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* ''Film/MyFellowAmeeicans'': When comparing their political achievements, Kramer points out that he was named Time Magazine's Man of the Year. Douglas quickly points out the Hitler also recieved that title. Kramer retorts the he, unlike Hitler, was named Man of the Year ''twice''.

'''Peter:''' Well, so is [[Creator/FoxNews Tucker Carlson]], [[CompanyCrossReferences but we still say hi to him]] [[AnimatedActors at the company picnic!]]

->"Nothing can possibly go wrong. We're in love!"
->"So were Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet."

!!Examples

* In the ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' SpinOff series ''ComicBook/TheSimpingDetective'', Jack Point lights up a cigar in Sector Chief Daveez's office and makes it clear that he knows Daveez played a significant role in a criminal case he was investigating and covered it up. Daveez responds by grabbing Point by his jacket lapels and threatening him to drop the case, the exchange ends,
-->'''Daveez:''' ...And smoking's still illegal, creep.\\
'''Jack:''' ''(points to the martini glass on his desk)'' Yeah. Heh, so's alcohol.

* In ''Film/{{Stripes}}'', when thinking of how to rescue their platoon from Czech soldiers:
-->'''Russell Ziskey:''' Do the words "Act of war" mean anything to you?\\
'''John Winger:''' I have a plan.\\
'''Russell:''' Great. Custer had a plan, too.
* ''Film/{{Dogma}}'':
-->'''The Metatron:''' I am to charge you with [[TheQuest a holy crusade]].\\
'''Bethany Sloan:''' For the record, I work in an abortion clinic.\\
'''The Metatron:''' Noah was a drunk, and look what'' he ''accomplished -- and no one's asking you to build an ark!

* Inverted in ''Film/HardCandy'', when Jeff says that being outed as a pedophile would ruin his life.
-->'''Hayley:''' Didn't Creator/RomanPolanski just win an Oscar?

* From Creator/MichaelStackpole's "Wolf and Raven":
--> A footnote written by Wolf: "Sure, the Beretta Viper 14 is old. So's gravity, but it still works."

* The Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Literature/MakingMoney'' makes this point regarding one of the Igors' "restorative concoctions."
-->'''Moist von Lipwig:''' Ah yes, Splot... It contained herbs and all natural ingredients. But belladonna was a herb and arsenic was natural.
* From ''Lost In A Good Book'', the second ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' novel:

* ''Literature/TheKrakenWakes'': Two reporters are discussing a brilliant but somewhat eccentric oceanographer who is claiming that the mysterious fireballs falling from the sky over the deepest parts of the ocean, the discolouration of certain currents from a spike in sediment levels and the disappearance of several bathyscapes is a result of AlienInvasion. [[spoiler: It is, by the way.]] One of them points out that however crazy the idea sounds, the man does have an explanation for more of these inexplicable events that are equally inexplicably happening simultaneously than anyone else. His colleague has the following response:
--> "So, undoubtedly, would Jules Verne."
* ''Literature/{{Holes}}'': In the backstory, Madame Zeroni advised Elya Yelnats not to court Myra Menke, stating that [[BrainlessBeauty her head was "as empty as a flowerpot"]]. When Elya protests that she's beautiful, Zeroni retorts "so is a flowerpot".

* In ''Series/{{Monk}}'', on the episode "Mr. Monk Takes the Stand," the D.A. worries Evan Gildea will walk because of his lawyer Harrison Powell:
-->'''D.A. Charles Friedken:''' Well, nobody's sleeping today. Harrison Powell is the Prince of Darkness, so be careful up there. Don't volunteer anything. If you don't remember something, just say you don't remember.
-->'''Natalie Teeger:''' But he's guilty, right?\\
'''D.A. Charles Friedken:''' So was O.J.
* From ''Series/{{Lost}}'':
-->'''Hurley:''' Do not open that! There's dynamite and it's mega-unstable. \\
'''Richard:''' I know that.\\
'''Hurley:''' Well, so did Dr. Arzt. And I was wiping him out of my shirt two days later.

* ''Series/DoctorWho''"
** "Robot":
--->'''The Doctor:''' Never cared much for the word "impregnable." Sounds a bit too much like "unsinkable."\\
'''Harry:''' What's wrong with "unsinkable"?\\
'''The Doctor:''' Nothing. As the iceberg said to the Titanic.\\
'''Harry:''' What?\\
'''The Doctor:''' Gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop.
** The same metaphor was revisited in the new series, "End of the World":
--->'''Jabe:''' This facility is purely automatic. It's the height of the Alpha Class. Nothing can go wrong.\\
'''The Doctor:''' Unsinkable?\\
'''Jabe:''' If you like. The nautical metaphor is appropriate.\\
'''The Doctor:''' You're telling me. I was on board another ship once they said that was unsinkable. I ended up clinging to an iceberg. It wasn't half cold.
* Paired with an unsavoury family revelation in the second season of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'':
-->'''Blackadder:''' You're fired.\\
'''Baldrick:''' But my lord, I've been in your family since 1532!\\
'''Blackadder:''' So has syphilis. Now get out!
* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', episode "It's Always Nazi Week":
-->'''Alan:''' Let's just give it a chance. See how it works.\\
'''Charlie:''' That's what Poland said about the Germans.\\
'''Alan:''' Been watching the History Channel again?\\
'''Charlie:''' It's Nazi Week.\\
'''Alan:''' [[TitleDrop It's always Nazi Week]].
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' has an example. Having caught [[ImAHumanitarian a man who hunts humans for food.]] and recovered his [[CannibalLarder stash]], The team still has trouble locating Tracy Lambert, whom he is believed to have abducted. At this point, there had been entire search parties organized to locate her but each one turned up fruitless. They bring in a pastor who knows the suspect and was actively trying to locate Tracy. The pastor tells him that God is in everyone, an assertion at which the murderer smiles and says: [[WhamLine "So is Tracy Lambert."]] right then the pastor remembers that the suspect had been serving homemade food at the search party organized by the church. Cue HeroicBSOD and NoHoldsBarredBeatdown delivered at the hands of the pastor. Luckily([[AssholeVictim or unfortunately]]) the detectives enter and stop him.

* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': In her route, Lavinia eventually admits to her deep-seated fear that she'l never be able to find a romantic partner because she's [[spoiler:half-Indian]]. Sara then reveals this was also the case of her mother, only for Lavinia to bring up the fact that Sara's mother was [[spoiler:French]], which contradicts the new reveal about her in her eyes. Sara then points out that [[spoiler:Mariette, her clearly mixed-race maid, is French]] also.

* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'': The review of [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 the 2013 Tomb Raider]] referred to Lara Croft's character development in the form of [[TheChewToy repeatedly bullying her]] with this line:
--> "So you can kill a man and take a machete like a champ. A concrete block can do that, but you can't kick one out the back of a moving truck and call that a character arc!"
* From ''WebVideo/TheTourettesGuy'':
-->'''Man:''' The strongest, biggest creatures on Earth are vegetarians.\\
'''Danny's Dad:''' Yeah, like the brontosaurus, [[ColonyDrop and look what happened to that asshole]].

--> "Some of you Creator/JakePaul fans are watching this going, 'We're people too!'. Well, you know who else were people? [[spoiler:The KKK.]]"

-->'''Brian:''' We can’t leave a symbol like that in the town square. Pawtucket Pat was a horrible racist!
-->'''Peter:''' Well, so is [[Creator/FoxNews Tucker Carlson]], [[CompanyCrossReferences but we still say hi to him]] [[AnimatedActors at the company picnic!]]

-->'''Professor:''' It has motorized sensors attached to motion detectors.
-->'''Bender:''' So does my butt, but I don't frame it and put it on the wall! ''(beat)'' Although...

--->'''Lu:''' It's what princesses do.
--->'''Mike:''' You and those guys in tollbooths. Except ''they're'' useful.

--->'''Mike:''' He's just delivering the mail! He'll be gone before you know it!
--->'''Lu:''' Oh, sure. That's what they said about ''you''.

-->'''Bart:''' Grampa, Matlock's not real.
-->'''Grampa:''' Neither are my teeth. But I can still eat corn-on-the-cob if someone cuts it off and smushes it into a fine paste. Now that's good eatin'!

* ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Robot":
-->'''The Doctor:''' Never cared much for the word "impregnable." Sounds a bit too much like "unsinkable."\\

* ''WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow'' has a rather dark subversion of this in the fifth season [[https://youtu.be/anA8wdJpbYU episode.]]

--> "Some of you [[Jake Paul]] fans are watching this going, 'We're people too!'. Well, you know who else were people? [[spoiler:The KKK.]]"

--->''Heroin'' is natural. ''Nicotine'' is natural. ''A pack of wild wolves'' is natural! ''Natural doesn't mean safe!''

** In "Yo, Ho, Who?", when Mike asks Lu to accompany her to find pirate treasure, but Lu insists on sitting on her throne.-

* The Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Discworld/MakingMoney'' makes this point regarding one of the Igors' "restorative concotions."

See also AppealToObscurity and YouKnowWhoSaidThat.

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' has an example. Having caught [[ImAHumanitarian a man who hunts humans for food.]] and recovered his [[CannibalLarder stash]], The team still has trouble locating Tracy Lambert, whom he is believed to have abducted. At this point, there had been entire search parties organized to locate her but each one turned up fruitless. They bring in a pastor who knows the suspect and was actively trying to locate Tracy. The pastor tells him that God is in everyone, an assertion at which the murderer smiles and says: [[WhamLine "So is Tracy Lambert."]] right then the pastor remembers that the suspect had been serving homemade food at the search party organized by the church. Cue HeroicBSOD and NoHoldsBarredBeatdown delivered at the hands of the pastor. Luckily([[JerkVictim or unfortunately]]) the detectives enter and stop him.

* ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'': In "Yo, Ho, Who?", when Mike asks Lu to accompany her to find pirate treasure, but Lu insists on sitting on her throne.
-->'''Lu:''' It's what princesses do.
-->'''Mike:''' You and those guys in tollbooths. Except ''they're'' useful.

-->'''Bender:''' So does my butt, but I don't frame it and put it on the wall! ''Although...''

** In "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic", [=SpongeBob=] fanboy over Kevin the sea cucumber, a famous jellyfish hunter. Kevin spends the episode abusing [=SpongeBob=]'s naivete, eventually chasing and cornering him above a trench in a giant robotic jellyfish before revealing himself. When Spongebob tells him he's his biggest fan, Kevin points to the bottom of the trench and says "So were they".

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has [=SpongeBob=] fanboy over Kevin the sea cucumber, a famous jellyfish hunter. Kevin spends the episode abusing [=SpongeBob=]'s naivete, chasing him and cornering him above a trench in a robotic jellyfish before revealing himself. When Spongebob tells him he's his biggest fan, Kevin points to the bottom of the trench and says "So were they".
-->'''Guy in trench:''' Hey, look, everybody! Kevin's back!

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A StockPhrase that uses an analogy to make a point. Someone has tried to make a point about something; in response, someone points out something obvious that contradicts it in this fashion: