Line #34 Quotes/AsYouKnow


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
3	->''"This was huge news! What were you doing eh, hiding under a rock??"''
4	-->--'''Usopp''' to Luffy regarding the [[GreatOffscreenWar Payback War]], ''Manga/OnePiece''
5
6	->'''Robotnik:''' As you both well know, Planet Freedom is made out of two separate dimensions. The outer world, the one you live in, is known as the Land of the Sky-\
7	'''Sonic:''' Tell us something we don't know!\
8	'''Robotnik:''' Ah, shut up! Heed me!
9	-->--''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie''
10	[[/folder]]
11
12	[[folder:Comic Books]]
13	->'''Finn:''' We've got to round up all the wizards and find the one named Ewlbo!\
14	'''Jake:''' He's the one who gave BMO the virus!\
15	'''Marceline:''' I know, guys. I was there. I, uh, understand events that happen around me?
16	-->--''ComicBook/AdventureTime''
17
18	->'''Exile:''' At last we have found you, master! Only the Red Skull can hope to lead--the Exiles!! When we Nazis were beaten--when the Third Reich collapsed--you ordered us into hiding until the time was ripe--!\
19	'''ComicBook/RedSkull:''' Silence!! I do not need to be reminded of my own plan!
20	-->--''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica''
21
22	->''"I know all this already. Who are you saying this again for?"''
23	-->-- '''Computer''', ''ComicBook/InvaderZimOni'', ''Issue #20''
24
25	->'''Old Man:''' Ain't that Gwenny?\
26	'''Erwin:''' Why does she keep hangin' 'round these parts?\
27	'''Old Man:''' I tol' you yesterday, Erwin... Day before that, too. And ever' day the Lord made.\
28	'''Erwin:''' That durn memory o' mine.
29	-->--''[[Creator/{{Jason}} Isle of 100,000 Graves]]''
30
31	->''I know how you found yourself alive after the explosion which destroyed all your co-workers... I know how you climbed from the rubble... and found your body altered!''
32	-->-- '''Protector''', ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore''
33
34	->''"Van-Zee...Is there a point to this? I mean, I was there, remember?"''
35	-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''', ''ComicBook/DCRetroactiveSuperman''
36
37	->'''Reporter 1:''' It's Miss Potts, Stark's private secretary!\
38	'''Reporter 2:''' And Happy Hogan, his right-hand man and trusted confidant!\
39	'''Footnote by Creator/StanLee:''' We know people don't really talk this way…but we wanna bring any newcomer up to date!
40	-->-- An ComicBook/IronMan story in ''ComicBook/TalesOfSuspense''
41
42	->''"As you know, when our native planet, Krypton, exploded, a large chunk of it, containing Argo City, was hurled away."''
43	-->-- '''Zor-El''', ''ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity''
44	[[/folder]]
45
46	[[folder:Fan Works]]
47	->'''San-2:''' ''it makes moving difficult we cannot go far like this the more she eats the more we use the many to regrow''\
48	'''Ichi: ''IF WE WANTED TO KNOW THE OBVIOUS WE WOULD ASK FOR IT WE ARE NOT IDIOT NEWBORNS''[==]'''
49	-->-- '''King Ghidorah's middle''' and '''left head'''s, ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon''
50
51	->''"Yeah, and if I recall correctly, that's all the stuff we already knew."''
52	-->-- '''[[SnarkyNonHumanSidekick Jack]]''', ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'', "[[Recap/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeriesS2E4TheTransmitterConspiracyPart1 The Transmitter Conspiracy Part 1]]"
53
54	->''"[=[=]Manga/{{Naruto}}[=]=] already knew all of this, of course, but SOMEONE had to provide exposition for the unenlightened onlookers."''
55	-->-- ''Fanfic/IAmNOTGoingThroughPubertyAgain''
56
57	->''"As you know, person I am referring to by name even though you're the only person I can possibly be talking to, this is a clumsy way of delivering exposition."''
58	-->-- '''Alfred Smith''', Fanfic/JakeEnglishsMysteriousTheaterOfScientificRomanceFromTheYear3000's MST of ''Literature/AtlantaNights''.
59
60	->''"I don't have to explain how important this is, Proton," said the President of Earth, "but I'm going to anyway for reasons of exposition."''
