History Main / Understatement

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': [[https://garfield.com/comic/2011/12/06 Garfield describes the "Santa's Elves Versus Godzilla" battle]] as [[CurbStompBattle "just a little lopsided".]]

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

* One episode of WebVideo/OutsideXbox's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign has Egbert, ''ThePaladin'', awkwardly describe the whole thing in the previous episode where they burned down a town as "Not our finest moment."

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'': In response to Monstro's '''''gigantic''''' sneeze...

** Early on, when the Blue Fairy explains the reason why Pinocchio’s nose grew, because he perhaps he wasn’t telling the truth:

-->'''Cobb:''' We gonna do this in front of the kid?\\

* Chapter 9 of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' provides one which ends up crossing series lines when Din Djarin and Cobb Vanth nearly get into a shootout in front of Grogu.

** Chapter 13 then reveals that Grogu was at the Jedi Temple when [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Order]] [[ThePurge 66]] occurred, meaning that he most likely watched Jedi being killed by Clone Troopers. Chapter 6 of ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' confirms this when Luke Skywalker unlocks Grogu's memories and sees the little guy watching terrified as three Jedi are gunned down. Djarin had no idea how right he was when he said that Grogu has "seen worse" than a one-on-one gunfight.

* ''Series/TheChasersWarOnEverything'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8cN2pB3MCE on The Westboro Baptist Church]], following a short clip from a viciously and scatologically homophobic sermon by Westboro Baptist Church leader Fred Phelps, which was delivered three days after September 11th.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': A worker at a nuclear power plant accidentally wipes his mouth off with a contaminated napkin, causing [[ILoveNuclearPower tentacles to sprout from his face]]. His response? "Hm. Well, that's no good."

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue Revelation'': "[[spoiler:Agent Tex]] is a bit of a badass." This was said during [[CurbStompBattle an epic beatdown]] being delivered by the aforementioned person to Red Team [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Tucker]].

* In ''{{Film/Gladiator}}'', the Emperor says of his son, "Commodus is not a moral man." Even he had ''no idea''.

* The exchange between BigBad Yzma and her DumbMuscle Kronk in ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' when the "poison" (actually [[UnfortunateItemSwap a potion]]) they administer to the [[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic]] Prince Kuzco doesn't quite kill him but instead [[BalefulPolymorph turns him into a llama]].

* Early in ''Literature/TheHitchhimersGuideToTheGalaxy'', upon being told that Earth has been destroyed and he can't go home again, Arthur Dent says "Look, I'm a bit upset about that".

--> '''Rewind''': This is turning into a very odd day.

---->"Tickled."

---->'''Farmer''': "Had a rough night?"\\
'''Wolverine''': "You could say that."

--->'''Raven''': Well, you've been busy.\\
'''Scott''': We had a... little help.
* In ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', after [[spoiler: Grace Augustine]] is shot: "This is gonna ruin my whole day."

* From ''Film/{{A New Hope}}'':
-->'''Threepio:''' Master Luke, sir! Pardon me for asking... but, ah... what should Artoo and I do if we're discovered here?
-->'''Luke:''' Lock the door!
-->'''Han:''' And hope they don't have blasters.
-->'''Threepio:''' That isn't very reassuring.
* In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', Jar-Jar warns Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to not expect a warm welcome from the Gungans. Little did he know that ''before'' they had to deal with Trade Federation droids in the swamps of Naboo, they also had to deal with, among other things, attempted murder by ship explosion, poison gas, and armies of battle droids and droidekas.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' Oh, don't worry, this hasn't been our day for warm welcomes.
* Anakin Skywalker in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', just after the atmospheric entry tore off the bigger part of the ''Invisible Hand'' (the ship he happens to be flying): "We lost something." This was immediately {{lampshade|Hanging}}d with Obi-Wan's reply: "Not to worry, we are still flying ''half'' a ship."
** And before that, Anakin is in a turboshaft above a hundred-meter drop, an unconscious Obi-Wan slung over his shoulder and Palpatine hanging on to him for dear life. When Obi-Wan comes to, Anakin warns him that they're "in a bit of a situation."

