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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:213:The Dwarven way of saying "killing two birds with one stone".]] |
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| 8 | ->'''Gabe:''' This jackass just said that something can go "through a ferrocrete bunker like a neutrino through plasma." I get it, man. It says ''Franchise/StarWars'' on the cover. I know I'm reading about '''''Star Wars'''''. It's like, do they not have butter in space? Or hot knives to cut it with?\ |
| 9 | '''Tycho:''' Listen, don't get your mynocks in a... sarlacc. |
| 10 | -->-- ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/07/23/san-diego-sketchbook-on-vibroblades "San Diego Sketchbook: On Vibroblades"]] |
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| 12 | The author uses a popular and/or modern phrase in a work of SpeculativeFiction, and adjusts it to the setting by replacing certain concepts with their more-or-less appropriate counterparts. Works as a sort of ShoutOut to make the reader/viewer more at home in the world, while at the same time highlighting the difference; it can also be used to [[PardonMyKlingon get in some cursing]]. Can backfire if the adjustment comes off as too arbitrary (e.g., if the proverb refers to concepts that should exist in the speculative setting as well). |
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| 14 | At times these are specific to an exact scene, too. The replacement concepts can be tailored to characters and current action, rather than being a common phrase of its own. A cop with an antagonistic relationship to his Imperial liaison can sardonically say the liaison's investigation team got past security like X-Wings through a Death Star. In this way it can overlap with RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun, though it can refer to past moments anywhere on the spectrum of awesome and suck. |
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| 16 | Related to CallARabbitASmeerp and FutureSlang in as much as they're all about creating immersion through language use. The difference is that Hold Your Hippogriffs is, for one, not about words but phrases; for another, Hold Your Hippogriffs doesn't always create [[PerfectlyCromulentWord new words]], although it can. It's also related to FlintstoneTheming, but with fewer puns. |
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| 18 | Supertrope of OhMyGods. Compare SpaceX, a lazier version where "Space" (or another relevant series concept like "[[Literature/HarryPotter Wizard]]") is just put in phrases to make sure you know a Space X is different, and PopularSayingBut which also alters common sayings, but to create humor instead. Not related to CallAPegasusAHippogriff. The inverse of this, when a regular phrase from present-day Earth is used illogically in a speculative setting, is OrphanedEtymology. |
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| 20 | It should be noted that many, but not all those following examples, [[LostInTranslation mostly apply for their original language]], as it's very difficult to pull this off in foreign translations, especially when dealing with complex idioms without equivalents in the target language. |
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| 22 | !!Examples Subpages: |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[index]] |
| 25 | * HoldYourHippogriffs/FanWorks |
| 26 | [[/index]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | !!Other Examples |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 33 | * ''Advertising/SexualViolenceWithTheBirdsAndTheBees'': In keeping with the birds-and-bees theming, some expressions swap out words for more thematic ones. |
| 34 | ** The bee guy in the first episode proposes getting "bird-shit-faced" instead of "shit-faced". |
| 35 | ** The large girl in the first episode calls the bee guy a "hive-hole" instead of an asshole. |
| 36 | ** The bee guy in the second episode uses "egg[ing] your pants" to describe getting worked up instead of mentioning peeing/pooping one's pants or something similar. |
| 37 | [[/folder]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 40 | * ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': |
| 41 | ** "[[labelnote:Gatomon]]cat[[/labelnote]] got your tongue?" |
| 42 | * ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'': Bonus material reveals that long-lived races coined the concept of "Shortercon" ([[LoliconAndShotacon Shotacon]]) -- short for "Short-lived Complex" in this case, due to MayflyDecemberRomance with short-lived adults being generally seen as dating someone as old as a long-lived child. |
| 43 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 44 | ** "Hold your [[labelnote:Horsea]]horses[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 45 | ** "I'm so hungry I could eat a [[labelnote:Horsea]]horse[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 46 | ** "Maybe if you weren't such a big fat [[labelnote:Swinub]]pig[[/labelnote]], we'd get to the boat on time!" |
| 47 | ** "When the [[labelnote:Swinub]]pigs[[/labelnote]] fly." |
| 48 | ** "That Pachirisu is faster than water off a [[labelnote:Wailord's]]duck's[[/labelnote]] back." |
| 49 | ** "Hi-[[labelnote:paw]]five[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 50 | ** "Cut the [[labelnote:Mankey]]monkey[[/labelnote]] business." |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 54 | * In the Korean series ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'', the characters are divided into two groups - the good guys, known as the Borys, and the bad guys, known as the Gurys. These names are used in words like "every[[labelnote:bory/gury]]body[[/labelnote]]" and "some[[labelnote:bory]]body[[/labelnote]]". |
| 55 | * In the ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Meethi Masi", after his aunt and cousins have caused him one disruption too many, Samosa is outraged and exclaims "My sauces are now overflowing!", saying "sauces" where a non-AnthropomorphicFood person would usually say "blood" and most likely meaning his blood is flowing from anger. |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Audio Drama]] |
| 59 | * In the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' story ''The Shadow Vortex'', when the Daleks claim that the Doctor will be unharmed if he surrenders, he retorts "You must think I [[labelnote:regenerated]]was born[[/labelnote]] yesterday!" |
| 60 | [[/folder]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 63 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', typical French curses involving God are transformed into those which involve Roman and Gaulish deities. There's also phrases like "a big girl's [[labelnote:tunica]] blouse[[/labelnote]]", a sign which tells people to "wipe their [[labelnote:caligae]] boots[[/labelnote]]", "in their good tablets"... |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': |
| 65 | ** A straight example from "The Gordian Knot": |
| 66 | --->"You look hot enough to power a transwarp liner and sleek enough to out-slink an Aristucian Pillilynx. But then, you always did." |
| 67 | ** "The Menace From Earth" features the First Family's adventures on the planet Zirros, told from the perspective of a native, and features a ''lot'' of this as a result. |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': When Judge Giant seemingly sides with Cal's SJS in ''Judge Caligula'', one SJS Judge comments that he knows what side his [[labelnote:soyloaf]]bread[[/labelnote]] is [[labelnote:synthi-spreaded]]buttered[[/labelnote]], since FutureFoodIsArtificial. |
| 69 | * ComicBook/LuckyLuke's [[IntellectualAnimal intellectual horse]] says, when crossing a river, "And the [[labelnote:veterinarian]] doctor[[/labelnote]] told me not to bathe immediately after [[labelnote:pasturing.]] eating.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 70 | * ''Magazine/{{MAD}}''[='s=] Golden Age parody "Mickey Rodent" had [[ParodyNames Darnold Duck]] turn to Mickey and call him a "dirty rat," with the word "rat" crossed out and "human" inserted. |
| 71 | * In ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2'', the residents of [[MirrorUniverse the Antimatter Universe]], where [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad everything considered bad is good and vice versa]] to create a world of pure evil, say [[labelnote:God below]] my God[[/labelnote]], [[labelnote:Satan knows]] God knows[[/labelnote]], and [[labelnote:unholy]] holy[[/labelnote]]. |
| 72 | * Creator/MarvelComics: |
| 73 | ** In the ''Marvel Apes'' comics; "a [[labelnote:human's]] monkey's[[/labelnote]] uncle" is an idiomatic phrase. |
| 74 | ** Residents of the Nine (now Ten) Realms excluding Midgard (Earth) use [[labelnote:Hel]] Hell[[/labelnote]] as an expletive. In case you're wondering, the modern word "Hell" does have Old Norse as an influence. |
| 75 | ** ''ComicBook/NotBrandEchh'' usually used these in morals to various stories, such as "People who live in [[labelnote:tin]] glass[[/labelnote]] houses shouldn't throw [[labelnote:can openers]] stones[[/labelnote]]" and "The [[labelnote:cheese]] grass[[/labelnote]] is always greener on the other side of the [[labelnote:moon]] lawn/field/meadow[[/labelnote]]." |
| 76 | * ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'': |
| 77 | ** ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue79 Issue 79]], following Sunset and her band's performance, Cranky Doodle Donkey calls out "Enchorse!" instead of "Encore". |
| 78 | ** ''ComicBook/MyLittlePony2022'': An unusual case even by the franchise's standards -- in Issue #1, Zipp turns "whoever" into "whoeverpony". |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra'': In one issue, in a situation where in a conversation one might say "potayto, potahto", Triple-Zero says "You say Palpateen, I say Palpatyne." |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': The Bizarros eventually take to using "Great Literature/{{Frankenstein}}!" as a minced oath, due to the character's popularity in their world. Bizarro Perry White also says "Little Napoleon's ghost!" instead of "Great Caesar's ghost!" |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 84 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': In one strip, Hobbes, an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic]] tiger, says, "I prefer to go [[labelnote:furry]]skinny[[/labelnote]] [[SkinnyDipping dipping]]". |
| 85 | * ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'': |
| 86 | ** One strip has a microbe saying to another one who's been dumped, "There are plenty of other [[labelnote:protozoa]]fish[[/labelnote]] in the [[labelnote:lower intestine]]ocean/sea[[/labelnote]]." |
| 87 | ** A strip depicts a caveman saying, "Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a [[labelnote:sharp chunk of obsidian]]needle[[/labelnote]]in my eye." |
| 88 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': "Close, but no [[labelnote:banana]]cigar[[/labelnote]]." |
| 89 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Sally Forth|Wood}}'': The [[AmusingAlien Martian Snorky]] does this from time to time. |
| 90 | -->"There's more than one way to gobl a knog!" |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 94 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'': |
| 95 | ** "That's 'cause you're looking at the [[labelnote:bowl]] glass[[/labelnote]] half empty." |
| 96 | ** "It's not exactly a one-[[labelnote:dog]] man[[/labelnote]] show, Dixie." |
| 97 | ** "I'm sticking here until I'm sure you can stand on own [[labelnote:four]] two[[/labelnote]] feet. |
| 98 | ** "Balto, I was so scared, I got [[labelnote:people]] goose[[/labelnote]] bumps! |
| 99 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'': "Drain the [[labelnote:stinger]]weasel[[/labelnote]]" |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': |
| 101 | ** "It's a [[labelnote:bug-eat-bug]]dog-eat-dog[[/labelnote]] world out there, Princess. |
| 102 | ** "Try not to look like a country [[labelnote:bug]] mouse[[/labelnote]]." |
| 103 | ** "Ladies and gentle[[labelnote:bugs!]] men![[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:Larvae]] Children[[/labelnote]] of all [[labelnote:stages!]] ages![[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:Rub]] Put[[/labelnote]] your [[labelnote:legs]] hands[[/labelnote]] together for the world's greatest bug circus!" |
| 104 | * ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'': |
| 105 | ** "Ladies and gentle[[labelnote:cars]] men[[/labelnote]]..." |
| 106 | ** "His [[labelnote:undercarriage]] underwear[[/labelnote]] is showing." |
| 107 | ** "Float like a [[labelnote:Cadillac]] butterfly[[/labelnote]], sting like a [[labelnote:Beamer]] bee (a Beamer is a common nickname for a BMW)[[/labelnote]]." |
| 108 | ** [[labelnote:Tractor]] cow[[/labelnote]] tipping. |
| 109 | ** [=RustEze=] Medicated [[labelnote:Bumper]] lip[[/labelnote]] Ointment. |
| 110 | ** "The loser will be stripped of all modifications and become... [[labelnote:STOCK!!!]] naked[[/labelnote]]" |
| 111 | ** "[=McQueen=] and Sally [[labelnote:parked beneath]]sitting in/up[[/labelnote]] a tree, [[KissingInATree K-I-S-S-I-N-G]]!" |
| 112 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}'' adds in a few more: |
| 113 | ** "I'll leak all over ''you'' if you don't watch your [[labelnote:intake!]] mouth[[/labelnote]]" |
| 114 | ** "Oh for the love of [[labelnote:Peterbilt]] Pete[[/labelnote]]" |
| 115 | * A lot of Disney's humor is based on this trope: |
| 116 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': |
| 117 | *** "Don't stand until the [[labelnote:rug]] plane[[/labelnote]] has come to a complete stop." |
| 118 | *** "Wake up and smell the [[labelnote:hummus.]] coffee.[[/labelnote]]" (Quite bizarre, given the significance of coffee in Arabia long before the west.) |
| 119 | *** "Mr. Doubting [[labelnote:Mustafa.]] Thomas.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 120 | *** "[[labelnote:Allah]] God[[/labelnote]] forbid you have any daughters." |
| 121 | *** "That two-faced son of a [[labelnote:Jackal!]] bitch![[/labelnote]]" |
| 122 | *** "Hold onto your [[labelnote:turban,]] hat,[[/labelnote]] kid!" |
| 123 | *** "It never fails, you get in the bath, and there's a [[labelnote:rub]], knock [[/labelnote]] at the [[labelnote:lamp.]] door.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 124 | *** "In a [[labelnote:Gomorrah]] New York[[/labelnote]] minute!" |
| 125 | *** "Praise [[labelnote:Allah]]the Lord[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 126 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'' |
| 127 | *** "Get a [[labelnote:cave!]] room![[/labelnote]]" |
| 128 | *** "Don't make me turn this [[labelnote:formation]] car[[/labelnote]] around!" (said by a goose after another member of the flock asks "AreWeThereYet") |
| 129 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' |
| 130 | *** "Girls, girls, listen. Have I got a [[labelnote:trunk]] mouth[[/labelnote]] full of dirt." |
| 131 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' |
| 132 | *** "Holy [[labelnote:Hera!]] Hannah![[/labelnote]]" |
| 133 | *** "So, is this an audience or [[labelnote:a mosaic?]] an oil painting?[[/labelnote]]" |
| 134 | *** "Wanna buy a [[labelnote:sundial?]] watch?[[/labelnote]]" |
| 135 | *** "The honest-to-[[labelnote:Zeus]] God[[/labelnote]] truth." |
| 136 | *** Thebes is called the "Big [[labelnote:Olive.]] Apple.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 137 | *** "Keep your [[labelnote:toga]] shirt[[/labelnote]] on, pal!" |
| 138 | *** "Someone call [[labelnote:IX-I-I!]] 9-1-1! (Technically, these are ''Roman'' numerals, but oh well...)[[/labelnote]]" |
| 139 | *** "That's it, I'm moving to [[labelnote:Sparta!]] Canada![[/labelnote]]" |
| 140 | *** "He's just another [[labelnote:chariot]] [[AmbulanceChaser ambulance]][[/labelnote]] chaser." |
| 141 | *** "...but I could see through ''that'' in a [[labelnote:Peloponnesian]] New York[[/labelnote]] minute." |
| 142 | *** "Everybody in Greece thinks you're the greatest thing since [[labelnote: they put the pocket in pita]]sliced bread[[/labelnote]]." |
| 143 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'': |
| 144 | *** "Quit beating around the [[labelnote:bell tower.]] bush.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 145 | *** Doubling as a [[ReferencedBy/WilliamShakespeare Shout-Out to Shakespeare]]: "If you [[labelnote:chip]] prick[[/labelnote]] us, will we not [[labelnote:flake?]] bleed?[[/labelnote]] If you [[labelnote:moisten]] tickle[[/labelnote]] us, do we not [[labelnote:grow moss?]] laugh?[[/labelnote]]" |
| 146 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': |
| 147 | *** "You're not getting cold [[labelnote:fins]] feet[[/labelnote]] now, are you?" |
| 148 | *** "Don't be such a [[labelnote:guppy!]] chicken![[/labelnote]]" |
| 149 | *** "As long as you live under my [[labelnote:ocean]] roof[[/labelnote]], you will obey my rules!" |
| 150 | *** "You give them an inch, they [[labelnote:swim]] walk[[/labelnote]] all over you." |
| 151 | *** "The [[labelnote:seaweed]] grass[[/labelnote]] is always greener / In somebody else's [[labelnote:lake!]] lawn![[/labelnote]]" |
| 152 | *** "Somebody's gotta nail that girl's [[labelnote:fins]] feet[[/labelnote]] to the floor." |
| 153 | *** "Look what the [[labelnote:catfish]] cat[[/labelnote]] dragged in." |
