This entry from Big Bang Theory does not quite fit this trope properly, as it is individual individual individual individual, delivered by multiple characters, but I think it should go to some kind of title snub trope...if anyone knows what that is, please move it there. If not, maybe this should get a YKTTW - it is a fairly common comedy routine.
** Howard Wolowitz tends to suffer from this in regards to him being the only one without a doctorate.
-->'''Sheldon''': Dr Gablehauser.
-->'''Dr. Gablehauser''': Dr. Cooper.
-->'''Leonard''': Dr. Gablehauser.
-->'''Dr. Gablehauser''': Dr. Hofstadter.
-->'''Raj''': Dr. Gablehauser.
-->'''Dr. Gablehauser''': Dr. Koothrappali.
-->'''Howard''': Dr. Gablehauser.
-->'''Dr. Gablehauser''': ''Mister'' Wolowitz
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Why is the Troper Tales for this page gone?
Cats can lie in wait for hours, then suddenly pounce on a butterfly. Hide / Show Replies
Removed from "Anime" to request additional information (not a useful example as is):
- Friend really doesn't like this trope.
Removed from "Literature" to request more information (not a useful example as is):
- One collection of Monty Python scripts tended to give this treatment to Terry Gilliam, possibly for being American.
There are two different bullet point under the "real life" section which are about the "three reporters and a gentleman from the Times", which is redundant. My question is this: the second version of the example explains that this is "a rare case of the trope being used as a compliment" because the Times was seen as the best in the journalism business, while the first version as an addendum saying it would nowadays be "Three reporters and that guy from Fox News" or "Three reporters and that guy from CNN". It seems to me that those two statements can only be true simultaneously if the CNN and Fox News example are also complimentary. Is that the case?