History Main / DontBeRidiculous

-->'''Tomo''': ''Bwahahaha!'' [[EskimosArentReal This moron believes in reindeer!]]
-->'''[[StraightMan Yomi]]''': Um... reindeer DO exist.
-->'''Tomo''': You can't pull that one over on me! No deer in the world could fly like that!
-->'''Yomi''': [[PoesLaw ...are you for real?]]

-->Nodamiki: And you need mayonnaise too!!
-->Tomokane: Mayonnaise?
-->Nodamiki: So I can put it on the crusts... and eat them![[note]]Bread is used as an eraser in charcoal drawing.[[/note]]
-->Tomokane: ''(holding up peanut butter)'' You don't use mayonnaise for the crusts!!
-->Kisaragi: Tomokane-san, that's not what you should be arguing about!!

--> '''Kermit/Smallett:''' Your finger hired the crew?
--> '''Fozzie/Trelawney:''' No, that's silly: [[ConsultingMisterPuppet The man who LIVES inside my finger]] hired the crew.

-->'''Jesse:''' ''(coming into the kitchen and seeing Danny scrubbing suds between his hands)'' Joey, it's finally happened -- he's cleaning liquid soap.
-->'''[[NeatFreak Danny]]:''' Don't be silly. I am just cleaning my rubber gloves.
-->'''Joey:''' Danny, there is no shame in therapy...

-->'''Peter:''' (Walter is examining a body, mentions talons) [[DeadpanSnarker We're looking for Big Bird.]]
-->'''Walter:''' Don't be ridiculous. Perhaps a Pterodactyl...

-->'''Son:''' Dad, do you know Batman? 'Cuz I've been trying to contact him all day. (shows flashlight converted into a Batsignal)
-->'''Dad:''' That's ridiculous. You know as well as I do that Batman lives in Gotham City!

-->'''Wallace Greenslade:''' Listeners [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment who are listening]] will, of course, realise that Minnie and Henry are talking rubbish; as erudite people will realise, there are no elephants in Sussex. They're only found in ''Kent''...

--> "Where are we going to find a shrubbery?"
--> "Well, maybe we can build one? Out of cats."
--> "Don't be ridiculous. Where are we going to find cats?"

--> '''Qui-Gon:''' I've got an idea!
--> '''Obi-Wan:''' It's not SummonBiggerFish, is it?
--> '''Qui-Gon:''' Don't be stupid! That would only take one or two hits, at most. Tell them we're bringing up a load of the Queen's laundry.

--> '''Roy:''' Then go play quietly with your puppet or something!
--> '''Elan:''' Don't be ridiculous, Roy! You know [[CompanionCube Banjo]] is even more worried than I am.

-->'''Joel''' Is that a {{Muppet}}?
-->'''Burnie:''' Don't be silly, Muppets are trademark.

-->'''Homestar:''' Oh, hello, Dripping Yellow Madness!\\

-->'''March Hare:''' Mustard?
-->'''Mad Hatter:''' Mustard, yes... ''Mustard?!'' Don't let's be silly! Lemon, that's more like it.

* {{Squidbillies}}: Something has wrecked the Cuyler house.
-->'''Rusty''': I think Godzilly came over here and tipped our house up off the ground!
-->'''Early''': Son... Son, now come on. That's impossible. Ol' Godziller he lives over 'ere in Ja-pan. An' that's a long-ass commute just fer a beatdown.

* From the WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck episode "Twin Beaks" when Launchpad (trying to get in touch with his aura) makes a detour in a cow pen.
-->'''Lanchpad:''' Okay, Twin Beaks is a quarter mile up the road, we should take a left at the second light and stop in at "Trudy's Diner". She makes a great pie and a darn good coffee.
-->'''Darkwing:''' Ooh, did the nice cow tell you all that?
-->'''Launchpad:''' Don't be silly, DW; this log gave me the directions. The cow just warned us not to order the coffee.

* In ''RiversOfLondon'', Peter tells Toby the dog that Nightingale would probably turn him into mittens. Nightingale objects, a shorthair would make terrible mittens, but might make a nice hat.

* ''GAGeijutsukaArtDesignClass'', when the upcoming class is doing sketches in charcoal:

* ''FullHouse'':

* ''{{Fringe}}'':

* In a [[RoosterTeethShorts Rooster Teeth Short]] when they find that their new intern is a puppet.

