History Main / PhraseCatcher

* Variations on "You're dead." follow Shepard a lot in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. [[spoiler: Of course, s/he was.]]
** Also variations of "[[UndyingLoyalty We're with you no matter what."]] Appropriate given his/her incredible MagneticHero status.
** As well as variants of "[[WellIntentionedExtremist You might not agree with my methods, Shepard]], [[NotSoDifferentRemark but our goals are the same.]]" [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Much to the annoyance]] of [[TheParagon Paragon]] players, since this tends to be said by a villain trying to justify the crap you [[ShutUpHannibal just called them out on]].
*** Though, it worked pretty damn well with [[spoiler:Tela]], even on Paragon Shepards as she countered the ShutUpHannibal right back with an excellent ShutUpKirk. Though she stated their methods were the same, not the goal.

* ''Film/ForrestGump'': "Are you crazy, or just plain stupid?"

* ''Film/AlienResurrection'': "Ripley! I thought you were dead!"
--> '''Ripley:''' Yeah, I get a lot of that lately.
** Referenced word-for-word with Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.
* ''Film/MillersCrossing'': "Jesus, Tom!"

* Dante Hicks in ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' gets two, one because of and one despite the "I assure you we're open" sign he has to write on a bedsheet with shoe polish because the shutters were gummed shut. For the rest of the day, people ask him "What smells like shoe polish?". Dante is also the catcher for the phrase "You open?", which almost every customer asks before entering the store...in spite of, again, the big honking sign out front.

* All the main ''Film/{{Predator}}'' films have the titular creature being called "one ugly motherfucker", usually upon being seen without the mask (in [[Film/{{Predator 2}} the second]], Harrigan stops midway but the Predator completes the sentence; in ''Film/{{Predators}}'', it's said in Russian; ''Film/ThePredator'' subverts it by having him described as "one beautiful motherfucker"; ''Film/Prey2022'' averts it, with [[Webvideo/CinematicExcrement Smeghead's]] vlog on the movie noting the absence with "I don't know if there's a Comanche word for 'motherfucker'"). ''Videogame/MortalKombatX'' follows suit, both by Bo'Rai'Cho in one of the intro dialogues and Erron Black's bullet for the Predator reading "Ugly Mofo". Even ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' gets in on it when its opponent [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]] insults it with said line during the fight.

* In ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', both human and alien fans of Alexander Dane greet him with "By Grabthar's hammer!", the catchphrase of his {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}} character in the ShowWithinAShow. He's [[OldShame not amused]].
* In the film version of ''Literature/BigTrouble'', everyone's first impression of the [[ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics Suitcase Nuke]] is that "it looks like a garbage disposal."

* Across ''Film/{{Crank}}'' and its sequel, ''High Voltage'', everyone seems to pick up "Fuck you, Chelios!" It's so often repeated, there's a montage of the times it's said during ''High Voltage''.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': "Ride like the wind, Bullseye!"
* ''Film/WeekendAtBernies'': Most inhabitants think the titular character is still alive despite being dead, typical response is "Hi Bernie!" between the two movies, his name is spoken so often in varying degree of reaction that speaking his name alone fulfills the trope. Oddly enough, when proven dead, some people will insist he's still alive "He's Alive I tell you, I tried to kill. But he's still alive. SEE?!"
* ''Film/SiebenZwerge'': "I always imagined dwarves as being shorter." "Old misconception."
* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': Dawn's boutonniere. Both Marianne and The Bog King perform the same hand wriggling that says "I'm-struggling-to-come-up-with-a-suitable-compliment" and settle on [[DamnedByFaintPraise lovely]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'', this is where Oh's name comes from: he is so disliked that if someone recognizes him they just groan "Oh" in annoyance.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** The ''Millenium Falcon'' is routinely called '[[WhatAPieceOfJunk a piece of junk]]',
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': After he defects, Finn is repeatedly called a "TRAITOR!" by First Order members, including one Stormtrooper known ''only'' for that line, Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma.

