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5[[quoteright:330:[[Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shes_0.png]]]]
6[[caption-width-right:330:"You drilled this in pretty deep, Johnny."\
7"That's what ''she'' said! Hahaha!"\
8"Stop!! Seriously. How old are you?"\
9"[[CrossesTheLineTwice That's what she said.]]"]]
10
11%%
12->'''Brian:''' Okay, insert rod support A into slot B.\
13'''Peter:''' ''[giggling]'' That's what--\
14'''Brian:''' If you say "that's what she said" one more time, I'm gonna pop you.
15-->-- ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
16
17To take a [[InnocentInnuendo perfectly innocent phrase]] [[ThatCameOutWrong that just came out wrong]] said by one person and then irk that person by [[DoubleEntendre turning it into an innuendo]]. It's also interesting to note that it pretty specifically keeps to what ''she'' said with its uses leaning towards things a woman would say in response to a man's actions or physical attributes. So if it is being used in disparagement of someone, that someone is most likely a man.
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19Learned gentlemen of [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist numerous disciplines]] have pondered as to whether or not said "she" is, in fact, YourMom.
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21Whoever "she" is, the use of the phrase as a [[StockPhrase stock expression]] is NewerThanTheyThink. Any use at all before 1992 and most uses before about 2005 can be considered instances of HaveAGayOldTime. Not to say that similar sentiments weren't expressed with different wording, of course; the phrase "as the actress said to the bishop", the [[OrphanedPunchline punchline to a joke lost to the mists of time]], is a notable older version. (Also: Mid-20th-century jokers would often replace "the actress" with Creator/MaeWest and "the bishop" with...any man, really, depending on circumstances.)
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23A SubTrope of LampshadedDoubleEntendre. Despite the trope being mostly meant for female pronouns, gender inversions ("that's what ''he'' said") are just as possible.
24
25Compare CantBelieveISaidThat and HehHehYouSaidX. May be answered with "[[TooMuchInformation TMI]]." Younger SisterTrope to ImaginedInnuendo.
26
27Here is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MACsFQRQufc compilation]] with a lot of examples of this trope.
28
29----
30!!Examples:
31[[foldercontrol]]
32
33[[folder:Advertising]]
34* This [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=18ya0-OZ58s Snickers commercial]] with Betty White.
35* Gender inverted in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgUqmKQ9Lrg this Maltesers advert]] in which a woman recounts how her disability led to an amusing but unintentional sex act.
36[[/folder]]
37
38[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
39* Subverted in ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' when Syaoron says it- and means exactly that, that is what she said! The fact that the 'She' is Yuuko didn't hurt much.
40[[/folder]]
41
42[[folder:Audio Plays]]
43* On ''AudioPlay/WereAlive'', Saul manages to drop one while he and CJ are being attacked by zombies. She's referring to raising a garage door so she can slice at the zombies with her [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]].
44-->'''CJ:''' Lift up the door, I just need six inches.\
45'''Saul:''' Ha ha. That's what she said. And you're going to need more than that.
46[[/folder]]
47
48[[folder:Comedy]]
49* Taken to extremes by Achmed the Dead Terrorist in ventriloquist Creator/JeffDunham's concert film, ''Controlled Chaos'', where Achmed lets loose a string of them using an embarrassed Jeff's pleas to stop, all while his voice gets increasingly higher.
50-->'''Achmed:''' ''[making popping noises]'' How am I doing that with no lips? ''[beat]'' That's what she said.\
51'''Jeff:''' I can't believe you did that.\
52'''Achmed:''' That's what ''she'' said!\
53'''Jeff:''' Will you stop it?\
54'''Achmed:''' ''[louder]'' That's what she said!\
55'''Jeff:''' I don't like this.\
56'''Achmed:''' ''[''very'' high pitch voice]'' THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!\
57'''Jeff:''' How long is this?\
58'''Achmed:''' ''[screechy voice]'' THATSWHATSHESAID! ''[beat]'' Think about it...\
59'''Jeff:''' ''[beat]'' So you were talking to [[GrumpyOldMan Walter]] earlier?\
60'''Achmed:''' ''[beat; upset]'' Dammit!
61[[/folder]]
62
63[[folder:Comic Books]]
64* In ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'', [[ItMakesSenseInContext while being strangled by Dracula]]:
65-->'''Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}:''' [[CasualDangerDialogue Hopefully you won't hold this against me.]]\
66'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' That's what she said.\
67'''Batgirl:''' You're funny.\
68'''Supergirl:''' I try.
69* When ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} tells Death about his plan to be ''dead dead'' and with her:
70-->'''Deadpool:''' ''I got a plan''. It's really ''big'', though... An' it's gonna be ''really $#%&#% hard to pull off''.\
71'''Death:''' That's what she said.
