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->"You look very like your father."\\
"Yeah, I've been told," said Harry.\\
"Except for your eyes. You've got --"\\
"My mother's eyes, yeah." Harry had heard it so often he found it a bit wearing.
-->-- ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''
It's common enough for [[CharacterCatchphrase a character to have a catchphrase]]. A Phrase Catcher is the opposite: the character inclines others to say a specific phrase.
Maybe anyone seeing them is immediately given to wonder whether they're [[Franchise/{{Superman}} a bird, a plane, or something else entirely]]. Maybe everyone feels compelled to announce that character's presence in a way that's suspiciously similar each time. As long as they keep getting a certain response and don't say it personally, then they are a Phrase Catcher. If someone always gets a certain response, but always from the same person, then it's as much a catchphrase as a Phrase Catcher.
On a subnote, if someone has a BerserkButton, or [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs prefers to be addressed a specific way]], or feels [[InsistentTerminology keen to correct]] anyone who [[Literature/{{Discworld}} calls them a monkey]] [[IAmNotWeasel instead of an ape]], or needs some other specific feeder line to start off on their own routine, you can rely on that line being fed. However, those examples really belong with their own tropes.
Popular variants include "Shut up, (name)!" and greeting [[SitcomArchNemesis Sitcom Arch-Nemeses]] by [[SayMyName saying their name]]. If the Phrase Catcher is a holy figure, the phrase in question may be a ReflexiveRemarkOfReverence.
Compare StrangeMindsThinkAlike, GotMeDoingIt, NeverHeardThatOneBefore and OneLinerEcho. Subtrope of RunningGag.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* "Silly Rabbit, Advertising/{{Trix|Rabbit}} [[CerealViceReward are for kids]]!"
* In the 1970s-80s, American Express had commercials with celebrities like Jim Henson, Jim Davis, Rusty Staub, and others. They always began with the phrase, "Do you know me?", and talked about things they have done or created. They also mention how, without the public seeing the things that make them what they are, they sometimes go unrecognized, and "that's why [I] carry an American Express card!". Of course, the commercials always end with the slogan "Don't leave home without it." Parodied in the movie "Major League,", as well as by Daffy Duck. ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' also had the infamous Bat-Credit card parody with the line "Never leave the Bat-Cave without it."
* The [=StarKist=] tuna commercials would have whoever is paired up with [[Advertising/CharlieTheTuna Charlie]] point out his artistic ideas to get [=StarKist=] to notice him with "But Charlie, [=StarKist=] doesn’t want tuna with good taste. They want tuna that tastes good!".
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'':
** Mei has to be told on multiple occasions "That wasn't an order!"
** Ahko gets asked "Where?" in response to her [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]] "That sends me."
* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', every time Christa Lenz is of any help, you can bet someone will either say she is a goddess or that they want to marry her (Mostly Reiner). [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Regardless of gender]].
* In ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', almost anyone who sees Guts' sword, the Dragon Slayer, seems to be compelled to remark that it's "more like a slab of iron than a sword."
* While not a phrase, a lot of villains in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' react with an EvilLaugh when they see Ichigo using his Hollow powers. In canon, filler and movies.
* ''Manga/BoardingSchoolJuliet''
** The Black Dog Headmaster has a notorious ElmuhFuddSyndwome. Every time he gives a speech his listeners are all thinking the same thing: "I have no idea what he's saying."
** When Julio (Juliet's male alter-ego) shows up at the Black Dogs dorm, almost everyone he runs into say he/she's sorry for him for being HeldBackInSchool [[note]]Julio has to keep the appearance of a middle schooler lest her cover be blown[[/note]]. In just a single chapter.
** Another single-chapter example is when Romio was asked of his opinion on a character's image change (from Leon's ImportantHaircut to Scott and Shuna both crossdressing). "Does it suit me?"
* In just about every ''Manga/CaseClosed'' NonSerialMovie different a character designed for the film will ask Conan "Just who exactly... are you?" as he's a teenage genius who fell in a FountainOfYouth by way of experimental poison and often ends up forgetting himself and strutting his real intelligence even though he's ''supposed'' to be acting like the [[DeliberatelyCuteChild cute little kid]] he looks like. He never answers the question properly, unless they're [[DeathBySecretIdentity dying]].
* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
** [[WideEyedIdealist Matsuda]] tends to evoke the response "Matsuda, you idiot!" whenever he says or does almost anything, particularly during the first half or so of the series, and it's generally PlayedForLaughs.
--->'''Light:''' What was that?\\
'''L:''' Matsuda was being an idiot again.\\
'''Light:''' Well, that ''is'' his specialty...
** The phrase gets a MeaningfulEcho in the second half from [[FalseFriend Light]] that's significantly less funny:
--->'''Light:''' Matsuda, you ''idiot''! Who the ''hell'' do you think [[spoiler:you're shooting at]]?!
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** When a guy strips, mostly Gray, someone usually comments "Why is he stripping?!"
** Also after Gray unconsciously strips, someone always reminds him:
--->''"Gray, your clothes."''
** Whenever, Erza does something wacky:
--->''"That's Erza for you."''
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' : The word "NANI?!" ([[BigWhat WHAT?!]]) tends to be uttered by mooks a lot when Kenshiro is around. Usually after he utters his [[YouAreAlreadyDead iconic catch phrase]]. The people uttering it usually die afterwards, often in [[LudicrousGibs explosive fashion.]]
* In ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', whenever someone gets a good look at Amaro's forehead, the usual response is "[[BigOlEyebrows those eyebrows]]". {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when Naota gets in on it: "''What '''about''''' eyebrows?"
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Edward Elric lives [[BerserkButton in horror]] of others reacting to meeting him as such: [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller "I thought you'd be taller"]]... after they've mistaken him for his brother.
* ''Manga/{{Gals}}'': [[TheStoic Rei Otohata]] has "You made her (Aya) cry!"
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** "IT'S A GUNDAAAM!", as said by most {{mooks}} before biting it.
** Domon's brash actions in ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' tend to cause other characters to yell "YOU FOOL!"
* Upon first meeting Hayate in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', just about everyone remarks about how he has "poor" written all over him or something similar.
* In ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'', all the recipients of [[ChainsawGood Mystletainn Kick]] go: "[[NonIndicativeName That's not a kick!]]"
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' : Shirogane's SuckinessIsPainful moments in often lead others to draw comparisons with sea cucumbers.
* One comic in the manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' involves everyone (including [[BigBad Ganondorf]]) talking about how Link's clothes look uncomfortably warm.
* In ''Manga/LuckyStar'', Hiyori often invokes Yutaka and Minami's "She's so strong" in relation to her TheChewToy moments.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': Nanoha has a close association with the YouMonster trope. Vita calls her a devil in ''A's'', Dieci wonders if she's a human (in ''[=StrikerS=]''), Signum calls her a monster a year after that, and Isis calls her (not directly) a demon instructor. It's PlayedForDrama, when Quattro tells [[spoiler:Vivio]] that Nanoha is a devil who pretends to be the "real Nanoha", so she would fight her.
* From ''Toys/MachineRobo'', after one of [[BigDamnHeroes Rom Stol's]] speeches, the villain ''du jour'' will ask who he is. His response is a defiant "'''You do not deserve to know my name'''!"
* ''Manga/MinamiKe'': Hosaka gets "Disgusting..." (usually while in the middle of an ImagineSpot. And [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]].)
* In ''Manga/MyLoveStory'' Takeo and his father both open any conversation with Takeo's mother with "Is your body all right?" after she becomes pregnant. It often feels silly since she's built like a shorter version of [[GentleGiant Takeo]].
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
** In three separate occasions, the utter disbelief of the GSC protagonists when each of them finds out [[OlderThanTheyLook Yellow]] is "Older than me."
** Whenever Gold, one of the protagonists in the GSC saga, brags about something, those in the vicinity wouldn't buy it and just call him "Liar." behind his back.
* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Akira gets "WhatTheHellAreYou" and "[[NoSocialSkills You really don’t know how to treat women.]]"
* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'':
** Whenever [[TheGenericGuy Nami]] says something, another character is bound to remark "How normal." This prompts her CharacterCatchphrase "[[IJustWantToBeSpecial Don't say normal!]]"
** The anime adaptation turns this little exchange between Nozomu and [[StalkerWithACrush Matoi]] into a OncePerEpisode event, whenever she first shows up in an episode:
--->'''Nozomu:''' You've been here?!\\
'''Matoi:''' Yes. Always.
* Excalibur from ''Manga/SoulEater'': "SO ANNOYING!" There's [[http://paralleled.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/copy-of-souleater_frownofdeath2.jpg a particular facial expression]] that comes with it, too.
* In ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'', whenever Okabe calls someone out, he receives a "You are the last person I want to hear that from".
* ''Manga/SweetBlueFlowers'': "[[ProneToTears You're always so quick to cry, Fumi]]", said towards the aforementioned ShrinkingViolet by her childhood friend, Akira, whenever she catches her in that act.
* Motemitsu of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' exists solely for his friends to say "As expected of Motemitsu-Senpai!" whenever he tries to hit on a girl. He always fails miserably.
* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'': When each member of the Ayase family meets Yotsuba's tall friend Takashi [[GentleGiant "Jumbo"]] Takeda, they seem [[CaptainObvious compelled to say]] "You're ''huge''!"
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'':
** [[SmallNameBigEgo Reggie Mantle]] is always called out as "somebody who talks about anything ''but'' himself."
** "I thought I smelled wood burning." is a common phrase whenever [[SpinoffBabies Little Archie]] thinks up some ZanyScheme.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' series, Obélix is constantly reminded that he is not allowed to have any magic potion, having fallen into a cauldron full of it when he was a baby.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
** Batman (and later Dick Grayson in his role as Batman) gets "[[ExpectingSomeoneTaller I thought you'd be taller]]" absurdly often from people who have never met him before. Despite being 6'2". (Perhaps Batman's legendary reputation means people expect him to be ten feet tall. It makes a bit more sense for Dick, who's around 5'10".)
** Back in UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, when the Joker was more of a HarmlessVillain who primarily pulled pranks or "boners" on people than the psychopathic MonsterClown he is today, when his capers inevitably got foiled, Batman or someone else would inevitably trot out the line "The joke's on you, Joker!"
** In the 2003 limited series ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumLivingHell'', nascent {{supervillain}} Warren "The Great White Shark" White provokes remarks of "You're the worst person I've ever met," from almost everybody he meets, including ''the Joker, '''[[spoiler:demons from Hell]]''''', and even [[spoiler:Warren himself, to someone impersonating him]].
* In the "Jonah" strip in ''ComicBook/TheBeano'', when the titular [[TheJinx Jinx]] made his way onto a ship, he would invariably be greeted with "Aargh! It's 'im!"
* ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' has the Rat Creatures, who will - almost without fail - at some point in each appearance be berated with the phrase, "Stupid, '''STUPID''' Rat Creatures!"
* While ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} was cursed by Loki to look like [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Thom Cruz]], he got "Say, aren't you Thom Cruz?" from pretty much everybody who saw him unmasked, [[AliensStealCable including aliens]].
* ''Fight-Man'', "'cause one shot is all he needs!"
* ''ComicBook/{{Herbie}}'' attracts many comments about his weight, with Dad and many others referring to him as a "little fat nothing" or a "fat water rat" ("and all over red", in the case of his superhero alter-ego The Fat Fury).
* ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'': "[[CaptainObvious Y... You're a duck]]!" The shocked stammer is always included the first time someone meets Howard.
* The writers of ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' would like you know that "The night is ''his'' time".
* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'': Gideon Graves, the last and [[PsychoExGirlfriend worst of Ramona's Evil Ex-Boyfriends]], has his profession described as "Asshole". Almost every major act he does is accompanied by the phrase "What a dick!"
