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3[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
4->''"It is to protect justice from evil."''
5-->-- '''Tamaki Kawazoe''' on why she joined the kendo team, ''Manga/BambooBlade''
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7->''"Who cares if he's richer than me? And so what if he's more powerful? I'm really good at playing card games! [[LampshadeHanging And that's what life is really all about, anyway!]]''"
8-->-- '''Chazz''', ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' (English dub)
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10->''"Being a HouseHusband ain't no joke."''
11-->-- '''Tatsu Kuroda''', ''Manga/TheWayOfTheHousehusband''
12
13->''"To be killed by ramen is the most honorable death for a ramen connoisseur."''
14-->-- '''Takahiko "Hermit of Sugamo" Tanuma''', ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''
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17[[folder:Fan Works]]
18->''"I, Emperor Pandinus Imperator The First, Ruler of the Crystal Empire And All Who Doth Dwell Within, do hereby grant you permission to go jump up and down atop the royal bed like a little madpony for the next five minutes."''
19-->-- ''Fanfic/TheKingIsDeadLongLiveTheEmperor''
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21->Climb higher! Faster! I'll not be mocked by a rodent! I'm in jumping distance of the creature! It expects me to repeat my mistake? It DARES insult my intelligence?! I leap, shrieking a mighty war shriek! The squirrel runs out onto the edge of the branch! Excellent! I connect with the branch and with all of my strength, I yank!\
22The branch breaks! The squirrel is falling!\
23No wait, no it's not falling.\
24Wait, yes it is! I'm just falling with it! Luckily for me, I can land on my feet! HAHA! Your body will shatter like gl-!\
25The squirrel just landed on its feet. That vile rodent just survived my attack!\
26HOW DARE HE!!!\
27I land on the ground and dash off after it! He'll not escape his just desserts! With thine heart, thou dares laugh at I, the mightiest huntress! Thou shall be nothing short of CRUCIFIED for these actions against me!
28-->-- ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1007357 Of Cats And Rats]]'', a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fic
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30->'''Wattson:''' (''At the end of a [[HurricaneOfPuns hurricane of electricity-based puns]]'') You're not bad! I'm ''positive'' you'll go far! Get it? Because electricity is positive!
31->'''Douglas:''' (''Eye narrows'') You '''''what?!''''' The charge on electrons is -1.6x10^-19 coulombs! That makes electric current ''negative'', not ''positive''! AAAAAARGH! (''{{Megaton Punch}}es Wattson's Manectric into the wall'') You can attack me, you can steal my puns, but don't you '''ever''' mis-apply fundamental scientific principles in the name of comedy.
32-->-- ''[[Webcomic/NuzlockeComicsFanWorks Goddamn Critical Hits]]''.
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35[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
36->''"Why on earth do you take snack food so seriously!?"''
37-->-- '''Jonah/Archibald Asparagus''', ''WesternAnimation/JonahAVeggietalesMovie''
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39->'''Pavitr Prabhakar:''' Quick break for a cup of chai with my Maya aunty...\
40'''Miles Morales:''' Oh, I love chai tea!\
41'''Pavitr Prabhakar:''' ''[[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand What did you just say]]?'' '''''[[BerserkButton Chai tea]]?!''''' "Chai" ''means'' "tea", bro! You're saying "tea tea"! Would I ask you for a "coffee coffee" with room for "cream cream"?!\
42'''Miles Morales:''' No, no...
43-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse''
44
45->''"It's no game, it's a sport. Games are for people who don't care enough. In sports, you compete to win."''
46-->-- '''Kazuma Ikezawa''', ''Anime/SummerWars''
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49[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
50->''"Look at that subtle, off-white colouring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God! It even has a watermark."''
51-->-- '''Patrick Bateman''', describing Paul Allen's business card, ''Literature/AmericanPsycho''
52
53->''"This is a ship's dance, Mr. Hornbeam, not an excuse for loafing and idleness."''
54-->-- '''Captain Wentworth Hogg''', ''Film/DoctorAtSea''
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57[[folder:Literature]]
58-> "Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor [=McGonagall=] about the [[AceCustom Firebolt]]. She -er- got a bit ''shirty'' with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about you staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first."\
59Wood shook his head in disbelief.\
60"Honestly, the way she was yelling at me... you'd think I'd said something terrible..."
