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1!This trope is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16831928280.22175400 under discussion]] in the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop.
2''Tropes that depict different types of catchphrases and the ways characters use them.''
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4!!Tropes
5[[index]]
6* AbandonedCatchphrase\
7A phrase that used to be a character's catchphrase, but they don't say it anymore. Or they just wanted to make room for a new one.
8* AlternateCatchphraseInflection\
9A character says their catchphrase in a different tone of voice from normal.
10* AuthorCatchphrase\
11A line that the author tends to use.
12* BorrowedCatchphrase\
13A character says someone else's catchphrase.
14* ByThePowerOfGrayskull\
15An object that's voice-activated and requires a certain phrase.
16* TheCatchphraseCatchesOn\
17Real people start borrowing a fictional character's catchphrase.
18* CatchphraseInsult\
19Somebody's catchphrase is an insult.
20* CatchphraseInterruptus\
21A person is interrupted from saying their catchphrase.
22* CatchphraseSpoutingDuo\
23Two young slackers who have a catchphrase.
24* CharacterCatchphrase\
25A character says a specific sentence ''many'' times, to the point uttering the phrase is a clue to the character's identity.
26* DefeatCatchphrase\
27A catchphrase the villain says whenever they are defeated.
28* EliminationCatchphrase\
29A phrase that is said whenever a person on a reality show is eliminated.
30* FlashbackToCatchphrase\
31A FlashBack which shows how characters got their catchphrase.
32* InTheNameOfTheMoon\
33A catchphrase said before kicking someone's butt.
34* MadLibsCatchphrase\
35Someone's catchphrase has the same structure but is different every time.
36* MangledCatchphrase\
37Someone fails to say another person's catchphrase properly.
38* OneWordVocabulary\
39A character can only say one thing.
40* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase\
41A catchphrase that advertises the next episode.
42* PokemonSpeak\
43A creature that can only say its name/species or parts thereof.
44* PhraseCatcher\
45Characters who often get a particular phrase said ''to or about'' them.
46* PreMortemCatchphrase\
47Some people's last words are their catchphrase.
48* SelfBotchedCatchphrase\
49Characters accidentally says their catchphrase wrongly.
50* SharePhrase\
51Multiple characters, or even all of them, share a catchphrase.
52* SigningOffCatchphrase\
53A line of dialogue set at the end of every (or nearly every) installment.
54* SubvertedCatchphrase\
55Characters purposely says something else instead of their catchphrase when they'd normally say their catchphrase.
56* UntranslatedCatchPhrase\
57A fictional species has a catchphrase that the whole species says, but it's in their language and never translated.
58* VerbalTic\
59A catchphrase that's put into the beginning, middle, and/or end of all (or nearly all) this character says.
60* VerbalTicked\
61A character who normally has a verbal tic speaks normally.
62[[/index]]

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