| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 3 | ->''Pay people in UsefulNotes/{{Peru}}, UsefulNotes/{{Poland}}, or UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}? Easy peasy.\ |
| 4 | Visas for anyone from Versailles to UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}? [[GratuitousFrench Voilà]].\ |
| 5 | Employ in Edinburgh. Payroll in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}. Compliant in Cape Town.'' |
| 6 | -->-- Advertisements for ''[[https://www.deel.com Deel]]'' seen on the UsefulNotes/NewYorkCitySubway |
| 7 | [[/folder]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 10 | ->''"Excuse me?!? Ditching a diamond for a dumb disguise makes you dumber than it!"'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''James''', ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' |
| 12 | [[/folder]] |
| 13 | |
| 14 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 15 | ->'''Noah:''' But why bother stocking the lake with sharks? Wouldn’t it have been a '''l'''ot '''l'''ess '''l'''abor to just '''l'''et a '''l'''uck'''l'''ess '''l'''eaper '''l'''ive with the '''l'''ike'''l'''ihood of '''l'''eaving the '''l'''and of the '''l'''iving as a '''l'''ight '''l'''unch for those a'''ll'''eged'''l'''y '''l'''egendari'''l'''y '''l'''arge '''L'''eech '''L'''ake '''l'''ampreys? Oh, si'''ll'''y me, it’s not '''l'''ike they’re actua'''ll'''y rea'''l''', '''L'''O'''L'''. |
| 16 | ->'''Izzy:''' ''(with a wink)'' Now '''l'''ook, you '''l'''ame '''l'''ittle loser, I[='=]'''ll''' a'''ll'''ow that I '''l'''ike to '''l'''et '''l'''oose a '''l'''ong a'''ll'''iterative '''l'''ine as we'''ll''' as anyone, but just because this is supposed to be a kid's show doesn't mean we need to turn it into a Creator/DrSeuss routine. But if '''L'''ady '''L'''uck '''l'''ikes you, and you '''l'''ive through the "'''l'''ife in the ba'''l'''ance" '''l'''eap and '''L'''eech '''L'''ake's '''l'''egendary '''l'''ampreys don't '''l'''unch a'''ll''' your scar'''l'''et '''l'''ife '''l'''iquid and '''l'''ap up the '''l'''ast of your '''l'''ymph, you[='=]'''ll''' '''l'''augh '''l'''ast, 'cause I[='=]'''ll''' '''l'''et you a'''ll'''iterate as '''l'''ong as you '''l'''ike." |
| 17 | ->'''Chris:''' Okay, bro and bra, it’s not '''l'''ike I wouldn't '''l'''ove to '''l'''isten to your '''l'''itt'''l'''e a'''ll'''iter-off, but we’re on a schedu'''l'''e. |
| 18 | -->-- Alliteration "duel" from ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfTotalDramaIsland'' (boldface added) |
| 19 | [[/folder]] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 22 | ->''"Great big globs of greasy, grimy, gopher guts!"'' |
| 23 | -->-- '''Carl Spackler''', ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' |
| 24 | |
| 25 | ->'''Marjoribanks:''' Leave it to me, sir. I'll '''p'''ick a '''p'''anel '''p'''roperly to '''p'''ro-and-con the '''p'''ulchritude, with '''p'''robity and '''p'''recision.\ |
| 26 | '''Captain Crowther:''' You do that. ({{Beat}}) Eh?\ |
| 27 | '''Marjoribanks:''' Vivid eh? And alliterative. Rather good I must say... |
| 28 | -->-- ''Film/CarryOnCruising'' DeletedScene |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ->''"Man is a machine that manufactures manure."'' |
| 31 | -->-- '''Val''', ''Film/ChildrenShouldntPlayWithDeadThings'' |
| 32 | |
| 33 | ->''"A flood of senseless, sensual music has been drowning out every sensible speaker in the city, but our crafty cryptographers are working day and night to uncover some clue from this relentless flow of garbled gibberish."'' |
| 34 | -->-- '''Admiral Ballsy''', ''Film/JMenForever'' |
| 35 | |
| 36 | ->'''Creator/KennethWilliams:''' It was noble - a pageant of history. A '''c'''avalcade of '''c'''ontemporary '''c'''omment!\ |
| 37 | '''Creator/BarbaraWindsor:''' A '''c'''olossal '''C'''''arry On'' '''c'''ockup! |
| 38 | -->-- ''Film/ThatsCarryOn'' |
