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1	->'''[=Zoolander=]:''' What is this, a center for ants? How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read... if they can't even fit inside the building?
2	->'''[=Mugatu=]:''' Derek, this is just a small...
3	->'''[=Zoolander=]:''' I don't wanna hear your excuses! The building has to be at least... three times bigger than this!
4	-->-- ''Film/{{Zoolander}}''
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6	This StockPhrase is usually said in exasperation or annoyance to highlight an unlikely, unusual, nonsensical, or out of character moment. It is most often said by the PluckyComicRelief or the DeadpanSnarker.
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8	The related phrase "Who are you, and what have you done with X?" is used when a character is NotHimself. It may or may not be LeaningOnTheFourthWall.
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10	Not to be confused with the outraged "WHAT IS THIS!?!?" usually expressed by medieval heroes or the biggest of bads - very often followed by a resounding OhCrap. A close relative of IfIWantedXIWouldY.
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12	!!Examples:
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16	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
17	* In the Funimation dub of ''Manga/DragonBall'', in one episode, when Bulma gets surprised that she has to wear a PlayboyBunny costume: "What is this, {{Easter\|Bunny}}?!"
18	* The Streamline dub of ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' gives us the following when Jodo's assassins open up the door to Lupin and Jigen's rented cabin:
19	-->'''Lupin:''' Hey, what is this, a tour group from hell?
20	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': FieryRedhead {{Tsundere}} Asuka Langley Soryu's catchphrase is rendered as "What are you, stupid?" in the Creator/ADVFilms dub of the series.
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23	[[folder:Fan Works]]
24	* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10814631/chapters/23996721 Run]]'' Harry is picked up by the Ministry of Magic after living on the London streets for three years with no knowledge of magic.
25	-->'''Harry:''' Funny lookin’ coppers you are, wha’ is this the damn nut ‘ouse?
26	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4441363/7/Deaf-Mute-and-an-Owl-To-Boot Deaf, Mute, and an Owl to Boot]]'' a judge orders Marge Dursley to be arrested when she becomes unruly during a child abuse trial involving Harry's aunt and uncle.
27	-->'''Marge:''' This is ludicrous! I demand you unhand me, you vicious brutes! What is this, America?
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30	[[folder:Films]]
31	* The film ''Film/HolidayInn'' makes use of it:
32	-->'''[=Dance Extra=]:''' What is this, a daisy chain?
33	-->'''[=Ted Hanover=]:''' Sorry, we're just looking for the back of a girl we don't know...
34	* The Black Ranger uses it in ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie''
35	-->'''[=Adam=]:''' What is this, pick on the Frog day?
36	* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' has two examples:
37	** As the group makes its way through a variety of optical illusion-based corridors to get to the Chocolate Room, Mr. Salt asks "What is this, Wonka, some kind of funhouse?" Mr. Wonka replies, "Why, having fun?"
38	** During the creepy boat ride, Violet asks "What is this, a freak-out!?"
39	* From ''[[Film/{{Garfield}} Garfield: A Tale Of Two Kitties]]'', after Garfield is served a [[ForeignQueasine Carlyle Log]]:
40	-->'''Garfield:''' What is this, ''Series/FearFactor''?
41	* A variation in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', when Eddie tries to pay for a Red Car ride with a check:
42	-->'''Conductor:''' What do I look like, a bank?
43	* ''Film/GoodBurger'': Dexter's reaction when Ed explains how he climbed the giant food on Mondo Burger's roof.
44	-->'''Dexter:''' What is this, ''Series/AmericanGladiators''!?
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47	[[folder:LiveActionTV]]
48	* ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'', episode "[=ManAnt=]!", after Jimmy the Robot fires a buttermint at the MC Bat Commander:
49	-->'''[=ManAnt=]:''' What is this, a [[MidBattleTeaBreak kindergarten snack break?]]
50	* In the ''Series/{{CSI}}'' episode, "Sheltered", Morgan discovers a secret bunker in the middle of a desert:
51	-->'''Morgan:''' What is this, ''Series/{{Lost}}''?
52	* On ''Series/MythBusters'', just before a test regarding [[StuffBlowingUp alkali metals in a water-filled bathtub]]:
53	-->'''[[TheSmartGuy Grant]]:''' Okay, but instead of a bathtub, we should do a ''toilet''! You know, like how you used to throw cherry bombs down the toilet in high school.\
54	'''{{T\|heBigGuy}}ory:''' Yeah, well, I wouldn't know anything about that; I was too busy studying chemistry.\
55	({{beat}})\
56	'''Kari:''' ...What is this? [[OutOfCharacterMoment Opposite land?]]
57	* From the ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' ChristmasEpisode, after Pee-Wee asks for an extra wish.
58	-->'''Jambi:''' "Extra wish?" (growing irate) You want an ''extra wish?'' What do you think this is, Christmas?\
59	'''Pee-wee:''' Yeah.\
60	'''Jambi:''' ([[MoodWhiplash suddenly placated]]) Oh. All right.
61	* Inversion: On a primtime special on NBC of ''The Tonight Show'' with Conan O'Brian, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog makes an appearance and asks "What happened, Conan? Did ''Fear Factor'' run out of donkey rectums?"
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64	[[folder:Magazines]]
65	* In one "Bullseye" page of ''Entertainment Weekly'' Issue #1248 (March 1, 2013): "''Series/DowntonAbbey'' adds to its body count. What is this, a ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' movie?"
