History Quotes / LampShadeHanging

->''"[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome What were you expecting? A confession?]]"''

->''"Someone must be doing this on purpose…"''

->'''Ron:''' [[FutureBadass Why is everybody in the future so ripped?]]\\
'''Wade:''' Fighting an evil dictator will do that to you.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible: A Sitch In Time.''

'''Kronk:''' Well, you got me. ''[Pulls down a map showing where they fell off a cliff chasing Kuzco and Pacha]'' By all accounts, it doesn't make sense.\\
'''Yzma:''' ''[Shrugs, and redraws the vial of potion]'' Oh well, back to business.

->''"Guy named Otto Octavius winds up with eight limbs. What are the odds?"''

->''"Why is there always someone who [[ProducePelting brings eggs and tomatoes to a speech?!]]"''

->Of all the strange things that might have come riding out of the night, the last one Asha Greyjoy would ever have expected was a Braavosi banker. It was all too absurd. She had to laugh.

->'''Martin''': A top-secret government program involving instantaneous travel to other solar systems, by means of a device known as a "Stargate".\\
'''O'Neill''': Sounds like a good idea for a TV show. If you're... into that sort of thing.

->''"Hey screenwriters, having your characters call out the cliches in your own script doesn't absolve you from having those cliches in the first place."''

->''"Abed, stop being [[MetaGuy meta!]] Why do you always have to take whatever happens to us and shove it up its own ass?"''

'''Charles:''' But you don't even ''care'' about it, Eleanor! Remember?! ''[Adopting a silly high-pitched voice]'' "Oh hey, Charles! I'll never have a baby with you, because I don't love you, and a child's not going to fix that!"\\
'''Jake:''' ''[Taken aback]'' Oof. [[MoodDissonance When he started doing the silly voice I thought it was going to be more fun, but... wasn't.]]

-->-- '''Vieri di'Pazzi''', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed''

'''Morbo:''' [[IronicEcho This is the end of the world as we know it]]. With the recent purchase of Planet Express, Mom now owns 50% of Earth, making her its supreme ruler.\\

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: The Game''

-->--''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney: Adventures''

->''"I suppose you've been wondering, "Hey, seeing as Pinky can fly, why didn't she just fly me across that missing bridge?" [[NonAnswer I have my reasons. Subject closed.]]"''

->''"Incidentally, lampshading basically just means pointing out something people are going to find odd anyway and saying "yeah, that's weird, you wanna fight about it?" It's a risky style of writing that [[{{Metaphorgotten}} often results in fisticuffs.]]"''
-->-- '''Dan Shive,''' ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', TheRant [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2041 here]]

->''Iconic horror franchises always run the risk of devolving into unintentional self-satire. A lot of filmmakers figure they can just combat this head-on by acknowledging the fact openly (or as they say in the biz, "putting a lampshade on it"). But the fact that a lot of people think that ''Killer Axe Man 17'' is getting kind of stupid doesn't actually change if the film's writers point out that they know it's stupid. This acknowledgment just makes everything stupider.''

-->-- '''David R. Henry's''' [[http://www.ibiblio.org/phil/fnordchan/unlimit4.txt Review of X-Men Unlimited #4]]

->''"Captain's Log, Day 32. I question the ability for this ship to flawlessly steer itself without the need of a wheel. But nevertheless, we grow ever closer to reaching the promised land as I realize that-" ''[camera cuts to reveal Captain Bones' journal is filled with a bunch of scribbles]'' "-my handwriting is completely incomprehensible." ''[closes book]'' "[[WhoWritesThisCrap This is bullsh*t!]]"''

->''"It also does the thing where it goes, "Oh, look! A sewer level! How original, [[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud roll eyes]]!" and then proceeds to un-ironically have a sewer level that goes on way too fucking long." [starts [[DopeSlap smacking game with a rolled-up newspaper]]] "[[PunctuatedPounding IF YA KNOW IT'S BAD, WHY ARE YA DOING IT?]]"''

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', "Scorpio"

'''Cyril''': Thank God! Lana, we made it!\\
'''Archer''': ''Hooray for metaphors!''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', "Skytanic"

->''Of all the strange things that might have come riding out of the night, the last one Asha Greyjoy would ever have expected was a Braavosi banker. It was all too absurd. She had to laugh.''

