Note: This page is for quotes ''about'' this trope. For quotes that ''are'' this trope, see JustForFun.QuotesThatMakeSenseInContext.
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->''"I'm constantly playing this game in my head where I'm thinking, 'Can this quote be pared down and misinterpreted?' It doesn't matter what outlet I'm talking to and how comprehensive the interview is, because I have to think in terms of, 'Right, but ''People'' magazine could just [[QuoteMine take this one quote and take it out of context]].'"''
-->--'''Anna Kendrick'''

->''"I do not fear truth. I welcome it. But I wish all of my facts to be in their proper context."''
-->--'''Gordon B. Hinckley'''

->''"Without context, words and actions have no meaning at all."''
-->--'''Gregory Bateson'''

->''"Taken out of context, I must feel so strange."''
-->--'''Ani [=DiFranco=]'''

->'''Lieutenant Duke Detain''': Captain, I think I've got an idea of what's happening here.\\
'''Captain Tom Bennett''': Good, Lieutenant. We heard something about a movie promotional stunt going wrong. Let's hear your report.\\
'''Duke''': Yes, sir. [[ARareSentence So, my childhood, lion cub, imaginary best friend, Cubby, has reappeared as a 200 foot anthropomorphic balloon monster bent on randomly destroying the city while very loud pop music emanates from his feet.]]\\
[{{Beat}}]\\
'''Bennett''': I have to lie down.\\
(Drops phone and collapses on desk while trying to process all of that information)
-->--''WesternAnimation/LegoCityAdventures''

->'''Florence''': Did you give the inspector his watch back?\\
'''Helix''': Yes! Then an angry mob formed and we ran but they got lost so we had to chase them and then they chased us and Sam fell down a manhole and the inspector bought us ice cream and I got to feed mine to rats!\\
'''Florence''': ''[thinking]'' I'd ask what that's all about, but I'm afraid the full explanation would make us miss our launch window.
-->--''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''

->'''Agatha Heterodyne''': ...I can ''explain''...\\
'''[[AuthorAvatar Kaja Foglio]]''': --And I am ''so'' anxious to ''listen''!
-->--''Webcomic/GirlGenius''

->'''Scott''': "''Sweet Sweet Canyon'' is all about doughnuts, and the sort. It's a wild track to describe that makes you look [[SoundEffectBleep f-BEEP]]-ing insane if you try to."\\
'''Also Scott''': (Out of breath) "[[SoundEffectBleep F-BEEP]]-ing doughnuts, EVERYWHERE!"
-->--'''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz''', on ''VideoGame/MarioKart8''

->''"It makes sense in context, honestly."''
-->--'''Andy Farrant''' from ''Webvideo/OutsideXbox'', [[FissionMailed 7 Times It Wasn't Actually Game Over]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptGYTr519xE and You Totally Fell For It]]. [[spoiler:It helps that what he described actually ''did'' make sense in context. He's describing a scene from ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' where Guybrush fakes his own death with a mixture of hangover cure and alcohol to access a crypt.]]

->''"It'll make sense if you watch the video."''
-->--'''[[https://tellygunge.wordpress.com/archives/banner-index/banners-600-699/ Tellygunge]]''' (link slightly NSFW, rest of website varies with warning on certain content) on the [=PrankVsPrank=] [[PowderGag video]] ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLu6Haq3kJQ BEST FLOUR PRANK EVER!!!]]''

->''"Uh... I can explain."''
-->--'''Adult fish acting like a toddler''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', 'Pre-Hibernation Week'

->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''[to his past self]'' [[Creator/IslaFisher She]]'s funny and attractive! There's this really great scene [in ''Film/WeddingCrashers''] where she ties Creator/VinceVaughn to a bed and puts a sweaty sock in his mouth...\\
'''Past NC:''' [[FutureMeScaresMe Do I have to become you?]]\\
'''NC:''' IT WORKS IN CONTEXT!
-->-- ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', review of the ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' movie

->''"You know, I really hope someone was just channel-surfing and came across this scene. I would love for them to rationalize what's going on."''
-->-- ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', review of ''Film/TheSmurfs2'', in regards to [[spoiler:Creator/NeilPatrickHarris arguing with his stepdad who's been turned into a duck]]

->''"A short while ago I wrote a column on [[RougeAnglesOfSatin words we always mix up with other words]], where I drew shoddy pictures of things like Superboy being shot out of a Superman-shaped cannon. This completely made sense in the context of the article."''
-->--'''Cracked.com''', [[https://www.cracked.com/blog/8-words-internet-loves-to-confuse-with-other-words "8 Words the Internet Loves to Confuse With Other Words"]] [[spoiler:One of the aforementioned mixups was "canon" and "cannon".]]

->'''Arin:''' Gimmie that gun, gimmie that gun! I NEED TO SHOOT THE PRESIDENT!\\
'''Danny:''' [[HyperCompetentSidekick Barry]]! Take that out of context!
-->--''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' Episode 8 [[spoiler:Assassinating the president was their mission objective.]]

->''"Taken out of context, these patch notes are hilarious."''
-->--'''Graham the Christian''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmnGt4LBxcQ Funny Video Game Patch Notes]]

->'''Harry Dresden:''' Um, this isn't what it might appear to be.\\
'''Anastasia Luccio:''' ''Madre di Dio'', Harry. I cannot for the life of me imagine what it ''does'' appear to be.
-->--''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', [[Literature/SideJobs "Day Off"]]

->''"In the English version, Headdy defeats [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Dark Demon]]]], and then, with his friends, [[spoiler:[[ButNowIMustGo he bids farewell to Heather]]]].''\\
''In the Japanese version, [[spoiler:Smiley, the yellow badge meant for the greatest puppet in the world, pins itself onto Headdy's face, and while his friends bid farewell to Heather, he is still trying to get Smiley off his face]].''\\
''The only reason I can think of as to why the endings are different is because the Japanese ending wouldn't have made sense in the English version which never fully explains the story of the game."''
-->--'''[[https://dhvstb.webs.com/regionalvariations.htm This walkthrough]]''' for ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy''.

->''"The turn-based combat is less about standing around exchanging attritive skull clocks and more about figuring out [[ElementalRockPaperScissors elemental weaknesses]] so you can bully the monsters into giving up and take their lunch money; [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer no, really, you can do that]]."''
-->--'''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''' on ''VideoGame/Persona5''

->''"[[LampshadeHanging You should know that this is the strangest thing I've ever done!]]"''
-->--'''Flynn Rider''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', in regards to fencing with a [[HyperCompetentSidekick hyper-competent horse]] using a FryingPanOfDoom.

->'''Sonic:''' So wait, I had to put the what in the what now?\\
'''Tails:''' You have to put it in the nuclear reactor! Put the piss rock in the nuclear reactor!\\
'''Sonic:''' Huh? ''[[BigWhat What?!]]'' What did you just say to me?! Put the what in the what?!
-->--''[[WebVideo/RealTimeFandub SnapCube]]'', [[https://youtu.be/po1qdT7mj-s?t=832 "Sonic Adventure 2 (Hero Story) | Real-Time Fandub Games"]] [[spoiler:Said 'piss rock' is a fake [[MineralMacGuffin Chaos Emerald]] that Sonic and Tails plans to put in the nuclear reactor so that it will overload [[KillSat The Eclipse Cannon]] to stop Eggman from destroying a city.]]

->''"The fact that Knuckles says that they had this amazing wedding at the future halfway through the dub, and the dub ends with this huge polyamorous gay wedding is fucking–\\
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the plot,,,,,,, it's making SENSE??"''
-->--Comment on [[https://youtu.be/NGe79n-jcHk "Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) | Real-Time Fandub Games"]]

->''"'Aliens saved the dinosaurs because a mutant frogozoid tried to eat the stars' may sound like an unlikely causal chain, but the universe does this all the time."''
-->--''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-07-28 July 28, 2019]]

->''"You could try stunting her growth, keeping her in a box, blowing cigarette smoke on her. ''[Man sitting nearby stares at him]'' You are ''so'' taking this out of context."''
-->--'''Max Medina''', ''Series/GilmoreGirls''

->''"Witch Ember ducked behind a corner as I indiscriminately fired the particle beam in her general direction, laughing insanely. Sandy rolled her eyes and fired a rocket at the witch, who jumped out of the way. Unfortunately, she jumped into Spongebob's trunk, and was thrown twenty-five metres down the street.''\\
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''[[LampshadeHanging If you've just joined us, I'd recommend going back to the 'shot on the sixth. Otherwise, that sentence will sound like I was on drugs.]]"''
-->--''Fanfic/HalloweenUnspectacular 1'', "In Witch I Make a Witty Pun''

->''I'll bet that there's a reason for this, and I'll bet that I don't want to know.''
-->--'''Mom,''' ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' [[spoiler:Calvin taunts the rain and takes off his clothes while doing so, and seemingly in response, it gets stronger and starts hailing. Calvin runs inside while naked, prompting Mom to say this.]]