* One of ''ComicBook/SpiderGwen'''s most frequent nemeses is... a rich dude who robs bodegas for fun. That's it. He's more of an annoyance than anything else, with everyone who encounters him saying "Bodega Bandit, you are the worst."
* ''ComicBook/{{Sturmtruppen}}'' has "Musolesi, what a devil!", uttered by the soldiers whenever Galeazzo Musolesi pulls some [[RefugeInAudacity shameless yet awesome scheme]] - such as when he was stuck with a suicide mission and ''blackmailed Mussolini into getting him out of it''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** "It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Superman!" First introduced in ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman''.
** In ''Superman'' #411, Superman has no less than [[RuleOfThree three]] characters remark that "(he) really needs to work on his dialogue!"
** Bizarro's oldest miniseries gives us... er, ''does not'' give us "Start disagreeing with me!".[[note]]"Stop agreeing with me!", said mostly by irritated villains.[[/note]]
* ''ComicBook/XFactor'': Layla Miller's CharacterCatchphrase, "I'm Layla Miller. I know stuff.", [[{{Pun}} mutates]] into:
-->'''Layla:''' I'm Layla Miller.\\
'''Madrox:''' She ''knows'' stuff.\\
'''Layla:''' You notice I haven't had to say that in a while? Everybody else keeps saying it ''for'' me.
* In ''ComicBook/YoungJustice,'' ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} would often be put in the role of explaining things for the benefit of his teammates (and the audience.) The exchange "How do you know that?" "Well, I ''was'' trained by [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} the world's greatest detective]]," quickly morphed into someone saying "We can tell you were trained by the world's greatest detective" every time he pointed out something [[CaptainObvious glaringly obvious]].
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* Bucky of ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'' spends a week trying to invent a catch phrase for himself which he expects Satchel to say, but Satchel doesn't quite understand the idea:
-->'''Satchel:''' Aren't you supposed to say your own catch phrase?\\
'''Bucky:''' Satchel, when you're übergroovy, [[DiscussedTrope other people say it for you]].
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Charlie Brown is often referred to as "Good ol' Charlie Brown" if whoever's talking to him is in a good mood. If they're instead blaming him for a screwup, they often throw a "You blockhead, Charlie Brown!" his way. This was conscious on the part of Creator/CharlesSchulz, as he disliked the title ''Peanuts'' -- it was forced on him by his syndicate -- and he didn't want people to think [[IAmNotShazam "Peanuts" was the name of the main character]].
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''The Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'' has ''"Shut up [[spoiler: Chaos]]!"'' and the [[ItMakesSenseInContext unforgettable]] ''"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING GOGGLEHEAD!!"''.
* In ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', Ebony has ''"BECAUSE I LOVE HER!"''.
* ''Webcomic/Persona3FTW'' has ''"Shut up, Ken."''.
* In ''Fanfic/TheBalladOfStootAndArgyle'', any time Terrance tries out a new expletive-laden insult, the recipient (usually Phillip or Eric) will invariably say ''"That's a new one"'' or something similar.
* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'': [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix's]] [[CannotTellAJoke inability to tell a decent joke]] gives him ''"That wasn't funny..."'', with varying degrees of [[PunctuatedForEmphasis punctuation]] and DeathGlare.
* ''Fanfic/HalfPastAdventure'': Bulcinella the mobster gets a lot of "Shut up about the universe"s due to his attribution of just about anything to some sort of universal intention, mostly from his [[CynicIdealistDuo long-suffering partner]] Pugliacci.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Symbiosis}}'' whenever [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash]] speaks to Pokémon, the astonished Pokémon will say [[SpeaksFluentAnimal "Did you just speak properly?"]].
* ''The Sanctuary Telepath'': "Shut up, Tesla!" (usually from Janine, but John relishes in it when he has the chance)
* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', when someone uses the special transceiver's [[LoudOfWar foghorn]] function, [[MadLibsCatchphrase whatever comment they make after]] (usually something like "I love this thing") is normally followed by everyone within earshot shouting "WE KNOW!"
* Fu from ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' has "What the hell do they feed you!?" whenever she shrugs off a major beating as if it was nothing, or shows off her SuperStrength.
* No fewer than three, unrelated characters in ''Fanfic/IAmSkantarios'' refer to the mercenary Monster Bombard, a ''gargantuan'' siege weapon used to shatter the walls of cities, as "the largest cannon I have ever seen (or heard of)."
* In ''Fanfic/HarryAndTheShipgirls'', the antics of one Jacklyn Fox have her family, as well as readers, say "DAMMIT JACKIE!" in response.
* ''Fanfic/TheRavensPlan'':
** Everyone who knows about what Arya did to the Freys in [[PeggySue the old timeline]] keeps telling her "no pies".
** People finding out about Jon's Targaryen heritage for the first time all react the same way, namely asking "Who the fuck is Jon Targaryen?"
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5627314/9/In-this-World-and-the-Next In This World And The Next]]'' has [[CorruptPolitician Fudge]] drawing the words "might actually vote for the arse" after his HeelFaceTurn when he starts doing his job instead of being a bribe-collecting figurehead.
* In [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the]] ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/470182 Once Upon a Time in Kingdom Hearts]]'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin series]], a [[TimeTravel Time Traveling]] Emma introduces her son, Henry, as “Sora” (yes, [[Franchise/KingdomHearts THAT]] Sora) - from then on in their adventure, ''[[NotHyperbole every]] '''[[NotHyperbole single]]''''' [[NotHyperbole character and their mother]] ''[[OverusedRunningGag always]]'' [[OverusedRunningGag asks Henry some variation of]] [[InformedFlaw "Isn't that a girl’s name?"]][[note]]It's not; it’s a unisex name[[/note]]
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/SiebenZwerge'': "I always imagined dwarves as being shorter." "Old misconception."
* ''Film/AlienResurrection'': "Ripley! I thought you were dead!"
--> '''Ripley:''' Yeah, I get a lot of that lately.
** Referenced word-for-word with Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.
* ''Film/TheBigLebowski'':
** Walter's reflexive response to ''anything'' Donny says is "shut the fuck up, Donny".
--->'''Donny:''' They posted the next round for the tournament.
--->'''Walter:''' Donny, shut the f-- when do we play?
** "Where's the fucking money, Lebowski?", at first from the rug-pissing goons to the Dude, and then from the Dude to the big Lebowski.
* In the film version of ''Literature/BigTrouble'', everyone's first impression of the [[ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics Suitcase Nuke]] is that "it looks like a garbage disposal."
* Ralphie from ''Film/AChristmasStory'' always hears something to the effect of "You'll shoot your eye out!" whenever he expresses his desire to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. It's even written on a C+ paper he gets back from school! [[spoiler:He eventually does nearly shoot his eye out when he actually gets one and tries it out]].
* Dante Hicks in ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' gets two, one because of and one despite the "I assure you we're open" sign he has to write on a bedsheet with shoe polish because the shutters were gummed shut. For the rest of the day, people ask him "What smells like shoe polish?". Dante is also the catcher for the phrase "You open?", which almost every customer asks before entering the store...in spite of, again, the big honking sign out front.
* Across ''Film/{{Crank}}'' and its sequel, ''High Voltage'', everyone seems to pick up "Fuck you, Chelios!" It's so often repeated, there's a montage of the times it's said during ''High Voltage''.
* In ''Film/DriveAngry'', Milton keeps being greeted by old acquaintances with "I thought/heard you were dead!". This continues until he encounters Webster who ''knows'' that Milton is dead. As in he was a pallbearer at the funeral.
* ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'': "I thought you were dead."
** This phrase was used in the same manner ten years earlier in the 1971 Creator/JohnWayne Western ''Film/BigJake''; whether the more recent film was alluding to the earlier is not clear.
** Later, in the sequel ''Film/EscapeFromLA'': [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller "I thought you'd be taller."]]
** Similarly, in ''Film/EdWood'', everyone says this about Creator/BelaLugosi when Creator/{{Ed|Wood}} mentions Bela's involvement in his next movie. [[spoiler: Heartbreakingly subverted later in the film with Bela's death, and Ed having to quietly confirm his friend's passing.]]
* ''Film/{{Fargo}}'': Nearly everyone who ever met Carl Showalter describes him as "kinda funny-lookin'". How so? "[[SuspectIsHatless Oh, in a general kinda way.]]"
* ''Film/ForrestGump'': "Are you crazy, or just plain stupid?"
* In ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', both human and alien fans of Alexander Dane greet him with "By Grabthar's hammer!", the catchphrase of his {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}} character in the ShowWithinAShow. He's [[OldShame not amused]].
* The infamous {{Kaiju}} ''Film/TheGiantClaw'' is frequently compared to a "flying battleship" or said to be "as big as a battleship".
* In ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' Ghidorah's victims all say "oh, shit" before he obliterates them. [[spoiler: His reincarnation Mechagodzilla gets the same reaction in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'']]
* Paul's grandfather in ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' is very clean, as everybody seems to notice. The reason is an ActorAllusion, since the actor played [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Albert "You dirty old man!" Steptoe]], but to modern audiences [[ParodyDisplacement lacking that context]], it comes across more as SurrealHumor.
* In ''Film/TheHebrewHammer'' people always remind Mordechai that "the fate of Hanukkah is resting on your shoulders", which just stresses him out.
* In ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'', this is where Oh's name comes from: he is so disliked that if someone recognizes him they just groan "Oh" in annoyance.
* In the ''Franchise/JohnWick'' series, those who get killed by John will have their last words be "[[SeeYouInHell Be seein' you, John]]".
* ''Film/MillersCrossing'': "Jesus, Tom!"
* ''Film/OfficeSpace'':
** To Peter: "Did you get the memo?" as well as anything involving TPS reports.
** To Michael Bolton: "Is that your real name?"
* ''Film/TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure'' has one [[NonInteractivity that is supposed to be spoken by the audience]]: "Goofie Toofie! Pick up your pants!"
* ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'': Everyone Joe Miller hands a card to: "You're the TV guy!"
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': "Sea Turtles".
* All the main ''Film/{{Predator}}'' films have the titular creature being called "one ugly motherfucker" when seen without the mask. In [[Film/{{Predator 2}} the second]], Harrigan stops midway but the Predator completes the sentence. In ''Film/{{Predators}}'', it's said in Russian ''Film/ThePredator'' subverts it by having him described as "one beautiful motherfucker"; ''Film/Prey2022'' averts it, with [[Webvideo/CinematicExcrement Smeghead's]] vlog on the movie noting the absence with "I don't know if there's a Comanche word for 'motherfucker'"). ''Videogame/MortalKombatX'' follows suit, both by Bo'Rai'Cho in one of the intro dialogues and Erron Black's bullet for the Predator reading "Ugly Mofo". Even ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' gets in on it when its opponent [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]] insults it with said line during the fight.
* In ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'', TheFilmOfTheBook, Reepicheep is often informed that [[CaptainObvious "You are a mouse!"]] by those he is about to kill. This annoys him to no end ("You people have ''no imagination!''")
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': "Anyone can cook." Starts off as the title of Gusteau's cookbook, and other characters repeat those three words later on, as well.
* In ''Film/RoadHouse1989'', for some reason, everyone feels a need to tell Dalton, [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller "I thought you'd be taller."]]
* In ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'', everybody calls David (the jerk constantly trying to steal Shaun's girlfriend even in the middle of a freaking ZombieApocalypse) "a twat".
* ''Film/{{Snatch}}'': "I fucking hate pikeys!"
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** The ''Millenium Falcon'' is routinely called '[[WhatAPieceOfJunk a piece of junk]]',
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': After he defects, Finn is repeatedly called a "TRAITOR!" by First Order members, including one Stormtrooper known ''only'' for that line, Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma.
* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': Dawn's boutonniere. Both Marianne and The Bog King perform the same hand wriggling that says "I'm-struggling-to-come-up-with-a-suitable-compliment" and settle on [[DamnedByFaintPraise lovely]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': Mario is one for "You just don't know when to quit!" Mario's nature as both a {{Determinator}} and an IronButtMonkey is commented on several times by various characters. Mario initially sees this as a bad thing, since his family (save Luigi) mocks him for it, and their father remarks that Luigi is being dragged down with Mario. [[spoiler:He eventually changes his mind after Peach tells him that it's a great trait to have, and during the final confrontation with Bowser, Mario responds to his rant that he's been told that quite a bit.]]
* ''Film/TallTale'': "The Code of the East/North/South/West"
-->"Respect the land! Defend the defenseless! And don't ever spit in front of women or children!" [[RunningGag *Spit*]]
* The last things an (evil) ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' will hear will usually be "You're terminated!", just before the coup de grâce.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': "Ride like the wind, Bullseye!"
* Weaponized in ''Film/UndercoverBrother''. When Mr Feather kidnaps Music/JamesBrown, Feather can't stop himself from saying, "I'm black and I'm proud!" As Feather is TheDragon in a GovernmentConspiracy to keep the Black Man down, this doesn't look good for him.
* ''Film/WeekendAtBernies'': Most inhabitants think the titular character is still alive despite being dead, typical response is "Hi Bernie!" between the two movies, his name is spoken so often in varying degree of reaction that speaking his name alone fulfills the trope. Oddly enough, when proven dead, some people will insist he's still alive "He's Alive I tell you, I tried to kill. But he's still alive. SEE?!"
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'': Whenever anyone who served with Raymond Shaw hears his name, their response is "Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life." [[spoiler:They've been mentally conditioned to say it, and Shaw is in fact a self-absorbed coward with severe mommy issues.]]
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** A lot of people tell Harry that "You look like your father, but you've got Lily's eyes". In the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince sixth book]], he replies "[[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Yeah. I've been told.]]"
** There is also the fact that whenever he says Snape's name in front of an adult without the honorific, the adult will quickly correct him with "''Professor'' Snape".
** Dumbledore is always described as "the only one [[BigBad Voldemort]] [[TheDreaded ever feared]]."
* Steven Brust's Literature/{{Dragaera}}: "Shut up, Loiosh." So common a phrase, Vlad doesn't always wait for Loiosh to say something before using it.
* "Beep-beep, Richie" in Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{IT}}''. Justified, as it's the gang's way of telling Richie to shut up, and well, Richie [[MotorMouth never shuts up]].
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** "Yub yub, Commander" from the ''Literature/XWingSeries''. Started as a fairly funny joke, but eventually became the phrase said whenever someone did something that annoyed or surprised Commander Wedge Antilles.
** In ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'', "Kibbick is an idiot."
* ''Literature/{{Ravenor}}'''s Carl Thonious - the things he knows...
* In a very meta case, Literature/CiaphasCain[[note]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle HERO OF THE IMPERIUM]][[/note]] only ever refers to himself as a "[[FakeUltimateHero Hero of the Imperium]]" (no bold) [[DeadpanSnarker facetiously]] - the bombastic announcements of his status as a '''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''' is purely an invention of this wiki (though they do reflect the rest of the Imperium's opinion of him).
* In ''Literature/PyramidPower'', a science-fiction novel playing with Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythology with loads of [[ShownTheirWork showing their work]] provided by the BadassUnintentional, it seems that the everybody but his men seems to at least ''think'' "[[SmugSnake Odysseus]], you bastard!" at some point about him.
* In ''Magic's Promise'', the second Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar book about Vanyel, everyone he encounters tells him, "You look like hell." It's justified in that he does.
** In ''Winds of Fury'', the standard greeting Princess Elspeth gets while making her way home through Valdemar to the capital is "We heard you were dead!"
* In the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'', Miles' cousin Ivan Vorpatril is referred to by all well-knowing individuals as "Ivan-you-idiot" or "that idiot, Ivan", and variations thereof. To the point where it took the main character years to realize that "Ivan" wasn't his ''middle'' name. Achieves BrickJoke status when Tej calls Ivan an "idiot", and she's baffled at why he's suddenly grinning.
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Literature/TheLongDarkTeaTimeOfTheSoul'', when Kate Schecter deliberately tries to ''avoid'' uttering Dirk's professional Phrase Catcher. Too late. Dirk also has one unique to this book: after standing between a television and a surprisingly determined child, people keep asking him if he knows he's broken his nose. He does.
* In the ''Literature/{{Nightside}}'' series, Shotgun Suzie is known to be so much of a qualifier for ''"[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Oh Christ, it's her, run!]]"'' that it's effectively her ''other nickname''.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Both Tyrion and Jaime Lannister think of Cersei as their "sweet sister".
* Joey Bettany / Maynard, the heroine of the ''Literature/ChaletSchool'' series, and Mary-Lou Trelawney, one of her successors, both get this a lot. In the former's case, it's "Joey always does things wholesale!" (especially referring to her army of children) and "that is so like Joey". For the latter, there's "it isn't cheek, it's just Mary-Lou."
* ''Literature/TheMoviegoer'': Binx Bolling is consistently told he should go into research.
* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', if you try to control any member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, expect them to reply, "I couldn't do that, Mister Vimes would go spare!"
** Ankh-Morpork restaurateur All Jolson got his name because he's so very fat from eating his own cooking, people kept marveling that his massive body was ''all'' Jolson.
** There are five ancient noble families on the Counterweight Continent in ''Literature/InterestingTimes'': the Sungs, the Tangs, the Hongs, the Fangs, and the [[OddNameOut McSweeneys]]. The standard response to the disbelieving query, "[=McSweeneys=]?", is "very old-established family."
* In ''Literature/YoungWizards'', the traditional wizardly greeting to [[{{Satan}} the Lone Power]] is "Fairest and Fallen, greetings and defiance." At one point, the Lone Power notes that it gets boring after a few thousand years.
** Likewise, wizards are expected upon their initial meeting with the Transcendant Pig to ask it "What is the meaning of life?" While there are valid reasons for both of these greeting rituals (there's the off chance the Pig might know and say something useful this time around, and in the long view showing the Lone Power - among the class of beings wizards ''technically serve'' - lack of respect does absolutely no good and some harm), both sometimes suspect the whole thing is an enormous joke by the Creator.
* In Tolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' series, the [[ArtifactOfDoom One Ring]] is frequently called "My Precious" or just "Precious" by the Ringbearer whenever [[TheCorrupter its corruption]] manages to gain a foothold on their psyche. Gollum is the one most associated with this catchphrase, but others like Bilbo Baggins and even Isildur have called it "precious" when observing the ring. Incidentally, the One Ring's creator, [[EvilOverlord Sauron]], was originally named Mairon, which is derived from the Elvish word maira, meaning "beautiful, admirable, and '''precious'''".
* In John Sandford's Virgil Flowers novels, even people who've just met him or don't know anyone in common with him eventually end up referring to the main character as "That fucking Flowers."
* In one of the ''Literature/StephaniePlum'' books, one of her skips won't leave his house because he's waiting for the cable repair people, who he refers to as "those fuckers". For the rest of the book, almost any time anyone refers to the cable company, the person they are talking to (even if they are not aware of the original conversation) will immediately say "Those fuckers". The cable company is evidently not well-liked in New Jersey.
* ''Literature/TheGoblinEmperor'''s Maia is unusually friendly and grateful to his servants, for an Emperor, due to his mother's influence. He makes a point of learning and remembering all their names, and thanking them whenever they perform their normal duties. First his secretary, then the rest of his staff, tend to respond with a politely bemused "It is our job, Serenity."
* Many (but by no means all) people in ''Literature/TheGalaxyGame'' by Phil Janes are too polite to actually ''say'' it, but whenever the hapless and unlikeable Richard Curtis explains he prefers to go by his full name, somebody thinks "He looks like a 'Dick' to ''me''."
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' has [[TheEmpire Calormen]]'s ruler, the Tisroc (may he live forever).
* RetiredOutlaw Tom in ''[[Literature/{{Dortmunder}} Drowned Hopes]]''. A psycho who terrifies most criminals because of his habit of [[NoHonorAmongThieves betraying his accomplices to the authorities]] and sometimes killing them, most of Dortmunder's crew believe that he died in prison and every time he is introduced to one of them, he is greeted with some version of "I heard you were dead".
* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor: Pasta and Parties'': Lunary-On-Clyps is referenced as a "(good place for a) seasonal retreat" at least twice.
* ''Literature/TheUnteachables'': When Elaine's name is mentioned, odds are someone will say "Rhymes with pain".
* ''[[Creator/SimonRGreen The Ishmael Jones Mysteries]]'': "Nice save, sweetie" is Penny's inevitable response, whenever Ishmael remarks that he trusts no one or suspects everyone, ''except'' her.
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* Prior to his makeover, Tommy of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' was often told "cut your hair, you look like a girl!" In one episode, he passed himself off as a girl and was told "put some makeup on, you look like a boy."
* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': "Thank you, Thing." Stated any time Thing did something helpful.
* ''Series/AlloAllo'': Nearly every character on the show has a Catch Phrase. Sometimes they are directed at a specific person, the one and only.
** René keeps getting "Oooooh, René!" from Yvette. Maria, Mimi or Madame Edith are little less hammy, and it's mostly "Oooh, René". Lt. Gruber often exclaims "Ooh, René" as well.
** René from his wife: "What are you doing holding that serving girl in your arms?" Whenever he's caught in a compromising position with one of the waitresses.
** Madame Edith, whenever she catches her husband René hugging his mistress, gets: "You stu-pid woman! Can you not see that ?"
** Herr Otto Flick from Gestapo always says to Helga: "You may kiss me." She kisses him very passionately. He seems to like it, yet he remains poker-faced.
* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'':
** Ann Veal is so bland that whenever someone points her out to another Bluth as George Michael's girlfriend, they give a puzzled, "''Her?''"
** Additionally, there's George, Sr.'s phrase catcher: "No touching!"
* ''Series/BlackSails'': "Fuck you, Jack!" Usually said by Anne Bonny or Charles Vane, but occasionally other characters as well.
* ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'': "Hi Bob!" Was said to Bob Newhart so often it created a DrinkingGame.
* One of the oldest examples is from ''Series/TheBusterBrownShow'': "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!"
* To summon ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'', all people need to say is "Oh, ¿y ahora quién podrá defenderme/ayudarme?" ("Oh, and now who could help/defend me?"). To a lesser extent, whenever he does something clumsy, he gets asked if he got hurt, only for him to deny it and say [[IMeantToDoThat that he did it on purpose]] [[BlatantLies for whatever ridiculous reason]].
* Whenever the eponymous protagonist of ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' hits someone, that person will angrily shout him "¡¡Tenía que ser el CHAVO del Ocho!!" ("It had to be El CHAVO del Ocho!!")
* "NORM!" of Norm of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
* "Series/{{Chuck}}, stay in the car!" That kinda stopped around season 3, but they could always have someone else catching the "Stay in the car".
* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Britta is frequently the recipient of a blunt "You're the worst!"
** Todd. "[[Recap/CommunityS3E03CompetitiveEcology No offense]]".
** "Shut up, Leonard." [[MadLibsCatchphrase Often followed by]] some sort of discouraging comment.
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': By the fifth season, every other character has used Danny's "Boom!" at least once. When Jo arrives in season 7, it doesn't take her long to pick it up. Danny and Sheldon said it in unison to her once as well.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** At least once per series in the revival, someone will ask the Doctor, "[[TitleDrop Doctor who?]]" when he introduces himself. This is often played with.
*** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters "Love & Monsters"]], when discussing the Doctor, one guy subverts the normal caught phrase and asks "Doctor what?" Rose Tyler asks the same in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]], the first episode of the revived series.
*** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong "The Wedding of River Song"]], the series 6 finale, closes with Dorium's head shouting this after Eleven. [[spoiler:He says that "Doctor who?" is "The first question! The question that must never be answered! Hidden in plain sight! The question you've been running from all your life!"]]
*** The ending of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]]. [[spoiler:Thousands of Daleks, tier upon tier and circle after circle, in the hall around the Doctor start chanting "Doctor who?" in unison, much to the Doctor's delight. Oswin has wiped anything related to him from their knowledge.]]
*** Come [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E6TheBellsOfSaintJohn "The Bells of Saint John"]], the Doctor shows up on Clara's doorstep — in full monk dress — and she asks him the question. He gives his usual response of "Just the Doctor", but then quickly asks her to ask it twice more, since he just loves it when people ask him that.
*** It did happen on very rare occasions in the classic series. One notorious occurrence was in "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]"; on the commentary track the story's author scoffed at the line, disclaiming having written it and blaming the FanWank-loving producers. The original instance was from the pilot episode, where Ian addressed the Doctor using the fake name his granddaughter had been using ("Doctor Foreman"), and the Doctor himself shoots back indignantly, "Doctor ''who''?"
*** Lampshaded by the Doctor himself in the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho030SeasonsOfFear Seasons of Fear]]", where he notes that:
---->"'Doctor who'? My enemies never ask me that. Isn't that terrible, that they know me better than my friends?"
** When someone enters the TARDIS, the standard reaction is to wonder at how it is BiggerOnTheInside, usually with those exact words.
*** This was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d/parodied in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors "The Three Doctors"]]. When Benton enters, the Doctor prompts him with "Aren't you going to say 'It's bigger on the inside'?" and Benton replied, "Well, it's pretty obvious, isn't it?" Even more hilariously, when the Brigadier sees the interior of the TARDIS for the first time, he doesn't believe it ''is'' bigger on the inside. "[[PimpedOutCar So this is what you've been doing with UNIT funds and equipment all this time.]] How's it done? Some sort of optical illusion?" "Oh no, they come like this."
*** Donna's first encounter with the TARDIS is [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride when she materializes inside it]], so her moment of realization comes when they land and she steps out, seeing for the first time that it's... smaller on the outside.
*** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E1SmithAndJones "Smith and Jones"]]: The Doctor mouths the words along when Martha Jones says the phrase. He then blithely replies, "Is it? Hadn't noticed!"
*** Played for drama in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars "The Waters of Mars"]]. As the Doctor goes into AGodAmI mode, he brings the astronauts to Earth in the TARDIS. One says, "What is that thing? It's bigger on the inside! Who the hell ''are'' you?" before running away in terror.
*** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]], when Wilfred Mott sees the inside of the TARDIS he looks expectedly shocked and awed. Before giving him a chance (they're in a hurry) the Doctor says, "Yes, it's bigger on the inside," to which Wilf replies, "No, I just thought it'd be... [[ShinyLookingSpaceships cleaner]]". (A possible CallBack to the days when the console room was minimalist white with silver/grey console.)
*** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]]: The Eleventh Doctor asks Amy "Any passing remarks you'd like to say?" when she first goes in.
---->'''Amy:''' [[spoiler:I'm in my nightie.]]
*** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E6TheVampiresOfVenice "The Vampires of Venice"]]: Subverted again with Eleven and Amy's boyfriend Rory:
---->'''The Doctor:''' It's a lot to take in, isn't it? Tiny box, huge on the inside, what's that about? Let me explain...\\
'''Rory:''' It's another dimension.\\
'''The Doctor:''' Basically, it's another dimens... What?\\
''[Rory explains in length how he figured it out, and the Doctor cuts in, clearly annoyed]''\\
'''The Doctor:''' I like the bit when someone says "it's bigger on the inside". I always look forward to that...
*** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife "The Doctor's Wife"]], [[spoiler:upon being given the form of a human lady, the TARDIS is revealed to think this of humans and the Doctor in terms of a soul. Also, as the TARDIS takes repossession of the Police Box from House, the Doctor explains that House's problem is that he's "just so ''small'' on the inside!"]]
*** Subverted one more time in [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen "The Snowmen"]], when [[spoiler:Clara Oswin Oswald]] first enters the TARDIS. You can see the Doctor's anticipation for the catchphrase, and then she says (to his visible chagrin)...
---->'''[[spoiler:Clara]]:''' It's smaller on the outside.\\
'''The Doctor:''' Okay, that is a first.
*** When the TARDIS exterior is forcibly shrunken to a size where it can be held by human hands in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E9Flatline Flatline]]", Rigsy comments on it being bigger on the inside after seeing the Doctor stuck in the TARDIS and the Doctor quips that statement has never been truer.
*** Subverted again in [[Recap/DoctorWho2015CSTheHusbandsOfRiverSong "The Husbands of River Song"]], when the Doctor — who is accompanying River, who doesn't recognise him and thinks she's stealing the TARDIS — is delighted to realise this is ''his'' opportunity to say it. Which he does with relish and at length.
*** Delayed in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E1ThePilot "The Pilot"]]: Bill is used to the TARDIS sitting in the corner of the Doctor's study, so when she finds it leads to a much bigger space, she thinks he knocked through to the next room. When the Doctor moves the TARDIS to the Vault in the University basement, she thinks it's a lift.
---->'''The Doctor:''' Is it my imagination, or is this taking longer than normal?\\
'''Bill:''' ''[looking back inside the TARDIS]'' Hang on. The room's still inside the box. This isn't a knock-through.\\
'''The Doctor:''' No.\\
'''Bill:''' ''[spins round in astonished realisation]'' Doctor, it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside!\\
'''Nardole:''' Hey, we got there!
** Another which gets less used and is more specific to the Tenth Doctor is "Help me", which wakes him out of a coma in [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]] and to which he replies "Two words I never refuse," in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E14TheNextDoctor "The Next Doctor"]], setting up a tragic irony in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars "The Waters of Mars"]].
** After she became Prime Minister, Harriet Jones kept up her old habit of introducing herself by holding up her ID card and stating her name and title, prompting people to respond, "Yes, I know who you are." In [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]], the invading Sycorax do it, as do [[spoiler:the Daleks]] in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]].
** Whenever Captain Jack meets someone new, as particularly demonstrated in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]]:
--->'''Jack:''' Captain Jack Harkness, and who are you?\\
'''The Doctor:''' Stop it.\\
'''Jack:''' Just saying hello!
** The Eleventh Doctor often gives a good "Oh, Rory!" as a reaction to Rory, whether it be him acting dumb, kind or just so... human.
* ''Series/DueSouth'': Eventually, everyone else takes over explaining that Fraser came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of his father and, for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, remained attached as liaison with the Canadian Consulate. Thank you kindly.
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'': Damn Risky!
* In the Mexican comedy ''La familia P. Luche'', Bibi is the only decent person in the entire WorldOfJerkass. As such, she's considered weird and a great embarassment to her family. Anytime she opens her mouth, anyone within earshot always exclaims "Oh Bibi, why aren't you a normal girl?!"
* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': "Go home, Steve!"
* In ''Series/FawltyTowers'', we have: "It's okay, he's from Barcelona." The meaning is that it's OK that Manuel is incompetent, or a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, or that we're pretending he is in order to maintain the FawltyTowersPlot.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014''
** "Run, [name]. RUN!!" The most recurring recipient is the title character Barry Allen to help him up his A-game, but other speedsters have also beene encouraged with this.
** In early episodes Barry's HealingFactor has a tendency to get taken for granted. "I hear he heals fast."
** After her HeelFaceTurn, it was suggested in-universe that Killer Frost rename herself. "It's just Frost now."
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' - When Roz turns up to a costume party in a black leather dress she has to explain who she is.
-->'''Roz''': I'm O, from ''Literature/TheStoryOfO''\\
'''Anyone and everyone''': Oooooohhhhh!
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** If someone is meeting Jon Snow for the first time, there's at least a 50/50 chance that they will respond with some variation of "You must be Ned Stark's bastard."
** Thenns inspire other Wildlings to state, "I fuckin' ''hate'' Thenns!"
** "You know nothing, Jon Snow", about Jon, courtesy of Ygritte.
** "He's prettier than X's daughters"', when Jon Snow's good looks are discussed.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': Sam can't seem to escape comments about his wide mouth and full lips. When Puck first meets him, he tells him his mouth is huge. The jocks call him 'Lady Lips'. Santana references his lips nigh-incessantly, nicknaming him Trouty Mouth and even writing a song of the same name where she compares his mouth to various fish and amphibian mouths. Roz Washington announces that she's 'never seen lips like that on a white child.' The list goes on.
* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' has "Shut up, Rose" when the aforementioned {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tries to launch into a St. Olaf anecdote, to the extent of (paraphrasing):
-->'''Rose:''' Well, back in St. Olaf — shut up, Rose.\\
'''Dorothy:''' ...Well?\\
'''Rose:''' Well, that's as far as I ever get!
* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'':
** Chidi's strict adherence to moral codes can make him very frustrating to be around, leading many of his friends and acquaintances to point out, "This is why everyone hates moral philosophy professors."
** The folks of the Bad Place, especially his boss, never miss an opportunity to say, "Shut up, Glenn."
* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': It started with [[HypercompetentSidekick Al]] responding to Tim's puns on ''[[ShowWithinAShow Tool Time]]'', but at one point or another, every major character in the show (and a few minor or one-shot characters) has given him a sarcastic "I don't think so, Tim/Dad." Tim has [[InvertedTrope used the line himself]] from time to time.
* In the season 1 episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' "The Limo", Ted's date has a habit to hug upon meeting a new person. Everyone she hugs replies with the same phrase: "Oh, you're friendly".
** Also on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother", "NOBODY ASKED YOU, PATRICE!"
* ''Series/ICarly'': "'''Gibby!'''"
* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'':
** "God damn it, Charlie!"
** "Dee, you bitch!"
** A running gag in the first season had everyone who stepped into Charlie's apartment say, "This place is a shithole!"
* ''JustForFun/JohnMunch'': "Shut up, John." Usually in response to a conspiracy theory.
* ''Series/KaiketsuZubat'' has the OnceAnEpisode exchange between Ken Hayakawa and the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]].
-->'''Ken:''' "You're really good. Maybe the second-best in Japan." ''brings hand in front of face, two fingers extended''\\
'''Villain:''' "What? Only second-best? Then who's the best?"\\
'''Ken:''' ''whistles, clicks tongue while waving fingers side to side, slowly pushes up brim of his hat, and points at self with his thumb''\\
'''Villain:''' "Let's put that to the test!"
* ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'':
** "Curse you, Decade!" Or, if you absolutely ''have'' stick with the [[MemeticMutation meme]], '''ONORE, DIKEIDO!!'''
** "Damn you...who are you?!", followed by [[IWasJustPassingThrough "Just a Kamen Rider passing through.]] Remember that!"
** Played for hype in ''Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010'' leading into the movie's third act, where Series/KamenRiderDouble also gets this at the ''exact same time'' as Decade does followed by "two-in one", intermixed with Decade's own catchphrase followed by the two independant stories in the previous acts coming together.
---> '''Decade''': "Just a passing through..."
---> '''Double''': "...two in one..."
---> '''Both''': "Kamen Rider!"
** "It's just as I heard... DEVIL!" said by the Riders who are informed about Decade's presence.
* From ''Series/{{Leverage}}'':
** There's "Dammit, Hardison!".
** Parker frequently gets "there's something wrong with you."
* ''{{Series/Martin}}'': "You ain't got no job, man!"
