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| 3 | * Two famous kids' show "bloopers" were never said, despite millions of people saying they were watching and/or listening: "[[IsThisThingStillOn That oughtta hold]] [[DepravedKidsShowHost the little bastards]]" as attributed mainly to radio host Uncle Don, and "Cram it, Clownie!" as attributed mainly to a disgruntled kid on ''The Bozo Show''. Not only were they never uttered, but there isn't even agreement on ''how'' they were never uttered. Depending on whom you ask, the two above speakers apocryphally said "That oughtta hold the little S.O.B.'s for another week!" and "Cram it, Clown!" Don't believe the Kermit Schaefer blooper records on the Uncle Don thing... it's one of his many [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Schaefer#Early_bloopers dramatized recordings]], in this case of something that never happened. |
| 4 | * In ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'', Morticia Addams is often associated with the proverb, "Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly." Not once does she speak these words in the TV show or the films. She says it in the musical, but it was clearly inspired by the meme. |
| 5 | * While he does start saying it later on, the pilot of Arrow, Oliver does not tell Adam Hunt "You have failed this city". Instead he says "You failed this city" |
| 6 | * Entertainer Arthur Godfrey, who hosted three different shows on CBS Radio & TV throughout the 1950s, was often quoted as saying "How are you, how are you, how are you," pronouncing it "Ha-why-ya ha-why-ya ha-why-ya!" People who imitated him for years, including Ralph Malph on ''Series/HappyDays'', used that quote. However, Godfrey apparently only used it once, in a recorded 1979 radio PSA (for Social Security Direct Deposit) [[AscendedMeme in which he actually says it to make the point that he'd never said it in the past]]. |
| 7 | ** Godfrey's other lasting bit of notoriety, firing singer Julius [=LaRosa=] on-air during his variety show, didn't actually involve Godfrey confronting [=LaRosa=] or saying "you're fired". After [=LaRosa=] performed a song, Godfrey announced that it would be his "swan song" with Godfrey and that he'd go on to star in his own show. When reporters asked [=LaRosa=] about his plans after the show, [=LaRosa=] revealed that he never told Godfrey he was leaving, making it obvious that Godfrey had just launched a masterful bit of cold-blooded [[PassiveAggressiveKombat Passive Aggression]] against a man who committed the infraction of becoming just as popular as his boss. |
| 8 | * B.A. Baracus does not say, "I pity the fool!" on ''Series/TheATeam''. [[http://legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/2015/05/01/did-b-a-baracus-never-actually-say-i-pity-the-fool-on-the-a-team/ Entertainment Legends Revealed]] has a post on the phrase (Creator/MrT, who portrayed B.A., indeed uttered that phrase, but in ''Film/RockyIII'' instead of ''The A-Team''). |
| 9 | * A number of folks (usually haters who wish to add another black mark to the series) believed that {{Series/Barney|And Friends}} the Dinosaur said the line, "A stranger is a friend you haven't met" in the episode ''Playing It Safe''[[note]]This rumor originated on the alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die newsgroup. It's likely the original poster saw the mentioned-outside-of-the-note scene from "Playing It Safe" where Derek states the complete opposite, completely misremembered what they saw, and posted it anyway. [[/note]]. He never actually said that! Not once. In said episode, Derek is the one who brings up the subject and notes that "Strangers are people you don't know, and they could be bad people!" In traditional Barney fashion, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkUkUlYh1mU&t=18m56s a song is sung a little while afterwards reinforcing the message]]. The actual origin of the phrase is supposedly from West Texas during the TheWildWest, but that may be apocryphal. |
| 10 | -->''[[TooSmartForStrangers Never talk to strangers]]'' |
| 11 | -->''That's very good advice'' |
| 12 | -->'''Cause you just can't tell'' |
| 13 | -->''If they're good or bad,'' |
| 14 | -->''[[AWolfInSheepsClothing Even though they may seem nice]]'' |
| 15 | -->''Even though they may seem nice'' |
| 16 | * ''Series/Batman1966'' has a mild example. While Robin's infamous "Holy [relevant phrase]!" CharacterCatchphrase ''did'' appear constantly, he usually ended it at that--he rarely ever said "Holy [relevant phrase], Batman!", as most people quote him. This one's a {{justified|Trope}} case, though, since "Holy [noun]!" is such a generic phrase in Western culture that people might not otherwise associate it with ''Batman''. |
| 17 | ** ''Film/BatmanForever'' pays homage to this with the following: |
| 18 | ---> Robin: Holey rusted metal, Batman!\ |
| 19 | Batman: Huh?\ |
| 20 | Robin: The ground, it's all metal. It's full of holes. You know, holey.\ |
| 21 | Batman: Oh. |
| 22 | * The {{Trope Namer|s}} gets discussed during a second season episode of ''Better Late Than Never''. Creator/WilliamShatner runs through a few of the lines he genuinely said in the show but he and Creator/HenryWinkler correctly point out that "Beam me up, Scotty" was not one of them. Bill also talks about other misused and misquoted lines. |
| 23 | * Sheldon from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' never said, "She's a girl and she's my friend, but she's not my girlfriend." The actual quote was "Yes, I have a friend named Amy Farrah Fowler. Yes, she is female. Yes, we communicate on a daily basis, but no, SheIsNotMyGirlfriend." People may be confusing this with a similar line from ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' where big Pete says (of Ellen) "She's a girl, and she's a friend, but she's not my girlfriend." |
| 24 | * The premise of this trope was the answer to one question in one of the ''[[Series/BigFatQuizOfTheYear Big Fat Quiz Of Everything]]'' specials. Creator/NoelFielding and Creator/RichardAyoade were the only ones to get it right. |
| 25 | * Jan Brady said "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!!!" ''once'' (season 3, "Her Sister's Shadow"), through the entire series of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. It entered pop culture through SNL parodies and ''The Brady Bunch Movie''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLFkxA0P7Q8 Parodied]] in a Creator/NickAtNite promo where Bobby points out that Carol always tells him and his brothers "Don't play ball in the house." They took random voice bits and strung them together into the phrase to make it look like she said it. |
| 26 | * ''Series/BreakingBad'': |
| 27 | ** "Yeah! Science, bitch!" was never said on the show. Although "[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]" is practically Jesse Pinkman's catchphrase, the scene in question (ironically) is one of the few times where he ''doesn't'' say it. Instead it's "Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!" |
| 28 | ** Nor did Hank ever say "Jesus Christ, Marie" when he started collecting minerals [[spoiler:[[AscendedMeme but he does say it]] after the Schraders watch Walt's "confession" video implicating Hank in his crimes]]. |
| 29 | ** "Jesse, we have/need to cook!" perhaps the phrase even more associated with ''Series/BreakingBad'' than the above two, but Walt never says it.[[note]]He, however, tells Jesse to "clear your social calendar. We have to cook" in the episode [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E9FourDaysOut "4 Days Out"]]. Later, in [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E10Fly "Fly"]], while Jesse is trying to swat the eponymous insect, Walt also tells him "Let it go, we need to cook."[[/note]] |
