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It's X. I Hate X.

Oh, look, it's a trope.

I hate tropes.

Stock Phrase, with just about any noun or adjective in place of X.

One of the most common variants of this is, "You Got Guts, kid. (beat) I hate guts," or something to that effect. Another is, "You remind me of my (relative). I hate my (relative)".

NOTE: It's this trope only if a character points out X, then after a short pause, he says, "I hate X." If one character points out X and another person says he hates it, it is not this trope.

Commonly used by the resident Deadpan Snarker. Often follows "You Got Spunk." May be combined with Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?.

Examples

Film

The Dark Knight:
The Joker: You know, you remind me of my father (pulls out knife) I hated my father!
Indiana Jones said something along theses lines with regard to Nazis when he first encountered them in The Last Crusade.
Indiana Jones: Nazis. I hate these guys.
- He also said similar in regard to snakes in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The serial killer from Ruthless People has "You remind me of my mother, I hate my mother."
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West:
Tiger: Dogs. I hate those guys.
The Lion King:
Timon: Hyenas. I hate hyenas.
Stereophonic version: The Blues Brothers find their Mission from God roadblocked by a rally of the Illinois Nazi Party.
Elwood: Illinois Nazis.
Jake: ...I hate Illinois Nazis.
Space Balls:
Dark Helmet: Yogurt! I hate Yogurt! Even with Strawberries!
Back to the Future, Part II:
Biff: Manure! I HATE MANURE!

Live-Action TV

The Mary Tyler Moore Show has this famous exchange:
Lou Grant: You know what? You Got Spunk.
Mary Richards: (embarrassed by the compliment) Well, yes...
Lou: I hate spunk!

Toys

BIONICLE:
Kopaka: Your Turaga speaks in riddles. I hate riddles.

Video Games

In Left 4 Dead, Francis' Mad Libs Catch Phrase is this. The only thing he doesn't hate is his vest.
From Modern Warfare 2:
Soap:Dogs. I hate dogs.

Western Animation

This is Grouchy Smurf's Catch Phrase.
Quest. From World Of Quest.
In Transformers Cybertron, during his first attack attempt on Primus, Starscream says after being nailed a couple time, "Interesting. Very interesting. This might be half a challenge. And I hate a challenge." He still ends up getting his aft trounced, because twenty stories tall and power-boosted though Screamer may be, Primus is both literally and in terms of power way, way, WAY out of his weight class.
Transformers Animated:
Megatron: You have persistence, Autobot! I hate persistence."