Quotes / Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion

Anime & Manga

"Without Asuka from Germany, everybody would be lost.
Her country is responsible for the Ho-lo-graphic map!"

— Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Lost 4Kids Opening

Comic Books

Zecora: Well, you know, I'm feeling a bit... purple. As if... there's something in my... rhythm.
Spike: Zecora! You're sick! You've been infected!
Zecora: Nonsense! What bilge! I'm as healthy as a wolf! I'm suffused with warmth! What fun this illness prompts!

— My Little Pony: Friends Forever #21

Films - Animation

Dusty: Winter is a grand old time!
Rusty: Of this, there are no ifs or buts!
Dusty: But remember, all that salt and grime...
Rusty: Can rust your bolts, and freeze your —
Dusty: Hey, look! There he is!

— Cars

"Winter's a good time to stay in and cuddle,
But put me in Summer and I'll be a—
[Beat]
...Happy snowman!"

— Olaf, Frozen (2013)

Its toes are black!
Its fur is blue!
I swear that all
I tell you is not made up!

— Owl, Winnie the Pooh (2011), "The Backson Song"

Films - Live-Action

"There was this cat I knew back home where I was bred. He never listened to a single thing his mother said. He never used the litter box, he made a mess in the halls. That's why they sent him to a vet to cut off both his b—b—b—boy!"

— Cat, The Cat in the Hat, "Fun, Fun, Fun"

Lurcio: "Ode to Flavia". How sweet. "I love her face, that bosom fair, that skin without a ripple. But most of all, I love to lie, with my lips upon her left shoulder".
Nausius: I can't think of a rhyme for "ripple".
Lurcio: Well, he's the only one who can't.

— Up Pompeii

Live-Action Television

Data: There was a young lady from Venus, whose body was shaped like a—
Picard: Captain to security, come in!

— Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The Naked Now"

"Let's go to our new aunt's, take us to Paris, Texas!"

— Max Russo, Wizards of Waverly Place, "Retest"

Music

I have a sad story to tell you
It may hurt your feelings a bit
Last night when I walked into my bathroom
I stepped in a big pile of sh...aving cream
Be nice and clean
Shave every day and you'll always look keen.

— Benny Bell, Shaving Cream

"There's seven words that make kids laugh, I'm not allowed to say them.
And if I put them in my songs, the radio won't play them.
I think that you can figure out what some of them might be.
I'll have to tell you later, 'cause now I have to—"

— Judy Pancoast, "Seven Words That Make Kids Laugh"

"I wrote this song before I knew how to rhyme. I guess that's why it took me such a long... piece of paper. I know it sounds funny. How am I supposed to buy things without any... time?"

— Songdrops, "Before I Could Rhyme"

Video Games

"Oh dear, you really aren't very smart. Very well, I shall begin from the very - er, beginning. Dear me, did I almost rhyme? Who does that, anyway?"

— Shatotto, Final Fantasy XIV

Web Animation

"He has no style
He has no grace
This Kong has a gun."

— Lawyer Kong, Supermarioglitchy4's Super Mario 64 Bloopers, "Goodbye, SMG4"

"So, to summarise:
Control's intriguing enough
With its mysterious, inscrutable stuff,
But the combat is cloying
And about as annoying
As a limerick that doesn't end properly.

— Zero Punctuation, review of Control

Western Animation

Gloria: Little bean in the tree,
Do you feel as sad as me?
I grind up the beans like they grind up my soul!
Corporate greed is evil and cold!
The best part of waking up...
Until we wake up no more.
Thank you.
Gramma: Why'd everything rhyme but the last line?

— Big City Greens, "Hiya Henry"

Thumpety, thump, thump! Thumpety, thump, thump!
Look at Frosty skate!
Thumpety, thump, thump! Thumpety, thump, thump!
Makin' a figure... nine?!

— Frosty's Winter Wonderland

Luna Loud: I wrote it down on my Christmas list, if I don't get my prezzies, I'm gonna get—
Mr. Grouse: Louds! Knock off that racket!

— The Loud House, "11 Louds a Leapin'"

"Without farm life, there'd be such disparity.
These thoughts I think with great clarity.
Apples high to the sky,
She's the one of my eye.
That fruit-hauling pony named... Applejack!"

— Trenderhoof, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "Simple Ways"

Zecora: That's marvellous, Fluttershy. I am quite impressed. While you're on your journey, I'll try not to be worried.
Fluttershy: Oh, no! Zecora, you didn't rhyme! You must be getting worse!

— My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "A Health of Information"

Dot Actress: The Web invaded Mainframe, sprite and virus battled side-by-side
Attempting to reclaim the city from the rift which opened wide
But Megabyte betrayed Bob and he threw him deep inside the pit
The pit was closed and Bob was hosed and all that he could say was—
Bob Actor: NO!

— ReBoot, "End Prog"

"Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor, and the doctor said
'I'm calling Child Protective Services.'"

— Robot Chicken

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