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3->''"On a scale of one to ten, I'll give you a three!"''
4-->-- '''Vegeta''', ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterZ''
5
6A character rates something on a scale from one to ten, often for comedic effect.
7
8The results split into two types:
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10* An actual number. It's sometimes oddly specific or, more often, [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale doesn't fit the scale]] (as in, more than ten or less than one).
11* Not even a number (in which case it overlaps with CountingToPotato), or left unanswered for rhetorical reasons.
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13Compare GradeSystemSnark. A SexinessScore is typically described this way (i.e. "She's a 10"). See also TopTenList, for other things from one to ten, and BrokeTheRatingScale when the results don't fit the scale. Contrast FourPointScale.
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16!!Examples of an actual number:
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20[[folder:Advertising]]
21* From 2008 to 2011, Ride/SixFlags theme parks [[https://youtu.be/gsFBmsrOaZY used a series of ads]] involving [[AsinineAlternateActivity some boring, lame or stupid activity]] being ranked as "one flag" or sometimes "two flags" on a "fun-o-meter"; cut to footage of a Six Flags attraction -- "Six Flags! More flags, more fun!" These ads originally featured an Asian man's head rating the activities, but after accusations that this man's portrayal was racist, he was instead replaced by Mr. Six, the famous dancing old man [[TheBusCameBack previously used by the company in 2004-05]] ([[SuddenlyVoiced who could now speak]]), complete with his famously catchy theme music. A later wave of ads showed Mr. Six and his companion "Little Six" being involved in the boring activity, then both deciding to ditch it for Six Flags.
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24[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
25* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': In the Future Trunks Saga, Vegeta has a sparring match against Future Trunks to see how much the latter has improved since they last met; during the fight Vegeta performs a FacePalmOfDoom attack while declaring "On a scale of one to ten, I'd give you a three!" This subsequently became one of Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta's special attacks in ''VideoGame/{{Dragon Ball FighterZ}}'', even being '''named''' "On a scale of one to ten..."
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28[[folder:Comic Books]]
29* In ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' arc "Valley Forge, Valley Forge", this pops up on a taped interrogation of Rawlins by O'Brien and the Punisher.
30-->'''Rawlins:''' You're lovin' this shit, ain't you? Sweetie?
31-->'''O'Brien:''' Scale of one to ten, where ten is watching Castle cut your dick off? Two.
32* Doomguy of ''Comicbook/{{Doom}}'', under the effect of a [[QuadDamage berserker pack]], rates himself "12.0 on a 10.0 scale of badness".
33[[/folder]]
34
35[[folder:Fan Works]]
36* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'': When [[LargeHam Cruise Control]] is introduced.
37-->'''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]]:''' Is he... [[NoIndoorVoice yelling]] [[TalkingToThemself at himself]]? On a scale from one to ten, he's a twelve on the [[ThingOMeter weird-o-meter]].\
38[...]\
39'''Twilight:''' I retract that. [[BrokeTheRatingScale He's a forty-six on the weird-o-meter...]]
40* ''Fanfic/{{Intercom}}'' has disgust at it again.
41-->'''Disgust''': Anyway, scale of one to ten, so far the day's been a C minus.
42* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1788474/4/Love-by-accident Love by accident]]'' Harry and Draco go on a trial date.
43-->'''Harry:''' You gave me a shot, no promises, how'd I do?\
44'''Draco:''' Oh... On a scale of one to ten? Eleven...you earned extra points for good kissing.
45[[/folder]]
46
47[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
48* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'':
49--> '''Iago (as Jafar):''' No, really. On a scale of one to ten, you are an eleven.
50* Baymax from ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' was originally intended as a medical care bot. If you're injured, he will ask "On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?" as part of his diagnostic routine. Of course, any ''new'' bump you receive needs to be diagnosed separately.
51-->'''Baymax:''' On a scale of one to-(''Ow'') On a scale of(''Ow'') On a scale of(''Ow'') On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?
52[[/folder]]
53
54[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
55* ''Film/{{Serendipity}}'':
56-->"How drunk is he on a scale of one to ten?"\
57"Twelve."
58* The title of ''Film/Ten1979'' is based on this trope. Creator/BoDerek is a "10" on a scale of one to ten.
59* Creator/SarahSilverman once opened the Creator/{{MTV}} Movie Awards with a crack at ''Film/ThreeHundred''.
60-->"It's named after the rating for how gay it was on a scale of one to ten."
61* ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'':
62--> '''Milton:''' Well, on a scale of one to ten, ten being the most depraved act of sexual theater known to man and one being the usual Friday night run-through at the Lomax household, I'd say, not to be immodest, Mary Ann and I got it on to about... [[KickTheDog seven]].
63* In ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears'', when the love interest is asked "Cute scale, one to ten" about Ben Affleck's character, she responds with, "Oh, I don’t know... twelve."
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65
66[[folder:Literature]]
67* ''Literature/AdrianMole'' asks his psychotherapist Leonora how mad he is.
68--> '''Adrian''': How mad am I, on a scale from one to ten?
69--> '''Leonora''': You're not mad at all. As Freud said, it is impossible for a therapist to treat either the mad, or the in love.
70[[/folder]]
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72
73[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
74* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
75--> "Mr. Garibaldi, on a scale of one to ten... just how stupid do you think I am?"
76* ''Series/FamilyFeud'' often uses these questions in the Fast Money bonus round, because the distribution of answers makes it difficult to get a high score. Eight is a pretty common response though, except for questions where one or ten would be funnier.
77* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'':
78** Henry, who has ResurrectiveImmortality, has a book in the pilot where he records his deaths, including rating pain levels on a scale from one to ten. Getting impaled through the chest by a broken handrail in a subway crash was rated a seven.
79** In "The Night In Question" Lucas asks if Jo and Henry are an item now, declaring they would automatically be his favorite couple ever, before ruining it by suggesting if Jo has "any hot friends" they could double date, but "I'm only interested in Eights or above!"
80* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Chandler snarked at Joey who was over thirty and thought he could pull a teenager on a commercial.
81--> '''Chandler:''' Yes, on a scale from one to ten, ten being the dumbest a person can look, you are definitely nineteen.
82* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', episode "Wait For It": Barney evaluates women's hotness on a scale which is implicitly from one to ten. The aim is to find a woman hotter than Robin so that Ted would "win" the breakup.
83-->'''Barney''': Tonight we're gonna get you someone way hotter than Robin. OK, Robin's a ten. Fine. We'll get you a twelve. Or, you know, two sixes. Failing that, three fours. And break glass in case of emergency, we'll go to Staten Island, I'll get you twelve ones.
84* An episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' has Tony visiting a website called "judgemytush.com", and his teammates get in on the tush-judging. Ziva gives [=McGee=] a 4/5, and Tony only gets a 2.
85* ''Series/{{Selfie}}'', the boss Saperstein asks his employees to rate how close they feel to each other, trying to encourage closeness among his work family. Eliza gets a zero from a coworker (and zoned out on her phone during the meeting anyway) and spends the rest of the episode trying to work on fixing that. During his own work friendship hijinks, Henry ends up getting a zero as well (causing Eliza to butt in and elbow him, laughing that they got the same) By the end, she tells Henry she feels a six for him, and he says a 4.7, rounding up to 5, showing their growing closeness.
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88[[folder:Magazines]]
89* Parodied: In the "Bullseye" section of ''Entertainment Weekly'' Issue #1481 (Sept. 29, 2017), the arrow put a miss on Creator/JaneFonda's [[https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2017/09/emmys-2017-red-carpet-photos-see-all-the-looks#16 appearance]] at [[MediaNotes/TheEGOTs the 2017 Emmy Awards]]' Red Carpet, saying, "On a scale of 9 to 5, we give this look a 3."
