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6Someone tries to make a point about something followed by someone else using this StockPhrase to bring up a contradictory example. For example:
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8->"Nothing can possibly go wrong. We're in love!"\
9"So were Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet."
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11Often makes correct use of something commonly used in an AnalogyBackfire and/or {{lampshade|Hanging}}s TemptingFate. Thus, it is usually the territory of the GenreSavvy and {{Deadpan Snarker}}s.
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13SuperTrope to HitlerAteSugar. HitlerAteSugar is supposed to argue that doing something is evil because someone else who was evil did it, too. So Was X is supposed to argue that someone or something could be incorrect or just as dangerous as something else (the X).
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15See also AppealToObscurity and YouKnowWhoSaidThat. Can overlap with ArmorPiercingResponse.
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17!!Examples:
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21[[folder:Comic Books]]
22* In the ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' SpinOff series ''ComicBook/TheSimpingDetective'', Jack Point lights up a cigar in Sector Chief Daveez's office and makes it clear that he knows Daveez played a significant role in a criminal case he was investigating and covered it up. Daveez responds by grabbing Point by his jacket lapels and threatening him to drop the case, the exchange ends:
23-->'''Daveez:''' ...And smoking's still illegal, creep.\
24'''Jack:''' ''(points to the martini glass on his desk)'' Yeah. Heh, so's alcohol.
25* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', an astonished Nite Owl doesn't understand how [[spoiler: Ozymandias]] could be involved with the nefarious plot against costumed superheroes, when that character is [[spoiler: such an incredibly good person as well as a vegetarian]]. Rorschach points out that Hitler was [[spoiler: a vegetarian]], too.
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28[[folder:Film]]
29* ''Film/{{Dogma}}'':
30-->'''The Metatron:''' I am to charge you with [[TheQuest a holy crusade]].\
31'''Bethany Sloan:''' For the record, I work in an abortion clinic.\
32'''The Metatron:''' Noah was a drunk, and look what'' he ''accomplished -- and no one's asking you to build an ark!
33* Inverted in ''Film/HardCandy'', when Jeff says that being outed as a pedophile would ruin his life.
34-->'''Hayley:''' Didn't Creator/RomanPolanski just win an Oscar?
35* In ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'', Johnny insists that trying to make a deal with the evil corporation is a good idea, explaining that they'd be willing to make a deal because they're corporate.
36-->'''Jane:''' So is the Yakuza.
37* In ''Film/{{Matilda}}'', Miss Honey tries to show Miss Trunchbull how smart Matilda is:
38-->'''Miss Honey:''' She can multiply large numbers instantly in her head.\
39'''Miss Trunchbull:''' So can a calculator.
40* ''Film/MyFellowAmeeicans'': When comparing their political achievements, Kramer points out that he was named Time Magazine's Man of the Year. Douglas quickly points out the Hitler also received that title. Kramer retorts the he, unlike Hitler, was named Man of the Year ''twice''.
41* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/SoapDish'':
42-->'''David:''' I was under orders.\
43'''Celeste:''' ''So was Hitler!'' Oh, no, I don't mean Hitler, I mean the other guy.\
44'''David:''' Himmler? Hess?\
45'''Rose:''' Eichmann?\
46'''David:''' Eichmann.\
47'''Celeste:''' Yes! Eichmann! That's you!
48* ''Film/NecessaryRoughness'' has a moment where Dean Elias confronts journalism professor Suzanne Carter over her relationship with her (40-year old) student Paul Blake.
49-->'''Suzanne:''' We're consenting adults!\
50'''Dean Elias:''' So were Bonnie and Clyde!
51* In ''Film/{{Stripes}}'', when thinking of how to rescue their platoon from Czech soldiers:
52-->'''Russell Ziskey:''' Do the words "Act of war" mean anything to you?\
53'''John Winger:''' I have a plan.\
54'''Russell:''' Great. Custer had a plan, too.
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57[[folder:Literature]]
58* The Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Literature/MakingMoney'' makes this point regarding one of the Igors' "restorative concoctions."
