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6->''"Inconceivable!"''
7-->-- '''Vizzini''', ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
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9Something will come out that uses a slightly-less-than-common word in the dialog. It's a perfectly good word, but the fact that it's not in people's everyday vocabulary makes it stick out. This has two effects:
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11#The fans use it over and over again until everyone else is sick of hearing it.
12#The word becomes associated with the franchise itself, and people will commonly think of the franchise after hearing the word in conversation, similar to JustForFun/OneMarioLimit.
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14Very likely to become subject to MemeticMutation. The shortest type of [[IndexOfCatchphrases catchphrase]].
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16See also AuthorCatchPhrase. AuthorVocabularyCalendar may be the cause of this. Can be a form of TheTetrisEffect at work.
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18!!Examples:
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22[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
23* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' has [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Izzy's]] catchphrase, "Prodigious!"
24** Also "momentai" (Cantonese for "relax"/"take it easy"/"not a problem"), used by Terriermon in ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' (both original and dub versions).
25* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' fans certainly have a thing for vending machines.
26* Hear someone "rejoice" about finding "joy" or "yuetsu", or maybe just find things really "COOL!"? They've probably read or watched ''Literature/FateZero''.
27** "Rejoice" started with ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and is every bit as associated with that. (Of course, it's the same character saying it in both cases.)
28* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' fans, especially ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Unicorn]]'' fans, are very fond of "Even So"/"Soredemo".
29* Mention ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' to any fan, and you will probably hear several "Pasta!"s
30* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' has "USODA!"
31* "Sugoi!"[=/=]"Amazing!" has become this for fans of ''Anime/KemonoFriends''.
32* Expect to hear the word "NEET" a lot more from fans of ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'', since everyone and their mother makes note of the sextuplets' situation.
33** Speaking of sextuplets, ''Manga/OsomatsuKun'' has the sensational "Sheeeh!" scream of anger, which was in itself, a catchphrase of the very character who took over the second and third runs of the manga. Guess who that was.
34* "Daijoubu" (Hikari (Dawn) from the original version of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'').
35* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''’s [[MentorMascot Kyubey]] would really like to make a "contract" with you. /人◕‿‿◕人\
36** There's also the terms [[spoiler:"entropy", "heat death",]] and just about anything having to do with [[spoiler:thermodynamics]], due to the scene where [[spoiler:Kyubey uses these terms to explain its plan to save the universe]].
37* "[[VerbalTic Desu]]" will forever be associated with Suiseiseki of ''Manga/RozenMaiden'', to the point that it's her FanNickname.
38* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' fans appear to have commandeered the phrase "[[BridalCarry princess carry]]" thanks to Barnaby's tendency to employ these -- usually on [[HoYay Kotetsu]].
39* ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'', of course, has "gourmet".
40* Someone in ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator'' did something awesome? "Sasuga" them, and "Sasuga" Creator/{{Sunrise}}.
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43[[folder:Comic Books]]
44* ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' fans can be easily spotted in a crowd by their willingness to use "glorious" in day-to-day speech without a trace of irony.
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47[[folder:Comic Strips]]
48* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' has the expression "good grief" and the scream sound AAUGH!
49[[/folder]]
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51[[folder:Film — Animation]]
52* "Skadoosh!" for the ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' movies, although it's only said ''once'' in the first two movies. Its popularity comes mostly from its use in marketing and merchandise.
53** Used a lot in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'', as well as "bodacious" and "awesome".
54* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' introduced the UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}an word for family, "''ʻohana''", to many of those who live outside of the state.
55[[/folder]]
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57[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
58* ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' was known for the words "bodacious" and "heinous".
59** [[Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney And the sequel]] gave us "Station!"
60** Bonus points if you use "''most''" as a prefix to any of those.
61* ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' has two; "As if!" (as stated by Cher) and "Whatever!" (as stated by Amber, complete with the FingerTenting forming a "W").