* Invoked by ''Series/MasterchefAustralia'' regular Marco Pierre White, who demands that the contestants respond to him with a "Yes, Marco!" whenever he comes to whip those people into shape.
* In ''Series/{{Misfits}}'', the words "What a '''prick!'''" literally seem to follow Nathan around like a smell.
* Parodied in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' when Mr Smoketoomuch's travel agent says "Well, you'd better cut down!", and then apologises because Mr Smoketoomuch must hear that all the time. But no, Mr Smoketoomuch has never so much as noticed that his name sounds like "smoke too much" and has certainly never heard that one before.
* ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'': "Hey, Crabman!"... "Hey, Earl!"
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': "Push the button, Frank." It was [[OlderThanTheyThink taken from]] ''Film/TheGreatRace'': "Push the button, Max!"
* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'':
** "Do you have hall-passes?" by any teacher when they see students up to wacky hijinks in the halls.
** The show has a character named Claire Sawyer, a student who strives to be a lawyer.
--->''[Someone has a problem]''\\
'''Claire:''' ''[pops out of nowhere, hands character in trouble her card]'' Claire Sawyer, [[InsistentTerminology Future Lawyer.]]\\
'''Whoever Happens to Be Around:''' ''Claire.'' We've known you since pre-K.
* ''Series/OneTreeHill'': "Just say [Whatever Tim just said, but to the point & less PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy-like], Tim."
* ''Series/TheOrville'': "Alara, you wanna open this [[ImpossiblePickleJar jar of pickles]] for me?" Spoken by [[TheCaptain Captain Mercer]] whenever he needs Alara to use her SuperStrength.
* In every episode of ''Series/PoliceSquad'' and ''Film/TheNakedGun'' movies: "Cigarette?" "Yes, I know," or "Yes, it is."
* From ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'': "Breathe, Fran."
** Not the first time that's happened in the franchise either. From ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'': "It's only you, Phineas" or some variant of.
* Lucy Hatcher in ''Series/ThePractice'' tended to draw annoyed yells of "LUCY!" from the others at the firm.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'':
** For [[TheAce Ace Rimmer]], we have this one: "What a guy!" Always said with complete and absolutely sincere admiration.
** Ace's regular counterpart Arnold Rimmer has "Smeghead!" This has gone so far that Chris Barrie, his actor, has stated that people in RealLife will use this phrase if they recognize him on the street. Another is "Smeeee heeeee". To which he responds "You got a problem?!"
* In ''Series/TheSaint'', right before the opening credits, somebody would always refer to "... the _____ Simon Templar." (Fill in the blank with 'illustrious', 'infamous', or something like that.) Which would cause Simon to glance up and note the halo appearing over his head.
* ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'''s Henry Foss has "Well done, Henry," which he usually gets from Magnus whenever he accomplishes something particularly noteworthy or helpful. Other characters eventually pick up on this, sometimes even imitating Magnus's English accent in the process. The phrase always makes Henry smile or laugh, and sometimes he gives people expectant looks or encourages it with "Three words, please," or a similar phrase.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' "Hooch is CRAZY!"
* "Hello...[[SitcomArchNemesis Newman]]" from ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', of a postal worker who was thought of by everyone to be obnoxious and disliked.
* ''Series/SisterSister'': "Go home, Roger!"
* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' had some lasting an episode, such as Daisy being told to "Get off your arse!" on three separate occasions, or when Mike is dressed in jogging gear and everyone he met told him "Nice outfit". Over the series, people asked Brian the tortured artist what his work was about, then reply to his answer with [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a suggestion that didn't fit]]:
-->'''Brian''': Anger. Pain. Fear. Aggression.\\
'''Brian's Mum:''' Watercolours?
** "Hello Brian".
* Both Spartacus and Gannicus of ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' are on the receiving end of "you mad [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]" several times.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': "Thank you, Mr. Data," or some variation thereof, whenever [[OncePerEpisode Data gets too verbose.]]
* ''Series/StElsewhere'' particularly throughout season 2: "You're a pig, Ehrlich".
* "Who is that fat bastard?" of Alexi Sayle, in Alexi Sayle's ''Stuff''.
* The opening of every episode of ''Series/ThatGirl'', in which someone calls attention somehow to Ann Marie, usually by saying something that ends in them [[TitleDrop speaking the show's title]]. (i.e. "I think the best one for this job is... that girl!")
* ''Series/TopGear'', of course, has its "[[BadassDriver tame racing driver]]". Some say he can swim seven lengths underwater, and that he has webbed buttocks. All we know is, he's called The Stig.
* ''Series/TheWestWing'': "I serve at the pleasure of the President."
* ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'': "DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!"
* Drug runners from ''Series/TheWire'' on the streets of Baltimore when Omar Little is out in broad daylight: "Omar comin'!"
* A fast-talking character in an episode of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' couldn't figure out why people kept telling him "Speed Kills!"
* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'': "Oh! Have we got a video?"
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[[folder:Music]]
* Music/TheyMightBeGiants' "You Probably Get That A Lot":
-->You probably get that a lot\\
I'll bet that people say that a lot while you\\
Are sarcastically lip-syncing along\\
To words they felt were spoken spontaneously
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[[folder:Podcasts]]
* Podcast/DiceFunk: Anne borrows Rinaldo's catchphrase during one particularly successful fight.
-->'''Austin:''' No one can kill Anne!
* ''Podcast/WellTheresYourProblem'': Co-host Liam Anderson once introduced himself with "Yay, Liam!" during the opening roll call and pronoun check due to being the last of the hosts to get introduced. It didn't take long before the show's comments and guests picked up on it, to the point that he's currently always greeted with a "Yay, Liam!" by either Alice or guest during the roll call, including the audience during the live shows.
* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'':
** Any mention of John Peters is always followed by "you know, the farmer?"
** Any time Hiram [=McDaniels=] gets mentioned, somebody is likely to explain that "He is ''literally'' a five-headed dragon."
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* A shout of "Hey", often off screen, for Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli.
* "Wrestling/AdamCole, Bay Bay!"
* Should Jimi Mayhem have been the first example on this page? "[[Film/TheLastDragon Sho'nuff!]]"
* In Wrestling/{{ECW}}, Wrestling/{{Taz|z}}'s appearance would often cause the crowd to chant "TAZ IS GONNA KILL YOU!" This later became "JOE IS GONNA KILL YOU" for Wrestling/SamoaJoe. Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} crowds adapted it to "Wrestling/{{Bayley}}'s gonna hug you!" to fit Bayley's gimmick of being a hug-happy dork, and also reference her finisher (a belly to belly suplex that, as required by the move, begins with a hug).
* [[Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} The Brawling]] [[Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle Brutes]], it's Fight Night!
* Send Wrestling/{{Hook}}!
* [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Oi! Let]] [[Wrestling/DominikMysterio him]] [[HateSink speak!]]
* Average balls? No, [[Wrestling/TheMiz tiny balls!]]
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[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
* ''Series/TalesOfTheTinkerdee'': Princess Gwendolinda is repeatedly described as being someone for whom any knight in the kingdom would gladly risk his head.
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[[folder:Radio]]
* ''Radio/TheGoonShow'': "Shut up, Eccles!" (Even Eccles joins in with it.)
* On ''Radio/TheHowardSternShow'', "[[GoshDangItToHeck F]] Jackie" was so commonly shouted that Jackie Martling had to make it the title of an album.
* ''Any'' time someone mentions ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', expect the response to be some variation of, "Oh, ''that'' thing."
* ''Radio/TheLoneRanger'': "Who was that masked man?" "I don't know... but I wanted to thank him."
* Oh, how dare we forget the one that instigates another chapter in the life of the most fantastic crimefighter the world has ever known... '''BAWK BAWK BAWK BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK...''' CHICKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! HE'S EVERYWHERE! HE'S EVERYWHERE!! [[ThemeMusicPowerUp BUM BA BA BUM BUM!]]
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' fan's reactions to whatever [[TheChessmaster Tzeentch]] does, "... which was probably what he planned anyway."
** Alternately, they use a line from ''Manga/DeathNote'' for anything Tzeentch does: "Just as planned"
** Around these parts it's "I touched that!" since the general theory is that rather than actually having insanely convoluted plans, he just takes credit for everything anyone does ever and claims it's part of his plan.
** It's hard to hear the Tyranids be mentioned without someone adding "Om-nom-nom-nom." at some point.
** Mentioning the Imperial Guard will similarly bring any or all of up the topics of flashlights and laser sights, cardboard/t-shirt armour, TankGoodness, and testicular fortitude.
** ...and the Ultramarines will virtually always be decried as [[CreatorsPet Games Workshop's pets]].
** In-universe, [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike virtually every psyker]] describes the effect an approaching Tyranid fleet has on their psychic abilities as "a shadow in the Warp". This is usually the reader and/or narrator's cue to begin panicking.
** Of course, it's near impossible to mention Literature/CiaphasCain[[note]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle HERO OF THE IMPERIUM]][[/note]] online (especially Website/ThisVeryWiki) without following it with "HERO OF THE IMPERIUM".
** How is this folder here, I thought it was re-CREEEEEEED!!!!
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[[folder:Theater]]
* In ''Theatre/AvenueQ'', Gary Coleman complains about people quoting his ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'' catchphrase back to him:
-->Try having people stopping you to ask you:
-->"Whatchyou talkin' 'bout, Willis?"
-->({{beat}})
-->It gets ''[[IfItWasFunnyTheFirstTime old]]''.
* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': Christian. Everyone around him says: ''"He’s fair!"''. And Le Bret: Only Cyrano says to him: ''"Never scold"''.
* If ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'' is to be believed, no one could refer to UsefulNotes/JohnAdams as anything other than "obnoxious and disliked". As a historical note, the phrase comes from Adams himself - it was his own description of how he was perceived by his Congressional colleagues in his later career. Likewise the opening number and throughout has Adams the constant recipient of, "Sit down, John! For God's sake sit down!", something that even carried over to his "[[TheGhost appearance]]" in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. [[note]]The exact line in ''Hamilton'', by the way, is "Sit down, John, you fat motherfuckstick!"[[/note]]
** Speaking of Hamilton, Creator/LinManuelMiranda could not ''resist'' putting in every permutation of "Aaron Burr, Sir." (That's even the title of the second song in the musical, when the first was the ''opening number'')
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Each of the Murakumo Units has a repeated insistence that "I want to be with Ragna", both when they encounter and in some conversations with others. {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that only they have this tendency, but it carries meaning due to [[AnatomyOfTheSoul the complicated metaphysics]] of the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' plot.
* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' has a country in its background named Wa, which is never visited because it disappeared a long time before the events of the game. The game helpfully reminds the players of this, with nearly every single mention of Wa will also mentioning that it was "a mysterious island nation that vanished centuries ago."
* Yukimaru from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', zam. And her unique way of building chakra, zam.
** It started off as her catchphrase though, zam. Then everybody started doing it, zam.
** As it turns out, even years after the [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness first game]] and around people who have never met him, Vyers has never been able to shed his Mid-Boss moniker.
-->'''Vyers:''' As your personal life coach, [[GratuitousFrench moi]] am here to teach you what true strength is all about!\\
'''Mao:''' True strength? You look more like you've got "Mid-Boss" level strength.\\
'''Vyers:''' H-How did you know that infernal nickname!?
** Another meta example from this series that is used on this very wiki is to always refer to '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''' using his full title, [[LargeHamTitle bolded and with the exclamation mark]]. [[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth It went so far as to naming a trope all on its own]].
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': "[[MemeticMutation Do not pursue]] [[MemeticBadass Lu Bu!]]"
