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  • The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: In "Sorry, Wrong Era", when an angry mob brings Hugh home to Judy, they complain that his antics with the time travel function on Jimmy's remote disgusted Sam's customers, gave Cindy and Libby brain freeze, and made a pregnant woman experience the miracle of childbirth "again and again and again".
    Sam: Yeah, birth.
  • In the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episode, "The Robot's Robot", after Robot runs away from Robotnik's fortress, Scratch and Grounder post an article in the newspaper, claiming he left carrying a toothbrush, two pairs of extra underwear, and a highly unstable BLAMMO note  device that could easily implode the entire planet.
  • Aladdin: The Series villain Mechanicles was fond of doing this, with his list of "things to do today" including laundry, grocery shopping, and destroying Aladdin.
  • American Dad!: In "Stanny Boy and Frantastic", after falling down a stairwell resulting in one of his bones sticking out of his leg, Stan says that he's going to chill there, catch his breath, and go into shock.
  • Amphibia: In "Cursed!", after Anne helps Spring break up with Maddie, they are hit with a curse that transforms them physically (with Anne growing bird feathers and causing her to make bird noises against her will and Sprig becoming quite hairy), presumably in retaliation. Hop Pop notices the transformations taking place and immediately concludes that they have been cursed. Anne demands an explanation, and Hop Pop obliges:
    "This land of ours is home to many arts, Anne: sculpture, mosiacs, and of course... (whispers sinisterly) THE DARK ARTS!"
  • Animaniacs:
    • Dot (acting as a stewardess on an airplane) walks down the aisle offering refreshments: "Coffee, tea, monster".
    • In "Sir Yaksalot": "Candy, gum, dynamite?"
  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force:
    • In a few episodes, Meatwad watches a puppet show where a puppet sings a song teaching "This is your left," and "This is your right". One time, while singing the song, the puppet inexplicably throws in the line, "You're gonna die!"
    • A different puppet, this time with a child's voice, sings a song celebrating the series' 100th episode:
      One hundred kisses from the angels on my tummy
      One hundred bumblebees needed to make honey
      One hundred nose wiggles, like I'm a little bunny
      One hundred years in a century
      One hundred lies that you said to me
      One hundred sins leave you dead within
      One hundred nails that pierce your skin!
    • MC Pee Pants' "Doin' It For The Shorties" implores the listener to give up their food (even listing an address to send it to) to feed starving children, but goes off the rails when he starts including in his list partially-eaten food, food from out of the garbage, vomit, excrement and dirty diapers. Of course, it turns out all of this is actually going into a gigantic garbage pile as part of another one of MC Pee Pants' convoluted schemes.
  • In the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Heart of Ice", Batman and Mr. Freeze argue about the virtues of snow.
    Mr. Freeze: Clean, uncompromising...
    Batman: And cold.
  • Beavis and Butt-Head. From "The Great Cornholio":
    Principal McVicker: Uhhhh... look! I don't know what your problem is... but I simply cannot have students wandering the hallways during class, interrupting other classes and giving prophecies of a great plague.
  • Bojack Horseman: When Sarah Lynn makes a smoothie for breakfast, it has the following ingredients (keep in mind that in this world, sharks and rhinos are sapient):
    Sarah Lynn: Blueberry, goji berry, flax, chia, shark fin and white rhino horn.
  • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command has this line from "Haunted Moon" when Buzz finds an old ship after his was destroyed during a mission to deflect a comet:
    Buzz: Power, on! Magneto engaged! Right engine! Left engine! Thrust stabilizers...functioning! Throttle! Icy hand!
  • Centaurworld: In "Hello Rainbow Road", while trying to convince Wammawink's herd to help her, Horse asks them if they want to see the world, feel the wind in their manes, and feel the crunch of their enemies' skulls under their hooves.