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91
92[[folder:Music]]
93* [[{{Music/Usher}} Usher's]] "Yeah" included the lyric:
94-->''"Cause on a one-to-ten she's a certified twenty"''
95* {{Creator/StevenWright}}'s song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_rbMhdJqG0 Friends of Mine]] has the lyric:
96-->''"You think that maybe, maybe I'm crazy/ On a scale of one to ten, six being the highest"''
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99[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
100* [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/2007/11/09/ This]] ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip:
101-->'''Dog''': '''Bark! Bark! Bark!'''\
102'''Garfield''': On a scale of one to ten, I give it a seven.\
103'''Dog''': Oh, come on!\
104'''Garfield''': I've seen you more crazed, and you didn't do that bloodshot-eyeballs thing.
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107[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
108* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has the informal "Storm Scale", rating how unlikely it would be for a specific mechanic to return. It started when someone posted a question to lead designer Mark Rosewater's blog on whether the "storm" keyword would return, and Mark replied that it probably wouldn't because it was so broken; emphasizing the point by saying it would rank a 10 on a "not coming back" scale. Naturally, readers started asking more questions on where other mechanics would land on that scale. Mark has since refined the scale and used it in his ''Making Magic'' column to [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/storm-scale-khans-tarkir-block-2016-02-29 evaluate]] [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/storm-scale-ravnica-and-return-ravnica-2016-05-02 of]] [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/storm-scale-zendikar-and-battle-zendikar-2016-11-21 mechanics]] [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/storm-scale-innistrad-and-shadows-over-innistrad-2017-03-27 of]] [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/storm-scale-mirrodin-and-scars-mirrodin-blocks-2018-06-11 various]] [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/storm-scale-kaladesh-and-amonkhet-2019-03-25 blocks.]]
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111[[folder:Video Games]]
112* In ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' Cielo brings this up when Argilla asks him his opinion on Heat's "comrades" declaration.
113-->'''Argilla''': Thoughts?\
114'''Cielo''': From a scale of one to ten, I'll give it a [[FunetikAksent tree]]. But all in all, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold pretty good for a hot-headed jerk]].
115* From ''VideoGame/TheIncrediblesRiseOfTheUnderminer'':
116-->'''Frozone:''' On a scale from one to ten, how dangerous do you think it is to be in [[EternalEngine here]]?\
117'''Mr. Incredible:''' Ehh... maybe three. Four tops.\
118''[A bunch of new MechaMooks appear]''\
119'''Mr. Incredible:''' Make that six-and-a-half.
120* The Voice from ''VideoGame/{{Furi}}'' uses this type of ranking to describe the [[ThatOneBoss asskicking you're going to receive at the hands of the Burst]].
121-->'''The Voice''': On the scale from 1 to 10, she's an 11, [[SmugSnake and she'd give herself a 12]].
122* One of the Heart-to-Hearts in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' has the following exchange between Shulk and [[spoiler:Fiora]] in one of its alternate routes:
123-->'''[[spoiler:Fiora]]''': What should you say next?\
124'''Shulk''': Umm... I know this one. I would be honoured if you, [[spoiler:Fiora]], would accompany me here again.\
125'''[[spoiler:Fiora]]''': Hmm... I'll give you 7/10. Nice try. For you that's a pass, though. Next time you better bowl me over with a 10/10.
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127
128[[folder:Web Original]]
129* ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'' remind us to always take a closer look at the scale itself:
130--> "589. If my gun on a scale of 1-10 is a 7, it's vetoed if that's the Richter scale."
131* WebVideo/ScottTheWoz ranks [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] press conferences on a scale of one to five knee-slaps, with a flick counting as a half.
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134[[folder:Webcomics]]
135* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'''s [[http://xkcd.com/883/ "Pain Rating"]] has a guy with a really hurting arm visiting the doctor, being asked how he would rate the pain on a scale of one to ten, with ten being "the worst pain you can imagine." The guy thought for a moment, before shuddering in horror and answering "One."
136* In ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'', Harold gives his [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2010-06-05/comic/voiding-your-warranty/yes-hes-still-talking/ invaluable strategical analysis.]]