* In ''{{Film/Zoolander}}'', the title character is confronted by Matilda about his mysterious week-long absence, to which he doesn't believe. Then he checks his messages...
-->'''Answering Machine''': You have twelve ''hundred'' new messages.\\
'''Zoolander''': That is a bit above average...

-->'''Forrest:''' *narrating* A few years later, that angry little man at the schoolhouse door thought it would be a good idea to run for President.\\
* cut to footage of Governor Wallace being shot*\\

--> '''Harry''': Huh. I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than ''this''.\\
[''later'']\\
'''Lloyd''': So we backtracked a tad.

--> '''Zhou Yu''': "You are knowledgeable in the art of war?"\\
'''Zhuge Liang''': "Just a little."

* ''Film/TheAssignment2016'': Frank's girlfriend notes that he looks different after his involuntary sex reassignment, but makes no further comment. This is putting it ''very'' mildly. It's a wonder she recognized him. Before he had a beard and larger nose, as the most obvious examples.
* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', after Sonic sets off an EMP that knocks out power for a good portion of the country, the government wants to do something about this blackout, and Vice Chairman Walters suggests sending in a "lab rat with teeth" to handle it. They quickly realize that Walters means Dr. Robotnik, who quickly proves to be an absolute nutcase of a BigBad.

-->'''Mom''': It's okay. Your father and I were just having a ''little disagreement''.\\
'''Main Character''': [[LampshadeHanging Yeah, and Mount Everest]] [[DeadpanSnarker is a]] ''[[DeadpanSnarker hill]]''.

-->''The definition of “a little” varied from person to person, but [Endo] Aoto had shed enough tears that both he and [Kobayashi] Shihono knew he was lying. However, being the high school boy that he was, he simply couldn’t admit that.''

-->'''Adamist Officer''': I've always been a massive admirer of the Edenist ability to understate. But I think defining a chunk of land fifteen kilometers across that suddenly takes flight and wanders off into another dimension as a little problem is possibly the best example yet.\\
'''The Edenist''': I never said ''little''.

-->'''Sam Weller''': There's nothin' so refreshen' as sleep, sir, as the servant girl said afore she drank the egg-cupful of laudanum.\\
'''Sam Weller''': Wery sorry to 'casion any personal inconwenience, ma'am, as the housebreaker said to the old lady when he put her on the fire.

-->'''Larry''': That guy... he's kind of a dick.

-->'''David Banner''': Mr. [=McGee=], don't make me angry. YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry.

--> '''The Shadow''': What's going on here?!
--> '''Brutus''': The villains are having a ''little'' trouble getting along...
--> ''[cue a laser beam aimed at a villain nearly missing them and hitting a bowl, which falls on the floor]''
--> '''The Shadow''': A ''little?!''

-->'''Dr. K''': Gem and Gemma have confronted me with the possibility that in an effort to protect myself from future emotional trauma, I may have treated some of you with a degree of forced emotional detachment, perhaps even bordering on coldness.\\
'''Flynn''': "Bordering on coldness", you say?\\
'''Summer''' [sarcastically]: That's ridiculous, Doctor.\\
'''Dillon''' [sarcastically]: You must be imagining it.\\
'''Dr. K''': No, no, I'm afraid it's true.

* ''{{Series/Rome}}'' has Octavius explaining why it might be better to sit out a long siege rather than burn down Cleopatra's palace:

-->'''Emmy''': The Romulans are in a 250-year bad mood.

** In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E22AllHellBreaksLoosePartTwo "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part Two" (S02, Ep22)]], Dean sums up Sam's return from the dead for Bobby.

** In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E17ItsATerribleLife "It's a Terrible Life" (S04, Ep17)]], Sam and Dean are watching a Ghostfacers video explaining that to dispose of a ghost, you have to dig up the corpse and burn it.

