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->'''Laura:''' And now it's time to play the recurring ''ComicBook/BatmanOdyssey'' game that I like to call Decipher This Series of Words: "BLAST YOU BOY, you scared the string out of my knees!" ...I just Googled the phrase "scared the string out of my knees," and it appears no one has ever said it outside of this comic, right now. Oh wait, I stand corrected: It was also used one time in Volume 1 [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs when Batman dropped LSD.]]\\

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->'''Laura:''' And now it's time to play the recurring ''ComicBook/BatmanOdyssey'' game that I like to call Decipher This Series of Words: "BLAST YOU BOY, you scared the string out of my knees!" ...I just Googled the phrase "scared the string out of my knees," and it appears no one has ever said it outside of this comic, right now. Oh wait, I stand corrected: It was also used one time in Volume 1 [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs [[QuirkyWork when Batman dropped LSD.]]\\
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->''"Here; nice and snug, like a ferret in a cardboard tube."''
-->-- '''[[Anime/SmilePrecure Akaoni]]''', ''Fanfic/TwinklingInTheDark''
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->'''Nanny''': "So, your dragon-snaking with Turtle Heart is what-- [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow devotional exercises?"]]

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->'''Nanny''': "So, your dragon-snaking with Turtle Heart is what-- [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow what -- devotional exercises?"]]exercises?"
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->''"Did the... did the [[FirstPeriodPanic red peony bloom]]?"''
-->-- '''Ming Lee''', ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''
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->'''Maggie''': Diddler! You know what a "diddler" is, don't cha?
->'''Sergeant Strapp''': A "diddler" is a slang term... [Sergeant Strapp whispers in Captain Fancey's ear as an accordion plays]
->'''Captain Fancey''': Hoooo! ''Flap'' me sideways! I've never heard it called ''that'' before!
-->-- ''Film/CarryOnDick''
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'''Joel:''' "Holy crap! You weren't supposed to...count the sheep with her."\\

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'''Joel:''' ->'''Joel:''' "Holy crap! You weren't supposed to...count ''count the sheep sheep'' with her."\\
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->''(Joel just discovered Craig and Rya (a robot) have had sex.)''\\
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->'''Detective:''' He wants me to explain police procedure to you, boss.
->'''The Goose:''' Go ahead. I'd like to hear "piss off" explained in depth.
-->-- ''Series/{{Phoenix}}'', "Top Quality Crims"
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->'''Trixie:''' We need to talk about sex. When you take your clothes off, do you worry about them looking and seeing that fried chicken and jumping out of the window? Do you worry about them seeing the coq au vin and jumping out the fucking window?
->'''Katya:''' Last week's boeuf bourguignon.
->'''Trixie:''' Bend over and peeping that croque monsieur? Or that croque madame?
->'''Katya:''' Once they get a whiff of that bouillabaisse they're gonna hit the pork and say "no, no".
->'''Trixie:''' Once they get into that steak frites, sis, once they look up on that pomme de terre they're fucking out of here, bitch. Do you worry about the nudity?
-->''WebVideo/{{UNHhhh}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqlZ0mLgDzk Disappointment]], the hosts getting distracted by describing privates as various items of French cuisine.
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->''"Love hole? Is it really that hard to just use the proper words?!"''
-->-- '''Agent Charlotte Webb''', ''WebOriginal/TheProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'', "A Matter of Perspective"
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-->-- '''Sealand''', ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia''

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-->-- '''Sealand''', ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia''
''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''
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-->-- '''Hugh Neutron''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron

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-->-- '''Hugh Neutron''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron
''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius

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->'''Nanny''': "So, your dragon-snaking with Turtle Heart is what-- devotional exercises?"

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->'''Nanny''': "So, your dragon-snaking with Turtle Heart is what-- [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow devotional exercises?"exercises?"]]


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-> [to Jimmy] ''I don't mind! Once, when I was seven years old I sat on a banana, and of course that changed my life.''
-->-- '''Hugh Neutron''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron
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->'''Melena''': "Frankly, Frex doesn't expect a child of his to be interested in fun. Fun is counted for overmuch in this world, Nanny. I agree with him on that."
->'''Nanny''': "So, your dragon-snaking with Turtle Heart is what-- devotional exercises?"
-->-- ''Literature/{{Wicked}}''
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->''"Holy swearing cuss!"
-->-- '''Kylie''', ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox''

->''"We all know that the alphabet has twenty-six letters (count 'em!). You can mix and match them to make many nouns and verbs. But if you say the wrong one to your mama, it may upset her. So in Bikini Bottom, we have a word that's preferred. We just say, 'Barnacles!': a word that's okay to scream, when you want to let off some steam, and say what you really mean. We just yell, 'Barnacles!' and go on our merry way. 'Barnacles' is the way we say what they say we can't say."''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', sung by Spongebob himself in the song "Barnacles"

