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* Season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' has Princess Carolyn meet her boyfriend's wealthy family while [[MySecretPregnancy the couple keep her pregnancy secret from them]]. They offer her: some smokes, [[OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby an assortment of drinks]], a swift punch to the gut ("[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext It's a rich-people thing]]"), a ride on their private rollercoaster, and standing around Mrs. Stilton while she smokes.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} as a RunningGag in ''Series/GetSmart'', as Max would start out making outrageous claims and then scale them back in response to the other party's disbelief.

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* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] as a RunningGag in ''Series/GetSmart'', as Max would start out making outrageous claims and then scale them back in response to the other party's disbelief.

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* Creator/{{Christopher Titus}}, telling a story about his dad waking him up one morning.

-->"Even if it's at a sidewalk cafe! In Calcutta! The ''poor'' section! On New Year's Morning during a soccer riot!"

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* When [=GLaDOS=] tells Chell an engineer has officially noted in her file that her orange jumpsuit looks stupid on her in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.

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** In his "Best and Worst of 2015" video, his explanation for why he named ''VideoGame/{{Halo 5}}'' [[SoOkayItsAverage #1 Blandest Game of 2015]] is capped off with:

* ''Series/TooManyCooks'' starts out as an OverlyLongGag parody of {{Dom Com}}s with ridiculous premises, but quickly grows from there into a psycho stalker, a parody of crime shows and sci-fi, and gains multiple levels of metaness in the process.

* One of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels involves wizard Chancellor Mustrum Ridcully demanding that an ancient forbidden seal be opened, citing the reason [[ShmuckBait "to see why they wanted it shut, of course."]]
-->This brief exchange encompasses everything one needs to know about human civilization. At least, those parts of human civilization that are either walled off, under water or still smoking.

'''Uranus:''' We spent the morning burning your sheets, and your mattress, and the bed, and the carpet around the bed leading into the bathroom, ''(pans to the destroyed bathroom)'' and the bathroom!

'''Poacher:''' (aiming his gun at Stan) [[HeKnowsTooMuch You've seen too much]]!

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* Common in the works of Creator/WarrenEllis, but especially in ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}''.
-->'''Aaron Stack:''' Ah, yes. Many was the night I'd sneak in here to steal his beer. Until I found out he made the beer himself. And what he made it out of. [[IAteWhat I thought "Lizard Squeezings" was a brewery name]].
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-->'''Aaron Stack:''' Ah, yes. Many was the night I'd sneak in here to steal his beer. Until I found out he made the beer himself. And what he made it out of. I thought "Lizard Squeezings" was a brewery name.

* In the second WebVideo/AMVHell, there is a recurring image of an [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA]]. The first two appearances both use the same somber orchestral music, but the third has only cricket noises. The fourth appearance has a song with the lyrics [[TheWeddingSinger "WON'T SOMEBODY KILL ME PLEASE? KILL ME! I WANT TO DIE!"]] If you wait after the cut to black, the EVA is shown for a final time, finally crushing and dropping its victim.

* From the ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}} FAST'' episode "Taco Tank", when the titular tank is careening out of control and headed for the Brentwood Home for Unwanted Puppies and Lonely Grandmas:

'''Whiplash:''' Oh, no! Now a second grandma with a hat ''made'' of puppies has come out to give a birthday cake to the first grandma! And she brought a dozen grandma friends to celebrate! And they're leading an adorable puppy parade! With a kitten marching band! And they're all in our path!\\

* On ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', when Mr. Krabs is watching [=SpongeBob=] be interviewed about his invention of Pretty Patties:

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Stanny Tendergrass" when the mistreated employees of Roger's country club turn on him and he's talking to an angry old woman with a crossbow, who is the daughter of a woman whom Roger married and then killed:

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Stanny Tendergrass" when the mistreated employees of Roger's country club turn on him and he's talking to an angry old woman with a crossbow, whom is the daughter of a woman whom Roger married and then killed:

'''Jay:''' Yeah, [[DisSimile only it don't cost nothin' and it's not for charity.]]\\

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Stanny Tendergrass" when the mistreated employees of Roger's country club turn on him and he's talking to an angry old woman with a crossbow, whom is the daughter of a woman who Roger married and then killed:

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Stanny Tendergrass" when the mistreated employees of Roger's country club turn on him and he's talking to an angry old woman with a crossbow, who is the daughter of a woman who Roger married and then killed:

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "My So-called Wife", Mr. Herriman greets the eccentric benefactor who's looking to donate to the home, and the benefactor says "Please, call me [[PunnyName Benjamin! ...Edward... Factor...]] the Third... Esquire... DDS!"

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** In "Space Pilot 3000", Leela informs Fry that those who refuse the jobs assigned by their job chips will be fired. [[TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment Out of a cannon,]] [[HurlItIntoTheSun into the sun]].
** In "War Is the H-Word", Zapp commends "Lee Lemon" (Leela in disguise) for performance on an obstacle course.
-->'''Zapp:''' Yes. He edged out my old mark by two seconds ... and 16 minutes ... and 12 hours. I do plan to finish someday, Kif.
* A "Mr. Know-It-All" segment on ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' has Bullwinkle showing us "How to be a lion tamer and pick up a little scratch. On the side. Of your face." (''shows a scratch mark on his face'')
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Coach Steven", Steven's dad Greg (who is not in the best shape himself) builds Steven, Sadie, and Lars a makeshift gym, and offers to join them in their workout.
-->'''Greg:''' I been slackin' on my workout routine for a few weeks. ''(frowns)'' Months... Years... (''{{beat}}, [[CoughSnarkCough coughs sheepishly]]'') Decades...

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Stanny Tendergrass" when the mistreated employees of Roger's country club turn on him and he's talking to an angry old woman with a crossbow, who is the daughter of a woman who Roger married and then killed:
-->'''Roger:''' Oh, Pamela. Good. I was just looking for you. You have the same scowl your mother had. [[IBangedYourMom When I banged her.]] [[ILoveTheDead After I pulled the plug.]] ''(Pamela fires a bolt at him)'' God, I was kidding! Looks like someone pulled the plug on your sense of humor.

* An episode of ''DangerMouse'' has the narrator telling us of how DM climbed Mt. Everest. On his head. Blindfolded.

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': At first we didn't know what do with the money; we tried burying it...\\

'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ...shredding it...\\

'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ...and burning it!\\