61-->-- '''Oliver Wood''', Quidditch team Captain, ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''
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63->''continuing'' [sic] the detailing of my explanation: Think about this, your favorite story that go against canon and everytime another author a fanfiction author a writes a story that goes against canon storylines and canon ships as well, each time those stories are written every piece of your flesh is felt like being on fire and chest tightening because it's destroying the canon world itself.
64-->-- [[http://www.lulu.com/shop/casey-lee-anderson/the-fixing-of-hp-fanfiction-authors-mistakes/paperback/product-23602064.html The Fixing of HP Fanfiction Author's Mistakes]]
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67[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
68->'''Glenn''': Story of my Goddamn life! I try to live right, pay my bills, big believer in paying it forward, help your fellow man. Oh, God. I just don't have any luck. I have nothing to believe in, nothing to love, nothing to care about. Our souls are but shadows of our failed selves!\
69'''Chris''': Jesus, Glenn. It's just lunch.
70-->-- ''Series/BigLake''
71
72->"''There is nothing ironic about show choir!"''
73-->-- '''Rachel''', ''Series/{{Glee}}''
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75->This is no mere sandwich of grilled meat and toasted bread, Robin. This is God, speaking to us through food.
76-->-- '''Marshall''' on the best burger in New York City, ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''
77
78->'''Carly:''' Sam and Spencer have been playing a little game this week.\
79'''Sam:''' (''holds up paintball gun'') It's called Assassin, and it is not a game.
80-->-- ''Series/{{iCarly}}''
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82->'''Freddie:''' Good, Carly's here. Let's ask her.\
83'''Sam:''' (''while walking towards the kitchen'') After I get some ham.\
84'''Freddie:''' (''starts following Sam'') Some things are more important than ham.\
85'''Sam:''' (''stops walking, and turns to Freddie'') [[TranquilFury ...Don't you ever say that to me.]]
86-->-- ''Series/{{iCarly}}''
87
88->''"Forty million, son! Do you have any idea how many patients I had to ignore to get that high score? People died!"''
89-->-- '''Dr. Kelso''', ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''
90
91->'''Castiel''': Where's the pie?\
92'''Cashier''': I think we're out.\
93'''Castiel''': (''grabs cashier by the shirt and pulls him close'') You don't understand. I NEED. ''PIE.''
94-->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "Clip Show"
95
96->''"Mrs Doyle, there is nothing stupid about football! And there is certainly nothing stupid about the All-Priests, Over-Seventy-Five, Five-Aside Indoor Football Challenge Match, against Rugged Island!"''
97-->-- '''Dougal''', ''Series/FatherTed''
98
99->'''Britta:''' [[LampshadeHanging Doesn't it seem like everyone is taking this game way too seriously?]]\
100'''Jeff:''' Seems normal enough for a school that's on 911's blocked caller list.
101-->-- ''Series/{{Community}}'', [[Recap/CommunityS5E05GeothermalEscapism "Geothermal Escapism"]], during a game of "The Floor is Hot Lava"
102
103->''"The next person I catch whistling a pagan interval, I'M REPORTING HIM TO THE POPE!!!"''
104-->--'''Father Blaise''' concerning the inclusion of tritones in music, ''{{Series/Kaamelott}}''
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106->'''Terry:''' Can you think of anyone who might want to harm you?\
107'''Duncan Traub:''' Pfft. Yeah. I mean you don't get into this line of business to make friends\
108'''Jake:''' Really I would think making Chocolate Milk is a great way to make friends.
109-->-- ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', [[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS2E02ChocolateMilk "Chocolate Milk"]]
110
111->''"Don't test me, Kirk! ''I will break you!''"''
112-->-- '''A currently human Spock''' when Sam Kirk refuses to clean up his mess, ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'', "Charades"
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115[[folder:Music]]
116->This ain't no party, this ain't no disco\
117This ain't no fooling around\
118No time for dancing, or lovey-dovey\
119I ain't got time for that now
120-->-- '''Music/TalkingHeads''', "Life During Wartime"
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123[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
124->''"I'm sure the glory makes it all worthwhile in the end."''
125-->-- '''Hobbes''' on Calvin's intense bubble gum chewing regimen, ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
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128[[folder:Video Games]]
129-> '''Undyne:''' [[{{Otaku}} ANIME'S REAL, RIGHT?!?!]] \
130''(Dialogue prompt shows up. If the player responds with "Anime is NOT real"...)'' \
131'''Undyne:''' No...[[BigNo NO!!!!]] I CAN FEEL MY HEART BREAKING INTO PIECES!!!
