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->'''Scammmer''': Right now you have to do it in the other way.\\
'''Kitboga''': I-I don't wanna do it any other way. Do the chargeback.\\
'''Scammer''': No, I cannot do the chargeback right now. You have to do it the other way.\\
'''Kitboga''': Why?\\
'''Scammer''': Because it will take some time to complete this procedure and we want the mistake to be rectified today.\\
'''Kitboga''': But you just said that there's two ways to do the procedure. Do the chargeback.
-->-- The scambaiter WebVideo/{{Kitboga}} and a refund scammer, as memorialized in the song "[[https://soundcloud.com/codecatt/do-the-chargeback-ft-kitboga Do the Chargeback]]"
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->'''Mimsy''': D'aah, hey, boss, it seems like every time you come up with a plan, it kind of backfires on ya. If you really don't wanna go to summer camp so bad, why don't you just tell your parents how you feel? You know, tell 'em you don't wanna go and just see how they react?\\
''[Nathan stares at him.]''\\
'''Mimsy''': Wait, wait, I got it. ''[slaps himself]'' "Shut up, Mimsy!"\\
'''Nathan''': Hey, Mimsy.\\
'''Mimsy''': Yeah?\\
'''Nathan''': ''[slaps him]'' Shut up!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "[[Recap/SouthParkS18E4Handicar Handicar]]"
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-->--''WebVideo/SwordArtOnline''

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-->--''WebVideo/SwordArtOnline''
-->--''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged''
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->'''Kayaba:''' If you want to know the whole truth, I figured that as long as this slow-motion train wreck kept going, I could at least use you guys as hostages to keep the Feds off my back until I figured a way out of this mess. Not that I ever came up with one...\\
'''Asuna:''' Why didn't you just blame [[GameBreakingBug it]] on some hacker group that was pretending to be you? [[SnowballLie Woulda made more sense than the truth]], and it's not like you had any kind of motive.\\
'''Kayaba:''' Yeah, okay. See Asuna, the problem with that, is that it's an excellent idea I wish I had thought of two years ago... Anyhoo, on that sobering note, I think I'm just going to go scream into that uncaring void for a bit.
-->--''WebVideo/SwordArtOnline''
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'''Marco:''' They might try and exterminate you. I could morph President Boatwright, tell them it’s a national emergency?”\\

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'''Marco:''' They might try and exterminate you. I could morph President Boatwright, tell them it’s a national emergency?”\\emergency?\\



[Jake and Marco glance at each other]\\

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[Jake ''[Jake and Marco glance at each other]\\other]''\\
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->''"Why doesn't somebody pull out a .45 and BANG, settle it?"''
-->-- '''Lee''', ''Film/EnterTheDragon''
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-> '''ComicBook/NickFury:''' [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Banner]] and I spend six months trying to get [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] to join the team, and the one thing we never thought of was inviting him for dinner.

