Marge: What the hell was that?
Peter: We're not sure either, but whenever we mention a made-up movie based on a bad pun, a clip from it suddenly appears.
Meg: And if it's from dated movies that have nothing to do with what we're talking about, the better!
Peter: We're not sure either, but whenever we mention a made-up movie based on a bad pun, a clip from it suddenly appears.
Meg: And if it's from dated movies that have nothing to do with what we're talking about, the better!
— MAD
Peter: Chris, I heard you got a D on your report card. Here's a cutaway.
(Cuts to Peter standing still against a blank white background)
(Cuts to Peter standing still against a blank white background)
Peter: Matthew McConaughey is terrible.
The boys at 'South Park' are absolutely correct: Those cutaways and flashbacks have nothing to do with the story! They're just there to be funny. And that is a shallow indulgence that South Park is quite above, and for that I salute them.
— Seth MacFarlane, Harvard Class Day, 2006
Moff: Well, you could have invited me.
Doctor Roberts: But you hate Barkball. Remember last time?
(Cut to that same room, but at an earlier time)
Moff: Is anything in this game even steam-powered?
Irving: Uh, no.
Moff: (Flips the table in anger)
— Harvey Beaks, "Steamgate"