132-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''
133
134->''"Well, yeah! Think I'd give up my Employee of the Month streak OR take a pension cut? NO WAY."''
135-->-- '''Flux:''', ''Crashlands'' [[note]]All caps is how the words are rendered in canon[[/note]]
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137->''"But for us at AMS, being able to touch-type or not is a matter of life or death."''
138-->-- '''James Taylor''', ''[[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead The Typing of the Dead]]''[[note]]ItMakesSenseInContext: In this game, AMS agents have weapons powered by typing phrases. Okay, so ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.[[/note]]
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140->''"I'll have you know some of us take matters of fishing very seriously, sir!"''
141-->-- '''Zagreus''', ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''
142
143->''"Everything revolves around Puyo..."''
144-->-- '''Ringo Ando''', ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo7''
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147[[folder:Web Animation]]
148-> ''When running a tabletop RPG, there is one big misconception that I must dispel first. That we are all here to have fun. Fun is the worst thing that can happen in a tabletop RPG! This isn't fun, this is my life, my master work tale! Any players having fun are ruining your masterpiece artwork and should be forced to feel the full wrath of the Dungeon Master, or DM for short. We are all here to play a hardcore game of make-believe.''
149-->-- '''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice; Dungeon Master's Guide'''
150
151-> '''[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Rock Lee]]:''' (after eating a curry) I refuse to eat this! It's far too mild, lacking in the fiery youth of true spicy curry!\
152'''[[Manga/OnePiece Sanji]]:''' Mild? ''[[BerserkButton This is the most perfectly balanced curry around!]]''
153-->-- '''WebAnimation/DeathBattle''
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156[[folder:Webcomics]]
157->''"Hairstyle continuity and logic is serious business."''
158-->-- '''Dan Shive''' of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the rant on [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2010-05-18 this]] page
159
160->The mail is sacred, and sacred is the trust between the Post Man and the recipients of his precious parcels. You have made a solemn pledge to deliver this letter to the doctor, just as soon as you determine where this address is, or find any sort of discernible mailing address in this wasteland, for that matter. The mail is freedom. The mail is life. The mail is civilization. The mail is the one final hope for resurrecting a dead planet from its ashes, and the letter carriers are the brave soldiers of God in this righteous crusade. They are the defenders of the light of knowledge, free communication, and the exchange of ideas. They are the bold toters of all those little papery conduits of freedom, the white postmarked angels that whisper a message on their deliverance, a promise to the yearning: "There is hope yet."\
161Liberty. Reason. Justice. Civility. Edification. Perfection.\
162MAIL
163-->-- '''Peregrine Mendicant''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
164
165-> ''"Yer welcome t' stick around fer karaoke with us, but yer gonna wanna gear up for [[BarBrawl th' inevitable fallout]] when all th' cyborgs start fightin' over [[{{Music/Styx}} "Mister Roboto"]]."''
166-->-- '''Commander Badass''' (while donning full riot gear), ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings''
167
168-> '''Lisa:''' Fanfic doesn't count.\
169'''Monette:''' I don't shit on your religious beliefs.
170-->-- ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/premise/ on whether or not]] the cast of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' were sexually active.
171
172->'''Claire:''' Oh, there was arguing [at Literature Camp]. Mary Bateman threw a chair at Emily Gordon for saying Creator/CharlotteBronte was the "basic" Bronte.\
173'''Clinton:''' We didn't... throw chairs... either?\
174'''Claire:''' Literature people don't [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] around, Clinton.
175-->-- ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3720 #3720]]
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178[[folder:Web Original]]
179->''"When I was a kid, my ''abuelita'' would drag me to Christmas Eve mass at her Catholic church and it was at one of those masses where I learned the important skill of sleeping with my eyes open. Shit was boring. What those Christmas Eve masses really needed was [[BadassPreacher a yodeling priest on wheels]]...Diocese of San Pablo suspended Rev. Albert and released a statement where they threw holy water at his ass for being so disrespecting the church. So yeah, when it comes to [[PedophilePriest child touching]], the Catholic church is like, ''“err, nothing to see here, move along,”'' but when it comes to a priest singing on a death trap, they’re like, ''[[SkewedPriorities “SANTO DIOS! Condemn his ass!”]]''"''
180-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/12/31/hot-slut-of-the-day-854/#more-200241 Michael K.]]''', "The hoverboarding holy chanteuse from the Philippines!"
