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3[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
4->''I have no idea what's going on!''
5-->-- '''Koto''', ''Anime/{{Kyousogiga}}''
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7
8[[folder:Film - Animated]]
9->'''Ringo:''' Hey, that's my car!\
10'''George:''' How do you know it's your car?\
11'''Ringo:''' Well, I'd know it anywhere.\
12'''George:''' What does it look like?\
13'''Ringo:''' It's red with yellow wheels...\
14(''George drives by in a blue car with orange wheels'')\
15'''Ringo:''' I mean, blue with orange wheels...\
16(''George drives by again in a yellow car with red wheels'')\
17'''George:''' It's all in the mind.
18-->-- ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''
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20
21[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
22->''[[{{Understatement}} You met me at a very strange time in my life.]]''
23-->-- The last lines of ''Film/FightClub''
24
25->''A mental mindfuck can be nice.''
26-->-- '''Dr. Frank N. Furter''', ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''
27
28->''Well, Cohaagen, I have hand it to you. That's the best mindfuck yet.''
29-->-- '''Douglas Quaid''', ''Film/TotalRecall1990''
30[[/folder]]
31
32[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
33->''[[MyNameIsInigoMontoya My name is Alex Drake]], and frankly, your guess is as good as mine.''
34-->-- After three series, the OpeningNarration of ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'' gives up trying to explain the plot
35
36->''I don't understand it, [[SeenItAll and I understand everything!]]''
37-->-- '''The Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Runaway Bride"
38
39->''You have been chosen because you are unknown to the enemy, and you all have a special skill. [[GeniusCripple Professor Hawking]], [[BloodSport John Leslie]], [[TokenEvilTeammate Phil Neville]], the Wu Tang Clan, [[DanceBattler Usher]], the [[{{Mascot}} Sugar Puffs Monster]], and [[ChewingTheScenery Daniel Day-Lewis]]: welcome... to [[OperationBlank Operation Mind Fuck]]!.''
40-->-- '''Frankie Boyle''', ''Series/MockTheWeek'': "Unlikely Lines To Hear In An Action Movie"
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42
43[[folder:Music]]
44->''To make matters worse, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} she]] claims the universe\
45Is expanding like a balloon.\
46But baby, if it's meant to be infinite\
47Then where is it expanding to?!''
48-->-- '''Music/TheDivineComedy''', "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World"
49
50->''The starmaker says it ain't so bad\
51The dreammaker's gonna make you mad\
52The spaceman says everybody look down\
53It's all in your mind''
54-->-- '''Music/TheKillers''', "Spaceman"
55
56->''Wearing a raincoat is flying around in a yellow rubber airplane\
57Made out of a raincoat, yes\
58But when you think of that, you hurt your mind\
59And you'll need your mind for later on''
60-->-- '''Music/TheyMightBeGiants''', [[Music/TheSpine "Wearing a Raincoat"]]
61
62->''[[TitleDrop Mutilated Lips]]\
63Give a kiss\
64On the wrist\
65Of the worm-like tips of\
66Tentacles expanding in my mind\
67I'm fine\
68Accepting only fresh brine\
69You can get another drop of this\
70Yeah, you wish''
71-->-- '''Music/{{Ween}}''', [[Music/TheMollusk "Mutilated Lips"]]
72
73->''Everything you know is wrong\
74Black is white, up is down and short is long\
75And everything you thought was just so\
76Important doesn't matter\
77Everything you know is wrong\
78Just forget the words and sing along\
79All you need to understand is\
80Everything you know is wrong!''
81-->-- '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', [[Music/BadHairDay "Everything You Know is Wrong"]]
82[[/folder]]
83
84[[folder:Theatre]]
85->'''Schub''': What ''is'' this?\
86'''Cora''': I don't know, but it's brilliant.
87-->-- ''Theatre/AnyoneCanWhistle'', dialogue during "Simple"
88[[/folder]]
89
90[[folder:Video Games]]
91->'''Tor Anderson:''' It takes crazy to know [[MindScrew crazy]]!\
92'''Alan Wake:''' That's the sanest thing I've heard in a while.
93-->-- ''VideoGame/AlanWake''
94
95->''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. The. Fuck.]]''
96-->-- '''Desmond Miles''', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''
97
98->''How do you compress... time? I'm getting dizzy...''
99-->-- '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tidus]]''' to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Ultimecia]], ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''
100
101->''So, you have come this far and ''still'' you understand ''nothing''.''
102-->-- '''Ansem, Seeker of Darkness'''[[note]]Actually Xehanort's Heartless. Actually amnesiac fusion of Master Xehanort and Terra[[/note]], ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''
103
104->'''John Mirra''': Hello?\
105'''Voice on phone''': John Mirra?\
106'''John Mirra''': This is he.\
107'''Voice on phone''': This is John Mirra. Welcome to the next level.
108-->-- ''[[ShowWithinAShow Address Unknown]]'', ''VideoGame/MaxPayne2''
109
110->''"This whole turn of events has boggled even my giant brain."''