| 154 | *** "Leave no [[labelnote:shell]] stone[[/labelnote]] unturned, no [[labelnote:coral]] corner[[/labelnote]] unexplored!" |
| 155 | *** "It's time Ursula took matters into her own [[labelnote:tentacles!]] hands![[/labelnote]]" |
| 156 | *** "What a soft [[labelnote:shell]] touch[[/labelnote]] I'm turning out to be." |
| 157 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' |
| 158 | *** "This child is getting wildly out of [[labelnote:wing.]] hand.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 159 | *** In an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1i3c8kSycA initial recording]], Zazu actually ''said'' "out of hand," before changing it. |
| 160 | *** "I'm so hungry I could eat a [[labelnote:whole zebra.]] horse.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 161 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'' |
| 162 | *** "Don't let the [[labelnote:branches]]door[[/labelnote]] hit you on the way out!" |
| 163 | *** "The problems of a couple of wacky kids like us don't amount to hill of [[labelnote:termites]] beans[[/labelnote]] in this nutty circle-of-life thing." |
| 164 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' |
| 165 | *** "It's every [[labelnote:lion]] man[[/labelnote]] for himself out here." |
| 166 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' |
| 167 | *** "Who [[labelnote:spit]] pissed[[/labelnote]] in her [[labelnote:bean curd?]] corn flakes?[[/labelnote]]" |
| 168 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' |
| 169 | *** "It's enough to make your [[labelnote:sap]] blood[[/labelnote]] boil." (said by Grandmother Willow) |
| 170 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': |
| 171 | *** ''(During the Gazelle concert in the closing credits)'' "Put your [[labelnote:paws]] hands[[/labelnote]] up!" |
| 172 | *** "Ladies and gentle[[labelnote:mammals]]men[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 173 | * ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': |
| 174 | ** "It'll be a piece of [[labelnote:kelp]] cake[[/labelnote]]." |
| 175 | ** "Aww, you guys made me [[labelnote:ink]] wet myself[[/labelnote]]" |
| 176 | ** "Cause you're about to eat my [[labelnote:bubbles]]dust[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 177 | * ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'': "Can you speak plain [[labelnote:penguin,]] English,[[/labelnote]] please?" and "I'm speaking plain [[labelnote:penguin.]] English.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 178 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'': "Well well, someone [[labelnote:hibernated]] slept [[/labelnote]] on the wrong side of the [[labelnote:cave]] bed[[/labelnote]]." |
| 179 | * ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008'': "That's why my little Rudy is [[labelnote:pouch]] home[[/labelnote]]-schooled. |
| 180 | * ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'': "[[labelnote:Odin]] God[[/labelnote]] help us." |
| 181 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'': "The sun is shining, [[labelnote:Terrible Terrors]] birds[[/labelnote]] are singing on the roof..." |
| 182 | * The ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'' movie has "A whole different [[labelnote:barrel]]kettle[[/labelnote]] of [[labelnote:Moshlings]]fish[[/labelnote]]." |
| 183 | * ''Film/OsmosisJones'': |
| 184 | ** "You're pulling my [[labelnote:membrane!]] leg![[/labelnote]]" |
| 185 | ** "You saved my [[labelnote:cytoplasm]] ass[[/labelnote]] back there." |
| 186 | ** "I should be out in the [[labelnote:veins]] streets[[/labelnote]] fighting [[labelnote:disease!]] crime![[/labelnote]]" |
| 187 | * ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': "Well, it looks like we're up [[labelnote:Chocolate]] Shit[[/labelnote]] Creek without a [[labelnote:popsicle stick]] paddle/shovel[[/labelnote]]." |
| 188 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Smallfoot}}'': "Curiosity killed the [[labelnote:yak.]] cat.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 189 | * ''Franchise/ToyStory'' |
| 190 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' has "Son of a [[labelnote:building block!]] bitch![[/labelnote]]" and "Save your [[labelnote:batteries.]] breath.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 191 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': "If the [[labelnote:boot]]shoe[[/labelnote]] fits." |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 195 | * ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland'' has several mangled expressions, courtesy of the Grouches: |
| 196 | ** "Happy [[labelnote:sour]]sweet[[/labelnote]] sixteen!" |
| 197 | ** "You have the right to [[labelnote:scream your head off]]remain silent[[/labelnote]]." |
| 198 | ** "The streets are paved with solid [[labelnote:mould]]gold[[/labelnote]]" |
| 199 | ** "I [[labelnote:grouch]]think[[/labelnote]], therefore I am." |
| 200 | ** "Listen up, you [[labelnote:grouch]]couch[[/labelnote]] potatoes!" |
| 201 | * ''Film/{{Alexander}}'' manages to naturally do this, replacing phrases like "By God!" with "By Zeus!" [[OhMyGods or "In the name of the Gods!" instead of the singular]], and other such things using ancient Greek-era things in place of more modern phrases and outbursts. A few times, it tends to get too clunky and usual, with things like "By Athena's Justice, this girl has spirit" that tend to be less artificial and more sticking out like a sore thumb.[[note]]The actual pagan Greeks sometimes used the singular "God" to mean something like "the divine" and a very few (mostly philosophers) were even monotheist.[[/note]] |
| 202 | * ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'': |
| 203 | -->'''Shuri:''' Did he freeze?\ |
| 204 | '''Oyoke:''' Like [[labelnote:an antelope]]a deer[[/labelnote]] in headlights. |
| 205 | ** Later, before the final battle, when Shuri arranges for Ross to fly the Royal Talon Fighter by remote; |
| 206 | --->'''Shuri:''' Don't worry, it's just like riding a [[labelnote:hoverbike]]bicycle[[/labelnote]]!\ |
| 207 | '''Ross''': [[LampshadeHanging Wait, you have hoverbikes?]] |
| 208 | * ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': As they're entering the factory, Mr Teavee says "Is it just me, or does Wonka seem a few quarters short of a buck?", to which Mr Salt responds "I'm sorry, I don't speak American". This is obviously a play on "a few cards short of a deck", which has several real variations, but this one is fictional. |
| 209 | * ''Film/{{Elf}}'': "Son of a [[labelnote:NUTCRACKER]]bitch[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 210 | * ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' "As the [[labelnote:Nazgûl]]crow[[/labelnote]] flies." Justified, since they are actually talking about Nazgûl flying there. |
| 211 | * In ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'', Gwildor the Thenurian twice uses the same term in different situations: |
| 212 | ** "I'm not [[labelnote:a Torktum]] an idiot[[/labelnote]], you know!" |
| 213 | ** "I don't believe it! I've got a lot of serious work to do! You're acting like [[labelnote:Torktums]] idiots[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 214 | * ''Film/{{Noelle}}'': "Oh my [[labelnote:garland]]God[[/labelnote]]!" (Also doubles as GoshDangItToHeck.) |
| 215 | * At the climax of ''Film/OhGodYouDevil'', when the Devil (Creator/GeorgeBurns) loses his nerve in a poker showdown with God (also George Burns), God comments, "I put the fear of [[labelnote:me]] God[[/labelnote]] into you." |
| 216 | * ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'': |
| 217 | ** "[[labelnote:Human]] Monkey[[/labelnote]] see, [[labelnote:human]] monkey[[/labelnote]] do." |
| 218 | ** Considering that the whole franchise was a commentary about racism, you can't forget a line like "The only ''good'' [[labelnote:human]] Indian[[/labelnote]] is a ''DEAD'' [[labelnote:human!]] Indian![[/labelnote]]" |
| 219 | * ''Film/RacingStripes'' |
| 220 | --> '''Horse:''' Go home, [[labelnote:four left hooves]] two left feet[[/labelnote]]! |
| 221 | * ''Film/TheSmurfs'': Sometimes, the {{Smurfing}} would lead its way into expressions: |
| 222 | ** "Up [[labelnote:the smurfin']]shit[[/labelnote]] creak without a paddle." |
| 223 | ** "Is [[labelnote:a Smurf's butt blue?]]the Pope Catholic?[[/labelnote]]" |
| 224 | ** "Where the [[labelnote:smurf]]heck/hell/fuck[[/labelnote]] are we?" |
| 225 | ** "Oh my [[labelnote:Smurf]]God[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 226 | ** "[[labelnote:Smurf]]Keep[[/labelnote]] an eye on..." |
| 227 | ** "Get a [[labelnote:shroom]]room[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 228 | ** "Have a [[labelnote:smurfy]]nice/good[[/labelnote]] day!" |
| 229 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 230 | ** ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' had "What [[labelnote:beams]]brings [[/labelnote]] you into this neck of the woods?" |
| 231 | *** The "old Klingon proverb" that "death is a dish that is best served cold" is actually Pashtun in origin. |
| 232 | ** In ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', [=McCoy=] says Spock is "not exactly [[labelnote:firing]]working [[/labelnote]] on all [[labelnote:thrusters]]cylinders[[/labelnote]]". |
| 233 | ** ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' Had Kirk mentioning "Moon over [[labelnote:Rigel 7]] Miami[[/labelnote]]" as a potential campfire sing-along. When this movie was later Podcast/{{riff|Trax}}ed, Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy mocked the use of this trope with such song titles as ''I Left My Heart [[labelnote:On Tau Ceti Five]] in San Francisco[[/labelnote]]'' and ''I Have Thirteen Eyes For You.'' |
| 234 | ** ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' had one of the military men threaten that if the Klingons declared war, "we'd clean their [[labelnote:chronometers.]] clocks.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 235 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 236 | ** "May the [[labelnote:Force]] Lord [[/labelnote]] be with you." |
| 237 | ** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Obi-Wan says that his hunt for General Grievous on Utapau "May just be a wild [[labelnote:bantha]] goose [[/labelnote]] chase." |
| 238 | ** Lampshaded in ''Film/SoloAStarWarsStory'': |
| 239 | --->'''Han:''' Beckett, did you hear me? Are they on us?\ |
| 240 | '''Tobias:''' Like rashnold on a kalak.\ |
| 241 | '''Han:''' ... I-I don't know what that means.\ |
| 242 | '''Tobias:''' Like a gingleson's pelt.\ |
| 243 | '''Han:''' Wha-- ''Are they or aren't they?''\ |
| 244 | '''Tobias:''' Yes, they're still on us! |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Jokes]] |
| 248 | * People will jokingly ask "What do atheists [[TheImmodestOrgasm say during sex]]?" or what phrases they use to replace "Oh my God." and "Jesus Christ" and the answer is, in the joke at least, something like "Oh my science." or something to that effect. |
| 249 | * A joke saying among Tabletop Gamers is "[[IfIHadANickel If I had one XP each time I heard that, I'd be level 20]]". |
| 250 | * Another one is, when posting opinions on some ''D&D'' forum, is to finish it with "My two coppers[[note]] My two cents[[/note]]". |
| 251 | * A minor one among Tom Lehrer fans in the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fandom. There's a small meme where a certain song of his gets referenced as "Poisoning Pidgey in the Park". |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 255 | * ''Literature/Aeon14'': |
| 256 | ** ''The Woman Who Seized an Empire'' plays with WhenLifeGivesYouLemons between 5th millennium FishOutOfTemporalWater Katrina and her 9th millennium lover Juasa. |
| 257 | --->'''Juasa:''' Stars... this is surreal. Yesterday you were slaving in the fields. Today you're promising me a starship.\ |
| 258 | '''Katrina:''' I've made some lemonade.\ |
| 259 | '''Juasa:''' [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma What? What does lemonade have to do with anything?]]\ |
| 260 | '''Katrina:''' When life gives you lemons... Nevermind, I guess it's an old saying. I thought that one would have stuck.\ |
| 261 | '''Juasa:''' Sounds a bit like, "when the universe flings mass at you, you accrete it into something useful".\ |
| 262 | '''Katrina:''' [[LampshadeHanging That's so awkward.]]\ |
| 263 | '''Juasa:''' Yours just sounds weird. What does fruit have to do with daily life? |
| 264 | ** ''Know Thy Enemy'' has the protagonist, who was born on an ocean world, remark "Two [[labelnote: fish]]birds[[/labelnote]], one [[labelnote:spear]]stone[[/labelnote]]." |
| 265 | * ''Literature/AirAwakens'': Daniel says that head major Jax is "a few pieces shy of a whole [[labelnote:Carcivi]]chess[[/labelnote]] board". Carcivi being a board game mentioned a few times in the series. |
| 266 | * ''Literature/TheAutomaticDetective'' loves this trope -- among others, Mack, as [[PrivateEyeMonologue narrator]], once says that "Grey had me by the [[labelnote:directives]]balls[[/labelnote]]", and use of "exhaust port" is a common stand-in for "ass" in all manner of expressions. |
| 267 | * ''Literature/TheBFG'': The giants don't know idioms well, so they will often say them a bit wrong: |
| 268 | ** "I'm as right as [[labelnote:snow]]rain[[/labelnote]]" |
| 269 | ** "Skin and [[labelnote:groans]]bones[[/labelnote]]" |
| 270 | ** "Human [[labelnote:bean]]being[[/labelnote]]" |
| 271 | ** "I see you was not born [[labelnote:last week]]yesterday[[/labelnote]]" |
| 272 | ** "Is I right or is I [[labelnote:left]]wrong[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 273 | ** "Two [[labelnote:rights]]wrongs[[/labelnote]] does not make a [[labelnote:left]]right[[/labelnote]]" |
| 274 | ** "They is always taking [[labelnote:fifty]]forty[[/labelnote]] winks" |
| 275 | * ''Literature/{{Bravelands}}'': |
| 276 | ** "He talks a lot of [[labelnote:monkey dung]]bullshit[[/labelnote]]." |
| 277 | ** "Out of my way, [[labelnote:monkey]]bird[[/labelnote]] brains!" |
| 278 | * Rosalie hisses "Over my [[labelnote:pile of ashes]]dead body[[/labelnote]]" in ''Literature/BreakingDawn''. |
| 279 | * "A Brush with Life", a short story in ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine about a boy whose miniature figure of a BarbarianHero comes to life [[ArtInitiatesLife when he paints it]], and demands a female companion. When the boy paints a woman warrior and she likewise comes to life, she informs the barbarian that "Some women have as much use for a man as a [[labelnote: sea serpent]]fish[[/labelnote]] has for a [[labelnote:chariot]]bicycle[[/labelnote]]." |
| 280 | * The ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' novels have a few examples: |
| 281 | ** The series is fond of the phrase "going [[labelnote:ploin-shaped]]pear-shaped, a British idiom equivalent to "going very wrong"[[/labelnote]]." |
| 282 | ** In the first novel, Ciaphas notes that it's [[labelnote:credits to carrots]]donuts to dollars, which means "very certain"[[/labelnote]] that he and his troops will be mobilized to stop the Tau. |
| 283 | ** Cain often uses "Emperor's bowels!" in place of "Holy shit!" |
| 284 | ** "Flamebread" for "toast" is used by one trooper suggeting they get out before they're, well, flamebread. |
| 285 | * ''Literature/CodexAlera'': |
| 286 | ** "Go to[[labelnote: the crows]]hell[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 287 | ** "Oh [[labelnote: Great Furies]] God[[/labelnote]]." |
| 288 | ** "He's a [[labelnote:slive]] snake[[/labelnote]]." |
| 289 | * This is actually an occasional plot-point in ''Literature/TheCosmere''. Worldhoppers can use Connection to speak the native language of whatever world they are on, but it translates idioms literally, often causing them to sound quite ridiculous. |
| 290 | ** ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' does this a lot with metal based sayings. For example, someone is [[labelnote:Zinc]]Silver[[/labelnote]]-tongued because zinc Allomancers have EmotionControl powers, making them very persuasive. |
| 291 | *** Take it with a pinch of [[labelnote:copper]]salt[[/labelnote]]. Burning copper gives the user and everyone around them immunity to emotional Allomancy. |
| 292 | * ''Dilly the Dinosaur'': |
| 293 | ** "I spy with my [[labelnote:dino-eye]]little eye[[/labelnote]]" |
| 294 | ** "And [[labelnote:brontosauruses]]pigs[[/labelnote]] [[AndImTheQueenOfSheba might fly]]!" |
| 295 | * In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books, most of the examples of this trope are simply their setting-appropriate equivalents. E.G.: |
| 296 | ** "...guaranteed to have [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck fallen off the back of]] [[labelnote:an oxcart.]] a lorry[[/labelnote]]" (''Literature/GuardsGuards'') |
| 297 | ** "He's going to go totally [[labelnote:Librarian poo.]] apeshit.[[/labelnote]]" (''Literature/TheFifthElephant'' and ''Literature/TheTruth'') |
| 298 | ** "...as the [[labelnote:high priest]] bishop[[/labelnote]] said to the [[labelnote:vestal virgin.]] actress.[[/labelnote]]" (''Literature/WitchesAbroad'') |
| 299 | ** "Crysophrase, he not give a [[labelnote:coprolith]] shit[[/labelnote]] about that stuff" (''Literature/MenAtArms'') and "I'm in deep [[labelnote:copro,]] shit,[[/labelnote]] right?" (''Literature/{{Thud}}''). (Trolls are living rock, and a coprolith is fossilised animal dung.) |
