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6->''"Dearly beloved. Gems. Humans. Lions big and small. Living gourds. Onion."''
7-->-- '''Steven''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited Reunited]]"
8
9Possibly coined by Creator/MiltonBerle, this is a variation on the respectful greeting "Ladies and Gentlemen" with which a speaker or performer traditionally addresses their audience from the stage. Usually takes one of the following forms:
10
11# "Ladies and X", where X is usually some corruption of "gentlemen".
12** A little less commonly, "X and gentlemen".
13# [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg "Ladies, gentlemen, and X".]]
14# "X and Y", if the writers are clever enough, with plays on "ladies" and "gentlemen" respectively.
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16Although the phrase is often purely PlayedForLaughs, it also sees more genuine use when the greeter wishes to acknowledge any non-binary gender dynamic.
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18Generally not used as an insult against X — but compare gender-based versions of MyFriendsAndZoidberg.
19
20----
21!!Examples:
22[[foldercontrol]]
23[[folder:Advertising]]
24* An ad for the educative software ''Microsoft Dinosaurs'' opens with "Ladies and theropods!"
25[[/folder]]
26
27[[folder:Anime]]
28* ''Anime/SDGundamForce'': Each Zako Zako Hour opens with, "Ladies and [[MechaMooks gentlebots!"]]
29* The English dub of ''Anime/SK8TheInfinity'' has [[BigBad Adam]] refer to his audience in Episode 8 as "bitches, bros, and nonbinary hoes".
30[[/folder]]
31
32[[folder:Asian Animation]]
33* In ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'', the characters in focus are bakery foods like bread and pastries. In "Lonely Tart", the host of ShowWithinAShow ''Master Patissier'' refers to everyone as "Ladies and gentlebreads!"
34* In one version of ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'''s English theme song, Dhokla's verse is preceded by Samosa saying "Ladies and gentlesnacks! Meet my sweetest friend, Dhoklu!" (The show takes place in a town populated by AnthropomorphicFood, hence "gentlesnacks".)
35[[/folder]]
36
37[[folder:Comedy]]
38* More than one sketch comedy troupe: Ladies and gentlemen, mesdames et messieurs, bozos and bozettes…
39* From the highly esteemed [[http://www.thegoonshow.net Goon Show]]: "My Lords, Ladies, and other National Assistance holders..."
40* Eddie Izzard often addresses her audience as "Ladies and Jellyspoons..."
41* Hosting the 2006 Oscars, Jon Stewart said, "Good evening ladies, gentlemen... [[Film/{{Transamerica}} Felicity]]."
42* Creator/RowanAtkinson starts a stage skit as a tipsy father giving a speech at a wedding with "Ladies, gentlemen, friends of my daughter."
43[[/folder]]
44
45[[folder:Comic Books]]
46* ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra''. While holding an auction for the Rur Crystal, Aphra greets the gathering of academics, collectors and organised crime thugs thus:
47-->"Ladies, Gentlemen, Droids, Ruffians, Intellectuals and...[[OnlyInItForTheMoney most of all, Rich People...]]"
48* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'': In the title's second Annual, ComicBook/TheJoker, after several failed efforts to kill members of the League, addresses the team from a trashed tank: "Y'know, ladies and germs, I have my foot on the self destruct switch even as we speak, and it would be just like me to use it..."
49
50[[/folder]]
51
52[[folder:Comic Strips]]
53* A ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' strip features a grade-school math teacher (who may or may not be drunk) addressing his class as "ladles and gentlemints" before embarking on a lesson about fractions, which is simply a thinly-disguised rant about his low pay.
54* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1981/04/20 once]] greeted his audience as "Ladies and Germs" while on the fence for a show.
55[[/folder]]
56
57[[folder:Fanfiction]]
58* ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10836553/1/Harry-Five-0 Harry Five-0,]]'' a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' / ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' crossover has "Ladies and gentlemen… and Danny," in chapter 26.
59* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': Vix-Lei's [[spoiler:illusion]] sequence in chapter 45 has her announcer welcoming the crowd with "Fillies and gentlecolts, griffons and griffettes, dogs, dragons, my lords and lady minotaurs, and every other species represented here,".