| 30 | ** "Jesse, get the beans" was a popular meme for a while, believed to be related to Walter and Jesse plotting to poison Tuco with castor beans, which contain the extremely toxic ricin. However, there was never a scene where Walter requested Jesse to retrieve beans of any kind for him. |
| 31 | ** Walt never said "Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about?" in the diner scene in "Box Cutter." It was edited in by someone for a meme template. |
| 32 | ** After Saul blackmails Jesse's parents into selling their house for half price, he does not insult their lawyer with "Do you concur, counselor?". He actually says "How 'bout it, counselor? Do you concur?" |
| 33 | * ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'': "I burn for you" during Simon and Daphne's LoveConfession was incorrectly attached to Simon by many viewers. His actor Regé-Jean Page even had to [[https://variety.com/video/rege-jean-page-phoebe-dynevor-bridgerton-burn-for-you-scene/ disclaim]] that it's ''Daphne'' who says the line, not Simon, and his actual line is "When one burns for someone who doesn’t feel the same". It probably didn't help that he did say the line as part of his host monologue on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. |
| 34 | * Jim Bowen, of ''Series/{{Bullseye|UK}}'', never once said "Super, Smashing, Great" on the programme -- he said "Super", he said "Smashing", he said "Great". But never all three in one go. The catchphrase seems to have come from ''Series/SpittingImage'', and after it became established Bowen did say it himself in a beer commercial. |
| 35 | * "That's the beauty of it; it doesn't ''do'' anything!" or "It doesn't ''do'' anything; that's the beauty of it!" This line has the distinction of not only being a misquote, but for the longest time nobody could remember where it even came from! It was finally traced to an episode of ''Series/BurkesLaw'', in which an inventor, Harold Harold, is questioned about the unusual contraption he's just demonstrated. The exact quote: |
| 36 | -->'''Captain Burke:''' What is it?\ |
| 37 | '''Harold Harold:''' Well it's my therapy. I'm still perfecting it.\ |
| 38 | '''Burke:''' What does it do?\ |
| 39 | '''Harold:''' ''Do??''\ |
| 40 | '''Burke:''' What's it for?\ |
| 41 | '''Harold:''' Well, nothing, nothing. I mean, that's the beauty of it! Every machine in the world does something but not mine. This is my rebellion against efficiency! I also work puzzles. |
| 42 | ** The Website/Everything2 [[http://everything2.com/title/It+doesn%2527t+DO+anything.+That%2527s+the+beauty+of+it%2521 entry on the subject]] ended with an insightful post about the nature of such misquotes: "Over time, I believe the best versions of the quotes are the ones that get passed on and into popular culture. If you look at the original quote, exactly as delivered by the actor, in any of these cases, you'll find they don't stand alone very well. They depend on the context of the scene and make for better dialogue than a one-liner. The mangled quote becomes self-contained, still recognizable but rearranged or including enough bits from the rest of the dialogue to stand alone." |
| 43 | ** This website https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/21/14952294/what-does-it-do-thats-the-beauty-of-it-movie-quote-source lists another possible source, a ''play'' called Apocalyptic Butterfiles, and goes on to say this doesn't completely solve the mystery since most people have never heard of either. |
| 44 | * Although it ''sounds'' like something she would say, on ''Radio/TheBurnsAndAllenShow'' Creator/GracieAllen's SigningOffCatchPhrase is not "[[RepeatAfterMe Good night, Gracie]]" to Creator/GeorgeBurns' "Say good night, Gracie". It's just "Good night". (Anyway, Burns more often phrased it "Gracie, say good night" -- so Gracie ''couldn't'' have said "Good night, Gracie" in response.) |
| 45 | ** The one who ''actually'' used this was Dick Martin, on ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''. "Say good night, Dick." "Good night, Dick!" |
| 46 | ** This was (mis)referenced by Data in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. |
| 47 | --->'''Wesley:''' Say goodbye, Data! |
| 48 | --->'''Data:''' Goodbye, Data. |
| 49 | --->''(general laughter)'' |
| 50 | --->'''Data:''' Accessing... Ah! Burns and Allen: Roxy Theatre, New York City, 1932. It still works. |
| 51 | * Creator/CarlSagan's TV appearances were famous for his distinctive pronunciation of the word "billions" -- but the phrase "billions and billions" so commonly associated with him actually came from a Creator/JohnnyCarson parody on ''Series/{{The Tonight Show|StarringJohnnyCarson}}''. He actually named one of his books "Billions and Billions" after this quote, and explained where it came from. (He also noted that the pronunciation of "billions" came from a desire to avoid confusion with "millions".) |
| 52 | * In addition to [[ArtisticLicenseBiology not being very good neuroscience]], the "buffalo and brain cells" Internet meme that is supposedly quoted from Cliff on ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' never actually happened on any episode. |
| 53 | * A 1996 promo for the TV-series adaptation of ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' had Cher, Dionne, and Amber looking at the camera one at a time and each spouting a [[ValleyGirl Valspeak]] catchphrase: "As if!"; "Whatever!"; "Yeah, right!" While "As if!" is used repeatedly throughout the 1995 film, "Whatever!" is uttered only once (and is done so [[SarcasmMode ironically]]) And none of the characters ever says "Yeah, right!" -- [[OlderThanTheyThink an expression that long predates the Val era in any case]]. |
| 54 | * The {{Trope Namer|s}} is subject to ConversationalTroping (naturally, by Reid, the show's usual source of random trivia) in the ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "What Happens At Home". |
| 55 | * While the QuipToBlack trope is fairly common in crime shows in general, only Horatio Caine from ''Series/CSIMiami'' would almost always say the quip with a big pause before the punchline for emphasis (E.G seeing someone who burned to death and saying "Looks like he got (pause) fired!"). Parodies of crime shows often act as if all of them do this. |
| 56 | * Most parodies of ''Series/{{Dateline}}'' seem to think that Chris Hansen does the whole "To Catch a Predator" thing by popping up out of nowhere at the predator's current spot, however most of the episodes had the predator going to a sting house where Chris would do the whole thing after the predator talked to a decoy. Also, most parodies assume he starts the confrontation by saying "I am Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC..." but he actually starts the confrontation by saying "Hi!" followed by either "Why don't you take a seat over there?" or a variation of it, and doesn't say the "I am Chris Hansen" line until the confrontation is over. |
| 57 | * The German crime series ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_%28TV_series%29 Derrick]]'' often has Derrick send his assistant Harry to get the car to drive him somewhere. Thus, the phrase "Harry, hol schon mal den Wagen" ("Harry, go get the car in the meantime") was coined, though none of the 281 episodes of the legendary show actually featured the renowned phrase. The line was finally included in a tongue-in-cheek animated special made after the live action version had been cancelled. |