72* ''ComicBook/{{Starman}}'' used the older "as the actress said to the bishop" version, pulling it on ''himself'' after noting that "my rod feels good in my hand".
73[[/folder]]
74
75[[folder:Fan Works]]
76* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
77-->'''Burter:''' Oh, you can't beat ''my'' speed. I'm the fastest in the universe!\
78'''Krillin:''' ''[offscreen]'' That's what she said!
79* UsefulNotes/MariaTheresa was discussing {{Sword Fight}}s in ''WebVideo/RoseOfVersaillesAbridged'', and a title card read this in response to something she said.
80* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', this almost ''kills'' [[BigSisterBully Suguha]], when Kirito unexpectedly bumps into her snacking on some muffins on their back porch.
81-->'''Kirito:''' Aw, crap, why'd I come in the back door?\
82'''Suguha:''' ''[with her mouth full]'' OH! OH! THAFFS WHA SHE SEFF! ''[chokes on muffin, collapses]''
83* ''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Movie]]'':
84** Joey's standing in the way of Yugi, who says "Joey, get your butt out of my face!" Joey comes back with "Yeah, that's what she said." Doesn't quite work, does it?
85** This same style is also in the Christmas special, where the first 'ghost' to visit Kaiba is Yugi. Kaiba eventually gets pissed off and tells Yugi to "get the hell out of my bedroom." Yugi responds with an incredibly witty: "Yeah, that's what she said."
86** And again in a DepravedBisexual moment in ''What Would Yugi Do'':
87--->'''Yami:''' Silence, slave!! Or do you ''want'' me to yank on your leash again?\
88'''Yugi:''' Ouch! Not so tight, Pharoah!\
89'''Yami:''' That's what she said. Or he, I could go either way, really. And that is ''also'' what she said!
90** Then there was that time Creator/WayneGrayson completely owned Creator/LittleKuriboh using this comeback [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVWmmv-EQmU at Youmacon 2009.]]
91--->'''LK:''' Well, it's good to know that Joey is loved in various areas. ''[{{beat}}]'' Wait a minu--\
92'''Wayne:''' That's what she said!
93* ''Fanfic/TheDracoTrilogy'' has this in a HaveAGayOldTime sort of way -- back when it was written, the sentence hadn't quite acquired this meaning...
94* In ''FanFic/FullmetalLol'', The Situation [[note]]aka, Greed[[/note]] has this as his catchphrase.
95* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4878574/9/Serendipity One of the drabbles]] in the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' fanfic ''[[FanficRecs/HaruhiSuzumiya Serendipity]]'' is about Ryoko's confusion regarding this trope.
96* In "Helena" a Franchise/HarryPotter trollfic that is best described as a worse ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', [[spoiler:Hagrid]], of all people, pulls one off against himself while he is fantasizing about the Mary Sue protagonist.
97* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11038182/6/Shelter-From-The-Storm Shelter From the Storm]]'' the Gryffindor Quidditch team returns to the castle during a heavy rainstorm after practice.
98-->'''Angelina:''' I've never been so wet in my life.\
99'''Fred/George:''' That's what ''she'' said.
100* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11798428/13/Fall-to-Zenith Fall to Zenith]]'':
101-->'''Freed:''' TOO SLOW!\
102'''Harry:''' As the actress said to the archbishop.
103* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9570608/8/Harry-Potter-and-the-11th-Commandment Harry Potter and the 11th Commandment]]'':
104-->'''Tony:''' Oh, you'll see. It'll be complicated but I think you can relax. Today's the seventh of August, and your hearing is on the twelfth. That's more than enough time for me to figure something out, don't worry.\
105'''Sirius:''' As long as Harry gets off, I'm happy.\
106'''Tony:''' That's what she said.
107* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12580717/11/Waterboy-Who-Lived Waterboy Who Lived]]'' Ron follows Angelina too closely during a street Quidditch match.
108-->'''Angelina:''' ''Someone get him off!''\
109'''Lee:''' THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!
110* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12606375/10/Aspirations-Forged-Manipulations Aspirations Forged Manipulations]]'':
111-->'''Daphne:''' You and your sweet tooth.\
112'''Draco:''' It's not that big.\
113'''Harry:''' No, it's huge.\
114'''Fred/George:''' That's what she said.
115* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13298072/12/Natural-Born-Mage Natural Born Mage]]'':
116-->'''Oliver:''' This is it, the big one -\
117'''Fred:''' That's what she said.\
118'''Angelina:''' Not to you she didn't.
119* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13962010/17/Like-Tenfold-Shields Like Tenfold Shields]]'':
120-->'''Seamus:''' Charged particles?\
121'''Neville:''' Something Luna said. 'Cata... cataph... forget it. Something long and unfamiliar.\
122'''Seamus:''' That's what ''she'' said!
123* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14110171/5/The-Great-Escape The Great Escape]]'' Daphne is traveling by plane for the first time.
124-->'''Daphne:''' It's a lot bigger than I thought it was.\
125'''Harry:''' That's what she said.
126* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9421436/6/Draco-Malfoy-s-Very-Drunken-Adventure Draco Malfoy's Very Drunken Adventure]]'':
127-->'''Draco:''' You ready?\
128'''Dudley:''' Yeah. Jus' get in there and ''do'' it.\
129'''Draco:''' That's what ''he'' said.
130[[/folder]]
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132[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
133* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z8mSwzSQQk This 1929 sound test]] for Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Blackmail'' has an amusing variant, courtesy of Hitch himself.
134-->'''Alfred:''' You must stand in your place, or it will not come out right: as the girl said to the soldier.
135* Another variation occurs in ''Film/{{Snatch}}'':
136-->'''Brick Top:''' In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary... come again?
137* In ''Film/WaynesWorld'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJOQvazNJwEfilm while they're both holding up a large photo]]:
138-->'''Garth:''' Okay, are you done yet? Because I'm tired of holding this thing.\
139'''Wayne:''' That's what she said.
140[[/folder]]
141
142[[folder:Literature]]
143* ''Literature/WitchesAbroad'' has Nanny thinking to herself, "Just grab the first thing you see, said the High Priest to the Vestal Virgin" (a take on the antecedent to "That's what she said," "...said the Actress to the Bishop"). A footnote indicates that this is [[OrphanedPunchline the punchline to a joke that everyone on the Disc has forgotten]].
144* In a book called ''A Play of Knaves,'' one character is getting grief from all the others about sleeping around, to the point where he's fed up with everything they say, even if it's to mock someone else. It's worth pointing out that this book series takes place largely ''in the 1430s.''
145-->Ellis snapped, "Leave off with the Hewwwgo, too, will you?" "That was probably the other thing Titha said," Joliffe grinned, and added in a shrill girl's voice, "'Leave off, Ellis.'"
146* Literature/TheSaint, at least in the original books, loves this. He quips "as the actress said to the bishop" or [[SpearCounterpart "as the bishop said to the actress"]] with very little provocation.
147* A book titled "That's What She Said: Contemporary Poetry and Fiction by Native American Women" [[http://www.amazon.com/Thats-What-She-Said-Contemporary/dp/0253203384 I kid you not, folks, this is real.]]
148* In Paul Robinson's book, ''Literature/TheTakeoverMan'', the eponymous character is having sex with a woman whose sons became boyfriends of the twin daughters of another woman. She's having an amazing time until he has an orgasm and stops, then she says,
149--> "That was fantastic." \
150"That's what the twins' mother said."\
151She laughed. "I have to wonder about you. Is any woman safe around you?"
152* ''Literature/WhatToSayNext'': While trying to give David advice for winning over Kit, Miney says, "I'm not letting you blow this." David says, "That's what she said," a joke he learned weeks ago and has been waiting for an opportunity to use ever since.
153* Implied in the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' novel ''For the Emperor''. Cain concludes a briefing with "The harder and faster you go in, the better." and notes that Sulla is whispering something to another officer and giggling. Presumably Sulla made a comment along the lines of "That's what he said."
154[[/folder]]
155
156[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
157* ''Series/TheOfficeUK'': Appropriately for an Englishman, David Brent uses the "said the actress to the bishop" variant quite often.
158* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'':
159** Michael Scott is almost pathologically incapable of resisting an opportunity to use this joke. Even in the midst of a legal deposition. In an episode when Michael is being forced by his boss to not tell inappropriate jokes around the office, Jim deliberately starts saying things that could have double meanings until he finally gives in.
160--->'''Jim:''' Does that include "that's what she said"?\
161'''Michael:''' Mm-hmm, yes.\
162'''Jim:''' Wow, that is really hard. ''[beat; Michael restrains himself]'' Do you really think you can go all day long? ''[another beat, now Michael is straining hard not to open his mouth]'' Well, you've always left me satisfied, and smiling, so...\
163''[{{beat}}]''\
164'''Michael:''' THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!
165** One of the DVD box-sets is titled "''The Office'' Ultimate Package (that's what she said)".
166** In the SeriesFinale, [[spoiler: just before Dwight's wedding to Angela, Michael [[BackForTheFinale returns]] to be his best man (or "Bestest Mensch"). An emotional Dwight tells him "I can't believe you came!", and Michael responds with a smile: "That's what she said."]]
167** After [[spoiler:Oscar]] comes out, Michael proudly changes a "That's what she said" joke to a "That's what HE said".