111-->-- '''Doctor Timothy''', ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole''
112
113->''There's nothing simple about an Elder Scroll. It's a reflection of all possible futures and all possible pasts. Each reader sees different reflections through different lenses, and may come away with a very different reading. But at the same time, all of it is true. Even the falsehoods. ''Especially'' the falsehoods.''
114-->--'''Urag gro-Shub''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
115
116->Naturally, the only way to safely study the Discordance is not to study it. Since it doesn't exist, this is rather simple. Difficulties arise, however, when its nonexistent principles are translated into existence. One can't always predict what will happen, because the effects don't exist until they do – at which point, they don't represent the Discordance.
117-->--''VideoGame/FallenLondon''
118
119->'''Blue Beetle:''' Don't be picking a fight with the Scarab.\
120'''Bizarro:''' Bizarro cannot win!\
121'''Blue Beetle:''' I am hopelessly confused...
122-->--''Videogame/Injustice2''
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124
125[[folder:Web Animation]]
126->''"I said to myself, 'I've never seen ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams''; I wonder what the fuck it's about.' So I sat through a longplay of the game on Website/YouTube, and when it was finished, I said, 'I have now seen ''[=NiGHTS=] into Dreams...''; I wonder what the fuck it's about.'"''
127-->-- '''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''', doing research for a review of ''VideoGame/BalanWonderworld''
128[[/folder]]
129
130[[folder:Web Original]]
131->And after seeing it, I can safely say that no film or series, anime or otherwise, has left me so confused as to what to feel. I have... absolutely no idea how to feel about this. I don't know if I love it, hate it or even if I think it's good or bad. I just have no idea.
132-->-- A [[http://www.anime-planet.com/users/ShionSonozaki/reviews/12769 reviewer]] of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion''
133
134-> ''Am I in the fucking [[Series/TwinPeaks Black Lodge]]? What is happening?!?''
135-->-- '''WebVideo/Civvie11''' on ''VideoGame/Postal2'''s Russian expansion pack ''Corkscrew Rules''.
136
137->''Further down this page: the land of analogies of truly hallucinogenic incomprehensibility. So far I've got one person comparing taxation to three contractors painting a house, and another to Creator/MeganFox having sex with everyone in the world, and I'm honestly not even sure which side they're trying to argue on.''
138-->-- '''mickeyten''' comments on the comments for [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-things-rich-people-need-to-stop-saying_p2/#ixzz1s5ZVPcOU this]] '''Website/{{Cracked}}''' article
139
140->''Strap in, kids. [[{{Understatement}} It's going to get fucking weird...]]''
141-->-- '''LetsPlay/TheDarkId''' on VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}.
142
143->''Okay, if I'm interpreting this correctly (which I highly doubt) then, taken at face value, with as little induction as possible, the main character is a she-male and/or transgender and/or imaginary friend with benefits who is also a time-traveler and/or dimension shifter and/or a necrophiliac and/or a polygamist and/or a lesbian and possibly the last of his/her/its kind. To be honest, I'm not sure if he/she/it/they is/are human. Trippy.''
144-->-- '''Echoloco''' reviewing ''[[http://jayisgames.com/archives/2011/12/pirouette.php Pirouette]]''
145
146->''When did this game go from a game called ''Monster Party'' to a game where I fight ''shrimp'' and ''onion rings?!'' [[{{Angrish}} WHY?! And what th...]] Why is there a space station IN THE BACKGROUND?!!!''
147-->-- '''WebVideo/JonTron''' on ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''
148
149->''You know, [[SarcasmMode this may come as a surprise]], but I still don't know what the fuck is going on. You've got a lady shooting lasers with two angels, you've got muscular guys scooting by on computer chairs, muscular guys... uh... pogo sticking on other muscular guys? It looks like [[SistineSteal Adam's back there waiting for God to come create him!]]''
150-->--'''WebVideo/JonTron''' on ''VideoGame/ChoAniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko''
151
152->''Holy shit, Disney! You've inserted your giant magical cock into my ear and FUCKED MY MIND!''
153-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''' on ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}''
154
155->''I have a theory that I've blundered across the best definition of a Paul Magrs novel (although this one is co-Jeremy Hoad). It's when you get to the end of the book and hear yourself cry - "So what's with the mermaid, then?"''
156-->-- '''Naomi Claydon''' reviews the ''Series/DoctorWho'' Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures novel ''The Blue Angel'' for Outpost Gallifrey
157
158->''The whole movie has strange use of StockFootage, [[FauxlosophicNarration strange use of voiceovers]], it begins like a documentary depicting cultural deviance, [[UnexpectedGenreChange soon it becomes a horror movie]] and an experimental art film, [[{{Biography}} an auto-bio]], [[BoundAndGagged a bondage movie]] and then it ends with a sex change! What the ''fuck'' kind of twisted piece of ''crap'' is this?!"''
159-->-- '''Creator/JamesRolfe''''s [[http://www.spike.com/video/ed-wood-thon-part-1/3047482 Spike-TV review]] of ''Film/GlenOrGlenda''
160
161->''On the story end of things, I can't put this thing down. It's throwing so many curve balls that it resembles a batting cage in a hurricane. To sum it up so far, I ''might'' be a robot who can see the future. On the moon. Maybe.''
