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1->''"And I've never hoist the mainstay,\
2and I never swabbed the poop deck,\
3and I never veered to starboard 'cuz I never sail at all!\
4And I've never walked a gangplank,\
5and I've never owned a [[PirateParrot parrot]],\
6and I've never been to Boston in the fall!\
7Cuz we're the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything,\
8we just stay at home and lie around!\
9And if you ask us to do anything,\
10We'll just tell you, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 'We don't do anything!']]"''
11-->-- ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'', "[[TropeNamers The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]"
12
13->''"You say you're nasty pirates\
14Scheming, thieving, bad bushwhackers?\
15From what I've seen I tell you\
16You're not pirates! You're just slackers!"''
17-->-- '''Guybrush Threepwood''', ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnF8iQVoiqA A Pirate I Was Meant to Be]]"
18
19->''"On Mondays, I never go to work\
20On Tuesdays, I stay at home\
21On Wednesdays, I never feel inclined\
22Work is the last thing on my mind\
23On Thursdays, it's a holiday!\
24And Fridays I detest\
25Oh, it's much too late on a Saturday\
26And Sunday is the day of rest"''
27-->-- ''Music/TheyMightBeGiants'', "Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work)"
28
29->''"We're whalers on the moon,\
30We carry a harpoon,\
31But there ain't no whales,\
32So we tell tall tales\
33And sing our whaling tune!"''
34-->-- '''The Space Whalers''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' ("The Series Has Landed")
35
36->''"He's got a nerdy shirt\
37And a pocket pouch\
38(Although I've never seen him write anything down…)"''
39-->-- '''Kyle Justin''', "''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' Theme (Full Version)"
40
41->''"[[WideOpenSandbox Exploring the seas]], and [[AnInteriorDesignerIsYou home renovation]]\
42[[GottaCatchEmAll Feather collecting]] and [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster art ecollection]]\
43We're the assassins and we're here to stay!\
44[-(We might have to phase out the stabbing, OK?)-]"''
45-->-- '''Creator/BenCroshaw''', ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jim-yahtzees-rhymedown-spectacular/8392-Resolution-Conflict We're the Assassins]]''
46
47->''"Whatever happened to 'we rape, we pillage'?"''
48-->-- '''Jason''', ''Film/TheIcePirates''
49
50->''"Are we still in the Army?"''
51-->-- '''CPL Derrick Hill''', ''Series/{{Enlisted}}''
52
53->''"[The Ambassador] is particularly charming, and it seems churlish to ask him whether he's the ambassador of anywhere in particular."''
54-->-- '''Sidebar Snippet''', ''Videogame/FallenLondon''
55
56->''"So they inwardly resolved that so long as they remained in the business, their piracies should not again be sullied with the crime of stealing."''
57-->-- '''Creator/MarkTwain''', ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer''
58
59->''"Pirates who aren't evil end up at theme parks. It be a terrifying fate!"''
60-->-- '''Captain Plankbeard''', ''VideoGame/ChibiRobo''
61
62->''"Oh, hi, Mr. Thief-Who-Doesn't-Take-Anything."''
63-->-- '''Linda''', ''VideoGame/Mother3''
64
65->'''Cory:''' Wait, there's pirates in this game?\
66'''Luke:''' You didn't tell us there'd be pirates. I wanna play a pirate.\
67'''Narrator:''' You can't play a pirate. They're the bad guys in this game.\
68'''Cory:''' Lemme see that book for a sec.\
69'''Luke:''' I could be a good pirate.\
70'''Narrator:''' You'd have to actually ''pirate'' to be a pirate.
71-->-- ''Webcomic/OnePieceGrandLine3Point5''
72
73->'''Frylock:''' Look, Shake. We're gonna have to get jobs.\
74'''Master Shake:''' What, are you nuts? What about that big, fat welfare check we get every month?\
75'''Frylock:''' It doesn't come until next Thursday. Now, either I pawn this TV or we're not gonna have money for food.\
76'''Shake:''' But we're detectives, remember? Remember I made the T-shirts? I bought the T-shirt cannon, remember? I've been firing T-shirts all over the neighborhood that say we're detectives! Now we're gonna look like fools.\
77'''Frylock:''' We haven't "detected" anything in ''three years'', Shake!
