History Quotes / ItsBeenDone

->'''Skinner''': Now I finally have time to do what I always wanted: write the great American novel. Mine is about a... futuristic amusement park! Where dinosaurs are brought to life through advanced cloning techniques. I call it "Billy and the Cloneasaurus"!

-> Oh, [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe you have got to be kidding]], sir. First you think of [[Franchise/JurassicPark an idea that has already been done]], and then you give it a title that nobody could possibly like! Didn't you think this...\\
''[Fade to:]''\\
... the best-seller list for eighteen months! Every magazine cover had...\\
''[Fade to:]''\\
... most popular movies of all time, sir! {{What were you thinking}}?\\
''[{{beat}}]''\\
I mean, thank you, come again.
-->--'''Apu Nahasapeemapetilon''' on Skinner's proposed novel ''Billy and the Cloneasaurus'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

-->--''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo''

-->--'''Apu Nahasapeemapetilon''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

-->'''Apu Nahasapeemapetilon''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->'''Larisa:''' Yesterday, I had a clever idea for a funny picture. I uploaded the finished drawing to DeviantArt… That’s when I noticed that it’s been done before, by over a dozen other artists!

-->-- ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''

->''vemödalen''\\
'''n.''' the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist—the same sunset, the same waterfall, the same curve of a hip, the same closeup of an eye—which can turn a unique subject into something hollow and pulpy and cheap, like a mass-produced piece of furniture you happen to have assembled yourself.

->''vemödalen''

->vemödalen n. the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist—the same sunset, the same waterfall, the same curve of a hip, the same closeup of an eye—which can turn a unique subject into something hollow and pulpy and cheap, like a mass-produced piece of furniture you happen to have assembled yourself.

-> If you're looking to cash in on the next big idea, the smart money is that it was already written about in a DonaldDuck comic.

->'''Cooler''': Now, what say you?\\
'''Piccolo''': [[LampshadeHanging Frieza did it]].\\
'''Cooler''': ''Excuse you''?\\
'''Krilin''': [[WeCanRebuildHim The robot thing]]. Frieza did it. When he came back to Earth.\\
'''Cooler''': But that's not the same-\\
'''Piccolo''': ''After'' he took over Namek, [[RecycledScript like you are now]].\\
'''Cooler''': Wait! He ''destroyed'' Namek!\\
'''Gohan''': Well this is new Namek.\\
'''Cooler''': So [[BlatantLies it's completely different]]!\\
'''Piccolo''': [[DeadpanSnarker Yeah, about as different as you are from Frieza]].\\
'''Krilin''': SHOTS FIRED!\\
'''Cooler''': ... Kill the bald one.\\
'''Krilin''': ''Frieza did it!''

->'''Wolverine:''' Four claws on each hand, huh? You really put a lot of thought into that redesign, Sabertooth. That should definitely shake your rep as the made-in-Hong-Kong version of me.

-->--''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', ''Cooler 2: The Return of Cooler's Revenge: The Reckoning''

'''Piccolo''': [[ItsBeenDone Frieza did it]].\\

-->'''Apu Nahasapeemapetilon''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

''[Fade to:]''

... the best-seller list for eighteen months! Every magazine cover had...\\
''[Fade to:]''

-> Oh, [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe you have got to be kidding]], sir. First you think of [[Franchise/JurassicPark an idea that has already been done]], and then you give it a title that nobody could possibly like! Didn't you think this...
-> ... the best-seller list for eighteen months! Every magazine cover had...
-> ... most popular movies of all time, sir! {{What were you thinking}}?
-> [{{beat}}]
-> I mean, thank you, come again.

-->-- '''Music/GeorgeHarrison''' on the Be Sharps, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

-->-- '''{{Website/Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20379_5-important-things-you-wont-believe-comic-books-invented.html 5 Important Things You Won't Believe Comic Books Invented]]

->"There is no originality left in the world, Mr. Heep. That is a sad fact I've come to live with."
-->-- '''Movie Critic Character in ''Film/LadyInTheWater'''''

-> The [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons B-Sharps]] are singing on a rooftop
-->-- '''Music/GeorgeHarrison''': "ItsBeenDone"

-->-- '''Music/GeorgeHarrison''': "ItsBeenDone"

-->-- '''Movie Critic Character in ''LadyInTheWater'''''

-> The [[TheSimpsons B-Sharps]] are singing on a rooftop
-->-- '''GeorgeHarrison''': "ItsBeenDone"

--> The [[TheSimpsons B-Sharps]] are singing on a rooftop

-->-- '''Movie Critic Character in ''LadyInTheWater'''''

-->-- Movie Critic Character in ''LadyInTheWater''