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Keroro: Now, do you have any questions?
Tamama: I don't know... this sounds a lot like that Wet-traman operation from the other day...
(Keroro gets an weird look on his face and pauses whilst an image of Wet-traman appears in the background)
Keroro: Okay!! Men... let's go recruit some beasts!!...
Tamama: I knew it... he's going to pretend it didn't happen...
Tamama: I don't know... this sounds a lot like that Wet-traman operation from the other day...
(Keroro gets an weird look on his face and pauses whilst an image of Wet-traman appears in the background)
Keroro: Okay!! Men... let's go recruit some beasts!!...
Tamama: I knew it... he's going to pretend it didn't happen...
—Sgt. Frog, Encounter 67 — The Charge of The Animal Brigade
Film — Animated
AERITH LIVES
— Graffiti on an alley wall, Wreck-It Ralph
Magazines
"Dimensions in Time... we don't like to talk about that."
Music
"Gwen Stacy isn't dead, she's only sleeping,
And Elektra isn't evil or insane.
And those bastards in the Pentagon can't really kill Sue Dibny,
No more than they could kill off Lois Lane"
And Elektra isn't evil or insane.
And those bastards in the Pentagon can't really kill Sue Dibny,
No more than they could kill off Lois Lane"
— Four-Color Love Story
by the Metasciences
by the Metasciences Video Games
"The events of this game are absolutely 100% canonical, unless you didn't like them. In that case, it was all a dream."
—-End Credits Disclaimer, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Web Animation
Yahtzee: BioShock Infinite is a retread, but it's the good kind of retread that uses a formula that works to explore new ideas, and it's a worthy sequel to the original!
Viewer: Don't you mean second sequel, Yahtzee?
Beat
Yahtzee: GET OUT.
Viewer: Don't you mean second sequel, Yahtzee?
Beat
Yahtzee: GET OUT.
Web Original
Just like Rocky V, Another 48 Hrs., Caddyshack II, Another Midnight Run, Fletch 2, Made, Slap Shot II: Breaking the Ice, the final season of 90210 and everything else, The Next Karate Kid never happened.
At this point, it'd be best to pretend that the series died out for a while shortly after the release of this game. We all know that's not true, of course, but when you look at the truth, with its convoluted plot, lame characters, and kart racing, who can blame somebody for wanting to stretch the truth a little?
— Hardcore Gaming 101, on the direction the Mortal Kombat franchise took after Mortal Kombat Trilogy
The Beast is an abomination that we like to pretend doesn't exist
— TFWiki.net on the Beast.
.I recognize canon has made a decision, but given that it’s a stupid-ass decision, I’ve elected to ignore it.
— Unsourced quote circulating around Tumblr, paraphrasing Nick Fury's memorable line from The Avengers (2012)
"Simply saying that evangelicals, like Buck, recite those first two verses without ever mentioning the third doesn't fully convey how emphatically they reject what Ephesians 2:10 has to say. They treat this verse like the 13th floor of a hotel. It's not part of their canon. I have sat through at least a half dozen sermons in evangelical churches during which the preacher read the first nine verses of this chapter and then launched into a condemnation of the evil works-righteousness of the evil good-works faction, concluding with, "So let's pick up reading at verse 11 …"
—Fred Clark on Calvinist preachers and Tribulation Force, Slacktivist
The first rule of this blog is we do not talk about Fightbolts.
The second rule of this blog is WE. DO NOT. TALK. ABOUT. FIGHTBOLTS.
The second rule of this blog is WE. DO NOT. TALK. ABOUT. FIGHTBOLTS.
Web Video
Cashier: Okay, that's the Rocky giftset. That's going to be $49.99.
Sports Guy: Uh, we have a question. I don't want to pay for Rocky V. I like to pretend that Rocky V never happened.
Sports Guy: Uh, we have a question. I don't want to pay for Rocky V. I like to pretend that Rocky V never happened.
You'll have to cut my balls with rusty shears drenched in vinegar before I'd admit that the fourth movie is part of the saga!
— Joueur du Grenier on Indiana Jones
Wolverine: What about Onslaught?
Beast: We just pretend that never happened... for the Professor's sake.
Beast: We just pretend that never happened... for the Professor's sake.
Ugh, I'm going to pretend this never happened, alongside most of GX, some of 5D's and ALL of ZEXAL.
— Kaiba, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series
Wait, no, I don't remember that season happening. Selective amnesia!
Meninist: Oh, you're from the Ghostbusters religion. You know the second film doesn't count, right?
Fangirl: Oh, you want the orthodox denomination. They don't believe in the second film either.
Ghostbusters priest: Now, that's not true. We believe it was made. We believe it said some good things. But we do not believe it's the word of the ghostbusters.
Fangirl: Oh, you want the orthodox denomination. They don't believe in the second film either.