| 300 | ** "Been there, done that, bought the [[labelnote:doublet.]] T-shirt.[[/labelnote]]" (''Literature/TheFifthElephant'') |
| 301 | ** ''Literature/MenAtArms'' has "...some Watchman blundering around upsetting things, like a loose ... a loose [[labelnote:siege catapult.]] cannon.[[/labelnote]]"; "...up [[labelnote:the Ankh]] shit creek[[/labelnote]] without a paddle"; [[IsTheAnswerToThisQuestionYes "Does a]] [[labelnote:dragon explode]] bear shit[[/labelnote]] [[IsTheAnswerToThisQuestionYes in the woods?"]] (although the original version is also in use); and "Like a fish needs a ... [[labelnote:a thing that doesn't work underwater]] a bicycle[[/labelnote]], sir." |
| 302 | ** "Don't come the raw [[labelnote:trilobite]] prawn [[/labelnote]] with me." (''Literature/MovingPictures''; from a rock-eating troll) |
| 303 | ** "When the [[labelnote:midden]] shit[[/labelnote]] hits the [[labelnote:windmill.]] fan.[[/labelnote]]" (''Literature/ThiefOfTime'' and ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'') |
| 304 | ** "[[LightBulbJoke How many trolls does it take to change a]] [[labelnote:lamp wick?]] light bulb?[[/labelnote]]" (''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'') |
| 305 | ** A weird one that started out as a Nanny Ogg {{malaprop|er}}ism in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', and then somehow became the accepted version of the phrase in later books is: "The leopard does not change his shorts." In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', this phrase's complete meaninglessness gets {{lampshade|Hanging}}d. |
| 306 | *** Another common mangled saying is "the worm is on the other boot", a mash-up of "the worm has turned" and "the boot is on the other foot". |
| 307 | ** The tendency of {{Honest Johns|Dealership}} in UK media to call everyone "squire" (CMOT Dibbler does this) gets extended to other Discworld cultures, with a camel merchant who calls Teppic "emir" in ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', and Disembowel-Meself-Honorably calling Rincewind "shogun" in ''Literature/InterestingTimes''. |
| 308 | ** Klatch's role as the "generically foreign" country to Morporkians means we get "Excuse my [[labelnote:Klatchian]] French[[/labelnote]]" and "That isn't [[labelnote:Klatchian]]Scotch[[/labelnote]] mist, lad" (both by Ridcully in ''Literature/SoulMusic''). |
| 309 | ** A few {{aver|tedTrope}}sions are {{lampshade|Hanging}}d early on, when he notes that the use of the phrase "gypsies" is anomalous, given that there is no such thing as Egypt, but some words of place-name origin need to be kept for coherency's sake, so he's not calling them Djelibabies, as technically appropriate as that would be. |
| 310 | ** "This is a hell of a way to spend [[labelnote:Hogswatch!]] Christmas![[/labelnote]]" (''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'') |
| 311 | ** "Now we're cooking with [[labelnote:charcoal!]] gas![[/labelnote]]" (''Literature/InterestingTimes'' and others) |
| 312 | ** Trolls refer to "legends from the [[labelnote:sunset]] dawn[[/labelnote]] of time." Either because they're nocturnal (according to ''Literature/TheLightFantastic''), or because they think we go through time ''backwards'' (according to ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', based on a line in ''Literature/ReaperMan''). |
| 313 | ** "Evil Emperor. Evil Empire. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It did what it said on the]] [[labelnote:iron maiden]] tin[[/labelnote]]." (''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'') |
| 314 | ** Also in ''UA'', a dwarf doesn't think much of moonsilver, but says micromail is a "different [[labelnote: pocketful of rats]]kettle of fish[[/labelnote]] entirely". |
| 315 | ** "Couldn't expect to get away [[labelnote:Feegle]] scot[[/labelnote]] free" (''Literature/{{Snuff}}'') |
| 316 | ** There's more than one way of choking a [[labelnote:dangdang]] cat[[/labelnote]] than stuffing it with [[labelnote:pling]] cream[[/labelnote]]." (''Literature/ThiefOfTime'') (dangdangs and pling, if you're wondering, are never mentioned in any other context.) |
| 317 | ** In a [[http://www.lspace.org/fandom/afp/timelines/discussions/building-the-clacks.html discussion on alt.fan.pratchett.]], Creator/TerryPratchett said that building the clacks network was "not [[labelnote:dragon wizardry]] rocket science[[/labelnote]]." (See ''Literature/TheLastHero'' for why they're the same thing.) |
| 318 | ** In ''Literature/RaisingSteam'' a dwarf says the grags can "stick it where the sun [[labelnote: shines too much]]doesn't shine[[/labelnote]]". An elder dwarf describes another younger dwarf as "still wet behind the [[labelnote:helmet]]ears[[/labelnote]]". |
| 319 | ** "It's gone [[labelnote:wahoonie]]pear[[/labelnote]]-shaped." (Various books) |
| 320 | ** "The real [[labelnote: Mac Feegle]][=McCoy=][[/labelnote]]." (''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'') |
| 321 | ** In ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', the Ankh-Morpork nobility know which side of their [[labelnote: biscuit]]bread[[/labelnote]] is [[labelnote: spread with pate]]buttered[[/labelnote]]. |
| 322 | ** Ancient Ephebians ([[FantasyCounterpartCulture i.e. Greeks]]) in ''Literature/{{Eric}}'' say "You play [[labelnote:discus]]ball[[/labelnote]] with me, and I'll play [[labelnote:discus]]ball[[/labelnote]] with you." |
| 323 | * In the ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' novel ''Harvest of Time'', the Master says "[[labelnote:Skaro]]Rome[[/labelnote]] wasn't [[labelnote:destroyed]]built[[/labelnote]] in a day". |
| 324 | ** The BBC Books series, in ''Endgame'', has one of the villains ask the semi-amnesiac Eighth Doctor how he feels about his current allies, the [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Cambridge spies]], two of whom are having sex at the time. The Doctor's response is that he doesn't mind, "as long as they don't do it in the [[labelnote:swamp]]street[[/labelnote]] and frighten the [[labelnote:Drashigs]]horses[[/labelnote]]". |
| 325 | * In ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'' non-human characters use it a few times. Most notably, Dora puts "Goddess" instead of "God" in any place ("Oh my Goddess!", "For Goddess' sake!" among others) and Olaf (a werewolf) curses by "difficult change" instead of other light curses, whether they make sense in Doraverse or not. |
| 326 | * ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'': |
| 327 | ** In ''Literature/{{Issola}}'', Lady Teldra makes a reference to Vlad engaging in "gray humor". This is the equivalent of what we would call "black humor"--the difference is that in the series, black is the color of magic and ''gray is the color of death''. |
| 328 | ** They also have "how many X does it take to sharpen a sword?" instead of {{Light Bulb Joke}}s. |
| 329 | * In ''[[Literature/DragonridersOfPern Dragonsong]]'', from a seaside hold, "Every [[labelnote:storm brings in a little driftwood]]cloud has a silver lining[[/labelnote]]. |
| 330 | * ''Literature/TheEndOfEternity'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov: "Built like a [[labelnote:force-field latrine]]brick outhouse[[/labelnote]]." (If you're wondering about the practicality of a force-field latrine, note that [[FridgeBrilliance that's the point of the original metaphor]].) |
| 331 | * ''Literature/TheEschatonSeries'': From ''Iron Sunrise'', we have "Never bring a [[labelnote:tazer]] knife[[/labelnote]] to [[labelnote:an artillery duel]] a gun fight[[/labelnote]]", and the [=ReMastered=] philosophy "[[labelnote:Upload]] Kill[[/labelnote]] them all, [[labelnote:the unborn god]] God[[/labelnote]] will know [[labelnote:its]] his[[/labelnote]] own." |
| 332 | * At several points in ''Literature/TheFinalReflection'', the narration describes the alien protagonist's liver reflecting his emotional state, in the same way that a human's heart might be said to rise or fall or dance. |
| 333 | * ''Literature/FungusTheBogeyman'': |
| 334 | ** "Thank [[labelnote:badness]]goodness[[/labelnote]] it's Friday!". |
| 335 | ** "For [[labelnote:slime's]]God's[[/labelnote]] sake!" |
| 336 | * A minor RunningGag in ''Literature/GoodOmens'' is that Crowley, a demon who has lived on Earth so long he's more like humans than other demons, by habit uses the regular expressions. Then he ''thinks'' that as a demon, he should do this trope instead, especially when he runs up against semi-religious sayings, but never likes what he comes up with. |
| 337 | * ''Literature/GuardiansOfGaHoole'' does this a few times: |
| 338 | ** Most common is the use of "gizzard" in place of things like "know in my heart" or "bad feeling in my gut". |
| 339 | ** "Are you [[labelnote:yoinks]]crazy[[/labelnote]]"? |
| 340 | ** "Racdrops" is a common swear, short for "raccoon droppings". |
| 341 | ** "Glaux" is used in place of "God" i.e. "Great Glaux!". |
| 342 | ** The owls say "good light" instead of "good night". |
| 343 | * ''Literature/TheHollows'' has several, such as "You look like the [[labelnote:vamp who drained the cat.]] cat who got the cream.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 344 | * The {{Trope Namer|s}} is ''Literature/HarryPotter''; several of these expressions we hear from Mrs. Figg after she's revealed to be a Squib: |
| 345 | ** "Hold your [[labelnote:hippogriffs!]] horses![[/labelnote]]" |
| 346 | ** "What's got your [[labelnote:wand]] knickers[[/labelnote]] in a [[labelnote:knot?]] twist?[[/labelnote]]" |
| 347 | ** "No use crying over spilt [[labelnote:potion.]] milk.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 348 | ** "The cat's among the [[labelnote:pixies]] pigeons[[/labelnote]] now." |
| 349 | ** "Wasn't enough room to swing a [[labelnote:kneazle.]] cat.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 350 | ** "Might as well be hanged for a [[labelnote:dragon]] sheep[[/labelnote]] as [[labelnote:an egg.]] a lamb.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 351 | ** "{{Fell off the back of a|Truck}} [[labelnote:broom.]] truck.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 352 | ** "Son of a [[labelnote:Bludger!]] bitch![[/labelnote]]" |
| 353 | ** "A [[labelnote:poisonous toadstool]] leopard[[/labelnote]] can't change its spots." |
| 354 | ** "God rest ye, merry [[labelnote:hippogriffs]] gentlemen[[/labelnote]]" being sung by Sirius at Christmas in Order of the Phoenix. (This may very well have been Sirius messing with the words for his own sake, since he was attending on Buckbeak at the time.) |
| 355 | ** "Just yanking your [[labelnote:wand.]] leg.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 356 | *** This one might fall into AccidentalInnuendo territory as well. |
| 357 | ** "Get off his high [[labelnote:hippogriff.]] horse.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 358 | ** "Which came first, the [[labelnote:phoenix]] chicken[[/labelnote]] or the [[labelnote:flame?]] egg?[[/labelnote]]" |
| 359 | ** "It's like losing a [[labelnote:Knut]] penny[[/labelnote]] and finding a [[labelnote:Galleon]] pound[[/labelnote]]." |
| 360 | *** Justified in this case, as wizards have their own currency and know nothing of Muggle money. |
| 361 | ** “The fire is lit but the cauldron is empty.” [[note]] The porch light is on but no one’s home[[/note]] |
| 362 | ** In fact, in the Film, the band in one movie does a song pretty much entirely of this trope. |
| 363 | ** They also tend to refer to Myth/{{Merlin}} in addition to {{God}}. Which makes sense, one supposes. |
| 364 | ** Speaking of swearing by Merlin, "Merlin's pants!" could very well be a stand-in for "Holy shit!", considering the following: |
| 365 | *** "Pants" is British slang for "rubbish"; |
| 366 | *** Another term for "rubbish" is "bullshit" or simply "shit"; and |
| 367 | *** When Hermione uses the term, Ron realizes she's got her wand in a much tighter knot than usual, for her to be saying that (also consider that he is himself guilty of swearing loudly numerous times throughout the series). |
| 368 | *** Speaking of Merlin's pants, quoth Ron: "How in the [[labelnote:name of Merlin's pants]] holy name of shit[[/labelnote]] have you managed to get your hands on those Horcrux books?" |
| 369 | *** Ron is also cut off in the middle of asking why "in the name of Merlin's saggy left-" (cue interruption by his mother) he is required to tidy his bedroom ahead of his brother's wedding. |
| 370 | ** Rita Skeeter also once makes reference to a "bring and [[labelnote:fly]] buy[[/labelnote]] sale". |
| 371 | ** Harry once tells Rita Skeeter that he wouldn't touch her "with a ten-foot [[labelnote:broomstick]]pole[[/labelnote]]." |
| 372 | ** In ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows The Deathly Hallows]]'', when Ron introduces Harry, under disguise via Polyjuice Potion, to [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Muriel]], as "cousin Barney", Muriel responds with: "Another Weasley? You breed like [[labelnote:gnomes]]rabbits[[/labelnote]]." |
| 373 | * In the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' novels, characters from planets other than Earth (most of the cast), typically substitute native fauna into their metaphors, such as "We've got the hexapuma[[note]]tiger[[/note]] by the tail" or "If you had the sense God gave a near-turkey". A few technological metaphors show up - "adding hydrogen[[note]]gasoline[[/note]] to the fire". |
| 374 | * ''Literature/HowToBeComfortableInYourOwnFeathers'' has birds refer to being comfortable in one's own feathers, instead of one's own skin. |
| 375 | * In ''[[Literature/WarOfTheSpiderQueen Insurrection]]'' one drow said "putting the cart before the [[labelnote:lizard]]horse[[/labelnote]]". |
| 376 | * In ''Literature/TheIntegralTrees'' by Creator/LarryNiven, several characters use the expression "feed the tree," which means, "The words you are saying are a commonly used form of natural fertilizer." |
| 377 | * From ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'': |
| 378 | ** "Wouldn't stand a [[labelnote:whelk's]]snowball's[[/labelnote]] chance in [[labelnote:a supernova]] hell[[/labelnote]]." Much to [[TheEveryMan Arthur Dent's]] confusion. |
| 379 | ** Ford, who has picked up Earth idioms but does not share Arthur's fondness for tea, thinks he wouldn't have got into the Krikketers' ship for all the rice wine in China. |
| 380 | * ''Little Monster's Bedtime Book'' has "Don't let the [[labelnote:zipperumpazoos]]bedbugs[[/labelnote]] bite." |
| 381 | * In ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'': "For [[labelnote:the sake of fox and hound]]God's sake[[/labelnote]]". |
| 382 | * ''Literature/AMemoirByLadyTrent'': |
| 383 | ** Isabella describes her childhood friend Amanda as "what young people nowadays would call [[labelnote:wing]]hip[[/labelnote]]." |
| 384 | ** Isabella mentions the saying "teach a dragon to hatch eggs" and the "dragon's share" rather than "lion's share". |
| 385 | ** Isabella says she won't "look a gift drake in the mouth".[[labelnote:spoiler]]Ironically, in the fifth book a [[spoiler:Draconean]] tries to look in ''her'' mouth.[[/labelnote]] |
| 386 | ** Audrey speaks of "putting the [[labelnote:tail]] cart[[/labelnote]] ahead of the [[labelnote:dragon]]horse[[/labelnote]]". |
| 387 | * ''Literature/TheNameOfTheGameElrod'': Being demons, sayings with religious connotations are reversed, swapping "Hell" for "Heaven" ("What the Heaven's going on?") and "damned" for "saved" ("Not a saved thing!"). |
| 388 | * ''Literature/NeptunesBrood'' |
| 389 | ** The opening section, which drops the reader right in the middle of the complex interstellar economy that will get explained later, has a travel agent explain tickets to a certain planet are no longer available for love nor [[labelnote:favours]]money[[/labelnote]]. |
| 390 | ** The captain of the SpacePirates (who are actually space privateers, and are actually actually ''very proactive'' freelance insurance underwriters) explains that they're a necessary part of the economy, so governments turn a [[labelnote:damaged photoreceptor]]blind eye[[/labelnote]] to them. |
| 391 | ** It's noted that if the ruler of a posthuman oceanic colony suppresses civil liberties too much, her subjects will simply vote with their [[labelnote: fins]]feet[[/labelnote]]. |
| 392 | %% * Creator/HBeamPiper: one book replaced "hot knife" and "butter" with "fast neutrons" and "toilet paper". |
| 393 | * ''Orlando the Marmalade Cat'' has a cat add to the expression "There's no use crying over spilled milk" -- "It should be lapped up and not wasted." |
| 394 | * The ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' books love these, as well as creative insults, the best being "If brains were bread you'd have starved to death before you were born!": |
| 395 | ** Some examples include "the [[labelnote:leaf]] pot[[/labelnote]] calling the [[labelnote:grass green]] kettle black[[/labelnote]]" and "I'll bet you an apple to an acorn" (the equivalent of "dollars to donuts"). |
| 396 | ** "If wishes were [[labelnote:fishes, there'd be no room in the river for water.]] horses, beggars would ride.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 397 | ** "There's more than one way of [[labelnote:frying a frog.]] skinning a cat.[[/labelnote]]" Weird, you'd think Ferahgo would love to talk about skinning things... |
