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->'''Mr. Farquhar:''' Well I'm not going to bandy words with an idiotic, jumped-up ''popinjay'' like you anymore. I ''demand'' to see the ''Chief'' of ''Police!''\\

->'''Mr. Farquhar:''' Well I'm not going to bandy words with an idiotic, jumped-up ''popinjay'' like you anymore. I ''demand'' to see the ''Chief'' of ''Police''!\\

* ''Series/SASRogueHeroes''. David Stirling tries to BavarianFireDrill his way into GHQ by carrying a crate of champagne in the guise of a gift from General Richie to General Auchinleck...until [[RightInFrontOfMe he tries this line on the real General Richie.]] Richie is about to call the guardhouse to have him detained, but fortunately some quick talking and Stirling's family connections convince him otherwise.

* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' {{Prequel}} spin-off novel ''LightNovel/AnotherNote'' when L asks Naomi Misora if Ryuuzaki was cool:

--> "It's on your guitar." (It's ''the'' Les Paul).

-->'''Kodoma''': I guess it's the hair. The only other redhead I know is that obnoxious friend of my little sister.\\
'''Asuka''': ''(thinking)'' Obnoxious?

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-->'''Devereaux:''' What's wrong, Lieutenant? Did I bruise your ego?
-->'''Blair:''' No, it's just that I'm not used to getting combat advice from a [[WrenchWench grease-monkey]].
-->'''Devereaux:''' ''[introducing herself]'' Commander Devereaux, Lieutenant. Your wing commander.

-->'''Daniel''': What kind of idiot kept this guy on the air for twenty-five years?
-->'''Lundy''': Me. ''[offering his hand]'' Jonathan Lundy.
-->'''Daniel''': Jonathan Lundy, General Manager, owner? ''[Lundy nods]'' I'm Daniel Hillard, [[GracefulLoser former employee]].
-->'''Lundy''': Maybe...

-->'''Sylvia:''' Ever hear of Clayton Forrester? He's top man in astro and nuclear physics. He knows all about meteors.
-->'''Man:''' You seem to know all about him.
-->'''Sylvia:''' [snip] They had Forrester on the cover of Time. You have to rate to get that.
-->'''Man:''' He isn't that good.
-->'''Sylvia:''' You don't even know him!
-->'''Man:''' I do know him, slightly.
-->'''Sylvia:''' What's he like?
-->'''Man:''' Well, he's like...[points to himself]
-->'''Sylvia:''' You don't look like yourself in that get-up, but I'm happy to meet you.

* ''Film/{{Water 1985}}''. GranolaGirl Pamela Weintraub bumps into Creator/MichaelCaine in a floral shirt packing up the Governor's house and asks him for advice on how she should greet the big man. "You know [[BritishStuffiness how tight-ass the British can be]]." On realising that Caine is the Governor, she burbles her apologies, though the Governor isn't too bothered as he's rather taken by her.
-->'''Pamela:''' Governor! ''({{gasp}})'' I thought you were the moving man!
-->'''Governor:''' Baxter Thwaites. [[SelfDeprecation I am that tight-ass]].

-->'''Seung-hwa''': I'm the Army Chief-of-Staff. Open the gate!
-->'''[=MP=] #1''': What's going on?
-->'''[=MP=] #2''': He's says he's the Army Chief-of-Staff.
-->'''[=MP=] #1''': Tell him to leave!
-->'''Seung-hwa''': Get the officer on duty over here!
-->'''[=MP=] #2''': Shit... He wants the officer on duty.
-->'''[=MP=] #1''': Tell him to fuck off!
-->'''[=MP=] #2''': Hear that?
-->'''Seung-hwa''': I'm dead serious!

-->'''Man:''' *turns to woman* This guy is a pompous fool.
-->'''Woman:''' Do you know who I am?
-->'''Man:''' No.
-->'''Woman:''' I am that pompous fool's wife.
-->'''Man:''' *in an imposing tone* Do you know who I am?!
-->'''Woman:''' N-no...
-->'''Man:''' That's a relief. *blends into crowd*

-->'''Man:''' I really made a fool out of myself before.
-->'''Woman:''' Is that so? How?
-->'''Man:''' You see that man over there? The one with that disgusting wart on his nose? I commented on how the woman standing by the door was the fattest I'd ever seen. Turned out it was his wife!
-->'''Woman:''' *coldly* Oh, really. What did dad say then?

-->'''Thrall''': I look forward to meeting this Aggra.
-->'''Aggra''': You already have.

--> '''Ning Yi:''' There is no one else in the world who knows him better than I do.

-->'''Sam''': Ms. O'Brian, I understand your feelings, but please believe me when I tell you that I am a nice guy having a bad day. I just found out the Times is publishing a poll that says that a considerable portion of Americans feel that the White House has lost energy and focus. A perception that is not likely to be altered by the video footage of the President riding his bicycle into a tree. As we speak, the Coast Guard are fishing Cubans out of the Atlantic Ocean, while the governor of Florida wants to blockade the port of Miami. A good friend of mine is about to get fired for going on television and making sense. And it turns out that I accidentally slept with a prostitute last night. Now, would you please in the name of compassion tell me which one of those kids is my boss's daughter?\\
'''Mallory''': That would be me.\\
'''Sam''': You.\\
'''Mallory''': Yes.\\
'''Sam''': Leo's daughter's first-grade class.\\
'''Mallory''': Yes.\\
'''Sam''': Well, this is bad on so many levels.

