History Quotes / WrongGenreSavvy

'''Steve:''' Okay first of all Angus is a good dude. Second of all, [[RealityEnsues This isn't a romantic comedy]].

->''"Stories '''can''' be subtle and can take many forms, and they even seem to '''resent''' being exploited. A character who tries to cast himself as the [[FarmBoy Brave Peasant Lad]] Who [[GuileHero Outwits The Troll]] may find that he’s actually one of the [[SacrificialLamb Twenty Poor Peasants Eaten]] By The Troll Before [[KnightErrant The Knight]] Comes Along. He might even end up as the [[{{Trickster}} Devious Little Human]] Squashed By [[BrainsEvilBrawnGood The Troll Hero.]] (Troll fairy-stories [[ThudAndBlunder aren’t especially subtle]].)"''

-->'''Witchy-Poo''': I chose [[{{Superhero}} this stupid mythology]] 'cause [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks it was so bright and happy and silly]]... that way, maybe [[EverybodyLives no one would get hurt]]...\\

->''<<[[NinetiessAntiHero Darkman]] is holding [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Strack]] over the edge of a 40+ story construction site>>''

-->''The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond,'' by Creator/GKChesterton.

-->--''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''

-->--The ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRoleplayingGame,'' on the dangers of playing with the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality.

-->--'''''Series/StarTrekVoyager''''' ("Future's End")

--> '''WebAnimation/DeathBattle [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmYhkwVJbcY Tigerzord vs Gundam Epyon]]'''',

->'''[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Saba:]]''' Quick, Tommy! The circle on it's chest! [[AttackItsWeakPoint It must be the weak spot!]]

->'''Tommy:''' What? It didn't explode?!
->'''Saba:''' Well this defies all logic!

->'''Barbossa:''' Aye. That's exactly what I thought when first told of the tale... ''(TheReveal shortly after)'' You best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner... you're in one!

->Time and again, some scenario will arise that is instantly recognizable from the likes of ''[[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld The Thing]]'', ''[[Film/EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]]'', or ''[[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', to which the human characters will react precisely according to the time-honored pattern of such films. The Martians, however, appear to be taking their cues from [[WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker Woody Woodpecker]], impishly exploiting the credulous seriousness of their hapless opponents. In fact, one gets the impression that the defenders of the Earth would fare better if they switched to more Lantzian tactics themselves— a supposition which the eventual revelation of the aliens’ weakness amply confirms.

Time and again, some scenario will arise that is instantly recognizable from the likes of ''[[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld The Thing]]'', ''[[Film/EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]]'', or ''[[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', to which the human characters will react precisely according to the time-honored pattern of such films. The Martians, however, appear to be taking their cues from [[WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker Woody Woodpecker]], impishly exploiting the credulous seriousness of their hapless opponents. In fact, one gets the impression that the defenders of the Earth would fare better if they switched to more Lantzian tactics themselves— a supposition which the eventual revelation of the aliens’ weakness amply confirms.

-->-- [[http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsh-m/marsattacks.htm1000 Misspent Hours and Counting's review of]] ''Film/MarsAttacks''

-- [[http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsh-m/marsattacks.htm1000 Misspent Hours and Counting's review of]] ''Film/MarsAttacks''

'''Peter Puppy:''' No! I just don't want you to wreck them!

-->-- '''Brigiditta, Queen of the Celts''', ''Mathemagics'' by Margaret Ball

->''"ANIME IS REAL, RIGHT!?"''
-->-- '''Undyne''', ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''

->''"A character who tries casting himself as the [[FarmBoy Brave Peasant Lad]] Who [[GuileHero Outwits The Troll]] may find that he is actually one of the [[SacrificialLamb Twenty Poor Peasants Eaten]] Before [[KnightErrant The Knight Comes Along.]] Or even the [[{{Trickster}} Devious Little Human]] Squashed By [[BrainsEvilBrawnGood The Troll Hero.]] (Troll [[FairyTale fairy stories]] are [[ThudAndBlunder not very subtle]])."''
-->--''TabletopGame/GURPSDiscworld,'' on the dangers of playing with the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality.

-> He died? And this is supposed to be a kids' movie!

->'''Sarah''': "Ow! She bit me!"
->'''Hoggle''': "What did you expect fairies to do?"
->'''Sarah''': "Like granting wishes."
-> '''Hoggle''': Shows how much you know about fairies."
-->-- {{Film/Labyrinth}}

->''"Well, perhaps I can guess a little," said Mr. Pond modestly. "But that's only because I've kept in mind what we said at the beginning—about the misleading way in which things remind us of romantic things; only they are never rounded off like the romance. You see, the trouble is that, when a real event reminds us of a novel, we unconsciously think we know all about it, because we know all about the novel. We have got into a groove or rut of familiar fiction; and we can't help thinking the groove runs forward and backward as it does in fiction. We've got the whole background of the story at the back of our minds; and we can't believe that we're really in another story. We always assume something that is assumed in the fictional story; and it isn't true. Once assume the wrong beginning, and you'll not only give the wrong answer but you ask the wrong question. In this case, you've got a mystery; but you've got hold of the wrong mystery."''
--> ''The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond'', by GKChesterton

-->-- ''{{WebVideo/Kickassia}}''

->''"A character who tries casting himself as the [[FarmBoy Brave Peasant Lad]] Who [[GuileHero Outwits The Troll]] may find that he is actually one of the [[SacrificialLamb Twenty Poor Peasants Eaten]] Before [[KnightErrant The Knight Comes Along]]. Or even the [[{{Trickster}} Devious Little Human]] Squashed By [[BrainsEvilBrawnGood The Troll Hero]]. (Troll [[FairyTale fairy-stories]] are [[ThudAndBlunder not very subtle]].)"''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/GURPSDiscworld'', on the dangers of playing with the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality