts'' won't shut up about them! I have no idea how this piece of plastic [a motherboard] can turn into a computer, and I've never really had reason to case. But if I were a ''Policenauts'' character I could tell you in 400 words or less!

[[folder:Web Video]]

->''EXPOSITION!\\
EXPOSITION!\\
RUSH IT OUT A.S.A.P.~!''
-->--sung to the tune of ''Ode to Joy'', ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''

->Drift through the terrifying silence of outer space, where the only sound you hear is Sandra Bullock explaining the plot.
-->-- '''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''', ''Film/{{Gravity}}''

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->''Strap yourselves in for some full on talking about stuff.''
-->-- '''Tom Siddell''', ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''

->''Are we supposed to be following this?''
-->-- '''Peter Venkman''', to the audience, during one of [[TheProfessor Egon's]] Infodumps, in ''TheRealGhostbusters''.

->([[BreakingTheFourthWall addressing the audience]]) ''Everybody got that?''
-->--'''Dark Helmet''', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''

->''Could you slow down? I wasn't this lost when I read ''Heretics of Dune''!''

->''You would have thought the one concrete advantage to [[spoiler:Dumbledore]] being definitely dead would be avoiding the long [[spoiler:Dumbledore Explains The Plot]] chapter at the end of the book. But, no. [[DeathIsCheap Death just isn't the handicap it used to be in the olden days]] and it happens anyway. Stab me. Stab me now.''
-->-- '''[[http://www.ferretbrain.com/articles/article-139 Kyra Smith]]''' (''Spoiler text to avoid revealing the ending of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince)

->''My name is Julie! My mother's name was Susan! She was killed in a car accident with my father and they're both dead!!''

->''Wow, I'm boring! Do I always explain ''everything'' like that?''
-->-- '''Dib''', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''

'''Bloodnok:''' ''(pause) "Is there any more information I can give you?"'' \\
-- ''TheGoonShow'', "Yehti"

->''Drift through the terrifying silence of outer space, where the only sound you hear is Sandra Bullock explaining the plot.''
-->-- '''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''', ''Film/{{Gravity}}''

->''"I criticize many people when they just say a movie is boring because that is not descriptive...There are many long movies that are [[EpicMovie engrossing all the way through]] because it is so well written and you need all that time to tell the complex story. So why do I find this movie so boring? Well, it's because this isn't a movie. Okay, technically speaking it is but it's not at the same time. I swear I'm not trying to do some Zen riddle. What I mean is this is more a dry college lecture with some action scenes spliced in. I don't care how many squibs you set off, I'm still gonna fall asleep to Ben Stein talking about voodoo economics."''
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/gods-and-generals-2003-ronald-f-maxwell/ on]] ''Gods and Generals''

->''"Once the credits end, we get the first of ''[Lori]'' Petty’s voiceover narration for the movie, in which she explains that it’s 2033, a comet hit the earth and there’s no water left. It’s rather charming for a minute (her 'it’s not all bad' about twenty people having to take baths together at a time is chuckle-worthy), but then you kind of realize [[ThisIsGonnaSuck we’re going to be told everything that’s important this way]]."''
-->--'''Matt Wilson''' on [[http://comicsalliance.com/comicsalliance-tank-girl-review/ on]] ''Film/TankGirl''

->''"All of this, which I have not embellished in any way, is established in one chapter in which the Dalek Prime just exposits recklessly. The best entertainment to be had in this book is in fact imagining most of this dialogue delivered by actual [[DoctorWho Dalek]]s. My favorite line is '[[AC:Sit down. You will be more comfortable]].'"''
-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2013/01/am-exterminated-am-exterminated-war-of.html Phil Sandier]]''' on ''War of the Daleks''

->''"Exposition, exposition, rush it out A.S.AP.!"''
-->-- '''The Nostalgia Critic''' (sung to the tune of ''Ode to Joy''), ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''

->''[[LampshadeHanging If I didn't know any better]], I'd think you were reciting an important plot point!''
-->-- '''Statler''', Film/TheMuppets

->''Hold on there, Sora - [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall let's hit these plot points in order!]]''

->''"I criticize many people when they just say a movie is boring because that is not descriptive. Many times people refer to length when they mention that although that does not fit. There are many long movies that are [[EpicMovie engrossing all the way through]] because it is so well written and you need all that time to tell the complex story. So why do I find this movie so boring? Well, it's because this isn't a movie. Okay, technically speaking it is but it's not at the same time. I swear I'm not trying to do some Zen riddle. What I mean is this is more a dry college lecture with some action scenes spliced in. I don't care how many squibs you set off, I'm still gonna fall asleep to Ben Stein talking about voodoo economics."''