61	-->-- ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''
62
63	->''"I think we are all forgetting that this young woman is not the same [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]] that died at the hands of the Anti-monitor." [[ComicBook/XMen Xavier]] continued. "It is, rather, the clone of that young woman merged with the spirit of that woman."\
64	"I think we are all well aware of that, Prof." [[ComicBook/MisterFantastic Reed]] said, somewhat stiffly. It was his and ComicBook/DoctorStrange's efforts that had accomplished that merger in the first place.''
65	-->-- ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheOtherverse''
66
67	->'''Molly:''' ''(to Scratch)'' Still, that's no excuse for ignoring my old best friend, Ashley Harris, from when I lived in Dayton, Ohio.\
68	'''Ashley:''' Don't sweat it my old friend, Molly [=McGee=], who currently lives in Brighton.
69	-->-- ''Fanfic/AnUnpleasantSurprise''
70	[[/folder]]
71
72	[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
73	->'''Sulley:''' I don't have to sing it...\
74	'''Mike:''' ...'cause we both know it's true...\
75	'''Sulley:''' (...but I'll sing it anyway.)
76	-->-- From the song "If I Didn't Have You", ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''
77	[[/folder]]
78
79	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
80	->''"[[ParodiedTrope I am 18-year-old Black Dynamite, and you are my sixteen-year-old kid brother Jimmy!]]"''
81	-->-- ''Film/BlackDynamite''
82
83	->''"Caslet tried very hard not to sigh. Shannon really didn't understand how irritating it was to have things you already knew explained to you. On the other hand, her lecture mode normally insured that she caught anything you might ''not'' know . . . or that you'd simply forgotten to consider."''
84	-->-- ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington Flag in Exile]]''
85
86	->'''Miss Piggy:''' Um, why are you telling me all this?\
87	'''Lady Holiday:''' It's plot exposition. It has to go ''somewhere''.
88	-->-- ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper''
89
90	->'''Frederick:''' You and your books. I mustn't complain, though. We never would have met without them. Yes, I was such a fan of Greemulax, I wrote you a letter all by myself. We started a correspondence, and, before long, you agreed to meet me for a holiday in St. Tropez. We both got so sunburned. We had to pee on each other till someone told us that's for jellyfish, not sunburns.\
91	'''Kimmy:''' I know how we met, Frederick.
92	-->-- ''Film/KimmyVsTheReverend''
93
94	->'''Ruth:''' This is not a game. Our situation is precarious. You know the money's gone.\
95	'''Rose:''' Of course I know it's gone! You remind me every day!
96	-->--''Film/Titanic1997''
97	[[/folder]]
98
99	[[folder:Literature]]
100	->'''Powell:''' If any [robot] gets within twenty feet of us, we'll be sensed whether we're in the line of sight or not. I hope you know that.\
101	'''Donovan:''' [[DeadpanSnarker When I need an elementary lesson in robotics, I'll file an application with you formally, and in triplicate.]]
102	-->-- "[[Literature/IRobot Catch That Rabbit]]" by Creator/IsaacAsimov
103
104	->'''Thetis:''' Why then, child, do you lament? What sorrow has come to your heart now? Tell me, do not hide it in your mind, and we shall both know.\
105	'''Achilleus:''' You know; since you know why must I tell you all this?
106	-->-- ''Literature/TheIliad'', Book I
107
108	->''"[...]As you no doubt know, Captain—" the Marine's tone suggested that she might not know but chose, diplomatically, to assume that she did[...]''
109	-->-- '''Captain Papadapolous''', ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington On Basilisk Station]]''
110
111	->'''Harry:''' All right Murph, Thomas, Faerie Fighting 101.\
112	'''Thomas:''' I know, Harry.\
113	'''Harry:''' Yeah, but I'm going to go over it anyway, so listen up.
114	-->-- ''Literature/ProvenGuilty''
115	[[/folder]]
116
117	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
118	->'''Mary:''' ''[on phone]'' Hey Kate, it's Mary. You know, your step-sister?\
119	'''Kate:''' Mary, our parents have been married for over a decade. I know who you are.
120	-->-- ''Series/Batwoman2019''
121
122	->'''Orac:''' Reproduction by Clinician Franton's method of group cloning has resulted in highly developed psychic faculties, telepathy being the most obvious example. These faculties are, of course, limited to the young since cloning was developed relatively recently.
123	->'''Avon:''' We know all that.
124	->'''[[SnarkyNonHumanSidekick Orac]]:''' Since I lack sensors to assess what is or is not in your mind, I cannot assess what is or is not already known to you.
125	-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E7ChildrenOfAuron Children of Auron]]"
126
127	->''"It is known."''
128	-->-- CatchPhrase of any Dothraki handmaiden in '''Series/GameOfThrones'''
129
130	->'''Jules:''' Look, Lassiter did me a solid, and he's holding off the chief for 24 hours, so we have to find [Henry and Lloyd].\
131	'''Gus:''' You already told us that in the car, Jules.\
132	'''Jules:''' Well, I need to cover my bases, Gus.\
133	'''Shawn:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall For who?]]
134	-->-- ''Series/{{Psych}}'', "[[Recap/PsychS07E04NoCountryForTwoOldMen No Country For Two Old Men]]"
135
136	->'''Falken:''' If we capture Elora Danan, do you know what this would mean for us?\
137	'''Sarris:''' I do.\
138	'''Falken:''' The Crone would reward us with whatever we desire. Cashmere, Galadorn, Tir Asleen even.\
139	'''Sarris:''' Yeah, 'cause when I said "I do", [[SarcasmMode what I really meant was "Explain it to me like I'm an imbecile."]]
140	-->-- ''Series/Willow2022'', "Prisoners of Skellin"
141	[[/folder]]
142
143	[[folder:Radio]]
144	->''"Now, you all know the rules, so here they are '''again.'''"''
145	-->-- ''Radio/TheGoonShow'', "What's My Line?"
146	[[/folder]]
147
148	[[folder:Theatre]]
149	->'''Quirrell:''' My Lord, the Yule Ball has finally arrived and I've brought the key!\
150	'''Voldemort:''' Yes, I ''know'', Quirrell! [[TwoFaced I hear]] ''[[TwoFaced everything you]] '''[[TwoFaced hear!]]'''''
151	-->-- ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''
152	[[/folder]]
153
154	[[folder:Video Games]]
155	->'''Dr. N. Gin:''' But Dr. Cortex, to reach full power, we need not only your master crystal, but also the remaining twenty-five slave crystals on the surface. How do you expect to retrieve them when we don't have any earthbound operatives left?
156	->'''Dr. Neo Cortex:''' '''{{You fool}}!''' Do you think I'm unaware of the situation?!
157	-->-- ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack''
158
159	->''"SpaceMarines, today the enemy is at our door. We know our duty and we will do it! We fight for our honor, as Blood Ravens, as SpaceMarines, and we fight in the name of the [[GodEmperor Emperor]]!\
160	[[HonorableWarriorsDeath And if we die this day, we die in glory. We die hero's deaths!]] [[ImmediateSelfContradiction But we shall not die]], no, it is the enemy who will taste death and defeat!\
161	As you know, most of our battle-brothers are stationed in space, prepared to [[ItsRainingMen deep strike]]! Our perimeter has been prepared in the event that our enemy should prove so bold and so foolish. We have placed numerous beacons, allowing for multiple, simultaneous and devastating deep strikes.\
162	[[AttackPatternAlpha The Codex Astartes names this maneuver Steel Rain]]. We will descend upon the foe, we will overwhelm them, [[LeaveNoSurvivors we will leave none alive]]! Meanwhile, our ground forces will ensure the full defense of our headquarters!\
163	We are the SpaceMarines! We are the Emperor's Fury!"''
164	-->--'''Blood Ravens [[FountainOfMemes Brother-Captain Indrick Boreale]]''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJMLfACod48 explaining the situation to his men (and the player)]], ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Soulstorm''
165
166	->'''Sam:''' Boy, Grandpa Stinky, I sure am glad to see you back working in this diner again after returning from [[OverlyLongGag a long time away to work with your granddaughter who is also coincidentally named Stinky]].\
167	'''Grandpa Stinky:''' Was all that ''really'' necessary?\
168	'''Sam:''' Sorry. Max is all short-term memory. I have to bring him up to speed every once in a while.\
169	'''Max:''' ''shocked'' AHHH! Giant talking dog!