168** The other co-workers have picked up Michael's catch phrase. Creed, Dwight (much to Michael's annoyance), Stanley (in a deleted Season 3 scene) Pam, and even Jan have all said the line during the show's run.
169** During one of Ricky Gervais's Season 7 cameos as David Brent, 'That's What She said" is namedropped by David after he meets Michael. This delights Michael, who spontaneously hugs David (despite just meeting each other).
170* Gender-flipped by Sgt. Fish in the "Heat Wave" episode of ''Series/BarneyMiller'' after maintenance man Beckman has completed repairs and the fan won't turn on:
171-->'''Harris''': Hey it can't be turned on, it's not doing anything!\
172'''Fish''': My very words to Bernice.
173* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'':
174** Creator/AmyPoehler's recurring character Amber (with one leg, etc.) used it as a catchphrase. For example, when she was on ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'':
175--->'''Tyra:''' Amber, it was very hard for us to find a good picture of you.\
176'''Amber:''' I bet it was hard.\
177'''Tyra:''' But we did our best.\
178'''Amber:''' That's what she said.\
179'''Tyra:''' You're not using that right.\
180'''Amber:''' That's what she said.\
181'''Tyra:''' Better.
182** On the season 35 episode of ''SNL'' hosted by Tina Fey, during a sketch about Tiger Woods's first game back from his sex scandal, Tina Fey plays a hooker named Ashlyn St. Cloud who says, "That's what Tiger said," after one of the commentators says, "Let's take a look at the hole through the aerial cam."
183* In an episode of ''Series/RulesOfEngagement'', Russell is dating a woman who speaks in almost nothing but unintentional DoubleEntendre. Adam suggests that she might be the 'she' who actually says all those 'that's what she said' remarks.
184* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'':
185** A variation occurred in Season 6:
186--->'''Barney:''' (as Ted is packing something) Woah, Ted, that thing you're packing's way too big to fit in that box..\
187'''Ted:''' Yeah, that's what your mom said.\
188'''Barney:''' HOW DARE YOU?!\
189'''Ted:''' No, she actually said that.\
190'''Barney's mom:''' Ted, dear, I thought I told you that won't fit in there.
191%%** "Top 10 things Marshall said on his wedding night".
192%%** One episode featured a woman who speaks in unintentional {{Double Entendre}}s.
193* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': In "Sub Rosa", the seventh episode of the series, Gibbs (not [=DiNozzo=] [[HandsomeLech for once]]) has a moment like this when Kate is thrown against him during a submarine's emergency surfacing. Cue a smirk from a watching crewman and a DeathGlare from Kate.
194-->'''Kate:''' Wow.\
195'''Gibbs:''' Yeah. That's what they all tell me.
196* In ''Series/{{Bottom}}'':
197-->'''Richie:''' Wait a minute. You were in love with ''Harry Belafonte?''\
198'''Eddie:''' Well, that's what she told me her name was -- well, she sort of shouted it over her shoulder as she ran away into the night.\
199'''Richie:''' (sigh) Oh look, let's just forget it shall we?\
200'''Eddie:''' That's what ''she'' said!\
201'''Richie:''' Look, let's just drop it.\
202'''Eddie:''' She said that as well!\
203'''Richie:''' ''EDWARD HITLER, I'M '''REALLY''' NOT INTERESTED.''\
204'''Eddie:''' This is uncanny! Were you ''there?''
205* In an episode of ''Series/CornerGas'', Hank uses this line repeatedly in one scene, only he doesn't quite get how it's supposed to work and uses it after lines that can't be mistaken for innuendo. Suddenly Davis comes in...
206-->'''Davis:''' Hey Brent, your nozzle is stuck in my gas tank. It's too big, I can't get it out!\
207(Everyone looks at Hank expectantly)\
208'''Hank:''' What? I don't think she'd say that. Doesn't sound like her.
209* ''Series/NewsRadio'' has this when Dave & Lisa broke up, the rest unaware:
210-->'''Dave:''' I know it's a crummy story but someone has to do a piece on the Williamsburg Bridge renovation.\
211'''Lisa:''' Give it to me, Dave. I'll take it.\
212'''Joe:''' That's not the first time Dave's heard Lisa say that.\
213'''Dave:''' Give it a rest.\
214'''Bill:''' I'll bet that's not the first time Lisa's heard Dave say that.\
215'''Lisa:''' Look you really don't want to get into this.\
216'''Catherine:''' I bet Dave's never heard that one before.\
217'''Dave:''' Seriously, this is a very sensitive area.\
218'''Beth:''' That's what she said.\
219'''Lisa:''' Okay, I'm telling them.\
220'''Bill:''' And I'll bet that's not... Actually, that doesn't really work, does it?
