| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 3 | ->''"It's absurd! It's inane! It's Malaprop Man!"'' |
| 4 | -->-- From some strips of ''ComicStrip/FrankAndErnest'' |
| 5 | [[/folder]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 8 | ->'''Beren:''' ''"Um, Sir -- that wasn't a rhetorical question."''\ |
| 9 | ''[long pause]''\ |
| 10 | '''Finrod:''' [desperate bravado] ''"I think the word you want is "hypothetical.""''\ |
| 11 | '''Beren:''' ''"No, I think the word we want is -- "help".'' |
| 12 | -->-- ''Fanfic/ABoyAGirlAndADogTheLeithianScript'' |
| 13 | |
| 14 | ->'''Azrael:''' ''What I wouldn't give for someone who understands the value of presentation.''\ |
| 15 | '''Zefron:''' ''I UNDERSTAND PRESENTATION. I WILL PRESENTATION MYSELF BEFORE FATHER AFTER I SMASH THE LILIM.''\ |
| 16 | '''Azrael:''' ''That's not….. you know what? Nevermind. Hopefully, the Lilim can appreciate a bit of flair.''\ |
| 17 | '''Zefron:''' ''HOW WOULD YOU BURN THEM ENOUGH FOR THEM TO APPRECIATE FLARE? YOU DO NOT CONTROL FIRE.''\ |
| 18 | '''Azrael:''' ''Not flare, flair!''\ |
| 19 | '''Zefron:''' ''WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?''\ |
| 20 | '''Azrael:''' ''….. I hate you so much right now.'' |
| 21 | -->-- ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheMinisukas'' |
| 22 | [[/folder]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 25 | ->''"Careful, men. Search every cook and nanny--uh, hook and granny--uh, crooked fan-- ...Search everywhere."'' |
| 26 | -->--'''Doc''', ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' |
| 27 | [[/folder]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 30 | ->''"My English spelling so bad whenever I'm wanting tea, I'm having a pea."'' |
| 31 | -->-- '''Don Carlos Bernardo''', ''Film/AreYouBeingServed'' |
| 32 | |
| 33 | ->'''Peter Quill:''' See, [[IndyPloy not winging it isn't exactly what they do]].\ |
| 34 | '''[[OneSteveLimit Peter]] Parker:''' Um... What exactly is it that they do?\ |
| 35 | '''Mantis:''' Kick names, take ass.\ |
| 36 | '''Drax:''' Yeah, that's right.\ |
| 37 | ''[five second long {{Beat}} in which Stark looks like [[ThousandYardStare he's regretting every single one of his life choices]]]''\ |
| 38 | '''Tony Stark:''' ...alright, just get over here, please. |
| 39 | -->-- ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' |
| 40 | |
| 41 | ->''"Gordon Bennett! They're having a phonographic orgy!"'' |
| 42 | -->-- '''Mrs. Dangle''', ''Film/CarryOnEmmannuelle'' |
| 43 | |
| 44 | ->'''Sam''': I 'ad mumps when I was thirty. Ooh, shocking it was. My utensils was all swelled up!\ |
| 45 | '''Henry''': I know. Something to do with the prostitute gland. |
| 46 | -->-- ''Film/CarryOnDoctor'' DeletedScene |
| 47 | |
| 48 | ->'''Lenina Huxley''': Simon Phoenix has matched his meat. You really licked his ass!\ |
| 49 | '''John Spartan''': That's ''met'' his match. And kicked... ''kicked'' his ass. |
| 50 | -->-- ''Film/DemolitionMan'' |
| 51 | |
| 52 | ->'''Nicholas:''' [[spoiler:Your dad]] has appointed himself JudgeJuryAndExecutioner!\ |
| 53 | '''Danny:''' But he's ''not'' Series/JudgeJudy and executioner! |
| 54 | -->--''Film/HotFuzz'' |
| 55 | |
| 56 | ->'''Principle Jindrake''': You may be under the impression that I encourage horseplay and malarkey, you're wrong, I don't encourage it, I excourage it.\ |
| 57 | '''Max Keeble''': Excourage?\ |
| 58 | '''Principle Jindrake''': It means the opposite of encourage. Look it up. |
| 59 | -->-- ''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove'' |
| 60 | |
| 61 | ->'''Scrubba''': What's this, then? A rolling pin? |
