History Quotes / WeirdnessCensor

-->-- '''The Seventh Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''

-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Boom Town"

-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Terror of the Zygons"

-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Homer's Enemy"

->''"Picnic on the head of the Sphinx, hang out with the minute hand on Big Ben as if you were Film/MaryPoppins... and, here's the thing: Nobody notices."''

-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-great-occupations-for-horribly-stupid-people/ "7 Great Occupations For Horribly Stupid People"]]

->'''David''': Yes, there are apparently visible green brainwaves flying towards Riddler’s gigantic aquarium blender like Lifestream in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Why nobody finds this at all suspicious, well — this is the same city that believed Batman turned on them because of [[Film/BatmanReturns an umbrella full of bats and a hijacked Batmobile]].

-->-- ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''

->''"Something dangerous is coming. Strange things happen in out town. We all know it! Pets go missing, ''people'' go missing. There's something alien amongst us. But bury our heads in the sand and ignore it."''

->"The great thing about [[PunyHumans your species,]] [[{{CassandraTruth}} Dib]], is that most of them don't notice.

!!Fiction:

!!!Fiction
->''There's a phantom in the basement, the janitor's a spy, the principal's a rhino [[LampshadeHanging and no-one's asking why!]] Dinosaurs are everywhere, a twister's in the sky! It's just another day at Flying Rhino Junior High!''
-->-- ThemeSong to ''WesternAnimation/FlyingRhinoJuniorHigh''

->''You thought I'd say "HOW THE FUCK DID THAT HAPPEN?!?"...In reality, it didn't.''
-->-- '''{{@/StongRadd}}'''

->Ah yes, "[[MemeticHandGesture Reapers]]". The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. [[CassandraTruth We have dismissed that claim.]]
-->-- Turian councillor, ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

->'''C-Sec customs''': After the [[InsistentTerminology Geth]] attack there was a review of security protocol. A few minor changes were made to reduce the risk of Geth infiltration. We apologise for the inconvenience.
->'''Legion (a Geth)''': Geth do not infiltrate.
->'''C-Sec customs''': [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight You should leave your personal synthetic assistant at home]], they're not allowed in shuttles any more.
->'''Legion''': Geth do not ''intentionally'' infiltrate.
-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

->"The great thing about [[PunyHumans your species,]] [[{{CassandraTruth}} Dib]], is that most of them don't notice.
-->--'''Tak''', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''

->''It was true that normal people couldn't hear Gaspode speak, because dogs ''don't'' speak. It's a well known fact. It's well known at the organic level, like a lot of other well-known facts which overrule the observation of the senses. This is because if people went around noticing everything that was going on all the time, no-one would ever get anything done. Besides, almost all dogs don't talk. Ones that do are merely a statistical error, and can therefore be ignored.''
-->-- ''Discworld/MenAtArms''

->''"The technology involved in making something properly invisible is so mind-bogglingly complex that 999,999,999 times out of a billion it's simpler just to take the thing away and do without it... The 'Somebody Else's Problem field' is much simpler, more effective, and "can be run for over a hundred years on a single torch battery."''
-->-- ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything''

->''"We're ostriches, and the whole world is sand. Newbies who are just learning about the world of wizards and the unpleasant side of the supernatural always think there's this huge conspiracy to hide it from everyone. There isn't. There's no need for one, beyond preventing actual parades down Main Street. Hell's bells, from where I'm standing, it's a miracle anyone ''ever'' notices."''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''

->'''Tiana:''' Stella just talked to me! ''A dog! Just talked to me!''\\
'''Naveen:''' You know, if you are going to let every little thing bother you, it's going to be a long night.
-->-- ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''

->''If you're only dreaming, why-\\
I hear you screaming?''
-->-- '''China [=McClain=]''', "Calling All The Monsters"

->'''Duke of Forgill:''' Tell me, I imagine the whole business caused quite a stir.
->'''TheBrigadier:''' No, the Cabinet's accepted my report and the whole affair's now completely closed.
->'''Duke:''' You mean it never happened.
->'''Brigadier:''' Well, a fifty foot monster can't swim up the Thames and attack a large building without some people noticing, but you know what politicians are like.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Terror of the Zygons"

!!!RealLife

->'''David''': Yes, there are apparently visible green brainwaves flying towards Riddler’s gigantic aquarium blender like Lifestream in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Why nobody finds this at all suspicious, well — this is the same city that believed Batman turned on them because of [[BatmanReturns an umbrella full of bats and a hijacked Batmobile]].

