History Main / ButIDigress

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* Mocked in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', where a famous football player was receiving an award in front of a stadium full of people. Said football player was unable to accept his son being gay. Stan dragged his son up on stage and tried to work things out in front of the whole audience. This didn't work at all, but the audience still cheered constantly for no apparent reason ([[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with "They'll cheer for anything!").
* The Joker's Eulogy for Batman in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Man Who Killed Batman" begins with Joker lamenting how he never got a chance to properly "thank" Batman, but soon segues into him angrily insulting Batman's supposed killer. He catches himself eventually but finishes the speech by ordering his goons to throw the man into "Batman's" coffin and dump it into a vat of acid. Joker's voice actor Creator/MarkHamill actually did a live-action version of this eulogy on stage in 2013.
* In a ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' story arc, Captain Peachfuzz entertains the idea of having the show renamed after himself when Rocky is in a dire strait and is missing. The Captain digresses that his duty is to rescue Rocky.

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* People love to propose marriage in wacky, creative ways in public settings. Like at karaoke bar, or on a radio show, or on the billboard at a sports game. Often, they really do get spontaneous applause from the audience.
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* Plot Point #1 in ''Film/ILoveYouBethCooper''.

* Elle's speech to Congress in ''Film/LegallyBlonde 2''.

* This is practically [[Literature/CiaphasCain Ciaphas Cain's]] catchphrase; he is always referring to some NoodleIncident ending with this trope.

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* Political [=YouTuber=] Anthony Brian Logan says this practically everytime.
* This is LetsPlay/ClementJ642's CatchPhrase.
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-> ''"Dear friends...today is the day that the Clown cried. And he cries not for the passing of one man, but for the death of a dream. The dream that he would someday taste the ultimate victory over his hated enemy. For it was the Batman who made me the happy soul I am today. How I agonized over the perfect way to thank him for that. Perhaps with a cyanide pie in the face? Or an exploding whoopie-cushion, playfully planted in the Batmobile? But those dreams were dashed by the weaselly little gunsel sitting there in our midst. The cowardly, insignificant gonif who probably got lucky when Batman slipped on the slime trail this LOSER left behind him! This mound of diseased hyena filth who's '''NOT FIT TO LICK THE DIRT FROM MY SPATS!''' But I digress..."''

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* The musical version of this is used in ''Film/MusicAndLyrics'', with the song ''Don't Write Me Off Just Yet'', but then again it's TruthInTelevision that this happens all the time with songwriters, and justified since the girl whose concert it was loves stuff like that and shoehorned it in at the last minute.
* Plot Point #1 in ''Film/ILoveYouBethCooper''.

* The end of ''Film/TheAmericanPresident'' juuuust about pulls off combining an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove with a political press conference.

'''Vinny:''' Thank you, Ms. Vito. No more questions. Thank you very, very much. You've been a lovely ''[kiss]'', lovely ''[kiss]'' witness.
* Subverted in ''Film/{{Magicians}}'', Harry declares his love for Linda while accepting his award and insists she come onstage and share it. When she gets there, he hastily clarifies off-mike that he doesn't strictly ''love'' her yet, because [[FourthDateMarriage they don't know each other that well]], but he does like her. She's happy to accept this.

* [[Literature/LordPeterWimsey Lord Peter Wimsey's]] mother the redoubtable Dowager Duchess of Denver is a past mistress of the art of digression to the point that the reader completely loses track of the original subject.

* In ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' Tommy uses his Valedictorian speech to plead with his ex-girlfriend to take him back. When this fails he returns to his original Valedictorian speech "Long Live Rock!"

* Political [=YouTuber=] Anthony Brian Logan says this practically everytime.

* Political YouTuber Anthony Brian Logan says this practically everytime.

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* In Quentin Tarantino's ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', fictional character General Hans Landa while negotiating his terms with Lt. Aldo Raine about ending the war exclaims "that's a bingo!" followed by "but I digress."