"It’s something that, when you see it, you know exactly what that character or situation is going to be. Like the sexy librarian trope."
"But librarians are sexy."
I waved that nonsense away. Despite (because of?) that particular trope, every librarian I’d ever seen had crow’s-feet like canyons and wore thick support hose to control the varicose veins.
"But librarians are sexy."
I waved that nonsense away. Despite (because of?) that particular trope, every librarian I’d ever seen had crow’s-feet like canyons and wore thick support hose to control the varicose veins.
— Betsy Taylor & Father Markus, Betsy the Vampire Queen
Marian: Will you please make your selection and leave?
Hill: I have.
Marian: Well? What would you like to take out?
Hill: The librarian.
Hill: I have.
Marian: Well? What would you like to take out?
Hill: The librarian.
Troy: Why does being a librarian make her even hotter?
Abed: They're keepers of knowledge. She holds the answers to all our questions, like, "will you marry me," and "why are there still libraries?"
Abed: They're keepers of knowledge. She holds the answers to all our questions, like, "will you marry me," and "why are there still libraries?"
— Community, "Early 21st Century Romanticism"
Dean: What's [Fate] look like?
Sam: Kind of like a...librarian.
Dean: Your kind of librarian or my kind of librarian?
Sam: Well, she was wearing clothes, if that's what you mean.
Cowley: There she is: Ann Lawson, assistant librarian.
Doyle: She looks harmless enough.
Bodie: She can stamp my book any day.
Doyle: If you could read!
— The Professionals, "Fugitive"