62* ''Film/EvilDead2'' and ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' reanimated the word "Groovy!"
63** ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'', too.
64* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': Harold Ramis believed that the movie coined use of "slime" as a verb ("He slimed me"), and it sort of stuck in the public vernacular from then on.
65* The word "very" to mean "cool" or "awesome" has gained a bit of popularity in the ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' fandom. The phrase "How very" in particular has caught on as a way to say, "How incredible" or something of that nature.
66* ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'': "Cats rule and dogs drool."
67* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
68** Since Tom Hiddleston uttered the words "mewling quim" (basically, "whiny [[CountryMatters cunt]]") in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', fangirls have abused it incessantly.
69** "Do you, ahh... ''[[UnusualEuphemism fondue]]''?" (from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'').
70* ''Film/MeanGirls'' has Gretchen Wieners' apparently ForcedMeme of "Fetch!" (which isn't too forced in pop-culture).
71* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' encourages its fans to be "savvy", and to "parley". (Both with roots in French; ''savoir'' "to know", ''parler'' "to talk".)
72** Though if you're editing this, your first thought may be "GenreSavvy".
73** Any lummox knows that this was perfectly handsome 18th century slang!
74* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'': The page quote, Vizzini's catchphrase ''"Inconceivable!"'', is the most prevalent. However, there are a number of others: Wesley's ''"As you wish"'', the priest's ''"Mawwiage... Mawwiage..."'', Miracle Max's ''"Have fun storming the castle!"'', and many more. It's a very quotable movie and the fanbase goes a bit overboard.
75* Fans of ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' latched onto "alma mater" and bombarded their fanfictions with it.
76* ''Film/WaynesWorld'' averted this trope. {{NOT}} "Schwing!"
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79[[folder:Literature]]
80* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' mentions "thermals" OncePerEpisode, indelibly associating the word with the series in the minds of a generation. "Cinnamon bunzuh" (pronounced like that) is similarly iconic.
81** The {{Written Sound Effect}}s TSEEEEWWW! for Yeerk [[EnergyWeapon Dracon beams]] (not to be confused with TSEEEER! for red-tailed hawk calls), and FWAPP! for Andalite tail-blade strikes.
82* The ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' series - any fan referencing it will probably include the words "debauched sloth", or just the whole line: "Jack, you have debauched my sloth!"
83* "Leverage" from ''Literature/BattlefieldEarth''.
84* ''Literature/BreakfastOfChampions'' has "bad chemicals."
85* "Phony" is the favorite word of Holden Caulfield from ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''.
86* "Humbug" has long vanished from common English usage, having been superseded by "bullshit", and is now only remembered exclusively for its usage in ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''.
87** Although it's still the name of a stripy mint in the UK. Said mints are commonly sold in the Houses of Parliament, because of an old tradition that impolite language was not permitted - so instead of swearing, they would call one another humbug. Still, ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' is the first thing anyone thinks of when buying them.
88* Many words man was probably never meant to know, such as "Eldritch", "Cyclopean", "Squamous", and "Rugose", have crawled from the depths of Creator/HPLovecraft's works and the the expanded ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' universe.
89** Parodied in ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} Cthulhu'', where Squamous and Rugose are modifiers that can be played on monsters, and the artwork is the investigator looking in the dictionary.
90* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has something of a Magic Franchise Mis-spelling in "pune, or play on words". Also "bugger", while an almost universally-known if not all that common minor swearword, is sometimes associated with Discworld since it gets used more often than pretty-much any other swear throughout the series.
91** Also "wossname".
92** "Widdle", for urine.
93* God's "ineffable" plans in ''Literature/GoodOmens'', which even the angels and demons aren't completely informed of.
94* There's a bit of a shibboleth effect going in ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' fandom. Milder fans or subjects of PopculturalOsmosis will say "elementary", while the harder fans will say "singular".
95* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand'' has the Martian word 'grok' which generally means 'understand' but with a deeper connotation, 'to become one with'.
96* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'':
97** So much "chagrin".
98** "Dazzle". "Chagrining my dazzle" has become a somewhat popular phrase among the {{hatedom}} and the [[GuiltyPleasure guilty-pleasuredom]].
99** "Sparkle". If you know only one thing about ''Twilight'', it's probably the sparkling vampires.
100*** Although [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic "Twilight Sparkle"]] might be on its way to being a multiple reference word (see below).
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103[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
104* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' with "[[PardonMyKlingon frak]]". Not the first time it was used as a science-fiction swear-word, but the most popular and most closely associated.
105* There are "particulates" all over the place in ''Series/{{Bones}}'', especially when Hodgins is involved. Semi-justified, since Hodgins ''is'' [[TheWormGuy the particulate expert]] (and the other members of the team probably picked the word up from him, or possibly just talk about particulates more on account of having a particulate expert on the team), but it's kinda weird when one-off local law enforcement characters who have never met him talk about finding them.
106* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
107** There may be no one in Britain who doesn't associate the word "EXTERMINATE!" with the Daleks.
108** Fans of the older actors, particularly Creator/TomBaker, will be particularly fond of the word "indomitable".
109** Fans of the newer actors may be familiar with the words "Fantastic" and "Geronimo!"
110* ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' has Donkey's catchphrase "Hee-hawesome!".
111* ''Series/FatherTed'', though, can "feck" off.
112* "Shiny" from Creator/JossWhedon's ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. Some fans use it extensively, to the point that their friends say it regularly as well. Also, "ruttin'" and "gorram."
113** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' fans associate "Shiny" with the character Gau.
114* ''Series/GavinAndStacey'': "Tidy", "Lush" "[What's] occurring?"
115* "Awesome" and "Legendary" for ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''.
116* ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' fans will think of Gou-san ([=GekiViolet=]) at the mention of "Maitaze" and Ken-san ([=GekiChopper=]) for "Ossu!"
117* For ''Franchise/KamenRider'', it's "[[HenshinHero Henshin!]]"
118* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' has helped permanently modify the meaning of "Spam".
119* ''Series/{{Nanalan}}'': "(Thassa) Peepo" has become this for this show since it underwent MemeticMutation.
120* ''Series/OrphanBlack'' has Helena's use of the Ukrainian word for "sister", "sestra".
121* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
122** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' claimed the word "morph", except in the minds of British audiences old enough to think of it as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_%28character%29 Plasticine stop-motion character]], or ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'' fans.
123** For ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'', it's "buttery" with a [[CharacterTics finger wiggle]]. (Bridge likes his toast.)
124* Similarly, ''Series/RedDwarf'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A0RFDm8_rE "smeg" and "smeghead"]].
125* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
126** The Vulcans want things to be "logical" (Captain), or else "Fascinating." Continued as a generational thing by ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'''s Data.
127** The Borg have assimilated the word "assimilate".
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130[[folder:Magazines]]
131* "Ecch!" in ''Magazine/{{MAD}}''.
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134[[folder:Meta]]
135* ''Trope'', from [[Website/TVTropes an obscure wiki]] dedicated to the conventions and devices in narrative of all forms. And the profusion of {{lampshade}}s mean that editors might think of the site before home decor; it's so widely used that it's in the logo. To add more to this example would be JustForFun/{{egregious}}.
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138[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
139* When it comes to ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', fans of [[TheVirus Phyrexia]] often talk about [[AssimilationPlot "compleation"]] (not a typo), and call its [[BigBad original leader Yawgmoth]] [[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed "The Ineffable"]].
140* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'': [[TheComputerIsYourFriend The Computer]] considers the overuse of certain words such as "treason" and "termination" by citizens to be an abuse of language and deems this to be treason, [[AllCrimesAreEqual punishable by termination]]. Citizens avoiding the appropriate words [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption such as "treason" and "termination"]] will also be terminated, on a charge of treason.
141* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''? "HERESY!" ([[Memes/Warhammer40000 BLAM!]])
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144[[folder:Theatre]]
145* "Et cetera" from ''Theatre/TheKingAndI''.
146* Fans of ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' will often describe an attractive person as "super-mega-foxy-awesome-hot".
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149[[folder:Video Games]]
150* Many ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' fans immediately think of the game when they hear the words "imposter" or "sus"[[note]]slang for suspicious[[/note]], or the phrase "among us" itself.
151* While not often repeated by fans, ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' has a very distinctive application/definition of the words "Phenomena" and "Observation".
152* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'':
153** Chapter 2
154*** Potassium
155*** [BIG SHOT]
156*** Proceed
157* "Dood" to anyone who ever played ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}''.
158* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' fan fic, especially post-''Awakening'', there seems to be a common occurrence of "dastard" and "gods!".
159* The word "darkness" is said a lot throughout the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' games, particularly by [[BigBad Ansem]] in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]].
160* "VideoGame/MetalGear?!! It can't be...!"
161** The WorldOfHam SayMyName abuse is also frequently imitated by fans, particularly "SNAAAAAKE!", "BROTHER!" and "LIQUID!!"
162** The series' [[SignatureStyle signature]] ParrotExposition is mocked pretty much endlessly by everyone who has played the games. ("Mocked pretty much endlessly?")
163** Every plot twist in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' was heavily focused on {{Nanomachines}} such that merely mentioning the word around a ''Metal Gear'' fan will get a certain reaction from them.
164*** This especially picked up after the final boss in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' offers nanomachines [[MemeticMutation (son)]] as an explanation for why he can summon magma by punching the ground and smack around an otherwise NighInvulnerable cyborg with his bare hands, in a manner that seems to be parodying ''Guns of the Patriots''.
165** While not a particular phrase, it's common for ''Metal Gear'' fans to become hyper-aware of the particular ''style'' of heavy-handed, {{Anvilicious}} AuthorFilibuster chunks of exposition found in the games, to the point where any sufficiently pompous {{Single Issue Wonk}} laying down their manifesto on social media will find themselves being insultingly compared to a ''Metal Gear'' boss. This interacted with reality at one point, when a fan noticed that the [[https://www.vox.com/2018/7/13/17568806/mueller-russia-intelligence-indictment-full-text Mueller Indictment]] sounded like dialogue from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', and Creator/PaulEiding responded by [[https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/21/17036538/metal-gear-solid-mueller-campbell-video reading it in the style of the Colonel]].
166* ''VideoGame/NBAJam'': "BOOM-shakalaka!"
167* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', and its fandom, makes a lot of hay out of "neurotoxin", "euthanised" and "aperture". Don't even start with {{the cake|IsALie}}.
168* "Absurd!" was abused in ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur 3'' (and only 3), possibly because the localizers lost their thesaurus.
169* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' has Lee, who has single-handedly either ruined or revolutionized the use of the word "Excellent!" depending on who you ask.
170* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' fills you with '''determination'''.
171* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'''s fifth expansion, ''Warlords of Draenor'', ended up overusing the word "savage" especially in pre-release materials so badly that many players can't take the word seriously anymore, in any context.
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174[[folder:Visual Novels]]
175* Courtesy of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', "Objection!" has become the signature phrase for {{Courtroom Drama}}s, along with the reply, "Overruled!". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x52gU-6kHmc&feature=related Like this]].
176* Any long time player of the ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' series will have the words "Hope" and "Despair" engraved into their minds.
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179[[folder:Webcomics]]
180* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has "sexy awesome", originally a ForcedMeme by the creator but still used within the fanbase and on the forums.
181* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' involves a ''lot'' of made-up words, many of which go on to become very popular with the fandom, but probably the most common is "Fuckass".
182** There's also the frequent use of certain uncommon words such as "abscond" and "strife".
