History Main / AndThenISaid

-->-- '''Pinkie Pie''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

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-->"...So I said 'If that's a chicken, I'd hate to see an ostrich!"

* ''Film/WildWildWest'' (1999).
-->'''Artemus:''' Which is not to say that Rita doesn't possess a beauty worthy of a Shakespeare sonnet or a [[Creator/SandroBotticelli Botticelli]] {{painting}}. The curvature of her buttocks and the swell of that magnificent bosom! So full, so sumptuous...\\

* ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' (1989). Ray Kinsella recounting his poignant experience with Doc Graham to Terence Mann:

'''Queen Elizabeth::''' ...And what did you say to him?\\

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has an excellent parody of the mid-anecdote cut: it cuts to Peter in the principal's office, saying: "And that's my plan!", only for the principal to reply "but you didn't tell me anything... you just sat down and said '[[UnspokenPlanGuarantee And that's my plan]].'"

** Played straight ''and'' partially lampshaded in the episode "Raging Bender".

** In "Law and Oracle," Fry gets pranked by Leela's former coworkers, who laugh at him. Cut back to Planet Express:
--->'''Fry:''' And—and then they burst out laughing a ''second'' time!
--->''(Planet Express crew bursts out laughing.)''

* From ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "The Ticket Master" brings us the page quote. [[MemeticMutation And a meme.]]

-->'''Kimo:''' And then I was like: "[[CatchPhrase Attention duelists!]]", and, oh man, you should've been there!

* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonITheEnd The End]]", Rimmer is revising for an exam:
-->'''Rimmer:''' What does this mean? What does any of it mean? I've covered my body in complete and utter and total absolute nonsense gibberish! Aaaargh!\\

-->'''Artemus:''' Which is not to say that Rita doesn't possess a beauty worthy of a Shakespeare sonnet or a Botticelli painting. The curvature of her buttocks and the swell of that magnificent bosom! So full, so sumptuous...\\

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'': During bat mitzvah.

* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091211 This]] wonderful scene from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.

* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "The End", Rimmer is revising for an exam:

* ''Series/{{Blackadder}} II'' uses the NoodleIncident version, as the scene cuts in on what appears to be Edmund yelling at the Queen and Melchett:

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' liked to do the fake anecdote trick when characters were hiding secrets from each other.

--->'''Bart:''' So I says to Mabel, I says....

* One of the {{Running Gag}}s in ''Theatre/OnTheTown'': Flossie strolls across the scene, always chatting to her girlfriend about what she said to her employer, Mr. Gadolphin. Her friend keeps asking her, "So what did he say?" Flossie ignores this question, continuing to talk about what she said him.

->''"And then I said, [[NoodleIncident 'Oatmeal? Are you crazy?']]"''
-->--'''Pinkie Pie,''' ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

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-->'''Kimo''': And then I was like: "[[CatchPhrase Attention duelists!]]", and, oh man, you should've been there!

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-->'''Artemus''': Which is not to say that Rita doesn't possess a beauty worthy of a Shakespeare sonnet or a Botticelli painting. The curvature of her buttocks and the swell of that magnificent bosom! So full, so sumptuous...\\
'''Artemus''' (notices that Rita is in the room listening): So...what were all those foreign ministers doing at Loveless' party? This is what really puzzles me...\\
'''Artemus''' (aside to Jim West): How long has she been here?\\
'''Jim''': Somewhere around Botticelli's buttocks.

--> '''Captain Jack:''' ...And then they made me their chief.
* ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' (1989).
--> '''Ray Kinsella''' recounting his poignant experience with Doc Graham to Terence Mann: "And then I figured maybe we're not supposed to take him with us..."

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-->'''Rimmer''': What does this mean? What does any of it mean? I've covered my body in complete and utter and total absolute nonsense gibberish! Aaaargh!\\
''(Lister wakes up, coughing)''\\
'''Rimmer''': ...er, plus 20 per cent of the ship's course minus the Pythagoras theorem multiplied by two over the X axis minus one equals the total velocity of Red Dwarf, which means I know everything about astroengineering. Good morning, Lister, for probably the last time.
* Played straight in ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' when Kramer recounts the details of his entire adventure that come from racing to get a severed toe to the hospital in time to be reattached to a woman's foot.
** They had originally filmed a cutaway sequence to incorporate into the anecdotal story, but decided to leave it out because Michael Richards' performance was so good it didn't need it.