-->'''Widow:''' The new director has it in for him.
-->'''Jenny [[CaptainObvious (a.k.a. the new director)]]:''' He told you that?
-->'''Widow:''' Well, I've seen it before. When Parker was XO for one of the first female ship captains, the woman was a nightmare trying to prove herself.
-->''(Gibbs enters the room)''
-->'''Jenny:''' Special Agent Gibbs, I didn't know the new director was punishing you. She always seemed very fair to me.
-->'''Widow:''' Well you're a woman. She doesn't have anything to prove to you.
-->''[After the three of them talk, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy and Jenny overrides Gibbs]]]''
-->'''Widow:''' She isn't the new...
-->'''Gibbs:''' Uh huh.

-->'''Colonel O'Neill''': General, I'd like to talk to you about this mission upon which we are about to embark. Seems a bit... ridiculous doesn't it?\\
'''General Hammond''': Have you met General Ryan?\\
'''[[AsHimself General Ryan]]''': Hello, Colonel.\\
'''Colonel O'Neill''': THE General Ryan? Chief of Staff?\\
'''General Ryan''': That's right.\\
'''Colonel O'Neill''': And... what brings you to our little secret base, sir?\\
'''General Hammond''': That would be the "ridiculous mission" you just mentioned.

--> '''Sam:''' Who do these hooligans think they are?
--> '''Kermit:''' Um...well, ''that'' one thought he was Rudolf Nureyev...
--> '''Sam:''' [[FlatWhat ...What?]]
--> '''Kermit:''' In-in fact, that ''was'' Rudolf Nureyev.

-->'''Joey''': Isn't that a winky-dink of a coincidence? Jesse's old band was the Rippers.
-->'''Barry''': It couldn't be. I heard that they got rid of the old leader because he spent more time moussing his hair than playing his guitar.\\

'''Jesse''': You try keeping the hair this way with just gel. It doesn't work, man!
-->'''Barry''': *[[OhCrap realizing what he'd done]]* I'm sorry. I didn't realize that it ''was'' you.
* In the live action drama of ''Literature/TheKingsAvatar'', newcomer Qiu Fei meets who he believes to be a waiter at Excellent Era. He proceeds to brag and boost about his skills and knowledge of Glory and tells his new friend that he will soon be the new captain of Excellent Era and his friend could be his apprentice. He realizes later on that his new friend is actually Ye Xiu, captain of Excellent Era and also known as the Battle God of Glory and the Glory Textbook.

-->'''Cheyenne''': Mom, what did you say to make Barbra Jean cry?
-->'''Reba''': [[FeeFiFauxPas Barbra Jean?!]] [[OhCrap Oh, crap!]]

-->'''Boy 1''': Too bad... who is it?
-->'''Boy 2''': It's me.
-->'''Boy 1''': Oh, excuse me and congratulations.

-->'''Duke:''' Vpon mine honor thou ſhalt marrie her.
-->Thy ſlanders I forgiue, and therewithal
-->Remit thy other forfeits...

-->'''Jack:''' Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jack Robinson.
-->'''Sue:''' Oooh...
-->'''Jack:''' Juanita, my darling, at last I've found you!
-->'''Sue:''' OOOOOOOOOOHHH!!!

-->'''Courier:''' I'm the courier Benny shot.
-->'''Yes Man:''' Hahaha! I know that's not true, because you still have a head!
-->'''Courier:''' I'm serious.
-->'''Yes Man:''' Hahaha! [[OhCrap That's...not funny...you getting shot in the head]]. I really shouldn't have taken so much pride in how I set that up, huh? ...I feel really bad right now.

-->'''[=DeMarco=]:''' Paul [=DeMarco=]. I lead Fireteam Majestic.
-->'''Palmer:''' ''(with fake awe)'' Wow. A whole fireteam, huh?
-->'''[=DeMarco=]:''' I didn't... catch your name?
-->'''Palmer:''' Sarah Palmer. ''Commander'' Sarah Palmer. I lead ''all'' fireteams onboard ''Infinity''.
-->'''[=DeMarco=] (quickly stepping back in line, embarrassed):''' [[OhCrap Fireteam Majestic, commander on deck!]]

-->'''Zola''': And no-one has to ''die''.\\

'''Gil''': Except, of course, ''young Wulfenbach''.\\
'''Zola''': Well, ''duh''. We're not ''stupid''.

-->'''Rallo:''' Aw, and this fool is like "Gee, Donna, do you think this tinsel is a fire hazard?"
-->'''"Santa":''' ''(drunk)'' I'm sure that sounds nothing like him.
-->'''Rallo:''' Meanwhile, my real dad is out there putting his life on the line for justice. And you should see what my bozo stepdad calls a mustache.
-->'''"Santa":''' Aw, ''hell'' no! His mustache is cool! And your dad is ''not'' an undercover agent! Your dad is nothin' but a no-good, deadbeat loser who freelances at a car wash!
-->'''Rallo:''' What?
-->'''"Santa":''' YOUR DAD'S A BUM!