** In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E01SympathyForTheDevil "Sympathy for the Devil" (S05, EP01)]], Chuck finds a molar in his hair after [[spoiler:Castiel is smote to death by the archangel Raphael.]] Chuck's reaction?

-->'''Arthur''': What happened to the Earth?\\
'''Ford''': It's been disintegrated.\\
'''Arthur''': Has it?\\
'''Ford''': Yeah. It just boiled away into space.\\
'''Arthur''': Listen, Ford, I'm a bit upset about that.

--> '''Stannis:''' I never thought I'd have to kill my own Hand.\\

-->'''Mega Man''': We have a slight problem. There's about five million Robot Masters outside, and they all wanna kick my ass.\\
[''BeatPanel'']\\
'''Alternate Mega Man''': We may wanna work on your definition of the word "slight."

-->'''Smic''': [The best part of Christmas] used to be building the gargantuan robotic Father Christmas powered by atmospheric engine, who would duel with my brother's contraption for the right of the first choice of Faberge egg.\\
'''Hannah''': You had a strange childhood, Smic.

--->'''Incubus:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck welp.]]

* WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog:
** "Freeze ray needs work."
** "That's... not a ''good'' sound."
* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-682]] is [[OmnicidalManiac somewhat volatile]]. Its page is named "[[NighInvulnerability Hard-To-Kill Reptile]]".
** The Foundation naming scheme is fond of this. SCP-313 is called a "Powerful Hand Dryer". When turned on, it emits a stream of plasma over four times hotter than the surface of the sun and proceeds to rocket around with enough force to drag a tank around.
* Blog/TheSturgeonAwards refers to the infamous fanfic ''Agony in Pink'' as "not a very pleasant reading."
* The Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses sketch "How I quit my job" ends on one. This after having played "Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra", ripped open his shirt revealing "I QUIT!" written on his chest, and leaving to the end of {{Music/Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody" while being chased out of the building (and through the parking lot) by security:
-->"What have we learned today, boys and girls? Boys and girls, we have learned that ''that'' bridge has officially been burned."
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick: "Here's the thing about rape: it sucks."
* ''WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID'': The boys [[spoiler: break Damsel out of the institution, but are caught by a security guard. Jeff bodily tackles him to give the others time to run]]. As Evan says, "That escalated quickly."

* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'':
** Linkara at the very start of his review of ''Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu''.
--->''"[[spoiler:Missingno.[='=]s]] a legend in game glitches and in particular Pokemon history...and apparently in some parallel universe, it spawned off into some kind of outer god that intends to consume and absorb all reality in every dimension. And it's also standing outside my door. Yeah, it's been a bit of a day."''
** In the 200th episode, this happens:
--->'''Linkara:''' If there’s a single story that has hung over this show since the first episode, it’s ''Comicbook/OneMoreDay''.\\
(This is followed by nineteen clips of Linkara referencing/talking/complaining/raging about ''Comicbook/OneMoreDay'', which wraps up with him looking at an image of the book and growling ''”I hate you!”'')\\
'''Linkara:''' Yeah, I think I might have brought it up once or twice.
** Occurs again in the 300th episode.
-->'''Linkara:''' You know, in three hundred episodes you may have picked up that I'm not particularly fond of Creator/FrankMiller.\\
(Next comes eighteen clips of Linkara talking about Frank Miller, including how he's gone insane, is a misogynist as well as generally creepy and that his writing and directing is terrible).\\
'''Linkara:''' [[SarcasmMode I know, I've been very subtle about it, but it's there]].

