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--> Smithers: ''"Sir, the actors are here to audition for the part of you."''
--> Mr. Burns: ''"''Ex''cellent."''
--> [[SilenceOfTheLambs Anthony Hopkins]]: ''"Excellent... hisssss!"''
--> Mr. Burns: ''"Next!"''
--> [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries William Shatner]]: ''"Exc! Ell! Ent!"''
--> Mr. Burns: ''"Next!"''
--> Bumblebee Man: ''"Excel''lien''te!"''
--> Mr. Burns: ''"Next!"''
--> Homer: ''"Ex''act''ly! .... D'oh!"''

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--> Smithers: '''Smithers''': ''"Sir, the actors are here to audition for the part of you."''
--> Mr. Burns: '''Mr. Burns''': ''"''Ex''cellent."''
--> [[SilenceOfTheLambs '''[[SilenceOfTheLambs Anthony Hopkins]]: Hopkins]]''': ''"Excellent... hisssss!"''
--> Mr. Burns: '''Mr. Burns''': ''"Next!"''
--> [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries '''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries William Shatner]]: Shatner]]''': ''"Exc! Ell! Ent!"''
--> Mr. Burns: '''Mr. Burns''': ''"Next!"''
--> Bumblebee Man: '''Bumblebee Man''': ''"Excel''lien''te!"''
--> Mr. Burns: '''Mr. Burns''': ''"Next!"''
--> Homer: '''Homer''': ''"Ex''act''ly! .... D'oh!"''
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* In the first Ditto-centric episode of the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' anime, Ash and his friends dress up as Team Rocket. To Rocket's frustration, they can't correctly recite Team Rocket's motto.

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* In the first Ditto-centric episode of the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, Ash and his friends dress up as Team Rocket. To Rocket's frustration, they can't correctly recite Team Rocket's motto.



* In ''{{Discworld}}'', Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler manages to mangle ''his own'' catch phrase after Vimes travels 33 years into the past and inadvertently teaches it to him.

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* In ''{{Discworld}}'', ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler manages to mangle ''his own'' catch phrase after Vimes travels 33 years into the past and inadvertently teaches it to him.
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*In ''PowerRangersInSpace,'' the Yellow Ranger and Astronema have switched places. Who is who is proven when the ''real'' Ashley is the one who knows the pre-morph pose (not the phrase, but it's the same principle.)

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* In RedVsBlue, Caboose tries to copy Tucker's catchphrase ([[BowChickaWowWow Bow Chicka Bow Wow]]), but fails miserably.
-->'''Caboose:''' Hey chicka bum bum.
-->'''Tucker:''' Caboose, what did I tell you about that!?
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* Dick Dastardly mangles ''his'' "Drat! Drat and double drat!" in the [[DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Dastardly & Muttley]] episode "There's No Fool Like A Re-Fuel" after he gets flattened by a barrel of oil. He says "Flat! Flat! And triple flat!"
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* When HomestarRunner realizes he just broke up with Marzipan over a complete misunderstanding on his part alone over her answering machine, he rushes to Marzipan's house and replaces the tape with a tape of Homestar himself badly imitating several characters. He tries, and [[SpringtimeForHitler fails]], to say "job" incorrectly like Coach Z does ''several times''.

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* When HomestarRunner WebAnimation/HomestarRunner realizes he just broke up with Marzipan over a complete misunderstanding on his part alone over her answering machine, he rushes to Marzipan's house and replaces the tape with a tape of Homestar himself badly imitating several characters. He tries, and [[SpringtimeForHitler fails]], to say "job" incorrectly like Coach Z does ''several times''.
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* In ''TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', Stan attempts to sell Guybrush dolls that can't quite get the "three-headed monkey" line down.

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* In ''TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', Stan attempts to sell Guybrush dolls that can't quite get the "three-headed monkey" "second most giant monkey head" line down.
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--> [[StarTrek William Shatner]]: ''"Exc! Ell! Ent!"''