| 58 | * Australian talk show host Derryn Hynch never actually used the line "Shame, shame." he is often associated with, it comes from Steve Vizard's recurring impersonation of him on sketch comedy ''Fast Forward''. |
| 59 | * The phrase "[[ReversePolarity Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow!]]" , despite being seen as a TechnoBabble catchphrase of the Third Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'', was never used in that form in his era of the show, with, aside from an instance in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons The Daemons]]'' ("Reverse the polarity!" [of the electrical power in general]), the closest thing to it being his warning to [[EvilCounterpart the Master]] in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E3TheSeaDevils The Sea Devils]]'' that "I reversed the polarity of the neutron flow", and that things were thus about to get explosive (although he reversed the polarity of other things quite a bit, and once "fused the controls to the neutron flow"). He repeated it when he reappeared in the 20th anniversary special. Ironically, the line was used by the Fifth Doctor more than the Third Doctor, and has been used a number of times by other Doctors, ''because'' it was seen as a catchphrase. |
| 60 | ** More recently, the Tenth has lamented losing his touch at reversing polarities. Even more recently, the Twelfth has stated outright that the phrase is actually meaningless, though that doesn't top his DistaffCounterpart, Clara, from "reversing the polarity" of his sonic glasses in a later episode. |
| 61 | ** The book ''Match of the Day'' contrives a situation in which the (Fourth) Doctor finds himself saying "Maybe I can reverse the polarity using the Sonic Screwdriver". His internal monologue reveals he's mildly disgusted with himself for saying such a ClicheStorm while having no memory of ever saying that before, even though it feels like he has. |
| 62 | ** Tegan's fake swear word "Rabbits!" is a similar case. She only said it twice in the 19 serials featuring her as a companion, yet it's remembered by viewers as her CharacterCatchphrase and included in nearly every novel and short story she appears in (all written over a decade after she left the show). |
| 63 | ** "It's bigger on the inside!" really isn't uttered all that much. Just about the only times it is used is when it is [[LampshadeHanging pointed out that people say it]]. There are many similar reactions (the first being Ian's "But it was just a telephone box!") but one of the first times (if not THE first) times the actual quote is said it is by the Doctor in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors The Three Doctors]]. The 10th Anniversary episode. |
| 64 | ** There's a widespread belief that the catsuit Zoe wore in ''The Mind Robber'' was purple, and it's frequently drawn like this in fanart. This seems to have originated from fan colourizations of black and white screenshots; there are colour photos on the DVD showing it was actually silver. It's been pointed out in ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' that a likely reason why this fan belief solidified into a "fact" is that purple is more [[MaleGaze flattering]] to the body of Creator/WendyPadbury than the real Cyberman-esque silver color of the actual catsuit in ''The Mind Robber''. |
| 65 | ** The Fourth Doctor never told anyone to "[[PardonMyKlingon spack off]]". Tom Baker got mixed up when delivering the line and there was no retake. The line as scripted was "Now back off"; Baker says "Now" and then he clearly holds an "s" sound (presumably because he was going to say something like "stay back"), realises as he's saying it that it's wrong and turns it into "back off" without pausing. The inevitable result is that it sounds like "Now ssssback off". Nevertheless, "spack" sees some use in ExpandedUniverse stories, especially the books. |
| 66 | * "Just the facts, ma'am" came not from ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', but from the various Creator/StanFreberg parodies of the show. The phrase Jack "Joe Friday" Webb actually used on the show was "All we want are the facts, ma'am" (and sometimes "All we know are the facts, ma'am"). Became something of an AscendedMeme in the 1987 film, where Creator/DanAykroyd's Joe Friday (the nephew of Webb's) says it. |
| 67 | * (In)famous ''Series/DrPhil'' guest Danielle Bregoli didn't say "Cash me outside, howbowdah?" -- she clearly pronounces it "Catch me outside, how bout dat?" |
| 68 | * A lot of the classic [[Series/TheEdSullivanShow Ed Sullivan]] trademarks, like pronouncing "show" as "shew", knuckle-cracking, and clumsy body language, were actually invented by comedian Will Jordan for his Sullivan impression, heavily exaggerating a few little tics in Sullivan's fairly bland stage presence. (Sullivan [[ActuallyPrettyFunny was amused]] and often had him as a guest, and also encouraged other comedians to impersonate him.) On top of that, the catchphrase "really big shew" is the exclusive domain of his impressionists—Sullivan never spoke the phrase "really big show" during the opening introduction in any episode of the series. |
| 69 | * "Nil points!" never appears in the ''Series/EurovisionSongContest''. It's actually "nul points". And, anyway, it was never mentioned by the host(s) until 2016 (more on that below). |
| 70 | ** The misunderstanding probably comes about from the fact that some songs which score very badly have zero points (translated into pidgin French as "nil points") through most of the show (possibly to the end) leading to people (quite possibly only those at home and/or the commentator(s)) mentioning that such-and-such a song has "nil points" as a riff on the way the judges' scoring is read out in English and French. This probably lead to people thinking that the "nil points" thing was a quote from the national judging panels even though, as mentioned above, they only mention the scores when they are handing out one or more points to a song -- scores of zero are never mentioned. |
| 71 | ** The changes to the voting system in 2016 meant that countries with no points from the public vote do get announced. However, the presenters have so far used the term "zero points" as opposed to "nul points". |
| 72 | * Speaking of game shows, the catch phrase on ''Series/FamilyFeud'' is "(our) survey ''said''," not "says" (although sometimes John O'Hurley and Steve Harvey have slipped). And it's only ever used in the Fast Money BonusRound, ''never'' in the main game (where most commonly the host will simply repeat the answer or sometimes add "Show me..." before it). Ricki Lake got the latter wrong on ''Gameshow Marathon''. |
| 73 | ** "Our survey said" has been used since 1980 in the final round of the British version, called ''Family Fortunes''. It's used to build tension before each survey answer is revealed. It was originated by the first host Bob Monkhouse, and every host since has used it because it became so intrinsically associated with the show. It's also used occasionally in the main game. |
| 74 | * Double-subverted in the case of a notorious answer from a contestant on ''Series/TheNewlywedGame''. Host Bob Eubanks asked a female newlywed the question "Where, specifically, is the weirdest place that you personally, girls, have ever gotten the urge to make whoopee?", to which she was said to have responded with either "In the butt, Bob", or some Ebonics-laden variation such as "It be the butt, Bob." Bob asserted that no exchange like this happened at all, and even made up shirts saying "She never said 'in the butt, Bob'." But in the beginning of the 21st century, the episode happened to air on Game Show Network and footage swiftly hit the Internet. This footage revealed that the actual answer to the question was "in the ass", said hesitantly (and beeped out) by an ordinary looking housewife named Olga Perez. Bob admitted that he had forgotten about it and convinced himself that it never happened at all, although the rampant misquoting may have clouded his memory. |