->''He is prime for the spanking thanks to his diaper rash! Uh, do not take that out of context, please.''
-->--'''LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}''', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' [[spoiler:He was referring to Peewee Piranha, whose weak point is its bright red posterior protected by EggshellClothing that Mario has to break open.]]

->'''Strong Bad:''' Go away, Strong Sad! The Cheat and I are down here shenaniganing each other in the dark alone by ourselves!\\
'''Strong Sad:''' Uh, are you sure you wanna go on record with that explanation?\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Of course! I don't see how that could possibly be taken out of context!
-->--''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'', "Your Edge"

->''Platform/LaserDisc: a product with an unknown purpose that was both a few years too late and way too far ahead of its time. That'll make more sense later on.[[note]]"An unknown purpose" means that consumers have not yet warmed up to the idea of home video. The "few years too late" part means it was released in 1978 while [[Platform/{{VCR}} VHS and Betamax]] were released in 1976 and '75 respectively. The "way too far ahead of its time" part meant that it was the first ever system for consumers where you could buy movies to play on your TV, while the VCR was marketed exclusively for recording TV broadcasts. It was also the first ever optical disc format for consumers, beating Platform/CompactDisc by 4 years and Platform/{{DVD}} by 18.[[/note]]''
-->--'''Alec''', ''WebVideo/TechnologyConnections'', "[[https://youtu.be/Eg8tK1LpLS8 LaserDisc: An Introduction]]".

->''A young Echizen Kousuke loudly proclaims “Because it’s so difficult, I will choose to open the red door,” before opening the visibly green-tinted door before him.[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke At the risk of ruining what has become perhaps the most infamous line of dialogue in the game —]] [[MemeticMutation which has become something like a secret passphrase that Death Crimson fans can evidently use to recognize each other in public:]] [[ExactWords There is, in fact, a shining red gem embedded in the archway above the green door in this cutscene.]][[/note]]''
-->'''Bad Game Hall of Fame''', ''[[https://www.badgamehalloffame.com/death-crimson/ Death Crimson]]''

->''"When you reach one of these secret areas the characters are dressed in a weird way and give advice, sometimes its helpful and sometimes its just weird nonsense. For me, playing this game in 1990, I just could not understand why they were dressed up like this. It made no sense, and maybe it was an attempt to be funny, but other than being weird, I never got the joke. Well, in Kato and Ken, they make TOTAL sense! [[InJoke Because they are side characters and gags used in]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato-chan_Ken-chan_Gokigen_TV the show.]] The non-helpful advice are punchlines from the show. [[LostInTranslation In JJ and Jeff you just look at this and say “why is this here?”]] But with some context, you can start to see what they were going for."''
-->--'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtKuKTSjF_g&ab_channel=GTVJapan GTV Japan]]''', ''[[Platform/Turbografx16 J.J and Jeff/Kato-chan and and Ken-chan]]''

->'''Vince Orrico:''' He's just being weird again.\\
'''Zachary Hidalgo:''' I'm not weird. Oh, I just remembered, you guys might wanna check your crow's nest for pizza.\\
''[{{beat}}]''\\
'''Ian Holmquist:''' Uh...right, Zach. Yeah, we'll get right on it.
-->--''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'', "Baking Bran (PART 2)" [[spoiler:Vince and Zach were going to deliver a pizza to Chris and Ian. Zach wanted a slice, but Vince tried to stop him, and in their fighting, they accidentally threw it into the crow's nest outside of Chris and Ian's house.]]

->'''Justin Furneaux:''' Whoa! Where did you come from?!\\
'''Emmet:''' I'm not sure. I was in this weird place where I could see the whole universe in front of me, and there was a giant pink squishy creature there who I think controls it somehow.\\
'''Justin Furneaux:''' Oh... [[DeadpanSnarker So an asylum, then? Great.]]
-->--''VideoGame/TheLEGOMovieVideogame'' [[spoiler:Emmet is describing his experience in the real world, more specifically in a basement with a bunch of dioramas of his universe that's being played with by a child named Finn.]]