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]] [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/gods-and-generals-2003-ronald-f-maxwell/ on]] ''Gods and Generals''

->'''" Once the credits end, we get the first of ''[Lori]'' Petty’s voiceover narration for the movie, in which she explains that it’s 2033, a comet hit the earth and there’s no water left. It’s rather charming for a minute (her 'it’s not all bad' about twenty people having to take baths together at a time is chuckle-worthy), but then you kind of realize [[ThisIsGonnaSuck we’re going to be told everything that’s important this way]]."''

->''I am an ENDLESS BARREL of exposition!''
-->-- '''Mr. Verres''', ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''

->''"I criticize many people when they just say a movie is boring because that is not descriptive. Many times people refer to length when they mention that although that does not fit. There are many long movies that are [[EpicMovie engrossing all the way through]] because it is so well written and you need all that time to tell the complex story. So why do I find this movie so boring? Well, i's because this isn't a movie. Okay, technically speaking it is but it's not at the same time. I swear I'm not trying to do some Zen riddle. What I mean is this is more a dry college lecture with some action scenes spliced in. I don't care how many squibs you set off, I'm still gonna fall asleep to Ben Stein talking about voodoo economics."''

->''"I criticize many people when they just say a movie is boring because that is not descriptive. Many times people refer to length when they mention that although that does not fit. There are many long movies that are [[EpicMovie engrossing all the way through]] because it is so well written and you need all that time to tell the complex story. So why do I find this movie so boring? Well, it’s because this isn’t a movie. Ok, technically speaking it is but it’s not at the same time. I swear I’m not trying to do some Zen riddle. What I mean is this is more a dry college lecture with some action scenes spliced in. I don’t care how many squibs you set off, I’m still gonna fall asleep to Ben Stein talking about voodoo economics."''
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]] [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/gods-and-generals-2003-ronald-f-maxwell/ on]] '''Gods and Generals''

-->-- '''TheNostalgiaCritic''', sung to the tune of ''Ode to Joy''

->''"I criticize many people when they just say a movie is boring because that is not descriptive. Many times people refer to length when they mention that although that does not fit. There are many long movies that are engrossing all the way through because it is so well written and you need all that time to tell the complex story. So why do I find this movie so boring? Well, it’s because this isn’t a movie. Ok, technically speaking it is but it’s not at the same time. I swear I’m not trying to do some Zen riddle. What I mean is this is more a dry college lecture with some action scenes spliced in. I don’t care how many squibs you set off, I’m still gonna fall asleep to Ben Stein talking about voodoo economics."''

-->-- '''[[http://www.ferretbrain.com/articles/article-139 Kyra Smith]]''' (''Spoiler text to avoid revealing the ending of ''HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince)

-->-- '''Yorick''', ''YTheLastMan''

-->--'''Dark Helmet''', ''{{Spaceballs}}''

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-->-- '''Dib''', ''InvaderZim''

-->-- '''Tom Siddell''', ''GunnerkriggCourt''

-->-- '''Mr. Verres''', ''ElGoonishShive''

-> ''EXPOSITION! EXPOSITION! Rush it out in just a scene!''
-->-- '''TheNostalgiaCritic''' and '''{{Casper}}''' singing to "Ode To Joy".

->Strap yourselves in for some full on talking about stuff.

->I am an '''ENDLESS BARREL''' of exposition!

->Are we supposed to be following this?
-->-- Peter Venkman, to the audience, during one of [[TheProfessor Egon's]] Infodumps, in ''TheRealGhostbusters''.

->'''Dark Helmet''': ([[BreakingTheFourthWall addressing the audience]]) Everybody got that?
-->-- ''{{Spaceballs}}''

->Could you slow down? I wasn't this lost when I read ''Heretics of Dune''!
-->-- Yorick, ''YTheLastMan''

->You would have thought the one concrete advantage to [[spoiler:Dumbledore]] being definitely dead would be avoiding the long [[spoiler:Dumbledore Explains The Plot]] chapter at the end of the book. But, no. [[DeathIsCheap Death just isn't the handicap it used to be in the olden days]] and it happens anyway. Stab me. Stab me now.
-->-- [[http://www.ferretbrain.com/articles/article-139 Kyra Smith]] (''Spoiler text to avoid revealing the ending of ''HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince)

->My name is Julie! My mother's name was Susan! She was killed in a car accident with my father and they're both dead!!

->''Wow, I'm boring! Do I always explain ''everything'' like that?''\\
-- '''Dib''', ''InvaderZim''

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-->-- '''Dr. Verres''', ''ElGoonishShive''

-->-- '''TheNolstalgiaCritic''' and '''{{Casper}}''' singing to "Ode To Joy".