221* In the ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' episode "Wedding Show":
222-->'''Bud:''' I had sex! With a girl! And I did it good!\
223'''Kelly:''' Oh, my God.\
224'''Bud:''' That's what she said. Twice.
225* At the 2010 Country Music Association awards, hosts Music/BradPaisley and Music/CarrieUnderwood had this exchange about Music/BlakeShelton and Music/MirandaLambert's engagement ring:
226-->'''Carrie:''' Right after they got engaged, she sent me a picture of it. And I have to say, it is beautiful and big and just perfect.\
227'''Brad:''' OK, I'm sorry, [[LampshadeHanging I have to do it]]... That's what she said!
228* This exchange from ''Series/{{House}}'' when he was describing a recent case to a class of fifth-graders:
229-->'''House:''' My current patient is a college student. He's actually in the hospital right now. And, yes, he really did cough up a large portion of dead lung tissue.\
230'''Sophie:''' How's that even possible?\
231'''House:''' That's what she said! ''[{{beat}}]'' No, she did literally say that.\
232''[flashback]''\
233'''Masters:''' How's that even possible?
234* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'':
235** Mr. Mash indulges in a bit of this with the perfume salesgirl in "His and Hers".
236--->'''Mr. Mash:''' ''[holding an extension cord]'' Here we are, then. Let's hope we don't get a short-circuit when we plug it in...as Mae West said when she picked up the midget. I suppose it'll take a few moments to warm up...as Mae West said to the Eskimo.
237** Lampshaded by the salesgirl when he was instructed to leave the sales floor and remarked about having to unclog a toilet.
238--->'''Salesgirl:''' I wonder who Mae West said that to.
239* On ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' Sookie say this when they look up at a gigantic house that Luke and Lorelai were contemplating buying. Lorelai repeats it not even ten seconds later and frequently puts her own spin on it by saying "Dirty" instead.
240* On ''Creator/MorecambeAndWise'', Eric Morecambe's version of this was, after anyone said anything that could be misconstrued as an UnusualEuphemism, to give an AsideGlance to the audience and say "There's no answer to that!"
241* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' has a scene where Dr. Cox refrains from talking back to his ever-hated boss, Dr. Kelso:
242--> '''Carla:''' That's it? You're just gonna roll over and leave it at that?\
243'''Jordan:''' That is so funny, that's exactly what I said to him last night!\
244'''Carla:''' Come on! Where's the passion? The anger? The hate?\
245'''Jordan:''' [[MasochismTango Again! Last night!]]\
246'''Carla:''' You've gone soft.\
247'''Jordan:''' ''[Gasps]'' Okay, now it's just spooky.
248* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEP9aU-ynm0#t=0m38s this newscast]] Wendy Rieger: "It's about 7 inches too much!" Notice how she measures 17 inches.
249* ''Series/TheSopranos'' Richie Aprile has a subversion with Tony where he asks Tony:
250--> '''Richie''' How's your sister?\
251'''Tony''' Don't get cute.\
252'''Richie''' What? Janice.\
253'''Tony''' Oh... I thought you were baiting me. You know, "how's your sister, fuck your mother."\
254'''Richie''' Nah. Come on.
255* On ''Sunrise On 7'', A.J. Roach describes men's water polo to Edwina Barthowlmew:
256-->'''A.J. Roach:''' It's a great spectacle. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Especially guys running around in their speedos, wrestling and pressing up against each other]]. So it's a good sport to watch.\
257'''Edwina Barthowlmew:''' [[HoYay That sounds like the Greek Olympics.]]
258* On ''Series/LostGirl'', succubus Bo gets a "That's what I said" in after Dyson says he "rode for two days straight" returning from looking for Lauren.
259* Fox News: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWq7-dpZO8A3#t=2m50s this clip,]] Megyn Kelly asks Janice Dean if [[HoYay they'll be going to bed together]].
260* Jake from ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' uses "Title of your sex tape" whenever Amy (and gradually the rest of the cast as the series goes on) says something that can be misinterpreted as a demeaning line about her sex life. He keeps it up even after he and Amy take the "Unresolved" out of their UnresolvedSexualTension, though by that point they're both taking it in good humor.
261-->'''Amy:''' ''(in bed with Jake after their first time)'' I hope this wasn't a mistake.\
262'''Jake:''' "I hope this wasn't a mistake," title of your sex tape. ''(gasps excitedly)'' Title of OUR sex tape!
263* In ''Series/QueerAsFolkUS'', when Brian boasts about having sex with his co-worker Kip on his desk at work, Michael tells Brian that he is "unbelievable" and is told, "That's what he said."
264* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoMDMrxkx74 this clip,]] newscaster Amy Andrews hopes it's Dry Hump Day.