| 75 | * "Suits you, sir!" was never ever said in ''Series/TheFastShow''. The line was ''always'' "'''Suit''' you, sir!" It ''was'' actually said by one of The Offroaders, prompting the other to correct him. |
| 76 | * A popular quote being spread on the internet is Basil Fawlty from ''Series/FawltyTowers'' allegedly saying "For someone called Manuel, you’re looking terribly ill…". Said line is not in any episodes, and [[http://www.dirtyfeed.org/2020/11/faulty-whats-wrong-with-him/ an attempt]] to track down the source of the quote has only led to an article in [[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Metro]] claiming it as a quote from the show. |
| 77 | * ''Series/{{Friends}}'' has ''two'' actual occasions where Chandler uses any variant of the phrase "Could I ''be'' more (blank)?" without it being a parody of said speaking pattern. The idea of this expression as a catchphrase originated in story, with the rest of the group making fun of it. This means the character could have said it hundreds of times off screen. |
| 78 | -->'''Joey:''' Could I ''be'' wearing any more clothes? |
| 79 | * Many fans of ''Series/FullHouse'' remember Dave Coulier's character as "Uncle Joey." However, he was almost never referred to by that name on the show; the Tanner girls simply called him "Joey," and the few times he was called "Uncle" on the show were by Jesse and Becky when they spoke to their twins in the last two seasons. |
| 80 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': |
| 81 | ** The words of House Stark are "Winter is Coming", and Eddard Stark himself (as well as several members of his house) issue this dire warning many times in both the [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire books]] and the TV series. An image of Lord Stark standing dramatically with his sword was used for a meme intending to warn about real-life winter, using the words "Brace yourself, winter is coming", adding the "Brace yourself" for the meme, not suggesting Lord Stark actually said that. However, the meme went viral and led to numerous other "Brace yourself, X is coming" memes, all using the image of Eddard Stark. This has led many to believe that Eddard actually spoke the words "brace yourself" on screen at some point, when he never did. |
| 82 | ** Many fans refer to Robb Stark as the King of the North, rather than the King ''in'' the North. |
| 83 | ** Robert Baratheon never used the phrase "Dothraki hordes on an open field, Ned!" when talking about the threat of Khal Drogo. He does say "There's a war coming, Ned..." but his discussion of tactics for fighting the Dothraki comes from a different conversation entirely, with Cersei. Even then, he remains calm throughout the discussion, with the closest thing to the meme being "only a fool would fight a Dothraki horde on an open field." |
| 84 | ** In [[Recap/GameOfThronesS8E5TheBells the penultimate]] episode, Jaime is often quoted as saying that he "never cared about the innocents." In the actual scene, Tyrion urges Jaime to [[spoiler:try to convince Cersei to surrender]], if not for himself or her, for the smallfolk of King's landing, "innocent or otherwise." Jaime then replies, "To be honest I've never really cared much for them, innocent or otherwise." |
| 85 | * No GameShow has ever used the phrase "Johnny, tell them what they've won!" There have been several [[TheAnnouncer announcers]] named Johnny (most notably Johnny Gilbert, Johnny Olson, Johnny Jacobs, John Harlan, John Cramer), and they have told countless contestants about the prizes, but never in this form. Probably the closest would be Creator/BobBarker on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' after a contestant comes up from Contestant's Row, but before the pricing game is announced would often say to Johnny Olson, "Johnny, tell (him/her) what they could win." |
| 86 | * One review of the ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' episode "Mini Murray" quoted the grandpa as saying "Okay, where the fuck is the mouse?" after being tricked into watching ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'', thinking it was ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective''. He really said "Okay, where's the mouse?". Also, anyone who watches the show knows that most swears are replaced with a censor beep. |
| 87 | * Gordon Ramsay didn't call anyone an "idiot sandwich" in ''Series/HellsKitchen''; that line comes from a parody of the show in ''Series/TheLateLateShow''. |
| 88 | * Ralph Kramden never actually said "Bang-zoom, to the moon!" on ''Series/TheHoneymooners'' -- it's actually a blend of two different catchphrases, "One of these days, one of these days. Bang! Zoom!" and "To the moon, Alice, to the moon!" Similarly, many other catch phrases associated with that show and Creator/JackieGleason are mixes-and-matches of bits of actual catch phrases. Also, "Pow, right in the kisser!" was allegedly a Kramden catchphrase in the (now lost) early variety show sketches, but did not actually appear in the regular series. The very first ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' misquotes it as "Bang! Zoom! Right in the kisser!" |
| 89 | ** In one episode, Ralph tries (with little success, given the context of the episode in question) to maintain his stress levels by saying, "Pins and needles, needles and pins, it's a happy man that grins." He actually said it wrong; the way it's supposed to go (and how Ed and Alice say it) is "Pins and needles, needles and pins, a happy man is a man that grins." |
| 90 | * A RealLife example gets a LampshadeHanging by ''Series/HorribleHistories'', whose portrayal of UsefulNotes/RichardIII would like to let us know that not only did he not do some of the evil deeds he’s accused of, he [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking never said]] “A horse, my kingdom for a horse!” |
| 91 | * Creator/HunterSThompson didn't say "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."; it was |
| 92 | -->The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason. |
| 93 | * Ricky used the word "'splain" a couple times on ''Series/ILoveLucy'', but never the phrase "Lucy, you've got some 'splainin' to do." He ''did'', however, say "Lucy, I'm home!", albeit without the drawn out emphasis on Lucy's name. |
| 94 | * Two memetic lines from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': |
| 95 | ** The actual line is "Anyway, I started blasting". People will often add "So" to the beginning, add an s to "anyway", or have "start" in place of "started". |
| 96 | ** "Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?" is often misquoted without the "nice", or as "...these trying times". |
| 97 | * The first two lines of the closing song from ''Series/LambChopsPlayAlong'' are often quoted as "This is the song that never ends/And it goes on and on my friends". In the actual show, it's "This is the song that doesn't end/Yes it goes on and on my friend". It's often sung this way in other shows that reference the song. |
