Steffi: Activating... lower... view window things...
Benzene: Yeah, you sound totally badass.
Benzene: Yeah, you sound totally badass.
All this time, I thought Sugou was my nemesis. But in reality: you were always the one pulling my strings, weren't you? Alfheim Naming Screen Guy? Hehehehehehehe. I may be losing my mind, can I please just play the game now?
— Kirito, Sword Art Online Abridged
Tagon: You've got a lawyer vocabulary already. It's like a plethora... plethaurus? Of... you know, words.
Shodan: Good job. Another sentence slain, sir.
Shodan: Good job. Another sentence slain, sir.
Ennesby: You meat-sophonts rarely notice, but words actually feel pain when they're abused.
Tagon: Cool. Long meetings just got more fun for me.
Tagon: Cool. Long meetings just got more fun for me.
"I'm a lean, mean...speed thingy!"
— Homer Simpson, The Simpsons Hit & Run
"Don't be alarmed. I'm a professional...badge...guy."
— Chief Clancy Wiggum, The Simpsons Hit & Run
Eddie: I found the place with the stuff! You should use that thingy majig to find that one thing with the other stuff!
Karl: Scary thing is you can actually understand him...
Karl: Scary thing is you can actually understand him...
"When stuff is heated, it can do stuff by itself without doing stuff to stuff around it."
"Coming up with words is, like... really hard."
— Scootaloo, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Sheldon: "I will be enjoying a blissful evening in my personal Fortress of Solitude."
Penny: "That's Superman's big ice thingy, right?"
Sheldon: "You know, I'm in such a good mood, I'm actually finding your tenuous grasp of the English language charming and folksy."
Penny: "That's Superman's big ice thingy, right?"
Sheldon: "You know, I'm in such a good mood, I'm actually finding your tenuous grasp of the English language charming and folksy."
Ares: "Pym, I have heard you have a potion that can shrink a man"
Hank Pym: "(thinks: Potion?) Yes."
Ares: "How small?"
Hank Pym: "Down to the subatomic level."
Ares: "English!"
Hank Pym: "(thinks: That is English!) I can make things smaller than the smallest things that make things things."
Hank Pym: "(thinks: Potion?) Yes."
Ares: "How small?"
Hank Pym: "Down to the subatomic level."
Ares: "English!"
Hank Pym: "(thinks: That is English!) I can make things smaller than the smallest things that make things things."
"Hurry up! Move the thing! And, that other thing!!"
— Vizzini, The Princess Bride
This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes 'ding' when there's stuff.
— The Doctor, Doctor Who, "Blink"
The Doctor: I'll do a thing.
River Song: What thing?
The Doctor: I don't know, it's a thing in progress! Respect the thing!
River Song: What thing?
The Doctor: I don't know, it's a thing in progress! Respect the thing!
Willow: "Buffy, it's not about blame."
Buffy: "Well, it feels pretty blame-y!"
Willow: "Or you're being projecting-y".
Spike: "I'm also gonna add 'Y' to the end of my sentence-y... You both make valid points-y."
— Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9
"To Jayne! The box-dropping, man-ape-gone-wrong thing."
— Simon, Firefly
Eleventh Doctor: It's a timey-wimey thing.
War Doctor: Timey what? Timey-wimey?!
Tenth Doctor: I've - I've no idea where he picks that stuff up.
War Doctor: Timey what? Timey-wimey?!
Tenth Doctor: I've - I've no idea where he picks that stuff up.
— Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor"
"What, you want to tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing?"
— Toby Ziegler, The West Wing
Leo McGarry: You wrapped that yourself, right?
Josh Lyman: The bandage?
Leo McGarry: Yeah.
Josh Lyman: ...Yeah.
Leo McGarry: Okay, Donna's gonna take you to the emergency room.
Josh Lyman: I don't need the emergency room.
Leo McGarry: Come on! It could be infected! You could have a...a thing!
Josh Lyman: What "thing"?
Leo McGarry: How the hell should I know?
Josh Lyman: The bandage?
Leo McGarry: Yeah.
Josh Lyman: ...Yeah.
Leo McGarry: Okay, Donna's gonna take you to the emergency room.
Josh Lyman: I don't need the emergency room.
Leo McGarry: Come on! It could be infected! You could have a...a thing!
Josh Lyman: What "thing"?
Leo McGarry: How the hell should I know?
"Well, (the main weapon is) a big lifty-uppy-spikey thing, designed to cut into the bladey thing above it, and we also have a couple of bright, lighty-shiny things at the front, and some floppy-spikey things at the back."
