Lisa: Bart, Dad, you just vanquished your own creator! The philosophical implications would make Eugene Ionesco's head spin!
Homer: Hmmm... You make a provocative point, Lisa. And furthermore, KICK HIM!
Homer: Hmmm... You make a provocative point, Lisa. And furthermore, KICK HIM!
Narrator: Without me there'll be no one left to tell the story!
Witch: Some of us don't like the way you've been telling it.
Witch: Some of us don't like the way you've been telling it.
Wouldby: My God, who shoots?
Sud: My God, I don't know. It's a deadlock! I don't know who should.
Wouldby: Oh, shoot the author!
All: Shoot the author! Shoot the author!
Sud: My God, I don't know. It's a deadlock! I don't know who should.
Wouldby: Oh, shoot the author!
All: Shoot the author! Shoot the author!
—The Pot Boiler
Gwen DeMarco: What is this thing?! I mean, it serves no useful purpose for there to be a bunch of chompy, crushy things in the middle of a hallway! No, I mean we shouldn't have to do this, it makes no logical sense, why is it here?!
Jason Nesmith: 'Cause it's on the television show.
Gwen DeMarco: Well forget it! I'm not doing it! This episode was badly written!
Jason Nesmith: 'Cause it's on the television show.
Gwen DeMarco: Well forget it! I'm not doing it! This episode was badly written!
You've beaten us out of our break till now, and you always make us the chumps!
You're on the spot! We want you, and how! You'll get some terrible bumps!
In every picture, we are the goat! We got you now! it's our turn to gloat!
The tables are turned, and now you're in our clutches!
You're on the spot! We want you, and how! You'll get some terrible bumps!
In every picture, we are the goat! We got you now! it's our turn to gloat!
The tables are turned, and now you're in our clutches!
—A Cartoonist's Nightmare (sung to the tune of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic")
SCOUT! I CREATED YOU.
— Stan Rizzo's drawing of Lou Avery, Mad Men
Daffy Duck: All right, enough is enough! This is the final, th-the very very last straw! WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?!? I DEMAND THAT YOU SHOW YOURSELF! WHO ARE YOU?!? HUH?!?
An animated door shuts in Daffy's face as the camera zooms out to reveal the animator
Bugs Bunny: Eh he, ain't I a stinker?
An animated door shuts in Daffy's face as the camera zooms out to reveal the animator
Bugs Bunny: Eh he, ain't I a stinker?
"The world is a fucking illusion, bro! Our lives are being manipulated for the entertainment of monsters! Twisted, tasteless, juvenile monsters, puppet masters in the other dimension! We're something called... Cartoons!"
—Firewater, Sausage Party
E. Thaddeus Rockwell: Any profit belongs to me. I created you.
Darkwing Duck: Oh, that's certainly gonna surprise the heck out of Mom and Dad!
Arnold Schwarzenegger: The studio should let me know when they are planning a stunt. You know, you are the best celebrity look-alike I’ve ever seen. If you get to Los Angeles, call my office. We can get you shopping centre openings…
Jack Slater: Look, I don’t really like you. All right? You brought me nothing but pain.
Jack Slater: Look, I don’t really like you. All right? You brought me nothing but pain.
