History Main / OtherStockPhrases

** Worst time to say this line is when "[[LetsPlay/HellfireCommentaries The city's been]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure destroyed!!]]"

** This line is yelled by [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] in chapter 61 of ''FanFic/PaperMarioX'' when threatened by [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] to not say a word to anybody about her behavior.

* "Get them!"

* "I'll do it, or my name isn't..."

* "It was just a [dream/nightmare]" -- Someone is relieved after waking up from a nightmare, or believes or is pretending that something was a dream, or is reassuring another character (usually a child) who had a nightmare.

* "It's just your/my imagination!"

* "It burns!" The appropriate response to contact with [[KillItWithFire open flames,]] [[HollywoodAcid strongly acidic substances,]] or [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow anything that is too painful to look at.]] Most often preceded with a declaration of whatever is causing the burning or what is being burned.

* "One, two, a one, two, three, four"-- To start a song.

* "What! Are you crazy?" Bonus points if the answer is simply, "[[InsultBackfire Yes]]."

* "What are you, twelve?" When someone makes or snickers at a particularly puerile dirty joke. Alternately, the age might be "four" if it's PottyHumor or they're throwing a tantrum. Occasionally, other numbers between four and twelve might be used.

* "When a mommy and a daddy love each other very much..." The opening of TheTalk. Often parodied to explain the existence of MixAndMatchCritters.
* "Where have you been? You missed all the excitement!" Usually said to the one who was secretly the cause of the excitement. Common in the SuperHero genre.
* "Where is your sense of adventure?" usually said before a character instigates something reckless and daring.
* "Where's your sense of humour?" -- Said to someone who disapproves of or doesn't understand a joke or dislikes a situation that was inconvenient but at the same time funny.

* "Whoa, there!" A MotorMouth is interrupted by someone who noticed something that shouldn't have come up.
** Or whenever something a little too ambitious is suggested.
* "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" -- The stock exclamation used during a clumsy mistake.

* "Why can't I make you see, Pa? I got music inside of me." The gifted child tries to explain what drives him to his more down-to-earth parent. Variations are common and continue to the present day -- see ''Film/BillyElliot'', for example.
* "Why don't you come up to my place?" The classic come-on line (though variations in phrasing are numerous).
** ''Theatre/OnTheTown'' has the comic duet "Come Up To My Place."
** Used in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' in homosexual contexts.

* "Why am I not surprised?" Usually when something comes up out of the blue, but the character is GenreSavvy enough to know either the habits of the offending character(s) or the rituals of the event in question. Or both.
* "Why me?" Often uttered by characters (usually the DeadpanSnarker or ButtMonkey) when things never seem to go right for them.
* "Wild horses couldn't/wouldn't/can't stop me/keep me away."

* "You don't get out much, do you?" Said in response to a blank look or other uncomprehending response to something the speaker feels is well-known or obvious, usually some element of pop culture.

* "You look different." Usually said after a character has just gone through rapid CharacterDevelopment.

* "You're a dead man! Do you hear me? A dead man!"

* "You were ''thinking'' it." Usually uttered after a character protests that they never said X about someone/something (examples: Diego says this to Sid in the first ''WesternAnimation/IceAge1'' movie, Mike says this to Sully in the teaser for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''). A variation is a character saying something very weird and[=/=]or tasteless, and in response to the looks of shock or disgust, protests "Oh come on, you were thinking it too!"

* "You wouldn't hit a lady (would you)?" Said by a female who sees her male companion taken down in a fight. And sometimes answered, "You're no lady!" Upon which she is promptly knocked out cold with one good blow.

* "That was too close.": Spoken just after a near miss by a projectile, a last-second disarming of a bomb, etc. Sometimes seen in a two-character variation, as "That was close." "Yeah, a little ''too'' close."

* "Abadon ship!"

* "You were ''thinking'' it." Usually uttered after a character protests that they never said X about someone/something (examples: Diego says this to Sid in the first ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' movie, Mike says this to Sully in the teaser for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''). A variation is a character saying something very weird and[=/=]or tasteless, and in response to the looks of shock or disgust, protests "Oh come on, you were thinking it too!"

** And of course, from the video game that manages to directly use so so many stock phrases completely straight: "Play time is over, VideoGame/StarFox!"

** Used before the climactic duel in the ''Film/{{Transformers}}''.

** All of these are refernced in "Eat It" by Weird Al.

* "[[FridgeLogic It doesn't make any]] ''[[LampshadeHanging sense]]''!!"

* "It's OK to X. Everybody X sometimes, even Y!" -- Said on kids shows about [[MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld mistakes]] or [[ItsOkayToCry emotions]].

* "Mine" on repeat. Often used to show a character expressing a desire for something.

* "Tell me/us how you really feel." An ironic response to TheReasonYouSuckSpeech or a similarly scathing comment. Can be prefaced with "Don't hold back..." or "Don't sugarcoat it..."

* "To the X!"

* "Was it something I said?": When a conversation ends with one person suddenly thumping the other person and/or storming out and slamming the door, the other person says this. Usually, what they said or did to prompt the reaction is blindingly obvious to everyone except them. But occasionally, it was something completely external, such as the activation of the Bat Signal.

* "You have no idea." Usually said in response to a statement that the speaking character doesn't know is an {{Understatement}}.

* "Everyone has a price."

* "Who the hell are you?"

* "Hello, father/mother/brother/sister.": Whenever someone confronts an estranged family member, especially when they're on opposite ends of the good/evil scale. Usually delivered in a mocking tone.