->''"Captain's Log, Day 32. I question the ability for this ship to flawlessly steer itself without the need of a wheel. But nevertheless, we grow ever closer to reaching the promised land as I realize that-" [camera cuts to reveal Captain Bones' journal is filled with a bunch of scribbles] "-my handwriting is completely incomprehensible." [closes book] "[[WhoWritesThisCrap This is bullsh*t!]]"''

-> ''"[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome What were you expecting? A confession?]]"''
-->--'''Vieri di'Pazzi''', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed''

->''"Who on earth would put any manner of key inside a can and seal it? What sense does that possibly stand to make? I'm reasonably sure this is the only time anyone's ever run into something like this."''
-->-- '''Muschio Malto''', ''Webcomic/DiveQuest''

-->-- '''Matthew Vaughn''', ''Kick-Ass'', DVD and Blu-Ray commentary.

->''"If I live to be 100, I will never understand why they keep so many damn weapons under the ring. It's like they ''want'' the wrestlers to use them on each other..."''
-->-- '''Wrestling/JimRoss''', ''Wrestling/{{WWE}} RAW''

-->-- '''Edmund Series/{{Blackadder}}, Esq.'''

->''"Oh no you don't. You can't get away with something ''that'' absurd merely by pointing out how ridiculous it is."''
-->-- '''Paris''', ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic''

-->-- ''Series/StargateSG1'', "Point of No Return"

->''"Iconic horror franchises always run the risk of devolving into unintentional self-satire. A lot of filmmakers figure they can just combat this head-on by acknowledging the fact openly (or as they say in the biz, "putting a lampshade on it"). But the fact that a lot of people think that ''Killer Axe Man 17'' is getting kind of stupid doesn't actually change if the film's writers point out that they know it's stupid. This acknowledgment just makes everything stupider."''
-->-- '''Website/{{Cracked}}'s''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18413_the-6-baffling-mistakes-every-horror-franchise-must-make_p1.html The 6 Baffling Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Must Make]]''

-->-- '''Ellen Fox''', ''The Rotten Tomatoes Show'', presumably on Film/SevenPsychopaths

->'''Skinner:''' "Sir, we have a problem with Lisa Simpson."\\
'''Chalmers:''' "Seymour, I superintend 15 schools in the district, yet every time I come here it's to see you about one of the Simpson kids."
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->''"Self-awareness covers a multitude of sins."''
-->-- '''Steven D. Greydanus''', [[http://www.decentfilms.com/reviews/adaptation.html reviewing]] ''Film/{{Adaptation}}''

->''"This is like that episode of... well, '''everything'''."''

->''"You should know that this is the ''strangest'' thing I've ever done!"''
-->-- '''Flynn''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''

->'''Lana:''' Where did you get a grenade?!\\
'''Archer:''' Hanging from the lampshade!\\
'''Lana:''' Wait, what?!
-->-- '''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''', ''Scorpio''

->(Lana and Cyril both escape death and sort their relationship)\\
'''Cyril''': Thank God! Lana, we made it!\\
'''Archer''': ''Hooray for metaphors!''
-->-- '''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''', ''Skytanic''

->''"Someone must be doing this on purpose…"''
-->--'''Jane''', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7111141/ King of Dreams]]'', a ''Film/{{Thor}}'' fanfic (Chapter 4)

->''"This is, by a wide margin, the least likely thing that has ever happened."''
-->-- '''Leela''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

-> ''"Yeah, Ted can really drone on about a bitch."''

->'''Jeff:''' Abed, stop being [[MetaGuy meta!]] Why do you always have to take whatever happens to us and shove it up its own ass?
-->-- ''Series/{{Community}}'' gets recursive

->''"Guy named Otto Octavius winds up with eight limbs. What are the odds?"''
-->-- '''J. Jonah Jameson''', ''Film/SpiderMan2''

->''"Hip Writing Fact #1: If we say we're doing something painful and stupid, it's immediately no longer painful and stupid!''"
-->-- '''Peter Soulless''', WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''Film/TheCatInTheHat''