* The last things an (evil) ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' will hear will usually be "You're terminated!", just before the coup de grâce.
* ''Film/TallTale'': "The Code of the East/North/South/West"
-->"Respect the land! Defend the defenseless! And don't ever spit in front of women or children!" [[RunningGag *Spit*]]
* In ''Film/DriveAngry'', Milton keeps being greeted by old acquaintances with "I thought/heard you were dead!". This continues until he encounters Webster who ''knows'' that Milton is dead. As in he was a pallbearer at the funeral.

* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': "Sea Turtles".
* In ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'', TheFilmOfTheBook, Reepicheep is often informed that [[CaptainObvious "You are a mouse!"]] by those he is about to kill. This annoys him to no end ("You people have ''no imagination!''")
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': "Anyone can cook." Starts off as the title of Gusteau's cookbook, and other characters repeat those three words later on, as well.
* In the ''Franchise/JohnWick'' series, those who get killed by John will have their last words be "[[SeeYouInHell Be seein' you, John]]".
* In ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'', everybody calls David (the jerk constantly trying to steal Shaun's girlfriend even in the middle of a freaking ZombieApocalypse) "a twat".
* In ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' Ghidorah's victims all say "oh, shit" before he obliterates them. [[spoiler: His reincarnation Mechagodzilla gets the same reaction in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'']]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': Mario is one for "You just don't know when to quit!" Mario's nature as both a {{Determinator}} and an IronButtMonkey is commented on several times by various characters. Mario initially sees this as a bad thing, since his family (save Luigi) mocks him for it, and their father remarks that Luigi is being dragged down with Mario. [[spoiler:He eventually changes his mind after Peach tells him that it's a great trait to have, and during the final confrontation with Bowser, Mario responds to his rant that he's been told that quite a bit.]]

* ''Radio/TheLoneRanger'': "Who was that masked man?" "I don't know... but I wanted to thank him."

* Oh, how dare we forget the one that instigates another chapter in the life of the most fantastic crimefighter the world has ever known... '''BAWK BAWK BAWK BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK...''' CHICKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! HE'S EVERYWHERE! HE'S EVERYWHERE!! [[ThemeMusicPowerUp BUM BA BA BUM BUM!]]

* If ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'' is to be believed, no one could refer to UsefulNotes/JohnAdams as anything other than "obnoxious and disliked". As a historical note, the phrase comes from Adams himself - it was his own description of how he was perceived by his Congressional colleagues in his later career. Likewise the opening number and throughout has Adams the constant recipient of, "Sit down, John! For God's sake sit down!", something that even carried over to his "[[TheGhost appearance]]" in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. [[note]]The exact line in ''Hamilton'', by the way, is "Sit down, John, you fat motherfuckstick!"[[/note]]
** Speaking of Hamilton, Creator/LinManuelMiranda could not ''resist'' putting in every permutation of "Aaron Burr, Sir." (That's even the title of the second song in the musical, when the first was the ''opening number'')
* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': Christian. Everyone around him says: ''"He's fair!"''. And Le Bret: Only Cyrano says to him: ''"Never scold"''.

* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', almost every character returning from the first game asks the protagonist "Did you do something with your hair?" when reuniting with them, as it's possible to make him look entirely different from what he looked like in the first game - up to and including [[GenderBender switching genders]]. S/he {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this twice, responding to Aisha with "I've been getting that a lot", and [[spoiler:[[ClickHello interrupting Julius]] with "I didn't do ''shit'' to my hair!"]]
* Variations on "You're dead." follow Shepard a lot in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. [[spoiler: Of course, s/he was.]]
** Also variations of "[[UndyingLoyalty We're with you no matter what."]] Appropriate given his/her incredible MagneticHero status.
** As well as variants of "[[WellIntentionedExtremist You might not agree with my methods, Shepard]], [[NotSoDifferentRemark but our goals are the same.]]" [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Much to the annoyance]] of [[TheParagon Paragon]] players, since this tends to be said by a villain trying to justify the crap you [[ShutUpHannibal just called them out on]].
*** Though, it worked pretty damn well with [[spoiler:Tela]], even on Paragon Shepards as she countered the ShutUpHannibal right back with an excellent ShutUpKirk. Though she stated their methods were the same, not the goal.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fable|I}}'': "The Chicken Chaser? Do you chase chickens?" Note that you only get this reaction if you keep your default title. If you get a different one, townsfolk will instantly develop a new stock reaction to address you with.
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': "[[MemeticMutation Do not pursue]] [[MemeticBadass Lu Bu!]]"
* Namecalling abound whenever a Special Infected spawns in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''. "Boomer!"
* ''VideoGame/FatalFury'': "Geese..."

* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'': "You ''are'' Zero, the legendary Reploid." [[LaserGuidedAmnesia He does need the reminders, though.]]

* In ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople - Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective'', there's a RunningGag of people telling Dangeresque "But you're not gonna like it."
* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Each of the Murakumo Units has a repeated insistence that "I want to be with Ragna", both when they encounter and in some conversations with others. {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that only they have this tendency, but it carries meaning due to [[AnatomyOfTheSoul the complicated metaphysics]] of the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' plot.

* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' has a country in its background named Wa, which is never visited because it disappeared a long time before the events of the game. The game helpfully reminds the players of this, with nearly every single mention of Wa will also mentioning that it was "a mysterious island nation that vanished centuries ago."
* In ''VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns'' Hong Kong campaign every time [[WeHardlyKnewYe Gutshot]] is mentioned someone will say he was an asshole.
* ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}'': Every time someone mentions the term RPG, there's a disclaimer that pops out to tell us that "[=RPG=]s [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope are a trademark]] of [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]" [[note]]Allegedly a [[TakeThat jab]] to Bandai's unsuccessful attempt to trademark the acronym.[[/note]]

* In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFuckboys'', every main character of every game greets Balloon Boy with the saying "inhale my dong enragement child". Even Springtrap gets into the act, and he is [[SarcasticDevotee Balloon Boy's second-in-command]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', Ana's [[LimitBreak ultimate ability]], "Nano-Boost", [[SuperMode drastically empowers an ally of choice]], leading them to belt out a PreAsskickingOneLiner. Most of them are character-specific, but as a rule, everyone (sans the heroes who can't speak) has a version on the phrase "I'm unstoppable!"

* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'': When each member of the Ayase family meets Yotsuba's tall friend Takashi [[GentleGiant "Jumbo"]] Takeda, they seem [[CaptainObvious compelled to say]] "You're ''huge''!"
* Excalibur, ''Manga/SoulEater'': "SO ANNOYING!" There's [[http://paralleled.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/copy-of-souleater_frownofdeath2.jpg a particular facial expression]] that comes with it, too.
* Hosaka, ''Manga/MinamiKe'': "Disgusting..." (usually while in the middle of an ImagineSpot. And [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]].)
* Motemitsu of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' exists solely for his friends to say "As expected of Motemitsu-Senpai!" whenever he tries to hit on a girl. He always fails miserably.
* In ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', whenever someone gets a good look at Amaro's forehead, the usual response is "[[BigOlEyebrows those eyebrows]]". {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when Naota gets in on it: "''What '''about''''' eyebrows?"
* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'':
** Whenever [[TheGenericGuy Nami]] says something, another character is bound to remark "How normal." This prompts her CharacterCatchphrase "[[IJustWantToBeSpecial Don't say normal!]]"
** The anime adaptation turns this little exchange between Nozomu and [[StalkerWithACrush Matoi]] into a OncePerEpisode event, whenever she first shows up in an episode:
--->'''Nozomu:''' You've been here?!\\
'''Matoi:''' Yes. Always.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** When a guy strips, mostly Gray, someone usually comments "Why is he stripping?!"
** Also after Gray unconsciously strips, someone always reminds him:
--->''"Gray, your clothes."''
** Whenever, Erza does something wacky:
--->''"That's Erza for you."''
* In ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'', all the recipients of [[ChainsawGood Mystletainn Kick]] go: "[[NonIndicativeName That's not a kick!]]"
* Upon first meeting Hayate in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', just about everyone remarks about how he has "poor" written all over him or something similar

* In ''Manga/LuckyStar'', Hiyori often invokes Yutaka and Minami's "She's so strong" in relation to her TheChewToy moments.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Edward Elric lives [[BerserkButton in horror]] of others reacting to meeting him as such: [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller "I thought you'd be taller"]]... after they've mistaken him for his brother.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** "IT'S A GUNDAAAM!", as said by most {{mooks}} before biting it.
** Domon's brash actions in ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' tend to cause other characters to yell "YOU FOOL!"

* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
** [[WideEyedIdealist Matsuda]] tends to evoke the response "Matsuda, you idiot!" whenever he says or does almost anything, particularly during the first half or so of the series, and it's generally PlayedForLaughs.
--->'''Light:''' What was that?\\
'''L:''' Matsuda was being an idiot again.\\
'''Light:''' Well, that ''is'' his specialty...
** The phrase gets a MeaningfulEcho in the second half from [[FalseFriend Light]] that's significantly less funny:
--->'''Light:''' Matsuda, you ''idiot''! Who the ''hell'' do you think [[spoiler:you're shooting at]]?!
* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', every time Christa Lenz is of any help, you can bet someone will either say she is a goddess or that they want to marry her. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Regardless of gender]].
* In just about every ''Manga/CaseClosed'' NonSerialMovie different a character designed for the film will ask Conan "Just who exactly... are you?" as he's a teenage genius who fell in a FountainOfYouth by way of experimental poison and often ends up forgetting himself and strutting his real intelligence even though he's ''supposed'' to be acting like the [[DeliberatelyCuteChild cute little kid]] he looks like. He never answers the question properly, unless they're [[DeathBySecretIdentity dying]].
* One comic in the manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' involves everyone (including [[BigBad Ganondorf]]) talking about how Link's clothes look uncomfortably warm.
* In ''Manga/MyLoveStory'' Takeo and his father both open any conversation with Takeo's mother with "Is your body all right?" after she becomes pregnant. It often feels silly since she's built like a shorter version of [[GentleGiant Takeo]].
* [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]] has a close association with the YouMonster trope. Vita calls her a devil in ''A's'', Dieci wonders if she's a human (in ''[=StrikerS=]''), Signum calls her a monster a year after that, and Isis calls her (not directly) a demon instructor. It's PlayedForDrama, when Quattro tells [[spoiler:Vivio]] that Nanoha is a devil who pretends to be the "real Nanoha", so she would fight her.
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
** In three separate occasions, the utter disbelief of the GSC protagonists when each of them finds out [[OlderThanTheyLook Yellow]] is "Older than me."
** Whenever Gold, one of the protagonists in the GSC saga, brags about something, those in the vicinity wouldn't buy it and just call him "Liar." behind his back.
* In ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', almost anyone who sees Guts' sword, the Dragon Slayer, seems to be compelled to remark that it's "more like a slab of iron than a sword."
* The word "NANI?!" ([[BigWhat WHAT?!]]) tends to be uttered by mooks a lot when Kenshiro of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is around. Usually after he utters his [[YouAreAlreadyDead iconic catch phrase]]. The people uttering it usually die afterwards, often in [[LudicrousGibs explosive fashion.]]
* Shirogane's SuckinessIsPainful moments in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' often lead others to draw comparisons with sea cucumbers.
* ''Manga/BoardingSchoolJuliet''
** The Black Dog Headmaster has a notorious ElmuhFuddSyndwome. Every time he gives a speech his listeners are all thinking the same thing: "I have no idea what he's saying."
** When Julio (Juliet's male alter-ego) shows up at the Black Dogs dorm, almost everyone he runs into say he/she's sorry for him for being HeldBackInSchool [[note]]Julio has to keep the appearance of a middle schooler lest her cover be blown[[/note]]. In just a single chapter.
** Another single-chapter example is when Romio was asked of his opinion on a character's image change (from Leon's ImportantHaircut to Scott and Shuna both crossdressing). "Does it suit me?"
* While not a phrase, a lot of villains in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' react with an EvilLaugh when they see Ichigo using his Hollow powers. In canon, filler and movies.
* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Akira gets "WhatTheHellAreYou" and "[[NoSocialSkills You really don't know how to treat women.]]"
* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'':
** Mei has to be told on multiple occasions "That wasn't an order!"
** Aashii gets asked "Where?" in response to her catchphrase "That sends me."