| 39 | |
| 40 | ->'''Evey:''' Who are you?\ |
| 41 | '''V:''' 'Who'? 'Who' is but the '''f'''orm '''f'''ollowing the '''f'''unction of 'what', and ''what'' I am is a '''m'''an in a '''m'''ask. |
| 42 | -->-- ''Film/VForVendetta'' |
| 43 | |
| 44 | ->''"Presenting Willy Wonka’s Wild and Wonderful Wishy-washy Wonka Walker! Please don’t make me say that again!"'' |
| 45 | -->--'''Willy Wonka'', ''Film/{{Wonka}}'' |
| 46 | [[/folder]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 49 | ->''"A pilgrim wanting a pin or a pistol, a cucumber or a camel, a house or a horse, a loan or a lentil, a date or a dragoman, a melon or a man, a dove or a donkey, has only to inquire for the article at the Joppa Gate."'' |
| 50 | -->-- ''Literature/BenHur or a tale of the Christ'' |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 54 | ->''"Australia: The land of opportunity. '''B'''ig '''b'''londe '''b'''lokes with '''b'''ulging '''b'''iceps on '''B'''ondi '''B'''each. '''B'''etter than '''b'''onkin' '''b'''lokes with '''b'''ad '''b'''reath in '''B'''illericay."'' |
| 55 | -->-- '''Sharon Theodopolopodous''', ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'', "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E12OldFriends Old Friends]]" |
| 56 | |
| 57 | ->'''Jago:''' You mean to say the celestial Chang was involved in all these Machiavellian machinations?\ |
| 58 | '''The Doctor:''' Yes, up to his [[GotMeDoingIt epicanthic eyebrows]]. |
| 59 | -->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]" |
| 60 | |
| 61 | ->'''Stor:''' I am Commander Stor, of the Sontaran Special Space Service.\ |
| 62 | '''The Doctor:''' The SSSS. Isn't that carrying alliteration a little far? |
| 63 | -->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time]]" |
| 64 | |
| 65 | ->'''[[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Hyacinth]]:''' Beautiful day, Elizabeth!\ |
| 66 | '''Elizabeth:''' Yes, isn't it?\ |
| 67 | '''Hyacinth:''' Completely conducive to contemplating cozy charismatic country cottages! |
| 68 | -->-- ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'' |
| 69 | |
| 70 | ->''"Are you clever enough to catch the cunning culprit? Or will you be deliciously deceived? [[LampshadeHanging Alliteration is awesome]]."'' |
| 71 | -->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQvTu1BKfxQ The Murder Narrator]]''', ''Series/StudioC'' |
| 72 | |
| 73 | -> '''Blanche:''' Oh shut up! Just shut up you babbling, bubble-headed, bleached-blonde…\ |
| 74 | '''Sophia:''' Baboon.\ |
| 75 | '''Blanche:''' BABOON!\ |
| 76 | '''Rose:''' …\ |
| 77 | '''Sophia:''' She needed a B! |
| 78 | -->-- ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', "[[Recap/TheGoldenGirlsS06E21WhatADifferenceADateMakes What a Difference a Date Makes]]" |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 83 | ->''PERCEPTION!\ |
| 84 | Post-nuclear places\ |
| 85 | Are pretty prearranged\ |
| 86 | To put you through your paces\ |
| 87 | Pinpoint the parts of predators that plan to prey\ |
| 88 | With the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System\ |
| 89 | Hooray!\ |
| 90 | You may need to pickpocket\ |
| 91 | Pinching for your own protection\ |
| 92 | Practicing your pilfering\ |
| 93 | Purloining to perfection\ |
| 94 | If your preferential predilection's\ |
| 95 | Petty theft of peoples' possessions\ |
| 96 | You'll be protected by perception'' |
| 97 | -->-- '''Music/DanBull''', "You're Special! (Fallout 4 Song)" |
| 98 | |
| 99 | ->''"There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets!"'' |
| 100 | -->-- '''Music/HalfManHalfBiscuit''', "National Shite Day" |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 104 | ->''"Nah. Just making sure the Diamond Dogs didn't decide a night raid was a good idea. Huh. These guys are easy to alliterate with."'' |