* ''VideoGame/{{Fable|I}}'': "The Chicken Chaser? Do you chase chickens?" Note that you only get this reaction if you keep your default title. If you get a different one, townsfolk will instantly develop a new stock reaction to address you with.
* ''VideoGame/FatalFury'': "Geese..."
* In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFuckboys'', every main character of every game greets Balloon Boy with the saying "inhale my dong enragement child". Even Springtrap gets into the act, and he is [[SarcasticDevotee Balloon Boy's second-in-command]].
* ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'':
** Memry is an undercover cop whose eccentric behavior earns the following series of remarks a few times:
--->"Odd girl."\\
"I agree."\\
"Me, too."
** People are constantly remarking to Commander Sith and his manservant "Your country's use of technology is just plain 'off'!" The latter even remarks "We get that a lot" when Detective Jowd says it to him.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Harvester}}'', the protagonist, Steve, has amnesia. Most of the characters don't believe him and assume it's some kind of prank because, "You always were a kidder, Steve."
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': Namecalling abound whenever a Special Infected spawns: "Boomer!"
* In ''VideoGame/LifeTheGame'', whenever Alan is mentioned, so is the phrase "Goddammit, Alan!".
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Variations on "You're dead." follow Shepard a lot. [[spoiler: Of course, s/he was.]]
** Also variations of "[[UndyingLoyalty We're with you no matter what."]] Appropriate given his/her incredible MagneticHero status.
** As well as variants of "[[WellIntentionedExtremist You might not agree with my methods, Shepard]], [[NotSoDifferentRemark but our goals are the same.]]" [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Much to the annoyance]] of [[TheParagon Paragon]] players, since this tends to be said by a villain trying to justify the crap you [[ShutUpHannibal just called them out on]].
*** Though, it worked pretty damn well with [[spoiler:Tela]], even on Paragon Shepards as she countered the ShutUpHannibal right back with an excellent ShutUpKirk. Though she stated their methods were the same, not the goal.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'': "You ''are'' Zero, the legendary Reploid." [[LaserGuidedAmnesia He does need the reminders, though.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', Ana's [[LimitBreak ultimate ability]], "Nano-Boost", [[SuperMode drastically empowers an ally of choice]], leading them to belt out a PreAsskickingOneLiner. Most of them are character-specific, but as a rule, everyone (sans the heroes who can't speak) has a version on the phrase "I'm unstoppable!"
* At some point in all of the ''Franchise/SamAndMax'' games, somebody will say to Max [[AmbiguouslyGay "You don't even like girls"]] anytime he brings up women in some capacity.
* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', almost every character returning from the first game asks the protagonist "Did you do something with your hair?" when reuniting with them, as it's possible to make him look entirely different from what he looked like in the first game - up to and including [[GenderBender switching genders]]. S/he {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this twice, responding to Aisha with "I've been getting that a lot", and [[spoiler:[[ClickHello interrupting Julius]] with "I didn't do ''shit'' to my hair!"]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}'': Every time someone mentions the term RPG, there's a disclaimer that pops out to tell us that "[=RPG=]s [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope are a trademark]] of [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]" [[note]]Allegedly a [[TakeThat jab]] to Bandai's unsuccessful attempt to trademark the acronym.[[/note]]
* In ''VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns'' Hong Kong campaign every time [[WeHardlyKnewYe Gutshot]] is mentioned someone will say he was an asshole.
* ''VideoGame/SplinterCellChaosTheory'': It doesn't matter whether Sam is infiltrating a Panamanian bank, an apartment in NYC guarded by mercenaries, a North Korean anti-ship missile battery, or the headquarters of the Japanese I-SDF in Tokyo - everyone who catches a glimpse of him and finds nothing when they go to investigate can and will tell themselves that there's "nothing here but ghosts and shadows".
* In ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople - Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective'', there's a RunningGag of people telling Dangeresque "But you're not gonna like it."
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Everyone calls Kotomine Kirei a "fake priest." For Tohsaka, it's because he's sort of like a double agent between the Church and the Mage's association. For Shirou, it's because he hates him.
* Whenever it's suggested that Kinzo from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' did something crazy, everyone responds with "I wouldn't put it past Father."
* "When something smells, it's usually the Butz." Larry Butz from the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' games, that is.
* Memry, a waitress at the Chicken Kitchen in ''[[VideoGame/GhostTrickPhantomDetective Ghost Trick]]'', is referred to by several characters as an "odd girl".
-->'''Sissel:''' [[RunningGag I agree.]]\\
'''Lynne:''' [[RuleOfThree Me too.]]
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFOXHOUND'': "A talking dog? No freakin' way!" Inverted at one point.
--> '''Berthold:''' A telepath? No freaking way. ''(beat)'' Yes, I get the irony, Liquid. Thank you.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Tedd is either a narcissist or just that girly.
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': Robots and small children have a habit of greeting Florence, an [[UpliftedAnimal uplifted red wolf]], with "DOGGY!"
* ''Webcomic/ChugworthAcademy'': "Too slow!"
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'': "Bob, what da %#$?! is goin' on?!" / "Wow, I get asked ''that'' question a lot."
* Like the above ''Literature/CiaphasCain'', HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, this wiki always refers to a character from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' as [[LargeHam Othar Trygvassen]], '''GentlemanAdventurer!''' Unlike Cain, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100315 he actually calls himself that]] in a hammier way than we do, ''and means it''. On the occasional times where he doesn't say it, someone else will feel compelled to add it.
* Taken to absurd extremes in the rather surreal ''Webcomic/SomethingHappens'' [[http://www.somethinghappens.net/d/20070308.html "We thought it'd be interesting if everyone in the world constantly repeated the same sentence whenever he's around."]]
* ''[[http://xawu.thecomicseries.com/ Xawu]]'': "Not much of a talker huh?" will turn into this, [[WordOfGod according to the creator]].
* Any time the titular amorph of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' tackles someone is invariably followed by, "You're faster than you look."
** While [[CloneByConversion Kowalski]] was around, pretty much everyone at some point or another ended up [[YouMonster calling him a monster]], which he never really disagrees with.
-->''"[[IAmAMonster I never get tired of hearing that...]]"''
* A rather more serious example: in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', anyone who encounters "Chaz" doing its job as [[spoiler:an immortal-killing blade that so far has been able to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu harm or kill]] ''everything'' in the comic without exception, gods and demons alike]], will without fail ask, "What ''is'' that blade?"
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
** "He is already here" and variations thereof, connected to both Jack Noir and Lord English.
** Damara Megido gets "1F YOU GO [=4NYWH3R3=] [=N34R H1M=], 1 [=W1LL=] [=FUCK1NG=] [=K1LL=] YOU!" from two different Pyropes.
** In the earlier acts, the phrase "insufferable prick" follows Dave Strider around for some reason.
** And from the Alpha Kid's sprites we have Dear, Sweet, Precious Fefeta.
** "Fuck that guy," in reference to Gamzee Makara.
** Both Roxy Lalonde and Jane Crocker get referred to as "[character]'s hot mom" more or less incessantly once they meet their alternate universe kids.
** Any image of Music/BingCrosby inevitably gets "Who's this douchebag?"
* Webcomic/{{Dolan}}: fak u dolan
* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' has "Shut it, [=McCain=]!" after the aforementioned character butts in with his personal commentary on a situation.
* ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}'':
** ''[accusingly]'' "Roddy! What are you doing here?"
** "You have no soul, Dionne."
* ''Webcomic/ChickenWings'': "[[AcePilot Chuck]], [[LegendInHisOwnMind is that you]]?" (It is. [[AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices Every time]].)
* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'': "Curse you, Runcible Spoon!"
* ''Webcomic/{{Insecticomics}}'': Some variation of "[[GetOut OUT]]" to the Insecticons, courtesy of the various other Transformers tiring of their mischief.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* [[OverlyLongName Percival Frederickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III]] from ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' always introduces himself fully - with the expectation that another one of the party members will be present to say "but you can call him Percy."
* "Shut up, Mokuba" in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''. Also was originally Seto Kaiba's catchphrase, but it spread. To the point where nobody says anything else at all to him in TheMovie.
** Even when they're ''asking Mokuba a question''. Mokuba finally gets fed up with it in episode 30.
--> '''Grandpa''': Shut up Mokub-\\
'''Mokuba''': No, YOU shut up!\\
\\
'''Mokuba''': Oh God, I'm so sorry.
** "Get bent, ya freaky fish guy!"
--> '''Mako:''' I am NOT a freaky fish guy!\\
'''Anyone Else Nearby:''' Mako's a freaky fish guy!"
* Blog/EquestriaDaily's webmaster Sethisto really enjoys posting things about Trixie. Or random things at 3:00 AM. [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Or random things about Trixie at 3:00 AM]]. Any time any of those three appears on the site, or anytime a Trixie thread appears on any image board, expect the phrase "Go to bed, Seth," to be used very liberally in the replies.
* In the ''WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged'' [[TheMovie movie]], every character says "Dammit, Hinageshi!" at least once. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko_QTN-wbdQ Fanart special]] had a contributor use the phrase as part of a catchy VoiceClipSong. "D-D-Damn it, Hinageshi!"
* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' has several:
** If a character is about to die, expect to hear "HURK! Bleeeehhhh..."
** "Son of a bitch!" after an explosion, attack, or death.
** "Shotgun!" as soon as the Reds get their hands on a vehicle.
** If someone is being possessed by a ghost [[spoiler:really an AI]] expect to hear "Heauegerkergerk!"
** And of course, the response to [[WeirdAside any of Sister's statements]] is often a confused "Yeah... [[DoubleTake Wait, what?]]"
-->"Yeah... or we could raid the medical supplies for morphine."\\
(on the subject of death by aspirin overdose) "I know! I didn't think it was possible. And trust me, I've tried."\\
"Yeah? Well they say girls can't ejaculate either, but ''guess what!''"\\
"Yeah, sorry, doesn't sound like I have any of the skills you need. Unless you wanna see my ping pong ball trick?"\\
"But I thought, you know, who wants to be known as the girl who's had seven abortions?"
** In Season 9, any mention of [[TheJuggernaut Agent Maine]] doing battle with someone gets "I almost feel sorry for them" as a response.
* Several examples in ''WebVideo/AHDotComTheSeries'', the most common being "Blame Thande!" when Thande's in the room.
* In ''WebAnimation/BowsersKingdom'', whenever Steve appears and says his catchphrase (which is "Hi Guys!"), Hal usually responds back and says "Hi, Steve..."
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
-->"Krillin!" "What?" "Too soon!"\\
"God dammit, Nappa"
** Whenever someone says something creepy or perverted to Gohan:
--->'''Gohan''': "I need an adult?"\\
'''Not Gohan''': "I am an adult."
*** Though [[RunningGagged he wouldn't let Goku do that]] in Episode 49, [[IdiotHero for obvious]] [[ManChild reasons]].
---->'''Gohan:''' I need an adult.\\
'''Goku:''' I ''am'' an adu--\\
'''Gohan:''' No. No, you are not.
** Gohan's LittleProfessorDialog being interrupted with "NEERRRRD!" Usually by Piccolo, but Nappa and Cell also say it once each.
** Also, any time Goku uses or mentions the Kaio-ken, someone (usually Goku's opponent) inevitably responds with some variation of "Kaio-what?"
** Anytime Tien does something that people wouldn't expect, someone will usually comment "I can never read that guy" as he leaves.
* In articles on ''Website/{{Cracked}}'', anything remotely badass mentioned in an article will have mentions of testicular hardness follow.
* ''Fanfic/TheClassicDoctorWhoTwitterBlog'' likes to announce explosions with "And then there was a s'plosion!" and variations thereof.