— Team U.F.O describing their robot, Robot Wars
"Can I just say that we like to keep it as clear as possible, especially at the front. ...This way Iggy can run around in his customary manner, like a crazed running-around-type-thing and we can all relax."
— The concert venue rider for Iggy Pop and the Stooges, 2006
Gunn: Something's feeling a lot not-quite-right about this.
Fred: That's what I've been saying. Only with better grammar.
Fred: That's what I've been saying. Only with better grammar.
— Angel, "The House Always Wins"
Minkowski (to Hilbert): Connect two tethers together, then attach them to the restraint. That should be enough slack for me to reach him with my propulsion maneuvering unit.
Eiffel: Is that your jetpack thingy?
Minkowski: Yes, Eiffel, that's my jetpack thingy!
Eiffel: Is that your jetpack thingy?
Minkowski: Yes, Eiffel, that's my jetpack thingy!
— Wolf 359
Luke: Alright, so she is actually one of the... most championship people. (starts laughing)
Kevin: Most championship people?
Luke: You love my English?
Kevin: Yes!
Luke: I love my English!
Kevin: Most championship people?
Luke: You love my English?
Kevin: Yes!
Luke: I love my English!
— Hobo Bros, Squidella gears up for SPLATOON 2
Bugs Bunny: I now pronounce you monster and beast. You may kiss the, uh... thing.
northernwinedregs: Hi brain, you obstinate fucker. I drank the clear splashy stuff. I ate the green things. I went under that bright fucker up there. I did the thing with the moving and sweating and whatnot. Now make the happy chemical, you lump of fuck.
It's a ticklish sort of job making a thing for a thing-ummy-bob
Especially when you don't know what it's for
But it's the girl that makes the thing that drills the hole
that holds the ring that makes the thing-ummy-bob
that makes the engines roar
And it's the girl that makes the thing that holds the oil
that oils the ring that makes the thing-ummy-bob
that's going to win the war.
Especially when you don't know what it's for
But it's the girl that makes the thing that drills the hole
that holds the ring that makes the thing-ummy-bob
that makes the engines roar
And it's the girl that makes the thing that holds the oil
that oils the ring that makes the thing-ummy-bob
that's going to win the war.
— The Thing-Ummy-Bob, written by Gordon Thompson and David Heneker, 1942
Murphy: Something is wrong with the zappy stuff.
Rowan: It's not zapping.
Electrician's Dog: I've come to fix your zaps.
Rowan: It's not zapping.
Electrician's Dog: I've come to fix your zaps.
The nose un-stuffer?
— Chuckie Finster, Rugrats, "Baby Power"
We love our shimmery click-clacks, but without paying attention to the environment the future of shimmery click-clacks isn't looking too bright.
— Dicemaker Nina Aurora
Callie: I know that big machine! It's the... y'know... the thing!
Marie: You sure have a weird definition of "know".
Marie: You sure have a weird definition of "know".
— Splatoon
Terry: Computer, analyze the metal this thing's made of. (nothing happens) Computer?
Bat-Computer: Incorrect command.
Terry: (Beat) Uh... do the thing where you figure out what it's made of.
Bat-Computer: Request for spectrographic analysis?
Terry: Uh, yeah, that's it. What you said.
Bat-Computer: Incorrect command.
Terry: (Beat) Uh... do the thing where you figure out what it's made of.
Bat-Computer: Request for spectrographic analysis?
Terry: Uh, yeah, that's it. What you said.
— Batman Beyond, "Shriek"
Blackadder: Baldrick, where's the manuscript?
Baldrick: You mean the big brown papery thing tied up with string?
Blackadder: Yes, Baldrick, the manuscript belonging to Doctor Johnson.
Baldrick: You mean the baity fellow in the black coat who just left?
Blackadder: Yes, Baldrick, Doctor Johnson.
Baldrick: So you're asking me where the big brown papery thing tied up with string, belonging to the baity fellow in the black coat who just left, is?
Blackadder: Yes, Baldrick, I am, and if you don't answer, the booted bony thing with five toes at the end of my leg will soon connect sharply with the soft dangly collection of objects in your trousers. So for the last time, where is Doctor Johnson's manuscript?
Baldrick: On the fire.
Blackadder: On the WHAT?
Baldrick: The hot orangey thing underneath the mantelpiece.
Baldrick: You mean the big brown papery thing tied up with string?