| 105 | -->-- '''Noble Six''', ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAdventuringAvatars'' |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 109 | ->''"From fires in Frankfurt to monsoons in Mumbai to villains victimizing Venezuela and other alliterative disasters, the teen heroes are there to help. This means the scale of the adventure is always large, since it's doubtful the team will pop in on Reno to rein in ruinous robbers... sorry, couldn't help myself."'' |
| 110 | -->-- ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' supplement ''Hero High'' (3rd edition) |
| 111 | [[/folder]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 114 | ->''"Pitiful people prepare, plead plentifully plentiful platitude phenomenal patriot pounds, poundingly perverse puppets; pulping, pleasantly, putrid pasties."'' |
| 115 | -->-- '''Krieg''', ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' |
| 116 | |
| 117 | ->''"'When waked, we walked where willows wail, whose withered windings won't wassail.' It's poetry because of W's and shit."'' |
| 118 | -->-- '''Sera''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' |
| 119 | |
| 120 | ->'''Buzz:''' Kitteh, we have gained access to Lemon's domain of degenerate debauchery.\ |
| 121 | '''Kitteh:''' Easy on the hyperbole, buddy. It's just a bunch of hippie stuff.\ |
| 122 | '''Buzz:''' It's a lascivious lair of laziness and languor.\ |
| 123 | '''Kitteh:''' Alright, Shakespeare, enough. |
| 124 | -->-- ''VideoGame/GibbousACthulhuAdventure'' |
| 125 | |
| 126 | ->''"My fiery fingers of frustrating flame force foes to fumble, fall, and fail!"'' |
| 127 | -->-- '''Shaitan the Advisor''', ''VideoGame/RealmOfTheMadGod'' |
| 128 | |
| 129 | ->''"'''S'''ickly, '''s'''inful, '''s'''pectacles '''s'''tand, '''s'''huffle, '''s'''hamble and '''s'''aunter '''s'''hamelessly in mine '''s'''candalized '''s'''ight! I '''s'''uggest a '''s'''olution... '''S'''urely '''s'''uch '''s'''edition '''s'''hould '''s'''our and '''s'''uccumb to '''S'''igvald - the '''s'''alacious, '''s'''candalous and '''s'''ensational '''s'''ervant of '''S'''laanesh! '''S'''on of '''S'''uccubi, '''s'''cion of '''s'''ordid acts and '''s'''layer of '''s'''qualid '''s'''erfs!\ |
| 130 | '''S'''ee how I '''s'''troll, '''s'''tride, '''s'''wagger and '''s'''wirl, '''s'''pin, and '''s'''lash and '''s'''tab at '''s'''tupid, '''s'''enseless '''s'''cum! '''S'''oon they '''s'''hall '''s'''woon, '''s'''hall '''s'''eek '''s'''olace and death from '''s'''undry torments wrought on them by my '''s'''trategic, '''s'''evering, '''s'''cintillating '''s'''hower of '''s'''himmering '''s'''trikes!\ |
| 131 | '''S'''end for the '''s'''word - '''s'''ummon '''S'''liverslash!"'' |
| 132 | -->-- '''[[TheFightingNarcissist Sigvald]] {{the Magnificent}}''', ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer'' |
| 133 | [[/folder]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 136 | ->''"Why am I '''p'''erfectly nit'''p'''icking this '''p'''iece when the '''p'''oet '''p'''urposely '''p'''ut '''p'''oor '''p'''unctuation in his '''p'''oems?! ...[[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion PTERODACTYL]]!"'' |
| 137 | -->-- '''WebAnimation/TheOdd1sOut''', "[[https://youtu.be/wDyxXGCVIuI?si=f5flxYtSglu7Skq- My Poetry Teacher]]" |
| 138 | |
| 139 | ->''"Delighting as it is that the drought is dying down, doing VideoGame/{{Destiny}} drained your debonair delegate. Dominant developers delay for a dogs age, then deliver a desperately drab discharge and dare to describe it as the due destination for depictions of destruction. Dammit, I don't desire to designate devotion to drudges as dull as dishwater so I'm declaring a downloadables day derived directly from discovering VideoGame/{{D4}}: Dark Dreams Don't Die!"'' |
| 140 | -->-- ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' |
| 141 | [[/folder]] |