* The ''WebVideo/TheFundayPawpetShow'' gives us Blitz, a young German Shepherd who is often on the receiving end of the mocking line "I don't even know what that iiiiiiiis!"
* Mentions of ''Film/TheRoom2003'' on Website/ChannelAwesome lead to "Ohai [contributor's name here]".
** ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': "BEEEEAAAAR!"
* In the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' parody sprite cartoon, someone will always call Baraka "the ugliest mofo they've ever seen." Also, "Shut yo spittin' ass up!" after Kabal goes on his rants.
* In ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'', Fluttershy's catch phrase "I'm just so shy!" catches on with the other characters. In later episodes, if she doesn't comment on her shyness, someone else (like the narrator) will do it for her.
* On WebVideo/SteamTrain, it's common for [[ButtMonkey Ross]] to be the scapegoat when something goes wrong. They even received a special demo version of ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'' in which the game's narrator says it.
--> '''Danny:''' Goddamnit, Ross!
* Franchise/HomestarRunner has a few minor character examples:
** Whenever the minor character Nebulon appears, whoever is near him will usually say "Get out of here, Nebulon. No one likes your style," which Nebulon responds to by floating away, dejected.
** The "Shut Up!" Lady is a minor RunningGag involving the disembodied voice of a soft-spoken middle-aged woman chiming in on someone's ImagineSpot, only to be told [[BigShutUp "Shut up, lady!"]]
* From ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', we have "John Peters--you know, the farmer..." which is said every single time his full name is mentioned.
** Subverted once, when its revealed that he's been replaced; "John Peters--you know, ''the imposter''?"
** There's also Hiram [=McDaniels=], "who is ''literally'' a five-headed dragon."
** The cries of "ALL HAIL" that initially greet any utterance of the Glow Cloud's name are gradually replaced with quick, obligatory interjections.
---> '''Phone tree:''' To give praise to the Glow Cloud--
---> '''Cecil:''' All hail--
---> '''Phone tree:''' --press five.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Everyone calls Weiss "Ice Queen". Even the villain. Subverted by Qrow, however. When he first arrives and calls out "Ice Queen", Weiss's indignation is deflated by the discovery that he's not talking to her, he's talking to her sister, Winter.
--->'''Weiss:''' Why does everyone keep calling me that?
** Anyone who comes within range of an Apathy Grimm's will-sucking aura, will find themselves saying some variation of "I'm tired"... or even writing the phrase into their journals.
* In early installments of ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', Sparadrap would be frequently be called a {{Noob}} by other random players. However, since this also happens to be the name of his guild, he would just think many people have heard of it.
* WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} has Roberu Yukoku, who is often asked by chat "[[MemeticMutation Are you winning, son?]]", to which Roberu often responds with a loud and enthusiastic "''[[BigYes YEAH!]]''". The tradition started with an English fan asking the question and Roberu, not knowing that the phrase comes from a meme, answering sincerely.
* ''Fanfic/OldManHenderson'' gets a variation, whenever someone brings up his name for the first time (both in-game and outside):
-->''"Is Henderson his first or last name?"''\\
''"I don't even fucking know"''
* Creator/RoosterTeeth's Barbara Dunkelman, the group's PungeonMaster, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbBXxGijfYc&index=1&list=PLJ71-X2C--VKUvsEu9VUu73u1yOJgEcHx has]] [[LamePunReaction "Goddammit Barb!"]] RT even [[http://roosterteeth.com/post/3137124 made a shirt out of it]].
* In the [[Platform/GoAnimate Grounded Videos]], the grounding victims will be told that they are "grounded grounded grounded" and sometimes they will be told to "Get over here right now" (sometimes in a demonic voice).
** WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} will also be constantly called a "bald piece of crap" mostly by his father Boris.
* The ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'' Let's Play ''Fanfic/IAmSkantarios'' has a war on numerous fronts all across Europe, Africa and Asia. Despite the distance involved, no fewer than three, unrelated characters describe the mercenary [[{{BFG}} Monster Bombard]], a siege weapon used to crack castle walls, as "the largest cannon I have ever seen (or heard about)."
* In WebVideo/VesterAndFriends, everyone has this to say about Dr Eggman.
----> Shurieto: You have been scrambled , Eggman.
----> Link: Get scrambled Eggman!
----> Sonic: Looks like Eggface’s scrambled!
----> Mario: Awwww! Is Meltdown Willy getting scrambled?
* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'': Connor is the Phrase Catcher to "Eat pant Conar" and its many variations, much to his dismay.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In ''Westernanimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', if Mr. Boss and Toiletnator are in the same episode, Boss will inevitably groan "Ah jeez, it's the Toiletnator!"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' has Carlos earning a CollectiveGroan of his name [[LamePunReaction when he tells a bad joke]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlumps'': Pootle, the youngest of the Flumps, is prone to getting mixed up and is always taking idioms literally, invariably leading one of the others to say, "Oh, Pootle!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', nobody likes "Wernstrom!" either.
** "Who are you?"/"Who's that?"
--> '''Scruffy''': "I'm Scruffy, the janitor."
* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
** Scooby himself routinely gets "Scooby-Doo, where are you?" and "Would you do it for a Scooby Snack?" In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', Velma would also routinely say, "What a ham!" to his antics.
** The villains Mystery Inc. unmasks will almost always utter some variant of: "I would've gotten away with it if it weren't for YouMeddlingKids!"
** ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'':
*** Whenever Velma says, "Jinkies!", it's always followed up by someone else saying, "Velma said 'Jinkies!' It must be important/a clue!"
*** Fred would also routinely blame the mystery of the week as: "It could only be... RedHerring!"
* From ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra,'' [[BunnyEarsLawyer Varrick]]'s usual comment to get his [[HypercompetentSidekick hypercompetent]] assistant to do a task is, "Zhu Li, do the thing!" This phrase will then prompt Zhu Li to successfully perform a feat, usually difficult and/or unpredictable.
* ''WesternAnimation/CornAndPeg'': Mayor Montagu of Galloping Grove is always greeted by the titular duo with the phrase, "How do, Mayor Montagu?"
* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': [[GrumpyOldMan Eustace]], among other characters, constantly refer to the main character as "Stupid Dog!"
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': The Eds are often called "Dorks" by [[JerkJock Kevin]].
* ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'': When [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Ginny Throater]] calls out a character's name wanting to talk to them about her personal issues, the character in question, usually Sue, always groans in annoyance and says "Oh, fuck me." However, in a one-time inversion, when a depressed Sue needs to talk, Ginny groans and says, "Oh, fuck me."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' implies that this is the case for Frozone.
-->'''Mr. Incredible:''' Frozone! ''Ice'' to see you drop by!\\
'''Frozone: ''Ha!''''' (deadpan) NeverHeardThatOneBefore.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': "Thatherton!" This started out as Hank's catchphrase, but everyone got so used to it that someone would fill in when he wasn't there.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''
** "''Dinkleberg!''"
** "COSMO, YOU IDIOT!"
* ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowskiSuburbanDaredevil'': Kick is often called "Dillweed" by his brother Brad.
* In the American ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' cartoon series, every single character, at some point or another, remarks that Rikuo is "strangely attractive for a fishman". In the last episode, he wearily replies, "So I've been told..."
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** Whenever Candace tries to "bust" Phineas and Ferb, she always exclaims, "MOM! Phineas and Ferb are [[[MadLibsCatchphrase doing something they aren't supposed to]]]!"
** By the time Linda comes home and doesn't see anything, she says to Candace, "What is it you wanted to show me?" or "What am I looking at?"
** Everyone seems compelled to ask Phineas "Aren't you a little ''young'' to be [[[MadLibsCatchphrase doing something he's definitely too young for]]]?" But it's also a catchphrase because he always responds with "[[BluntYes Yes.]] Yes, we are." (On other occasions, this or variations of this will be done by other characters -- for example, someone asking if Candace is a little ''old'' for something.) It's played with when a contractor, delivering construction supplies, says it, and another replies "Yes, yes he is. Sorry, Phineas, he's new."
** "Hey, where's Perry?" whenever Perry ''isn't'' around, which usually kicks off the Perry and Doofenshmirtz B-Plot, and then "Oh, there you are, Perry," when he returns home from his mission. Usually said by Phineas, but increasingly spread around the entire cast, which is naturally {{lampshade|Hanging}}d like [[BetterThanABareBulb crazy]].
---> '''Stacy:''' Hey, where's Perry? [[DefensiveWhat ...What?]] I'm, like, the only one who hasn't said it.
** [[ArchEnemy Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] has a specific series of catchphrases associated with Perry:
--->"A platypus?" (''Perry puts on his fedora'') "PERRY THE PLATYPUS?!"\\
"CURSE YOU, PERRY THE PLATYPUS!"\\
"Ah, Perry the Platypus. Your timing is [[[MadLibsCatchphrase adjective with negative prefix]]]. And by that, I mean COMPLETELY [ADJECTIVE WITHOUT PREFIX]!"
** Less common, but enough to be a RunningGag is the comment that "He's a platypus. They don't do much."
* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', from the creators of ''Phineas and Ferb'', has a running gag of Milo's dog Diogee showing up, and Milo telling him to go home, followed by Milo explaining "He's not supposed to be at/in (''wherever Milo and his friends are'')".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': "Pull the lever, Kronk!" [[OncePerEpisode "WRONG LEVER!"]] "[[LampshadeHanging Why do we even have that lever?]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': By now, the Metal Masked Assassin should know that "That's my bread and butter you're fucking with."
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'''s ArchEnemy usually tells her "You think you're all that, WesternAnimation/KimPossible! But you're not!" Sometimes she'll do something remarkable or say she's planning to do so, and someone will say "It's impossible!". Ron's responds "Check the name." (About the only time the {{punny name}}s are noticed InUniverse.) Wade often catches "You rock, Wade" from Kim and Ron.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
** There will always be an OnlySaneMan to call out Chicken Boo on his PaperThinDisguise: "He's a chicken, I tell you! A giant chicken!" More often than not, after the ruse is discovered, the guy would return to quip: "I ''told'' you that guy was a chicken!"
** "Helloooo, Nurse!" for Hello Nurse, of course.
* "Thwip Thwip!" often said to ComicBook/SpiderMan (and Peter Parker too, strangely enough) in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'': "[[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend I'm not your boyfriend]]!"
* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' : Ash is often referred to as *waves hands* "different".
* From ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** "SKIN'''''NER'''''!"
** "AAAAAH! Sideshow Bob!"
** In the episode about [[AncientConspiracy The Stonecutters]], Lenny repeatedly lets slip a secret to Homer, and Carl tells him "Shut up!" The [[RuleOfThree third time]] this happens, Carl is drinking, so Homer says it for him.
** "Hi, everybody!" "Hi, Dr. Nick!"
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': "Kowalski, options" or "Kowalski, analysis," always spoken by Skipper.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'': '''MIKE!'''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': In the episode that introduces Professor Jones (voiced by Creator/JonathanHarris), people keep asking him "[[ActorAllusion Weren't you in]] [[Series/LostInSpace a show with a robot?]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'': "WatchOutForThatTREE!"
* ''WesternAnimation'': "[[PronouncingMyNameForYou It's SED-rick!]]", Cedric's response whenever Sofia calls him "[[AccidentalMisnaming Ceedric]]". [[AbandonedCatchphrase This was dropped]] [[RunningGagged after Season 1.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** While it's usually Stan and Kyle shouting the "Oh my god, {{They Killed Kenny|Again}}!" exchange, there have been occasions where Kenny dies and other characters say similar things in the exact same tone of voice:
*** From "Prehistoric Ice Man", after Cartman causes Kyle to fall in a hole.
---->'''Stan''': Great job, Cartman! You killed Kyle!\\
'''Kenny''': You bastard!