137%%Paranatural: Old link was chapter-2-page-4
138* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'' has [[http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-2-page-4 this.]]
139-->'''Max:''' Your grin was at least an 8.3 on the international scale of creepy.\
140'''AltText:''' That lamp clocks in at a solid 7.6.
141* In [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-07-26 this]] strip from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', when Jerry hears discussion of teenagers experimenting with magical technology for fun:
142--> '''Jerry:''' I don't have enough information to conclude how concerned I should be. One to ten it for me.\
143'''Susan:''' Three. Her boyfriend knows what he's doing in his lab, and his dad's the former head of the local paranormal division of the government.
144* In ''{{Webcomic/Freefall}}'', [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02303.htm Raibert puts disasters on a scale of 1 to 10.]] And nothing's ever a ten.
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147[[folder:Western Animation]]
148* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Wizard Battle", the Ice King asks Finn and Jake to rate his new sunglasses.
149-->'''Ice King''': On a scale of one to ten, one being like totally gross, ten being like "Dang, Ice King, you look ''crazy'' sick!".
150* In one episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Chowder}}'', Ceviche asks the rate of Panini's desperation when she feels threatened by another girl (Marmalade) that Chowder became friends with. Panini's answer? ''Eleven.''
151* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Marge gets her bag stolen and refuses to leave her home. The family escort her outside, while she tells how much fear she feels, and after Homer angers a swarm of bees, she starts going above ten.
152* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'':
153** From "Musical Muppets", when Kermit is selling a song to Piggy, who is playing a country singer.
154-->"I don't know quite how to tell you this, Kermit, but on a scale of one to ten, that song was... minus twelve! It's horrible!!"
155** In "The Daily Muppet", Piggy writes a review of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' for the titular newspaper. She concludes her review by saying that on a scale of one to ten, she gives the film a minus three.
156* In the ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' episode "Bruised Man's Curve", Otto returns to the Shore Shack after a painful day of training on the titular mountain board course. When Sam asks Otto to rate his pain on a scale from 1 to 10, Otto replies, "12."
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159[[folder:Real Life]]
160* Earthquake intensity is reported using the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale Moment Magnitude Scale]] which for the most part runs up to 10. As it is a logarithmic scale it is theoretically possible to hit or even exceed a ten on the scale, there are serious doubts to whether any fault system on the earth has enough energy potential to ever do so.
161* Healthcare professionals often ask patients to rate their pain on a one to ten scale. This is because research has shown a tendency for more consistency in ratings when asked to rate it on a scale, as opposed to just describing it. This is because people vary quite a bit in their abilities to tolerate pain.
162[[/folder]]
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164!!Examples of non-numbers:
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166[[folder:Comic Books]]
167* Just before the [[ComicBook/DarkReign Siege of Asgard]]:
168-->'''ComicBook/SpiderWoman:''' How crazy is he [Norman Osborn] on a scale of one to ten?\
169'''ComicBook/SpiderMan:''' Just until ten? Can't it be [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale more]]?
170[[/folder]]
171
172[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
173* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'':
174-->'''Disgust:''' On a scale of one to ten, I give this day an F.
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176
177[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
178* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
179-->"How'd it go?"\
180"On a scale of one to ten? It sucked."
181* ''Series/{{Bottom}}'':
182-->'''Richie''': How's it looking, Eddie?\
183'''Eddie''': On a scale of one to ten, I'd say it's bicycle clip time.
184* ''Series/DirtyJobs'' did this in one bumper asking the viewers for ideas, as part of a HurricaneOfPuns:
185-->'''Mike Rowe:''' So, on a ''scale'' of one to ten, I'd say these [[TitleDrop dirty jobs]]... kicked my ''bass''. And that's no ''carp''.
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187
188[[folder:Webcomics]]
189* ''Webcomic/AsteroidQuest'' had this exchange at the end of the first intermission, with [[spoiler:Polo and Rokoa being treated for serious wounds and burns]]:
190-->'''Polo:''' On a scale of 1 to that one [[PraetorianGuard QI]] I exploded the shotgun of, how do we look?\
191'''Rokoa:''' QI and a half, at the start. We've moved down to half a QI.