| 398 | * In the picture book ''Rise and Shine Bunny'', the mother tries to wake her son with "Now sweetie, the early [[labelnote:bunny]]bird[[/labelnote]] gets the [[labelnote:sweet clover]]worm[[/labelnote]]". |
| 399 | * In ''Rudolph the Nasally Empowered Reindeer'', a story in James Finn Garner's ''Politically Correct Holiday Stories'', some older reindeer scold Rudolph for "rocking the [[labelnote:kayak]]boat[[/labelnote]]." |
| 400 | * In ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'', "Kill the [[labelnote:wyvern]]goose[[/labelnote]] that [[labelnote:fetched]]laid[[/labelnote]] the golden [[labelnote:rabbit]]egg[[/labelnote]]." |
| 401 | ** Also, "between the [[labelnote:doomwhale]]Devil[[/labelnote]] and the deep blue sea." |
| 402 | ** They also curse by Shan-Wei and put "Shan-Wei" instead of "Devil", as she's the local Satan figure, ("Go to [[labelnote:Shan Wei's Hell]] Hell[[/labelnote]]!") and use Langhorne (greatest of the archangels) instead of God ("[[labelnote:Langhorne]]God[[/labelnote]] bless you" or "For [[labelnote:Langhorne's]]God's[[/labelnote]] sake!"). |
| 403 | * The vampire culture in ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'': "In this [[labelnote: night]]day[[/labelnote]] and age." |
| 404 | * ''Literature/{{Seekers}}'': |
| 405 | ** "Have you got [[labelnote:honey]]wax[[/labelnote]] between your ears?" |
| 406 | ** "They're all hiding in the trees like dumb scaredy [[labelnote:birds]]cats[[/labelnote]]." |
| 407 | ** "Your brain is full of [[labelnote:feathers]]fluff[[/labelnote]]." |
| 408 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire:'' |
| 409 | ** "The song is sung, the wine is spilled, the [[labelnote:wench]]cat[[/labelnote]] is [[labelnote:pregnant]]out of the bag[[/labelnote]]." |
| 410 | ** "Who pissed in your [[labelnote:soup]]cereal[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 411 | * ''Literature/StarDarlings'': |
| 412 | ** "Cool as a [[labelnote:calaka]]cucumber[[/labelnote]]." |
| 413 | ** "In the [[labelnote:starlight]]spotlight[[/labelnote]]." |
| 414 | ** "First [[labelnote:stars]]dibs[[/labelnote]]." |
| 415 | ** "Marches to the [[labelnote:signal]]beat[[/labelnote]] of her own [[labelnote:pulsar]]drum[[/labelnote]]." |
| 416 | * Lots in the Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse: |
| 417 | ** Like a [[labelnote:targ]] bat[[/labelnote]] out of [[labelnote:gre'thor.]] hell.[[/labelnote]] (Klingon) |
| 418 | ** "If life hands you [[labelnote:ungaberries,]] lemons,[[/labelnote]] you've got to make [[labelnote:detergent.]] lemonade.[[/labelnote]]" (Ferengi) |
| 419 | ** "Played me like a [[labelnote:Syn Lara.]] violin.[[/labelnote]]" (Trill) |
| 420 | ** "The [[labelnote:Bloodwing's]] lion's[[/labelnote]] share", and "like [[labelnote:h'vart]] cats[[/labelnote]] in an alley." (Both Romulan) |
| 421 | ** "The [[labelnote:pin]] straw[[/labelnote]] that broke the [[labelnote:zipthar’s wing]] camel's back"[[/labelnote]].(Human colonists on Deneva) |
| 422 | ** "The [[labelnote:sauce]] icing[[/labelnote]] on the [[labelnote:slugsteak]] cake[[/labelnote]] (Ferengi) |
| 423 | ** "Nervous as a tiku in a kava reap" (Bajoran) |
| 424 | ** One that's almost the same: "Plenty of other Suckerfish in the River". |
| 425 | ** "If Ice Bores kill your Ailicorne, make Ailicorne steaks". (Andorian). There are also the Andorian axioms "Absence makes the heart forget" and "What goes around comes around...but with a sharper knife". |
| 426 | ** The Ferengi morality tale of "The Boy Who Cried Audit" |
| 427 | ** "Like Honge on fresh meat" (Cardassian). Also the Cardassian saying "the enemy of my enemy is also my enemy, but may prove useful". |
| 428 | ** "Sap and fog", for when Nasats are being dismissive. |
| 429 | ** "Screw with the Mugato, you're getting the horn". |
| 430 | ** "In a Tribble's eye!" (Which didn't need to be said, because [=McCoy=] uses the phrase "In a pig's eye!" in the original series). |
| 431 | * The Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse and [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]] books: |
| 432 | ** "Out of the [[labelnote:reactor core]] frying pan[[/labelnote]] and into the [[labelnote:supernova.]] fire.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 433 | ** Playing [[labelnote:Sith's/Dark Side's]] Devil's[[/labelnote]] Advocate. Started in the ''Literature/XWingSeries'', but other novels picked it up later. |
| 434 | ** Better the [[labelnote:Moff]] Devil[[/labelnote]] you know than [[labelnote: Emperor's new envoy.]] Devil you don't.[[/labelnote]] |
| 435 | ** He was as green as [[labelnote:the foam]] grass[[/labelnote]] on Lomiin-ale. |
| 436 | ** ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' is largely cringed over and ignored, but a few things have worked their way into canon. Boba Fett, Chewbacca's family, and [[YouMeanXmas Life Day]]. |
| 437 | --->'''Wedge:''' ''[after a very agreeable breakup, and having said that he hopes she'll still consider him a friend]'' Meaning you can still call on me. Send me messages. Send me [[labelnote:Life Day]] Christmas[[/labelnote]] presents. |
| 438 | ** "These guys went through the estate's defenses easier than [[labelnote: Rebels go through a Death Star]] joke about cheap food of any kind / hot knife through butter[[/labelnote]]." |
| 439 | ** It's not the work of [[labelnote:Venthan Chassu,]] Rembrandt,[[/labelnote]] but it beats bare walls. |
| 440 | ** Less chance than a [[labelnote:flame]]snowflake[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:on Hoth.]] in Hell.[[/labelnote]] |
| 441 | ** If one person calls you [[labelnote:a Hutt,]] drunk,[[/labelnote]] laugh it off. If two people call you [[labelnote:a Hutt,]] drunk,[[/labelnote]] start to wonder. If three people call you [[labelnote:a Hutt,]] drunk,[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:buy a drool bucket and start hoarding spice.]] go home and lie down.[[/labelnote]] ([[Creator/MichaelStackpole Stackpole]] [[SignatureStyle invents a lot of these.]]) |
| 442 | ** You look like something the [[labelnote:poom]] cat[[/labelnote]] dragged in. |
| 443 | ** [[LightBulbJoke How many Corellians does it take]] to change a [[labelnote:glowpanel?]] lightbulb?[[/labelnote]] |
| 444 | ** There's no such thing as a "poker face." Instead, you'd have a "Sabacc face." And "dejarik" (the game Chewie and R2 play in ''Film/ANewHope'') is substituted for chess. |
| 445 | ** She took to it like a [[labelnote:sarlacc]] duck[[/labelnote]] to [[labelnote:sand.]] water.[[/labelnote]] |
| 446 | ** If [[labelnote:TheForce is with us, it's definitely TheDarkSide.]] it weren't for bad luck, we'd have no luck at all.[[/labelnote]] |
| 447 | ** This looks like a [[labelnote:dew]] milk[[/labelnote]]-run. Also used: a "blue milk-run". For those who don't know, a "milk run" is aviation speak for a routine, uneventful journey. Among bomber crews, it means an easy mission with neither flak nor enemy fighters. |
| 448 | ** Stick the [[labelnote:vibroblade]] knife[[/labelnote]] in and [[labelnote:modulate the oscillation rate.]] twist it.[[/labelnote]] |
| 449 | ** The [[FlyingCar airspeeder]] dropped like a [[labelnote:freefalling Hutt.]] rock.[[/labelnote]] The same character a few pages later said the same speeder "dropped like a rock", so "freefalling Hutt" was probably just for color. |
| 450 | ** As the smugglers say, we were putting all our [[labelnote:spice]] eggs[[/labelnote]] in one [[labelnote:freighter]] basket[[/labelnote]]. |
| 451 | ** Don't [[labelnote:plot a course into that black hole]] go there[[/labelnote]]. |
| 452 | ** I get the [[labelnote:holo]] picture[[/labelnote]]. (In general, "holo" or "hologram" are used in any context that calls for "photograph" or "video.") |
| 453 | ** I'll walk away, shedding my crimes like a [[labelnote:Trandoshan]] snake[[/labelnote]] sheds its skin. In that case it was deliberate--a criminal offered to hand over some [[HisNameIs crucial info]] in exchange for immunity from prosecution, money, and a way off planet, and was amused when an old enemy was sent to pick him up. He knew she needed the info and was too honorable to go against the deal, so he used this phrase to remind her that he had let the Trandoshan who had murdered a friend walk free. |
| 454 | ** This really came out of the [[labelnote:asteroid belt.]] blue.[[/labelnote]] Alternately, it came out of the black, as in deep space. |
| 455 | ** "Like a [[labelnote:neutrino]] hot knife[[/labelnote]] through [[labelnote:plasma.]] butter.[[/labelnote]]" A similar but less arbitrary example from one of the ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' books: Lando says that a certain diamond drill can cut through durasteel just as easily as a laser can cut through Sullustan jam. It's not explained what property of Sullustan jam requires lasers to cut. |
| 456 | ** A particularly egregious one: What time is it when an [[labelnote:Imperial AT-AT Walker]] elephant[[/labelnote]] steps on your [[labelnote:wrist chronometer?]] wristwatch?[[/labelnote]] Time to get a new [[labelnote:wrist chronometer.]] wristwatch.[[/labelnote]] |
| 457 | ** Wedge Antilles is said to have ice water in his veins ''and'' cold-space lubricants for blood. |
| 458 | ** "And then ask yourself if that doesn't make you look a bit like a [[labelnote:dewback's cloaca]]horse's arse[[/labelnote]]." |
| 459 | ** "[[Literature/GalaxyOfFear He's]] a few [[labelnote:starships]] cans/sandwiches[[/labelnote]] short of a [[labelnote:fleet.]] six-pack/picnic.[[/labelnote]]." |
| 460 | ** Tending children is like herding [[labelnote:Gammorean slime cats]] just plain cats[[/labelnote]]. |
| 461 | ** Set in [[labelnote:durasteel]]stone[[/labelnote]]. See [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Transport/Legends page quote here]]. |
| 462 | ** At least one of the ''Essential Guide'' books has "A game of [[labelnote:felinx]]cat[[/labelnote]] and [[labelnote:rodus]]mouse[[/labelnote]]". This despite the fact that a quick look on [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_references_to_Earth_in_Star_Wars#Animal_species Wookieepedia]] reveals that both cats and mice exist in-universe. |
| 463 | ** It's dangerous to change [[labelnote:dewbacks]] horses[[/labelnote]] in the middle of a [[labelnote:sand dune.]] river.[[/labelnote]] |
| 464 | ** ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'': Expressions like "The rat's in the kitchen" have been modified with "vrelt" (apparently a similar creature) instead of "rat" and so on. |
| 465 | ** From ''[[Literature/StarWarsScoundrels Scoundrels]]'': "Mind games, unfortunately, were a [[labelnote:multidirectional spacelane]]two-way street[[/labelnote]]." |
| 466 | ** From the ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' novelization: “They say when [[labelnote:the Force]] life[[/labelnote]] closes a [[labelnote:hatch]] door[[/labelnote]], it opens a [[labelnote:viewport]] window[[/labelnote]].” |
| 467 | ** From ''Literature/CoruscantNights'', Den Dhur notes that trying to find Jax Pavan is "Like looking for a needle in a [[labelnote:sleestax]] haystack[[/labelnote]]." |
| 468 | * A clever and appropriate use in Robert Heinlein's ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' novel, "...on the bounce." Its meaning ranges from along the lines of 'don't waste time' to 'stay alert', depending on the context it's used in. |
| 469 | * ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'': |
| 470 | ** "Paw" gets used as an equivalent of "hand"/"foot" in sayings. For example, "on one [[labelnote:paw]]hand[[/labelnote]]". |
| 471 | ** "Hurry up, or we'll be here until [[labelnote:the Moon-Dog goes to sleep]]the sun comes up[[/labelnote]]." |
| 472 | ** "The foxes could go to [[labelnote:the Earth-Dog]]Hell[[/labelnote]] as far as he was concerned (...)" |
| 473 | ** "They are hunting us, Lucky, and unless we keep on our [[labelnote:paw-tips]]toes[[/labelnote]] and moving, they will track us down." |
| 474 | ** "I've got a good feeling in my [[labelnote:fur]]bones[[/labelnote]] today." |
| 475 | ** "Watch your [[labelnote:muzzle]]mouth[[/labelnote]], Moon." |
| 476 | ** "We should make a camp for [[labelnote:no-sun]]tonight[[/labelnote]]." |
| 477 | * ''Literature/TailchasersSong'': |
| 478 | ** Cats say "Your [[labelnote:Furriness]]Highness[[/labelnote]]" and "Regal [[labelnote:Softness]]Majesty[[/labelnote]]" to the queen. |
| 479 | ** At one point Tailchaser says that he's "made a [[labelnote:m'an]]ass[[/labelnote]] of myself". For reference, a "m'an" is a human. |
| 480 | ** "I wasn't [[labelnote:whelped just sunlast]]born yesterday[[/labelnote]], you know!" |
| 481 | * In the ''Literature/Tempest2011'' trilogy, merpeople talk about struggling to keep their heads [[labelnote:below]]above[[/labelnote]] water. |
| 482 | * In ''Literature/TheVazulaChronicles'', figures of speech used by merpeople include "hit the [[labelnote:current swimming]]ground running[[/labelnote]]," "a lot of [[labelnote:water]]ground[[/labelnote]] to cover," "put all your [[labelnote:pearls]]eggs[[/labelnote]] in one [[labelnote:oyster]]basket[[/labelnote]]," "in a [[labelnote:clamshell]]nutshell[[/labelnote]]," "[[CatsHaveNineLives as many lives as a [[labelnote:catfish]]cat[[/labelnote]]]]," and "[[BlackSheep albino dolphin]]." |
| 483 | * ''Literature/WarriorCats'' does this quite a bit: |
| 484 | ** "When [[labelnote:hedgehogs]] pigs[[/labelnote]] fly!" |
| 485 | ** "Don't be a scaredy-[[labelnote:mouse!]] cat![[/labelnote]]" |
| 486 | ** "Don't get your [[labelnote:whiskers]] panties[[/labelnote]] in a [[labelnote:twist.]] bunch.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 487 | ** "That's a load of [[labelnote:fox-dung!]] bullshit![[/labelnote]]" |
| 488 | ** "You're [[labelnote:crow-food!]] dead meat![[/labelnote]]" |
| 489 | ** "Cloudtail's [[labelnote:mew]] bark[[/labelnote]] is worse than his [[labelnote:scratch.]] bite.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 490 | ** "We shall kill two [[labelnote:prey]] birds[[/labelnote]] with one [[labelnote:blow,]] stone,[[/labelnote]] as it were." |
| 491 | ** "Who [[labelnote:made dirt]] pissed[[/labelnote]] in his [[labelnote:fresh-kill]] Cheerios[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 492 | ** "You look as if you've lost a [[labelnote:rabbit]] pound[[/labelnote]] and found a [[labelnote:shrew]] penny[[/labelnote]]." |
| 493 | ** "No use [[labelnote:wailing]] crying[[/labelnote]] over [[labelnote:lost prey]] spilled milk[[/labelnote]]." |
| 494 | ** "Leopardfur can [[labelnote:go chase her own tail]] go fuck herself[[/labelnote]]." (A similar expression, "Bluestar can go eat snails!" is also seen.) |
| 495 | ** [[labelnote:"Great StarClan!"]] Holy crap![[/labelnote]] |
| 496 | ** "If I catch you on my territory, you'll wish you'll never been [[labelnote:kitted]]born[[/labelnote]]." |
| 497 | ** "You're two sides of the same [[labelnote:leaf]]coin[[/labelnote]]." |
| 498 | ** "Have you got [[labelnote:bees in your brain]]bats in the belfry[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 499 | ** "We're living in a [[labelnote:den of twigs]]house of cards[[/labelnote]]." |
| 500 | ** "Don't be such a smart-[[labelnote:ears]]ass[[/labelnote]]." |
| 501 | ** "We're wasting [[labelnote:moonlight]]time[[/labelnote]]." |
| 502 | ** "That goody[[labelnote:-four-paws]]-two-shoes[[/labelnote]]." |
| 503 | ** "Sorry [[labelnote:catches no prey]] doesn't cut it[[/labelnote]]." |
| 504 | ** "She's [[labelnote:swiping at butterflies]]grasping at shadows[[/labelnote]]." |
| 505 | ** "He sticks out like [[labelnote:a [=WindClan=] kit in the [=ShadowClan=] nursery]]a sore thumb[[/labelnote]]." |
| 506 | * ''Literature/WelkinWeasels'': |
| 507 | ** "We'll have the last [[labelnote:click of teeth]]laugh[[/labelnote]]." |
| 508 | ** "We must avoid this place like the [[labelnote:mange]]plague[[/labelnote]]." |
| 509 | ** "Now there's a [[labelnote:rafter rat]]wolf[[/labelnote]] in [[labelnote:wood mouse's]]sheep's[[/labelnote]] clothing." |
| 510 | * ''The Witch Family'': Witches have a few idioms reversed or otherwise mangled: |
| 511 | ** "Yup-giddy" instead of "giddy-yup". |
| 512 | ** "There" instead of "here" as a response to a roll call. |
| 513 | * The [[LizardFolk Race]] in Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/{{Worldwar}}'' series do this a lot. Examples: |
| 514 | ** "On the other [[labelnote:fork of the tongue]]hand[[/labelnote]]". |
| 515 | ** "Getting under his [[labelnote:scales]]skin[[/labelnote]]". |
| 516 | ** "Keep an [[labelnote:eye-turret]]eye[[/labelnote]] on him". |
| 517 | ** "You must be [[labelnote:egg-addled]]crazy[[/labelnote]]!". |
| 518 | ** "You are yanking my [[labelnote:tail-stump]]chain[[/labelnote]]." |
| 519 | ** They also constantly swear "by the spirits of Emperors past" (cast down eye-turrets). |
| 520 | [[/folder]] |
| 521 | |
| 522 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 523 | * Played with on ''Series/AmericasGotTalent: The Champions'' when ventriloquist Darci Lynne brought her puppet Petunia to the stage. Seeing the size of the audience, Petunia repeated, "Oh my [[labelnote:carrots]]Lord[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 524 | * ''Series/BabylonFive'' manages to combine this with YiddishAsASecondLanguage when Ivanova says to Sheridan, "What am ''I'', chopped [[labelnote:flarn]]liver[[/labelnote]]?" ("Lines of Communication") |
| 525 | * ''Series/{{Bottom}}'': In a scene cut from the episode "Gas" featured in the ''Fluff'' collection: “[[labelnote:There are]]There is[[/labelnote]] more than [[labelnote:three ways]]one way[[/labelnote]] to [[labelnote:kill a monkey]]skin a cat[[/labelnote]]. |