  • The Cleveland Show: "It's Cleveland's fault! He made me break my leg! And ate all my fish sticks and tater tots! And he sat in my chair! And he called me the 'N' word!" Cleveland shrugs the last one off with "I'm allowed to, right?"
  • Codename: Kids Next Door:
    • In "Operation: P.I.A.N.O.", after a failed mission:
      Numbuh One: [sternly] Okay, Kids Next Door. Simple question: what did we learn today?
      Numbuh Two: Do not deviate from plans.
      Numbuh Five: Teamwork is the key to mission success.
      Numbuh Three: Operational procedures are important.
      Numbuh Four: [in a wheelchair and a full-body cast] Pianos are heavy.
      Numbuh One: Oh, close enough.
    • From the episode "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", after the rest of the team gives Numbuh One a pep talk and he gets his confidence back (note that this takes place in mid-flight onboard their aircraft during a global scavenger hunt):
      Numbuh One: Right! Numbuh Five, find the nearest item on the list! Three and Four, prep all our weapons so we're ready to rock! And Two...
      Numbuh Two: Yes, sir!
      Numbuh One: Steer the ship, we're about to hit a mountain.
      Numbuh Two: YIII!
  • Danny Phantom:
    • From the finale Phantom Planet:
      Technus: Nothing like a lazy day of shopping, lattes, and terrorizing the minimum-wage workers!
    • From "Maternal Instincts":
      Vlad: I know, Maddie, and I have forgiven Jack for many things. Causing the accident that ruined my life, STEALING YOU, the backwash incident...
      Maddie: ...What was that?
      Vlad: Causing the accident that ruined my life?
  • The Doctor Who animated special "The Infinite Quest" lands the Doctor and Martha in a maximum security space prison where a background scan find the Doctor guilty of 3,005 "outstanding convictions" including 1,400 minor traffic violations, 250 evasions of library fines, and 18 planetary demolitions.
  • The Fairly OddParents!:
    • After Crocker gives Cosmo and Wanda coffee:
      Crocker: Can I offer you anything with that? Cream, sugar, magic?
      Wanda: What was that last one?
      Crocker: ...Sugar.
    • In the episode "App Trap", Timmy's magic smartphone claims it comes with games, a camera, an MP3 player, and a burning desire to control his life.
  • Futurama:
    • Although nothing he said can compare with most other examples on this page, due to his Cloud Cuckoo Lander status, Fry had a tendency to ramble whenever he was allowed to talk uninterrupted, making various relevant but still disturbing remarks ("I don't like having disks crammed into me. Unless they're Oreos. And then only in the mouth!"). He is sometimes called out on this:
      Fry: I had a car like that once. Well, actually it was my girlfriend's car. Actually, it wasn't hers, it was her dad's. Actually, she wasn't my girlfriend, she just lived next door and never closed her blinds.
      Leela: Fry, remember that conversation we had about you finishing your stories a sentence early?
    • Another fount of examples is Zapp Brannigan:
      Brannigan: Perhaps I could paint a fence, or service you sexually, or mop the floor.
      Leela: You don't know how to do any of those things.
    • In "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television", when Bender acts like himself in a TV show. Bender is an Anti-Role Model (since he has no redeeming qualities) whom young viewers treat as a role model. Later in the episode he protests his own presence on TV and the blame placed upon him. Note that the proverbial last straw for Bender here is that the children who emulated his behavior stole his stuff.
      Bender: ...Then again, some, perhaps ALL the blame, rests with the parents. That's right, I mean you! (points the guns at the dads) And so I ask you this...have you ever tried simply turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
      Hermes: We're just so busy!
    • In one episode, Leela is fighting for mutants to gain equal treatment. When giving her demands to the mayor, she gives most of the ones that would be expected, capped off with the blood of their firstborn. When a nearby mutant is stunned by this, Leela whispers to him that it's only so that they "have something to give up in the negotiations".
    • According to Bender's Arrest Warrant from the Robot Devil, Bender has stolen from "Boy Scouts, nuns, and banks.
