History Quotes / RedHerring

->''"[[IncrediblyLamePun Communism was just a red herring]]."''

-->-- [[http://www.alexandraerin.com/?p=83 Alexandra Erin]]

->''"Wow, there are shapeshifters in the Star Wars universe! We've been shown that fact quite explicitly. Surely this will become important later in the plot. Only it never does. It's never mentioned again anywhere else in any of the movies. I think Anton Chekhov just committed suicide with his gun."''

->Who is the killer? The movie makes it painfully obvious early on--and then insists on boring us with repeated shots of another suspect. It's as if we know who the killer is, but the movie doesn't.

->Cut to [[AdventuresInComaland the inside of Tess's head]]...Oh, those sneaky devils, trying to throw us off the Martha trail by cliffhanging a scene where Ollie accuses Tess of being the Red Queen. Which makes absolutely no sense in hindsight, because none of this is actually real; Ollie isn't Ollie and Max, Martha and Tess all know that Tess isn't the Red Queen so... Obviously this is thrown out there for the three people still watching that have any illusions as to who the Red Queen is. Isn't it nice that they give us this much credit?
-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville9-ep21 Julian Finn]]''' on ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Hostage"

->'''Ruff:''' Spotnik. Of course! He must've sent that fax to distract me, and now he's Charlene's date tonight wearing my pants!
-->--''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman''

->'''Beep-0:''' Bowser Jr.! It was you that sent us those messages asking us to collect the Relics of Goodness... so we could unlock the Moon Gate to find Mr. Tom Phan, wasn't it? I knew it all along! Er... well, I suspected... Okay, I just figured it out in the last thirty seconds! Tom Phan was a red herring. It was just a TRAP, wasn't it?
-->--''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle''

-->-- [[http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=18499 Viewer reaction]] to ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''

->Cut to [[AdventuresInComaland the inside of Tess's head]]...Oh, those sneaky devils, trying to throw us off the Martha trail by cliffhanging a scene where Ollie accuses Tess of being the Red Queen. Which makes absolutely no sense in hindsight, because none of this is actually real; Ollie isn't Ollie and Max, Martha and Tess all know that Tess isn't the Red Queen so...''"[[Film/ThankYouForSmoking Thank God we invented the, you know, whatever device.]]"''

->''"Who is the killer? The movie makes it painfully obvious early on--and then insists on boring us with repeated shots of another suspect. It's as if we know who the killer is, but the movie doesn't."''

->''"By the way: when the hell did it become so [[GratuitousGerman verboten]] to use foreshadowing, that you have to actively go out of your way to prove your foreshadowing wrong?"''\\
-- [[http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=18499 Viewer reaction]] to ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''

->''"It's more important for a gun which is fired to be shown than it is for [[ChekhovsGun a gun which is shown to be fired]]."''\\
-- [[http://www.alexandraerin.com/?p=83 Alexandra Erin]]

->''"[[IncrediblyLamePun Communism was just a red herring]]."''\\
--Three characters, one for each ending, from the movie ''Film/{{Clue}}''

->''"Wow, there are shapeshifters in the Star Wars universe! We've been shown that fact quite explicitly. Surely this will become important later in the plot. Only it never does. It's never mentioned again anywhere else in any of the movies. I think Anton Chekhov just committed suicide with his gun."''\\
--''DarthsAndDroids'' commentary box

->''"By the way: when the hell did it become so verboten to use foreshadowing, that you have to actively go out of your way to prove your foreshadowing wrong?"''\\

->"By the way: when the hell did it become so verboten to use foreshadowing, that you have to actively go out of your way to prove your foreshadowing wrong?"\\
-->-- [[http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=18499 Viewer reaction]] to ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''

-->''"It's more important for a gun which is fired to be shown than it is for [[ChekhovsGun a gun which is shown to be fired]]."''\\
-->-- [[http://www.alexandraerin.com/?p=83 Alexandra Erin]]

->"[[IncrediblyLamePun Communism was just a red herring]]."\\
-->-- Three characters, one for each ending, from the movie ''Film/{{Clue}}''

->"Wow, there are shapeshifters in the Star Wars universe! We've been shown that fact quite explicitly. Surely this will become important later in the plot. Only it never does. It's never mentioned again anywhere else in any of the movies. I think Anton Chekhov just committed suicide with his gun."\\
-->--''DarthsAndDroids'' commentary box

-->"By the way: when the hell did it become so verboten to use foreshadowing, that you have to actively go out of your way to prove your foreshadowing wrong?"\\
- [[http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=18499 Viewer reaction]] to ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''

- [[http://www.alexandraerin.com/?p=83 Alexandra Erin]]

-->"[[IncrediblyLamePun Communism was just a red herring]]."\\
-- Three characters, one for each ending, from the movie ''Film/{{Clue}}''

-->"Wow, there are shapeshifters in the Star Wars universe! We've been shown that fact quite explicitly. Surely this will become important later in the plot. Only it never does. It's never mentioned again anywhere else in any of the movies. I think Anton Chekhov just committed suicide with his gun."\\
-''DarthsAndDroids'' commentary box

- [[http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=18499 Viewer reaction]] to ''BattlestarGalactica''

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-- Three characters, one for each ending, from the movie ''{{Clue}}''

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