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->So when you're sat with all these fresh ingredients on your doorstep, and the climate [[UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} they]]'ve got, the simpler it is, the better it's gonna be. Unfortunately, they've got more complicated, and tried to be clever, and [[CordonBleughChef completely lost the fucking plot]].
-->-- '''Creator/GordonRamsay''', on La Parra de Burriana, ''Series/KitchenNightmares''
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->'''Glomgold:''' Our scheme to destroy Beaks begins with a billionaires' convention on a yacht. We'll tell him we're going, but then we won't show! First slam!\\
'''Scrooge:''' Seems unnecessary, especially the part about the yacht.\\
'''Glomgold:''' Emotionally devastated, Beaks will seek solace and drown his sorrows at the buffet.\\
'''Scrooge:''' A yacht and a buffet for one person? [[TheScrooge I'm not paying for that.]]\\
'''Glomgold:''' Fine. We'll use my yacht. Now, distracted by delicious shrimp, Beaks won't realize he's being sailed into an active volcano, where it'll get so hot he'll jump into the yacht's pool, which, unbeknownst to him, will be filled with sharks!\\
'''Scrooge:''' Where did the sharks come from?\\
'''Glomgold:''' I've got a great shark guy. Beaks will be so terrified of the sharks, he'll forget he's in a volcano and jump blindly into the lava! All while we watch from a bridge above.\\
'''Scrooge:''' Wait, wait, I thought we wanted to boot him out of our club, not kill him! Although you have tried to kill me countless times, which usually [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain ends up being more annoying than deadly]].\\
'''Glomgold:''' That's right, I'm a genius. Now, pay attention, 'cause this where it gets complicated.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!"

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->[[ComicBook/LexLuthor He]] kicked out angrily at Franchise/{{Superman}}, dislodging him, and damned himself for not killing him during the month and days he had him helpless, damned himself for trying to eke the last bit of power from his body for its usefulness.
-->-- ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn''



-->-- ''[[Literature/GotrekAndFelix Beastslayer]]''

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-->-- ''[[Literature/GotrekAndFelix Beastslayer]]''
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-->-- '''Shego''', ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''

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-->-- '''Shego''', ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''
''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', "Ron-Millionaire"
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'''Robin''': Mm. Or some of '''''our''''': cases, now that I think of it.

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'''Robin''': Mm. Or some of '''''our''''': '''''our''''' cases, now that I think of it.
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-->--Ema Skye, VideoGames/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney (lampshading the frequent usage of this trope in Ace Attorney)

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-->--Ema Skye, VideoGames/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney (lampshading the frequent usage of this trope in Ace Attorney)



->Give [[Wrestling/JohnCena (John) Cena]] credit, though. He had access to [[ToiletHumor a giant trough of solid waste]] secretly suspended above the ring, but he had patience enough to [[WeWait wait until the end of a three-hour]] ''{{Wrestling/Raw}}'' to pull the trigger (not that there are actual guns that fire poop, so excuse the metaphor), even letting the heels [[BullyingADragon cut a ten-minute long promo on him.]] Now that’s discipline! If I had the same [[DrunkWithPower power of crap]], I wouldn’t have lasted five minutes into the program without using it.

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->Give [[Wrestling/JohnCena (John) Cena]] credit, though. He had access to [[ToiletHumor a giant trough of solid waste]] secretly suspended above the ring, but he had patience enough to [[WeWait wait until the end of a three-hour]] ''{{Wrestling/Raw}}'' ''[[Wrestling/{{WWE}} Raw]]'' to pull the trigger (not that there are actual guns that fire poop, so excuse the metaphor), even letting the heels [[BullyingADragon cut a ten-minute long promo on him.]] Now that’s discipline! If I had the same [[DrunkWithPower power of crap]], I wouldn’t have lasted five minutes into the program without using it.
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-->-- '''The Narrator''' after [[IdiotHero John Egbert]] deliberately makes his inventory system impractical, ''Homestuck''

