History Main / MangledCatchPhrase

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', Stan attempts to sell Guybrush dolls that can't quite get the "second most giant monkey head" line down.

"Allo. MyNameIsInigoMontoya. You killed my lawyer." "Father." "''Whoever!'' PrepareToDie!"\\
"{{MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA}} MOTHERFUCKERS!"\\
"Hello. MyNameIsInigoMontoya. You killed my hamster." "Father." "That's not even a person!" *door slam*\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', Chameleon says, when imitating the hero, "[[SpiderSense My insect early warning sense is vibrating!]]"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/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.

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

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. When they get it right, see BorrowedCatchPhrase. Not to be confused with SelfBotchedCatchPhrase and AlternateCatchphraseInflection, which is when the normal speaker screws up his own phrase, for various reasons.

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. When they get it right, see BorrowedCatchPhrase. Not to be confused with SelfBotchedCatchPhrase, which is when the normal speaker screws up his own phrase, for various reasons.

** And when Rainier Wolfcastle attempts to play Radioactive Man, he turns the latter's "Up and atom!" into "[[ExactlyWhatIMeantToSay Up and at them!]]"

** Averted in another episode involving an Evil Buzz from an Alternate Universe, who actually uses Buzz's signature catch phrase with an evil twist.

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* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler manages to mangle ''his own'' catch phrase in ''Discworld/NightWatch'' after Vimes travels 33 years into the past and inadvertently teaches it to him.
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* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Almost People", the Doctor takes this UpToEleven by managing to mangle ''two of his own catch phrases at once''. ItMakesSenseInContext.
-->''I reversed the [[TrademarkFavoriteFood jelly baby]] of the neutron flow!''

--> '''"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.]]

---> '''Strong Bad:''' "Let's hear your best "Stiny, get me a danish!""
---> '''Crack Stuntman:''' "Shiny, throw me that donut!"

-->'''Caboose:''' Hey chicka bum bum.
-->'''Tucker:''' Caboose, what did I tell you about that!?

-->'''Carolina:''' Bow-chika-bow... what? That's the joke, right?
-->'''Tucker:''' Did she just say my thing? ...I feel violated.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow Atom Ant]] 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!"
* Dick Dastardly mangles ''his'' "Drat! Drat and double drat!" in the [[WesternAnimation/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!"

'''[[SilenceOfTheLambs Anthony Hopkins]]:''' Excellent... hisssss!\\

** In another episode, Mr. Burns hires Michael Caine to impersonate Homer. Homer's usual "D'oh!" is instead said as "B'oh!"
*** After Burns berates his actor, he tries again and this time comes up with "Dah-oh".

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/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.
** This kept up throughout the episode with varying statements like "To infinity and back again!"

* The outro of ''WebVideo/StephenVlog'' is supposed to be [[SigningOffCatchphrase "Let's meet back tomorrow, shall we?"]], but whenever Stephen lets someone else do it, they invariably miss a few words. "Let's meet back 'here'tomorrow, shall we" is particularly common.

'''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries William Shatner]]:''' Exc! Ell! Ent!\\

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. When they get it right, see BorrowedCatchPhrase. Not to be confused with SelfBothcedCatchPhrase, which is when the normal speaker screws up his own phrase, for various reasons.

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. When they get it right, see BorrowedCatchPhrase.

* In ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', Creator/AngryJoe cosplays as [[Film/ThePrincessBride Inigo Montoya]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vXXj15jvrI but just never gets]] the four-sentence CatchPhrase right.

--> '''Carl:''' Hi, mon! Heeeey, Chan! Just getting a soda.\\

* In ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', 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 simply passively refer to the "leading man" in the third person, generally not stating who the leading man is or what he leads. Pseudo-Vaan...

--> "Allo. My name, is not Joe. It is, Inigo Montoya. You killed my brother." "Father." "Father. PrepareToDie."\\
"Allo. My NameIsInigoMontoya. You killed my mother." "Father." "''Somebody!'' PrepareToDie."\\
"Allo. My NameIsInigoMontoya. You killed my lawyer." "Father." "''Whoever!'' PrepareToDie."\\
"MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA MOTHERFUCKERS!"\\

"Allo. My name is Amigo Toyota!" "..." "Whatever, YouKilledMyFather, PrepareToDie!"

* In ''TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', Stan attempts to sell Guybrush dolls that can't quite get the "second most giant monkey head" line down.