-->-- '''TelevisionWithoutPity''' on ''Series/{{Heroes}}''

-->'''Duke of Forgill:''' Tell me, I imagine the whole business caused quite a stir.
-->'''TheBrigadier:''' No, the Cabinet's accepted my report and the whole affair's now completely closed.
-->'''Duke:''' You mean it never happened.
-->'''Brigadier:''' Well, a fifty foot monster can't swim up the Thames and attack a large building without some people noticing, but you know what politicians are like.

-->-- '''China McClain''', "Calling All The Monsters"

-->-- '''RogerEbert''', review of ''Film/{{Jumper}}''

->I hate to argue with such a dramatic display, but if someone were going to ask questions about a mysterious plane's mysterious landing, [[MurderIsTheBestSolution I'm not sure an ensuing mysterious explosion]] [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch would get them to go about their day like nothing happene]]d. But I could be overestimating people's average intelligence and curiosity.
-->--'''TelevisionWithoutPity''' on ''Series/{{Heroes}}''

->''"Man, Scully’s theories are getting as outrageous as Mulder’s these days, just in the other direction. She’ll go to any lengths to find a plausible scientific explanation, so much so that she double backs on herself in her efforts and the resulting speculation is even more unlikely than Mulder’s! This week she explains the destruction of the high street with a sonic boom and a tornado to counteract Mulder’s suggestion of a black hole! Even funnier is her assertion that the reason the elephant couldn’t be seen is because the cameras were faulty and the observers had poor eyesight. If I was Mulder I would have trouble keeping a straight face."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/little-green-men-written-by-glen-morgan.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/TheXFiles'', "Fearful Symmetry"

-->--'''Tak''', ''InvaderZim''

->'''David''': Yes, there are apparently visible green brainwaves flying towards Riddler’s gigantic aquarium blender like Lifestream in ''{{Final Fantasy VII}}''. Why nobody finds this at all suspicious, well — this is the same city that believed Batman turned on them because of [[BatmanReturns an umbrella full of bats and a hijacked Batmobile]].

->''"Man, Scully’s theories are getting as outrageous as Mulder’s these days, just in the other direction. She’ll go to any lengths to find a plausible scientific explanation, so much so that she double backs on herself in her efforts and the resulting speculation is even more unlikely than Mulder’s! This week she explains the destruction of the high street with a sonic boom and a tornado to counteract Mulder’s suggestion of a black hole! Even funnier is her assertion that the reason the elephant couldn’t be seen is because the cameras were faulty and the observers had poor eyesight. If I was Mulder I would have trouble keeping a straight face."'

->''"When he's gone, Claire opines that people will ask questions about the crash, but Bennet informs her she's mistaken, and no one's going to know a thing. An ominous whistling accompanies this declaration, and when Claire, dread in her voice, asks what he did, he answers by looking to the sky, from which a missile appears and blows up the plane. I hate to argue with such a dramatic display, but if someone were going to ask questions about a mysterious plane's mysterious landing, I'm not sure an ensuing mysterious explosion would get them to go about their day like nothing happened. But I could be overestimating people's average intelligence and curiosity."''

->'''David''': Yes, there are apparently visible green brainwaves flying towards Riddler’s gigantic aquarium blender like Lifestream in ''{{Final Fantasy VII}}''. Why nobody finds this at all suspicious, well — this is the same city that believed Batman turned on them because of [[BatmanReturns an umbrella full of bats and a hijacked Batmobile]].\\
'''Chris''': When will these stinkin’ people realize that they’re getting played?\\
'''David''': '''Like a HARP from HELL!'''

->''"To describe the way things really are is to be a shit and we know what happens to shits: [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade they are flushed away]]."''

->'''Man:''' Dragons are burning down the city!\\
'''Dennis Franz:''' You think I give a damn if some Chinese kids hopped up on angel dust start dropping fireworks off their kites?!\\
'''Man:''' What? No, actual giant legendary monsters! Look!\\
'''Dennis Franz:''' I'm Homicide, kid. Let that pack of drunk fighter pilots under a parade float have their fun.\\
'''Man:''' How is that [[InsaneTrollLogic less crazy]] than "dragon"?\\
'''Dennis Franz:''' I hope your dickhole likes fists, funny man!

