History Quotes / PlagiarismInFiction

->'''Mike''': Hi.. Well, as unpleasant as this whole mess is, we have to address Crow's cheating. I call this meeting to order --\\
'''Tom:''' Guilty, guilty! Guilty, guilty! Guilty, guilty!\\
'''Gypsy:''' Tom! C'mon, Tom. Sure Crow's made a mistake, but we should have compassion. Remember, my gumball-headed young friend, [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath.]]\\
'''Servo:''' Gypsy, he ''stole from YOUR essay.''\\
'''Gypsy:''' [[LateToTheRealization Really?...]] [[SuddenlyShouting FRY HIM!!!]] [[DisproportionateRetribution FRY HIM!!!]] [[Film/TheUntouchables I WANT HIS FAMILY DEAD!!! I WANT HIS HOUSE BURNED TO THE GROUND!!!!]]''
->'''Mike:''' Gypsy, calm down. [[OnlySaneMan This isn't getting us anywhere]].
-->-- ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E15TheWildWorldOfBatwoman The Wild World of Batwoman]]"

->'''Catherine:''' Hey, squirt, come here! I was online and found some stuff you might want to use for your paper.\\
'''Francine:''' Oh, thanks, but I finished it already. Hey, this is my paper!\\
'''Catherine:''' You mean, you already used some of this information?\\
'''Francine:''' I used the whole thing. It was perfect for the topic, so I cut and pasted it into a new document and added a title.\\
'''Catherine:''' Francine, you can't do that!\\
'''Francine:''' Why not?\\
'''Catherine:''' Because that's plagiarism, that's why.\\
'''Francine:''' No, it isn't, it's finishing your work early so you can enjoy Thanksgiving. ''(beat)'' What's... plagiarism?\\
'''Catherine:''' It’s when you take someone else's work and claim it's your own. It's basically stealing.\\
'''Francine:''' But I already handed it in! So... you think I can get an 'F'?\\
'''Catherine:''' Worse. You could be ''suspended''.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', "Francine's Pilfered Paper"

->'''Mike''': Hi.. Well, as unpleasant as this whole mess is, we have to address Crow's cheating. I call this meeting to order --\\
'''Tom:''' Guilty, guilty! Guilty, guilty! Guilty, guilty!\\
'''Gypsy:''' Tom! C'mon, Tom. Sure Crow's made a mistake, but we should have compassion. Remember, my gumball-headed young friend, [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath.]]\\
'''Servo:''' Gypsy, he ''stole from YOUR essay.''\\
'''Gypsy:''' [[LateToTheRealization Really?...]] [[SuddenlyShouting FRY HIM!!!]] [[DisproportionateRetribution FRY HIM!!!]] [[Film/TheUntouchables I WANT HIS FAMILY DEAD!!! I WANT HIS HOUSE BURNED TO THE GROUND!!!!]]''
->'''Mike:''' Gypsy, calm down. [[OnlySaneMan This isn't getting us anywhere]].
-->-- ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E15TheWildWorldOfBatwoman The Wild World of Batwoman]]"

->'''Krusty''': Hey! That's my Music/{{Madonna}} gag! That guy stole my gag!\\
'''Sideshow Mel''': And you stole it from last Friday's episode of ''Pardon My Zinger''.\\
'''Krusty''': Stole, made up, what's the difference?
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two"

->'''Catherine:''' Hey, squirt, come here! I was online and found some stuff you might want to use for your paper.\\
'''Francine:''' Oh, thanks, but I finished it already. Hey, this is my paper!\\
'''Catherine:''' You mean, you already used some of this information?\\
'''Francine:''' I used the whole thing. It was perfect for the topic, so I cut and pasted it into a new document and added a title.\\
'''Catherine:''' Francine, you can't do that!\\
'''Francine:''' Why not?\\
'''Catherine:''' Because that's plagiarism, that's why.\\
'''Francine:''' No, it isn't, it's finishing your work early so you can enjoy Thanksgiving. ''(beat)'' What's... plagiarism?\\
'''Catherine:''' It’s when you take someone else's work and claim it's your own. It's basically stealing.\\
'''Francine:''' But I already handed it in! So... you think I can get an 'F'?\\
'''Catherine:''' Worse. You could be ''suspended''.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', "Francine's Pilfered Paper"

'''Francine:''' But I already handed it in! So... you think I can get an F?\\

->'''Mr. C:''' This essay you turned in was ''[[PlagiarismInFiction plagiarized]]''?\\

->''"Oh, wow. This line here's lifted from an anime from two years ago. The words got changed a bit, but that's definitely it. Sneaky. I think I've seen this one before, too. And this one! Sheesh, this one too... Wait... Is this whole book just a bunch of stuff he ripped-off and strung together? If the original writers or worse, their fans, ever saw this, [[InternetBackdraft there'd be a freaking riot online]]..."''

Only be sure always to call it please "research". \\

-->-- '''UsefulNotes/StephenHawking''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "They Saved Lisa's Brain"

-->-- '''AlbertEinstein'''

-->-- '''StephenHawking''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "They Saved Lisa's Brain"

->'''Cropper:''' ''"In short, sir, Mrs Ogg seems to believe that writing a book largely involves copying things out of other books and pasting them onto any bits of plain paper she can find, then signing them "G. Ogg" in crayon."''\\
'''Goatberger:''' ''"You're telling me that Mrs Ogg has simply recycled bits of more than a dozen books?"''\\
'''Cropper:''' ''"In a word, yes."''\\
'''Goatberger:''' ''"The cunning old biddy! Then it counts as research and is perfectly OK. Don't worry about it."''
--> The publishers of ''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Nanny Ogg's Cookbook]]''

->'''Cropper:''' ''"In short, sir, Mrs Ogg seems to believe that writing a book largely involves copying things out of other books and pasting them onto any bits of plain paper she can find, then signing them "G. Ogg" in crayon."''
->'''Goatberger:''' ''"You're telling me that Mrs Ogg has simply recycled bits of more than a dozen books?"''
->'''Cropper:''' ''"In a word, yes."''
->'''Goatberger:''' ''"The cunning old biddy! Then it counts as research and is perfectly OK. Don't worry about it."''

--> The publishers of ''[[{{Discworld}} Nanny Ogg's Cookbook]]''

-->-- '''Wilson Mizner'''