| 98 | * There is not a single episode of ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' in which [[TimmyInAWell Timmy falls down a well]]. He fell down just about everything else, yes, but Lassie never had to get help for Timmy falling down a well. In fact, Lassie herself has fallen down a well at least once. |
| 99 | * The (in)famous "Bishop and the Nightie" affair on ''Series/TheLateLateShow'' never had a woman say she was "naked" on her wedding night. In February 1966, there was a segment on the show where a Mr and Mrs Fox had to answer questions about their marriage; Mrs Fox was asked what colour nightdress she wore on her wedding night; she said "Transparent," then admitted "I didn't wear any!"; after the audience stopped laughing, she changed her answer to "white." There was no outcry -- only three phone complaints, and one telegram from Thomas Ryan, Catholic Bishop of Clonfert (''"Disgusted with disgraceful performance."''), who later offered extreme criticism of the show, calling on "all decent Irish Catholics" to protest. They didn't. |
| 100 | * Tonto on ''Series/TheLoneRanger'' never said "What you mean ''we'', white man?" (sometimes changed to "What you mean we, Kemosabe?" to make the reference clearer, making it an example on ''top'' of an example) That was from a popular joke about the show. Some people attribute the quote to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjPTn44ibRM this Weetabix commercial]] featuring the characters, but in that ad Tonto actually says "What's this "we" business, paleface?" |
| 101 | * The Robot from ''Series/LostInSpace'' never said "Danger, danger, Will Robinson." That's because the catch phrase has only one "danger". It was said once in the series, episode 11 of season 3 ("The Deadliest of the Species"). |
| 102 | * ''Series/{{MASH}}'' has an in-universe example: in the episode "Movie Night", the gang entertain themselves with Father Mulcahy impersonations, one of which involves the use and over-use of the word "jocularity". The thing is, Mulcahy has never used this exclamation--at least not yet. He does so once, but in a ''later'' episode. |
| 103 | ** In the short story [[https://books.google.com/books?id=kbR_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=the+van+on+atlantic+street,+desmond+warzel&source=bl&ots=h3eYvDJNZA&sig=ACfU3U0XeJQUYsJFGAVXWEhhGRcKzpa4KQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQrM745J_qAhVFnuAKHRiDA6kQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=jocularity&f=false "The Van on Atlantic Street"]] by Creator/DesmondWarzel, one character does an imitation of the Mulcahy imitation, upon which he is told that Mulcahy never said "jocularity." The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' {{Trope Namer|s}} and [[Film/{{Casablanca}} "Play it again, Sam"]] are also referenced by way of explanation. |
| 104 | ** A straight example is in the finale. Hawkeye does not actually say "It wasn't a chicken!" |
| 105 | * The ''Series/MadamSecretary'' episode "Waiting for Taleju" gives us an InUniverse example after Henry's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on-air rant]] at a talk show caller goes memetic on the Internet (possibly the first time that Creator/{{CSPAN}} has ever produced a meme). Alison even discovers a GIF of it, subtitled with phrases that didn't actually appear in the rant, but would certainly have fit Henry's point. |
| 106 | * Film star Creator/MichaelCaine never said "And not a lot of people know that" at the end of a story. At least, not before Creator/PeterSellers used it for his Michael Caine impression to parody Caine's trivia fascination on the BBC show ''Parkinson'' in 1972. Caine retro-adopted the catch-phrase attributed to him in the impression, thinking that he'd use it to his advantage as nobody would ever believe him trying to correct it. |
| 107 | * While ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}} for RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude, Zordon actually only says this in the opening credits. (In the first episode, what he asks Alpha 5 for is to find "five overbearing and over-emotional humans" in the area; Alpha facepalms and exclaims, "Oh no, not that! Not... teenagers!" to which Zordon replies in the affirmative.) |
| 108 | ** Rita also doesn’t say MakeMyMonsterGrow as much as you’d expect. She often says it differently each time, and equally says something unique when about to throw her magic wand. |
| 109 | * For some reason, [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers]] is famous for saying, "Can you say ____?" The line appears in several parodies but aside from asking his viewers to say "pentagon" in [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness an early episode]] (Death of a Goldfish, 1101), he almost never said it on the show, and in fact thought the phrase would be an insult to the intelligence of even his very young audience. He ''did'' ask his viewers "Can you _____ now?" at least once, though. He did say it again in Episode 1021 from 1969, when Trolley rolls up, and he points to the writing on it and says "Can you say 'Neighborhood Trolley'? Good!" So there is some precedent (though he doesn't say it every other line, as the parodies would have you believe). |
| 110 | ** Also, the first line of the show's opening theme song is "It's a beautiful day in '''this''' neighborhood. It is often misquoted as "...in '''the''' neighborhood". Even both spin-offs to the show quote the song in this way: the theme song to ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'', which uses part of the ''Mister Rogers'' theme, uses "the neighborhood" in its lyrics, while a ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' episode had Donkey ask "Ah, beautiful day in the neighborhood, huh, Panda?". |
| 111 | *** ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' correctly used "it's a beautiful day in ''this'' neighborhood" as a puzzle on an episode that also happened to feature a cameo from Creator/FredRogers. |
| 112 | * In-universe example in ''Series/MrMeaty'', where Parker says this line while paying tribute to a skunk. |
| 113 | * Many of the phrases commonly associated with the Muppets were not originally used on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', or were hardly ever used. We remember them from the later movies and from ''WesternAnimation/{{Muppet Babies|1984}}''. Fozzie Bear only said "Waka-waka-waka!" once on ''The Muppet Show''; he typically said "Hiya-hiya-hiya!" or simply "Nyaaah!" Also, Gonzo never said "Piggy, my sweet!" on ''The Muppet Show'' (and he wouldn't have, because Camilla the chicken was his love interest on that show). On the other hand, Miss Piggy ''did'' say [[{{Kiai}} "Hai]]-''yah''!" on the original show, and quite often. Kermit also did say "Heigh-ho" -- but not "Heigh-ho, Kermit T. Frog here!" He ''did'' in fact say something like that, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy49Yea3iZc just not on that show]]. |
| 114 | ** Brian Henson's introductions for the Odyssey Channel reruns and Time-Life home video releases spawned a minor meme: "Hi, I'm Brian Henson. See if you can spot/find X in this episode of The Muppet Show". Only two of the introductions had him say something remotely similar to that: one where he talks about Creator/JimHenson's characters ("See if you can tell which characters are my father's voices in this next episode of The Muppet Show") and one created specifically for the Liza Minnelli/murder mystery episode ("Here is The Muppet Show starring Liza Minnelli; see if you can figure out who done it"). |