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-> '''ComicBook/NickFury:''' [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Banner]] and I spend six months trying to get [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] to join the team, and the one thing we never thought of was inviting him for dinner.
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->'''Galatea:''' ''I've set the ship to destroy itself!''\\
'''Bob:''' What?!\\
'''Galatea:''' It's the ''only way,'' Uncle! Don't you see? ''It's the only way!!!''\\
'''Bob:''' But couldn't you just take the machine ''apart?'' Or ''break it?''\\
'''Galatea:''' ............... oh. um...\\
'''Bob:''' What is the ''matter'' with you?!\\
'''Galatea:''' I think I'm doing very ''well'' for my age!
-->--''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' when Galatea concludes [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/509 her new invention has to be destroyed]] before it falls into the wrong hands.
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->'''Bill:''' Hey, wait a second. How'd you uh... kill Barry?\\
'''Cricket:''' [[MundaneSolution I just took the batteries out.]]\\
'''Bill:''' Oh.\\
'''Gramma:''' Right.\\
'''Tilly:''' The batteries.
-->--''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'', "Barry Cuda"
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->'''Calvin:''' What are we going to ''do'', Hobbes? Rosalyn will be here in just a few hours!\\
'''Hobbes:''' Do you think she'll remember how you locked her outside last time?\\
'''Calvin:''' If she does, we're dead! She'll probably stick my head on a stake in the front yard as a warning to ''other'' kids she baby-sits!\\
'''Hobbes:''' I'm almost sure that would violate some zoning ordinance.\\
'''Calvin:''' Well no matter what, we're in big trouble unless we think of something ''fast''!\\
'''Hobbes:''' I suppose we could try being ''good''.\\
'''Calvin:''' I must've gotten water in my ear. ''What'' did you say?\\
'''Hobbes:''' ''(rolling his eyes)'' Nothing. Forget it.
-->--''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
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->'''Nico:''' ''(puzzling over a lock)'' No one has a skeleton key on them, do they?\\
'''Alex:''' Maybe Karolina could use her ''powers'' on it?\\
'''Gert:''' How? By ''bedazzling'' it open? Besides, if she de-bracelets, she's gonna light up the backyard like the Century Club.\\
'''Karolina:''' But what if I focused all of my energy out of a single finger and shot, like, a concentrated energy beam-\\
'''Chase:''' Move.\\
''(he smashes the lock open with a shovel)''\\
'''Chase:''' You guys think too much.
-->--''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''
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->'''Plankton:''' No! How is this possible?! [[SpringtimeForHitler I freeze his place solid and he turns it into an ice rink!]] [[NiceJobFixingItVillain He's making more money than ever!]]\\
'''Karen:''' That's because, unlike you, he's a good businessman.\\
'''Plankton:''' Well, if it isn't the wind beneath my wings.\\
'''Karen:''' I don't understand why you don't just steal a Krabby Patty in all that confusion.\\
'''Plankton:''' I'll be right back. ''[chuckles]''\\
'''Karen:''' I don't know why I encourage him.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Krabs a la Mode"
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'''Frieza''': Don't tell me you're surprised. Of course, my vengeance must be satisfied! I won't rest until both those Super [[FantasticSlur Simians]] are vanquished! They'll pay for what they did to me, and they'll pay in blood!\\

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'''Frieza''': Don't tell me you're surprised. Of course, my vengeance must be satisfied! I won't rest until both those Super [[FantasticSlur [[FantasticSlurs Simians]] are vanquished! They'll pay for what they did to me, and they'll pay in blood!\\
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-> '''Tom:''' One of you go in [TGI Friday's] and clear the way. We need the hidden entrance behind the mirror in the employee bathroom.”\\

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-> '''Tom:''' One of you go in [TGI Friday's] and clear the way. We need the hidden entrance behind the mirror in the employee bathroom.”\\\\
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-> '''Tom:''' One of you go in [TGI Friday's] and clear the way. We need the hidden entrance behind the mirror in the employee bathroom.”\\
'''Jake:''' Okay. If I morph skunk, and spray the kitchen...\\
'''Marco:''' They might try and exterminate you. I could morph President Boatwright, tell them it’s a national emergency?”\\
'''Tom:''' You have President Boatwright’s DNA?\\
'''Jake:''' Moot point. Why would the president show up anywhere barefoot and alone? I’d assume it was a prank or an attack before I ever thought you were really her.\\
'''Tom:''' Fine. Then go in there, and tell them you’re Jake Berenson and you need the yeerk pool entrance in their employee bathroom to deal with a national security risk you can’t say anything about.\\
[Jake and Marco glance at each other]\\
'''Jake:''' Oh. Yeah, I could do that.
-->-- ''Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}}: How I Live Now''
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'''Chum Chum:''' Robot claws!\\

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'''Chum Chum:''' Robot claws!\\claws!
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-->--''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum''

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-->--''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum''
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->'''Kyle:''' You idiots! You had a robot brain?! Why not just put ''that'' into Fanboy?\\
'''Fanbot:''' Huh. Um... I guess because then I wouldn't have the...robot claws?\\
'''Chum Chum:''' Robot claws!\\
-->--''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum''

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->'''Calvin''': All right, here's the plan! We make up a fake code with fake instructions and see that it "accidentally" falls into Susie's hands! She decodes the message, which says we '''don't''' want her to go behind our house! Naturally, she'll go there, and we'll be waiting, ready to soak her with water balloons!
->'''Hobbes''': Why don't we just hit her with water balloons right now, where she's sitting?
->'''Calvin''': You're a good officer, Hobbes, but let's face it, you don't have an executive mind.

