History Main / WeGottaStopMeetingLikeThis

* Happens at least two more times in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks the sequel]]. The second time, Flash is less than pleased, though that was only because he was under the Dazzlings' spell.

A {{Stock Phrase}} involving two recurring characters who meet at least twice in the same awkward, confrontational or dangerous manner.

Maybe Alice and Bob keep meeting by [[CrashIntoHello running into each other]], or while [[CasualDangerDialogue fighting off hordes of]] [[HighlyVisibleNinja strangely dressed ninjutsu practitioners]]. Or maybe Alice and Bob, while enemies, [[FriendlyEnemy aren't afraid to chat cheerfully]] while trying to beat the living daylights out of each other. If Alice and Bob do this repeatedly and under the same circumstances, one of them is likely to eventually spout the {{Stock Phrase}}.

* ''GetBackers'' - "Get Back the Arms of the Goddess!"
-->'''Akabane Kuroudo''': [to the GetBackers] We've just got to stop meeting like this.

* A woman is having an affair with her dentist. The dentist tells her one day "We've got to stop meeting like this. You're almost out of teeth."
** Worth noting where this joke came from: When two people are having an affair, one of them might say this to the other to try to put an end to it, usually unsuccessfully. The joke is putting the phrase in a situation where they're obviously not meeting on purpose.

* ''DrQuinnMedicineWoman'': Dr Quinn says this to a man with a crushed arm.

* The above dentist joke was used in an episode of ''TheMuppetShow'', in one of the Animal Hospital segments.

-->Hawkeye: [after a mid-air rendezvous with Kate] We must stop meeting like this.
-->Kate Kestrel: You're nothing if not original.

* In ''RedDeadRedemption'', [[spoiler: Dutch]] says this word for word to John Marston at the end of his story arc.

* In ''StarControl 2'', if you let the [[TheHypnotoad Dnyarri]] mind-control you, it will compel you to seek out an [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Ur-Quan]] ship to get yourself killed. The first time this happens, you can reason with the Ur-Quan and he will let you go in exchange for information. If this repeats though, your character can say this exact line (which won't make the Ur-Quan any less pissed at you.)
** Also, if you keep running out of fuel in deep space, the friendly [[ProudMerchantRace merchants]] who come to rescue you will eventually say this.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': The first few episodes set up Marko and O'Hirn (the future Sandman and Rhino) as two of Spidey's regular punching bags. "We have got to stop meeting like this. People are starting to talk... mostly about what dupes you are."
* ''Ben10UltimateAlien'': During a flashback to when Grandpa Max first met Gwen's grandmother [[EnergyBeing Verdona]], he says this when he rescues her.

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* ''HighlanderTheSeries'' - "Judgment Day"

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* Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} and his ex the Black Widow get into a brief fight before realizing each other's identities:

* {{Daredevil}} and his ex the Black Widow get into a brief fight before realizing each other's identities:

* ''{{The Spectacular Spider-Man}}'': The first few episodes set up Marko and O'Hirn (the future Sandman and Rhino) as two of Spidey's regular punching bags. "We have got to stop meeting like this. People are starting to talk... mostly about what dupes you are."

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-->Principal Holmstead: Kelly, we have to stop meeting like this.

-->Judy: We gotta stop meeting like this.

* ''{{WebComics/Hoofstuck}}'':

* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]] tells this to [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Malon]] in chapter 46 of ''Super FanFic/PaperMarioX'' when he finds out she fell down from the sky again.

* ''PowerRangersDinoThunder'': Tommy to [[TheRival Zeltrax]] during one of their fights.

* ''{{The Spectacular Spider-Man}}'': The first few episodes set up Marko and O'Hirn (the future Sandman and Rhino) as two of Spidey's regular punching bags. "We have got to stop meeting like this. People are starting to talk...mostly about what dupes you are."

* In the ''{{Hitman}}'' series the recurring special agent [[TheProtagonist 47]] keeps having to rescue says this eventually. 47 notes that it's unlikely.

* In ''RedDeadRedemption'', [[Spoiler: Dutch]] says this word for word to John Marston at the end of his story arc.

* In ''RedDeadRedemption'', [[spoiler Dutch]] says this word for word to John Marston at the end of his story arc.

* ''What's Up, Doc?''

* ''Dr Quinn Medicine Woman'': Dr Quinn says this to a man with a crushed arm.

* In ''{{Max Payne}}'', Mona Sax says this to the titular protagonist upon meeting by drawing guns on each other for the second time in the game. [[spoiler:Its also the line spoken by Mona upon their first meeting in the second game.]]

-->Akabane Kuroudo: [to the GetBackers] We've just got to stop meeting like this.

* ''{{Highlander}} The Series'' - "Judgment Day"

* ''{{The Spectacular Spider-Man}}'': The first few episodes set up Marko and O'Hern (the future Sandman and Rhion) as two of Spidey's regular punching bags. "We have got to stop meeting like this. People are starting to talk...mostly about what dupes you are."

->Akabane Kuroudo: [to the GetBackers] We've just got to stop meeting like this.

->Principal Holmstead: Kelly, we have to stop meeting like this.

->Judy: We gotta stop meeting like this.

->Hawkeye: [after a mid-air rendezvous with Kate] We must stop meeting like this.
->Kate Kestrel: You're nothing if not original.