| 526 | * In the [[Recap/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistanceS1E6ByGelflingHand sixth episode]] of ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'', Aughra describes guiding the people of Thra as "like herding [[labelnote:Fizzgig]]cats[[/labelnote]]." |
| 527 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 528 | ** Not uncommonly, Time Lords — a [[SpareBodyParts two-hearted]] race — use allegorical phrases related to the heart, but with "hearts" instead. "Heartsbeat", "broke my hearts", "I haven't the hearts", etc. |
| 529 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]" has the Doctor complain that "it's a free [[labelnote:cosmos]] country[[/labelnote]]" as well as refer to his "heartsbeat". |
| 530 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E4TheFaceOfEvil The Face of Evil]]": The Doctor's unimpressed by a broken communicator — "Dead as a [[labelnote:Dalek]] doorknocker[[/labelnote]]". |
| 531 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead The Unquiet Dead]]": Creator/CharlesDickens: "What the [[labelnote:Shakespeare?]] dickens?[[/labelnote]]". [[ShownTheirWork Oddly enough]], the phrase "what the dickens" actually appears ''in'' Shakespeare's writing and has nothing to do with the author Dickens at all ("the dickens" = "the Devil"), but it ''would'' be rather odd-sounding for Charles Dickens to say "what the dickens". Referenced two seasons later [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode when]] Shakespeare says "What the Chaucer?" |
| 532 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]": After the Doctor is conned by Clara's young charges, he mutters "Why those little... [[labelnote:Daleks]]monsters[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 533 | ** Creator/StevenMoffat once proposed that a good title for a Paternoster Gang spin-off would be ''Tipping the Scales'' - referring not to the usual meaning of that phrase, but a Silurian equivalent of ''Literature/TippingTheVelvet''. |
| 534 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': |
| 535 | ** "When I was a child, an uncle asked: what gift I wanted for my [[labelnote:name day]]birthday[[/labelnote]]." |
| 536 | ** Tyrion claims "If I had a gold dragon for every time..." |
| 537 | * ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': "Moon tea" for an emergency contraception. |
| 538 | * ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': Demons say "What/Where the [[labelnote:Heaven]]Hell[[/labelnote]]..." |
| 539 | * In ''Series/{{Krypton}}'', with its UterineReplicator, Dev-Em warns someone "Tell anyone about this, and you'll wish [[labelnote:the Genesis Chamber never spat you out]]you were never born[[/labelnote]]." |
| 540 | * ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': |
| 541 | ** Poppy calling Nori a "smart-foot" as an InUniverse term for "smart-ass". |
| 542 | ** Galadriel cursing "''Eat'' your tongue!" instead of "''Bite'' your tongue!" to Adar. |
| 543 | * ''Series/TheMandalorian'' provides its own take on the one about the pot and the kettle: "Well if that isn't the Quacta calling the Stifling slimy." |
| 544 | * ''Series/{{MASH}}'': On at least one occasion Klinger announced, "Piece of [[labelnote:baklava]]cake[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 545 | * ''Series/MorkAndMindy'': |
| 546 | ** Mork once explains that [[AlienCatnip carbonated drinks make him]] "[[labelnote:Ork]]Shit[[/labelnote]]-faced". |
| 547 | ** Mork claims, "I wouldn't harm a [[labelnote:harf]]hair[[/labelnote]] on your [[labelnote:cholly-cho-cho]]chinny-chin-chin.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 548 | ** "How do you like them [[labelnote:iggles]]apples[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 549 | * ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': |
| 550 | ** "Sick as a [[labelnote:vole]]dog[[/labelnote]]." |
| 551 | ** "They breed like [[labelnote:Tribbles]]rabbits[[/labelnote]]" |
| 552 | ** "A [[labelnote:latnum]]gold[[/labelnote]]-mine" |
| 553 | ** One Rule of Acquisition adds "...but only between Ferengi" to the expression "a contract is a contract is a contract". Another one adds onto the expression "Home is where the heart is... but the stars are made of latinum", and a third one is "[[labelnote:Exploitation]]Charity[[/labelnote]] begins at home." |
| 554 | * Characters on ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' sometimes use a Vulcan expression: "[[labelnote:Isik]]Penny[[/labelnote]] for your thoughts." It's also a RunningGag that nobody knows what an isik is. |
| 555 | * ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': |
| 556 | ** Phlox referred to Archer's {{Freudian slip}}s as "Pillarian slips". |
| 557 | ** He also referred to an old saying: "When in [[labelnote:Fellebia]]Rome[[/labelnote]], do as the [[labelnote:Fellebians]]Romans[[/labelnote]] do." |
| 558 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In "Lower Decks", Sito (an alien, specifically a Bajoran) says, "I'd like to have been a [[labelnote:spider under]]fly on[[/labelnote]] that [[labelnote:table]]wall[[/labelnote]]." Her human best friend is visibly confused before he figures out the human saying (which is apparently still in use). |
| 559 | * The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]]" has one whose mundane equivalent isn't very common: "He's as tight-lipped as [[labelnote:an Aldeberan Shellmouth]]a clam[[/labelnote]]." |
| 560 | * ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' has: |
| 561 | ** "I didn't want to be a third [[labelnote: nacelle.]] wheel[[/labelnote]]" (ships in Franchise/StarTrek almost always have an even number of warp nacelles, usually 2). Potentially [[JustifiedTrope justified]] given that by that point in time, wheeled vehicles have been obsolete in the Federation for ''centuries''. |
| 562 | ** Also, "Thank the [[labelnote:prophets]]Lord[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 563 | * In ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'': "Well I guess we're both up [[labelnote:the Ganges]] shit creek[[/labelnote]] without a paddle! |
| 564 | * ''Series/WorzelGummidge'': Worzel, a scarecrow, commonly mangles idioms, and occasionally, others do as well: |
| 565 | ** "Better to be safe than [[labelnote:bomswizzled]]sorry[[/labelnote]]" |
| 566 | ** "Cross my [[labelnote:throat]]heart[[/labelnote]] and hope [[labelnote:my straw falls out]]to die[[/labelnote]]" |
| 567 | ** "I, [full name], take thee, [fiance's name] as my [wife/husband] in [[labelnote:sunshine]]sickness[[/labelnote]] and in [[labelnote:snow]]health[[/labelnote]], [[labelnote:at seed scattering time or in harvest]]for richer, for poorer[[/labelnote]], through [[labelnote:plague and pestilence, fire and water]]good times and bad[[/labelnote]], 'til [[labelnote:we both fall to pieces]]death do us part[[/labelnote]]." |
| 568 | ** "Then I guess I'd better make an honest [[labelnote:figurehead]]woman[[/labelnote]] of you." |
| 569 | ** "As fast as my [[labelnote:wheels]]legs[[/labelnote]] would carry me" (said by a wheeled character) |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | [[folder:Print Media]] |
| 573 | * ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' #208, "Cattlecar Galaxica": |
| 574 | -->'''Adammit:''' That was real brave of you to rescue me, Athinner! I'd like to thank you properly! How about dropping by my sleep bay and--\ |
| 575 | '''Athinner:''' Not tonight! I have a Cranium Megahurt!\ |
| 576 | '''Adammit:''' Hmmm! Some things never change -- even in SIX millenniums! |
| 577 | [[/folder]] |
| 578 | |
| 579 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 580 | * ''Series/TheBookOfPooh'': "He needs to use the little [[labelnote:Piglet's]]boys'[[/labelnote]] room" |
| 581 | * [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Achmed the Dead Terrorist and PlayedForLaughs in ''Spark of Insanity'' by Creator/JeffDunham. After failing to scare Dunham, he swears "God damn it!" He then realizes what he said... |
| 582 | -->'''Achmed''': I mean, Allah damn it! (''laughter from audience'') Silence! [[IllKillYou I kill you!]] |
| 583 | [[/folder]] |
| 584 | |
| 585 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 586 | * In ''Roleplay/{{AJCO}}'' there is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it example during a conversation between Kube (a [[PlantAliens Plant Alien]]) and Vinnie (reared by Plant Aliens): |
| 587 | -->'''Kube:''' ''[pushes Vinnie back into bed]'' Easy there, [[labelnote:tigerlily!]] tiger![[/labelnote]] |
| 588 | * ''Roleplay/RedDawnPlus20'': [[HitlerAteSugar Chebrikov Ate Sugar]]. |
| 589 | [[/folder]] |
| 590 | |
| 591 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 592 | * An article in ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine has a veteran dungeoneer complain that when novices start out they take "everything but the [[labelnote:bucket from the well]]kitchen sink[[/labelnote]]". |
| 593 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': |
| 594 | ** ''Mirage'', "Alarum": |
| 595 | --->"One timely cry of warning can save nine of surprise." --'''Sidar Jabari''' |
| 596 | * The dogs in ''TabletopGame/{{Pugmire}}'' worship the lost race of Man, and are therefore prone to exclamations such as "Man damn it!" and "I swear to Man." |
| 597 | * In ''TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace: School Days'', Denise considers Ian to be [[labelnote:sysadmin]]president[[/labelnote]] of his own fan [[labelnote:community]]club[[/labelnote]]. |
| 598 | * Common in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', e.g. "[[labelnote:Tonight,]] Today,[[/labelnote]] the world has changed." |
| 599 | ** And in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', where the end times are referred to as "The final nights". Or in ''TabletopGame/HunterTheReckoning'' where one vampire prince references the eponymous hunters as [[{{Pun}} The Final Knights]]. |
| 600 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Ever since Lorgar the Horus Heresy, people have replaced the word "God" with "Emperor". Said emperor is not amused because it means that everyone people started worshiping him when he explicitly commanded this not to happen. People also swear by the Golden Throne, which the Emperor's living corpse sits on and is sustained by. |
| 601 | [[/folder]] |
| 602 | |
| 603 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 604 | * ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid'': |
| 605 | ** "As long as you live under my [[labelnote:reef]] roof[[/labelnote]]..." |
| 606 | ** "She was [[labelnote:seaweed]] sugar[[/labelnote]] and spice and everything nice..." |
| 607 | ** "That girl's on [[labelnote:sandbar]] cloud[[/labelnote]] nine!" |
| 608 | ** "Ariel and someone, [[labelnote:swimming in the sea]] sitting in a tree[[/labelnote]]. K-I-S-S-I-N-G." |
| 609 | ** "And then the [[labelnote:squid]] shit[[/labelnote]] will hit the fan." |
| 610 | ** "How could she just suddenly completely disappear into thin [[labelnote:water]] air[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 611 | * ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'': "Wait one [[labelnote:clock-tick]] second[[/labelnote]]." |
| 612 | [[/folder]] |
| 613 | |
| 614 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 615 | * ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': |
| 616 | ** "Hold your [[labelnote:Rahi,]] horses,[[/labelnote]] I'm coming!" |
| 617 | ** "All my friends went to Po-Koro, and all I got was this lousy [[labelnote:rock.]] T-shirt[[/labelnote]]" |
| 618 | ** "Like [[labelnote:Matoran]] children[[/labelnote]] opening presents on [[labelnote:Naming Day.]] Christmas.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 619 | ** "It's a load of [[labelnote:Rock Steed droppings!]] BS![[/labelnote]]" |
| 620 | ** "I have a feeling we're not in [[labelnote:Karda Nui]] Kansas[[/labelnote]] any more! |
| 621 | ** "He clapped his hands over his [[labelnote:audio receptors.]] ears.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 622 | ** "Kill two [[labelnote:Gukko]] birds[[/labelnote]] with one stone." |
| 623 | ** "The [[labelnote:metal claw's]] boot's[[/labelnote]] on the other foot now!" (This one was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d, as another character tells the speaker that what he just said makes no sense.) |
| 624 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': |
| 625 | ** "Do you ever think you could be [[labelnote:programmed]] destined[[/labelnote]] for something bigger?" |
| 626 | ** "Stick it in your [[labelnote:optic sensor]] eye[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 627 | ** "My [[labelnote:afterburner]] foot[[/labelnote]]." |
| 628 | ** "That's murder on my [[labelnote:audio receptors]] ears[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 629 | ** "[[labelnote:Processor]] Mind[[/labelnote]] over matter." |
| 630 | ** "Megatron?! The cruel and vicious Decepticon leader who eats Autobot [[labelnote:protoforms]] babies[[/labelnote]] for breakfast?!" |
| 631 | ** "I've got one [[labelnote:servo]]foot[[/labelnote]] in the [[labelnote:scrap heap]] grave[[/labelnote]]." |
| 632 | ** "Human! It's [[HostageForMacGuffin the Matrix or]] your [[labelnote:protoform batch initiators]] parents[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 633 | ** "You'll have to pry it from my cold, [[labelnote:offline servos]] dead hands[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 634 | ** "I'll tear out your [[labelnote:optics]] eyes[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 635 | ** "It's a [[labelnote:no-processor...er]] no-brainer[[/labelnote]]." (this one even they find weird to say) |
| 636 | ** "Go to [[labelnote:scrap heap]]hell[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 637 | ** "Aww, hexagonal nuts." |
| 638 | ** "You can stuff it up your [[labelnote:exhaust pipe]] ass[[/labelnote]]." |
| 639 | ** "What, is my [[labelnote:gearbox]] package[[/labelnote]] hanging out or something?" |
| 640 | ** "Don't just stand there with your [[labelnote:pistons]] cocks[[/labelnote]] in your [[labelnote:servos]] hands[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 641 | ** "Don't just stand there with your [[labelnote:cockpits]] mouths[[/labelnote]] open!" |
| 642 | ** "Brilliant my [[labelnote:sine function]] ass[[/labelnote]]." |
| 643 | ** "Kiss my [[labelnote:skidplate]] ass[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 644 | ** "Whoa! What crawled up ''your'' [[labelnote:tailpipe]] ass[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 645 | ** "Go stuff it up your [[labelnote:reactor linkage]] ass[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 646 | ** "Brilliant, my [[labelnote:boron compressor]] ass[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 647 | ** "Blow it out your [[labelnote:actuator]] ass[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 648 | ** "Tell him to blow it out his [[labelnote:exhaust port]] ass[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 649 | ** "That restaurant where the waitresses go around without [[labelnote:torso plates]] shirts[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 650 | ** "[[labelnote:Bearings of chrome steel.]] Brass balls.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 651 | ** From an episode of ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'': |
| 652 | --->'''Override:''' What are we, [[labelnote:roast energon]]chopped liver[[/labelnote]]? |
| 653 | [[/folder]] |
| 654 | |
| 655 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 656 | * ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' [[note]]Bad Hair Day[[/note]] has this trope not in dialogue, but in the title itself. |
| 657 | * In the good ending of ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'', [[spoiler:after defeating the Devil and incinerating the Soul Contracts, Cuphead and Mugman race each other for home, with Mugman shouting out, "Last one there is a [[labelnote:leaky cup]]rotten egg[[/labelnote]]!"]] |
| 658 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Discworld}}'' game: |
| 659 | -->'''Sleazy Guy:''' [[CoatFullOfContraband Care to buy]] [[labelnote:an hourglass?]] a watch?[[/labelnote]]\ |
| 660 | '''Rincewind:''' Where'd you get those?\ |
| 661 | '''Sleazy Guy:''' Fell off the back of a [[labelnote:donkey cart,]] truck,[[/labelnote]] sir! |
| 662 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5|AllianceOfVengeance}}'', after [[spoiler:Zeroken blows using the Ultimate Demon Technique, Final Skill on Bloodis]], Seraphina angrily yells at him "What in the [[labelnote:Human World]]hell[[/labelnote]] are you doing?!" |
| 663 | * Dwarven curses in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' setting include "Go take a long [[labelnote:breath]]walk[[/labelnote]] out of a short [[labelnote:shaft]]pier[[/labelnote]]". The saying most likely refers to the breathing of lyrium, the setting's ToxicPhlebotinum, in the mines. For mortals, breathing lyrium dust can, even in the best of circumstances, reduce you to a gibbering idiot, at worst, transformation into untold horrors. |
| 664 | ** They also use "Nug-humping" where a modern person would probably use "Motherfucking." |