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185[[folder:Web Original]]
186* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' gave us the verb "To burninate".
187* "Cockbite" from ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''. This phrase became so iconic that once when the creators of the {{Machinima}} series went commercial, they called their studio Creator/{{Rooster|Teeth}} [[UnusualEuphemism Teeth]].
188* The ''Website/SCPFoundation'' has "anomaly/anomalous", "redact", "expunge", "terminate", and "memetic" (as well as the variant "antimemetic").
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191[[folder:Western Animation]]
192* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' has "Behold!", thanks to the Dr. Weird {{Cold Open}}s in the early seasons (while also sharing "gentlemen" with ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.) Carl also made "freakin'" into a lesser magic word.
193* For a time, this applied to the "Danger Island" segments in ''WesternAnimation/TheBananaSplits Adventure Hour'' with "Uh, oh! Chongo!"
194* [[VerbalTic Ending sentences]] with the word "yesss", like ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]].
195* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has "boned" as a catchphrase of the three central characters.
196* Creator/StephenColbert thought that his second character in ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' wouldn't be very important, til "HA! HA! Dangly parts!" appeared on T-shirts and made him and Creator/AdultSwim famous.
197* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fandom is known for replacing the -body suffix with -pony. Odds are, when someone says words like "everypony" or "somepony," they're part of this fandom.
198* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' briefly popularized Pinky's favorite {{Verbal Tic}}s "narf!", "zort!" and "poit!"
199* ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' attempted to convert a wide variety of computer-related terms into magic franchise words, generally through misapplying them in conversation as false cognates feasible enough to warrant suspension of disbelief. Perhaps the most ostentatious of these was Enzo Matrix's exultant "Alphanumeric!" - a catchphrase that was later {{lampshaded}} shortly after Enzo underwent his TimeSkip.
200** Less straightforward are the magic franchise words "Megabyte" and "Hexadecimal"; also computer terms, but applied as names of characters. However, since the characters in question were for the most part the show's two [[BigBad main villains]], the words did come up often in conversation, frequently delivered alone with obvious implications left unsaid.
201* "D'oh!" in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. The word existed before Homer used it, but it has since spread around the world as a universal expression of messing up.
202* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'''s memetic "Derp".
203* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has "barnacles" often uttered by residents of Bikini Bottom.
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206[[folder:Multiple reference words]]
207The same word is sometimes picked up by a series of different works, sometimes as a reference to earlier uses, sometimes because they're [[InherentlyFunnyWords inherently appealing]], sometimes just by coincidence.
208
209* "Cowabunga!"
210** Those who are old enough will remember the originator of this word, Chief Thunderthud of ''Series/TheHowdyDoodyShow''.
211** ''Series/SesameStreet'' fans will think of the Cookie Monster.
212** ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' are probably the most closely associated to it. If you weren't familiar with the term until you heard it used by the turtles, you probably think of them when you hear it.
213*** However, by the 200X series, the other Turtles are at pains to [[TotallyRadical stop Mikey saying it]].
214** Bizarrely, "cowabunga" also becomes connected to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]], as one of his typical catchphrases, even though the writers were intentionally invoking the use in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'', a show Bart would have been watching. In the episode "Behind The Laughter", he complains that he never said "Cowabunga" in his life.
215* "Smashing!"
216** ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'' fans will tell you it's "smashing!" even although, strangely, [[BeamMeUpScotty it never actually appeared in the film...]]
217** To the British, at least, "smashing" will forever conjure up images of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit''.
218** This is also [[WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys Nigel Thornberry's]] catchphrase.
219* "Combine":
220** The PlanetLooters from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''.
221** Older (board) gamers would associate it with ''OGRE'' for similar reasons.
222** The narrator's internal monologue throughout ''Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''.
223* "Booyah!":
224** A signal in the ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' series
225** Cyborg's catchphrase from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''
226** Ron Stoppable's catchphrase from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''
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