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--> [[StarTrek [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries William Shatner]]: ''"Exc! Ell! Ent!"''
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-->-- ''A Star Is Burns, TheSimpsons''

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-->-- ''A ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star Is Burns, TheSimpsons''
Burns]]"



* In ''TheSimpsons'' episode "A Star is Burns", Burns holds auditions for an actor to play him in an upcoming movie. No one can correctly render his trademark "Excellent", but Homer gets it worst of all: "''Exactly.'' Heh heh...D'OH!"

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* In ''TheSimpsons'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "A "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star is Burns", Burns]]", Burns holds auditions for an actor to play him in an upcoming movie. No one can correctly render his trademark "Excellent", but Homer gets it worst of all: "''Exactly.'' Heh heh...D'OH!"
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* In the ''DoctorWho'' episode ''The Almost People'', the Doctor takes this UpToEleven by managing to mangle ''two of his own catch phrases at once''. ItMakesSenseInContext.

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* In the ''DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''The "The Almost People'', People", the Doctor takes this UpToEleven by managing to mangle ''two of his own catch phrases at once''. ItMakesSenseInContext.
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-->''Reverse the [[TrademarkFavoriteFood jelly baby]] of the neutron flow!''

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-->''Reverse -->''I reversed the [[TrademarkFavoriteFood jelly baby]] of the neutron flow!''
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* In ''RedDwarf'', Rimmer renders Ace's "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast" catchphrase as "Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas".

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* In ''RedDwarf'', ''Series/RedDwarf'', Rimmer renders Ace's "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast" catchphrase as "Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas".



* AtomAnt mangles his own catch phrase "Up and at 'em, Atom Ant" in an episode where he's tempted with a picnic. Instead he says "Up and eat 'em, Picnic Ant!"

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* AtomAnt mangles his own catch phrase "Up and at 'em, Atom Ant" in an episode where he's tempted with a picnic. Instead he says "Up and eat 'em, Picnic Ant!"Ant!"
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** Also the Bonus Email "Comic Book Movie".
---> '''Strong Bad:''' "Let's hear your best "Stiny, get me a danish!""
---> '''Crack Stuntman:''' "Shiny, throw me that donut!"

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* The above quote comes from ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', where pseudo-Vaan attempts to invoke Vaan's use of the phrase "the leading man" (which he, in turn, picked up from Balthier sans mangling). However, Vaan and Balthier always say what the leading man ''does'', without actually stating outright who the leading man ''is''; hence Luso's LampshadeHanging.

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* The above quote comes from In ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', where pseudo-Vaan attempts to invoke Vaan's use of the phrase "the leading man" (which he, in turn, picked up from Balthier sans mangling). However, Vaan and Balthier always say what simply passively refer to the leading man ''does'', without actually "leading man" in the third person, generally not stating outright who the leading man ''is''; hence Luso's LampshadeHanging.is or what he leads. Pseudo-Vaan...
--> '''"Vaan":''' Nay, [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain 'tis I, Vaan]]!... 'Twere this a play, I'd be leading man!
--> '''Luso:''' [[LampshadeHanging If this is a play, the acting's terrible.]]
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--> ''Smithers: "Sir, the actors are here to audition for the part of you."''
--> ''Mr. Burns: "''Ex''cellent."''
--> ''[[SilenceOfTheLambs Anthony Hopkins]]: "Excellent... hisssss!"''
--> ''Mr. Burns: "Next!"''
--> ''[[StarTrek William Shatner]]: "Exc! Ell! Ent!"''
--> ''Mr. Burns: "Next!"''
--> ''Bumblebee Man: "Excel''lien''te!"''
--> ''Mr. Burns: "Next!"''
--> ''Homer: "Ex''act''ly! .... D'oh!"''