181
182->''"Why do I sound so serious? Because ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' violence is SERIOUS BUSINESS. That's why."''
183-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SEfmhcD8pE Peter Chiykowski]]'''
184
185->''"Your chances of being invited to join a play group are slim, and even if you get there, your chances of enjoying yourself are even slimmer. You see, every game, even cooperative ones like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', becomes a poisonous competition designed to ruin friendships before they even begin. It's the scorched earth method of social interaction, which is what happens when aggressively antisocial people are forced to be around each other for an entire evening."''
186-->-- '''{{Website/Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-fan-communities-that-hate-their-own-members/?wa_user1=4&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=feature_module "3 Fan Communities That Hate Their Own Members"]]
187
188->''"[[DisproportionateRetribution Pray that there's a Taco Bell in Hell!]] ''(BANG)''"''
189-->-- '''Souichiro Yagami''', when family fights go wrong, ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesTeamDattebayo Death Note: The Abridged Series (Team Dattebayo)]]''
190
191->''"[[DisproportionateRetribution Now all Paris is burning because you don't know your alphabet!]]"''
192-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Frollo]]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg11n6b_Mag "Frollo opens a Catholic School"]]
193
194->''"No rational person would get this upset about a soup getting ruined. It's just a soup bro, chillax! But [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Remy]] ''can't'' chillax. This is his greatest passion, his entire universe. The restauran't he's always dreamed of seeing for himelf. And to watch someone desecrate the sanctity of Gusteau's name by ([[SoundEffectBleep dolphin chirp]])ing up a soup [[LethalChef this badly]]? ''he cannot stand for this''!"''
195-->-- '''WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkdokuYtsZ8 Why Ratatouille is Pixar's Magnum Opus]]''
196
197->''"Captain, couldn't you have chosen a more... dignified... game as your primary conflict resolution method? Seeing two grown men in all-black tactical gear taking a children's card game so seriously is... off-putting."''
198-->-- '''O5-11''' of the Website/SCPFoundation, on [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-514 SCP-514]]
199
200->GOD DAMMIT! SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!\
201SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH! (''unintelligable'') AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!! FUCK YOU!!\
202Hey! I know you're part of the motherfuckers who [[LootDrama FUCKING STOLE MY]] [[VideoGame/DarkAgeOfCamelot CLOUDSONG]]! [[InternetJerk IF I EVER FIND OUT WHERE YOU LIVE]], '''[[IllKillYou I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU!!]]'''
203-->-- Anonymous player, "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer WoW]] [[Website/{{YTMND}} is]] [[http://wowseriousbusiness.ytmnd.com/ serious business]]"
204
205->'''Yami Yugi''': Dude, don't you think you're [[DrivenToSuicide overreacting a little?]] I mean, it's just a card game.\
206'''Kaiba''': [[TropeNamers Card games are serious business!]]
207-->-- ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''
208
209->You can't rhyme "delicious" with "ravenous!" ''Emphasis is on the wrong syllable!'' '''''YOU FUCK!'''''\
210([[CreditsGag You don't fuck around at my poetry slams, mate.]])
211-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]''' reviews ''[[Videogame/ChildOfLight Child Of]] [[Videogame/{{Daylight}} Day-light]]''
212
213->'''[[http://acceptingmyinsanity.tumblr.com/post/56925537857/this-generation-has-a-nice-looking-plane-movie acceptingmyinsanity]]''': This generation has [[WesternAnimation/{{Planes}} a nice looking plane movie]] [[WesternAnimation/JayJayTheJetPlane While our generation found entertainment through]] [[TakeThat this manufactured horror.]]\
214'''[[http://mauridianhallow.tumblr.com/post/113906052638 mauridianhallow]]''': Don’t you insult Jay-Jay the Jet Plane you piece of shit [[PrecisionFStrike fuck you]]
215-->-- A series of posts on '''Website/{{Tumblr}}'''
216
217->''"I don’t remember when it was decided that the all black Air Force 1 was the signature shoe of the degenerate. I just remember nobody wore them on purpose unless they either worked in a kitchen, did robberies for a living, or were dopeheads."''