192* ''Webcomic/SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki'':
193-->"On a scale from one to bad, this is pretty fucked up."
194* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'':
195-->"On a scale from one to ten, how fired am I?" [[note]]Not fired, actually.[[/note]]
196* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' brings us this:
197-->'''[[MadScientist Kevyn]]:''' Well, on a scale of ''"that's not free checking"'' to ''"heat death of the universe,"'' I'd say we're looking at ''"the enemy has a super-weapon we can't track."''
198* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'' also has one of these: "On a scale of yes to no? Yes." %%What page?
199* ''Webcomic/BetweenFailures'' [[http://betweenfailures.com/archives/archive/402-it-implies-a-work-ethic #402:]]
200-->"On a scale from zero to fucked, how much trouble am I in, do you think?"\
201"Uhm... like, a handjob, I guess. I'm not sure I understand the scale."\
202"No. I think you've got it..."
203* In ''Webcomic/FauxPas'', [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?288 on a scale of one to ten, Randy is Wile E. Coyote.]]
204* In ''Webcomic/MSPaintMasterpieces'', Heat Man offers this insight while observing [[http://ferretcomic.com/764 a Harmony-infected Fire Man.]]
205-->"Wow. On the retard scale of 1 to 10, this guy's a J."
206* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4647 Aurelia texts her daughter Claire]] inviting her to come over because Aurelia needs to tell Claire something. Claire responds, "On a scale of "I took a pottery class" to "I have a terminal illness", how worried should I be?" (Aurelia's fine.)
207[[/folder]]
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209[[folder:Web Original]]
210* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', when [[spoiler:Noelle breaks out from her cell]] in [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/monarch-16-13/ Chapter 16.13]]:
211-->'''Skitter:''' On a scale of one to ten, just how bad is this?\
212'''Tattletale:''' Let me answer your question with another question. You think we could convince [[EnemyMine the PRT]] to [[GodzillaThreshold turn on the air raid sirens?]]
213* ''WebVideo/VoltzYogscast'': In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2ohslGivm8 infamous Voltz incident]] (after Sips_ and Sjin set off a red matter bomb), Lewis was sent to rate the level of destruction.
214-->'''Lewis:''' Um... ''[beat]'' ...''What the holy shit'' is this...? Guys??\
215'''Simon:''' How bad?\
216'''Lewis:''' This is ''really'' bad. This is '''so''' bad.\
217'''Simon:''' Out of a scale of one to ten, how bad is it?\
218'''Lewis:''' Uh-''This is'' '''''horrendous'''''! '''''FUUUUUUCK!!''''' What th-What the ''shit'' do I do?
219[[/folder]]
220
221[[folder:Western Animation]]
222* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'':
223** Johnny gets scaled on how he does at picking up girls, rated by Luke Perry no less.
224-->'''Luke Perry:''' Well Johnny, on a scale of one to ten... you're an idiot.
225** Also while flirting with [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Caesar's]] wife, he says, "On a scale of one to ten, you're an X."
226[[/folder]]
227
228[[folder:Other]]
229* [[http://cybraphon.com/ Cybraphon]] is a moody computerized band housed in a modified wardrobe. Its mood ranges from "delirium" to "desolation" depending on how popular it is[[note]](it has its own internet connection and googles itself every 15 seconds)[[/note]] and how many people are watching it at the time,[[note]]monitored via infrared motion detectors[[/note]] which in turn affects the music it plays.
230* A popular copy pasta has this formula, generally with no numerical values and a esoteric measure for added humour. Usually in the format of "On a scale of ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'' to ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', how well did you handle have psychic powers and abusive parents?"
231** One that originated in the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' fandom: "On a scale of Sansa to Ned Stark, how good are you at keeping a secret?" (Ned Stark took the secret of [[spoiler:Jon's birth]] to his grave, Sansa spilled as soon as she learned it).
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