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-->-- '''The Narrator''' after [[IdiotHero John Egbert]] deliberately makes his inventory system impractical, ''Homestuck''
''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}''
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-->-- '''Darth Krayt''', ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy #13'' -- "Ready to Die"

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-->-- '''Darth Krayt''', ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy #13'' -- "Ready #13: Ready to Die"Die''
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->''"Be careful, Maladi, that you do not scheme for scheming's sake. Do not become so enamored of your plotting that you lose sight of your goal."''
-->-- '''Darth Krayt''', ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy #13'' -- "Ready to Die"
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-->--Ema Skye, VideoGames/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney

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-->--Ema Skye, VideoGames/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney
VideoGames/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney (lampshading the frequent usage of this trope in Ace Attorney)
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->"Why can't we have a normal, straightforward killing once in a while in this country?"
-->--Ema Skye, VideoGames/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney

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-->--'''August Walker'''/'''[[spoiler:[[TheMole John Lark]]]] to '''[[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Solomon Lane]]'''

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-->--'''August Walker'''/'''[[spoiler:[[TheMole John Lark]]]] Lark]]]]''' to '''[[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Solomon Lane]]'''
Lane]]''', Film/MissionImpossibleFallout
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->''"Why do you have to make things so ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' complicated?!"''
-->--'''August Walker'''/'''[[spoiler:[[TheMole John Lark]]]] to '''[[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Solomon Lane]]'''
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'''Ironicus:''' "Even '''''I''''' don't know how many times you've been tricked!"\\
'''Chip:''' "I got a Trick-Diary!"\\
'''Ironicus:''' "I tricked ''myself'' into tricking me to trick ''you'', to trick ''me'' to trick the Patriots!"\\
'''Chip:''' "[[StupidEvil I can't do anything without tricking!]] I can't even ask for pepper without tricking them into giving me the pepper!"

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'''Ironicus:''' "Even '''Ironicus (as Ocelot):''' Even '''''I''''' don't know how many times you've been tricked!"\\
'''Chip:''' "I
tricked!\\
'''Chip (as Ocelot):''' I
got a Trick-Diary!"\\
'''Ironicus:''' "I
Trick-Diary!\\
'''Ironicus (as Ocelot):''' I
tricked ''myself'' into tricking me to trick ''you'', to trick ''me'' to trick the Patriots!"\\
'''Chip:''' "[[StupidEvil
Patriots!\\
'''Chip (as Ocelot):''' [[StupidEvil
I can't do anything without tricking!]] I can't even ask for pepper without tricking them into giving me the pepper!"pepper!
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->''"I’ve yet to encounter a situation that couldn’t be improved by a copious amount of lies and body doubles.”''
-->--'''Dread Emperor Traitorous''', Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil
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'''Chip Cheezum:''' Every time there's, like, a State of the Union address, it'd just be him going ''(in Ocelot voice)'' "I tricked all of you, America! I tricked you into thinking that I tricked you! And then I tricked you again! Bet you didn't see THAT one coming!"\\
'''[=GeneralIronicus=]:''' "Even '''''I''''' don't know how many times you've been tricked!"\\

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'''Chip Cheezum:''' '''Chip:''' Every time there's, like, a State of the Union address, it'd just be him going ''(in Ocelot voice)'' "I tricked all of you, America! I tricked you into thinking that I tricked you! And then I tricked you again! Bet you didn't see THAT ''that'' one coming!"\\
'''[=GeneralIronicus=]:''' '''Ironicus:''' "Even '''''I''''' don't know how many times you've been tricked!"\\
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'''ChipCheezum:''' Every time there's, like, a State of the Union address, it'd just be him going ''(in Ocelot voice)'' "I tricked all of you, America! I tricked you into thinking that I tricked you! And then I tricked you again! Bet you didn't see THAT one coming!"\\

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'''ChipCheezum:''' '''Chip Cheezum:''' Every time there's, like, a State of the Union address, it'd just be him going ''(in Ocelot voice)'' "I tricked all of you, America! I tricked you into thinking that I tricked you! And then I tricked you again! Bet you didn't see THAT one coming!"\\