->''"We work for a few more hours and then we can go back to our room and count each other's spots."
-->-- '''Jadzia Dax''' (an alien with spots), ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Meridian"

->'''Laverne''': "A society gentleman would only go out with you for one reason: to have a good time, a few laughs, and a little vo-de-oh-dodo."
->'''Shirley''': "I don't vo-de-oh-dodo!"
->'''Laverne''': "You vo-de-oh-dodo!"
->'''Shirley''': "I ''don't'' vo-de-oh-dodo!"
->'''Laverne''': "You vo-de-''oh''!"
->'''Shirley''': "Once, and I was going steady for a whole year."
-->-- ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'', "The Society Party"

->''"His Defiant, with its thrusters, will explode in your wormhole, and he'll rub his trusty spangler wrench on your warp core manifold. His multiphasic torpedo will penetrate your rift, and cause a quantum singularity in your transwarp conduit."''
-->-- ''The Sexy'' ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]]'' ''Tango''
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->''"Aw, cupcakes!"''
-->-- '''Murray''', ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves''
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->'''Captain Fancey:''' Oh, well perhaps a more familiar word would be... ''(whispers in ear to sound of accordion)''

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->'''Captain Fancey:''' Oh, well perhaps a more familiar word would be... ''(whispers in ear to [[CensoredForComedy sound of accordion)''accordion]])''
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->'''Captain Fancey:''' It appears he has a curious marking on his...if you'll pardon the expression, Reverend...on his diddler!
->'''Reverend Flasher:''' His diddler? I don't know what that is.
->'''Captain Fancey:''' Oh, well perhaps a more familiar word would be... ''(whispers in ear to sound of accordion)''
->'''Reverend Flasher:''' I fear that won't be of much use to you.
->'''Captain Fancey:''' Well why not?!
->'''Reverend Flasher:''' So many folk around here keep poultry, you see.
->'''Captain Fancey:''' I don't mean that kind of co--! Oh, this is very difficult...
->'''Sgt Strapp:''' If I may be permitted to speak. You see, what he means Rector is that he's got a birthmark on his..." ''(whispers in ear to sound of accordion)''
->'''Reverend Flasher:''' Aha! Now I have got it! But I honestly don't think that Jack the woodcutter...
->'''Captain Fancey:''' Jack the woodcutter?!!
->'''Reverend Flasher:''' Well he's the only one I know who has a chopper.
-->-- ''Film/CarryOnDick''
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->'''Ieyasu:''' ...Mitsunari, there are things that are and aren't okay to ask. Nobunaga was exploring the hills, trimming hedges, while [female player character's name] took care of any uppity snakes.\\
'''Mitsunari:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint That sounds so dangerous. Why didn't they ask someone else to do it for them?]]
-->--''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku''
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->'''Smithy''': Do you want that corn on the cob?\\
'''Nessa''': Is that a euphemism?
-->--''Series/GavinAndStacey''
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->"When you poured the Bisquick, did you mean to make pancakes?"
-->--'''Abraham''' on how Glenn and Maggie conceived a child, ''Series/TheWalkingDead''
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-->-- '''Steve Martin''', ''The Lonely Guy''

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-->-- '''Steve Martin''', ''The Lonely Guy''
''Film/TheLonelyGuy''
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-->-- ''TheVicarOfDibley'', "Engagement"

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-->-- ''TheVicarOfDibley'', ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', "Engagement"
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'''Tsunade:''' "[[spoiler: Hiashi]] doesn't rule you, nor does he make decisions for you."\\

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'''Tsunade:''' "[[spoiler: Hiashi]] "[[spoiler:Hiashi]] doesn't rule you, nor does he make decisions for you."\\
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-->-- '''Grignr''', ''TheEyeOfArgon''

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-->-- '''Grignr''', ''TheEyeOfArgon''
''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon''
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->''"I apprehended the accused and advised him of his rights. He replied, 'Why don't you ram it up your pimhole, you fusking clothprunker.'"''
-->-- ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie''
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->'''Paula:''' Cookie, I am all for you getting your butterfly smashed.\\
'''Rebecca:''' Listen, ''nobody'' is smashing my butterfly.\\
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'''Rebecca:''' Do it, Greg, smash my butterfly!\\
'''Greg:''' What?
-->--"Why Is Josh in a Bad Mood?", ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''
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->"After some silent voting, we decided that Davis Mipper was definitely the worst artist, so we drained all of his vein paint and spread it on the wall with our fingers. But I wasn’t satisfied with just that garish red, so we ground up his bones and made it into a really pretty pastel pink."
-->--'''Hailey Solomanari''', ''Podcast/KakosIndustries''
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-->-- '''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''', ''SuperMarioGalaxy2''

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-->-- '''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''', ''SuperMarioGalaxy2''
''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''

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