162-->-- '''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13304847130A72080000&page=6 Enlong]]''' playing ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' [[note]]He's partly right.[[/note]]
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164->''Just to make sure we're all on the same page here, what we're looking at is a giraffe with a string of pearls resting atop an air helmet, hiding in a treasure chest at the bottom of the ocean, talking to a fox in a frog suit. Just... just... we just gotta accept it.''
165-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/brutalmoose brutalmoose]]''' on ''VideoGame/SpyFox in Dry Cereal''
166
167->''I've had acid trips more consistent than this.''
168-->-- Website/YouTube comment on the first episode of ''Anime/ExcelSaga''
169
170->''The first time I reached this boss, I instantly lost all my lives cause I had no idea wtf was going on. I fainted afterwards.''
171-->-- [=YouTube=] comment on the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/{{Hellsinker}}''
172
173->''This game involves elite cyber-assassins fighting their way into [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]], [[GeniusLoci semi-sentient]] ruins populated by [[ScaryDogmaticAliens hostile, overly-religious robots]] on a mission to rescue what may or may not be a stray cat. Also, an abstract concept is a superstition is a double entendre is a croissant.''
174-->-- A fan's description of ''VideoGame/{{Hellsinker}}''
175
176->'''Mario:''' If you need instructions on how to get through the [[VideoGame/HotelMario hotels]], check out the enclosed instruction book.\
177'''Luigi:''' What instruction book?\
178'''Mario:''' If you need instructions on how to get the enclosed instruction book, check out the enclosed instruction book.\
179'''Luigi:''' WTF?\
180'''Mario:''' If you need instructions on how to get the instructions on how to get the enclosed instruction book, check out the instructions on how to get the enclosed instruction book.\
181(''Luigi's brain fizzles out'')
182-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IUzOv6HKM8 "Youtube Poop: Be Careful When You Smoke Weed"]]
183
184->''You're a pair of fingers in chequerboard land with upside down doors. What kind of drugs were they on? Was this game even made by a human being?''
185-->--'''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', on ''[[VideoGame/{{Action52}} Time Warp Tickers]]''
186
187->''Alright, so this-this game, what ''is'' this? What is it even trying to do? Like, is it ''actually'' being weird on purpose? Is this an interactive storybook for kids, or is it... [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Monty Python]] meets Creator/DonHertzfeldt and YouTubePoop in a nightmare-fueled acid dream of...?'' (drifts into {{Angrish}})
188-->-- '''[[WebVideo/LazyGameReviews Clint Basinger]]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSxaUHT3yoI review]] of ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfNinjaNannyAndSherrlochSheltie''.
189
190->''Just, what is going on? There's, like, a giant metal tube. And there's a fist. This reminds me of a fever nightmare.''
191-->--'''WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}}'s Joel''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTn0hRqiM8Q playing]] ''VideoGame/TrioThePunch''
192
193->[[Series/ThePrisoner1967 The Prisoner]]'' was a very surreal show. I've seen the whole thing, and I'm ''still'' not sure what happened.''
194-->--'''Ross Scott''', ''WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon: Videogame/SuperCultTycoon''
195
196-> "Am I glad that he's frozen in there, and that we're out here, and that he's the sheriff, and that we're frozen out here and that we're in there and I just remembered! We're out here. What I wanna know is where's the caveman?"
197-->-- '''Shaggy''', ''WebVideo/TheMisadventuresOfSkooks''
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199
200[[folder:Western Animation]]
201->'''Space Ghost:''' Now, woodpile, did you or did you not masquerade as eels and shock Zorak with that wrench? Answer me! Now, what about these beans?\
202'''Moltar:''' Those must've fallen out of my hair.\
203'''Space Ghost:''' ...\
204'''Moltar:''' Well, you're just making all this [[SoundEffectBleep s***]] up! ... Oh, what? You're the only one that gets to make [[SoundEffectBleep s***]] up?
205-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'', [[http://www.adultswim.com/videos/space-ghost-coast-to-coast/flipmode/ "Flipmode"]]
206
207->'''Cyborg:''' LetMeGetThisStraight We're inside Mumbo's hat and Raven's inside Mumbo's hat ''inside Mumbo's hat?''\
208'''Beast Boy:''' Dude, you're making my brain hurt!
209-->-- ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Teen Titans]]'', "[[Recap/TeenTitansS3E11BunnyRaven Bunny Raven]]"
210[[/folder]]
211
212[[folder:Real Life]]
213->''There ''is'' [[NoEnding no final conclusion]] to ''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}''. We were fortunate enough to do something as audacious as that, because people do want the words "TheEnd" put up there.''
214-->-- '''Patrick [=McGoohan=]''' on [[GainaxEnding the last episode]] of ''Series/ThePrisoner1967''
215
216->''What is this I don't even''
217-->-- [[MemeticMutation Traditional]]
218
219->''When you see it, [[BowelBreakingBricks you'll shit bricks]].''
220-->-- '''Anon'''
221
222->''The below statement is false.\
223[[LogicBomb The above statement is true.]]''
224-->-- '''Anon'''
225[[/folder]]

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