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Examples

• Death Note:
  Light: Can you stop calling me Light?
  Misa: Then can I call you "Knight" instead of "Light"? Because you're like my knight.
  Light: Light is fine.
• Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, when Ron breaks the Szalinskis' window:
  Russ: Look, we'll get it fixed, okay. We'll take it out of his allowance.
  Ron: What? My allowance? No way!
  Russ: Okay, we'll just have Dad pay for it, huh?
  Ron: We'll take it out of my allowance.
• Lost:
  Hurley: Let me ask you something, Arnzt —
  Arzt: Arzt.
  Hurley: Arnzt.
  Arzt: No, not Arnzt. Arzt. A-R-Z-T. Arzt.
  Hurley: Sorry, man. Your name's hard to pronounce.
  Arzt: Oh, yeah? Well, I know a bunch of ninth graders who pronounce it just fine.
  Hurley: How about I just call you by your first name?
  Arzt: How about you don't?
  Hurley: Why not? I remember it from the plane's manifest. I think Leslie's a bitchin' name.
  Arzt: Arnzt is fine.
• Desperate Housewives. Rex asks Bree to pick a "control word" for the sexual roleplay they're planning to do:
  Bree: How about "Boise"?
  Rex: "Boise"?
  Bree: What's the matter with "Boise"?
  Rex: We’re going to be doing psychological role playing here, Bree, and a funny word like "Boise" would ruin the mood. We need something that sounds serious.
  Bree: Hmmm. How about "Palestine"?
  Rex: "Boise" will be just fine.
• Corner Alley 13
  Noelle: "So what is your name?"
  [...]
  Kh'ohl: "Bat's clan Kh'ohl Kankaar Vree."
  Noelle: "Ah! Cole!"
  Kh'ohl: "No, Kh'ohl. And don't use my first name."
  Noelle: "Mr. Cancan-tree?"
  Kh'ohl: "...Cole will do."
• Friends. Phoebe has suggested that they should have a cleansing ritual, to lose the curse of bad boyfriends:
  Phoebe: "Okay. We can, um, we can burn the stuff they gave us."
  Rachel: "Or?"
  Phoebe: "Or... or we can chant and dance around naked, you know, with sticks."
  Monica: "Burning's good."
• The Golden Girls:
  Stan: I have tickets to a Dodgers spring training game. Want to come?
  Dorothy: I can't think of anything I would rather do less.
  Stan: Want to go to bed with me?
  Dorothy: Take me out to the ball game.
• Circle Versus Square.
  King Pentagon: Come now, there is much to discuss between us two lords. Won't you join me for tea?
  Circle: Do I have a choice?
  King Pentagon: Of course! TEA or DEATH.
  Circle: And those are my only options?
  King Pentagon: Well, I suppose if you prefer we can have tea AND death.
  Circle: Just the tea, thank you.
• The Simpsons, when Homer became the Grim Reaper in a Halloween episode:
  (Homer wakes up in the morning, puts on the Grim Reaper robe)
  Homer: All right, who am I giving the finger to today?
  (The name on the list is Marge Simpson, his wife)
  Homer: No! Not that! Anything but that!
  (name on list changes to Homer Simpson)
  Homer: ...what was that first one again?
• Red vs. Blue, when O'Malley approaches Blue Team's base.
  O'Malley: It's quiet... too quiet."
  (a sniper round whizzes past his head)
  O'Malley: Now it's suddenly too loud. I preferred it when it was quiet.
  • Also, during the Blue Team's first surrender:
  Sarge: Alright, blues! First off, we want your flag...
  Simmons: Wait, wait, wait just a second. The last time we got the flag, the chick in the black armor showed up.
  Sarge: ...to stay right where it is. Keep the flag.
• Evolution: An alien bug has entered the body of Harry Block.
  Dr. Paulson: We might have to amputate.
  Harry Block: Whoa, Doc! Don't take the leg! Ira, don't let them take my leg.
  [...]
  Dr. Paulson: It's headed for his testicles.
  Harry Block: (shocked look) Take it! Take it! Take the leg!
• The Daily Show:
  Baby New Year 2009 and Jon Stewart discuss the assault of Israel on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
  Baby New Year 2009: Can't we talk about the lighter side of 2009? You know, celebrity pregnancies, sports predictions, stuff like that?
  Jon Stewart: Okay, I'll go with that. How are the Mets going to go this year?
  Baby New Year 2009: Oh. Uh... you know what, let's get back to Gaza.
• Futurama
  Zoidberg: So do your worst. Because no punishment could be worse than denying my freedom.
  Chief Justice: You are hereby sentenced to death.
  Zoidberg: Wait, let me finish!
• Subverted in Doctor Who when the Doctor's companion actually prefers the second alternative to her Overly-Long Name*
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  , but he continues to use the first one anyway:
  The Doctor: I'll call you 'Romana'.
  Romana: I don't like 'Romana'.
  The Doctor: Well it's either 'Romana' or 'Fred'.
  Romana: Fine, call me 'Fred'.
  The Doctor: Alright. Come on Romana.
• The Angry Video Game Nerd, when cornered by Jason Voorhoes
  Nerd: Don't kill me!
  Jason: *Shows the Friday The13th NES cartridge, silently telling him to play it*
  Nerd: ... Kill me!
  (Wish not granted)
• Seinfeld: In the final episode, NBC bigwigs have rekindled their interest in Jerry's pilot.
  Kimbrough: And Elaine! I wouldn't mind seeing something happening between those two!
  George: I tell you, I really don't think so-called 'relationship humor' is what this show is all about.
  Kimbrough: Or, we could not do the show altogether, how about that?
  George: Or we could get them together!
• In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Iroh and Zuko ponder which is worse, the Earth Kingdom, or the Fire Nation.
  Zuko: If the Earth Kingdom discovers us, they'll have us killed.
  Iroh: But if the Fire Nation discovers us, we'll be turned over to Azula.
  Zuko: Earth Kingdom it is.
• In Penny Arcade, a matter of word choice.
• Angel:
  Angel: You're my secretary?
  Harmony: Hello! Assistant.
  Angel: Explain why I shouldn't kill you.
  Harmony: Secretary's fine.
• At the end of the Danger Mouse episode 100 Million Years Lost, the narrator turns the mic over to Henry V who drones on about the Battle of Agincourt before he switches to the weather forecast.