66	* In the November 2002 issue of ''Magazine/GameInformer'', Matt Helgeson's [[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117203043/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200211/R03.0731.1103.40122.htm review]] of ''Shox'' starts off with, "What is this, National Mediocre Games Month?"
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69	[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
70	* [[http://www.johnhartstudios.com/ckennel/strips/2010/march/dck030810zfm.gif This]] ''ComicStrip/DogsOfCKennel'' strip:
71	-->'''Will:''' WHAT IS THIS? [[Series/TheWaltons THE !#@*$!! WALTONS!?]]
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74	[[folder:Video Games]]
75	* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'', whenever Batman hits Firefly with one of his glue grenades, Firefly will ask: "What's this, bat spit?"
76	* This exchange in ''[[VideoGame/TimeCrisis Time Crisis 4]]'':
77	-->'''Evan''': What is this? A picnic?
78	-->'''Giorgio''': At least it won't be boring.
79	* In ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', right at the beginning where InteractiveNarrator explains the player basics of the game, and on subject of saving the game [[FourthWallObserver Cthulhu]] has this to say:
80	-->'''Cthulhu''': I can save at any time? What is this, [[TakeThat a first person shooter]]?
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83	[[folder:Web Original]]
84	* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''
85	** In "Game Glitches", the Nerd is distracted by the Glitch Gremlin messing up Rocky Balboa (Bug-Eyed Balboa) and Spider Rico (Spider Rico with no jaw) on the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' [=PS2=] game:
86	--->'''AVGN:''' They're like zombies! What is this, "Rocky: The Undead Edition"? You are really one sick fuck, you know that?
87	** In the ''Pong'' episode:
88	--->'''AVGN:''' You get 4 different kinds of ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'', like...\
89	''[The TV screen shows two walls with small holes replacing the paddles]''\
90	'''AVGN:''' ...what the hell is this, ''Reverse Pong''? Okay...\
91	''[The TV screen shows one regular paddle at the left and an extra long paddle at the right]''\
92	'''AVGN:''' Oh, ''now'' what's this? ''Asshole Pong''? That's not fair!
93	*** Also, in the Nerd's and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's collaboration review of the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles: Coming Out of Their Shells Tour'', when they see the Shredder crashing the turtles' party:
94	---->'''AVGN:''' OH, MY GOD, THAT IS THE '''''WORST''''' SHREDDER I'VE EVER SEEN! What is it, fucking Series/IronChef Shredder?
95	* From ''Blog/OccupyRichieRich'':
96	--> [[http://occupyrichierich.tumblr.com/post/43346852756/what-is-this-the-goddamn-flintstones "what is this]], the goddamn [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Flintstones]]?"
97	* In ''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'', Mario is cursed to wear BrownNote clothes that send Bowser bounding about. His response?
98	-->"What is Bowser, a ball?"
99	* In the ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review of ''VideoGame/VelvetAssassin'', when Yahtzee discovers that the game is a World War II game made in Germany, he thinks about the other game about World War II made in Japan:
100	-->'''Yahtzee''': Between this and ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'', what's with all the World War II games being developed by the Axis forces? What is this, community service? ''[while he is speaking, we see ''Valkyria Chronicles'' wearing a Japanese headband and mowing the lawn, while ''Velvet Assassin'' wears a German army helmet and holds up a sign that says, "Sorry about that."]''
101	** In his review of ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'', Yahtzee sees Shantae's using her hair and dancing moves as weapons and says, "Hair attacks and dance attacks? What is this, the ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' Saturday morning cartoon?!"
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104	[[folder:Western Animation]]
105	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'', Ruff does this when he sees Chet pasting an underwater wallpaper on the studio wall:
106	-->'''Ruff:''' Chet, an under-the-sea motif? What is this, "FETCH! with Ruff Rumblefish"? Come on!
107	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' gives us this example:
108	-->'''Pearl:''' [=spits=] What is this, spit soup!?
109	-->'''Brian:''' Tomato bisque.
110	-->'''Pearl:''' [=spits=] What is this, snot soup!?
111	-->'''Brian:''' It's tomato bisque.
112	-->'''Pearl:''' [=spits=] What is this, diarrhea soup!?
113	-->'''Brian:''' Look, I'm not going to make you anything else, so just eat it, OK?
114	** In "Brian in Love", after [[UrineTrouble Brian urinates at the supermarket]], Peter asks him "Where do you think you are, Payless?"
115	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', when Bender's automatic beer dispenser screws up, he angrily complains "What is this, the Middle Ages?!"
116	* WesternAnimation/DangerMouse and Penfold are captured by an alien craft in "Close Encounters Of The Absurd Kind," and DM thinks it's Greenback's craft. He also thinks the alien leader Dr. Zok is Greenback in disguise. As he's being assimilated in front of Dr. Zok's class:
117	-->'''DM:''' What is this, the Greenback Supporters Club outing?
118	* "What is this? Communist Russia?" is Daffy Duck's standard response whenever he is asked for an innocuous piece of information in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''.
119	* In an episode of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty, alien parasites with the monikers of Ham Samurai (a samurai armoured in ham) and Amish Cyborg prompt Rick to ask "what is this, 90s [[Series/LateNight Conan]]?"
120	* In the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "Urban Ed", in response to a traffic jam, obnoxious loudmouth driver Eddy repeatedly honks his horn and cries out, "What is this, a funeral?!"
121	* Variant: In the ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' episode "Sappy Birthday," the pigeon flies by Vulture Squadron HQ so Dick Dastardly orders the squadron to charge. When Muttley and Zilly don't budge, Dastardly asks "What are you two waiting for? Engraved invitations?"
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