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--> ''Smithers: "Sir, Smithers: ''"Sir, the actors are here to audition for the part of you."''
--> ''Mr. Mr. Burns: "''Ex''cellent.''"''Ex''cellent."''
--> ''[[SilenceOfTheLambs [[SilenceOfTheLambs Anthony Hopkins]]: "Excellent...''"Excellent... hisssss!"''
--> ''Mr. Mr. Burns: "Next!"''
''"Next!"''
--> ''[[StarTrek [[StarTrek William Shatner]]: "Exc! ''"Exc! Ell! Ent!"''
--> ''Mr. Mr. Burns: "Next!"''
''"Next!"''
--> ''Bumblebee Bumblebee Man: "Excel''lien''te!"''
''"Excel''lien''te!"''
--> ''Mr. Mr. Burns: "Next!"''
''"Next!"''
--> ''Homer: "Ex''act''ly! ....Homer: ''"Ex''act''ly! .... D'oh!"''

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--> "Vaan": Nay, [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain 'tis I, Vaan]]!... 'Twere this a play, I'd be leading man!
--> Luso: If this is a play, the acting's terrible.
-->-- ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2''

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--> "Vaan": Nay, [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain 'tis I, Vaan]]!... 'Twere this a play, I'd be leading man!
''Smithers: "Sir, the actors are here to audition for the part of you."''
--> Luso: If this is a play, the acting's terrible.
''Mr. Burns: "''Ex''cellent."''
--> ''[[SilenceOfTheLambs Anthony Hopkins]]: "Excellent... hisssss!"''
--> ''Mr. Burns: "Next!"''
--> ''[[StarTrek William Shatner]]: "Exc! Ell! Ent!"''
--> ''Mr. Burns: "Next!"''
--> ''Bumblebee Man: "Excel''lien''te!"''
--> ''Mr. Burns: "Next!"''
--> ''Homer: "Ex''act''ly! .... D'oh!"''
-->-- ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2''
''A Star Is Burns, TheSimpsons''
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* In the ''DoctorWho'' episode ''The Almost People'', the Doctor takes this UpToEleven by managing to mangle ''two of his own catch phrases at once''. ItMakesSenseInContext.
-->''Reverse the [[TrademarkFavoriteFood jelly baby]] of the neutron flow!''
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* In ''Red Dwarf'', Rimmer renders Ace's "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast" catchphrase as "Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas".

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* In ''Red Dwarf'', ''RedDwarf'', Rimmer renders Ace's "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast" catchphrase as "Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas".
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* In the first Ditto-centric episode of the ''[[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' anime, Ash and his friends dress up as Team Rocket. To Rocket's frustration, they can't correctly recite Team Rocket's motto.

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* In the first Ditto-centric episode of the ''[[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' anime, Ash and his friends dress up as Team Rocket. To Rocket's frustration, they can't correctly recite Team Rocket's motto.
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** In "Goo Goo Gai Pan", a spy impersonating Bart gets his catchphrases wrong, saying "Don't have a cattle, dude!" and "Feast on my shorts stupid father man!"

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* In the ScoobyDooMysteryInc episode "Howl Of The Fright Hound," Scooby is accused of attacks made by a roboting Great Dane and is locked up in an animal asylum. Shaggy is left miserable, and Velma tries to cheer him up with a "Relma Delma Doo!" that everyone thought was incredibly lame.

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* In the ScoobyDooMysteryInc episode "Howl Of The Fright Hound," Scooby is accused of attacks made by a roboting robot Great Dane and is locked up in an animal asylum. Shaggy is left miserable, and Velma tries to cheer him up with a "Relma Delma Doo!" that everyone thought was incredibly lame.lame.
* AtomAnt mangles his own catch phrase "Up and at 'em, Atom Ant" in an episode where he's tempted with a picnic. Instead he says "Up and eat 'em, Picnic Ant!"
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* In the ScoobyDooMysteryInc episode "howl Of The Fright Hound," Scooby is accused of attacks made by a roboting Great Dane and is locked up in an animal asylum. Shaggy is left miserable, and Velma tries to cheer him up with a "Relma Delma Doo!" that everyone thought was incredibly lame.

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* In the ScoobyDooMysteryInc episode "howl "Howl Of The Fright Hound," Scooby is accused of attacks made by a roboting Great Dane and is locked up in an animal asylum. Shaggy is left miserable, and Velma tries to cheer him up with a "Relma Delma Doo!" that everyone thought was incredibly lame.
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* In ''{{The Spectacular Spider-Man}}'', Chameleon says, when imitating the hero, "[[SpiderSense My insect early warning sense is vibrating!]]"