59-->'''Moist von Lipwig:''' Ah yes, Splot... It contained herbs and all natural ingredients. But belladonna was a herb and arsenic was natural.
60* ''Literature/{{Holes}}'': In the backstory, Madame Zeroni advised Elya Yelnats not to court Myra Menke, stating that [[BrainlessBeauty her head was "as empty as a flowerpot"]]. When Elya protests that she's beautiful, Zeroni retorts "so is a flowerpot".
61* From Creator/PGWodehouse's "Honeysuckle Cottage":
62-->"Don't do it." said Mr [=McKinnon=], a stout bachelor. "You're too young to marry."\
63"So was Methuselah," said James, a stouter.
64* In ''Literature/{{Jam}}'', Tim voices concerns about the settlement in the Hibatsu building in that it's run like a corporation, with no regard for the lives of individuals. Don replies he doesn't care, because it's efficient. Tim points out that Nazi Germany was efficient, in response to which Don calls him out for invoking GodwinsLaw.
65* ''Literature/TheKrakenWakes'': Two reporters are discussing a brilliant but somewhat eccentric oceanographer who is claiming that the mysterious fireballs falling from the sky over the deepest parts of the ocean, the discolouration of certain currents from a spike in sediment levels and the disappearance of several bathyscapes is a result of AlienInvasion. [[spoiler:It is, by the way.]] One of them points out that however crazy the idea sounds, the man does have an explanation for more of these inexplicable events that are equally inexplicably happening simultaneously than anyone else. His colleague has the following response:
66-->"So, undoubtedly, would Jules Verne."
67* ''Literature/ThursdayNext'': From ''Lost In A Good Book'':
68-->'''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Shitt-Hawse]]:''' [[MegaCorp Goliath]]'s promise is riveted iron.\
69'''Thursday:''' So was the ''Titanic''.
70* From Creator/MichaelStackpole's "Wolf and Raven":
71-->A footnote written by Wolf: "Sure, the Beretta Viper 14 is old. So's gravity, but it still works."
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74[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
75* Paired with an unsavoury family revelation in the second season of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'':
76-->'''Blackadder:''' You're fired.\
77'''Baldrick:''' But my lord, I've been in your family since 1532!\
78'''Blackadder:''' So has syphilis. Now get out!
79* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' has an example. Having caught [[ImAHumanitarian a man who hunts humans for food.]] and recovered his [[CannibalLarder stash]], The team still has trouble locating Tracy Lambert, whom he is believed to have abducted. At this point, there had been entire search parties organized to locate her but each one turned up fruitless. They bring in a pastor who knows the suspect and was actively trying to locate Tracy. The pastor tells him that God is in everyone, an assertion at which the murderer smiles and says: [[WhamLine "So is Tracy Lambert."]] right then the pastor remembers that the suspect had been serving homemade food at the search party organized by the church. Cue HeroicBSOD and NoHoldsBarredBeatdown delivered at the hands of the pastor. Luckily([[AssholeVictim or unfortunately]]) the detectives enter and stop him.
80* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
81** "Robot":
82--->'''The Doctor:''' Never cared much for the word "impregnable." Sounds a bit too much like "unsinkable."\
83'''Harry:''' What's wrong with "unsinkable"?\
84'''The Doctor:''' Nothing. As the iceberg said to the Titanic.\
85'''Harry:''' What?\
86'''The Doctor:''' Gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop.
87** The same metaphor was revisited in the new series, "End of the World":
88--->'''Jabe:''' This facility is purely automatic. It's the height of the Alpha Class. Nothing can go wrong.\
89'''The Doctor:''' Unsinkable?\
90'''Jabe:''' If you like. The nautical metaphor is appropriate.\
91'''The Doctor:''' You're telling me. I was on board another ship once they said that was unsinkable. I ended up clinging to an iceberg. It wasn't half cold.
92* From ''Series/{{Dragnet}}'' episode "The Prophet", Brother William tries to convince Joe Friday of the benefits of drugs:
93-->'''Brother William:''' I'm not only news, my friend, I make news. Big news.\
94'''Friday:''' So did Judas.