-->'''Generator''': That could be sorta bad.
* WebVideo/TVTrash: "So, yes. I'm not thrilled." Said after he blew his top over ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' and the crossover with ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''.
* In ''Series/{{Noob}}'', Sparadrap refers to the reason for which Master Zen stopped playing as him doing "something silly". What actually happened was that Sparadrap got Master Zen angry enough to make him throw his computer out the window. While an old lady was under said window. It's a little hard for Master Zen to play from jail, apparently.
* "And then the player and [[VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine Walker]] do a bad thing." [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee's]] way of describing [[spoiler: [[KillItWithFire using white phosphorus]] [[MoralEventHorizon on civilians]].]]
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hplCJo5FU2s developer commentary]] of the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' fan game ''VideoGame/OneNightAtFlumptys'' explains the reason the player is even at the eponymous Flumpty's: Flumpty has kidnapped them and they are trapped in his nightmarish fun house. Success means you live to see another day. Failure means that [[EyeScream your eyes are pulled out of your head and fried]]. Why does the egg-abomination Flumpty do this? Because he's bored and wants to make friends by playing a game with them. The problem is that the game tends to involve terror, anxiety, and people dying horribly. As explained by the creator himself:
-->'''Jonochrome:''' "In my mind, the story of this game is that Flumpty kidnaps you and wants to play a game with you, and if you survive, you become best friends. [{{Beat}}] Flumpty does not have the best social skills."

-->''Despenser was first dressed in a tabard with his family crest and paraded through town on the shittiest horse they could find. Then he was given a crown of nettles, had his skin roughly tattooed with biblical verses on arrogance and retribution, and dragged in a chest around town. Then he was stripped naked, half-hanged, and had his penis and testicles cut off –- which were then thrown into a large fire they’d built underneath him. He asked forgiveness of the bystanders, then let out a “ghastly, inhuman howl” and died. They split open his belly, cut out his heart and entrails, and tossed them in the fire. His head was cut off and sent to London, and his body sawn into quarters, each sent to the four next largest cities in England. He was not a popular man.''
* ''WebOriginal/TwentyThousandTwenty'' has Juice describe [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Georgia Tech's field in the Bowl Game]] as "a little bit longer" than usual. It's actually about a thousand miles long, stretching from the Canadian border to [[RegionalRedecoration where Florida used to be]].
* One episode of WebVideo/OutsideXbox's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign has Egbert, ''ThePaladin'', awkwardly describe the whole thing in the previous episode where they burned down a town as "Not our finest moment."
-->'''[[TokenEvilTeammate Prudence]]:''' We're heroes!
* ''WebVideo/MapMen'':
** In "Who Owns the South China Sea?", which covers the conflicting territorial claims of six countries surrounding said sea, Mark tells us, "Analysts agree that this sticky sea situation is set to continue for at least hours."
** "What will the world look like in 250 million years?" showcased a map of the Earth from 180 million years ago, "before the second ''and'' first world wars."

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' gives us this gem:
-->'''Sokka''': [[ItMakesSenseInContext My first girlfriend turned into the moon.]]\\
'''Zuko''': That's rough, buddy.

--->'''Mai''': We lost.

** '''Kyle''': There's something wrong with Cartman.

--> '''Uxbridge:''' By God Sir, [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction I’ve lost my leg!]]
--> '''Wellington:''' By God Sir, so you have.

* At the very end of ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'', Master Splinter asks the Turtles if they were seen during their latest adventure, during which they were very much [[HighlyVisibleNinja highly visible]]. After all of them deny being seen, Splinter holds up the latest newspaper which shows them with the headline "Ninja Rap is Born" and then says "Practice ''harder''."

-->''[[AC:[[WorthyOpponent Shepard, you have become an annoyance.]]]]''

---->'''Guard:''' Well son... [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk you've got a condition.]]

** The end of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' had Yondu describing Peter Quill's father, [[spoiler:from whom he'd been protecting Peter after having unwittingly delivered God knows how many other children to their deaths]], as a "jackass".

* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' has the classic line from the main character.

--->'''Scott:''' [[OhCrap Uh, guys]]? I think we have a problem. Hank, didn't you say this was "some old warehouse"? '''It's not. YOU SON OF A BITCH.'''

'''Kirk:''' He stole a ship!\\
'''Mudd:''' The patrol reacted hostilely.\\