-->'''Andersen''': I have some bad experiences with Norwegians, I have to tell you that. I met one Norwegian poet in Copenhagen, and he was rude to me...
--> '''Collett''': So? Did you get his name?
--> '''Andersen''': I think he called himself Welhaven.
--> '''Collett''': Oh, but that is my former boyfriend!
--> '''Andersen''' (already trying to talk his way out of it): And then I came upon another Norwegian poet, and he was so intense he scared the daylights out of me...
--> '''Collett''': So? And did you get ''his'' name?
--> '''Andersen''': His name was Creator/HenrikWergeland.
--> '''Collett''' ([[CringeComedy seemingly having the time of her life]]): But that was my brother!
--> '''Andersen''' (flabbergasted, lost for words, leaves in a hurry).

->'''Mr. Farquhar''': Well I'm not going to bandy words with an idiotic, jumped-up ''popinjay'' like you anymore. I ''demand'' to see the ''Chief'' of ''Police''!\\
'''Chief of Police''': I ''am'' the Chief of Police.

** In ''Literature/FeetOfClay'' Mr. Catterail, a previously mentioned UpperClassTwit who writes angry letters to the Watch about how dwarves shouldn't be patrolling his street, complains about a golem that smashed a treadmill and wrote rebellious slogans on the wall. He has no idea that the watchman he's complaining to is actually Vimes, so he tries saying he's "a friend of your commander." This does not go well at ''all''.

* Inverted in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', where Goku is searching for the martial arts master King Kai and wrongly assumes twice that strangers he's met are the person he is looking for (one of whom is a woman).

* In ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'', when Virginia has to defend Wolf at his [[KangarooCourt trial]] and decides to make a [[UnconventionalCourtroomTactics desperate claim]] that the man at the festival wearing the wolf mask the night before is the real killer, the Judge tells her that role always goes to "an unimpeachable member of our society." Not seeing the warning signs, Virginia really warms up to her accusation, calling the mask-wearer all sorts of nasty names--only to be told by the Judge that ''he'' was the one wearing the mask.

* In Robert Morley's ''Second Book of Bricks'' (a charity book in which famous people recount their most embarrassing foot-in-mouth moments) Creator/MichaelBentine describes being at an audition, and commenting to the man beside him how dreadful the singer on stage was, only to be told "That's my wife." Bentine attempted a VerbalBackspace by saying he didn't mean the ''singing'' was bad, just that it was an awful song. This got the reply "I wrote it."

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* In ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'', when Virginia has to defend Wolf at his [[KangarooCourt trial]] and decides to make a [[CourtroomAntic desperate claim]] that the man at the festival wearing the wolf mask the night before is the real killer, the Judge tells her that role always goes to "an unimpeachable member of our society." Not seeing the warning signs, Virginia really warms up to her accusation, calling the mask-wearer all sorts of nasty names--only to be told by the Judge that ''he'' was the one wearing the mask.

->'''Mr. Farquhar''': Well I'm not going to bandy words with an idiotic, jumped-up ''popinjay'' like you anymore. I ''demand'' to see the ''Chief'' of ''Police''!
->'''Chief of Police''': I ''am'' the Chief of Police.

'''Zor-El:''' (whispering to Allura) The child doesn't know she's talking to Supergirl herself!

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-->-- ''Film/CarryOnAbroad''.

-->'''"Santa":''' [[BerserkButton Aw,]] ''[[BerserkButton hell]]'' [[BerserkButton no!]] [[ButHeSoundsHandsome His mustache is cool!]] And your dad is ''not'' an undercover agent! Your dad is nothin' but a no-good, deadbeat loser who freelances at a car wash!

-->-- '''Stuart Farquhar''' and the '''Chief of Police''', ''Film/CarryOnAbroad''.

-->-- '''Stuart Farquhar''' and the '''Chief of Police'''.

-->'''Bugs;''' (''to us'') I can't figure it out back there. I'm going along at a good clip. Didn't see him pass me...then bingo. There he was in front of me. (''a Cecil brother appears'')\\

'''Bugs:''' i tell ya, it just don't make sense...I...(''does take'') huh??!

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Bugs Bunny's initial race against Cecil Turtle starts dubiously as Cecil plants his lookalike brothers along the race course. Bugs naturally doesn't know that until he passes one:

* ''Film/KingRalph'': When Ralph comes back to her dressing room Miranda is not too impressed by Ralph and it's only later when she sees him on a TV newscast that she realizes she met the new King.

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E06TheImpossibleBox The Impossible Box]]", while talking to her friend Emmy over subspace, Raffi drops some casual insults regarding Picard who's sitting just off to the side out of viewscreen range.
-->'''Raffi''': You know Picard. Every part of that guy that's not ego is rampaging id.\\
''(Picard raises both his eyebrows in surprise)''