Ghostbusters priest: Now, that's not true. We believe it was made. We believe it said some good things. But we do not believe it's the word of the ghostbusters.
"HOLY SHIT A GHOST! La la la, I can't hear you, you're supposed to be dead! [...] Maybe I will review "Christmas Guy", maybe I won't. Seth MacFarlane may have brought Brian back, but he's still dead to me.
— The Mysterious Mr. Enter, on Brian Griffin's appearance in "Fresh Heir" and riffing on the fact he was brought back to life after only two episodes of being Killed Off for Real.
"If you stay away from seasons 6 through 8, you'll probably have a good time with Spongebob. There are definitely some gems in those seasons, like "Planet of the Jellyfish" [...] but it's probably worth cutting them out if it means you'll miss out on things like the "Pet Sitter Pat"'s. Or the..."Are You Happy Now?"'s. That episode is just...depressing. And I've talked enough about 'Truth or Square.'"
Scott The Woz: Well, it's been a wild ride. For the past 4 years, I've played through each of the classic Sonic games, and now, I've reached the final one.
(The boxes for Sonic 3D, Sonic Spinball, and Knuckles Chaotix appear on screen.)
Scott: The FINAL one!
(The boxes for Sonic 3D, Sonic Spinball, and Knuckles Chaotix appear on screen.)
Scott: The FINAL one!
—Scott The Woz, "Sonic & Knuckles | Locked and Loaded"
Dr. Jerry Attricks: That tennis thing with big Luigi.
Scott: That game doesn't exist. it would be on the news.
Scott: That game doesn't exist. it would be on the news.
—Scott The Woz, referring to Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, "Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash | The Darkest Age of Nintendo"
I really wished this season did not exist. It was very bad.
Nostalgia Critic: [stares in disbelief after watching the Spinosaurus murder the Motherfucking T-Rex] No...no. No no no no no! That didn't just happen. That didn't just happen! That was The Motherfucking T-Rex! Nobody outdoes the The Motherfucking T-Rex! Who's this bitch who think's she's the The Motherfucking T-Rex! She's not the The Motherfucking T-Rex! In the poster for Transformers 4: The Splonging of the Dong! That's not a dinosaur that looks like Daffy Duck's beak after it got shot! It's the The Motherfucking T-Rex! It's like trying to replace Batman with Super-Duper-Better-Man it's like there are some things you do not fuck around with!
— The Nostalgia Critic, Jurassic Park III Review
It's hard to put into words just how much it hurts me to say this, but...at the same time, it does need to be said. The second-worst anime of the year is without a shred of doubt in my mind...a show that does not exist. They never made it. It's not real, and it can't hurt me.
—Mother's Basement, on naming The Promised Neverland Season 2 one of his "Top 5 WORST ANIME of 2021"
Sid the Sloth: Whoa, it's an underground world filled with prehistoric creatures! I've never seen that before!
General Grievous: What about that time when-
Sid the Sloth: I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
General Grievous: What about that time when-
Sid the Sloth: I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
—Schaffrillas Productions, "Grievous and Sid - Episode 1"
Western Animation
Comic Book Guy: It can't be! It's as if Superman moved to Gotham City!
Martin: Which he did in World's Finest Comics #94. See?
Comic Book Guy: That was an imaginary story dreamt by Jimmy Olsen after he was kicked in the head by Supergirl's horse Comet. It never really happened.
Bart: None of these things ever really happened.
Comic Book Guy: (beat) Get out of my store.
Martin: Which he did in World's Finest Comics #94. See?
Comic Book Guy: That was an imaginary story dreamt by Jimmy Olsen after he was kicked in the head by Supergirl's horse Comet. It never really happened.
Bart: None of these things ever really happened.
Comic Book Guy: (beat) Get out of my store.
—The Simpsons, "Husbands and Knives"
Yakko Warner: If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended.
Dot Warner: If the actors in our show made you mad, it'll be okay if you look at it this way.
Yakko Warner: That you had but slumbered here while these visions did appear.
Dot Warner: You fell asleep on your butt and dreamed the whole thing.
Dot Warner: If the actors in our show made you mad, it'll be okay if you look at it this way.
Yakko Warner: That you had but slumbered here while these visions did appear.
Dot Warner: You fell asleep on your butt and dreamed the whole thing.
—Animaniacs, in a recitation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, translated by Dot for those viewers who, like Yakko, have no idea what he's saying.
Real Life
You will believe a man can fly after watching the first movie. You will enjoy Kryptonian villainy in the second movie. You will shrug at everything in the third movie except the toothsome Annette O'Toole as Lana Lang. They didn't make a fourth one. No, they didn't. No, that was a dream. (I like Batman better anyway.)
—Truth & Justice bibliography entry, by Chad Underkoffler.