->''"People rationalize what they can and forget what they can't."''
-->-- '''Rupert Giles''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

'''Man:''' How is that less crazy than "dragon"?\\

->'''David''': Yes, there are apparently visible green brainwaves flying towards Riddler’s gigantic aquarium blender like Lifestream in ''{{Final Fantasy VII}}''.\\
'''David''': Why nobody finds this at all suspicious, well — this is the same city that believed Batman turned on them because of [[BatmanReturns an umbrella full of bats and a hijacked Batmobile]].\\

->'''Chris:''' Then, in what is seriously my favorite moment of complete insanity in this entire movie, Max decides that the way out of all of his problems is to help the Penguin run for mayor. I’m not kidding. ''I genuinely love this''. The mayor is blocking the construction of Max’s Evil Power Plant, so he decides that he should have him recalled and replaced with a deformed albino circus freak crime boss that he has known for five minutes. That is a jaw-droppingly terrible plan. [[GIJoe Cobra Commander]] would look at that and go “you know, you may want to read through that one again."\\
'''David''': “Here’s free money! Here’s a freakish penguin-man running for mayor! Hey, now you have to hate Batman, even though it’s an obvious setup!”
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/batman-returns-review/ on]] ''Film/BatmanReturns''

->''"To describe the way things really are is to be a shit and we know what happens to shits: [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade they are flushed away]]."''
-->--'''Creator/GoreVidal'''

->''"Picnic on the head of the Sphinx, hang out with the minute hand on Big Ben as if you were Film/MaryPoppins... and, here's the thing: Nobody notices."''
-->-- '''RogerEbert''', review of ''Film/{{Jumper}}''

->'''Man:''' Dragons are burning down the city!\\
'''Dennis Franz:''' You think I give a damn if some Chinese kids hopped up on angel dust start dropping fireworks off their kites?!\\
'''Man:''' What? No, actual giant legendary monsters! Look!\\
'''Dennis Franz:''' I'm Homicide, kid. Let that pack of drunk fighter pilots under a parade float have their fun.\\
'''Man:''' How is that less crazy than "dragon"?\\
'''Dennis Franz:''' I hope your dickhole likes fists, funny man!
-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-great-occupations-for-horribly-stupid-people/ "7 Great Occupations For Horribly Stupid People"]]

->''"When he's gone, Claire opines that people will ask questions about the crash, but Bennet informs her she's mistaken, and no one's going to know a thing. An ominous whistling accompanies this declaration, and when Claire, dread in her voice, asks what he did, he answers by looking to the sky, from which a missile appears and blows up the plane. I hate to argue with such a dramatic display, but if someone were going to ask questions about a mysterious plane's mysterious landing, I'm not sure an ensuing mysterious explosion would get them to go about their day like nothing happened. But I could be overestimating people's average intelligence and curiosity."''
-->-- '''TelevisionWithoutPity''' on ''Series/{{Heroes}}''

->''"We're ostriches, and the whole world is sand. Newbies who are just learning about the world of wizards and the unpleasant side of the supernatural always think there's this huge conspiracy to hide it from everyone. There isn't. There's no need for one, beyond preventing actual parades down Main Street. Hell's bells, from where I'm standing, it's a miracle anyone ''ever'' notices."''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''

->'''Tiana:''' Stella just talked to me! ''A dog! Just talked to me!''\\
'''Naveen:''' You know, if you are going to let every little thing bother you, it's going to be a long night.
-->-- ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''

->''There's a phantom in the basement, the janitor's a spy, the principal's a rhino [[LampshadeHanging and no-one's asking why!]] Dinosaurs are everywhere, a twister's in the sky! It's just another day at Flying Rhino Junior High!''
-->-- ThemeSong to ''WesternAnimation/FlyingRhinoJuniorHigh''

->''"People rationalize what they can and forget what they can't."''
-->-- '''Rupert Giles''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

->Ah yes, "[[MemeticHandGesture Reapers]]". The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. [[CassandraTruth We have dismissed that claim.]]
-->-- Turian councillor, ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

->'''C-Sec customs''': After the [[InsistentTerminology Geth]] attack there was a review of security protocol. A few minor changes were made to reduce the risk of Geth infiltration. We apologise for the inconvenience.
->'''Legion (a Geth)''': Geth do not infiltrate.
->'''C-Sec customs''': [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight You should leave your personal synthetic assistant at home]], they're not allowed in shuttles any more.
->'''Legion''': Geth do not ''intentionally'' infiltrate.
-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

->"The great thing about [[PunyHumans your species,]] [[{{CassandraTruth}} Dib]], is that most of them don't notice.
-->--'''Tak''', ''InvaderZim''