Iroh: [getting in between a fight between Zuko and the pirate captain] Are you so busy fighting, you cannot see your own ship has set sail?
Zuko: We have no time for your proverbs, uncle!
Iroh: It's no proverb!
[Zuko and the pirate captain see the trio sailing away in the pirate ship.]
Pirate Captain: Bleeding hog monkeys!
[Zuko starts laughing as the captain runs after his boat... before he then spots the pirates giving chase in his own boat.]
Zuko: Hey! That's my boat!
Iroh: Maybe it should be a proverb...
Zuko: We have no time for your proverbs, uncle!
Iroh: It's no proverb!
[Zuko and the pirate captain see the trio sailing away in the pirate ship.]
Pirate Captain: Bleeding hog monkeys!
[Zuko starts laughing as the captain runs after his boat... before he then spots the pirates giving chase in his own boat.]
Zuko: Hey! That's my boat!
Iroh: Maybe it should be a proverb...
Leela: Alright! Cool your jets, hot shot.
Fry: Come on, Leela, why won't you go out with me? We both know there's something there!
Leela: No, I mean cool your jets! You're melting Bender's face!
Fry: Come on, Leela, why won't you go out with me? We both know there's something there!
Leela: No, I mean cool your jets! You're melting Bender's face!
— Futurama, "Time Keeps on Slippin'"
Puff Daddy: Apparently, you haven't heard of my "Vote or Die" campaign. [holds up a t-shirt with the slogan on it]
Stan: "Vote or Die"? What the hell does that even mean?!
Puff Daddy: [cocks his gun] What you think it means, bitch!
Stan: "Vote or Die"? What the hell does that even mean?!
Puff Daddy: [cocks his gun] What you think it means, bitch!
— South Park, "Douche and Turd"
You feel a cold hand on your shoulder and a voice says, "may I have this dance?" You turn and see Lady Spookyraven herself, or the ghost thereof, hovering beside you.
"Uh, sure," you say, "but I kind of have two left feet. I don't mean that metaphorically, either; it's a pretty serious deformity."
"Uh, sure," you say, "but I kind of have two left feet. I don't mean that metaphorically, either; it's a pretty serious deformity."
— Kingdom of Loathing, "Having a Ball in the Ballroom"
Jeff: Don't oversell your clout, Allen. You're partner because I sold you to Ted. Ted respects me.
Allen: Ted's gone. Got too old. Couldn't swim with the sharks and got eaten.
Jeff: That makes no sense. He started the firm; you can't lose your own firm.
Allen: You can if you're dead. That shark thing was not a metaphor.
Allen: Ted's gone. Got too old. Couldn't swim with the sharks and got eaten.
Jeff: That makes no sense. He started the firm; you can't lose your own firm.
Allen: You can if you're dead. That shark thing was not a metaphor.
— Community, "Introduction to Finality"
The Earth's crust contains a bunch of atoms,[citation needed] some of which are valuable. If you extracted all the elements, purified them, and sold them, the market would crash.[5]
— What If?, "$2 Undecillion Lawsuit"
"Looks like it's time to pay the Piper... Griselda, seriously, it's time to pay the Piper! Now go get my checkbook!"
— Rumpelstiltskin; Shrek Forever After
"Also people just... shitting on the floor of the store, like, that's a thing that people would just... do. I don't know why? Maybe it's just a accident? I don't wanna dwell on it, I just think it's important that we all recognize that retail workers deal with a lot of literal shit, in addition to the figurative shit that we expect them to deal with."
— Thought Slime, "My third job in a retail heck-scape" [1]
"Little Nif. My dear friend. It is time to drop the rock. And I can safely say... that was no idiom of any kind."
— The Nift AI, Nifty
"So you see, the reckless battle strategy of the Kathorran orcs was effective, but ultimately proved to be a double-edged sword. As did their double-edged swords."
— Flavor text of the Magic: The Gathering card Blade Historian
"I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards. OK? What I was asking in that scene is: what if politicians continue to pay doctors peanuts, could they literally turn into monkeys? And no-one's asked that before."
— Garth Marenghi, Garth Marenghis Darkplace
"When I said you should screw yourself, I didn't mean for you to take it literally."
— Cloned Adam Gibson, The 6th Day
Simon Cowell: You're on fire Donkey!
Donkey: ♪Burn baby burn...♪
Shrek: No, you're really on fire!
Donkey: ♪Burn baby burn, oh, yeah!♪ [sees that his tail's literally on fire] AAAAAAAH!!!!!!
Donkey: ♪Burn baby burn...♪
Shrek: No, you're really on fire!
Donkey: ♪Burn baby burn, oh, yeah!♪ [sees that his tail's literally on fire] AAAAAAAH!!!!!!
— Shrek 2
Allen Bestwick: Tony Stewart owns this speedway... Tony Stewart has won three of the four races the SRX Series has run on dirt tracks... [Beat] He's pretty good at it.
Joey Logano: He's pretty good, there's a lot of places we talk about a driver that owns that track because he's really good at it... no, Tony Stewart actually owns the track.
Joey Logano: He's pretty good, there's a lot of places we talk about a driver that owns that track because he's really good at it... no, Tony Stewart actually owns the track.
"Before being sent to the Gone Underworld, they mined Styxcoin not with pickaxes and drills, but with keyboards and overpriced graphics cards."
— Miner Business Card, Going Under
Bird Brain: Wait a minute... Hold the phone!
Zippy: Are you getting an idea?
Bird Brain: No, I want you to hold the phone. [proceeds to give Zippy the phone, causing her to fall to the floor because of its weight]
Zippy: Are you getting an idea?
Bird Brain: No, I want you to hold the phone. [proceeds to give Zippy the phone, causing her to fall to the floor because of its weight]
— T.U.F.F. Puppy, "Booby Trap"
Tohru: Uh, Jade. I will have to buy you a new computer. I'm afraid Sensei has... crashed this one.
Jade: Tch, crashes are a cinch to fix. Just hit the reset button and—
Tohru: Uh, no. I mean he has crashed it... onto the floor.
[the scene shows that Uncle has literally crashed Jade's laptop onto the floor and is whacking it with a broom]
Jade: Tch, crashes are a cinch to fix. Just hit the reset button and—
Tohru: Uh, no. I mean he has crashed it... onto the floor.
[the scene shows that Uncle has literally crashed Jade's laptop onto the floor and is whacking it with a broom]
Izzy: That tablet of yours sure is handy. Seems like most artists have to lug around a big kit of micron pens and junk.
Hiro: No way. Micron is a gang of thugs and racketeers.
Izzy: Yeah, I hear they’re pretty expensive over time.
Hiro: I’m being literal. Oh shit, here come some of their goons!
Hiro: No way. Micron is a gang of thugs and racketeers.
Izzy: Yeah, I hear they’re pretty expensive over time.
Hiro: I’m being literal. Oh shit, here come some of their goons!
Ah yes! The tractor. An instant meme the band rode all the way to Liverpool. No, seriously, they posted a video of themselves riding off to Liverpool on a tractor.
— Matt Wrather discussing Croatia's Eurovision 2023 entrants Let 3, Overthinking It
