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1->''"[[GratuitousLatin Non intelligo, curnam putas mirum non esse?]]"''
2
3->''"CAN YOU FEEL THE BONE-CHILLING HORROR AS HE CHANGES HIS RAT'S SAWDUST!?"''
4-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]]''', [[http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/category/phantasmagoria/ Let's Play: Phantasmagoria 2]]
5
6->'''Gypsy:''' ''[singing]'' Have you ever touched a Post-it Note?\
7Have you ever looked at boots?\
8Have you ever sat down in a chair?\
9Have you ever used a paper clip?
10-->-- ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E19RedZoneCuba Red Zone Cuba]]"
11
12->''"That fatal flaw in high-tech-based movies is the critical scene when the guy works on the computer. In ''Film/{{Swordfish}}'', they actually tried to make it look cool with a fast-paced jump-cut montage of [Creator/HughJackman] as he programs to very loud DJ mixes. Dress it up and make it dance, but it's still a guy on a computer."''
13-->-- '''Kevin Murphy''', ''A Year at the Movies''
14
15-> ''"'''Calm down''', music."''
16-->-- Creator/MikeNelson chiding the overblown, dramatic score during a sequence in ''Film/{{Krull}}'' where a giant spider is hanging around not doing much of anything, ''Podcast/RiffTrax''
17
18->''"Everything in “Quest for Fire” is writ large, but doesn’t quite deserve to be. That disconnect places the song pretty high on the [[{{Narm}} unintentional comedy]] scale, but that’s also what makes it so entertaining."''
19-->-- '''Top One Million''', [[http://www.toponemillion.net/2009/11/999872-iron-maiden-quest-for-fire.html review]] of ''Music/IronMaiden's'' "Quest for Fire"
20
21->''"[[Creator/SergioLeone He]] made that scene last, what, five minutes? And all we do is stand there and stare at each other with the music blaring on the soundtrack. It's one of the most impressive scenes I've ever seen, let alone been involved in."''
22-->-- '''Creator/LeeVanCleef''' on the [[MexicanStandoff climax]] of ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''
23
24->''"You know something bad's about to happen when the slow-motion grocery carrying kicks in."''
25-->-- '''WebVideo/ObscurusLupa''' on ''Lady Dragon 2''
26
27->''"As much as it pained me to watch John Glover being shorn of his magnificent [[BarbarianLonghair Mane of Power]], I liked that the producers understood that it was basically the defining element of his character, and that cutting it off was a really big deal. It’s almost like they’re in on the joke, even if it does come in this completely ridiculous scene where a burly dude in a wifebeater comes into the cell and Lionel goes [='=]''do it''[='=] as the classical music kicks in.''
28-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/smallville-adrianne-palicki-episode-3-22-covenant/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Covenant")
29
30->''"This concern with embellishing reality is undoubtedly a sign of pride; but then, how one wishes sometimes that writers had a little more pride! And besides, isn't there more pride (and a lot more silliness too) in the way some authors tell the most insignificant events of their lives exactly the way they happened, naively convinced as they are that everything they have experienced is, because of this alone, full of interest and poetry?"''
31-->-- '''René Pommier''' in [[http://rene.pommier.free.fr/Chateaubriand.html his analysis]] of the last lines of Chateaubriand's ''Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe''
32
33->''"EPIC MUSIC. Seriously, you're talking about video games. If you're going to use ridiculous music, then you might as well act enthused so it matches."''
34-->-- '''LetsPlay/ChipCheezum''', one of criticisms of a video he WebVideo/{{retsupurae}}[[{{MST}} d]]
35
36->''"Who wants '''PIZZA ROLLS?!'''" [theme music begins blaring]''
37-->-- '''Doctor Orpheus''', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''
38
39->''"Quiet, son! I'm making... *large field of electricity crackles* '''toast!'''"''
40-->-- '''Professor Membrane''', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''
41
42
43->''"Hey, guys! Have you heard the news? There’s a sweet new [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] product coming out that every Muppet fan is going to want to own! It’s a COLORING BOOK!\
44\
45That’s right! That’s what I said! A COLORING BOOK! I even said it in all-caps like that: COLORING BOOK! Sure, it’s a shame that we haven’t seen much of the Muppets since their TV show got cancelled, outside of a few Website/YouTube videos. But with this COLORING BOOK, you can have the Muppets in your hands all the time!\
46\
47Think of the possibilities: You can use crayons OR colored pencils! You can color Miss Piggy’s face! And then you can color Gonzo’s nose! And if you really want to get crazy and have a thrill, you could color Kermit PURPLE! Ha ha! Or Fozzie BLUE! Wooo!\
48\
49Boy oh boy! I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for… for…\
50\
51Okay, I can’t keep this up. It’s a coloring book. It’s neat and everything, but it’s a coloring book. You know?"''