-->'''Michael''': He puts his hand up her skirt, gets a hold of the old meat and two veg, right? Thinks, hang on, I've paid my money, I'm going to have something, so he flips him over, and he fu-\\
[he notices another character has entered]\\
'''Michael''': And funnily enough, it lands on its wheels, and it starts first time and they just drive away.\\
'''Alan''': [not realising the trope is in operation] Strangest story I've ever heard. [Gets up] Oh, hello. Lynn. Oh! I see what you were ah, right, yes. Hello, Michael was just telling me an army story about a friend of his who slept with ... a landrover. Lonely nights in the desert.

-->'''Edmund Blackadder:''' GET OUT! GET OUT, LIBIDINOUS SWINE, AND TAKE THAT WHORESLUT PAINTED STRUMPET WITH YOU! MAY YOU BOTH ROT IN THE FILTH OF YOUR OWN FORNICATION!
--> ''{{Beat}}''
-->'''Queen Elizabeth::''' ...And what did you say to him?
-->'''Edmund Blackadder:''' Say, madam? I said nothing. I simply pulled up my tights and jumped out of the privy window.
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* One of the {{Running Gag}}s in ''OnTheTown'': Flossie strolls across the scene, always chatting to her girlfriend about what she said to her employer, Mr. Gadolphin. Her friend keeps asking her, "So what did he say?" Flossie ignores this question, continuing to talk about what she said him.

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* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091211 This]] wonderful scene from 'Webcomic/GirlGenius'.

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** WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}} does something similar, with the PointyHairedBoss saying "and on that I think we're all in agreement", only for Alice to tell him that he only just arrived.
* Subverted when ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' did it:
-->'''Bender''': And so that's how I defeated Elzar!\\
'''Leela''': We ''know''. We were ''there''. And we just finished watching it again on TV!
** Played straight ''and'' partially lampshaded in the episode ''Raging Bender''.
-->'''Bender''' (in a very weak voice): See you at the fight!\\
(Immediately cuts to Planet Express)\\
'''Bender''': And then I said, "See you at the fight!"
* Amongst other uses, Bart has a throwaway joke in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' that falls under the second case.
-->'''Bart''': So I says to Mabel, I says....

* In ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':

* ''{{Friends}}'' liked to do the fake anecdote trick when characters were hiding secrets from each other.

* Played straight in ''{{Seinfeld}}'' when Kramer recounts the details of his entire adventure that come from racing to get a severed toe to the hospital in time to be reattached to a woman's foot.

** WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}} does something similar, with the PointyHairedBoss saying "and on that i think we're all in agreement", only for Alice to tell him that he only just arrived.

* Amongst other uses, Bart has a throwaway joke in TheSimpsons that falls under the second case.

** In one episode, resident bully Nelson Muntz was describing how to pick and eat huckleberries to his classmates. When he notices Principal Skinner is within earshot, he abruptly switches to "So anyway, I kicked the guys ass!" as a cover story.

* ''{{Blackadder}} II'' uses the NoodleIncident version, as the scene cuts in on what appears to be Edmund yelling at the Queen and Melchett:

* RedVsBlue:

* [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Interrupted_Conversations Something]] of a RunningGag on ''HomestarRunner'', most notably in the form of the "[[ArcWords DNA Evidence]]" arc.

* ''FamilyGuy'' has an excellent parody of the mid-anecdote cut: it cuts to Peter in the principal's office, saying: "And that's my plan!", only for the principal to reply "but you didn't tell me anything... you just sat down and said '[[UnspokenPlanGuarantee And that's my plan]].'"

-> "And then I said, [[NoodleIncident 'Oatmeal? Are you crazy?']]"
--> --'''Pinkie Pie,''' ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

-->'''Queen Elizabeth::''' And what did you say to him?

* In the Watership Alan episode of ''ImAlanPartridge'':