Blackadder: Yes, Baldrick, the manuscript belonging to Doctor Johnson.
Baldrick: You mean the baity fellow in the black coat who just left?
Blackadder: Yes, Baldrick, Doctor Johnson.
Baldrick: So you're asking me where the big brown papery thing tied up with string, belonging to the baity fellow in the black coat who just left, is?
Blackadder: Yes, Baldrick, I am, and if you don't answer, the booted bony thing with five toes at the end of my leg will soon connect sharply with the soft dangly collection of objects in your trousers. So for the last time, where is Doctor Johnson's manuscript?
Baldrick: On the fire.
Blackadder: On the WHAT?
Baldrick: The hot orangey thing underneath the mantelpiece.
Lower it.
Uh, Lower what?
It. IT! Oh, you know: The Crystallic Self-Perpetuating Breeder Construction Core.
Oh. Excellent idea my Evil Emperor.
And can't you come up with a shorter name for it? Like "Evil Take-Over Thingy"?
Uh, Lower what?
It. IT! Oh, you know: The Crystallic Self-Perpetuating Breeder Construction Core.
Oh. Excellent idea my Evil Emperor.
And can't you come up with a shorter name for it? Like "Evil Take-Over Thingy"?
— Evil Emperor Zurg and one of his Minions, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
We, like, worked our tails off, y'know? Like a lot! And the food we gathered was totally... you know! And you're, you're all whatever!
— Heather, Over the Hedge
Welcome to Blather 'Round, where you describe a dolphin as a 'long wet tube' and just hope to gosh somebody's on your level!
Jennifer fumed. "I didn't say [Linda] was [a spy], I just said I wondered. I mean, she had that twang in her voice. Not like from anyplace I know. Then she gets rid of it. Doesn't that sound kind of spyey to you?"
"Yes, 'glowy' is a valid form of measurement when it comes to energy. If you don't believe me, I can direct you to an excellent paper on the topic. By me, of course. Hey, when you're the leading expert in a scientific field, you're allowed to make up words and terms of measurement!"
—Dr. Ariel Celandine, Neopets: Island Builders
"You're just a big lie-y liar!"
—Rattles, Arthur, "Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper"
"Right after this message thingy."
—Peg, Peg + Cat
"I'm not your puppet! And you're not my... puppet-controlling guy!"
—Linguini, Ratatouille
"When Buster pulls this lever, this belt thingy will carry you onto this throwing thingy which will toss you onto this wall where you will be swatted by this giant flyswatter."
—Binky Barnes, Arthur, "Bugged"
"You're a deity made of snow, and I'm a human made of... human stuff."
—Tiffany Aching, Discworld, "Wintersmith"
Say one thing for Lin Carter, at least he bothered to give his monsters different names, nonsensical though they were. So far Brak's enemies have been a bird-thing and some river-things. Will the twins turn out to be vampire-smoke-things?
— AFOIAF review of The Mark of the Demons
"Climb on up that platform thing!"
— Candace Flynn, Phineas and Ferb, "Mind Share"
Miguel: Lyla, do the thing.
Lyla: Huh? What thing?
Miguel: What do you mean 'what thing?' The information explainy thing!
Grace: I knew of nose beepery and second life dreamery, but I only knew about as much as I think Elliot did.
Tedd: "Dreamery"?
Grace: I have my own dictionary.
Tedd: "Dreamery"?
Grace: I have my own dictionary.
Lionel Hutz: I move for a bad court thing.
Judge Snyder: You mean a mistrial?
Hutz: Right. That's why you're the judge and I'm the law-talking guy.
Snyder: You mean the lawyer?
Hutz: Yeah.
"We need their computer things."
— Reginod, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Samaritan Snare"
Artemis Zogg: Magnificent isn't it? Hundreds of years ago, it fell through the Fastoon stratosphere at over eight-hundred kilobits per hour.
Captain Qwark: What is it?
Zogg: A comet shard. From the Surinox Comet, to be exact. A class G celestial entity with an orbital period of six thousand years per reality.
Qwark: Those words were very sciency.
Captain Qwark: What is it?
Zogg: A comet shard. From the Surinox Comet, to be exact. A class G celestial entity with an orbital period of six thousand years per reality.
Qwark: Those words were very sciency.
"I thought we were gonna talk about how people shouldn't be afraid of me, th-that I'm as gentle as a... really gentle thing."
The Pirate Captain: Fire those long things that go bang!
Number 2: Fire cannons!
Number 2: Fire cannons!