265* In ''Series/PennAndTellerFoolUs'', it's invoked by the presenter, Jonathan Ross, during the deliberations after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRpz0zuAGVs&t=6m00s Shawn Farquhar's magic trick]] (which, by the way, fooled them).
266-->'''Shawn:''' (...) I think magic that takes place in somebody else's hands is so much powerful than magic that takes place in our own.\
267'''Jonathan:''' That's what I tell my wife all the time.
268* In his appearance on ''[[Series/TheTonightShow The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon]]'', Creator/GabrielIglesias narrates that, rather than scold his teenage stepson Frankie, he prefers to mess with him with [[ParentalSexualitySquick anything resembling affection between Gabe and Frankie's mom]]. Case in point, when Frankie sleeps through his loud alarm:
269-->'''Gabriel:''' He doesn't wanna wake up, so what I do is I get on top of the bed, and I slowly lay on top of him. Oh, and you can hear him: "AUUUUUUGH, OH GOD, YOU'RE TOO BIG! YOU'RE TOO BIG", and then I whisper in his ear, "[[IBangedYourMom That's what your mom said]]".
270* One of Terry Gilliam's animated segments in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' contained a variant on this theme.
271-->'''"Charles Fatless":''' Then let me have your puny, scrawny little body for just fifteen minutes a day!\
272'''Camp Gay Man:''' Mmmm, I've heard ''that'' one before, ducky! ''[Is punched squarely in the jaw]''
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274
275[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
276* Easily missed on the DVD, but during the commentary of a match featuring [[Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Los Ice Creams]], Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}} says this to Wrestling/ChrisHero, after a fan calls out "Watch the cherry!" to the Ice Creams' opponent.
277[[/folder]]
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279[[folder:Radio]]
280* ''Radio/HelloCheeky'' often used the phrase "Your private life's your own concern!", and less commonly "There's no answer to that" to note that an innuendo had just passed by.
281-->'''John:''' Do you believe in fortune telling?\
282'''Barry:''' I've got a crystal ball.\
283'''John:''' ...Your private life's your own concern.
284* ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme:'' In the "October Revolution" sketch, most of Trotsky's contributions to the e-mail chain are along these lines, to Lenin's ever-increasing fury.
285[[/folder]]
286
287[[folder:Theater]]
288* In the Creator/JaraCimrman play ''Hospoda na mýtince'':
289--> '''Prisoner:''' ... she told me, a stranger: "Drink!" [[note]]In Czech, "drink!" ("pij!") is a homophone of "penis" ("pyj").[[/note]]\
290'''Count:''' That's what she said?!
291* In "That's What I Told Him Last Night" from the musical ''Arms and the Girl'', a Continental Army sergeant is giving instructions to his soldiers, and girls interject the song's title in response to such lines as "don't be scared to use your hands" and "feel your way around."
292* ''Theatre/CityOfAngels'' uses a variant:
293-->'''Buddy:''' ''[re iron lung]'' Werner! Come here, try this out!\
294'''Werner:''' Looks awfully small and tight.\
295'''Buddy:''' Said the sailor to the girl!
296[[/folder]]
297
298[[folder:Video Games]]
299* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'':
300** Moxxi does this to herself.
301--->'''Moxxi:''' You should be able to see the prison now. It used to be an island in the ancient sea. Now it's Mr. Shank's own personal male stabbing machine -- that's what she said! Heyo!\
302''[silence]''\
303'''Moxxi:''' Ahem. Anyway.
304** In ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', we have this little gem while Jack, Roland, Lilith, and the player work to take back Helios...
305---> '''Moxxi:''' ''[to Lilith and Roland]'' You two need to open the path wide open or this is going to get messy.\
306'''Lilith:''' Working on it! Also, that's what she said!\
307'''Moxxi:''' '''''I KNOW WHAT SHE SAID!''''' JUST DO IT!
308[[/folder]]
309
310[[folder:Visual Novels]]
311* Morgan’s epilogue of ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' gives this gem after [[spoiler:the protagonist, Morgan, and Uncle Tommy put on a (bad) concert]]:
312-->'''Protagonist:''' It feels good to suck.
313-->'''Morgan:''' That’s what she said.
314[[/folder]]
315
316[[folder:Web Comics]]
317* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'':
318** The surprise ending of [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1638 this strip.]]
319** Also used [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2220 here]] and [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1926 here]].
320* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'':
321** One strip parodies the overeager use of the phrase [[http://xkcd.com/436/ here]] when somebody uses it in response to a something said by a woman in a highly sexualized context.
322--->'''Guy 2:''' That's what SHE said! (poses)\
323'''Guy 1:''' Yes. [[CaptainObvious Yes, it is.]]\
324''[awkward silence]''\
325'''Guy 1:''' [[spoiler:[[AltText I was there, dude.]]]]