170	-->-- ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse]]''
171
172	->'''Sheldon:''' It takes eight Mini Zapfish to match the power of one of the normal ones!\
173	'''Marie:''' Yeah, we know.
174	-->-- ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''
175
176	->''"Ooo, there are soaker blocks in here. [[SubvertedTrope You probably don't need an explanation for those by now, right?]]"''
177	-->-- '''Marie''', ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''
178
179	->'''BT-7274:''' Captain, what is the status of the beacon?\
180	'''Cpt. Cole:''' The power has shut down. We've lost all control of the beacon. We need something like this to jump start the system, but this one's destroyed.\
181	'''BT:''' Designation: Arc Tool. Function: Generates power up to five megajoules.\
182	'''Cole:''' Yeah. Yeah, we know what it is.
183	-->-- ''VideoGame/Titanfall2''
184	[[/folder]]
185
186	[[folder:Web Animation]]
187	->'''Mera:''' (''deadpan'') Epithets! Rare powers! Some people got 'em! Some people don't! Do you know what it's called when someone doesn't have an epithet?\
188	'''Students:''' (''unenthusiastically'') A [[{{Muggles}} mundie]]...\
189	'''Mera:''' A mundie! That's right. Of course you know, you're not six.
190	-->-- ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased''
191
192	->'''Makayla Van Buren:''' ...And I'll gladly tell the entire student body of Meadowlane Elementary that first-grader Katelynn Zales is rife with cooties!\
193	'''Trisha Cappelletti:''' ''(gasps)'' [Katelynn Zales is] totally your sister.\
194	'''Mackenzie Zales:''' ''(gravely)'' I know.
195	-->-- ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool''
196
197	->''"Okay, writers out there? Please'' never, ever ''start a sentence with "As you know," because that's basically holding up a big ol' sign that says "THIS IS EXPOSITION!"''
198	-->-- ''WebAnimation/SilverQuill'', ''WebVideo/BroniesReact'': [[https://youtu.be/yxojnfbMaIM?t=20m24s A Royal Problem]]
199
200	->'''Tails:''' You know, if you leave you're going to give up being the Creator for good, right? You're never going to be able to come back!\
201	'''Sonic:''' ''[is standing next to a sign that has exactly what Tails just said]'' Yeah. I read the sign. Thanks, Professor Exposition.\
202	'''Tails:''' Whatever. It's our first episode back, I got to explain stuff.
203	-->-- ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire''
204
205	->''"What if the exposition is something an in-universe character would already know? Well, as you know, Bob, this technique is called “As you know, Bob”. When a character explains something to the audience under the guise of lecturing to a character even if that character should already know the information being presented since they live in the setting. The trick to this is to make it as clumsy and out of place as possible, kind of like a cashier explaining to me how a fuel injection engine works while I’m buying groceries."''
206	-->--'''JP Beaubien,''' ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'', EXPOSITION
207
208	->''"[T]he main character's usually some empty-headed prick who's been living in this world his entire life but still needs to have situations explained to him because I guess he never paid attention in burly warrior school."''
209	-->-- ''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]'' ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/9460-Elves-and-Dwarves-Dont-Define-Fantasy on the frequency of this trope in fantasy games.]]''
210	[[/folder]]
211
212	[[folder:Webcomics]]
213	->'''Scathach:''' "...Do you always feel the need to recap everything you just learned? Seems like a waste of time to me."\
214	'''Rikku:''' "...I don't need a lampshade right now, thanks."
215	-->--''Webcomic/FateGamersOnly''
216
217	->''"I love it when you ask questions you've memorized the answers to."''
218	-->--'''Hazel''', ''WebComic/GirlsWithSlingshots''
219	[[/folder]]
220
221	[[folder:Web Video]]
222	->''"Got to love any discussion that begins with: 'As You All Know'! Nothing is more natural sounding than telling people things they're already aware of!"''
223	-->-- '''[[Creator/LewisLovhaug Linkara]]''', ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall''
224
225	->''"If you're actually going to put the line, 'as you may well know' into your script, why not just tell the truth and have them say, 'I'm going to be talking to the audience for the next few minutes'?"''