| 115 | ** MemeticMutation strikes again: A popular image set of ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'' shows a scene featuring Kermit from the end of the song "One More Sleep Til Christmas" with the text "There's one more sleep 'til...Christmas", followed by the text "[internal screaming]". The quote is actually "There's one more sleep 'til '''Christmas Day'''", and there's no screaming (internal or otherwise) to be heard after this line, just complete silence. |
| 116 | ** Older memes tend to associated the Swedish Chef with the phrase "Vurt der furk?". This has never been spoken in any Muppet media due to the inappropriate nature of the phrase, though a few times in ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' he will say "What the hey?" (yes, in English). |
| 117 | * "Oh no, not the goblins!" was not said OncePerEpisode on ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', despite most reviews of the show claiming it was. The actual line, "Not the goblins!" was only said in one episode, and it was ''sung'' by the Ruby Reds, who always sing their lines. |
| 118 | * Referenced and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Series/{{NUMB3RS}}'' by guest character Ian Edgerton, specifically referring to the ''Series/{{Dragnet}}'' example, in order to make a point about how a lie can take on a life of its own. |
| 119 | -->'''Edgerton:''' You know, Joe Friday never actually said that line? But enough people repeat something, and soon enough, it becomes the truth. It doesn't mean it's right. |
| 120 | ** This does not, however, stop him and Granger from quoting that line at each other later on, as they prepare for a critical moment. |
| 121 | * Creator/PaulHogan's infamous Australian tourism ads didn't say "Throw another shrimp on the barbie" but "I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you." An ad campaign in Australia made a point of overturning this stereotype, insisting that the more accurate stereotype was throwing a ''steak'' on the barbie. About halfway down [[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/reaper-man.html this page]] is a list of misquotes of this exact ad. Apparently, everyone remembers it differently.[[note]]On top of that, if a crustacean of that type were big enough to be grilled, an Aussie would normally call it a "prawn". The ads deliberately used "shrimp" because they were made specifically for US broadcast.[[/note]] |
| 122 | * At absolutely no point in ''Series/PeepShow'' does Mark (or anyone else for that matter) say "Are we the baddies?" That line actually comes from ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'', Mitchell and Webb's other show that aired around the same time. |
| 123 | * The MemeticMutation "Yo/sup dawg, I heard you like..." is an exaggeration. Generally, the actual examples on ''Series/PimpMyRide'' were merely "Since you like..." or "We know you like...", since at that time Music/{{Xzibit}} would already know the client's likes and dislikes. |
| 124 | * ''Series/{{QI}}'': |
| 125 | ** [[Film/Taxi1932 "You dirty rat"]], [[Film/{{Casablanca}} "play it again, Sam"]] and [[Franchise/{{Tarzan}} "Me Tarzan, you Jane"]] are all referenced to in one episode: |
| 126 | --->'''Creator/{{David Mitchell|Actor}}:''' Why do these films always forget to put their most famous line in? |
| 127 | ** In fact, Creator/JamesCagney [[https://youtu.be/XXxZCrM04uI?t=255 addressed the first line in his AFI Life Achievement Award speech in 1974.]] |
| 128 | --->'''Cagney:''' I never said "ooooh, you dirty rat!" What I actually said was "Judy, Judy, Judy!" |
| 129 | ** Although it became a RunningGag, the first time Creator/AlanDavies was asked "What is the longest animal in the world?", he did not immediately buzz in and say "Blue whale!". In fact, he didn't even mention any type of whale. What he actually said was "Now, the first thing that came to mind would be a really long snake, but I think that even the longest snake, it wouldn't be as long as a really really long sea animal, like a whale or something like that." The screens then flashed up "BLUE WHALE" in response, even though Alan didn't specifically say "blue whale".[[note]]The answer they were looking for was the lion's mane jellyfish, although a later episode revealed it to actually be the bootlace worm.[[/note]] |
| 130 | * UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan never once said, "The driver is either missing, or he's dead" in ''Death Valley Days''; this is a misunderstood {{meme|ticMutation}} in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. The line was typically exclaimed during a scenic shot that resembled Death Valley, which led the many audience members to believe it was indeed a Reagan quote. In fact, it ties back to an earlier ''[=MST3K=]'' episode where someone on screen who sounds almost exactly like Reagan says, "The driver is gone, or he's hiding;" an audience member then capitalized on his voice by saying, "Welcome to Death Valley Days!" From then on, it became RunningGag, but the quote was slightly misremembered. |
| 131 | * ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'': |
| 132 | ** Creator/{{RuPaul}} has never said "No one will love you if you don't love yourself." People sometimes attack this quote even though it is a completely different and far more malicious message than his actual proverb, "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?" |
| 133 | ** Invoked in Season 4 with Music/{{Cher}} [[CelebrityImpersonator impersonator]] Chad Michaels, who talks about how he likes to inject reality into his act and that he doesn't flip his hair and click his tongue like most other impersonators, because the real Cher doesn't do that. |
| 134 | ** Also invoked in the Season 12 reunion episode. Nicky Doll, who's French, talks about how her American fans like to say "Sacré bleu,” "Hon! Hon! Hon!" and other stereotypical French phrases to her. She simply laughs at them because French people don't actually say those things. |
| 135 | * In the Mr. Bill sketches from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' the phrase is just, "Oh nooooooo!" and not "Oh no, Mr. Bill!". It's pretty strange how this misquote was started seeing as how it's said by Mr. Bill himself. This is possibly MemeticMutation melding the "Oh no!" from an earlier catchphrase, "Look out, Mr. Bill!" which was reportedly spawned by a radio show in the 1940s or 50s. Or the quote came from Mr. Bill merchandise, which often featured both the catchphrase and the name of the character, in that order, without quotation marks. The phrase WAS sometimes said by Mr. Hands, who was the narrator in the shorts. |
| 136 | -->(In a short with Mr Bill driving a car) '''Mr Hands''': Oh no, Mr Bill! Looks like you have a flat! Good thing Mr Sluggo has a jack.... |
| 137 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'': Alexis's "Ew, David!" is one of the show's most-memed lines and is perceived as a catchphrase of hers. [[https://www.etonline.com/annie-murphy-reveals-the-shocking-number-of-times-she-said-ew-david-on-schitts-creek-167514 It's actually only ever said twice in the entire show]]. There are several variations of "[exclamation] + David", eg. "Ugh, David!", however. |
| 138 | * "What's the deal with (topic)?" was never Jerry's catchphrase on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. [[http://mentalfloss.com/article/59044/whats-deal-whats-deal-did-seinfeld-actually-say-it It was only ever said in five episodes]] and actually comes from a 1992 ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch. |
| 139 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'': |