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->'''ChipCheezum:''' Every time there's, like, a State of the Union address, it'd just be him going "I tricked all of you, America! I tricked you into thinking that I tricked you! And then I tricked you again! Bet you didn't see THAT one coming!"\\

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->'''ChipCheezum:''' ->'''[=GeneralIronicus=]:''' ''(as Snake)'' I forgot to mention -- [[BigBad my brother]]...[[HiddenDepths is a limbo master!]] That's how they decided primary elections in the future of ''Metal Gear''.\\
'''LetsPlay/ChipCheezum:''' Aside from expositioning.\\
'''Ironicus''': If it was ''all'' exposition, then we would have President [[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent Ocelot]] by now.\\
'''ChipCheezum:'''
Every time there's, like, a State of the Union address, it'd just be him going ''(in Ocelot voice)'' "I tricked all of you, America! I tricked you into thinking that I tricked you! And then I tricked you again! Bet you didn't see THAT one coming!"\\

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->'''Robin''': You dressed up as '''''bats''''', just to rob a '''''mall'''''? Isn't that kind of...'''''elaborate'''''?
->'''Fred''': Not compared to some of the crimes '''''we've''''' solved!
->'''Robin''': Mm. Or some of '''''our''''': cases, now that I think of it.

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->'''Robin''': You dressed up as '''''bats''''', just to rob a '''''mall'''''? Isn't that kind of...'''''elaborate'''''?
->'''Fred''':
'''''elaborate'''''?\\
'''Fred''':
Not compared to some of the crimes '''''we've''''' solved!
->'''Robin''':
solved!\\
'''Robin''':
Mm. Or some of '''''our''''': cases, now that I think of it.


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->“All I want to know is what this setup is all about,” said ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}. “If we’re going to be the main course for this [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer vampire]] or whatever you’re going to be hosting, just call me curious.”\\
“Call you dead,” said the guy with the bucket, and drew a .38.\\
Vladislav slapped his hand, then slapped his face. “How many times do I got to tell you? How many times? How many?”\\
“No more, boss, no more,” pleaded the vamp. “I understand. I understand. I swear on my father’s coffin.”\\
The fangfather buried his hands in his underling’s turtleneck. “I don’t really have time for this aggravation, Lester. You got me?”\\
“Gotcha, boss.”\\
“I said we don’t shoot the women, and we don’t shoot the women. We need them for later. Got that?”
-->--''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel''
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->'''Red Mage:''' I know how we can free Fighter from his armoire-y prison! '''Behold!''' I will simply [[MinMaxing transfer all of my stat points into my INT rating]], invent, and master, quantum mechanics, and then construct a device that will '''redescribe''' the armoire's weight on a quantum level so we can move it off Fighter! The experience gained from such a well thought out plan would be '''astronomical!''' It's almost too easy.\\
''[...]''\\
'''Black Mage:''' I would like to interject some constructive criticism in regards to this alleged plan of yours, RM.\\
'''Red Mage:''' By all means.\\
'''Black Mage:''' First, and I mean this in '''all''' sincerity, you are an idiot. This plan, much like all your other ones, is unnecessarily complex unto impossibility. In conclusion, your intellect is lacking and your personal hygiene is poor.
-->--''WebComic/EightBitTheater'', [[https://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/09/09/episode-191-real-they-both-did-their-research/ episode 191]]

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->'''Gil''': I can't even get in the same room with Agatha without-\\

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->'''Agatha:''' I have to get to the bottom of this hole--\\
'''Dr. Mittelmind:''' Nothing simpler!\\
'''Agatha:''' --and ''survive''.\\
'''Dr. Mittelmind:''' Ah. ''Tricky''.\\
'''Professor Diaz:''' I will strap a ''directional explosive'' to your ''chest'', then ''detonate'' it ''just before you land!''\\
'''Professor Mezzasalma:''' ''Bah!'' I have a ''secret procedure of my own devising'' that will (probably) give you the properties of the ''noble spider!'' Then you can simply ''leap'' to the bottom!\\
'''Dr. Mittelmind:''' No, no, my lady, my hydrophilic attractor could (theoretically) be modified to ''fill the Castle with water!'' When it subsides, it will gracefully lower you to the bottom!\\
'''Moloch:''' Why don't we just move this winch? There should be enough cable, and it looks strong enough that we could lower ''everybody'' on a platform.\\
''[turns around and notices he's become the subject of several disapproving glares]''\\
'''Moloch:''' ...and then, at the bottom, it could unfold into a... a giant ''caterpillar'' or... something...\\
'''Dr. Mittelmind:''' No, no. You've already taken all the ''[[ForScience joy]]'' out of it.
-->-- ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091019 "Elevator Madness!"]]