| 62 | ->'''Lurcio''': "A rolling pin"? My poor, simple, ignorant girl, what does it look like? It's one of those symbols, isn' it? "Psychic". |
| 63 | ->'''Scrubba''': You mean "phallic"? |
| 64 | -->-- ''Film/UpPompeii'' |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 68 | ->''"Have I mentioned that I'm flatulent in many languages?"'' |
| 69 | -->--''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 73 | ->''"From the tiny acorn grows the mighty ''elk''."'' |
| 74 | -->-- '''Mickey Doyle''', ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' |
| 75 | |
| 76 | ->'''Chris:''' We are gonna have a raffle!\ |
| 77 | '''Kel:''' I love raffles, especially with a lot of maple syrup and butter!\ |
| 78 | '''Kenan:''' Kel, that's a waffle. Chris is talking about a raffle. |
| 79 | -->--''Series/KenanAndKel'' |
| 80 | |
| 81 | ->'''Goody:''' I don't want to buy the queen a present sir she's an Anti-Christ.\ |
| 82 | '''Fouler:''' I beg your pardon!?\ |
| 83 | '''Goody:''' Oh, no, I mean Anarchist. No, no, what's that name for someone who is out of date and does not matter anymore?\ |
| 84 | '''Habib:''' I think you mean an Anachronism.\ |
| 85 | '''Goody:''' Yes, that's right, the Queen is an Anachronism.\ |
| 86 | '''Gladstone:''' I though that was someone who was scared of spiders.\ |
| 87 | '''Fouler:''' No, no that is an Arachnaphobic.\ |
| 88 | '''Gladstone:''' I thought that was someone who was scared of wide open spaces.\ |
| 89 | '''Habib:''' No, that's Agraphobics, they can't handle going outside. Arachnophobics hate spiders.\ |
| 90 | '''Fouler:''' Look, we're talking about the queen.\ |
| 91 | '''Goody:''' [[SidetrackedByTheAnalogy Is the Queen scared of spiders?]]\ |
| 92 | '''Gladstone:''' Well I wouldn't have thought so, but it is starting to look that way.\ |
| 93 | '''Goody:''' Perhaps that is why she is scared to go outside, sir. |
| 94 | -->-- ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' |
| 95 | |
| 96 | ->'''Ricky:''' Just remember, Lahey! What comes around is all around!\ |
| 97 | '''Mr. Lahey:''' Don't you mean "What's all around comes around", Ricky? |
| 98 | -->--''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' |
| 99 | [[/folder]] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 102 | ->''"He's running down the middle of the field and gets his clean clocked."'' |
| 103 | -->--'''Jermaine Wiggins''', ''Radio/FelgerAndMazz'' |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 107 | -> ''"Chicken, chicken, chitchen, kitchen... Oh, man... I'm getting hungry."'' |
| 108 | -->-- '''Mr. Lugnut''', ''Quelf'' |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 112 | ->''"O villain! Thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this!"'' |
| 113 | -->-- '''Dogberry''', ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' |
| 114 | |
| 115 | ->''"But the point we would request of you is, that you will promise to forget this fellow -- to illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory."'' |
| 116 | -->-- '''Mrs. Malaprop''', ''Theatre/TheRivals'' |
| 117 | [[/folder]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 120 | ->''"Thespian? [[MistakenForGay But I thought you liked guys?]]"'' |
| 121 | -->-- '''Gabumon''' to Nokia, ''VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuthHackersMemory'' |
| 122 | |
| 123 | ->''Ah... you are from the Fighters Guild, I resume. Good show. I am Lord Rugdumph gro-Shurgak. Let us conversate on the Lady Rogbut. I fear that whilst out rock-picking, she was apprehensive. Stolen away! My suspension is that ogres have abjected her! Please search to the east of my sprawling abode. They have been known to vacate these premises. I am most gracious and truly woeful.'' |