326** Combined with a YourMom joke [[http://xkcd.com/366/ here]].
327** [[http://xkcd.com/174/ My Hobby]]: Using That's What She Said only in the most grammatically ambiguous situations.
328* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
329** Used [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0753.html here]].
330** Belkar's "surprise burn" in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0836.html this comic]] is a variation.
331---> '''Roy:''' I'll take dull efficiency over exciting uncertainty any day of the week.\
332'''Belkar:''' Obviously, your girlfriend feels the same way.
333** There's another one is [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0837.html this comic]]
334---> '''Roy:''' Good. Now that we're together, I want to get inside that canyon as soon as possible.\
335'''Belkar:''' And that's what you said to your girlfriend!
336* "She" shows up herself in [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2443/ this]] ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' comic.
337* ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' has an [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=49524 exchange]] between a tiger and a gerbil that can turn human:
338-->'''Tiger:''' [I'll eat you.] You'll be substantially less than a mouthful. What do you think of that?\
339'''Artie:''' It's the opposite of what [[ThePornomancer Tip]] said last night.\
340'''Tiger:''' [[TooMuchInformation Now that's just inappropriate.]]
341* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' makes a surprise turn into this territory with [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009008 this conversation]]:
342-->JOHN: yes, see, there's this huge organ...\
343ROXY: that is almost certainly what she said\
344ROXY: WONK\
345JOHN: oh, shush. :p
346* ''Webcomic/TheBMovieComic'' has [[http://www.bmoviecomic.com/?cid=991 this]] in the intermission after the fifth movie:
347-->'''Prof. Dr.:''' Well that was very impressive in volume, Mr. Snuka, but unfortunately too short in duration to do much good. ...Please feel free to make "that's what she said" jokes as appropriate. Or rather, as inappropriate.
348* Spoofed in [[http://nedroid.com/2012/01/her-words-not-mine/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}'' comic.
349-->'''Beartato:''' Who?\
350'''Reginald''' Huh?\
351'''Beartato:''' Who said that?\
352'''Reginald:''' Uh...
353* ''Webcomic/UndeadFriend'': [[http://undeadfriend.com/comic/undead-friend-chapter-09-page-04/ Brigger uses this line in reaction to Mahalah's accidental innuendo.]]
354* ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'': Lisa tries to make this kind of joke to Ally at one point during the last volume. It falls completely flat.
355* ''Webcomic/StrongFemaleProtagonist'' has the following dialogue between the titular hero Alison/Mega-Girl and shrinking hero Pintsize:
356-->'''Alison''': Are you inside of me?
357-->'''Pintsize''': That's what ''she'' said!!
358-->'''Alison''': God, I hope not.
359* ''Webcomic/{{Realta}}'': While Elowen is being introduced to the underground hideout:
360-->'''Elowen:''' How deep does it go?\
361'''Fletcher:''' That's what she said!\
362'''Kasi:''' [pushes him out an alcove]
363* [[https://www.oglaf.com/hostilities/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' strip uses hot river nymphs for "her".
364-->'''Commander:''' You have a tiny penis.\
365'''Soldier:''' That's what the nymphs said.\
366[{{Beat}}]\
367'''Soldier:''' About you.
368
369[[/folder]]
370
371[[folder:Web Original]]
372* From ''Website/{{Cracked}}'''s [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_121_if-pop-cultures-greatest-characters-wrote-tell-all-books_p21/#7 If Pop Culture's Greatest Characters Wrote Tell-All Books]]: ''I have never Said ANY of these things! The story of SHE.''
373* ''Website/GaiaOnline'':
374** Used in a comic when Cindy comments about the size of a very, very tall tower, and [[CoolOldGuy Edmund]] responds with this line while [[BreakingTheFourthWall looking at the reader]].
375** And having a post of yours quoted with this phrase on said forums gives you an achievement (called "The Perfect Setup").
376** In Gaia's MMO ''[=zOMG!=]'', the intro sequence for the final boss scripts a random player to shout "Look out! It's huge!" Enough players replied with "That's what she said!" that the programmers ended up [[ThrowItIn adding that to the scripted chatter as well]].
377* Xanauzumaki's ''WebVideo/TheLegendOfZeldaTheAbridgedSeries'' have all of Darunia's dialogue rely on this trope (and even adding a "That's what he said" variant).
378[[/folder]]
379
380[[folder:Web Videos]]
381* In ''LetsPlay/CoryxKenshin'''s playthrough of ''Alcoholic Simulator'', this pops up onscreen as a FreezeFrameBonus after he exclaims [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Why is it not going in?"]].
382* The one true catchphrase of LetsPlay/{{Necroscope|86}}.
383* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2MnqSFueW0&feature=relmfu "Throughout history, the Tall Man has been terrorising anyone who harms his wood".]]
