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* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. In the episode "Nanozim" Dib and Zim face off in a nanobot battle within Dib's body. Gaz walks by and sees Dib controlling his nanobot, and asks what game he's playing. Dib screams "This is no game, this is my life!". Gaz tells him to use the "quarter-circle-back" cheat to transform, which works, half subverting the trope.

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* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. In the episode "Nanozim" "Nanozim", Dib and Zim face off in a nanobot battle within Dib's body. Gaz walks by and sees Dib controlling his nanobot, and asks what game he's playing. Dib screams "This is no game, this is my life!". Gaz tells him to use the "quarter-circle-back" cheat to transform, which works, half subverting the trope.


* Said word-for-word in ''Film/{{Taken}} 2''.

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* %%* Said word-for-word in ''Film/{{Taken}} 2''.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', the titular supervillain's fights with Metro Man are more of an excuse to build cool robots and trade quips than anything else. When Megamind actually seems to ''win'', he creates a new superhero just so he'll have another sparring partner. When Megamind confronts Titan for not bothering to show up for their duel, he finds Titan has been playing a video game instead -- and has gone on a robbing spree! As Megamind proceeds to provoke Titan into fighting him, GAME OVER is displayed on the TV. Megamind then hits Titan's Berserk Button leading him to finally attack Megamind, but it quickly becomes clear that Titan has no regard for playing by the rules and intends to ''kill'' anyone who gets in his way.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', the titular supervillain's fights with Metro Man are more of an excuse to build cool robots and trade quips than anything else. When Megamind actually seems to ''win'', he creates a new superhero just so he'll have another sparring partner. When Megamind confronts Titan for not bothering to show up for their duel, he finds Titan has been playing a video game instead -- and has gone on a robbing spree! As Megamind proceeds to provoke Titan into fighting him, GAME OVER is displayed on the TV. Megamind then hits Titan's Berserk Button Button, leading him to finally attack Megamind, but it quickly becomes clear that Titan has no regard for playing by the rules and intends to ''kill'' anyone who gets in his way.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', the titular supervillain's fights with Metro Man are more of an excuse to build cool robots and trade quips than anything else. When Megamind actually seems to ''win'', he creates a new superhero just so he'll have another sparring partner. When Megamind confronts Titan for not bothering to show up for their duel, he finds Titan has been playing a video game instead--and has went on a robbing spree! As Megamind proceeds to provoke Titan into fighting him, GAME OVER is displayed on the TV. Megamind then hits Titan's Berserk Button leading him to finally attack Megamind, but it quickly becomes clear that Titan has no regard for playing by the rules and intends to ''kill'' anyone who gets in his way.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', the titular supervillain's fights with Metro Man are more of an excuse to build cool robots and trade quips than anything else. When Megamind actually seems to ''win'', he creates a new superhero just so he'll have another sparring partner. When Megamind confronts Titan for not bothering to show up for their duel, he finds Titan has been playing a video game instead--and instead -- and has went gone on a robbing spree! As Megamind proceeds to provoke Titan into fighting him, GAME OVER is displayed on the TV. Megamind then hits Titan's Berserk Button leading him to finally attack Megamind, but it quickly becomes clear that Titan has no regard for playing by the rules and intends to ''kill'' anyone who gets in his way.
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* A number of DC Comics fans relate "This isn't a game" immediately to Franchise/{{Batman}} and his various Robins, given how often this phrase is uttered between them (or from one Robin to another). Specifically, [[DeadSidekick Jason/Robin II]] is linked to the belief that it's a game; meanwhile, Steph/Robin IV yelled at Black Mask, before he beat her and started torturing her, that "this isn't a game!"

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* A number of DC Comics fans relate "This isn't a game" immediately to Franchise/{{Batman}} ComicBook/{{Batman}} and his various Robins, given how often this phrase is uttered between them (or from one Robin to another). Specifically, [[DeadSidekick Jason/Robin II]] is linked to the belief that it's a game; meanwhile, Steph/Robin IV yelled at Black Mask, before he beat her and started torturing her, that "this isn't a game!"



-->'''Casey:''' This is not an Xbox. You are not an [[Franchise/XMen X-Man]].

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-->'''Casey:''' This is not an Xbox. You are not an [[Franchise/XMen [[ComicBook/XMen X-Man]].
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-->'''Scotty:''' So, bottom line is this: what you do in terms of gaming in front of the screen is entirely different. You're going to find out [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome you have a lot of physical fatigue, you're gonna be sweating, you're gonna be nervous, you're gonna be shaking...]]\\

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-->'''Scotty:''' So, bottom line is this: what you do in terms of gaming in front of the screen is entirely different. You're going to find out [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome you have a lot of physical fatigue, you're gonna be sweating, you're gonna be nervous, you're gonna be shaking...]]\\\\
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*** In Chapter 2, a comedic example happens when Kazuichi ropes Hajime into his plan to crash the girls-only beach outing. When they're waiting at the diner, he tells Hajime to keep his eyes peeled for the girls.
---->'''Kazuichi''': This isn't a game!\\
'''Hajime''': ''(thinks)'' If it isn't a game, then what is it...?
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* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'': In "Little Tin God", the evil Immortal Gavriel Larca gets three inexperienced Immortals and orders them to kill Duncan [=MacLoud=]. When they attack him all at once, Duncan protests that ganging up is against the rules. One of them, Derek, scoffs and says, "Rules? This isn't a game." Ironically, the conflict between Immortals is officially called The Game and has rules.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JumanjiTheAnimatedSeries'': To hunter Van Pelt, who lives in Jumanji, Jumanji is ''not'' a game... and he gets ''very'' angry when Judy and Peter keep referring to it as a game in the first episode.

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