226	-->-- '''WebVideo/BennettTheSage''' reviewing ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie''
227
228	->'''Monsieur Renard:''' Cousin, I have come here today to make you a proposition. As you know…\
229	'''Phelous (As Monsieur Du Bois):''' Ah, I’ll stop you right there, if I already know it, you don't have to tell me!\
230	'''Phelous (As Monsieur Renard):''' Sacre bleu!
231	-->-- '''WebVideo/{{Phelous}}''', ''Beauty and the Beast (Bevanfield)''
232
233	->'''Producer:''' Are we gonna have characters saying "As you know" before telling each other things they already know?\
234	'''Screenwriter:''' You know it!\
235	'''Producer:''' Oh, as you know, that's ''[[MadLibsCatchPhrase tight]].''\
236	'''Screenwriter:''' I do know that, yeah.
237	-->-- ''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings'' episode for ''Film/ArtemisFowl''
238
239	->'''Screenwriter:''' And by the way, there's no need to specify the current decade because it's currently the current decade.
240	-->-- ''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings'' episode for ''Film/FaceOff''
241
242	->'''Smeghead:''' This movie went ''way'' overboard with the exposition. You know you screwed up your storytelling when one of your characters starts a line with...\
243	'''Fire Lord Ozai (in the film):''' As you know...\
244	'''Smeghead:''' Well, if we ''know'', why are you telling us?
245	-->-- ''WebVideo/CinematicExcrement'' in the Second Look episode on ''Film/TheLastAirbender''
246	[[/folder]]
247
248	[[folder:Western Animation]]
249	->'''Finn:''' What's going on with the costumes?\
250	'''Fire Actor:''' This is a theater troupe. We are getting ready to preform for the king. Everyone in the kingdom shall be in attendance. Of course, you know all this being fellow actors from the exact same troupe.
251	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS4E22IgnitionPoint Ignition Point]]"
252
253	->'''Brainpod 13:''' We believe just as the Unimind connected all the [=LGMs=], it could, hopefully allow you to reach out and ensnare every innocent mind in the Galactic Alliance. You know, mind-slave evil puppet kind of scenario.\
254	'''Evil Emperor Zurg:''' You're telling me my plan. I already ''know'' my plan. I made up the plan. [[OverlyLongGag It's MY plan]]. What I ''DON'T'' KNOW, is how close you are to [[ChewingTheScenery ACCOMPLISHING MY PLAN!]]
255	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''
256
257	->''"Pinnayus and Ferb! Just look at you two! You two are my younger brothers! And of course, I am Candace, your big sister, am I not?"
258	-->--'''Princess Baldegunde''' pretending to be '''Candace Flynn''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
259
260	->'''Rick:''' Hey, it’s a good thing that space outlet had labcoats and your favourite kind of shirt in stock, huh Morty?\
261	'''Morty:''' Yeah, Rick. I-I heard you the first time. You don’t have to keep saying it over and over.
262	-->--''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E10CloseRickCountersOfTheRickKind Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind]]"
263
264	->'''Homer:''' Well, here we are at the Brad Goodman lecture.\
265	'''Lisa:''' We know, Dad.\
266	'''Homer:''' I just thought I'd remind everybody. After all, we did agree to attend this self-help seminar.\
267	'''Bart:''' What an odd thing to say...
268	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E7BartsInnerChild Bart's Inner Child]]"
269
270	->''"Ha ha, yes! A fine recap of things I already know!"''
271	-->--'''Pastry Pete''', ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'', "[[Recap/TucaAndBertieS1E07YeastWeek Yeast Week]]"
272	[[/folder]]
273
274	[[folder:Miscellaneous]]
275	->'''Creator/{{Seanbaby}}:''' [as intro news anchor] Tonight's top story: Everything you already know because you're living it.
276	-->-- ''[[Magazine/ElectronicGamingMonthly Broken Pixels]] - WWE Crush Hour''
277
278	->''"There's actually a term for when books do this, it's called maid and butler dialogue. It's when one character explains something out loud to another character, that they both already know, but the audience hasn't yet been made aware of. They're just having the conversation so the audience is brought up to speed."''
279	-->-- ''Creator/GregoryAustinMcConnell'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHFh10hRtHQ I think I found the weirdest Star Wars book.]]
280	[[/folder]]

Context Quotes / AsYouKnow