History Main / MangledCatchPhrase

* 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!"

* In ''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.

** 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:

** [[SpeechImpediment Coach]] [[UnexplainedAccent Z]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXdv_BJBvew attempt at "Deleted"]] goes about as well as might be expected. Even the computer's buzzer ends up distorted and mangled by the result.

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star Is Burns]]", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5gvsAB9upc

* This one was probably deliberate, but the Monkeyspank virus of ''CaptainSNES'' came up with his own vision of retooling the comic to avoid copyright violations, ending with the catch phrase "Honeyed Kwanzaa, it's idiotically new!", twisting Alex's usual "Sweet Christmas, that's stupid fresh!"

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* ''RedEyeWithGregGutfeld'' puts an interesting twist on this with the Fox News' motto "We Report, You Decide" for certain stories. For instance, a story about Matthew [=McConaughey=] during 2008 was teased with "What does Matthew [=McConaughey=] think about the Bejing Olympics? We report, he throws up all over his flip-flops."

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'''Bumblebee Man:''' Excel''lien''te!\\

* In RedVsBlue, Caboose tries to copy Tucker's catchphrase ([[BowChickaWowWow Bow Chicka Bow Wow]]), but fails miserably.

* You think he'd know better, but Brain of ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' tries to trick the Earth, recently brought to life and angry with Brain (long story), by pretending to be Pinky. He spouts several of Pinky's {{Verbal Tic}}s... but accidentally slips in a word Pinky does not say ("Boink!"), which is what reveals him as an impostor.

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

* In ''{{The Spectacular Spider-Man}}'', Chameleon says, when imitating the hero, "[[SpiderSense My insect early warning sense is vibrating!]]"

* In ''FinalFantasyVII'', several main characters attempt to pre-empt Barret's catch phrase, "There ain't no getting offa this train we're on." One character renders it "The train we're on don't make no stops!"

* In the English Dub of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', the copycat duelist Dmitri does this to Jaden, along with a bit of a CostumeCopycat and presumably, a rip-off deck (though we never see it).

'''[[PoorMansSubstitute Senor Spielbergo]]:''' Es muy bueno.

'''Mr. Burns:''' Next!\\

* 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.)

* In the ''WesternAnimetion/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' episode "Howl Of The Fright Hound," Scooby is accused of attacks made by a 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.

* In the English Dub of ''Anime/YuGiOhGx'', the copycat duellist Dmitri does this to Jaden, along with a bit of a CostumeCopycat and presumably, a rip-off deck (though we never see it).

* ''RedEyeWithGregGutfeld'' puts an interesting twist on this with the Fox News' motto "We Report, You Decide" for certain stories. For instance, a story about Matthew McConaughey during 2008 was teased with "What does Matthew McConaughey think about the Bejing Olympics? We report, he throws up all over his flip-flops."

* In one episode of ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', Buzz ends up in what he believes to be the future, complete with a statue of himself that says "To infinity and even further!" This was deliberate, as [[AVillainNamedZrg Zurg]] was {{invok|edTrope}}ing the FutureImperfect trope.

* In the ScoobyDooMysteryInc episode "Howl Of The Fright Hound," Scooby is accused of attacks made by a 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.
* 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!"

* In one episode of ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', Buzz ends up in what he believes to be the future, complete with a statue of himself that says "To infinity and even further!" This was deliberate, as Zerg was {{invok|edTrope}}ing the FutureImperfect trope.

* In the English Dub of ''YuGiOhGx'', the copycat duellist Dmitri does this to Jaden, along with a bit of a CostumeCopycat and presumably, a rip-off deck (though we never see it).

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* You think he'd know better, but Brain of ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' tries to trick the Earth, recently brought to life and angry with Brain (long story), by pretending to be Pinky. He spouts several of Pinky's [[VerbalTic Verbal Tics]]... but accidentally slips in a word Pinky does not say, which is what reveals him as an impostor.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star is Burns]]", Burns holds auditions for an actor to play him in an upcoming movie. As you can see in the quote at the top of the page, no one can correctly render his trademark "Excellent", but Homer gets it worst of all.

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

* In one episode of ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', Buzz ends up in what he believes to be the future, complete with a statue of himself that says "To infinity and even further!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns 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 the English Dub of YuGiOhGx, the copycat duellist Dmitri does this to Jaden, along with a bit of a CostumeCopycat and presumably, a rip-off deck (though we never see it).