    • One episode has a banner for Mom Corp. It showcases the company's specialties; "Jams, Jellies, Military Systems".
  • Garfield and Friends: Garfield, to scare away another cat, forges a recipe for Casserole à la Arbuckle, whose ingredients are 1 cup milk, 2 tbsp. flour, carrots, potatoes, 1 kitty cat, add salt to taste.
  • From the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Guitar Control":
    Birdman: The Dalton gang. Wanted for cattle rustlin', horse thievin', mischief makin' and... running a meth lab?
  • In the Harvey Street Kids episode "Harveyween", Lotta gives this excuse when she tries to back out of doing Halloween at night:
    Lotta: It's getting dark, and, see, I only do daytime Halloween. You know, decorating, costumes, shoving your head into a bucket of ice-cold water for apples and almost drowning. Nice, safe stuff.
  • Invader Zim, "Gir Goes Crazy and Stuff": "Thanks for that. It was a real adventure. First your house, then the library, and then the intergalactic space battle on the way to this beach!"
  • In a Kaeloo episode where Kaeloo tells her friends about all the things they'll have to face when they're grown up, she mentions bills, taxes and divorces.
  • In an episode of King of the Hill, Hank chides Bill for throwing up in the sandbox for kids. Dale then informs him that sandboxes are in fact made of several things, listing feces and sand, and then ending the list with animal feces.
  • In The Legend of Korra, Varrick tries to get back on the heroes' good side after his arrest by bringing up all the good things he's done for them. He lists warning Korra about Unalaq, getting Bolin into the movers, saving Asami's company, and getting Mako thrown in jail. A moment later, he acknowledges that the last one was more of a bad thing.
  • The Looney Tunes short The Unmentionables opens with a description of The Roaring '20s, in which the cartoon is set:
    "The Jazz Age, with its sound of strumming banjos and wailing saxes, the era of short fobs and long beads, big bands and tiny dance floors, and... violence."
    (Cue two cars full of gangsters shooting at one another as they race down the street)
  • In the MAD sketch, Thomas The Unstoppable Tank Engine, Thomas' cargo includes pillows, soft cheeses, and a nuclear bomb.
  • Metalocalypse:
    Nathan: I know we don't know what to do right now with all these big, huge problems like making messes, not cleaning up after ourselves, and, you know, potentially starting World War III...
  • My Life as a Teenage Robot: In "Doom with a View," a robot from the Cluster invites XJ-9/Jenny to join them on his homeworld of Cluster Prime:
    Cluster Robot: Yes, Cluster Prime! A paradise planet where robots, cyborgs, and yes, even androids live in peace and harmony! A planet where all robots are free, free to pursue lives dedicated to science! The arts! The enslavement of the human race! And the consumption of soft-serve ice cream, which we call "clustard!" Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!
  • Regular Show: Most of the Long List of ingredients in the Every Meat Burrito's are just weird, but one is "long pig", which is another word for human flesh.
  • A Robot Chicken sketch uses the trope with Loki getting back at Thor for always making Santa's nice list, while he himself is always naughty. He does so by putting on a wig and cheap-looking helmet to make everyone think he's Thor, then does things like "urinating hither and yon", refilling his soda at a convenience store with a "No Refills" policy, and blowing an old woman's head off with a pistol.
  • Rocko's Modern Life
    • In "Born to Spawn", Filbert tells Spunky to do tricks like rolling over, playing dead and bending a spoon with his thoughts.
    • In "Dear John", Rocko sees a commercial for a home repair and remodeling convention.
      Presenter: Talk hammers with the experts! See the latest in lawn elves! Get a foot massage from an aluminum siding salesman!
  • In the Rotten Ralph episode "Point of No Return", Ralph's alley cat friend Fleabag remarks that he's looking forward to seeing the Bongo Bob movie because it has wedgies, pie fights and taxidermy Chihuahuas.
