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"I never really said most of the things I said."
Yogi Berra

"Why do these films always forget to put their most famous lines in?"
David Mitchell, QI

Lines that people associate with something or someone by way of Popcultural Osmosis, despite the fact that they are never uttered by them. Usually a mis-quotation of something that actually was said or done, or a combination of several common or famous lines (If the line isn't even quoted in connection with the source material, it doesn't really count as an example; some supposed misquotes are really just coincidences of phrasing.) In many cases, the misquote provides context necessary to recognize or appreciate the reference, as in "[Luke,] I am your father."

This can be extended to Iconic Items the character never actually had: Holmes' deerstalker, etc.

The Trope Namer is "Beam me up, Scotty", never actually uttered in Star Trek The Original Series. One of the films got pretty close, but even then, it was phrased "Scotty, beam me up" or "Beam me up, Mr. Scott." (It is actually said in Star Trek The Animated Series.) More often, Kirk said, e.g., "four to beam up", and he was talking to whoever happened to be at the Transporter console.

To correct someone quoting one of these automatically designates you as a smartass nerd.

Subtrope of Common Knowledge. See also Dead Unicorn Trope, Cowboy Bebop At His Computer, Mondegreen, God Never Said That.

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