52-->-- '''[[http://www.toughpigs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/NNT-10-coloringbook.html A ToughPigs article]]''' (posted on April Fools' Day, no less) about a then-soon to be released Muppets coloring book
53
54->''"Stretchy pants?! Why, those are the greatest things in the world! If I were you, I would wear them every day, EVERY DAY!"''
55-->--'''Chandler''', ''Series/{{Friends}}''
56
57->"Somehow, at her reduced scale, with all of her newfound focus, the subtle nuances of the strings straightening, spinning out into faintly new shapes took on a new significance once Mikuru showed her how to do it. A collection of crystals, various powdered substances, some proteins... And then it was transformed through a careful, deliberate process into a new shape, placed intentionally where it would be exposed to higher energies...\
58\
59At the end of this process, Mikuru had transformed'' things ''into'' cookies'', through some amazing, slow, medium-scale fusion that Kuyou was delighted to analyze the intricacies of. She could spend millions of rotations examining it and its nuances, at least!"
60-->-- ''FanFic/KyonBigDamnHero''
61
62->''"Once you hear [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF1iZH1F40s this song]]\
63Dogs become wolves\
64House cats become lions\
65Salamanders become dragons\
66And everything you do decides the fate of the world"''
67-->-- '''Website/YouTube user unknown2558isback''' on ''Requiem for a Tower''
68
69->''[[{{GASP}} *gaaaasp*]]\
70Holy shit! What is this?! Forged in God's very flames,\
71Do mine eyes tell me lies, a new [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Elder Scrolls]] game?!\
72Time is nigh, I must fly, venture forth on my quest!\
73Goodbye Ma, goodbye Pa, and goodbye Girlfriend's breasts.\
74I'll be off, [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Azeroth]], catch you later, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Hyrule]],\
75I'll be gone, [[VideoGame/{{Fable}} Albion]], I'm no longer your fool!\
76Other crap filled the gap while I waited to begin...\
77The adventure of my life in the land of [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]!!''
78-->-- '''Harry Partridge''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9eGtyqz4gY Skyrim]]''
79
80->''"Every time you go to the next room, it sounds like an explosion. That's what's so great about Atari, something simple as going through a door is an event!"''
81-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', reviewing ''VideoGame/{{Swordquest}}: Fireworld''
82
83->'''JOHN:''' and all this heavy handed scoring. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools oh my god. the music makes every little thing into such a federal issue!]]
84->'''JOHN:''' like... oh man, SOME MINOR CHARACTERS BEING INTRODUCED IN SLOW MOTION! dun-dun dun-dun DUN DUN DUN!!!
85-->-- '''John Egbert''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
86
87->''"I'll take a potato chip... '''AND EAT IT!'''"''
88-->-- '''Light Yagami''', ''Anime/DeathNote''
89
90->''"You have mastered the piano!!! All others quake in fear at your superhuman keyboard manipulation skill!"''
91-->-- ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''
92
93->''"Damn, that is some epic bread eating. Why can't I ever make sandwiches that good?"''
94-->-- '''Ray Hardgrit''', ''Super Adventures in Gaming'', [[http://superadventuresingaming.blogspot.com/2013/08/septerra-core-legacy-of-creator-pc.html review of]] ''VideoGame/SepterraCore''
95
96->''"On the [[UsefulNotes/WiiU GamePad]], there's a '''MICROPHONE'''!!"''
97-->-- '''Creator/XanderMobus''', as the the announcer in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
98
99
100->"Old and secret she had entered from a morning world, maybe a messenger. She praised the goodness of the milk, pouring it out. Crouching by a patient cow at daybreak in the lush field, a witch on her toadstool, her wrinkled fingers quick at the squirting dugs. They lowed about her whom they knew, dewsilky cattle. Silk of the kine and poor old woman, names given her in old times. A wandering crone, lowly form of an immortal serving her conqueror and her gay betrayer, their common cuckquean, a messenger from the secret morning."
101-->--''Literature/{{Ulysses}}'' [[note]] He's describing the protagonist's morning milk delivery, by the way...[[/note]]
102
103->''Ladies and Gentlemen! You could have been anywhere in the world tonight, but you're here with us in New York City! Are you ready for a cabinet meeting?!''
104-->--'''George Washington''', ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''
105
106->''DIE, BACTERIA FUCKS! DIE!''
107-->--'''[[LargeHam Katsuki Bakugou]]''' washing his teeth, ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''
108
109->''I just found...STAIRS!''
110-->--'''Silverstream''', due to being a seapony most of her life, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
111
112->''Behold your DEMISE! You LOSE a TURN, with this SKIP CARD!''
113-->--''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1XQduS6IfA If UNO Was an Anime]]''
114
115->Harry rolled his eyes. Good God, this was a chance meeting in a crowded bookstore, not an epic showdown in the Old West.