* ''DarthsAndDroids'', when the characters are surrounded by enemy ships:

Not quite the same as the usage of the phrase by FunnyForeigner Balki Bartokomous in the sitcom ''PerfectStrangers''. (He would say it when suspected of doing something wrong, but usually wouldn't follow up with a nonsensical rebuttal.)

* In ''MuppetTreasureIsland'', Kermit/Smallett asks who hired the crew full of obvious pirates. Everyone points to Fozzie/Trelawney, while he points to his own finger.

* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': Two accountants make a wager on which other accountant will fall past their window, with Parkinson being the next potential faller.
-->'''1st Man: (''both men glancing up out the window'')''' Come on, Parky.
-->'''2nd Man:''' Don't be silly, Parky!
-->'''1st Man:''' Come on, Parky!
-->'''2nd Man:''' Don't be stupid, man!

* Tennessee Tuxedo uses this phrase frequently when Chumley says something irrational.

-->'''1st Man: (''both men glacing up out the window'')''' Come on, Parky.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E2DayOfTheMoon "Day of the Moon":]]
-->'''River:''' Apollo 11's your secret weapon?
-->'''The Doctor:''' No, no, it's not Apollo 11. That would be silly. It's Neil Armstrong's foot.
** From [[Recap/DoctorWho2011CSTheDoctorTheWidowAndTheWardrobe "The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe":]]
-->'''Lily:''' I don't understand. Is this place real? Or is it fairyland?
-->'''The Doctor:''' Fairyland? Oh grow up, Lily! Fairyland looks completely different.
** From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameoftheDoctor "The Name of the Doctor":]]
-->'''Clara:''' So, how do we get down there? Jump?
-->'''The Doctor:''' Don't be silly. We fall.

* In the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon "Cool Things", the following exchange occurs when Homestar spots Strong Sad through a pair of CoolShades covered in wet yellow paint.

'''Strong Sad:'''' What? I'm Strong Sad. Dripping Yellow Madness moved away after the fifth grade!

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'', Oghren tells the Warden that he's heard about schleets, monsters that disguise themselves as a seemingly ordinary pair of pants, then gouge out a victim's eyes. You can egg him on by claiming schleets then lay eggs in the victim's eye sockets, to which he retorts "What kind of moron do you think I am? Schleets don't lay eggs!"

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', the episode ends just as Numbuh Five tells the other kids [[TheTalk where babies come from]]. TheStinger shows the other kids acting with disgust... except Numbuh One, who protests "Babies don't come from [[PlaceWorseThanDeath Detroit]], they come from Philadelphia!"

-->'''Tomo''': ''Bwahahaha!'' This moron believes in reindeer!

* "Don't be ridiculous" is said in recurring fashion by [[TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales Tennessee Tuxedo]].

* In ''JaysJourney'':
--> '''Atolla:''' My name is Atolla.
--> '''[[TheDitz Max]]:''' "Atolla"? That's stupid. I wanna call you "Mr. Talking Kitty"!

* In ''H2G2/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'', Arthur can't resist making the obvious ''TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'' reference when he learns Fenchurch's name: was she found in a handbag in Fenchurch Street Station?
-->'''Fenchurch''': And the answer is no.
-->'''Arthur''': Fine.
-->'''Fenchurch''': I was conceived there.

* In ''DragonAge: Awakening'', Oghren tells the Warden that he's heard about schleets, monsters that disguise themselves as a seemingly ordinary pair of pants, then gouge out a victim's eyes. You can egg him on by claiming schleets then lay eggs in the victim's eye sockets, to which he retorts "What kind of moron do you think I am? Schleets don't lay eggs!"

Often, Bob is TheDitz, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, or TheWonka. Less often, Alice is likewise one of those characters.

* In ''Tea With the Black Dragon'' by RAMacAvoy, during Martha's first conversation with Mayland Long, he tells her a version of the tale of Thomas the Rhymer, which continues past the usual ending point to talk about Thomas' son. When he finishes, she remarks that he tells it with such authority she could almost believe he'd had it from Thomas in person.

--> '''Fozzie/Trelawney:''' No, that's silly: [[CompanionCube The man who LIVES inside my finger]] hired the crew.