"Don't buy into the complaint about materialism during Christmas. Sure, don't max out your credit cards or use presents to buy friends, but remember, this is a celebration of the eternal God taking on a MATERIAL body. So, it's right that our holiday is marked with material things."
"I like bi-planes!"
—Reader after being asked for ideas, Treehouse
Grandpa Joe: "I used to work for him, you know."
Charlie: "You did?"
Grandpa Joe: "I did."
Grandma Josephine: "He did."
Grandpa George: "He did."
Grandma Georgina: "I love grapes."
"Violets!"
— Grace Ingalls while half-asleep, Little Town on the Prairie
"Sometimes, I throw up."
— Kid when asked for the opinion on a story, Ice Age: The Meltdown
Background Singers: "No, you don't say—"
Singer: "Watermelons and—"
Background Singers: "You don't say—"
Singer: "Watermelons and—"
Background Singers: "You never say—"
Singer: "Watermelons and cheese."
Background Singers: "Please try again."
Singer: "This should be a breeze... Watermelons and cheese!"
"I can rhyme again it would seem, but now my intelligence is losing its sheen. I like salad; it tastes real good. I would eat it all day if I could."
[...]
"Now, I know what it is. I wonder if Pinkie has a drink that goes fizz."
[...]
"But what if the effect still lingers? I still like salad. Does Lyra want fingers?"
"Piddle on a cow fat in the middle."
"Flapjack on the mama."
"There's a cat here with a buckle hype."
— Jack Vale, Jack Vale Films, his "Nonsense" pranks
O'Brien: "Round the turbulent quick. Well, close the reverse harbour. Ankle try sound. Reset gleaming. Dinner to bug."
Sisko: "Bread the arrive seen earlier."
— Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Babel" (they have a virus)
Another type of forced rhyme is when the poet adds something that isn't important to the story, or may not even make any sense, just to get a rhyme into the poem. For example, if I said:
"I like kittens. I think they're silly. I have a brother. His name is Billy."
The second line has nothing to do with the first line. It was only put there to rhyme with the first line.
Unfortunately, it also creates a poem that doesn't make sense.
"I like kittens. I think they're silly. I have a brother. His name is Billy."
The second line has nothing to do with the first line. It was only put there to rhyme with the first line.
Unfortunately, it also creates a poem that doesn't make sense.
— Poetry 4 Kids, "Forced Rhymes and How to Avoid Them"
Super Friends: I want to be your friend forever.
Robin: I want to be a modern dancer.
Super Friends: What a super weird thing to say. That came out of nowhere.
Robin: I want to be a modern dancer.
Super Friends: What a super weird thing to say. That came out of nowhere.
Carol: I'm going golfing. You wanna come?
Sunday: One can only stay wealthy under the exploitation of the working class.
Carol: ...What?
Sunday: One can only stay wealthy under the exploitation of the working class.
Carol: ...What?
"Coconuts have WATER in them!"
— Muffin, Bluey, "The Sleepover"
"The Reads invite Francine over for a kosher dinner of French fries and...mashed potatoes, are they hypoglycemic? What's with all the starch?"
— Matt Neff, FU DW, "DW GETS ARRESTED"