  • South Park likes this trope a fair amount.
    • "Cartman Sucks":
      Cartman: [talking about a photo he is showing the class] Yes! This is shot at a 5-6 aperture lens using a low light filter, you can see the grain from the high-speed film, there is sort of a penis in my mouth right here, and the low Depth of Field keeps the background soft.
    • "Red Hot Catholic Love":
      Counselor: Hi boys. My name is Ms. Gorache and I need to ask you a few questions about your priest, okaaay?
      Boys: Okay.
      Counselor: Okay. Would you say that Father Maxi is... nice? Or mean?
      Boys: Nice.
      Stan: Um, cool.
      Counselor: Okaaay, what words would you use to describe your priest?
      Butters: Compassionate.
      Counselor: Okay. And did Father Maxi, at any time, ever try to put something in your butt?
    • In "The Biggest Douche in the Universe", Stan goes into John Edward's house and looks at his books. They are called, "How To Be A Psychic!", "Cold Reading: The Trick of the Psychic!", "Make Women Believe You're Psychic! Then Have Sex With Them!", and "How To Sixty-Nine With Yourself!".
    • When Kyle's parents wouldn't let him go to a concert with his friends, they're surprised he actually asked for permission.
      Cartman: I told my mom I was sleeping at Stan's house, Stan told his parents he was sleeping at my house, and Kenny didn't tell his parents anything because they're alcoholics and they'll never notice he's gone.
    • The stuff Trent Boyett had on his person when he first arrived in juvenile hall: a pack of crayons, safety scissors, a marble, and a switch-blade knife with "Kill all betrayers" written on the blade.
    • In "City Sushi", Butters is told that he has multiple personality disorder due to the different roles he uses while playing like Big Rig Butters, Fireman Butters, and Professor Chaos. He decides to discard the identities noting “No more Postman Butters, no more Inspector Butters, no more Porn Star Butters…”
    • Cartman owns a Mission Impossible Breaking and Entering Kit. It contains a harness, a headset, some rope, and an acetylene blowtorch.
    • The Member Berries are an embodiment of nostalgia. Usually that means rambling about old pop culture, but then they suddenly start talking fondly of old social values.
    • Inverted in "HUMANCENTiPAD". Cartman thinks that the most disgusting, scatological component of the titular Apple iDevice isn't a bug, but a feature.
      Cartman: Whoa, cool! Oh, wow, no way! It does email, and web browsing, and it shits in Kyle's mouth? Dude, the HumancentiPad is awesome!
  • SpongeBob SquarePants:
    • In "Ripped Pants", after SpongeBob's latest attempt at a joke about ripping his pants falls flat, he goes over a list to see where he went wrong.
      SpongeBob: Let's see... Lifting weights, big laugh. Frisbee in face, kills. Surfing, knocks 'em dead. Pretending to drown... No.
    • In the episode "Bossy Boots", SpongeBob's ideas for a Krusty Krab rename go from fun and interesting to disturbing and frightening.
      SpongeBob: The Kool Krab? Or the Kowboy Krab! The Kurly Krab! The Kreepy Krab. The Killer Krab!
    • In "The Sponge Who Could Fly", before Patchy watches the lost tape he grabs his movie snacks.
      "Popcorn, soda, PICKLED GARLIC!"
  • Star vs. the Forces of Evil: While hiding out underwater in "Star vs. Echo Creek", Star dreams up a cheerful sea dragon who sings a song about all the fun things she can do living in a river, which eventually leads to this line:
    Dragon: You can learn le French, decorate a cake, trash the economy, turn someone to bones, you can make a scrapbook...
    Star: Wait, what was the thing before scrapbook?
    Dragon: Anything you want to!
  • Steven Universe:
    • The Cookie Cat rap from "Gem Glow":
      Cookie Cat! He's a pet for your tummy! Cookie Cat! He's super-duper yummy! Cookie Cat! He left his family behind!