60* When the author is introducing episode 35 of ''FanFic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy'': "Ladies, gentlemen, and Ryanasaurus...", referring to the author of ''Fanfic/PrettyCureHeavyMetal'', which is set in the same universe.
61* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': In chapter 5 of the second sequel, ''Diplomacy Through Schooling'', during the ceremony [[spoiler: when she transfers the mantle of the Nightmare to Pharynx]], Luna greets the attendees with "Fillies, gentlecolts... Discord." Luckily, he doesn't take offense and just tips his (previously non-existent) hat to her.
62* At the SchoolPlay in ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook'', [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Varric]] greets the audience as "Ladies and gentlepersons."
63[[/folder]]
64
65[[folder:Film — Animated]]
66* The white rabbit from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'': "Your Majesty; members of the jury; loyal subjects; ''[dismissively]'' [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the King]]..."
67* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'':
68-->'''Slim:''' Ladies and gentlebugs! Larvae of all stages!
69* ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'':
70-->'''Mater''': Ladies aaaand gentlecars!
71* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'', Bigweld starts his speech with "Ladies and gentlebots".
72* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanHush''. Harley Quinn when interrupting an opera performance to rob the audience.
73-->"Ladies and jerks, there's been a slight change to tonight's program!"
74[[/folder]]
75
76[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
77* ''Film/FlyingDownToRio'':
78-->'''Fred:''' [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg "Boys, girls, and you too, Honey."]]
79* The Creator/MarxBrothers did this a few times:
80** In ''Film/HorseFeathers'', Groucho begins a speech with: "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Members of the faculty and faculty members, students of Huxley and Huxley students.]] I guess that covers everything."
81** In ''A Night at the Opera'', Groucho begins his speech to the opera attendees thus: "Ladies and gentlemen... I guess that takes in most of you."
82* In the trailer for ''Film/IronMan3'', the Mandarin introduces himself with the derisive greeting, "Ladies, children, sheep..."
83* ''Film/KinkyBoots'' has "Ladies, Gentlemen, and [[RecursiveCrossdressing those of you who've yet to make up your minds]]" as the traditional greeting in [[GayBar the club.]]
84* ''Film/AKnightsTale'': "My Lords, my Ladies... And everybody else here '''not sitting on a cushion'''!"
85* Appears in ''Muppet [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Wizard of Oz]]'' as "Ladies and gentlemen... and unisex penguins."
86* ''Film/OmShantiOm'':
87-->'''Om:''' Ladies, gentlemen... babes...
88%%* Played straight in the SWAT team scene in ''Film/{{Se7en}}''.
89* ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', before his musical number, Data addresses the audience as "Ladies and gentlemen... and invited transgendered species".
90* Parodied in ''Film/WalkHardTheDeweyCoxStory'': Before Dewey Cox's band plays a Buddy Holly-esque song, the MC at the high school talent show uses the "ladies and germs" line on the audience. For some unexplained reason, the entire crowd finds it much more humorous than one could expect they would.
91* In ''Film/TheWizard'', the Video Armageddon[[note]]The name of the video game tournament to which Corey and Haley take Jimmy[[/note]] host does this just before announcing that the finals will have [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 a "new game" that no one has played before]].[[note]]In America. It had been available in Japan for over a year by this point.[[/note]]
92-->"Well, ladies, gentlemen, children, siblings, '''''animals'''''..."
93* ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' InSpace movie ''Film/{{Legion|1998}}'' has the "ladies and gentlemen" line being delivered straight (as in TheFuture there are {{Action Girl}}s) by the commanding officer, only for a BoxedCrook to find this ActuallyPrettyFunny as "No-one's ever called me a gentleman before." The commander then addresses them as "scum", which is clearly his real opinion.
94[[/folder]]
95
96[[folder:Literature]]
97* Creator/SpiderRobinson, in many ''Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon'' stories: "Genties and ladlemen".
98* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'': At Hallowe'en, Dumbledore greets the school with "Good evening, ladies, gentlemen, ghosts, and particularly, guests".
99* In Creator/EricFrankRussell's anthology ''Literature/MenMartiansAndMachines'', chronicling the adventures of the crew of the spaceship Upskadaska City, the Martian members of the crew start speeches to the (all-male) crew with "gentlemen and adults." Since the Martians are male too, this is not a gender distinction but a piece of Martian snark.