| 665 | ** In addition, there's the phrase "by the maker", as well as a few references to Andraste throughout both games. |
| 666 | * ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': Game text tends to replace instances of "man" with "dwarf", resulting phrases such as "All craftdwarfship is of the highest quality". |
| 667 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': |
| 668 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion]]'', the Adoring Fan: "By Azura! By Azura! [[labelnote:By Azura!]]Essentially an OMG squee[[/labelnote]]." |
| 669 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': "What [[labelnote:in OBLIVION]]the hell[[/labelnote]] is that?!" |
| 670 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 671 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': Wakka instructs Tidus over the course of the game to hold his chocobos, flightless birds used as horse equivalents. The Chocoboy of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' instructs Squall to do the same. There's also Wakka's "son of a Shoopuf!" and another character's "...my shoopuf!" |
| 672 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIIRevenantWings'': At one point, Fran is being accosted by a group of sky pirates, including a "foul-mouthed moogle" who lets out an apparently profanity-laden sentence ending with "and your chocobo too!" |
| 673 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': In Nautilus, there's a boy who asks his parent to give him a "chocoback ride." |
| 674 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'' has a random [=NPC=] trainee who comments that "Confidence is exactly what I'm lacking. I go in thinking I can do it, but when push comes to shove, I always chocobo out..." |
| 675 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyBraveExvius'': "Hold your chocobos" gets used a couple times. |
| 676 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' uses coeurl (somewhat catlike creatures with long tentacle-like whiskers) in place of cat, like "Coeurl o' Nine Tails", and a quest called "When the Coeurl's Away". |
| 677 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': |
| 678 | ** In the barracks, [[BigEater one of your soldiers]] utters "I'm so hungry I could eat a [[labelnote:Pegasus]] horse[[/labelnote]]." |
| 679 | ** Another character states "It's time for ol' Gangrel to get a dose of his own [[labelnote:vulnerary]] medicine[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 680 | * In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', Io drops one in a cross-fate episode with Ryan. |
| 681 | --> "It's not over 'till the Primal Beast sings!" |
| 682 | * ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}: Cataclysm'': |
| 683 | -->'''Kuun-Lan Fleet Command''' ''(agitated)'': Join the [[labelnote:Kiith]] club[[/labelnote]]! |
| 684 | * ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'': There are no animals larger than a pig, but there are MechanicalLifeforms that fulfill much of the same purposes. Of special note is "the [[labelnote:behemoth's]]lion's[[/labelnote]] share of the supplies." It has a double meaning because not only is a behemoth a huge machine, but it's a transport unit that carries material for other machines. |
| 685 | * After the CPU Breaker is defeated in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'', Ram exclaims that she's "so hungry she could eat a horsebird." |
| 686 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': |
| 687 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'': "Is Linebeck shaking over there?! He's such a [[labelnote:cucco]] chicken[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 688 | ** One of the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames CDi games]] has "I'm so hungry, I could eat [[labelnote:an octorok]] a horse![[/labelnote]]" |
| 689 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Daruk, Champion of the Gorons, often uses rock and mountain themes in his speech, being a denizen of [[LethalLavaLand Death Mountain]] with the rest of his people. For instance, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQDCqJuHdmI Link's memory]] of him testing out [[HumongousMecha Vah Rudania]], he makes a comment that Zelda "can't quite see the [[labelnote:range]]forest[[/labelnote]] for the [[labelnote:peaks]]trees[[/labelnote]]". |
| 690 | * In one of its many, many moment of pure parody, ''VideoGame/LiberalCrimeSquad'' has Liberals and Moderates (who are [[HollywoodAtheist all Atheists of course]]) say, when confronted with the shocking truth of [[DayOfTheJackboot the evil conservative regime]], "Oh my [[labelnote:Science]] God[[/labelnote]]! Is there anything I can do to help?" |
| 691 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': |
| 692 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' features an advertisement for a movie about "Blasto, the first [[StarfishAliens hanar]] Spectre", whose trademark phrases are "This one has no time for your solid waste excretions" and "[[VerbThis Enkindle THIS!]]" |
| 693 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' features many excerpts from the movie, the humor of which often stems from this trope. |
| 694 | ** When you first meet Legion, Tali mentions that a single geth would have no more intelligence than a wild varren. It makes more sense since varren are basically Space Dogs, and 99% of the characters, humans included, probably never saw a real life dog before. |
| 695 | ** Quarians in general use the term "Keelah" in place of "God" [[note]] though literally it's probably closer to "ancestors," given [[AllThereInTheManual what the codex says about quarian religion.]][[/note]], and "Keelah se'lai" is said at the end of certain discussions, including the hearing in front of the admiralty board. Replace it with "God be with you", and it's a perfect fit. |
| 696 | *** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' reveals it to effectively mean "The homeworld which I shall one day see.", which is similar, given how mythical their homeworld is to the Quarians by this point. |
| 697 | *** Similar to the above, asari usually say "By the goddess!", while turians use "Spirits!" |
| 698 | ** Inverted early on, at one point Vega brings up a more traditional "shooting fish in a barrel", which is a completely alien concept to Garrus. |
| 699 | ** And most people would describe someone ballsy as having "a quad", as the krogan have four testicles. |
| 700 | ** Mordin Solus, your salarian teammate in ''2'', thinks his former CO was "a bit of a cloaca". [[GeniusBonus Salarians are amphibians]], wherein the cloaca is both anal and reproductive orifice, so he's basically calling him an asshole ''and'' a dick. |
| 701 | ** Romancing [[InterspeciesRomance Garrus]] will have him tell you at one point that [[EatingTheEyeCandy your outfit]] "has my [[labelnote:mandibles]] jaw[[/labelnote]] on the floor." |
| 702 | ** Also averted in the case of figures of speech involving bullets. |
| 703 | ---> '''Renegade Shepard VI''': I find the best advanced battlefield strategy is to have more bullets than the other guy. ''[Beat]'' Technically, it's thermal clips, not bullets, but who says "I filled him with 5 detachable heat sinks"? |
| 704 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' has "[[IsTheAnswerToThisQuestionYes does a pyjak scratch its butt?]]" and "roast your quads over a low fire". A quest involving salarians has one claiming another could be pulling information out of his cloaca. |
| 705 | * In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', Bowser says Antasma's screaching sounds like a beached [[labelnote:Blooper]]whale[[/labelnote]]. |
| 706 | * The ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series has quite a few of these, primarily in the first three games, where the translators were using {{Woolseyism}}s: |
| 707 | ** "I was [[labelnote:programmed]] born[[/labelnote]] ready!" |
| 708 | ** "You scared me half to [[labelnote:deletion!]] death![[/labelnote]]" |
| 709 | ** "Prepare to meet your [[labelnote:programmer!]] maker![[/labelnote]]" |
| 710 | * ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': |
| 711 | ** "[[labelnote:Bogie]]bungee[[/labelnote]] jumping." |
| 712 | ** "Thank [[labelnote:Grargghness]]goodness[[/labelnote]]" |
| 713 | ** "Give a [[labelnote:flying gooberry]]damn[[/labelnote]]" |
| 714 | ** "Easy peasy [[labelnote:gooberry]]lemon[[/labelnote]] squeezy." |
| 715 | ** "Bless my [[labelnote:gooberries]]soul[[/labelnote]]." |
| 716 | ** "The [[labelnote:70]]seven[[/labelnote]] seas." |
| 717 | ** "Trick or [[labelnote:eat?]]treat?[[/labelnote]]" |
| 718 | * In ''Nevertales 3: Smoke and Mirrors'' the inhabitants of Taleworld, a parallel reality composed entirely of book-worlds, say things like "May the Author keep you." |
| 719 | * In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' and ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'', one voice choice for male player characters has the following "swear" emote: "You two-faced son of a [[labelnote:kobold]]bitch[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 720 | * In the ''VideoGame/PaleoPines'' demo, Agami says a lot of these. For example: |
| 721 | ** At the start, she says she hasn't seen a ''Parasaurolophus'' since she was "knee high to [[labelnote:an ''Oviraptor'']]a grasshopper[[/labelnote]]." |
| 722 | ** Whenever you talk to her at her shop, she says, "Look at what the [[labelnote:rapt]]cat[[/labelnote]] dragged in." |
| 723 | ** There’s at least one "hold your [[labelnote:herbivores]]horses[[/labelnote]]” |
| 724 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': As part of the series' EarthDrift, characters tend to substitute animal names with their Pokémon equivalents. |
| 725 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon'': |
| 726 | *** Well, I'll be an [[labelnote:Aipom's]]monkey's[[/labelnote]] uncle! |
| 727 | *** I was being such a scaredy-[[labelnote:Delcatty]]cat[[/labelnote]]... |
| 728 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' has more of these than previous games. One example is Sonia mentioning the phrase "[[labelnote:Nickit in wooloo's clothing]]wolf in sheep's clothing[[/labelnote]]". |
| 729 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'': |
| 730 | *** Once you learn how to ride on Koraidon/Miraidon, Nemona tells you that "[[labelnote:Paldea's your Cloyster]]the world is your oyster[[/labelnote]]". |
| 731 | *** Hassel says "[[labelnote:All paths lead to the Great Crater of Paldea]]all roads lead to Rome[[/labelnote]], as they say" to the player after they get the Gym Badge in Artazon. |
| 732 | * Used by specific characters rather than the world at large, but the third season of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' has a few. |
| 733 | -->'''Papierwaite:''' And why should I give a [[labelnote:hellbeast's hangnail]]rat's arse[[/labelnote]] what happens to your partner? |
| 734 | -->'''Papierwaite:''' I couldn't give [[labelnote:three figs]]a toss[[/labelnote]]! |
| 735 | ** And a DummiedOut line has Skun-K'ape saying "You're [[labelnote:swinging on frayed vines]]skating on thin ice[[/labelnote]], magician". |
| 736 | * When playing ''VideoGame/SimAnt'', if the "Funny" captions are turned on, ants will often share gems such as "I've worked my [[labelnote:mandibles to the chitin]] fingers to the bone[[/labelnote]]." |
| 737 | * ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'': Apu exclaims "[[labelnote:Shiva]]Jesus[[/labelnote]] H. [[labelnote:Vishnu]]Christ[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 738 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'': |
| 739 | ** The HaveANiceDeath message for stepping onto the surface of [[LethalLavaLand Ortega]] in ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon'' without protective clothing and melting is: "It's so hot you could fry a Vorlian phlegmsnake egg." |
| 740 | ** "It's not over 'till the fat lady Orat spits" is a HaveANiceDeath message from ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers''. |
| 741 | * With ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' being the marine life-based WorldOfPun that it is, squid/sea life counterparts of phrases show up every now and then. |
| 742 | -->''"Hold on to your tentacles!"''\ |
| 743 | ''"You gotta be squiddin' me!"''\ |
| 744 | ''"HOLY CARP!"'' |
| 745 | * In ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'', one of the elders says "(...) like ships in the [[labelnote:sky]]night[[/labelnote]]". |
| 746 | * In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', a Hutt remarks, "You say [[labelnote:keelpunah]] tomayto[[/labelnote]], I say [[labelnote:keepunah]] tomahto[[/labelnote]]." |
| 747 | * ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' has got LOADS of them, though a few examples are: |
| 748 | ** "Davey J. Nipperkin doesn't go handing over his secret sources to every Tom, Dick, and [[labelnote:Guybrush]] Harry[[/labelnote]] that washes ashore!" |
| 749 | ** "Anyone up for a quick game of Five Card [[labelnote:Draw-and-Quarter?]] Draw?[[/labelnote]] Follow the [[labelnote:Monkey?]] Queen?[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:Mêlée]] Texas[[/labelnote]] Hold 'Em?" |
| 750 | ** "The Club has a strict 'No [[labelnote:Feet,]] Shoes,[[/labelnote]] No Service' clause." |
| 751 | ** "Talk to the hand, sicko, 'cause the [[labelnote:pirate]] face[[/labelnote]] ain't listenin'!" |
| 752 | ** "Accidentally, my [[labelnote:dorsal fin!]] ass![[/labelnote]]" |
| 753 | ** "Does someone have a [[labelnote:cannon]] gun[[/labelnote]] to your head?" |
| 754 | ** "...but that guy is [[labelnote:cannon]] [[TriggerHappy trigger]][[/labelnote]][[TriggerHappy -happy]]!" |
| 755 | ** "Just my two [[labelnote:pieces of eight,]] cents,[[/labelnote]] sir." |
| 756 | ** "[[labelnote:Blowholes]] Heavens[[/labelnote]] to Betsy, could it be?" |
| 757 | ** "Hold onto your [[labelnote:pantalones!]] pants![[/labelnote]]" |
| 758 | ** "Your honor, [[labelnote:pirates and wenches]] ladies and gentlemen[[/labelnote]] of the [[labelnote:gallery...]] jury...[[/labelnote]]" |
| 759 | ** "...he seemed to think I could make a pretty [[labelnote:piece of eight]] penny[[/labelnote]] off of your untimely execution..." |
| 760 | ** "Time is [[labelnote:grog,]] money,[[/labelnote]] Captain." |
| 761 | ** "[[labelnote:Malevolence]] Beauty[[/labelnote]] is in the eye of the beholder, Guybrush Threepwood." |
| 762 | ** "Tore through here like a [[labelnote:cat]] bat[[/labelnote]] outta hell, off into the jungle." |
| 763 | ** "Mo' money, mo [[labelnote:ability to solve puzzles.]] problems.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 764 | ** "That witch is nothing but [[Theatre/TheMusicMan trouble with a capital T, and that rhymes with]] [[labelnote:V,]] [[Theatre/TheMusicMan P,]][[/labelnote]] [[Theatre/TheMusicMan and that stands for]] [[labelnote:Voodoo.]] [[Theatre/TheMusicMan pool.]][[/labelnote]]" |
| 765 | * ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'': |
| 766 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel IV'', if you talk with Ashleigh during the Eventide segment, she comments that asking her to rent out Mishelam for a send-off party instead of the usual payment is "No [[labelnote:wool]]skin[[/labelnote]] off my [[labelnote:Pom]]back[[/labelnote]]." (A Pom is a MascotMook seen throughout the [[VideoGame/TrailsSeries franchise]] the game comes from, and is among other things the subject of a plush toy, as well as a game called "Pom Pom Party.") |
| 767 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'', you can speak with a professor, Carton, and his student, Myria, Myria being upset because she thought an exam was going to be delayed because of classes canceled during the war. If you speak with Carton a second time, he comments to Rean that Myria would come crying to him [[labelnote:Sharkodile]]crocodile[[/labelnote]] tears no matter how long he delayed the exam. |
| 768 | * One random event in ''VideoGame/{{Wildermyth}}'' has a character discussing whether a particular kind of tree only grows in places untouched by fire, or whether the trees themselves ward off fire. They brush off the line of thinking by calling it "[[ChickenAndEggParadox a lizard or egg thing.]]" This is despite there being [[UndergroundMonkey fire chickens]], and presumably regular chickens as well. |
| 769 | * In ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'', Ciri offers Geralt [[labelnote:an oren]]a penny[[/labelnote]] for his thoughts. |
| 770 | * In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'', you'll occasionally get phrases like "What on [[labelnote:Bionis]]Earth[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 771 | * ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' makes even greater use of this than previous games: |
| 772 | ** Characters use phrases like "curiousity killed the [[labelnote:ferrox]]cat[[/labelnote]]", "wild [[labelnote:medooz]]goose[[/labelnote]]", or "pause your ponios[[note]]hold your horses[[/note]]." |