| 142 | |
| 143 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 144 | ->'''Outrageous Lemon:''' Lemon Lace... '''''Laceration!'''''\ |
| 145 | '''Outrageous Apple:''' Awesome Apple... '''''Ollie!'''''\ |
| 146 | '''Undine:''' Ah... they're ''that'' kind of team...\ |
| 147 | '''Outrageous Lime:''' Lime... '''''[[BatterUp Home Run]]!'''''\ |
| 148 | '''Undine:''' That one didn't have alliteration... |
| 149 | -->-- ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' |
| 150 | [[/folder]] |
| 151 | |
| 152 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 153 | ->''"BAM! TO BEHOLD, A PUBLIC BULLETIN BOARD, BUILT OF BOTH BRILLIANCE AND BARBARITY BY BASTARDS WITH BONERS. THIS BASTION, NO MERE BULWARK OF BOREDOM, IS A BRUTAL BARRAGE OF BLISTERING BULLSHIT, BARELY BENEVOLENT... BUT BEHIND THE BIGOTRY AND BOOBS, BEYOND THE BITTER BROADCASTS OF BRAGGING BUFFOONS: HERE BE THE BODY POLITIC. A BROTHERHOOD OF BLASPHEMY, BLESSED WITH MORE BALLS THAN BRAINS, BATTLING THE BLAND, THE BOGUS, THE BENIGN. BEDLAM? BRING IT ON. BUT I BABBLE... BETTER TO BE BRIEF. YOU MAY CALL ME /b/."'' |
| 154 | -->-- '''Website/FourChan''' pays homage. |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 158 | ->'''Chet:''' Well dudes and dudettes, it took some totally tubular time-travelling travails and tribulations, but we've finally returned all the artifacts to the important historical figures!\ |
| 159 | '''Dad:''' You know Chet, all this aforementioned alliteration is absolutely arbitrary! ...arduous? Atrocious! Asinine!\ |
| 160 | '''Ace:''' How about ''academically awesome!''\ |
| 161 | '''Dad:''' Adoption! ''(picks up phone)'' Operator? Orphanage please. |
| 162 | -->-- '''WebVideo/AwesomeVideoGames''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlVBHPgruUk Mario's Time Machine!]]'' |
| 163 | |
| 164 | ->''"Deckin' dicey devil-dealing douches dead, that's a D6!"'' |
| 165 | -->-- '''Oogie Boogie''', ''WebVideo/FreshyKanal'', "King Dice vs. Oogie Boogie" |
| 166 | |
| 167 | ->'''Burnie:''' Are you '''s'''eriously '''s'''uggesting, '''s'''ir, '''s'''omething '''s'''inister-'''s'''ounding, '''c'''ircumstancially '''s'''urrounding '''s'''ome '''s'''cissors?!\ |
| 168 | '''Geoff:''' ...Could you say that again?\ |
| 169 | '''Gus:''' Could you ''not'' encourage him? |
| 170 | -->-- '''Burnie Burns''', ''Creator/RoosterTeeth'', [[WebVideo/RoosterTeethShorts Scissors]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | ->''And also, let's talk about the fantasy TV genre in general and the dynamically downward direction it's descending distinctly due to dumb drafting and directing.'' |
| 173 | -->-- '''Greg Owen''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv8VNPAhR9U "Damsel: The Trope of Subverting Tropes"]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | ->''[[Film/TheMarvels2023 This paltry picture]] is pure plot plowing past poignant principles, punting premises, plunging personality and plundering previously prized properties to produce paperized profits! Then, its proponents purported to paint the public as the provocateurs? Pitiful!'' |
| 176 | -->-- '''Greg Owen''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCzX5N14cWk "Why Hollywood Fails at Storytelling: They Can't Manage Themes"]] |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 180 | ->''"You know the drill! Deliver, or the diva ditches your dippy charity!"'' |
| 181 | -->-- '''Svengallop''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic"'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E24TheManeAttraction The Mane Attraction]]" |
| 182 | |
| 183 | ->''"Oh, no! Blossom and Bubbles' screams are being drowned out by this rogue Romeo's rambunctious rock!"'' |
| 184 | -->-- '''The Narrator''', ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS1E4ButtercrushFuzzyLogic Buttercrush]]" |
| 185 | |