95* From ''Series/TheJeffersons'', during one of the many times George brags about his wealth:
96-->'''George:''' I worked my way from the bottom up to the top! \
97'''Helen:''' So does a gopher!
98* ''Series/LawAndOrder'', the episode "Burned," after the prosecutors dig into a murder suspect's grandfather's past to see if the suspect's manic-depressive behavior runs in the family:
99-->'''Jamie:''' Last year, [Carl Anderton, the grandfather] made a surprise takeover bid for Commonwealth Airlines. One week later, he withdrew the bid, and accused the FAA and the stockholders of conspiring against him. It's classic manic-depressive behavior.\
100'''Adam:''' Doesn't make sense. [He] runs a Fortune 500 company.\
101'''Jack:''' So did Howard Hughes.
102* From ''Series/{{Lost}}'':
103-->'''Hurley:''' Do not open that! There's dynamite and it's mega-unstable.\
104'''Richard:''' I know that.\
105'''Hurley:''' Well, so did Dr. Arzt. And I was wiping him out of my shirt two days later.
106* In ''Series/{{Monk}}'', on the episode "Mr. Monk Takes the Stand," the D.A. worries Evan Gildea will walk because of his lawyer Harrison Powell:
107-->'''D.A. Charles Friedken:''' Well, nobody's sleeping today. Harrison Powell is the Prince of Darkness, so be careful up there. Don't volunteer anything. If you don't remember something, just say you don't remember.\
108'''Natalie Teeger:''' But he's guilty, right?\
109'''D.A. Charles Friedken:''' So was O.J.
110* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': When Wesley created advanced nanites for a school project and accidentally set them loose on the ship.
111--> '''Guinan''': Do you think you'll get a good grade?\
112'''Wesley''': I always get an A.\
113'''Guinan''': So did Dr. Frankenstein.
114* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', episode "It's Always Nazi Week":
115-->'''Alan:''' Let's just give it a chance. See how it works.\
116'''Charlie:''' That's what Poland said about the Germans.\
117'''Alan:''' Been watching the History Channel again?\
118'''Charlie:''' It's Nazi Week.\
119'''Alan:''' [[TitleDrop It's always Nazi Week]].
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122[[folder:Theater]]
123* From ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'':
124-->'''Toby:''' Get Pirelli's;\
125Use a bottle of it!\
126Ladies seem to love it--\
127'''Mrs. Lovett:''' Flies do, too!
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130[[folder:Video Games]]
131* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Otacon believes Sniper Wolf is not evil because she loves dogs. Snake points out that Hitler also loved dogs.
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134[[folder:Visual Novels]]
135* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': In her route, Lavinia eventually admits to her deep-seated fear that she'l never be able to find a romantic partner because she's [[spoiler:half-Indian]]. Sara then reveals this was also the case of her mother, only for Lavinia to bring up the fact that Sara's mother was [[spoiler:French]], which contradicts the new reveal about her in her eyes. Sara then points out that [[spoiler:Mariette, her clearly mixed-race maid, is French]] also.
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138[[folder:Web Comics]]
139* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': After Onni has been in DeepSleep long enough that he's had to be hooked up on IV, the children from the house it which he's been staying think he's dead and ask their mother if they should bury him. Their mother tells them he's not dead, just tired and needing to sleep.
140-->'''Anna:''' That's what you said about the dead bird we found, too.
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143[[folder:Web Original]]
144* From the ''[[WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC Marvel/DC]] Franchise/HarryPotter Parody'':
145-->'''Professor X:''' You're {{the chosen one}}.\
146'''Spiderman:''' Yeah, so was [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker]]! [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne And look how well that turned out!]]
147* ''WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow'' has a rather dark example of this in the fifth season [[https://youtu.be/anA8wdJpbYU episode.]]
148-->"Some of you Creator/JakePaul fans are watching this going, 'We're people too!'. Well, you know who else were people? [[spoiler:The KKK.]]"