384* LetsPlay/KuroKomix parodied this to the point of absurdity at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54vgxEpntZA Episode VI]] of their LP of ''VideoGame/HellYeahWrathOfTheDeadRabbit'' - such to the point that Outrag3d Cr4wd4d actually walked out of the room and Dan Genesis was laughing too hard to continue commentating.
385* WebVideo/{{Markiplier}} does this on many occasions in his Let's Plays. His "Waxing Challenge" video (and by extension, his 11th highlight video) has a "That's What She Said" ''counter'' instead of him actually saying the phrase. The counter ''explodes'' when it reaches 21.
386* WebVideo/{{Ask That Guy|With The Glasses}} revealed that the "she" in "That's what she said" is, in fact, WebVideo/ObscurusLupa.
387* ''LetsPlay/MarioPartyTV'' is not opposed to saying this phrase. Mr. Doom prefers the phrase "that's what I told ''her''."
388* Upon getting a thick envelope mailed to him, WebVideo/MatthewSantoro said, "This is thick... this is thick! That's what she said.".
389* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick review of ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' (already famed for its kind of creepy sexual under [and sometimes over-, around- and totally-enveloping-] tones) uses this phrase enough times to keep both hands busy... for counting. The only problem is that the little [[VisualPun gag running across the screen]] didn't turn up when she pulls one off.
390* Plinkett of ''WebVideo/RedLetterMedia'' said some lines in his reviews that got some girls going "That's what ''he'' said!", much to his annoyance. He eventually captures them, drags them down to his basement, and forces them to assemble five jigsaw puzzles (with the pieces all dumped into one big pile and mixed up!) in a time span of only ''one hour'', with the penalty of being stuffed into a tiny fridge filled with flesh-eating cockroaches if they fail.
391* Creator/WilWheaton on his Creator/GeekAndSundry show ''WebVideo/{{Tabletop}}'', introducing the game ''TabletopGame/ElderSign'': "That's a lot of tentacles... is what she said."
392[[/folder]]
393
394[[folder:Western Animation]]
395* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'', Gazpacho says this once, followed by "She didn't say that."
396* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In the episode "Spanish Fry", Lrr from Omicron Persei 8 is threatening to remove certain appendages from Fry to be used as an alien aphrodisiac. ''Of course'' it used this phrase:
397-->'''Fry:''' But in this case, I just don't think it's going to work.\
398'''Bender:''' That's what she said. Whooooo!
399* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', a new co-worker at Strickland Propane, voiced by Creator/BenStiller, says this ''ad nauseam'', until Hank [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment washes his mouth out with soap]]. The episode's title? "That's What She Said", of course.
400* Defied in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', when Peter and Brian are putting together a crib:
401-->'''Brian:''' Insert rod support A into slot B.\
402'''Peter:''' That's what she--\
403'''Brian:''' If you say "That's what she said" one more time, I swear I'm gonna pop you.
404* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'':
405** A RunningGag involves using the word "Phrasing" as a variant.
406--->'''Malory:''' You wanna play me hard?\
407'''Archer:''' Phrasing.\
408'''Malory:''' Well, you'd better nut up.\
409'''Archer:''' Phraaaasing.\
410'''Malory:''' Because I've swallowed just as much as I can take from you!\
411'''Archer:''' HEY! ''PHRASING!''
412** When it briefly looks like no one in the group is doing "Phrasing" anymore, Archer tries to pay homage to the original by trying to make "Said Ripley to the android Bishop" the new thing. It doesn't take.
413** Am episode does a parody of the movie ''Film/FantasticVoyage'' in which Archer and his team have been put into a small submarine that has been miniaturized and injected into an artery so it can attack a blood clot in the brain of a patient. The ship uses a laser to cut into an artery to proceed through to the clot, the navigator tells the pilot "Okay, now just slide it in very easy," and the pilot says, "Is it all right if I say, 'That's what she said'?"
414* In the ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' episode "Comedians," Butt-head asks "is that what she said?" when the audience tells him to get off (the stage) when he performs stand-up comedy.
415[[/folder]]
416
417[[folder:Real Life]]
418* A number of stories on Website/NotAlwaysRight:
419** One poor employee discovered that there are no [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-she-said-makes-you-stop-dead/76879/ age or gender barriers]] where this remark is concerned.
420** Another such quipper didn't intend to say it [[https://notalwaysright.com/thats-what-he-thought/7989 out loud]].
421** [[https://notalwaysright.com/totally-over-the-leftovers/62686/ This one]] is something she shouldn't have said at all.
422** And an [[https://notalwaysright.com/comically-bad-timing/70166/ extra-creepy one]] with comically bad comic timing.
423[[/folder]]

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