    • After the Gems accidentally destroy his television in "Rose's Room", Steven laments the bad day he's been having: "It's not fair! I can't go mini-golfing, I can't play my game, I can't stop going to the bathroom because I ate all that creamed corn... so much corn..."
    • Later in the same episode, Steven finds himself in a bizarre alternate version of Beach City, and seems to find his dad Greg, but then Greg starts giving some... rather nonsensical advice.
      Steven: Uh, Dad? Your advice is making less sense than usual.
      Greg: Well, the important thing is family and friendship, honesty values, and no one got arrested.
    • In "Chille Tid", Steven tries to tell Garnet about the various weird dreams he had (which included an unsettling telepathic encounter with Lapis Lazuli and Jasper), and it comes out as "Amethyst was on a skateboard, and then Dogcopter meowed at me and was just not interested in what I had to say at all, and I might have some issues I have to work out..."
    • Near the beginning of "Catch and Release", Steven gets ready for bed, and says goodnight to his collection of stuffed animals: "Good night, happy bear. Good night, sad bunny. Good night, playful kitty. Good night, ominous triangle at the foot of my bed." The "ominous triangle" turns out to be Peridot, who abducts Steven and tries to get him to help her fix the Galaxy Warp.
    • Overlaps with Mood Whiplash in "Monster Reunion": when Steven asks Pearl if she can teach him to write in Gem language, he insists that he wants to know the Gem phrases for "Hi, how are you?" and "Where's the bathroom?", then he looks at the drawing of the Diamond Authority insignia that Centipeetle drew while in humanoid form and says he also wants to learn "I'm sorry".
    • In the Steven Universe: Future episode "Growing Pains", Dr. Maheswaran asks Steven if he's experienced anything traumatic in his childhood. Steven starts off by telling her how upset he was that his favorite ice cream got taken off the shelves. Then he tells her about how he was attacked by a giant centipede, got trapped in a bubble at the bottom of the ocean, lost control of his shape-shifting abilities and turned into a blob of cats, he and Amethyst almost died, Pearl and Garnet actually died in front of him, he got knocked out and woke up imprisoned on a space ship...
  • Tiny Toon Adventures:
    • From the beginning of the second half of the short, "Win, Lose, or Ker-Plowie!" (part of "The Wheel O' Comedy"):
      Buster: Come on, Babs, where's your gumption? Where's your spirit? (sniffs) Where's your deodorant?
    • In the second wraparound of "Stuff That Goes Bump in the Night", Babs shows the viewers that what looks like a ghost is really her bathrobe caught in a draft, what looks like an alien is really her portable TV, and what looks like a huge blood-sucking vampire really is a huge blood-sucking vampire. After she leaves in fear, the vampire reveals itself to be a disguised Buster.
    • From the short, "Whining Out" (Part of "Life in the 90's"), this exchange when the snooty Maitre'D leads Buster, Babs, Plucky, and Hamton to a table in the back alley:
      Plucky: I'll bet this is a table where all the celebrities sit. Quiet, private...
      [a rat snatches Buster's slice of bread]
      Buster: Rat-infested...
    • From the short, "The Amazing Three" (part of "Love Disconnection"), this exchange between Babs and Shirley when the boys play a game of "Will Dizzy Eat it?":
      Babs: I think it's time we associated with a better class of guys; suave guys, sophisticated guys.
      Shirley: Guys who wouldn't feed a stealth bomber to a Tasmanian devil.
  • On Uncle Grandpa, Pizza Steve states that his favorite ice cream flavors are strawberry, chocolate, double chocolate, fudge, chocolate fudge, and gorgonzola.
  • Wander over Yonder, "The Date": After getting stood up on a date, Lord Hater calls up Commander Peepers and lets him know "Imma head back to the ship, curl up with a pint of Fudgy Pudgy Vanilla, and blow this planet to kingdom come!"

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