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* In ''{{The Spectacular Spider-Man}}'', Chameleon says, when imitating the hero, "[[SpiderSense My insect early warning sense is vibrating!]]"vibrating!]]"
* In the ScoobyDooMysteryInc episode "howl Of The Fright Hound," Scooby is accused of attacks made by a roboting Great Dane and is locked up in an animal asylum. Shaggy is left miserable, and Velma tries to cheer him up with a "Relma Delma Doo!" that everyone thought was incredibly lame.
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** And when Rainier Wolfcastle attempts to play Radioactive Man, he turns the latter's "Up and atom!" into "Up and at them!"

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** And when Rainier Wolfcastle attempts to play Radioactive Man, he turns the latter's "Up and atom!" into "Up "[[ExactlyWhatIMeantToSay Up and at them!"them!]]"
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When other characters can't recognize an imposter in spite of the MangledCatchPhrase (or other details), see EasyImpersonation. Conversely, when the characters around know the imitated well and aren't holding the IdiotBall, this can be a convenient way to SpotTheImposter.

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When other characters can't recognize an imposter in spite of the MangledCatchPhrase (or other details), see EasyImpersonation. Conversely, when the characters around know the imitated well and aren't holding the IdiotBall, this can be a convenient way to SpotTheImposter.
SpotTheImposter. When they get it right, see BorrowedCatchPhrase.
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* In the first Ditto-centric episode of the [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Pokemon]] anime, Ash and his friends dress up as Team Rocket. To Rocket's frustration, they can't correctly recite Team Rocket's motto.

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* In the first Ditto-centric episode of the [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Pokemon]] ''[[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' anime, Ash and his friends dress up as Team Rocket. To Rocket's frustration, they can't correctly recite Team Rocket's motto.

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** Also in the 50th Strong Bad Email, when Strong Bad gets a phone call, distracting him from his goal of answering 50 emails in a row, and Homestar attempts to answer the emails like Strong Bad:
---> '''Homestar:''' "Dear Strong Bad, [[RunningGag how do you type with gloves on your hands?]]" Oh, even ''I'' know what to do with this one. BALEETED! Wha--? Oh. Umm... DELTEATED! No? Uhh... Del Taco?

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Other characters can also imitate catchphrases to mock others.



** Also in Pokemon, when Misty and Brock catch Pokemon they pointedly mock Ash's "I caught a...." pose

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** Also in Pokemon, when Misty and Brock catch Pokemon they pointedly mock Ash's "I caught a...." pose



* This is done multiple time on [[Yugioh The Abridged Series]], since there are so many catch phrases
** Bakura does 'impressions' of Yugi and Marik in "Marik's Evil Council #2" by saying their catch phrases ('super special awesome' and 'binky boy' respectively)
** Yami mocks Kaiba by saying he sounds like Brock from [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Pokemon]] and saying 'Screw the rules, I'm in love with Nurse Joy."

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* This is done multiple time on [[Yugioh The Abridged Series]], since there are so many catch phrases
** Bakura does 'impressions' of Yugi and Marik in "Marik's Evil Council #2" by saying their catch phrases ('super special awesome' and 'binky boy' respectively)
** Yami mocks Kaiba by saying he sounds like Brock from [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Pokemon]] and saying 'Screw the rules, I'm in love with Nurse Joy."

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Other characters can also imitate catchphrases to mock others.




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** Also in Pokemon, when Misty and Brock catch Pokemon they pointedly mock Ash's "I caught a...." pose




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* This is done multiple time on [[Yugioh The Abridged Series]], since there are so many catch phrases
** Bakura does 'impressions' of Yugi and Marik in "Marik's Evil Council #2" by saying their catch phrases ('super special awesome' and 'binky boy' respectively)
** Yami mocks Kaiba by saying he sounds like Brock from [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Pokemon]] and saying 'Screw the rules, I'm in love with Nurse Joy."
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