| 140 | ** Most people who spoof it have two characters (usually a human and a Muppet) talking directly to the viewers in a fairly condescending way ("Hi, boys and girls! We're talking about the letter A today!"). While the characters do [[BreakingTheFourthWall talk directly to the viewers]] a lot, they never call them "kids" specifically, and most ''Sesame'' episodes actually have, y'know, a plot. |
| 141 | ** At one point, a photo of Oscar circulated social media sites with the caption "Just because you're trash doesn't mean you can't do great things. It's called garbage can, not garbage cannot." This caused many to believe that Oscar himself said this quote. There is no evidence at all that he ever said something like that (nevermind that it's too positive to come from his mouth). |
| 142 | ** Most parodies of the Baker sketches usually involve "TEN! BANANA CREAM! PIES!" except for the fact that not only were banana cream pies not associated with 10 (it was chocolate layer cakes), but they were never in any baker sketch. In fact, the closest might be the two chocolate cream pies (in which the baker only fell because he was trying to show off) or maybe the nine coconut custard pies. This may have arisen from the fact that banana cream pies are associated with cartoon slapstick and thus people remember them better than the less "funny" desserts. ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' reinforced the myth with their baker parody where he's carrying ten banana cream pies. |
| 143 | ** Cookie Monster never sings, "C is for cookie and cookie is for me", despite what ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' would have you believe. He does sing a song about "C" being for "cookie", but the real lyric is "C is for cookie, ''that's good enough'' for me." |
| 144 | ** In the skit where Forgetful Jones kept messing up the title song of ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'', he didn't sing "North Dakota" and "Mississippi" instead of "Oklahoma." He sang the wrong vowels: "A-klahoma," "E-klahoma" and "I-klahoma." |
| 145 | * A minor example from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': there is one notorious episode where Lana is accepted into a sorority of vampires (yeah, it's exactly how it sounds) and when she reacts with surprise, they rave about how awesome Lana supposedly is. One of the vampire girls exclaims "[[CharacterShilling C'mon, Lana! You're amazing]]!" However, the line has often been quoted as "Face it, Lana, you're amazing!", including on the page for CharacterShilling as the page quote, until it was corrected to the actual quote. The reason the misquote is so widespread in the fandom is actually because it was misquoted by Neal Bailey's highly popular episode review column on Superman Homepage.[[note]]The misquote may have come from confusion with the memetic "Face it, tiger, you just hit the jackpot" line from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''[[/note]] Either way, the correct quote is still a perfect example of the show's attempts to shill Lana. |
| 146 | * People doing impressions of Frank Spencer in ''Series/SomeMothersDoAveEm'' will ''always'' go for the phrase "Ooh, Betty, the cat's done a whoopsie on the carpet!" After the birth of Frank and Betty's daughter it was sometimes "the baby's done a whoopsie on the carpet!" He never said either of them. In a 2016 charity sketch where Michael Crawford returned to the role, this gets lampshaded when the adult Jessica refers to doing a whoopsie on the carpet when she was a baby, and Frank says he doesn't remember that happening. |
| 147 | * A milder version in ''Series/TheSopranos'': the characters rarely, if ever, spoke of a person getting "whacked"; the preferred term was "clipped". |
| 148 | * ''Series/SquidGame'': |
| 149 | ** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/your-next-task-is "Your next task is..."]] is never said in the series at all, but it has been widely circulated as a meme. |
| 150 | ** "Squid Game" is the name of ''one'' of the games, not the entire competition, but people still often refer to it as "the Squid Games", plural. |
| 151 | * A popular trend in ''Series/StargateSG1'' fanfiction is to have O'Neill call artifacts "rocks" while Daniel insists that they are "artifacts". However, such an exchange never occurs in the show itself. It should also be noted that no [[EngagingChevrons chevrons were engaged]] on Stargate SG-1 until around season 3. Even after that, they were "encoded" most of the time. |
| 152 | * From ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (apart from the {{Trope Namer|s}}): |
| 153 | ** The nearest anybody gets to actually saying the trope namer in the franchise is in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', as Kirk says "Scotty, beam me up." (all four words, but in the wrong order). The next-closest is in ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'', where he says "Beam ''us'' up, Scotty" (right word order, but one of the four words is wrong). In TOS the order (when it featured the word "beam", which it often did not) was generally phrased "(number) to beam up" or "beam (me/us) aboard". |
| 154 | ** While we're talking Scotty, he has likely never said ''"She canna' take much more of this!"'' onscreen. It's in the theatrical trailer of ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' but was cut from the version seen in theaters. |
| 155 | *** It actually was used by Malcolm Reed, the tactical officer (who was from the UK like Scotty, but was English instead of Scottish), on ''Enterprise'', in reference to this non-existent catch phrase. |
| 156 | ** Another ''Franchise/StarTrek'' example: The Borg are oft quoted as saying "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated." While they arrange those sentences in any number of ways in their various appearances (sometimes in the midst of a full paragraph or two), they never use that one. The closest they come is in the ''Next Generation'' episode "I, Borg", where the Borg, "Hugh", says, "We are Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile." Make it "we are ''the'' Borg" and you have an oft-heard standard Borg greeting, but it's ''always'' in that order. Ironically, the story treatment for the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' premiere calls the Borg's line "immortal words," even though the construction they used had yet to be spoken in any form of Franchise/StarTrek. |
| 157 | *** [[AscendedMeme The Borg do say the exact construction in the Arcade light-gun game of the series.]] |
| 158 | ** Bones never said "Dammit, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a --" He did frequently say, "[[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder I'm a doctor, not a --]]" and similar phrases very often ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVhcB9ucmdg see here]]), but the "dammit, Jim" was not a part of this catchphrase. After all, it would be awfully unlikely for them to get away with saying "dammit" on '60s television, especially on a regular basis. The phrase likely originated from the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit [[https://youtu.be/Sx0xOgFDXFg Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise]] in which [=McCoy=] drops the line, "I'm a doctor, not a tailor, dammit!" |
| 159 | *** In ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' he actually did say "Damn it, Jim," but that was followed up with a complaint about Kirk's birthday feeling like a funeral -- he made no mention of being a doctor. |