| 773 | ** The game takes place in a setting where the whole cast was grown in PeopleJars to live their whole lives as soldiers and therefore have no concepts of sexual reproduction, religion, or family. As such, all swearing originating from those concepts is replaced with language referring to in-universe elements. "Fuck" is replaced by "snuff" as the general all-purpose profanity [[note]] InUniverse, it derives from the cast's lifespan being tied to devices called "flame clocks", hence "snuff" functions as a reference to murder or death[[/note]], insults like "son of a bitch" or "bastard" are replaced by "mudder"[[note]] The lowest ranking on military hierarchy is "dirt", hence "mud" as an insult[[/note]], and religious swearing and oaths refer to the Queens of the two nations at war[[note]]in-universe propaganda claims that the Queens are the ones who give life to the soldiers in the first place, making them the closest thing to gods that the characters would be aware of.[[/note]]. |
| 774 | [[/folder]] |
| 775 | |
| 776 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 777 | * ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' has repeated uses of "every[[labelnote:birdie]] body[[/labelnote]]". |
| 778 | * ''VisualNovel/{{Last Chance in Xollywood}}'': A variant. The text always uses phrases like "ocular organs" and "appendages", for example, in place of "eyes" and "hands", but it's justified since all the playable characters are alien beings. Also inverted since they sometimes use human expressions but don't really know what they mean: one character says "The grass is greener", and the other will say "What is grass?". |
| 779 | * ''VisualNovel/ReigningPassions'': In Amara's first season, Lyris tells the heroine, "No need to get your branches in a twist, Your Highness." |
| 780 | [[/folder]] |
| 781 | |
| 782 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 783 | * ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'': Objects tend to say whatever created them in place of "god". Example: |
| 784 | --> '''Pin''': Oh my pin factory! |
| 785 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': In one episode, Moxxie says "The [[labelnote:Heaven's]] Hell's[[/labelnote]] wrong with this thing?!" In the first episode of Season 2, Stolas says "What [[labelnote:in Hell]] on Earth[[/labelnote]] is this?" |
| 786 | * ''WebAnimation/JaidenAnimations'': Parodied in a skit in "Random Thoughts (Part 2 Edition)" where two fish are talking, as they just put "fish" as an adjective before nouns and activities alongside the occasional fish pun. |
| 787 | -->''"Welcome home, fish dear! How was you day at the offish?"\ |
| 788 | "Oh fish wife, the currents were pretty strong today. I was swimming to fish work and the currents swished all my fish papers out of my fish hands- I mean, fins."'' |
| 789 | * Rusty in ''WebAnimation/PokemonRusty'' tends to use Franchise/{{Pokemon}} names in Palace of swears, such as "oh Dunsparce", "God Diglett!", and "son of a Bisharp!" |
| 790 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' features an example in the episode "Family", where, after an awkward period of silence that follows Yang laughing at an insult from Taiyang about [[spoiler:her missing arm]], Oobleck quietly speaks up: |
| 791 | -->'''Oobleck:''' Are we finally talking about the [[labelnote:Goliath]] elephant[[/labelnote]] in the room...? |
| 792 | [[/folder]] |
| 793 | |
| 794 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 795 | * ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'': Happens every so often between all the sapient lifeforms. |
| 796 | --> '''Maggie''': Hold yer horseflies, lemme buzz the place... |
| 797 | * Discussed in ''Webcomic/TheBirdFeeder'' [[http://thebirdfeeder.com/comic/203 #203]], "Bird Talk," as Terry wonders whether they ought to use more bird-like jargon like "Gull!" when frustrated or "Great Auk!" when shocked. |
| 798 | * ''Webcomic/CarryOn'': "Don't [[labelnote:matronize]]patronize[[/labelnote]] me." |
| 799 | * ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'': In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1116.html one strip]], an Imperial officer says "What am I? Chopped [[labelnote:splanch]]liver[[/labelnote]]?" (The splanch being a RunningGag of BizarreAlienBiology in DMM's work.) |
| 800 | * ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'': |
| 801 | ** "Hold your [[labelnote:moles,]] horses,[[/labelnote]] I'm coming." |
| 802 | ** "Never laid [[labelnote:eyestalks]] eyes[[/labelnote]]on one before." |
| 803 | ** "I don't give a [[labelnote:gnawed shoot.]] rat's ass.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 804 | ** "Don't [[labelnote:salt]] shoot[[/labelnote]] the messenger." |
| 805 | ** " I'll make him regret the day he [[labelnote:slid out of his mother's pouch.]]was born.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 806 | * ''Webcomic/{{Footloose}}'': "You've got about as much chance as [[labelnote:Hinckley had with Foster]] the ugly stepsisters had with Prince Charming.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 807 | * ''Webcomic/{{Gaia}}'': |
| 808 | ** [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2012/06/26/shadowdancers-027/ "Go ]]jump [[labelnote:into the Void]]in a lake[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 809 | ** [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2011/11/14/the-red-hall-013/ "What ]]in [[labelnote:Bhaal's]]God's[[/labelnote]] name?!" |
| 810 | ** [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2013/01/22/shadowdancers-077/ "Dear ]][[labelnote:Gaia]]God[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 811 | * In ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'', when Fooker fails to bluff Euler, the Gray says "I was not [[labelnote: cloned]]born[[/labelnote]][[labelnote:in the previous solar cycle]]yesterday[[/labelnote]]." |
| 812 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has a few, based on [[SteamPunk steam power and clockwork]], such as "Get [[labelnote:wound]]bent[[/labelnote]]!" and "runing around like headless [[labelnote:constructs]]chickens[[/labelnote]]". |
| 813 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' plays this for laughs with the trolls, as part of the ExpospeakGag that is their biology and culture: |
| 814 | ** "You can glub [[labelnote:to the content of your collapsing and expanding bladder based aquatic vascular system]]to your heart's content[[/labelnote]]." |
| 815 | ** Karkat explaining a troll romance novel "THEIR DYNAMIC IS THE [[labelnote:GRUBLOAF AND TUBER PASTE]]bread and butter[[/labelnote]] OF THE OVERALL ARC." |
| 816 | ** "I made my [[labelnote:recupracoon]]bed[[/labelnote]] and now I have to [[labelnote:wriggle around in its slime]]lie in it[[/labelnote]]." |
| 817 | ** "LET'S JUST AWKWARDLY [[labelnote:STRAFE ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THAT HUMONGOUS, STINK-BELCHING TRUNKBEAST IN THE ROOM]] ignore the elephant in the room[[/labelnote]]." |
| 818 | * ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': |
| 819 | --> '''King:''' "Son of a [[labelnote:charming young woman]]bitch[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 820 | * "I'm such a plague-head!" from ''WebComic/MyMilkToof''. |
| 821 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': |
| 822 | ** A fiend [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0861.html exclaiming]] "What the [[labelnote:Home Sweet Home]]Hell[[/labelnote]] is going on?" |
| 823 | ** A dwarf [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1153.html explaining]] that past history is all "water [[labelnote: over the tunnel]]under the bridge[[/labelnote]]." |
| 824 | ** A dwarf [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1165.html again]]: "I think I can kill two [[labelnote:bushes]]birds[[/labelnote]] with one [[labelnote: stone axe]]stone[[/labelnote]]." (Dwarves in ''[=OoTS=]'' all believe trees are plotting against them.) |
| 825 | * ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' has a few: |
| 826 | ** "For the love of the gods" replacing "For the love of God" |
| 827 | ** "For Stellina's sake!" replacing "For Christ's sake!" |
| 828 | ** "What in the three hells" replacing "What the hell" |
| 829 | ** "What on Manjulias" replacing "What on Earth" (at least when the creator remembers to change it.) |
| 830 | * ''Webcomic/{{Outsider}}'': The Loroi associated with the mostly-ocean world Taben occasionally use some culturally-specific terms in their spoken [[CommonTongue Trade]] to express negative ideas. When Nova's cruiser is destroyed, [[GeneralRipper Stillstorm]] says "Confirm that ''Winter Tide'' has foundered", a term which in English can mean "to break" or "to sink". Later, Talon's ClusterFBomb toward ''Clearbrook''[='s=] comms officer ends with "Shred this tilted field!" and Spiral softly exclaims "Low tide!" when Jardin mentions consuming animal milk. |
| 831 | * ''Webcomic/ThePetriDish'': When Thaddeus and Bob were sent to a dimension where it was illegal to wear out-of-fashion clothes, the police told them, "You have the right to remain [[labelnote:ugly]]silent.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 832 | * The godlike A.I. in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' has a rather twisted sense of humor ([[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-04-14 this one]] seems to spread in the fandom): |
| 833 | -->'''Schlock:''' ...How did Petey get a gestalt[[note]] (i.e. ''full dump'' of AI)[[/note]] off of a ''[[TheBattlestar battleplate]]''?\ |
| 834 | '''Kevyn:''' I didn't ask, and all he said was "in for a penny, in for plutonium". |
| 835 | * ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': The Sarnothi, who are FishPeople, use "[[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie1901/ singing to the school]]" in place of "preaching to the choir." |
| 836 | * ''WebComic/SkinDeep'' has at least one: "What's got your [[labelnote:feathers in a turn?]] panties in a twist?[[/labelnote]]" (oddly enough, said to someone who doesn't have feathers.) |
| 837 | * Played with in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse''. Sweetheart is a talking female dog. And because she's a bit uptight, she doesn't like to swear. So she calls Violet Bee "that [[WitchWithACapitalB rhymes-with]]-[[labelnote:bitch]]witch[[/labelnote]]". |
| 838 | * ''Webcomic/StarslipCrisis'' parodies this hard, sometimes by adding needless adjectives to a phrase and sometimes by just putting "space-" in front of a word. (As in "Oh, space-hell!") |
| 839 | -->'''Cutter:''' Today I kill two Salaxian birds with one Hethomorian laser-stone. |
| 840 | * Because there are several gods in ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'' of relatively equal importance, people usually say "gods" instead of "god," i.e. "oh gods" or "godsdamned." Though [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness earlier comics]] sometimes use the singular form. Oddly, "hell" is used as an expletive even though no one seems to believe in such a place. |
| 841 | * ''Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}}'' gives us [[http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=050905 this]] version. ''[=BellSouth=]'' has [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the Bleen Empire]] by the Golgi Apparatus. |
| 842 | ** [[http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=051605 Well, whatever glorts your gizzel...]] |
| 843 | * ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'': |
| 844 | ** The webcomic came up with several variants of the old ones: |
| 845 | --->'''Charlotte:''' [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0409-turg-holds-out/ This broad is a few components short of a cantrip.]]\ |
| 846 | '''Arachne:''' [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0410-for-everyone-a-place/ Hyena chick isn't hunting with a full quiver of arrows.]] |
| 847 | ** Clover adds [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0542-crazy-bird-lady/ more variations]]. |
| 848 | --->'''Clover:''' Not the brightest candle in the chandelier!\ |
| 849 | Not the sharpest bolt in the quiver!\ |
| 850 | Not the quickest rabbit in the hutch! |
| 851 | [[/folder]] |
| 852 | |
| 853 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 854 | * Although this practice is frowned upon nowadays, [[Website/TVTropes This Very Wiki]] will sometimes alter trope names to fit the work that the page is dedicated to. Especially the JustForFun page for JustForFun/DaringDo, where all the tropers are supposed to be sentient horses, zebras, griffons, etc. This can also extend to altering the category names or even the "This work contains the following tropes" header. |
| 855 | * The Literature/BastardOperatorFromHell declares himself to be "up a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10BASE2 thinwire]] without a terminator" in one story. |
| 856 | * The Website/QuestDen story ''Moot Point'' has one fire elemental tell another "No one expected a [[labelnote:hearthfire]]homebody[[/labelnote]] like you to travel so far." |
| 857 | * ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': |
| 858 | ** [[https://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=50862&week=178 This]] Neopian Times piece has "Wouldn't hurt a [[labelnote:Buzzer]]fly[[/labelnote]]" and "Two flicks of a [[labelnote:Goldy's]]fish's[[/labelnote]] tail." |
| 859 | ** "Don't look a gift [[labelnote:Uni]]horse[[/labelnote]] in the mouth." |
| 860 | ** "Where on [[labelnote:Neopia]]Earth[[/labelnote]] can he be?" |
| 861 | ** "Oh, thank [[labelnote:Fyora]]God/goodness[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 862 | ** "Too [[labelnote:Lenny]]chicken[[/labelnote]] to search Neopia for strange new lands?" |
| 863 | ** "A little [[labelnote:Weewoo]]bird[[/labelnote]] told me." |
| 864 | ** One (purposely unidentifiable) food item is called "What the [[labelnote:Aisha]]Cat[[/labelnote]] Dragged In" |
| 865 | * From [[https://www.bellybelly.com.au/baby/20-things-newborn-babies-would-say/ this]] list of things babies would say [[BrainyBaby if they could speak]], there's the sentence "For the love of [[labelnote:boobies]]God/Pete[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 866 | [[/folder]] |
| 867 | |
| 868 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 869 | * Diva the demon in ''WebVideo/MusicalHell'' uses "What the Here?" among many others. Sometimes, inverting the side ([[SpeakOfTheDevil "Speak of the angel..."]]). It backfires when Diva calls Donna "goody two hooves", as she replies "I don't have hooves!" |
| 870 | * ''WebVideo/PokemonTalk'': "My Arceus!" in place of "My God!" for the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} reference in "Hot Dragonair Girl". |
| 871 | [[/folder]] |
| 872 | |
| 873 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 874 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'': |
| 875 | ** "For the love of [[labelnote:herring]]God[[/labelnote]]! Would someone please turn that off that infernal noise!" |
| 876 | ** "Jumping [[labelnote:Jupiter]]Jesus[[/labelnote]]! |
| 877 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': |
| 878 | ** "Oh, my [[labelnote:Grod/Glob/Gob]]God[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 879 | ** "What the [[labelnote:math]]heck/hell/fuck[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 880 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': Upon having to fight their way out of a Earth-government facility, running from the Space Navy, and learning they're headed for [[WretchedHive Tortuna]]. "Out of the [[labelnote:blast furnace,]] frying pan,[[/labelnote]] and into the [[labelnote:converter!]] fire![[/labelnote]]" |
| 881 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' |
| 882 | ** ''The Magnificent Seven Gummies'': "Well, I'll be [[labelnote:bounced]]darned/damned[[/labelnote]]." |
| 883 | * ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'': |
| 884 | ** In "Air Feather Friends", the guards think that the newest scourge in Agrabah are wind demons, but Aladdin discovers that they're just ordinary bandits: "Wind demons, my [[labelnote:camel]]ass[[/labelnote]]!" (Doubles as GettingCrapPastTheRadar.) |
| 885 | ** In "The Prophet Motive": "Hey, what am I? Chopped [[labelnote:camel meat]]liver[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 886 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Parodied in the season one finale "Reunion", when Captain Grime compliments Sasha by saying "You are always playing [[labelnote:Flipwart]]chess[[/labelnote]] while everyone else is playing [[labelnote:Bog Jump]]checkers[[/labelnote]]." Except [[TrappedInAnotherWorld Sasha isn't a native of Amphibia]], so the metaphor goes completely over her head. |
| 887 | -->'''Grime:''' Well, see, Flipwart and Bog Jump are games. Flipwart is, of course, far more complicated and-- ''[fed up]'' I'M TRYING TO SAY YOU'RE SMART! |
| 888 | * Both ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' have multiple references to the MixAndMatchCritters that inhabit their world that match this trope perfectly. |
| 889 | ** "He's not a one-trick poodle-pony." |
| 890 | ** "That weasel-snake!" |
| 891 | ** Aang is such a pacifist, he even helps "the spider-fly stuck in its own web." |
| 892 | ** At one point in ''Korra'', Mako advises his brother Bolin to handle a breakup quickly, "like pulling off a [[labelnote:leech]]bandage[[/labelnote]]." While this was a bit of SelfDeprecation about how Mako didn't do just that in his own breakup last season, it wound up being a poor choice of words on the creators' part as they had to reassure viewers that Mako was ''not'' in fact calling his ex-girlfriend a leech. |
| 893 | ** [[RoyalBrat Prince Wu]] answers an obvious question with "Does a [[labelnote:platypus-bear]]bear[[/labelnote]] poop in the woods?", though he [[CurseCutShort cuts himself off]] before he finishes it. |