100* In ''Screwtape Proposes a Toast'' by Creator/CSLewis, the titular toast is introduced by Screwtape with the words, "Mr Principal, your Imminence, your Disgraces, my Thorns, Shadies and Gentledevils..."
101* In ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', it seems like the standard form is "ladies and gentlebeings".
102* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': In ''Literature/DiplomaticImmunity'', Miles opens with "Ladies, Gentlemen, Honourable Herm", which is an accurate form of address for the genders present.
103* In ''Keep Out, Claudia!'' in ''Literature/TheBabysittersClub'', sitting charge Jackie Rodowsky welcomes the audience to an outdoor concert with "Good afternoon, Lysol and germs."
104[[/folder]]
105
106[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
107* In one episode of ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'', [[NonIronicClown Loonette]] took on the role of a circus ringmaster and said, "Ladies and jellybeans! Boys and gorillas!"
108* An episode of ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' used "ladies and germs" during an episode on... well... germs.
109* The ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Homecoming" has "Ladies, gentlemen, spiny-headed looking creatures..."
110* The ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' episode "Germ Welfare" has a scene with a germ greeting other germs with "Ladies and gentlemen..." after which they all laugh and then the germ says, "just kidding. I mean ladies and germs..."
111* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
112** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld "The End of the World"]]: "Ladies and gentlemen and [[PlantPerson trees]] and multiforms..."
113** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]]: "Ladies, gentlemen, multi-sex, undecided or robot..."
114** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]]: "Ladies and gentlemen, and variations thereupon..." Used twice, the second time with rather more strain than the first.
115* In the 2001 ''Series/{{Dune}}'' miniseries, Paul gets a little drunk and takes the piss out of the Harkonnens by pretending to make a speech as the Baron.
116-->'''Paul:''' Gentleman and ladies! I use the terms loosely.
117* At Phoebe's wedding in ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey begins the ceremony by saying "Friends, family, dog."
118* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': In "Big Brother", Sue Sylvester addresses the club with "Ladies and gays..."
119* An scene of ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' shows Freddie walking into the room, saying, "Hello ladies. Or should I say lady and Sam."[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke Sam is a girl.]][[/note]]
120* ''Series/TheGoodies Rule -- OK?''. A million police officers are brought in for crowd control for a public performance by The Goodies, and to ensure there's no trouble whatsoever the police [[RuleOfFunny stop anyone else from entering the stadium]].
121-->"Gentlemen, Constables, Sergeants, Special Branch, Superintendents, Inspectors, Deputy Controllers, rozzers, plods, fuzz, et cetera et cetera...here they are...THE GOODIES!"
122* Hawkeye would use the TropeNamer "Ladies and germs" on at least one early ''Series/{{Mash}}'' episode.
123** Also, in the episode where Colonel Blake appointed Hawkeye chief surgeon, Hawkeye began his acceptance speech, "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen...and anyone in-between."
124** On at least one occasion, the snooty Major Winchester greets Hawkeye, BJ, and Radar with, "Gentlemen... and Corporal."
125* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' has a PompousWindbag starts a speech at a funeral addressing the ladies, gentlemen, honorable members... and not-so-honorable members, the last one directed at some politician who brought his mistress along.
126* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''; during the Confuse-a-Cat sketch, at one point a Long John Silver impersonator announces, "My lords, ladies, and Gedderbong."
127* Henrietta Hippo uses the TropeNamer "Ladies and germs..." as part of her [[StylisticSuck pathetic]] comedy act in an episode of ''Series/NewZooRevue''.
128* In one episode of ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'', Bridge and Boom introduce the updated version of [[RobotDog RIC]] to "ladies, gentlemen, [and] assorted extra-terrestrials."
129* ''Series/{{Quark}}''. [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Dr Otto Palindrome]] is introduced doing this trope, which becomes an OverlyLongGag when a RevealShot shows he's addressing a roomful of aliens.
130-->"I want to thank you all... ladies, gentlemen, humanoids, multiforms, polomorphopods, genunites, tun-guans, transtodulites."
131* In one episode of ''Series/RedDwarf'', Lister begins a toast with "Gentlemen, and [[GoodOldRobot skutters]]." In his defense, there are no women on board... and technically only one man. The other characters are a cat, a hologram and an ArtificialIntelligence.
132* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Odo once had to get the attention of everyone on the promenade with, "ladies and gentlemen." After a pause when he realized he still didn't have Morn's attention, he added, "and androgynous species."
133** Although, it's worth noting that Morn has been addressed with masculine pronouns at any other given point in the series. Since he was the only Lurian we saw in ''[=DS9=]'' and the only named one to date in the entire ''Star Trek'' franchise, it could just be how his species prefers to be addressed.
134* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "Spirit Folk", the Emergency Medical Hologram is playing an Irish priest in a holodeck program, and gets some funny looks from his congregation when he talks of "man or woman, husband and wife, [[ProjectedMan photons and forcefields]]..."
135* ''Series/Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip'' has "ladies and germs" as an added note of sarcasm and incredulity when Matt Albie remembers to his ex-girlfriend ([[AsYouKnow and the audience]]) that she doesn't have the right to question who he is dating because she broke with him, ''and she did it by e-mail''.
136* On ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'', we get "Ladies and Quentilmen" from London. It wasn't said with any mean subtext, she's just that dumb.
137* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': Everyone's favourite storytelling zombie has this gem:
138-->'''Crypt Keeper:''' Welcome, boils and ghouls!
139* On ''Series/{{Tattletales}},'' whenever Dick Gautier was on the panel and the question was directed towards the husbands, Bert Convy would preface it with "Men... and you too, Dick..."
140* In an episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace'', Karen is making a grand entrance at a gay rights rally, and announces, "Ladies, Gentlemen, and undecided."
141* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'': On at least one occasion, Venus Flytrap addressed his co-workers and/or listeners as "Dudes and Dudettes."
142[[/folder]]
143
144[[folder:Music]]
145* Music/EmilieAutumn addresses her audience as "Ladies, gentlemen, and all those undecided or in-between".
146* From Music/BlueOysterCult's "Subhuman" (from ''Secret Treaties'' and part of the Imaginos MythArc):
147-->So ladies, fish, and gentlemen\
148Here's my angled dream\
149See me in my blue sky bag\
150And meet me by the sea
151* Music/{{Cher}} addresses her audience with "Ladies and gentlemen... and you flamboyant gentlemen."
152* From Music/DrDre's ''Music/TheChronic'' album: "What up, niggas and niggettes..."
153* A live recording of ''Finnegan's Wake'' by Music/TheDubliners begins with Ronnie Drew addressing "The Lord Mayor, Your Excellencies, ladies, gentlemen... and fellow peasants".
154* "Business", from Music/{{Eminem}}'s album ''Music/TheEminemShow'', begins with him saying to listeners, "Bitches and gentlemen..."
155* Music/MeatLoaf addresses his audience with "Ladies and gentlemen...brothers and sisters...." while doing his impression of a Southern Baptist minister.
156* The immortal Creator/AnnaRussell began her "Introduction to the Concert (By the Women's Club President)" with, "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen ... and others. — I'm sorry, of course I know all our members are ladies and gentlemen. What I meant to say was, some of you have brought ''friends."''
157* Rapper Music/SlickRick begins his song "Mona Lisa" on ''Music/TheGreatAdventuresOfSlickRick'' with the introduction "Ladies, gentlemen... and lowlifes."
158* "Drip Fed Fred" by Music/{{Madness|Band}} begins with "Gentlemen, assassins, and ladies of the night..."
159* [[https://www.youtube.com/c/PlanetBooty/videos Planet Booty]] frequently address their audiences at live shows with "Ladies, Gentlemen, and ''everyone'' in between!"
160[[/folder]]
161
162[[folder:Oral Tradition]]
163* A famous rhyme/faux speech begins with the words "Ladles and Jellyspoons". Past that there are many versions, but it always begins with those words.
164* The 'One Fine Day' rhyme sometimes starts with 'Ladies and gentlemen/hobos and tramps/cross eyed mosquitoes/and bowlegged ants...’
165[[/folder]]
166
167[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
168* The Harry Belafonte episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' begins with Kermit reading a typo-ridden script written by Fozzie that says, "Lagies and genglefens."
169* In ''Series/TobyTerrierAndHisVideoPals''' theme song, before the song starts, Don Dane addresses the viewers as "Ladies and Dobermanns!"
170[[/folder]]
171
172[[folder:Radio]]
173* From an episode of ''Radio/TheBurkissWay'':
174-->"Your majesty, your most royal highness, your grace, your excellency, your worships, my lords, ladies and gentlemen... tables, chairs, napkins and cruets... curtains, cutlery... things in the soup... gravy on the tablecloths... stars on Sunday, raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings, these are a few of my favourite things..."
175* Among the many nonsense expressions of ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' was Seagoon's address, "Ladies and Gintlepong..."
176** One episode has Bloodnok start a speech "Ladies, gentlemen [[ValuesDissonance and wogs]]..." This line, and some similar later ones, are omitted from repeats on [=BBC7=].
177* From an episode of ''Hello Cheeky'':
178-->"Ladies and gentlemen...and Gladys Suavely..."
179** They also had this:
180-->"My lords, my ladies, my dukes, my duchesses, my earls, your most royal highnesses, ladies and gentlemen...the building is on fire."
181* When he was on the Rick Dees show, Music/MeatLoaf introduced the number one song with "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, cats and dogs, turtles and gerbils..."
182[[/folder]]
183
184[[folder:Theatre]]
185* In ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', the Emcee (when played by Alan Cumming, that is) doesn't change the wording, but makes his feelings clear whenever he says "Ladies!... and gentlemen."
186* In ''Theatre/KinkyBoots'', Lola addresses "Ladies and gentlemen and those who have yet to make up their minds..."
187[[/folder]]
188
189[[folder:Video Games]]
190* ''VideoGame/AnarchyOnline'' has "Ladies, gentlemen and Atroxes", the latter being described as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicene epicene]].
191* A very appropriate variation from [[GoldfishPoopGang Gilgamesh]] in the Game Boy Advance version of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'': "Now we fight like men! And ladies! And [[SweetPollyOliver ladies who dress like men]]!"
192* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'': During the party for his bar's opening, Rex addresses the crowd as "Ladies, gentlemen, and those who defy classification," with the latter being said while winking in his non-binary BestFriend's direction.
193* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'': Captain Qwark addresses the Q-Force: "Ladies and gentlemen... oh, and Helga." This evidently pleased [[RobotGirl Helga]].
194* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'': When [[WolfMan Lord Heisenberg]] is getting ready to run you through a gauntlet, he starts his speech to the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lycan]] crowd watching by saying, "Lycans and gentlemen!"
195* Every fight in ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' opens with the announcer saying "Ladies and Gentlemen!", as the words appear onscreen. A question mark briefly appears next to "Gentlemen", a reference to the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast distinct lack of playable male characters.]][[labelnote:note]]Until the addition of Big Band and Beowulf to the roster, that is.[[/labelnote]]
196* The hosts of {{Creator/Nitrome}}'s game ''VideoGame/SkywireVIP'' start their excessively long introduction with "Ladies and gentlemen... boys and girls... cats and dogs... and everybody else!"
197* In ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'': [[GentlemanThief Sly]] needs to distract a group of mercenaries being hired by his LoveInterest [[InspectorJavert Carmelita Fox]]. So he runs into the room and says: "Attention assorted meatheads! And Lady... Anyone feel like some exercise?"
198* Mettaton of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' opens his news report with "Beauties and Gentlebeauties".
199[[/folder]]
200
201[[folder:Webcomics]]
202* Axel from ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'' gives this gem: "Ladies, Gentleman, Marluxia of the jury..."
203* ''WebComic/BrunoTheBandit'' [[http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/19990105.html shows us]] how complicated this can be in a fantasy world. (The wizard eventually gets sent to multicultural sensitivity training.)
204* Amical from ''[[{{Webcomic/morphe}} morphE]]'' addresses his audience in the awakening party as [[http://morphe.thewebcomic.com/comics/1705913/page-35-fans-in-high-places/ "Ladies, Gentlemen and everything adorably in-between."]]
205* ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'': Christian Weston Chandler's [[BoldInflation FUTURE MESSAGE]], according to the introduction, is intended for "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and dudes of all teenages."
206* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': When Keene [[spoiler:announces his retirement]] he delivers a particularly [[https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2018/04/20/speech-impediment-2/ long version]] of this trope.