* ''ComicBook/XFactor'': Layla Miller's CharacterCatchphrase, "I'm Layla Miller. I know stuff.", [[{{Pun}} mutates]] into:
-->'''Layla:''' I'm Layla Miller.\\
'''Madrox:''' She ''knows'' stuff.\\
'''Layla:''' You notice I haven't had to say that in a while? Everybody else keeps saying it ''for'' me.
* ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'': "[[CaptainObvious Y... You're a duck]]!" The shocked stammer is always included the first time someone meets Howard.
* The writers of ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' would like you know that "The night is ''his'' time".

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** "It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Superman!" First introduced in ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman''.
** In ''Superman'' #411, Superman has no less than [[RuleOfThree three]] characters remark that "(he) really needs to work on his dialogue!"
** Bizarro's oldest miniseries gives us... er, ''does not'' give us "Start disagreeing with me!".[[note]]"Stop agreeing with me!", said mostly by irritated villains.[[/note]]
* In ''ComicBook/YoungJustice,'' ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} would often be put in the role of explaining things for the benefit of his teammates (and the audience.) The exchange "How do you know that?" "Well, I ''was'' trained by [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} the world's greatest detective]]," quickly morphed into someone saying "We can tell you were trained by the world's greatest detective" every time he pointed out something [[CaptainObvious glaringly obvious]].
* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'':
** [[SmallNameBigEgo Reggie Mantle]] is always called out as "somebody who talks about anything ''but'' himself."
** "I thought I smelled wood burning." is a common phrase whenever [[SpinoffBabies Little Archie]] thinks up some ZanyScheme.
* While ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} was cursed by Loki to look like [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Thom Cruz]], he got "Say, aren't you Thom Cruz?" from pretty much everybody who saw him unmasked, [[AliensStealCable including aliens]].
* Fight-Man, "'cause one shot is all he needs!"
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' series, Obélix is constantly reminded that he is not allowed to have any magic potion, having fallen into a cauldron full of it when he was a baby.

* One of ''ComicBook/SpiderGwen'''s most frequent nemeses is... a rich dude who robs bodegas for fun. That's it. He's more of an annoyance than anything else, with everyone who encounters him saying "Bodega Bandit, you are the worst."
* ''ComicBook/{{Sturmtruppen}}'' has "Musolesi, what a devil!", uttered by the soldiers whenever Galeazzo Musolesi pulls some [[RefugeInAudacity shameless yet awesome scheme]] - such as when he was stuck with a suicide mission and ''blackmailed Mussolini into getting him out of it''.
* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'': Gideon Graves, the last and [[PsychoExGirlfriend worst of Ramona's Evil Ex-Boyfriends]], has his profession described as "Asshole". Almost every major act he does is accompanied by the phrase "What a dick!"

* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': "Sea Turtles".
* In ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'', TheFilmOfTheBook, Reepicheep is often informed that [[CaptainObvious "You are a mouse!"]] by those he is about to kill. This annoys him to no end ("You people have ''no imagination!''")

* In the 1970s-80s, American Express had commercials with celebrities like Jim Henson, Jim Davis, Rusty Staub, and others. They always began with the phrase, "Do you know me?", and talked about things they have done or created. They also mention how, without the public seeing the things that make them what they are, they sometimes go unrecognized, and "that's why [I] carry an American Express card!". Of course, the commercials always end with the slogan "Don't leave home without it."
** Parodied in the movie "Major League,", as well as by Daffy Duck. ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' also had the infamous Bat-Credit card parody with the line "Never leave the Bat-Cave without it."

* In the [[Website/GoAnimate Grounded Videos]], the grounding victims will be told that they are "grounded grounded grounded" and sometimes they will be told to "Get over here right now" (sometimes in a demonic voice).