116-->--''Fanfic/OhGodNotAgain''
117
118->''I never thought I'd see it with me own eye... '''TICKETS TO THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE!'''''
119-->--'''Pirate Captain''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''
120
121->''I TOOOK OUT A CIGARETE END (sic) STARTED TO smoke pot.''
122-->--'''Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way''', ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''
123
124->'''Kang:''' ''"ARRGH! He's got a board... with a ''nail'' in it!"''
125->'''Moe:''' ''"Enslave humanity, will ya?!"''
126->'''Kang:''' ''"Run, Kodos!"'' ''(They flee into their ship and fly off.)''
127->'''Moe:''' ''"HAHA!"''
128-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror Treehouse of Horror]]''
129
130->''Sleep is really amazing, isn't it, Bert?''
131-->--'''Ernie''', ''Series/SesameStreet''
132
133->''Fight that plaque! Fight that plaque! Scary monsters don't have plaque!''
134-->--'''Michael "Mike" Wazowski''', to Sully who's brushing his teeth, ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''
135
136->''I just had sex and it felt so good. A woman let me put my penis inside of her. I just had sex, and I'll never go back to the not-having-sex days of the past.''
137-->--'''Music/TheLonelyIsland''', "I Just Had Sex"
138
139->''The way it lifts a load makes my heart explode. Its pivoting is riveting to me! It carries weight with such ease it leaves me weak at the knees. I love a lever endlessly!''
140-->--''Series/SesameStreet'', "Lever Lover"
141
142->'''Huxley''': "I'm walking!"
143->'''Pestie''': "The boss is walking! The boss is walking!"
144-->--''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''
145
146->''Let's give multiplication a standing ovation!''
147-->--'''Yakko Warner''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''
148
149->''"[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Who knew that the legal world could inspire a whole line of merchandise?]]"''
150-->-- '''Phoenix Wright''', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''
151
152->''May this sharpened edge bring me peace''\
153''The truth, freed from the arms of chaos, arrives slowly, methodically''\
154''A star in the sky, the Earth rumbles, a drone so sincere''\
155''And I’m not frightened, I just am''\
156''I’ve got the blade and I’m ready to shave''\
157''I’m not afraid, I won’t look away''\
158''Like the thunder and flames in a lovers’ embrace''\
159''I will clean the slate of the growth, shear the pain away''
160-->--'''Music/HotDad''' as '''[[VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw the Chowder Man]]''', "Ready to Shave"
161
162->''"Why are you sneaking into my house in the middle of the night to make fried rice all dramatic like?! And turn off the damn music! It's bothering the neighbors!"''
163-->-- '''Zenzo Hattori''', ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''
164
165->''Drug tests are mandatory...YOU'RE A WINNER!''
166-->-- '''Music/TheLonelyIsland''', "Space Olympics"
167
168->''Why can’t anime characters play a SINGLE round of any sport normally?''
169-->-- '''Website/YouTube user hobbithands''', on the racing sequences in ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby''
170
171->''This was made in three minutes? By who? A WIZARD?! It looks freshly made! This is the true spirit of steak! ''I will never turn up my nose at frozen food again!
172-->--'''Roaming Gourmet''' on the Frozen Ready Meal, ''Videogame/{{Miitopia}}''
173
174->'''Bert''': "Hey, Ernie, what are you doing? It's time to go to bed."
175->'''Ernie''': "I'm contemplating my toes, Bert."
176->'''Bert''': "Well--- what!? Contemplating your ''toes''?!"
177->'''Ernie''': "Yeah, you know, thinking about how really amazing they are?"
178-->-- ''Series/SesameStreet''
179
180->'''Elmo:''' Hooray for underpants!\
181'''Prairie Dawn:''' [[LampshadeHanging Did you just say, 'hooray for underpants'?!]]
182-->--''Series/SesameStreet'', "Elmo's Potty Time"
183
184->''This music is very dramatic, just for cleaning up a pony.''
185-->--''WebVideo/{{Vannamelon}}'', "Fluttershy Plays Weird My Little Pony Games"
186
187->"Our conviction was that with the passage of time, even the humblest, simplest diary would turn out to be magical".
188-->--British Museum curator Irving Finkel explaining the rationale behind his project of collecting discarded diaries to preserve for future readers.
189
190->'''Vinnie:''' Once, I took a train, clear across the country! (cut to a train in motion)\
191'''Pepper:''' That's your interesting story? You rode in a train?\
192'''Vinnie:''' Who said anything about riding IN the train?\
193(cut back to the train, this time with Vinnie having his tongue stuck on the outside)\
194'''Vinnie:''' HEEEEEELP! AAAAHHH!
195-->-- ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012''
196
197->''"TIM IT WAS JUST PICTIONARY"''
198-->-- Youtube comment on the [[UsefulNotes/{{shovelware}} NES Pictionary]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE title theme.]]

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