149* ''WebVideo/TastingHistoryWithMaxMiller'': In the episode on historic pizza, Max admits that the 16th century recipe for "pizza", a sweet, rose-scented flatbread, has precious little in common with modern Italian pizzas of any kind, but also points out that the same holds true for Chicago deep-dish.
150* From ''WebVideo/TheTourettesGuy'':
151-->'''Man:''' The strongest, biggest creatures on Earth are vegetarians.\
152'''Danny's Dad:''' Yeah, like the brontosaurus, [[ColonyDrop and look what happened to that asshole]].
153* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'': The review of [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 the 2013 Tomb Raider]] referred to Lara Croft's character development in the form of [[TheChewToy repeatedly bullying her]] with this line:
154-->"So you can kill a man and take a machete like a champ. A concrete block can do that, but you can't kick one out the back of a moving truck and call that a character arc!"
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157[[folder: WesternAnimation]]
158* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "Pawtucket Pat", when Peter and Brian argue over whether to not to remove the town's statue of Pawtucket Pat after incriminating facts come to light.
159-->'''Brian:''' We can’t leave a symbol like that in the town square. Pawtucket Pat was a horrible racist!\
160'''Peter:''' Well, so is Tucker Carlson, [[CompanyCrossReferences but we still say hi to him]] [[AnimatedActors at the company picnic!]]
161* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Honking", when the Professor explains the goings-on at an allegedly haunted mansion, including a painting with moving eyes.
162-->'''Professor:''' It has motorized sensors attached to motion detectors.\
163'''Bender:''' So does my butt, but I don't frame it and put it on the wall! ''(beat)'' Although...
164* ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'':
165** In "Yo, Ho, Who?", when Mike asks Lu to accompany her to find pirate treasure, but Lu insists on sitting on her throne.
166--->'''Lu:''' It's what princesses do.\
167'''Mike:''' You and those guys in tollbooths. Except ''they're'' useful.
168** In "Scuba Doobie Doo", Mike tries to reassure Lu when she complains of an "invader" (the mailman) coming to the island.
169--->'''Mike:''' He's just delivering the mail! He'll be gone before you know it!\
170'''Lu:''' Oh, sure. That's what they said about ''you''.
171* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Cape Feare", when Grampa suggests calling Series/{{Matlock}} to find out who wants Bart dead.
172-->'''Bart:''' Grampa, Matlock's not real.\
173'''Grampa:''' Neither are my teeth. But I can still eat corn-on-the-cob if someone cuts it off and smushes it into a fine paste. Now that's good eatin'!
174* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
175** In "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic", [=SpongeBob=] fanboys over Kevin the sea cucumber, a famous jellyfish hunter. Kevin spends the episode abusing [=SpongeBob=]'s naivete, eventually chasing and cornering him above a trench in a giant robotic jellyfish before revealing himself. When [=SpongeBob=] tells him he's his biggest fan, Kevin points to the bottom of the trench and says "So were they".
176--->'''Guy in trench:''' Hey, look, everybody! Kevin's back!
177** In "Sandy, [=SpongeBob=] and the Worm", when [=SpongeBob=] tries to convince Sandy not to fight the Alaskan bull worm:
178--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' It's big, scary, and ''pink''!\
179'''Sandy:''' So is Patrick's belly button, but I ain't afraid of that, neither.
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182[[folder:Real Life]]
183* Seen on various message boards:
184-->Hemlock is both [[AllNaturalSnakeOil natural and organic]].
185** From comedian Matt Kirshen:
186--->''Heroin'' is natural. ''Nicotine'' is natural. ''A pack of wild wolves'' is natural! ''Natural doesn't mean safe!''[[note]]Heroin is technically a borderline case, as it's ''processed'' from naturally-occurring opium. That said, the point stands.[[/note]]
187* The famous "90% of everything is crap" phrasing of SturgeonsLaw is an example, having been originally said in response to a statement that 90% of ScienceFiction is crap, and the accompanying implication that this says anything about science fiction ''particularly''.
188* James Quirk, the editor of "Photoplay," on early 1920s attempts at sound film: "Talking pictures are perfected, says Dr. Lee De Forest. So is castor oil."
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