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->'''Calvin''': All right, here's the plan! We make up a fake code with fake instructions and see that it "accidentally" falls into Susie's hands! She decodes the message, which says we '''don't''' want her to go behind our house! Naturally, she'll go there, and we'll be waiting, ready to soak her with water balloons!
->'''Hobbes''':
balloons!\\
'''Hobbes''':
Why don't we just hit her with water balloons right now, where she's sitting?
->'''Calvin''':
sitting?\\
'''Calvin''':
You're a good officer, Hobbes, but let's face it, you don't have an executive mind.



->''Jesus Christ, man! Why don't [[MethodActing you]] just try'' '''''acting''''' ''instead?!''

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->''Jesus Christ, man! Why don't [[MethodActing you]] just try'' '''''acting''''' '''acting''' ''instead?!''



->'''Sydney:''' I know we were convinced there were horrible deathtraps waiting for us on the other side of the portal, but it's too bad you couldn't have just put your tracking spell on a rock and kicked that through.
->''*[[BeatPanel two panels]] of Dabbler [[HeroicBSOD silently freaking out]]*''
->'''Dabbler:''' ... Don't you have a class to get to?
->'''Sydney:''' You mean that would have ''worked?!''

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->'''Sydney:''' I know we were convinced there were horrible deathtraps waiting for us on the other side of the portal, but it's too bad you couldn't have just put your tracking spell on a rock and kicked that through.
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through.\\
''*[[BeatPanel
two panels]] of Dabbler [[HeroicBSOD silently freaking out]]*''
->'''Dabbler:''' ...
out]]*''\\
'''Dabbler:''' ...
Don't you have a class to get to?
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to?\\
'''Sydney:'''
You mean that would have ''worked?!''






->'''Candace:''' Wait that's it! I'll trick Jeremy into writing a letter to Santa, so I can sneak a peek and learn what he wants straight from the horse's mouth. And by "mouth" I mean "pen", and by "horse" I mean Jeremy, and... yeah we're good.
->'''Phineas:''' Or you could ask him directly what he wants to avoid any unnecessary complications.
->[Beat]
->'''Candace:''' You are such a child sometimes.

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->'''Candace:''' Wait that's it! I'll trick Jeremy into writing a letter to Santa, so I can sneak a peek and learn what he wants straight from the horse's mouth. And by "mouth" I mean "pen", and by "horse" I mean Jeremy, and... yeah we're good.
->'''Phineas:'''
good.\\
'''Phineas:'''
Or you could ask him directly what he wants to avoid any unnecessary complications.
->[Beat]
->'''Candace:'''
complications.\\
[Beat]\\
'''Candace:'''
You are such a child sometimes.


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->'''Minion:''' Most revered leader Hokum, we have a rare opportunity at hand. With the rebel leadership and the [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kryptonian]] in our sights, is it out of bounds for me to suggest an option? A nuclear option perhaps?\\
'''Harry Hokum:''' It is a tempting thought, isn't it? But this is a chess game. And I am four moves ahead.
-->-- ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton''
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->'''Candace:''' Wait that's it! I'll trick Jeremy into writing a letter to Santa, so I can sneak a peek and learn what he wants straight from the horse's mouth. And by "mouth" I mean "pen", and by "horse" I mean Jeremy, and... yeah we're good.
->'''Phineas:''' Or you could ask him directly what he wants to avoid any unnecessary complications.
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->'''Candace:''' You are such a child sometimes.
-->--''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbChristmasVacation''
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-->'''Marisa''': Now, open this door!\\

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-->'''Marisa''': ->'''Marisa''': Now, open this door!\\
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-->'''Marisa''': Now, open this door!\\
'''Prismrivers''': This door doesn't open.\\
'''Marisa''': Then what do you do to get through it?!\\
'''Prismrivers''': We just fly over it.\\
'''Marisa''': ...Oh.
-->-- ''VideoGame/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherryBlossom''

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