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1	->''"My goodness, Demons running about the village at night, pillaging our homes -- is nothing sacred?"''
2	-->-- '''Pepin''', ''VideoGame/Diablo1997''
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4	Stock phrase when a character has heard of something that crosses a significant line of comfort for him. It may be something that he thought couldn't happen... or something he thought no one would be despicable enough to do. In any case, if a character says this, he has been shocked out of his comfort zone.
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6	Of course, it's [[PlayedForLaughs often used parodically]], when the "sacred" thing is of [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking relatively little consequence]]: "And the new boss has cancelled 'Casual Fridays'." "Is ''nothing'' sacred?!"
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8	It's also [[RulesOfTheInternet Rule 42 of the internet.]] That being: No. Nothing is.
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10	Compare ThereShouldBeALaw.
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13	!!Examples
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15	[[folder:Film]]
16	* ''Film/{{Saved}}''
17	-->'''Trudy Mason:''' Patrick has … just completed a world tour as part of the Christian Skateboarders Association.
18	-->'''Cassandra:''' Been hittin' the board for the Lord? God, is nothing sacred to you people?
19	* And of course, there is the Creator/CaroleLombard and Creator/FredricMarch BlackComedy / ScrewballComedy, ''Film/NothingSacred''.
20	* Zukovsky in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' has a variant, "Is nothing straight?", which he asks both on the corruption he has to deal with as a gangster in post-Soviet Russia and on seeing a crooked wall painting.
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22	[[folder:Jokes]]
23	* There's a tribe in Africa that worships the number zero. Is nothing sacred?
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25	[[folder:Literature]]
26	* Creator/LewisBlack's first book is a largely autobiographical work entitled ''Nothing's Sacred''.
27	* In Creator/SpiderRobinson's Callahan's story "Have You Heard The One....", this trope is played for laughs. An Intergalactic Travelling Salesman shows up in the bar on Tall Tales Night. When asked to show his wares, he pulls a hole in space-time out of his pocket. When he sees the reaction of the bar, he replies, "What? Is Nothing sacred?"
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29	[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
30	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode "Hero".
31	-->'''Clark Kent:''' I found the source of Pete's powers. Kryptonite-enhanced gum. I found a whole stockpile.
32	-->'''Chloe Sullivan:''' Chewing gum? Is nothing sacred anymore?
33	* ''Series/KnightRider'' (1980s) episode "The Nineteenth Hole". The town of Marberry is more exciting than they expected.
34	-->'''Michael Knight:''' A quiet peaceful retirement community? [snip] It seems to me, Marberry has changed its image, partner.
35	-->'''K.I.T.T.:''' None for the better if you ask me. Is nothing sacred? Isn't there anywhere safe from [[HypocriticalHumor fast cars]] and rock 'n roll?
36	* ''Series/CharliesAngels'' episode "Night of the Strangler"
37	-->'''Jill Munroe:''' Do you know when Trigger died, they stuffed him! [laughs] Is nothing sacred anymore?
38	* Sam the American Eagle says this in ''Film/AMuppetFamilyChristmas'' after seeing the Two-Headed Monster from ''Series/SesameStreet'' play SantaClaus in a skit.
39	* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "[[Recap/CSINYS04E01 Can You Hear Me Now?]]", Det. Mac Taylor is disgusted to learn that a couple were having sex on the Art/StatueOfLiberty's torch.
40	-->'''Mac:''' Is nothing sacred anymore?
41	* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'': During one of the Buzz Sherwood segments, a dejected Buzz, looking out over the lake, laments, "Isn't anything sacred, anymore?" Red ponders the question for about two seconds, then rather flippantly answers "Nope, I don't think so," eliciting a chuckle from the LaughTrack. This is before we even get the context of why Buzz is asking that in the first place; [[spoiler: he thinks]] his seaplane was stolen.
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43	[[folder:Music]]
44	* Music/BobDylan: "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"
45	-->Disillusioned words like bullets bark
46	-->As human gods aim for their mark
47	-->Make everything from toy guns that spark
48	-->To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
49	-->It’s easy to see without looking too far
50	-->That not much is really sacred
51	* Music/RobbieWilliams: "Candy"
52	-->Liberate your sons and daughters
53	-->The bush is high
54	-->But in the hole there's water
55	-->You can get some, when they give it
56	-->Nothing sacred, but it's a living
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58	[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
59	* There's a Creator/GahanWilson cartoon in which ornately robed monks are praying to an ornate but quite empty pedestal. A passerby utters the phrase in question.
60	* In a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip:
61	-->'''Jon:''' Garfield! You're using my toothbrush!
62	-->'''Garfield:''' Stick around. You can watch me floss.
63	-->'''Jon:''' Is nothing sacred?!
64	-->'''Garfield:''' Where's the mouthwash?
65	** Garfield utters the line when Jon buys an aluminum Christmas tree, which turns in an electric stand.
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67	[[folder:Video Games]]
68	* Pepin of ''VideoGame/Diablo1997'' says the above quote when you report to him that demons have stolen a sign from someone's home. He is disturbed by the idea that the demons from the labyrinth have become bold enough to have ventured through the village at night.
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