->''"As someone who hasn't played it, this VideoGame/DwarfFortress game makes for some very odd questions..."''
-->--'''David''', ''Arqade Website/StackExchange'', in response to ''[[https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/7066/why-cant-i-butcher-a-leopard "Why can't I butcher a leopard?"]]'' [[spoiler:The game has livestock which can be raised and butchered for food, and tame exotic animals also count as livestock for all in-game purposes.]]

->''"[Hollyhock] has eight dads. [[TitleDrop It makes sense in context.]]"''
-->--'''WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FT_KTBuqCI Why BoJack Horseman is the Best Thing That Ever Happened - Part 4]]'' [[spoiler:These eight men all adopted her after Butterscotch put her up for adoption against Henrietta's (her biological mother) wishes.]]

->''"Hey! You're that [[BoxingKangaroo kangaroo]] I ran into earlier. That means you're here to crash the dojo! No, wait, that doesn't make any sense."''
-->--'''Asuka Kazama''', ''Franchise/{{Tekken}} 6''

->'''[[LetsPlay/ChuggaaConroy Chugga]]:''' It's scientifically proven that ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Brothers]]'' fighters are more important than having sex.
->'''[[LetsPlay/ProtonJon Jon]]:''' There you go. That's a quote for the "out of context" account.
-->--'''LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys''', ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' [[spoiler:while discussing ridiculous tier lists, Jon references WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gys9oDZj-MY Smash or Pass: Pokémon]] video. Chugga, [[InnocentlyInsensitive being]] [[ManChild Chugga]], thought that the video was about what Pokémon should be in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.]]

->'''Gwendolyn:''' '''''SORRY I'M LATE!!!''''' My possum was really tangled up in my hair this morning, and Papa usually lures him out, but he's out of town, and--\\
'''Syrah:''' ...Possum...? What...?\\
'''Saffron:''' So many things in that sentence I didn't understand...
-->--''Webcomic/CursedPrincessClub'', [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/cursed-princess-club/ep-37-jolies-beauty-lesson/viewer?title_no=1537&episode_no=37 Episode 37]]

->'''Candace:''' What the heck was that?
->'''Baljeet:''' That is what I said! Sure, give the weird stuff to Baljeet! Who cares if it does not work out of context?
-->--''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbPhineasBirthdayClipORama Phineas' Birthday Clip-O-Rama]]", [[spoiler:referring to an [[ClipShow out-of-context montage]] to all the weird stuff that's happened to the titular boys so far]].

->'''Zero:''' How do I become a goat again after turning into a bag?\\
'''Nathan Smith:''' The question title out of context made me laugh inappropriately hard.
-->-- [[https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/322187/how-do-i-become-a-goat-again-after-turning-into-a-bag An Arqade StackExchange question]] about ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator''. [[spoiler:Stepping into a luggage machine on the ''VideoGame/Payday2''-themed map will trap the goat in a duffel bag and unlock the "Bag" mutator. To disable it, press down on the D-pad to open the Mutator menu if on a console port, or restart the map if on PC.]]

->''"I so could send this part of the page to people out of context, ask for their interpretation of the situation and I can guarantee the results would be worryingly creepy."''
-->-- '''''Journeys into Webcomics''''', "''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' Liveblog [[https://www.journeysintowebcomics.com/post/146315191536/girl-genius-liveblog-44 #44]]"

->''"i just can’t believe this dude sat in a room for 30 years, escaped, returned, died, faced 50 jumpscares in purgatory, somehow became a computer virus, and possessed a white woman by using a VR helmet"''
-->-- '''{{WebVideo/Alpharad}}''' [[spoiler:He's talking about the events that [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys William Afton]] went through after [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 getting trapped in his springlock suit, sealed in the backroom, being brought out for a horror-themed attraction]], [[VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator got burned to death]], [[VideoGame/UltimateCustomNight underwent punishment from all the animatronics and spirits he tortured]], and then [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted proceeding to turn into a computer virus to hijack Vanessa via a VR game]].]]
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