History Main / WhileYouWereInDiapers

Compare WhenIWasYourAge and YearsTooEarly.

Contrast GloryDays. Not to be confused with IUsedToChangeYourDiapers.

** Beast says something to similar to Wolvering in X3. And, of course, he's wrong.

-->'''Teasle:''' ''Look, goddamn it! That's Art Galt, boy; he and him were friends when your mama was'' wipin' your nose!!

** And in one TNG episode, Scotty angrily remarks to Geordi that he was repairing warp drives when [=LaForge=]'s great-grandfather was in diapers.
** In the TNG episode "Unification Part 2", Picard describes Spock's dealings with the Romulans as "cowboy diplomacy" and tells him that the Federation won't tolerate it. Spock retorts that he was involved with such cowboy diplomacy before Picard was even born.

* In ''[[AnneOfGreenGables Anne's House of Dreams]]'', Miss Cornelia uses this to crush an obnoxious minister.

* ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' Riboflavin: "Please! I invented this cloak design when your great great great great great grandpa was a larva, & nobody knows how it works but me. We're fine!"

* Stryker says this to Senator Kelly (or who he thinks is Kelly) in ''Film/XMen 2''.

** And in one TNG episode, Scotty angrily remarks to Geordi that he was repairing warp drives when LaForge's great-grandfather was in diapers.

* Subverted in ''JustShootMe''. Nina tries to do this with Adrian, but Nina names a specific year, and Adrian says she wasn't even born then. Nina instantly breaks down.

--> "While you were still learning how to ''[[LargeHam spell your name,]]'' I was being trained ''[[ChewingTheScenery to conquer galaxies]]''!"

* On ''MamasFamily'', Mama says to Iola "I was making booties before you had feet!"

* In BlueThunder, Braddock says he's was in the police force when new recruit Lymangood was "watching cartoons" and "eating a fudgesical".
* {{Batman}} comics and other adaptations often have Alfred invoke this trope. In the JusticeLeague animated series, Alfred tells the Flash that he had been working for the Wayne family "since Master Bruce was in diapers", and on several occassions when Batman brushes off Alfred's assistance or gets frustrated with him, Alfred is quick to remind Master Bruce that he was an MI6 agent before he was born, or something to the effect of "I powdered your bottom, I can very well do (X)!"

* In ''Anne's House of Dreams'', Miss Cornelia uses this to crush an obnoxious minister.

--> "While you were still learning how to ''spell your name,'' I was being trained ''to conquer galaxies''!"

Contrast GloryDays.

-> While you were still learning to spell your name, I was being trained to conquer galaxies!
-> Terl, BattlefieldEarth

--> "While you were still learning how to ''[[{{Narm}} SPELL YOUR NAME]]...'' '''''I''''' ''was being trained''...'''''[[LargeHam TO CONQUER GALAXIIIES!]]'''''"
-->--'''Terl, Film/BattlefieldEarth'''

* A variation with upbringing instead of age is done in ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', providing the page quote.

* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in [[TheNostalgiaCritic The Nostalgia Critic's]] [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/16754-battlefield-earth review]] of Battlefield Earth; watch for [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoon-Terl's]] thorough mockery of the character.

Compare WhenIWasYourAge.

-->--'''Terl, [[{{Film/BattlefieldEarth}} Battlefield Earth]]'''

-->--'''Terl, BattlefieldEarth'''

-->--'''Terl, Battlefield Earth'''

* In ''Show Boat'' Windy [=McLain=] tells Sheriff Ike Vallon, "I was keel-boatin' while you was runnin' bare-foot 'round the landin'."
* In ''Neuromancer'', the Finn wearily observes "I gotta pair a ''shoes'' older than you."

--> "While you were learning how to ''[[{{Narm}} SPELL YOUR NAME]]...'' '''''I''''' ''was being trained''...'''''[[LargeHam TO CONQUER GALAXIIIES!]]'''''"