| 160 | *** The original timeline's Bones may never have said "dammit", but it became an AscendedMeme in the AlternateTimeline new movie series -- at least the ObligatorySwearing. In ''Film/StarTrek2009'' and ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness,'' [=McCoy=] gets close, but in both cases, he begins the phrase with, "Dammit, ''man''...", since neither statement is directed at Kirk. In ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', he finally actually says, "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a --" only for the line to be cut off as he's beamed away before he can say what he ''isn't'' on this occasion. |
| 161 | ** [=McCoy=] also never says "I'm just a plain old country doctor." The closest he comes is in "The Alternative Factor" where he says "This is a big ship, I'm just a country doctor", and in "The Deadly Years" where he says "I'm not a magician, Spock, just an old country doctor." |
| 162 | ** Sulu never said "Oh my!" in an exaggerated manner. That was said by his actor Creator/GeorgeTakei in other roles and appearances such as ''Radio/TheHowardSternShow'' and ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' as an example of AdamWesting. |
| 163 | ** The most famous line associated with Doctor Beverly Crusher in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' is, "Jean-Luc, I have something to tell you," always spoken when one or both of them are facing imminent death. Then they are, of course, immediately [[FalseStart interrupted]] before she can say anything else. However, while that general scenario happened several times during the series, she never addressed Picard with those exact words. The closest version came in the episode ''The High Ground'', where she says, "Jean-Luc, there are some things I want to tell you in case we don't get out of this." |
| 164 | ** Spock never directly says the line "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it," which is used repeatedly in the parody song "Star Trekkin'." He does say similar lines a couple of times though, like in "The Devil in the Dark" and when describing the Organians in "Errand of Mercy": |
| 165 | --->Within range of our sensors, '''there is no life''', other than the accountable human residents of this colony beneath the surface. '''At least, no life as we know it'''. |
| 166 | --->Fascinating, PureEnergy, pure thought, totally incorporeal. '''Not life as we know it at all...''' |
| 167 | ** The opening narration is occasionally misquoted as "These are the voyages of the Star Trek ''Enterprise''," which doesn't even make ''sense''. The phrase "Star Trek" is in fact never used in the movies or television series, outside of the ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics, until spoken in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' by Zefram Cochrane. "And you people, you're all ... astronauts ... on ... some kind of [[TitleDrop star trek]]." Prior to this, the closest phrasing was "your trek through the stars," said by [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Q]] in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' series finale "All Good Things..." |
| 168 | ** A small scale ''Star Trek'' BeamMeUpScotty occurred among the cast and crew of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. Apparently they were under the impression that the Original Series episode "This Side Of Paradise" contained the line "I'm not going back, Jim". The line became an in joke and they even used it in the riffing on ''Film/TheTouchOfSatan''. However, they later rented the episode and realized that no such line appears. |
| 169 | ** People talking about the episode "Shore Leave" often remember the character Finnegan repeatedly saying, "Fight me, Jimmy!" While he goads Kirk to fight him repeatedly, he doesn't use those exact words, and refers to Kirk as "Jimmy, m'boy". |
| 170 | ** While [=McCoy=] ''does'' say, "S/he's dead, Jim", he never proceeds it with, "It's worse than that." This line is often misquoted as a [=McCoy=] line, most famously in a song about the show. This in turn may have been paraphrased from a line in "Spock's Brain", when Bones famously (and ironically) says "He was ''worse'' than dead". |
| 171 | ** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': While Seven of Nine's "take off your clothes" speech she says to Harry ''is'' indeed an example of the trope DoYouWantToCopulate, she doesn't say that exact phrase. Instead, she says, "Then you wish to copulate?". Moreover, she doesn't say, "Take off your clothes, Harry", she just says, "Take off your clothes". |
| 172 | ** There is a claim, variously attributed to Creator/StephenFry or Creator/HughLaurie, of remembering an original series episode where Kirk says that "the three most beautiful words in the galaxy" are "Please help me." This seems to be a garbled recollection of "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever]]," where Kirk talks about how a future novelist will recommend the phrase "Let me help" over "I love you." The difference between wishing to say "Let me help" and wishing to hear "Please help me," and how it reflects on Kirk's character, is not exactly trivial. |
| 173 | * Mr. Moseby never said "No running in my lobby!" on ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. He did say the line "No running in my hallway!" in his cameo appearance in ''Series/{{Jessie}}'', but that was in 2015, well after the "Suite" series was over, and the seeds of this trope had been sown. |
| 174 | * InUniverse in Revolutionary War drama ''Series/{{Turn}}''. George Washington himself admits that Nathan Hale's famous line, "I regret that I have but one live to give for my country", was an invention of Patriot propagandists. (In RealLife it's true that nobody bothered to write down what Hale said before he was hanged.) |
| 175 | * ''Star Trek'' wasn't the first show Creator/WilliamShatner was involved in that led to this phenomenon. In the famous ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Twilight Zone]]'' episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", at no point were the famous words "there's someone on the wing, some...thing!" ever uttered. He did say "There's a man out there", but nothing closer to the more famously known line. |
| 176 | * Not in terms of dialogue but rather by song when it comes to ''Series/{{Wednesday}}''. Platform/TikTok would say that, in the prom scene, Wednesday danced to "Bloody Mary" by Music/LadyGaga[[note]]A sped up version, anyways.[[/note]] when she really danced to "Goo Goo Muck" by The Cramps. The trend became so popular that even Lady Gaga joined in. |
| 177 | * "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?" has long been considered the quintessential example of the often esoteric questions that Creator/BarbaraWalters would ask her celebrity interviewees. It's sometimes even taken to be a question that she asked ''everyone'' she interviewed. In fact, it happened during a 1981 interview with Creator/KatharineHepburn, and, besides the wording being different[[note]]It's probably no coincidence that the most popular phrasing lends itself ''extremely'' well to the ElmuhFuddSyndwome Walters was known for[[/note]], it was a followup question after Hepburn had likened ''herself'' to a tree. |
| 178 | -->'''Katharine Hepburn''': I'm very strong...I've become a sort of, you know, ''thing''.\ |
| 179 | '''Barbara Walters''': What?\ |
| 180 | '''Katharine Hepburn''': I don't know what. You know, a ''tree'' or something.\ |
| 181 | '''Barbara Walters''': What kind of a tree are you, if you think you're a tree?\ |
| 182 | '''Katharine Hepburn''': Everybody would like to be an oak tree, that's very strong and very pretty. |
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