*** From the Manson Christmas Episode:
---->'''Charles Manson:''' Oh my god, they killed the little orange-coat kid!
*** From "Chef's Salty Chocolate Balls":
---->'''Moviegoer 1:''' Oh my god, I found a penny!\\
'''Moviegoer 2:''' You bastard!
*** From "WTF":
---->"Ay, Dios Mio! Mataron El Pollo Loco!"\\
"Bastardos!"
** Every episode with "Towelie" has someone shut him down with "You're a towel." (which always gets "[[NoYou You're a towel!]]" in response)
** Chef would often greet the kids with "Hello there, children" which the kids would respond in unison with "Hey Chef." Often the dialogue would continue with Chef asking how the kids are doing or how their day is, one of the kids will respond with "Bad." and Chef will ask "Why Bad?"
** "Shut Up, [[BumblingSidekick Mimsy]]!"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': Any time Sadlygrove does something stupid, expect Evangeline to call him "Iop brain!"
* "Shut up, Meg" in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'': Chum Chum would usually say "Poop!" whenever Janitor Poopatine's full name was spoken. In one episode, he even said it ''offscreen down the hall.''
* In the short-lived ''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' animated series, the ColdOpen would generally end with someone asking "Who are these guys?"
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': "Shut up, Rattrap!"
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Being the only member of the mane cast with actual hands, [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Spike]] gets a lot of "Spike, [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle take a letter...]]" Even from Twilight Sparkle, who can easily write using her telekinesis.
* Many folks' reaction to meeting ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe'' for the first time is to shout "Yeow! A gorill-il-il-il-illa!" and run away. Subverted in an episode where Beegle Beagle and Grape Ape are mounties coming to help a radio serial-era lady in distress who sees Grape Ape and merely waves "hi" to him. When Beegle asks why she didn't go "Yeow!!! A gorill-il-il-il-illa!" like everybody else does, she says "When you've seen one forty-foot purple ape, you've seen them all."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'':
** "God-damnit, Archer!" Initially a catchphrase of Brett, but is [[BorrowedCatchphrase borrowed]] so often it's more of this.
** Any mention of Veronica Dean and/or the InUniverse film ''Shanghai Moon''in Season 7 will be followed with "Oh my god, that dress?"
* The LiteralMinded Zachbots on ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'' are always mistaking Zach's similes for instructions, prompting him to scold them with "I didn't mean ''literally!''"
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' gives us one that goes across multiple canons; Dr. Robotnik's "I hate that Hedgehog!", usually bellowed in response to an evil scheme foiled, has been used by versions of him in other shows:
** In ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'', Robotnik's VillainousBreakdown in the final episode has him screaming the line before it deteriorates to just the word "hate" as his plan falls apart completely.
** In the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode "Eggman the Auteur", Eggman grumbles the line after Sonic walks out from his movie project.
* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': Alvin's "OKAY!!!", in response to Dave's famous SayMyName.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', Jack shouts "Aku!" to Aku once he encounters him. Aku in turn calls Jack a "foolish Samurai."
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''
** Whenever [[CloudCuckoolander Gene]] does something particularly weird or outrageous, Bob will address him with an exasperated "Gene..."
** Any episode featuring the transgender prostitute Marshmallow will no doubt have have Bob say to her casually, "Oh, hi, Marshmallow."
* ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'':
** Map's segment is always preceded by Dora asking, "Who do we ask for help when we don't know which way to go?"
** Swiper's appearance is usually indicated by Boots saying, "That sneaky fox is ''always'' trying to swipe our stuff!" Typically, if he ''doesn’t'' say it, that’s your clue that Swiper will succeed in swiping this time.
* In ''Franchise/DuckTales'':
** Whenever TheUnintelligible WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck appeared on [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 the original show]] and had to talk to somebody other than Scrooge or the nephews, this would result in somebody asking some variant of "what did he say?" Launchpad is particularly prone to saying this. In [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 the 2017 reboot]], this also happens, albeit much less frequently.
** On the subject of the reboot, the phrase "You're Scrooge [=McDuck=]" gets thrown around whenever someone is bringing up his status as TheAce.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': "You son of a bitch! I'm in!"
* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'':"Hey! Aren't you the horse from ''Horsin Around''?"
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': Anytime Mikey pulled a SmokeOut from the fourth season onward, one of the villains would remark "I hate when they do that".
* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': "I'm sorry, who are you?" Usually spoken whenever [[ButtMonkey Warren]] [[UnknownRival Stone]] shows up.
* ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'': BoisterousBruiser Wolf Bronski typically gets a reaction of "Can it, Bronski!" from Sgt. Torres. On one occasion he says this to himself.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWindInTheWillows1983'': Mole, Rat, and Badger have an exasperated, collective "Oh, Toad!" for whenever Toad gets a new hobby to pursue.
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* '''Creator/BrianBlessed'''.
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* Celebrities with catchphrases hear them from every fan they meet, and plenty get tired of hear them.
** In the same vein, if you go into voicework, you had better be prepared for many requests to speak in-character.
** Parodied in the ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' song "It Sucks To Be Me"
--->'''[[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Gary Coleman]]:''' Try having people people stopping you to ask you, "Whatchoo talkin' bout, Willis?" It gets ''old''.
** Discussed by Creator/DaveChappelle, who [[CreatorBacklash got utterly infuriated]] by fans chanting, "I'm Rick James, bitch" everywhere he went - including one instance where he was with his wife ''and children''.
** Similarly, Creator/NathanFillion complained on Twitter about people yelling "[[WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog The hammer is my penis]]" at him.
** Creator/MandyPatinkin is best known for ''Film/ThePrincessBride'''s [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya Inigo Montoya]].
** Since ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' came out, Creator/ChadwickBoseman heard a lot of "Wakanda Forever!" until his untimely death.
* Any tall person will quickly get tired of:
** 'How's the weather up there?'
---> '''Tall Person''': Fair to partly stupid. / ''(Spits)'' Rainy.
** "You're really tall", "How did you get so tall?".
** "Wow. Do you play basketball?" "No, do you play miniature golf?"
* Anyone who's ever had a haircut will be familiar with the trope, as they'll probably have to come up with a few stock phrases to last them a couple of weeks. "You've had a haircut!" isn't particularly inane, ("You have a remarkable eye for detail"), but "Did you have a haircut?".
--> '''Reply:''' Er, yes. Yes I did. / No, I got them all cut. / [[Music/GeorgeHarrison I had one yesterday!]] / I'm taking Chemotherapy for shits and giggles.
* Every cashier at any cash register with a barcode scanner at any store ever, upon having difficulty scanning an item, will hear from the customer some variation of, "No price? I guess that means it's free!". This is usually followed by a polite chuckle from the cashier. Note that such polite chuckles are usually forced, and less restrained (or less cowed) clerks tend to shoot deathglares at the 100th smartass this week thinking he's original. Either that, or [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore snark mercilessly]]. Mostly in a "If I had a penny for every time" vein.
* Cashiers having to check large bills (usually 50s and higher) for signs of counterfeit will often hear a variation of "Don't worry, I just finished printing that." Which is accompanied by a similarly forced polite chuckle by the cashier.
* Window cleaners just ''love'' being told: "You've missed a bit!".
* Left-wing protesters are frequently heckled by people telling them to "[[LazyBum Get a job]]."
* Creator/KikukoInoue's RunningGag and catchphrase is claiming herself to be '17 years old'. This caught on to her characters saying so, and when that happens, you can bet that there'll be someone who'll respond with "Oi oi..."
* Little kids hear 'You grow up so fast' all the time and may get annoyed because they usually don't feel they grow up ''that'' fast.
* Pregnant women tire very quickly of being told "You're so big" or "You sure it's not twins?" or asked "When are you due?" or "Is it a boy or girl?" Think twice before you go to say any of this to a pregnant woman. You're probably the fifth one that day and she's likely to snap. And woe betide someone who say these phrases before they've ascertained [[MistakenForPregnant whether said woman is actually pregnant]]...
* People who look far younger than their actual age also get this all the time, especially when they're in their 20s. "You've graduated from university?! How old are you?" "I'm twenty-two", followed by the inevitable "Wow, I thought you were only 17!". The older they get, though, the less they complain about that happening.
* People who costume as ''Franchise/StarWars'' characters will get "These aren't the droids you're looking for" thrown at them several times a day, irrespective of if they're dressed as Storm Troopers or Rebel pilots. Also expect a Storm Trooper to be asked if they aren't a little short for the job, even if they're six feet tall. As a side example of this, people cosplaying ''Series/{{Firefly}}'''s Jayne, or at least wearing his hat, will be subjected to variations on "that is a cunning hat" pretty much continuously.
* The nurses and medical assistants who room patients have heard about fifty billion comments and jokes about how evil the scale is. No patient can resist.
* ENT consultants just love to hear: Eustachian tube? That's next to King's Cross/On the Northern Line/In Zone One isn't it?
* High school seniors get some variation on "So, where are you going to college?" from everyone they meet. Followed in college by "So, what're you studying?" or "What's your major?" from almost everyone once they learn (or reasonably guess) that they're a student, especially fellow students. At the other end of the classroom, their instructors from middle school on up will invariably be tired of hearing "Is this going to be on the test?". Although, after 12 or so years, a lot of students also get tired of hearing "Will this be on the test?", "Why do we have to learn this?" (in some cases), etc.
* Youngsters who live in a country that has conscription: ‘Do you know what you’re going to do in the army?’.
* Anyone who gets a new job should expect to have to hear "What do you do now?" and/or "So how do you like the new job?" from every single person they know for the next month or so.
* ''Series/Miranda2009'''s Patricia Hodge cheerily admits [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2159703/Patricia-Hodge-Miranda-Hart-real-life-mother-What-happened-met.html in this interview]] she doesn't mind people saying Penny's catchphrase "Such fun" to her, apart from when they get it wrong and say "What fun" instead.
* When a writer tells a stranger than they are a writer, inevitably the stranger will say, "You know, I had an idea for a novel once, but I didn't have the time." [[SarcasmMode Because everyone knows writers are just guys with nothing better to do that sit around and write]].
* Lil' Bub, a female cat with a perma-kitten appearance, is usually told by her owner "Good job, Bub".
* Lefties can expect at almost any time to get asked "Are you left-handed?" if they are seen writing. That, and hearing someone say "I didn't know you were left-handed!" to them.
* UsefulNotes/TheProphetMuhammad, Peace Be Upon Him.
* A case where the phrase is ''sung'' is "[[https://youtu.be/AKtgX6sMYTg?t=17 Timo Werner ist]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_qlEGT8aHc ein Hurensohn]]" ('Timo Werner is a son of a bitch'), ToTheTuneOf "Heaven Is A Place On Earth", that many Germans adopted against said football striker (it started when he dived to get a penalty, which he earned, converted and celebrated profusely). [[https://rblive.de/ueber-rb-leipzig/fc-chelsea-timo-werner-singt-hurensohn-lied-mit-kumpels-kann-ganz-gut-ueber-mich-selbst-lachen-19958 Werner himself]] said he has sung it with friends on occasion [[SelfDeprecation just to laugh at himself]].
* Mentioning the words "Gentlemen!" in a car race, (particularly in America-based series like [=NASCAR=]) will almost always be followed with the phrase "'''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis START! YOUR! ENGINES!!!]]'''" Though that cannot be said for UsefulNotes/FormulaOne fans, especially since 2015, as for them it tends to be followed up by the phrase "a short view back to the past...", coupled with a very long query on buttons and steering wheels in modern F1 racing.[[labelnote:NOTE]]During the pre-race press conference for the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlFt_W4664M reporter Walter Koster asked a ridiculously long and detailed question]], which became memorable in part due to his heavy Saarland accent.[[/labelnote]]
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