218-->-- '''[[https://www.complex.com/sneakers/2019/06/how-the-black-air-force-1-became-sneaker-cultures-funniest-meme Angel Diaz]]''', talking about shoes
219
220->''"Australia’s unemployment rate had soared to nearly 35 per cent; a figure that was second only to Germany’s in severity. Unlike the Germans, however, South Australians did not turn to fascism. No, we had more pressing concerns to attend to: the government was making us eat mutton, and we wanted to eat beef. ''Goddamn it,'' we wanted to eat beef."''
221-->-- '''[[https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/moments-time-2-beef-riots/ Owen Lindsay]]''', explaining the Adelaide beef riots
222
223->You may use White-Out to cover the boat’s name in logbooks, engine and maintenance records, ship's library books, etc. But it is much easier to simply remove the offending document from the boat and start afresh. Don’t forget the life rings. Do not, under any circumstances, carry aboard any item bearing your boat’s new name until the renaming ceremony has been completed!
224-->-- [[https://www.boatnames.com.au/boat-naming-ceremony/ Sailor's advice on renaming a boat]]
225[[/folder]]
226
227[[folder:Western Animation]]
228->''"[[UnsportsmanlikeGloating Yes! We have defeated you for all time! You will never rise from the ashes of your shame and humiliation!]] (''{{beat}}'') Well, that was fun."''
229-->-- '''[[TheDragon Azula]]''' [[MundaneMadeAwesome wins a game of volleyball]], ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
230
231->'''Mom:''' Darling Hubie, I should never have tried to tamper with that cute little [[HappyFunBall Q.T. McWhiskers.]]\
232'''Farnsworth:''' No, it was silly of me to object. One-foot tall, eight-feet, fifteen-feet, what does it matter?\
233'''Mom:''' You should see the new sixteen-foot models.\
234'''Farnsworth:''' SIXTEEN FEET?! ''GO TO HELL!''
235-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', [[Recap/FuturamaS2E14MothersDay "Mother's Day"]]
236
237->'''Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate:''' Pitiful ball players of Earth! I am Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate, commander of the Harlem Globetrotters! For generations, your puny planet has lived in peace with the Globetrotter homeworld. But now, ''for no reason,'' we challenge you to defend your honor on the basketball court! Will no one meet our challenge? Have none of you pathetic earthlings ''game?''
238->'''Fry:''' What happens if we lose?\
239'''Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate:''' ''NOTHING!'' There's nothing at stake and no threat, beyond ''the shame of defeat!''
240->''(A teammate passes a basketball painted like Earth to him, which he promptly dunks in a trashcan)''
241->'''Farnsworth:''' ''THIS WILL NOT STAND!''
242-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', [[Recap/FuturamaS3E14TimeKeepsOnSlippin "Time Keeps on Slippin'"]]
243
244->'''Bender''': The rest of you might as well give up now, 'cause I'm gonna take home the-- Hey. What's my grand prize gonna be?\
245'''Randy''': Oh, there is ''no'' prize, Dorothy. Unless you count the satisfaction of winning.\
246'''Bender''': ''It will be '''mine'''.''
247-->-- A tap-dancing tournament on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', [[Recap/FuturamaS7E25StenchAndStenchability "Stench and Stenchibility"]]
248
249->'''Honeybee:''' What does the winning town get, a million dollars?\
250'''Moon:''' Better than a million dollars. A plaque that says "Best Boat Town".\
251'''Honeybee:''' So it's a silly contest with a meaningless prize, but we all care an insane amount about it?\
252'''Beef:''' You just described all of sports, every competitive reality show, and life itself. But, that said, yes.
253-->--''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'', Season 3 "[[Recap/TheGreatNorthS3E05WoodfellasAdventure Woodfellas Adventure]]"
254
255->'''Pinkie Pie:''' And losing a friend's trust is the fastest way to lose a friend forever!\
256'''Twilight Sparkle:''' But--\
257'''Pinkie Pie:''' FOOOOORRRRREEEEEVVVEEEEERRR!!!
258-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
259
260->''"APPLEJACK! '''''YOU PINKIE PROMISED!'''''"''
261-->-- '''Pinkie Pie''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
262
263->'''Lisa:''' I'm going into the gold medallion club, with silver level membership! (''laughs'')\
264'''Airport Worker:''' The hell you are! (''[[DramaticGunCock grabs a gun]]'')
265-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Catch Em If You Can"
266
267->''"Do you know what this is?! This is the mace that they use on bears, faggot! NOW LET ME SEE YOUR HALL PASS!"''
268-->-- '''[[EnfanteTerrible Cartman]]''', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark,'' "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy"
269[[/folder]]
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