78-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', "Robositter"
79
80->'''Professor Farnsworth:''' My God! This is the greatest mystery of all time. We must fly to Rome and exhume the body of Saint James.\
81'''Hermes:''' Didn't we used to be a delivery company?
82-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''The Duh-Vinci Code''
83
84->''It only took 193 chapters of serialization for them to be shown working.''
85-->-- ''[[Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar We Want to Talk About Kaguya]]''
86
87->''About half of them.''
88-->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/NotablePopes Pope John XXIII]]''', in reply to a reporter's question, "How many people work in the Vatican?"
89
90->You will probably meet one or more ''Police'' investigators, artists, bakers, sculptors, or rock musicians. They will be able to ditch their jobs easily to give you advice, comfort you, or join you on your Tour, and they will always answer their cell phones when you call, unless you happen to be in dire peril.
91-->-- ''[[Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland The Tough Guide]] to [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/295726 Fantasy Cities]]''
92
93->''"You know, dude... Sometimes I wonder if we're even SPACE PIRATES anymore. Ever since that SWEETHEART came along, we haven't done anything cool! We should just quit and get real jobs."''
94-->-- '''Space Pirate Dude''', ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}''
95
96->''"Welcome to Lee's Detective Agency. We accept every manner of requests and will do our best to meet your needs in goods delivery, pickup, infiltration, investigation, arbitration, and conflict resolution. We strive to serve you better. We can solve '''anything''' in Lungmen. And certainly… except for detective work because that's police business. Please don't expect this to be a detective show."''
97-->-- '''Opening narration''' for the first four episodes of ''[[VideoGame/{{Arknights}} Lee's Detective Agency: A Day in Lungmen]]''
98
99!!!Reviews
100->''"Clark wanders in the front door, only to reveal that, oh no, he has [[BroughtDownToNormal lost his powers!]] Now who will [[{{Wangst}} stand around moping]] while others save the world?!"''
101-->-- '''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-12-collateral/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Collateral")
102
103->'''Jon:''' I think Conan's feelin' real ''[[VideoGameCrueltyPotential baaaad]]'' today! "Attack"!\
104[[AC:Conan [[InformingTheFourthWall decides not to attack the merchant]] ]]\
105'''Jon:''' Conan also decided to file his taxes quarterly to avoid overages and remain cash-solvent. ''What is this, "Conan decided not to attack the merchant"?!' Get outta here, I'm CO-NAN! I'm a BARBARIAN! It's in the TITLE! ''IT'S INNA TITLE!!''
106-->-- '''WebVideo/JonTron''' playing the ''Conan the Barbarian'' DOS videogame
107
108->''"Conan's recorded history mentions him as being prominently involved, at one time or another, with four different pirate fraternities, on two different seas, as well being a noted leader of land robbers at three different locales. Yet, we hardly ever see him involved in, well, robbing people. To be sure, he speaks about it often and with complete candor: "We Kozaks took to plundering the outlying dominions of Koth, Zamora, and Turan impartially" he says in "Shadows in the Moonlight". But that was'' before ''the story began. And 'We're bound for waters where the seaports are fat, and the merchant ships are crammed with plunder!' Conan declares at the end of "The Pool of the Black One". But this plundering will take place'' after ''the story ends. When we see Conan onstage, we see him do many other things: he intervenes in the politics and dynastic struggles of various kingdoms; he hunts for hidden treasure; he explores desert islands and lost cities; he fights countless terrible monsters and evil sorcerers; he saves countless beautiful women and makes them fall in love with him... What we virtually never see Conan do is engage in the proper business of an armed robber, on land or by sea— which is to attack people who never threatened or provoked you, take away their possessions by main force, and run your sword through them if they dare to resist. A bit messy business, that. Armchair adventurers, who like to enjoy a good yarn in the perfect safety and comfort of their suburban homes, might not have liked to read it."''
109-->-- '''George Baxter''', "Heroic Fantasy and Mundane Reality"
110
111->''"Thanksgiving gave the ComicBook/XMen the chance to finally get back to what they do best: hang out around the mansion, play sports and have sweet character moments."''
112-->-- '''[[http://mattsignal.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/the-matt-signal-presents-x-men-present.html Matt]]''' on ''Uncanny X-Men'' #308
113
114->''"When you love being on boats '''not''' doing crime, that's called '''sailing'''. You want to be King of the Sailors."''
115-->-- '''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''' on ''Series/OnePiece2023''.
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