"Um, how do you know that? Hey! I asked you a question. Did you read the script too? Hey, what's that? What's that on the ground over there? Is that the script?"
—Harry S. Plinkett, wondering if this trope is how some characters in the Star Wars prequels get their knowledge.
Proto Man: He's out cold.
Bass: But who could've done such a thing?
Proto Man: Oh, probably some bald freak from another dimension planning on destroying our universe.
Bass: Hey! You've been reading ahead!
Proto Man: Of course I have. Somebody's got to know what the hell's going on around here.
Bass: But who could've done such a thing?
Proto Man: Oh, probably some bald freak from another dimension planning on destroying our universe.
Bass: Hey! You've been reading ahead!
Proto Man: Of course I have. Somebody's got to know what the hell's going on around here.
Don't give up Joseph!
Fight till you drop!
We've read the book
And you come out on top!
Fight till you drop!
We've read the book
And you come out on top!
— The whole ensemble in ‘Go Go Go Joseph,’ the Pep-Talk Song from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Bloody hell! It says I say "bloody hell" here!
—Robert Webb, That Mitchell and Webb Look
I lost. I lost? Wait a minute, I'm not supposed to lose. Let me see the script.
—Robin Hood, Robin Hood: Men in Tights
The Sun: Hi, Caine! I'm gonna kill you!
Caine: Uh, w-what? Why?
The Sun: I read all the scripts, and saw I don't get a single line of dialogue, while the Moon gets two!
Caine: I mean, I guess we could give you some more lines…
Caine: Uh, w-what? Why?
The Sun: I read all the scripts, and saw I don't get a single line of dialogue, while the Moon gets two!
Caine: I mean, I guess we could give you some more lines…