->'''Gil''': I can't even get in the same room with Agatha without-\\without--\\



-->-- ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150930#.WN5VKPkrL4Y "Couple's Time"]]

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-->-- ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150930#.WN5VKPkrL4Y php?date=20150930 "Couple's Time"]]
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->Anyway, once I recovered from the shock I did what I always do: solve a simple problem by inventing a complicated and menacing machine.
-->-- '''Heinz Doofenshmirtz''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
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->'''Gil''': I can't even get in the same room with Agatha without-\\
'''Higgs''': [[StatingTheSimpleSolution So write her a letter.]]\\
'''Gil''': Whut?\\
'''Higgs''': I've seen this over and over! Damfool [[MadScientist Sparks]] who thing they've got to send a full-scale army of giant, singing rosebushes or it isn't romantic enough! Don't make everything so complicated! Here. Paper. Pen. Sit. Now. Write. Use the pen. On the paper. '''Tell''' her what you want to say.\\
'''Gil''': ''({{Beat}})'' I could build a machine that would project a simulacrum of myself that could explain-\\
'''Higgs''': ''Why I smacked you?''\\
'''Gil''': Or... I could... just write...
-->-- ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150930#.WN5VKPkrL4Y "Couple's Time"]]
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->[[Franchise/SpiderMan Arcade]] doesn't murder people. He puts them in [[DeadlyGame Murdercade]]. It's a deadly but outrageously unexplainable high-tech fun fair that has yet to kill a single participant in the history of MarvelComics.

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->[[Franchise/SpiderMan Arcade]] doesn't murder people. He puts them in [[DeadlyGame Murdercade]]. It's a deadly but outrageously unexplainable high-tech fun fair that has yet to kill a single participant in the history of MarvelComics.Creator/MarvelComics.
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->At the time B.O.R.G. was recruiting beautiful women to seduce high-ranking generals so they could be blackmailed into dropping satellite A-bombs on the San Andreas Fault, thereby creating an earthquake which would inundate Silicone Valley. Realizing this plan was completely ridiculous, I enacted a more efficient strategy to eliminate the competition by selling quality products at lower prices than our rivals.
-->-- '''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'''

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-->-- '''Plan '''Annika-709''', ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'''
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->At the time B.O.R.G. was recruiting beautiful women to seduce high-ranking generals so they could be blackmailed into dropping satellite A-bombs on the San Andreas Fault, thereby creating an earthquake which would inundate Silicone Valley. Realizing this plan was completely ridiculous, I enacted a more efficient strategy to eliminate the competition by selling quality products at lower prices than our rivals.
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->At the time B.O.R.G. was recruiting beautiful women to seduce high-ranking generals so they could be blackmailed into dropping satellite A-bombs on the San Andreas Fault, thereby creating an earthquake which would inundate Silicone Valley. Realizing this plan was completely ridiculous, I enacted a more efficient strategy to eliminate the competition by selling quality products at lower prices than our rivals.
-->-- '''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'''
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-->-- '''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Mr. Plinkett]]''' on ''AttackOfTheClones''

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-->-- '''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Mr. Plinkett]]''' on ''AttackOfTheClones''
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->'''Megabyte''': Hexadecimal, you know the plan.
->'''Hexadecimal''': Which one? There seem to be several.
-->--''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}'', "Web World Wars"
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-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', "[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0378.html He didn't even have to say please]]"

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-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', "[[http://www.[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0378.html He "He didn't even have to say please]]"
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