->''"I'll say it again. When the characters themselves are complaining about the plot, you know something's wrong.''"
-->-- '''David R. Henry's''' [[http://www.ibiblio.org/phil/fnordchan/unlimit4.txt Review of X-Men Unlimited #4]]

->''"Incidentally, lampshading basically just means pointing out something people are going to find odd anyway and saying "yeah, that's weird, you wanna fight about it?" It's a risky style of writing that [[{{Metaphorgotten}} often results in fisticuffs.]]"''
-->-- '''Dan Shive,''' ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', TheRant [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2041 here]]

->''"Of all the strange things that might have come riding out of the night, the last one Asha Greyjoy would ever have expected was [[spoiler:a Braavosi banker]]. It was all too absurd. She had to laugh."''
-->--'''Asha Greyjoy''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''

-> '''Eleanor:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext I have all of your sperm.]]\\

-> '''Mii:''' [[WelcomeToCorneria "Do you ever feel like we always end up talking about the same things over and over?"]]
-->-- ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife''

->'''Kuzco:''' No, it can't be. How did you get back here before us?\\
'''Yzma:''' ...How did we, Kronk?\\
'''Kronk:''' Well, you got me. (''Pulls down a map showing where they fell off a cliff chasing Kuzco and Pacha'') By all accounts, it doesn't make sense.\\
'''Yzma:''' (''Shrugs, and redraws the vial of potion'') Oh well, back to business.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''

->''"If, reader, you are slow now to believe what I shall tell, that is no cause for wonder for I who saw it hardly can accept it."''
-->-- '''Dante''', ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' ([[OlderThanPrint 1324]])

->''"Why is there always someone who [[ProducePelting brings eggs and tomatoes to a speech?!]]"''
-->-- '''ComicBook/ThePenguin''', ''Film/BatmanReturns''

->'''Inumuta:''' A Three-Star Goku Uniform unravelled by pulling out a single thread! How can that be?!\\
'''Nonon:''' Isn't it ''[[MrExposition your]]'' job to explain how these things work?\\
'''Inumuta:''' Impossible. I cannot analyze anything without data.
-->-- ''Anime/KillLaKill''

-> ''Captain's Log, Day 32. I question the ability for this ship to flawlessly steer itself without the need of a wheel. But nevertheless, we grow ever closer to reaching the promised land as I realize that [camera cuts to reveal Captain Bones' journal is filled with a bunch of scribbles] my handwriting is completely incomprehensible.'' [closes book] [[WhoWritesThisCrap This is bullsh*t!]]
-->-- '''Captain Bones''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zOm-tJ2rLk an odd voyage]]''

->''"It also does the thing where it goes, "Oh, look! A sewer level! How original, [[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud roll eyes]]!" and then proceeds to un-ironically have a sewer level that goes on way too fucking long.'' <starts [[DopeSlap smacking game with a rolled-up newspaper]]> ''[[PunctuatedPounding IF YA KNOW IT'S BAD, WHY ARE YA DOING IT?]]"''
-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]''', ''VideoGame/MyFriendPedro'' review

-> ''"[[RealityEnsues What were you expecting? A confession?]]"''

->'''[[ConspiracyTheorist Martin]]''': A top-secret government program involving instantaneous travel to other solar systems, by means of a device known as a "Stargate".\\

-> ''Captain's Log, Day 32. I question the ability for this ship to flawlessly steer itself without the need of a wheel. But nevertheless, we grow ever closer to reaching the promised land as I realize that [camera cuts to reveal Captain Bones' journal is filled with a bunch of scribbles] my handwriting is completely incomprehensible.'' [closes book] This is bullsh*t!

->'''[[MrExposition Inumuta]]:''' A Three-Star Goku Uniform unravelled by pulling out a single thread! How can that be?!\\
'''Nonon:''' Isn't it your job to explain how these things work?\\

-->-- '''Flynn''', ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''

-->-- ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''

->''"Why is there always someone who brings eggs and tomatoes to a speech?!"''

->''"Who on earth would put any manner key inside a can and seal it? What sense does that possibly stand to make? I'm reasonably sure this is the only time anyone's ever run into something like this."''
-->-- '''Muschio Malto''', ''Roleplay/DiveQuest''

->'''Ron:''' [[FutureBadass Why is everyone in the future so ripped?]]\\