| 186 | ->''"New-fangled nonsense!"'' |
| 187 | -->-- '''Edward''' and '''Gordon''', ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS10E13EdwardStrikesOut Edward Strikes Out]]" |
| 188 | |
| 189 | ->'''Henry:''' Nonsense. Duck would never do that. We engines have our differences, but we never talk about them to the trucks. That would be dis... dis...\ |
| 190 | '''Gordon:''' Disgraceful!\ |
| 191 | '''James:''' Disgusting!\ |
| 192 | '''Henry:''' Despicable! |
| 193 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends,'' "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS11E4DirtyWork Dirty Work]]" |
| 194 | |
| 195 | ->'''Thomas:''' I'm so excited, my firebox is fizzing!\ |
| 196 | '''Percy:''' And my boiler is bubbling! |
| 197 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS13E16TheBiggestPresentOfAll The Biggest Present of All]]" |
| 198 | |
| 199 | ->''"Gentle-mants, please. Might I propose a proposition to your perplexing and ponderous peanut problem?"'' |
| 200 | -->-- '''Wander''', ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'', "[[Recap/WanderOverYonderS1E2ThePicnicTheFugitives The Fugitives]]" |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Miscellaneous]] |
| 204 | ->''"God wants a '''re'''lationship, not a '''re'''ligion. He '''re'''veals the '''re'''cord of my wrongs. And I '''re'''cognize my need for him, and I '''re'''pent, and then I '''re'''joice! because Jesus came to '''re'''concile us to God. And whoever '''re'''ceives him is '''re'''scued! and '''re'''surrected when he dies. And He shall give us the RE and we shall become [=ERs=]. We will be broth'''er'''s and sist'''er'''. Hop'''er'''s and believ'''er'''s. Lov'''er'''s and. . . fight'''er'''s. We will '''re'''ceive our eternal '''re'''ward. And all that was lost, shall be '''re'''stored! in his et'''er'''nal '''re'''alm."'' |
| 205 | -->-- Not exactly alliteration, but deserves a special mention. See the full clip here https://www.godvine.com/reimagine-gods-favorite-letters-re--7825.html |
| 206 | |
| 207 | ->'''Man:''' But what about us atheists? Why should we have to listen to that sectarian turmoil?\ |
| 208 | '''Wife:''' You're a lapsed atheist, dear.\ |
| 209 | '''Man:''' The principle's the same! The Mohammedans don't come around here waving bells at us! We don't get Buddhists playing bagpipes in our bathrooms! Or Hindus harmonizing in the halls! The Shintoists don't come around shattering sheet glass in the shithouse, shouting slogans and--\ |
| 210 | '''Wife:''' ''Alright!'' [[LampshadeHanging Don't practice your alliteration on me!]] |
| 211 | -->-- '''Creator/MichaelPalin''' and '''Creator/TerryJones''' in Creator/MontyPython's "Bells" sketch |
| 212 | |
| 213 | ->''"Bringing up the very back of the list is the M M C; the Massive Miserable Cucumber, identified in the Hunter's Journal as the Massive Moss Charger. But as mortifying as that moniker may come across, this monumentally malformed clump poses only a marginally minor concern to your journey. This mangled miscarriage of calamity may use his macho-magnified chaparral to mask Mean-mannered Conceit, but much to my chagrin, this turns out to be a very misleading measure of his competence. Literally just stand in one spot, and make mincemeat of this cornball, making it majorly clear that this meandering Mesozoic cactus is but a meager match for your cutlass. To make my conclusion, murdering this moronic carapace isn't the most miraculous conquest, but after you've finished mopping the mat with this cretin, you can finally move on to something much more challenging."'' |
| 214 | -->-- ''Rusty the Superforge on the [[VideoGame/HollowKnight Massive Moss Charger]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TASsX99Asew Hey, Let's Rank the Hollow Knight Bosses Again]]'' |
| 215 | [[/folder]] |
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