| 894 | ** The finale combined this trope with Varrick's catchphrase during [[spoiler: Varrick and Zhu Le's wedding]]: "You may now [[labelnote:do the thing]]kiss the bride[[/labelnote]]." |
| 895 | * ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': |
| 896 | --> '''Buzz''':"We've got bigger [[labelnote:sclerf]]fish[[/labelnote]] to fry." |
| 897 | --> '''Ambassador Major''':"Two [[labelnote:zarkfleems]]chicken[[/labelnote]] in every pot, a [[labelnote:jetpack]]car[[/labelnote]] in every driveway!" |
| 898 | --> '''AlternateUniverse!Booster''':"You couldn't hit the broad side of a [[labelnote:Jo-Adian barn]]barn[[/labelnote]], which is VERY big by the way!" |
| 899 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'': "Oh, [[labelnote:bug]]God[[/labelnote]]". |
| 900 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Chuggington}}'': "You're pulling my [[labelnote:pistons]]leg[[/labelnote]], aren't you?" |
| 901 | * According to the title character in the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "Life, the Negaverse, and Everything," Negaduck isn't "[[labelnote:duck]]man[[/labelnote]] enough" to confront him himself. |
| 902 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk Dragons: Race to the Edge]]'': |
| 903 | ** The episode "Family on the Edge" has Heather say "a [[labelnote:dragon]]leopard[[/labelnote]] doesn't change its [[labelnote:markings]]spots[[/labelnote]]" (Fishlegs feels [[SidetrackedByTheAnalogy compelled to point out]] that some dragons do). Later Astrid takes about "the [[labelnote:Rumblehorn]]elephant[[/labelnote]] in the room". |
| 904 | ** In an earlier episode, "Have Dragon, Will Travel", we have this exchange, using the same simile for two separate expressions: |
| 905 | --->'''Fishlegs''': Can I help it if I'm an optimist? I'm a [[labelnote:yak-bladder]]glass[[/labelnote]] half-full kind of guy!\ |
| 906 | '''Astrid''': Hate to burst your [[labelnote:yak-bladder]]bubble[[/labelnote]]... |
| 907 | ** The yak-bladder reference returns in "The Wings of War part 2" when Hiccup shows that he has nearly completed building an advanced version of the Dragon Eye. |
| 908 | --->'''Hiccup''': Friends, my [[labelnote:yak-bladder]]cup[[/labelnote]] runneth over. |
| 909 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E12TopDuck Top Duck]]", Scrooge calls Launchpad, "a chip off the old [[labelnote:propeller]] block[[/labelnote]]." |
| 910 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': |
| 911 | ** "That's the way the [[labelnote:boulder bounces.]] cookie crumbles.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 912 | ** "Just a [[labelnote:rock]] cotton[[/labelnote]] pickin' minute. |
| 913 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has "You sound like a broken [[labelnote:[=MP3=].]] record.[[/labelnote]]", "Powder my [[labelnote:mouth flaps]]nose[[/labelnote]]", and "Is the [[labelnote:Space Pope Reptillian]]Pope Catholic[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 914 | * The narrator from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellabies}}'' has a tendency to insert the word "jelly" into certain words and phrases, resulting in stuff like "jelly good" ("very good") and "jellytastic" ("fantastic"). |
| 915 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'': |
| 916 | ** "That's the way the [[labelnote:satellite spins.]] cookie crumbles.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 917 | ** "Jumping [[labelnote:Jupiter!]] Jesus![[/labelnote]]" |
| 918 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' |
| 919 | ** "Winner winner, [[labelnote:zebra]]chicken[[/labelnote]] dinner." |
| 920 | ** "What in the [[labelnote:Pride Lands]]world[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 921 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': [[ChildProdigy Lisa]] says, "Sweet mother of [[labelnote:discovery]]God[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 922 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1992'': |
| 923 | ** Disobedient children get [[labelnote:beached]] grounded[[/labelnote]]. |
| 924 | ** Also: |
| 925 | --->'''Triton:''' What [[labelnote:under the sea]] on Earth[[/labelnote]] is going on?! |
| 926 | * ''WesternAnimation/MaryokuYummy'': "[[labelnote:Yum's]]Mum's[[/labelnote]] the word." |
| 927 | * A number of phrases on ''WesternAnimation/MissSpidersSunnyPatchFriends'' (which focuses on the adventures of sentient insects and other bugs), but most particularly, "Hold your [[labelnote:horseflies]]horses[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 928 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Monsuno}}'' uses "Aw, [[labelnote:crag]]crap[[/labelnote]]." several times. At one point Chase refers to someone as "A pain in my [[labelnote:Core]]butt/ass[[/labelnote]]." |
| 929 | * ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'': |
| 930 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'': |
| 931 | *** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE33TheMagicCoins3 The Magic Coins, Part 3]]", when Megan starts dictating terms to the guy holding everyone over a deep pit and the ponies start wondering if she's gone nuts, Heart Throb asks her if she's slipped her bridle. |
| 932 | *** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE38FugitiveFlowers1 Fugitive Flowers, Part 1]]", when they see the flowerbed Posey prepared for them, a florie comments that with it "we'd be back on our [[labelnote:roots]]feet[[/labelnote]] in no time!" |
| 933 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 934 | *** "Get your [[labelnote:muzzle]] nose[[/labelnote]] out of those books." |
| 935 | *** "You little [[labelnote:foal!]] fool![[/labelnote]]" |
| 936 | *** "What the [[labelnote:hay?]] hell/heck?[[/labelnote]]" It's also a common [[RealLife Real-Life]] substitute. |
| 937 | *** "Every/Any/Some/No[[labelnote:pony]] body/one[[/labelnote]]" is quite possibly the most commonly used substitution in the show. Griffons and hippogriffs tend to use "anygriff" and "evergriff" instead. Starting in season eight, words such as "everycreature" are used, largely in reference to [[MultinationalTeam the Young Six]]. |
| 938 | *** "Old [[labelnote:pony's/mare's]] wives'[[/labelnote]] tale." |
| 939 | *** "Goody [[labelnote:four]]two[[/labelnote]]-shoes." |
| 940 | *** "Well, well, well, it seems we have some [[labelnote: neeeigh-sayers]] nay-sayers[[/labelnote]] in the audience!" |
| 941 | *** "It's time to [[labelnote:pony]] man[[/labelnote]] up and confront Zecora!" "Pony up" is also [[RealLife Real-Life]] slang for "pay up," which could hilariously change the line's meaning. |
| 942 | *** "[[labelnote:Fillies and gentlecolts]] Ladies and gentlemen[[/labelnote]]." |
| 943 | *** "Nopony else gives a flying [[labelnote:feather]]fuck[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 944 | *** "Who in the [[labelnote:hoof]]hell/heck[[/labelnote]] is that?" |
| 945 | *** The UK trailers have "lend a helping [[labelnote:hoof]]hand[[/labelnote]]". |
| 946 | *** "You... get down here... this instant... young... [[labelnote:colt!]]man![[/labelnote]]" |
| 947 | *** "Well, wallop my withers." |
| 948 | *** "[[labelnote:Wings]]Feet[[/labelnote]], don't fail me now!" |
| 949 | *** "What [[labelnote:in Equestria]]on Earth[[/labelnote]] is going on in here?" |
| 950 | *** "Gabby Gums is my bread and butter, and I'm not gonna let you [[labelnote:goody-two-horseshoes]]goody-two-shoes[[/labelnote]] take that away from me!" |
| 951 | *** "You're [[labelnote:bucking]]beating[[/labelnote]] a dead... [[labelnote:tree]]horse[[/labelnote]]". |
| 952 | *** "Hold on to your [[labelnote:hooves]]hats[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 953 | *** Several reference Princess Celestia, Equestria's ImmortalRuler, such as "as [[labelnote:Celestia]]God[[/labelnote]] is my witness..." and "sweet [[labelnote:Celestia]]Jesus[[/labelnote]]!" These get lampshaded in "Celestial Advice" when Twilight, panicking over all of the trouble Starlight could get into after graduating, exclaims "I can't just send her off to Celestia-knows-where!" and then blushes as Celestia remarks that she didn't know she was an expression. |
| 954 | *** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E12FlutterBrutter Flutter Blutter]]", Fluttershy expresses frustration at how her parents let her brother Zephyr "trot" all over them. |
| 955 | *** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyBestGiftEver'', when Pinkie arrives at the cottage where the Gift Givers -- a trio of oracular reindeer -- live, the elderly doe who greets her crankily exclaims "By Blitzen's beard! It took you long enough!" |
| 956 | *** "I need to use the little [[labelnote:fillies']]girls'[[/labelnote]] room." |
| 957 | *** "Cross my heart and hope to [[labelnote:fly]]die[[/labelnote]], stick a [[labelnote:cupcake]]needle[[/labelnote]] in my eye." |
| 958 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark'', ponies (especially Pipp) often say, "Oh my [[labelnote:hoofness]]goodness[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 959 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Mysticons}}'': "The [[labelnote:rubies are]]grass is[[/labelnote]] always [[labelnote:brighter]]greener[[/labelnote]] on the other side of the [[labelnote:mine]]fence[[/labelnote]]." |
| 960 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': |
| 961 | ** Instead of swearing on God or Jesus, the denizens of the Boiling Isles swear on [[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan]] (i.e. "for Titan's sake" or "oh (my) Titan"). [[spoiler:The reveal that King is a baby Titan causes Lilith to freak out over the fact that she's been taking his name in vain.]] |
| 962 | ** In "Clouds on the Horizon", Odalia brags to Kikimora that her Abomatron has "700 [[labelnote:snorsepower]]horsepower[[/labelnote]]". A snorse, of course, being a snake-horse. |
| 963 | * ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'', the AnimatedSeries: "Over my [[labelnote:chomped]] dead[[/labelnote]] body!'' |
| 964 | * On ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', according to Peanut in the song "The Ballad of Johnny Pompalope," folks on Lake Hoohaw say "You're the [[labelnote:pompalope]]apple[[/labelnote]] of my eye" and "A pompalope a day keeps the doctor away." |
| 965 | * In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbStarWars'', a Rebel technician says "Never look a gift [[labelnote:tauntaun]]horse[[/labelnote]] in the [[labelnote:oral cavity]]mouth[[/labelnote]]." |
| 966 | * ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'' uses this a few times. |
| 967 | ** "Rebound" gives us Squirt's line "You scratch my [[labelnote:belly]]back[[/labelnote]], I scratch yours." |
| 968 | ** In "[=McLeish=] Unleashed", Lucky's reaction to [[PoundsAreAnimalPrisons the changes]] [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Milton Feltwattle]] makes to Shelter 17 is "Oh my [[labelnote:Dog]]God[[/labelnote]], he ''is'' serious!" |
| 969 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': |
| 970 | ** "It's nice to have things back to [[labelnote:abnormal]]normal[[/labelnote]] again." |
| 971 | ** "No more Mr. Nice [[labelnote:Ghost]]Guy[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 972 | ** "Conquering these puny Earthlings will be a piece of [[labelnote:graphite]]cake[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 973 | ** "I don't think there's a little [[labelnote:ghosts']]boys'[[/labelnote]] room in the woods." |
| 974 | * ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' used computer jargon: |
| 975 | ** "Me and good old Frisket just kicked Megabyte's [[labelnote:bitmap]]butt[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 976 | ** "If you ask me, they're just covering their [[labelnote:[=ASCIIs=]]]asses[[/labelnote]]." |
| 977 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Rubbadubbers}}'' |
| 978 | -->'''Tubb''': Easy peasy [[labelnote:shampoo]]lemon[[/labelnote]] squeezy! |
| 979 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': |
| 980 | ** In "Opposites Attract", Lil says, "Looks like somebody's got their [[labelnote:diapies]]panties[[/labelnote]] in a bunch." |
| 981 | ** Angelica once says, "[[labelnote:Roll]]Rome[[/labelnote]] wasn't built in [[labelnote:an egg]]a day[[/labelnote]]" |
| 982 | ** "Do you swear to tell [[labelnote:Ruth]]the truth[[/labelnote]], the whole [[labelnote:Ruth]]truth[[/labelnote]], and nothing but [[labelnote:Ruth]]the truth[[/labelnote]] so help you [[labelnote:Bob]]God[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 983 | ** "As [[labelnote:Bob]]God[[/labelnote]] is my [[labelnote:witless]]witness[[/labelnote]]" |
| 984 | ** "When life hands you a lemon, make [[labelnote:applesauce]]lemonade[[/labelnote]]" |
| 985 | ** "Yo ho ho and a bottle of [[labelnote:yum]]rum[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 986 | * In "One Grain of Sand" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shelldon}}'', Connie and her friend imagine if the roles were reversed in a beauty contest and the guys were the ones being judged on their looks. Connie comments that it's "not so funny when the[[labelnote:horseshoe crab]] shoe[[/labelnote]] is on the other foot." |
| 987 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': "Lisa The Vegetarian" ends with Homer offering Lisa a [[labelnote:veggie-back]]piggy-back[[/labelnote]] ride home after accepting her decision to turn vegetarian. |
| 988 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has these in the "Go God Go" episodes, in the atheistic future, things like "Oh my [[labelnote:science]]God[[/labelnote]]!" and "What in [[labelnote:science's]]God's[[/labelnote]] name?". |
| 989 | * ''WesternAnimation/SplashAndBubbles'': |
| 990 | ** "Leave only your [[labelnote:finprints]]footprints[[/labelnote]] behind!" |
| 991 | ** "What in the [[labelnote:big blue ocean]]world[[/labelnote]] just happened?!" |
| 992 | ** "I thought we were playing ''surprise'' fish, not [[labelnote:scare-the-gills-off-of-me]]scare the crap/shit out of me[[/labelnote]] fish!" |
| 993 | ** "I can't put my [[labelnote:fin]]finger[[/labelnote]] on it." |
| 994 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': |
| 995 | ** In the episode "The [[labelnote:Algae's]]Grass's[[/labelnote]] Always Greener": "A rolling stone gathers no [[labelnote:Algae!]] moss![[/labelnote]]" |
| 996 | ** "What was first? The [[labelnote:oyster]]chicken[[/labelnote]] or the [[labelnote:pearl]]egg[[/labelnote]]?" |
| 997 | ** "That [[labelnote:trilobite]] dinosaur/troglodite[[/labelnote]] didn't know an oboe from an elbow!" |
| 998 | ** "Curiosity [[labelnote:assaulted the snail]] killed the cat[[/labelnote]]!" |
| 999 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': |
| 1000 | ** In "Dooku Captured", Weequay pirates offer Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker drinks, and Obi-Wan tells them: "Nothing too strong. He’s (Anakin) [[labelnote:flying]]driving[[/labelnote]]." |
| 1001 | ** In "Mystery of a Thousand Moons", Obi-Wan tells Anakin: "There’s more than one way to skin a [[labelnote:womp rat]]cat[[/labelnote]]." |
| 1002 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In “Always Two There Are”, Ezra tells an Inquisitor “You’re like a broken [[labelnote:protocol droid]]record[[/labelnote]]” while being interrogated. |
| 1003 | * ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'': "That's the way the [[labelnote:meatball bounces.]] cookie crumbles.[[/labelnote]]" |
| 1004 | * Most adaptations of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' have the turtles use the word "shell" where a swear word would usually be: "What the [[labelnote:shell]]hell[[/labelnote]] are these things?" The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 series]] did this fairly often. |
| 1005 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' does this a lot, replacing certain lines in stock phrases with robotic related terms, especially when talking about body-parts. Notably, many Cybertronians use the word "slag" in place of curse words. |
| 1006 | %% * The main character in ''WesternAnimation/WidgetTheWorldWatcher'' likes to replace words of common sayings by something space-based. |
| 1007 | * On ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'', ghouls and goblins tell each other [[labelnote:hold your zombie horses]]hold your horses[[/labelnote]]. They also wish each other [[labelnote:nasty dreams]]sweet dreams[[/labelnote]]. |
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| 1010 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 1011 | * There was a story in ''Magazine/ReadersDigest'' about a student of medieval history who explained she was far too busy to do something by saying "I've just got too much on my [[labelnote:trencher]] plate[[/labelnote]]." |
| 1012 | * Some foreign proverbs translated into your language (which have an equivalent) can look like this. For instance, the English proverb "The grass is always greener on the other side" becomes "The cherries in your neighbor's garden are always sweeter" in German. (''Die Kirschen in Nachbars Garten schmecken immer süßer.'') Wiktionary has [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_grass_is_always_greener_on_the_other_side a list of this proverb in a variety of languages]]. |
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