History Main / OhTheHumanity

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' does it in "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_the_Beauty_Queen Lisa the Beauty Queen]]", when the Duff Beer blimp crashes Kent Brockman mutters "Oh, the humanity... anyway..." and carries on talking as if nothing had happened.

* The TropeMaker: Famously spoken by Herbert Morrison, a WLS Radio announcer witnessing UsefulNotes/TheHindenburg disaster ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA warning, extremely sobering moment]]).

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* The TropeMaker: Famously spoken by Herbert Morrison, a WLS Radio announcer witnessing UsefulNotes/TheHindenburg disaster ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA warning, extremely sobering moment]]).
** Also possibly a {{Mondegreen}}: it's entirely possible he ''really'' said "''All'' the humanities, all the passengers."
** And before you start snickering, the recorder was running slow that day, making him sound like a chipmunk. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUVDmXvXcbk&feature=related This is what he actually sounded like.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Fc8kIyMCo&feature=related And this is what he saw.]]
** Morrison and his assistant Charlie Nehlsen were making an experimental audio recording, not a newsreel. It was played on WLS that night and on the NBC Radio Network the following day, but not dubbed onto newsreel footage until some time later. Today, the discs reside in the National Archives.
** Also, Morrison was not fired. In fact he was commended for being a heroic IntrepidReporter. He left WLS for a higher-paying job at WOR in New York the following year.
*** Isn't it weird that a quote from a very terrifying, traumatic event in which dozens died has become a comedic pop-culture RunningGag?
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StockPhrase for whenever someone sees something particularly horrible. So horrible, in fact, that you just can't help but shout your horror to the heavens. Originated in 1937, when reporter Herbert Morrison witnessed the ''{{Hindenburg}}'' disaster first-hand. Morrison kept reporting, though he was clearly horrified, and, overcome, exclaimed "Oh! The humanity!" ("Humanity" was apparently a term Morrison frequently used to describe any large group of people; in context, immediately prior to the disaster, he'd used the word to refer to the "mass of humanity" awaiting the blimp's arrival, and was expressing concern that they could be injured rather than appealing to humanity as an abstract concept.)

* The narration of the first Martian attack in the famous Orson Welles/Mercury Theater broadcast of ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' was based directly on the {{Hindenburg}} broadcast, including the famous "Oh the humanity". This verisimilitude may have been one reason why some people found it so convincing and panicked. Reportedly the actor listened to the original several times in order to get into character.

* The TropeMaker: Famously spoken by Herbert Morrison, a WLS Radio announcer witnessing the ''{{Hindenburg}}'' disaster ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA warning, extremely sobering moment]]).

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' (or possibly its SpinOff IAmWeasel) the Red Guy is playing with toy cars. He has a fuel truck crash into a regular car (complete with explosion and fire) and yells the phrase.

* Directly parodied by the "Who Cares Hindenburg" on ''LateNight with Jimmy Fallon''. After bringing up some useless news stories, usually celebrity gossip, Jimmy Fallon declares that all those stories are going into the "Who Cares Hindenburg". Then we see StockFootage of the Hindenburg exploding while an announcer sarcastically mourns the loss of all those stories, ending with "Oh, the humanity! WHO CARES?!"

** In "500 Keys" Chief Wiggum in a low speed blimp chase shouts "Oh the Zumanity!" after crashing into a ''[[Creator/CirqueDuSoleil Zumanity]]'' billboard.

* ''Series/TheDailyShow'' used a variation when a scandal was busted by JimmyCarter 's grandson: "Oh, the Habitat for Humanity!"

* ''GuiltyParty'' features a manatee named Hugh. At one point, he [[ItMakesSenseInContext rescues the heroes from an exploding zeppelin.]] "OH, HUGH THE MANATEE!"

* In ''Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom'' if Spongebob is hit by an attack during a boss battle:

StockPhrase for whenever someone sees something particularly horrible. So horrible, in fact, that you just can't help but shout your horror to the heavens. Originated in 1937, when reporter Herbert Morrison witnessed the ''{{Hindenburg}}'' disaster first-hand. Morrison kept reporting, though he was clearly horrified, and, overcome, exclaimed "Oh! The humanity!" ("Humanity" was apparently a term Morrison frequently used to describe any large group of people; in context, immediately prior to the disaster, he'd used the word to refer to the "mass of humanity" awaiting the blimp's arrival, and was expressing concern that they could be injured.)

StockPhrase for whenever someone sees something particularly horrible. So horrible, in fact, that you just can't help but shout your horror to the heavens. Originated in 1937, when reporter Herbert Morrison witnessed the ''{{Hindenburg}}'' disaster first-hand. Morrison kept reporting, though he was clearly horrified, and, overcome, exclaimed "Oh! The humanity!" ("Humanity" was apparently a term Morrison frequently used to describe any large group of people.)

** In "500 Keys" Chief Wiggum in a low speed blimp chase shouts "Oh the Zoo Manity!" after crashing into a Zoo Manity billboard.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', this is Sergeant Hatred's reaction when the Monarch's cocoon, which he already, accidentaly, set on fire, crashes and explodes in a huge fireball.

* In TheVentureBrothers, this is Sergeant Hatred's reaction when the Monarch's cocoon, which he already, accidentaly, set on fire, crashes and explodes in a huge fireball.

* The TropeMaker: Famously spoken by Herbert Morrison, a newsreel announcer witnessing the ''{{Hindenburg}}'' disaster ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA warning, extremely sobering moment]]).
** Also possibly a {{Mondegreen}}: it's entirely possible he ''really'' said "''All'' the humanity and all the passengers."
** And before you start snickering, the recorder was running slow that day, making him sound like a chip-munk. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUVDmXvXcbk&feature=related This is what he actually sounded like.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Fc8kIyMCo&feature=related And this is what he saw.]]

* The TropeMaker: Famously spoken by Herbert Morrison, a newsreel announcer witnessing the ''UsefulNotes/{{Hindenburg}}'' disaster ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA warning, extremely sobering moment]]).

* The last issue of ArchieComics' [[ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Sonic Mini-series]] (the four comics printed before the main series began), Sonic (disguised as a Roboticized version of himself) inputs the wrong coordinates for Robotnik's missile, causing it to strike his Buzzbomber factory. The Buzzbomber that was with Robotnik cries "Oh, the inhumanity!"

* A RunningGag line in ''{{Heathers}}'' (mostly by one of the cops).

* TheDailyShow used a variation when a scandal was busted by JimmyCarter 's grandson: "Oh, the Habitat for Humanity!"

* The narration of the first Martian attack in the famous Orson Welles/Mercury Theater broadcast of ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'' was based directly on the {{Hindenburg}} broadcast, including the famous "Oh the humanity". This verisimilitude may have been one reason why some people found it so convincing and panicked. Reportedly the actor listened to the original several times in order to get into character.

* The TropeMaker: Famously spoken by Herbert Morrison, a newsreel announcer witnessing the ''{{Hindenburg}}'' disaster ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA warning, extremely sobering moment]]).

** Fish Head: OOH! THE HUMANNITY! or should I say...THE FISHANITY!

* ''{{Homestuck}}'':

* Parodied in ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', where XR utters "Oh, the Technology!" upon seeing a mutilated robot.

* In ''{{Futurama}},'' when the Professor thinks Amy and Bender have died:

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Mondegreen Oh, the huge manatee!!]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Mondegreen Oh, the huge manatee!!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Mondegreen Oh, the huge manatee!!]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[MonDegreen Oh, the huge manatee!!]]]]