207-->'''Keene:''' Friends. Citizens. Non-citizens. Dogs. Cats. Miscellaneous. [[spoiler:Manifestations of the dead.]] Possible Demigods. Bitter Enemies. Pets who showed up just for the food. That weird-looking hobo in the corner. Representatives from the zoo. That one camel in the back who only speaks Arabic. And the esteemed officers of the local police department, most if not all of who were already aforementioned under the dog category--
208-->'''Crowd:''' Get on with it!
209
210[[/folder]]
211
212[[folder:Web Original]]
213* Arkada, formerly of ''Website/DesuDesBrigade'' and currently of ''Podcast/{{Podtaku}},'' is fond of "Ladies, gentlemen, and others...".
214* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Linkara likes to open with "Ladies and gentlemen and others, welcome... to [[TitleDrop Atop The Fourth Wall.]]"
215* ''WebVideo/ContraPoints'': Whenever Lady Foppington is about to begin a monologue, she will often preface it with 'Lords, Ladies, Those that lieth betwixt...'
216* WebVideo/ExoParadigmGamer begins his videos with, "Greetings, [[{{Spoonerism}} gentles and ladiesmen]]."
217* On ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "pizzaz" had Strong Bad addressing an audience on a ShowWithinAShow with "Good evening, mostly people."
218* In the ''WebVideo/JakeAndAmir'' episode "Girlfriend", Amir says "look who decided to show up, ladies and Germanies!"
219* WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}: Wilford Warfstache uses 'Ladies, Gentlemen and other configurations of being' ([[spoiler:like Dark]]).
220* The Selectives Lore podcast always begins with "Ladies and gentlemen, and variations thereof..."
221* ''WebVideo/{{Sanders Sides}}'': Thomas ends each video with "Take it easy, guys, gals, and nonbinary pals!"
222** [[LargeHam Roman]] started his [[InsistentTerminology aggressive bout of beat poetry]] with "Ladies, Lords, and nonbinary royalty!"
223* Cecil of ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' once addressed his listeners as "Ladies and gentlemen and those of you not clearly falling into either category..."
224** The second-anniversary special opens simply with "Listeners of every kind..."
225* ''WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}}'' will occasionally refer to his audience as "Lumpies and Germs."
226* The ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'' episode discussing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFyJGXicgPY the myth of Amaterasu]] has the goddess [[LifeOfTheParty Ame-no-Uzume]] address her audience as such:
227-->''"Ladies! Gentlemen! Those of us whose gender fluctuates from myth to myth!"''
228* ''WebVideo/AHeistWithMarkiplier'', as well as other projects made by WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}, feature the character Wilford M. Warfstache, a deranged, murderous talk show host who opens all his shows with "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and all other configurations of being!" This could simply be a randomly chosen catchphrase, or it could be a nod to Darkiplier, another character in the same universe who's technically [[SharingABody neither male nor female,]] or even [[HumanoidAbomination entirely human]].
229* Creator/BDylanHollis usually makes short and hilarious Tik Toks about cooking vintage recipes; but for some of his more popular creations, he also creates lengthy serious videos on Website/YouTube where he goes more in-depth about details of the foods. He welcomes viewers to each of these longer videos by greeting them as "Gentles and ladymen."
230* WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun starts every episode of [[WebVideo/LoadingReadyRunStreams LoadingReadyLive]], after the cold open, with "From near and far; young and old; people of every shape, ability and gender; welcome to [=LoadingReadyLive=]" or the occasional variant.
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233[[folder:Western Animation]]
234* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'':
235** "Ladies and gentlemen... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Cindy]]."
236** Jimmy later uses this in a flattering way during his magic show for Betty Quinlan: "Lady and gentleman ... and Betty!"
237** "Lady and gentleman ... Mom and Dad!"
238* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' used a couple. The Queen's announcer in "Shootout" opened with ''"Ladies, aliens, and mutants!"''
239* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', we have [[TheOneGuy Francine's dad]] saying to the rest of his family: "Ladies and, uh... ladies."
240* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'': In “The Dinner Theater”, Mung appears to have [[MediumAwareness done this on purpose]] [[ItAmusedMe just to get a reaction from]] [[TheRival Ms. Endive]]:
241-->'''Mung:''' Ladies and gentlemen! And Endive!\
242'''Ms. Endive''': *growls*
243** Mung then starts laughing uproariously for a good ten seconds before moving on.
244* ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'': Chicken is in prison and [[strike:The Devil]] the Red Guy, who is the warden, enters. The entire group of convicts are men. So Red goes: "'''Laaaaaaddddddiiiiiieeeeeeees!!!!!!!'''... and gentlemen".
245** Another instance in ''Cow and Chicken'' is when Cow wrote the school play "The Ugliest Weenie". They greeted the audience with "Ladies and Germans".
246** In the Mexican dub, Red Guy would often address people as "Damas y caballos" (Ladies and horses) instead of "Damas y caballeros".
247* The referee in the WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck cartoon ''To Duck or Not to Duck'' opens the boxing match between Daffy and Elmer with "Ladies and gentleducks..."
248* In ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'', characters usually address groups as "dinosaurs and pterosaurs" (occasionally with other categories of animals added), and King ''Cryolophosaurus'' addresses his audience as "carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores" in "Troodon Train Day".
249* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Eddy normally started out scams like this.
250* Used in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
251--> '''Timmy:''' Ladies...and Timmy Turner's Dad!
252** It should be noted that Timmy's Dad was the only male in the audience at the time, and [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep he'd been going by the nickname "Dad" since age 10.]]
253* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "Hiccy Burp", Wilt serves as the MC for the big talent show, but suffers an attack of stage fright. After fumbling his introductory monologue several times, he tried to start again. Unfortunately, his note cards had become so soaked with flop-sweat that it came out as "Lardies and gestlemen" before he got dragged offstage by a VaudevilleHook. Madame Foster then quipped that he still did better than [[NoodleIncident last year]].
254* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'':
255** A wrestling announcer says "Ladies, gentlemen and smizmars..." We don't find out what a smizmar is for a few more seasons.
256** Hedonismbot: "Courtesans and gentlefops..."
257** Speaking of Zoidberg, he actually Lampshaded this while doing open mic night in "A Clone of My Own": "Good evening, ladies and germs. ''[[[http://www.instantrimshot.com/ Rimshot]]]'' That wasn't a joke. I was talking to [[MegaMicrobes Dean Streptococcus]]."
258* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Weirdmageddon 2: Escape from Reality", Bill Cipher addresses a group of fellow monsters with "Ladies, gentlemen, that creature with like eighty-seven different faces..."
259-->'''Creature:''' "''Eighty-eight'' different faces!"
260* ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'': One episode has Mike the microphone introducing Mickey by saying "WesternAnimation/{{Lady|AndTheTramp}}s and [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 jungle man]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} toys]] and [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty squirrels]]..."
261* ''WesternAnimation/JellyJamm'': In "Radio Goomo", Bello, when he does his magic act for the first time, greets the (non-existant save for Goomo) audience with "Ladies and jellymen!"
262* In the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "That's What She Said", Hank considers a lawsuit against a new co-worker's boss-approved juvenile language and pranks:
263-->'''Ms. Borginnis:''' "Sexual harassment" is an umbrella term. It doesn't just cover women, but also men. And transgender individuals.\
264'''Hank:''' *groans*
265* Visually taken literally in the Bakshi ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' cartoon "Bat With A Golden Tongue". Trophy thief Ski Nose (a caricature of Bob Hope), about to disrupt a ceremony by stealing another trophy, greets the audience as ladies and germs. The tables are populated by ladies and germs.
266* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "Fillies and gentlecolts" is commonly used to address a crowd.
267* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "Squidina's Little Helper", Patrick addresses his viewers with "babies and gentlemen..." We then see that his audience consists of babies and fancy-looking fish, one of whom marvels, "That's us!"
268* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': "Friends, [[TheBully bullies]], [[LoonyFan Irving]]..."
269* ''WesternAnimation/RosiesRules'':
270** From "Chef Rosie": "Ladies and gentlemen, and all the other kinds of people in this family."
271** From "The Cake-Off": "Ladies and gentle-bakers."
272* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMusicOfTheVampire'': Bram of the Fangenschanz acting troupe welcomes the audience with "Ladies and gentle-mortals!"
273* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
274** Shows up at least once at an event called "[[Series/BattleBots Robot Rumble]]".
275---> '''Announcer''': Ladies and gentlemen- ah who am I kidding, just gentlemen.
276** In another episode, Bart introduces himself at a contest by saying "Ladles and jelly spoons!"
277** In the Treehouse of Horror sequence "The Island of Doctor Hibert," Homer addresses the animal/human hybrids as "manimals" and "invertibroads."
278* "Ladies and Gentlesnorks" is used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks''.
279* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
280** The line "Ladies and Jellyfish" is used on a few occasions.
281** Spongebob actually uses the term “ladies and germs” in the episode “As Seen On TV”.
282* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': In [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E8ThePlatformClassic "The Platform Classic"]], Aunt Z opens up bets on the titular race with "Ladies and gentaliens".
283* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]], Steven does this at [[spoiler:Ruby and Sapphire's wedding]].
284-->'''Steven:''' Dearly beloved. Gems. Humans. Lions big and small. Living gourds. [[AmbiguouslyHuman Onion.]]
285* The 1980s opening: "Boys and girls, moms and dads, brothers and sisters, cats and dogs, welcome to the world of ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake''!"
286* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Cyborg does this just before revealing his hand-built T-Car to the rest of the team:
287-->'''Cyborg:''' Ladies and gentlemen, and whatever Beast Boy is...[[labelnote:note]]Beast Boy is transformed into an obscure animal to provide the drumroll.[[/labelnote]]\
288'''Beast Boy:''' ''(stops drum roll)'' Hey! Do you want your drum roll or not?!
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291[[folder:Real Life]]
292* The former German federal president Heinrich Lübke, an acknowledged and frequently parodied poor public speaker, is often reported to have begun a speech with "Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Negroes" while on a state visit to Africa. (Despite his track record, however, this particular quote appears to be an UrbanLegend lacking actual verification.)
293* The current king of Sweden pulled one of these off giving a public speech a few years ago.
294--> "Distinguished foreign guests, Mr Speaker, Members of the Riksdag, Mr Minister of State, Chairman of the County Council.[Beat]Dear citizens of Örebro."
295** He was giving the speech in Arboga.
296* Reversal: the traditional start of some auto races, especially the Indianapolis 500, is 'Gentlemen, start your engines!'. Then the women started showing up, and a few wondered how to adapt. (A valid question, since for years there was only one woman driver at a time.) The eventual solution for those years was the somewhat awkward 'Lady and gentlemen, start your engines!' Now, however, the larger pool of woman drivers allows for 'Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!'.
297** NASCAR, by contrast, just uses "Drivers, start your engines!" now.
298* The Disney theme parks always opened announcements with, "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls!" Others have taken that up as homage or parody. At Disneyland, [[http://www.billrogers.la/resume Bill Rogers]] provides this booming voice.
299* In England, the proper way to greet a crowd is "Ladies, gentlemen, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and officers of the Royal Navy]]", due to a decree by Queen Victoria stating that officers of the Royal Navy are not considered gentlemen.
300* The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (and circuses in general) often have the ringmaster begin the show with, "Ladies and Gentlemen, Children of All Ages!"
301* Music/JohnLennon to the audience of the Royal Variety Show: "Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands. And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry..."
302** The tribute act The Bootleg Beatles topped this with Neil Harrison as Lennon saying "And the people in the ''really'' cheap seats, rustle your giros!" (girocheque = UK welfare payment)
303* There is some discussion about how "Ladies and Gentlemen" excludes those who consider themselves neither or both. Some suggest hosts say variations of those listed on this page, such as "guys, gals, and non-binary pals".
304* In Israel, the audience is nowadays usually referred to as ''kahal nikhbad'', ‘respected audience’.
305* In schools, assemblies, special events and guest talks sometimes begin with "Students and faculty" instead. If there's a high possibility of people who are neither, "members of the community" or "guests" is added as well.
306* German far-right political party [=AfD=], in opposing a bill which would legally recognize 60 genders, cast their vote in a speech which began, "Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Gays, Lesbians, Androgonous, Bi-genders..." and went on to list all 60 proposed genders, ending with "and, of course, a hearty welcome to all 'Other' genders."
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