| 124 | -->--'''Lord Rugdumph''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' |
| 125 | [[/folder]] |
| 126 | |
| 127 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 128 | ->''"You Don't Spit on ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s cape, you don't tug into the wind, you don't cast Creator/JohnnyDepp in the [[Franchise/TheLoneRanger Old Lone Ranger]] and you don't mess around with [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel's]] Opening Weekend."'' |
| 129 | -->--'''Tony Goldmark''', ''WebVideo/OneMovieLater'': ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''. |
| 130 | |
| 131 | ->'''Li'l Broomstick:''' Homie, remember when we met?\ |
| 132 | '''Baku:''' Nah, I got insomnia.\ |
| 133 | '''Li'l Broomstick:''' Amnesia.\ |
| 134 | '''Baku:''' I don't know who that is. |
| 135 | -->-- ''WebVideo/{{Sethical}}'', "Pack Ya Bags" |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 139 | ->'''D.W.:''' ''[shuts off faucet]'' It's called water conversation!\ |
| 140 | '''Arthur:''' You mean ''conservation''! And what it's really called is annoying your brother. |
| 141 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', "Feeling Flush" |
| 142 | |
| 143 | ->''"Lisa's in trouble! Ha! The ironing is delicious."'' |
| 144 | -->-- '''Bart Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:Wrestling]] |
| 148 | ->''"Another man who's been waiting anxiously in anticipation - his name is [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Jeff Harvey]]!"\ |
| 149 | "WEBA... WWE Championship"\ |
| 150 | "At One Night Stand, we'll see a [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter Swing a Poor Cane]] match!"\ |
| 151 | "Chavo tapped off to Morrison!"\ |
| 152 | "And here comes [[Creator/TheCW CW]] [[Wrestling/CMPunk Punk]]!"\ |
| 153 | "The Samoan Bulldog, {{Wrestling/Umaga}}!"\ |
| 154 | "Dreamer is [[FreudianSlip taking it to]] Tommy Morrison!"'' |
| 155 | -->--'''Wrestling/MikeAdamle''', the voice of the Wrestling/{{WWE}} |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 159 | ->''"BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES!"'' |
| 160 | -->-- '''Michael Curtiz''' calling for some riderless steeds |
| 161 | |
| 162 | -> ''"One time my boss comes over and he says, 'I don't want you guys conjugating around the cash register like this.' And I'm like, 'Oh yeah? Well I am, you are, he/she/it is.'"'' |
| 163 | -->-- '''Gary Gulman''' |
| 164 | |
| 165 | ->''"I am not, indeed, sure whether it is not true to say that the [[Creator/JohnMilton Milton]] who once seemed not unlike a seventeenth-century [[Creator/PercyByssheShelley Shelley]] had not become, out of an experience ever more bitter in each year, more alien[[labelnote:sic]]he meant to say "akin"[[/labelnote]] to the founder of that Jesuit sect which nothing could induce him to tolerate."'' |
| 166 | -->--'''Professor Harold Laski''', Essay in Freedom of Expression |
| 167 | |
| 168 | -> ''"It was reported in ''New Scientist'' that an office worker described a colleague as 'a vast suppository of information'. The worker then apologised for his 'Miss-Marple-ism'."'' |
| 169 | -->-- ''New Scientist'' |
| 170 | |
| 171 | ->''"Well, first of all, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia this election]] is about more than [[ThirdPersonPerson Herschel Walker]]. This erection is about the people."'' |
| 172 | -->-- '''Herschel Walker''' |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
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