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* In a ''DragonballAbridged'' video, Nappa says he likes ''{{Naruto}}'', and Vegeta says, "If I wanted to watch a hundred episodes of {{Filler}}, I'd watch ''{{Inuyasha}}''."

* From ''{{Dragonheart}}'', after Draco wonders about the ethics of their scam:

* From ''[[{{Film/X-Men}} X-Men: The Last Stand]]'', after Professor Xavier is believed to have died, Magneto tells Pyro that, if he[Magneto] wanted Xavier dead, he[Magneto] would have killed Xavier himself.

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* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'', dismissing ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'''s resource-gathering:

-->List of series flashed rapidly: [[WolfsRain Wolf's Rain]], {{Gungrave}}, [[GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex GitS: SAC]], ParanoiaAgent, {{Mushishi}}, BoogiepopPhantom, [[OddNameOut Hi, Mom!]], SerialExperimentsLain, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick squirrels do it]], {{Samurai 7}}, Anime/SoulTaker, CasshernSins, [[KinosJourney Kino's Journey]]

*** One more:

** Also, in another episode, there was a round of Closed Quotes which specialized on comebacks. Among these comebacks was the lovely "If I wanted to hear from an arse, I would have farted."

* In one episode of ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'', Jack Dee introduces the Pick-Up Song round by saying he can't see the point of karaoke.
-->"If I wanted to see some hopeless drunk ruining an AmyWinehouse song, I'd go to an Amy Winehouse concert."

** Another one:
-->"If China is going to be the world's most dominant superpower, they must figure out a better way to package soy sauce. Seriously, you've had thousands of years to work on this, and this is the best you could come up with?! [[CrossesTheLineTwice If I want to spend my night cleaning up after a thin, leaky bag of chemicals, I'll date]] AmyWinehouse."

* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "That Which Survives", after major seismic tremors and loss of contact with the ''Enterprise'':

* Schlock Mercenary: When I want your opinion I'll mind-rip it out of your shattered skull, thank you

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A SisterTrope to BetterByADifferentName and .

Can [[SisterTrope often overlap]] with BetterByADifferentName and DeadpanSnarker.

* One ''RedDwarf'' comic strip has them listening to an ApocalypticLog InTheStyleOf ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. Rimmer's criticism sounds like it's going to be one of these, but [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] it.

* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "That Which Survives", after the landing party loses contact with the ship:

* A MadLibsCatchPhrase of ''WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob''. Subverted once when he realized he didn't like even the other thing.
* ''WebOriginal/ZeroPunctuation'', dismissing ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'''s resource-gathering:

-->List of series flashed rapidly: [[WolfsRain Wolf's Rain]], {{Gungrave}}, [[GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex GitS: SAC]], ParanoiaAgent, {{Mushishi}}, BoogiepopPhantom, [[OddNameOut Hi, Mom!]], SerialExperimentsLain, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick squirrels do it]], {{Samurai 7}}, SoulTaker, CasshernSins, [[KinosJourney Kino's Journey]]

* A MadLibsCatchPhrase of ''TheCinemaSnob''. Subverted once when he realized he didn't like even the other thing.
* ''ZeroPunctuation'', dismissing ''MassEffect 2'''s resource-gathering:

* One ''RedDwarf'' comic strip has them listening to an ApocalypticLog InTheStyleOf ''TheCanterburyTales''. Rimmer's criticism sounds like it's going to be one of these, but [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] it.

* This was a frequent trope in {{Hanna-Barbera}} cartoons of the early 1960s. For instance, in one episode of ''TheFlintstones'', Fred says, "If I want laughs, I'll call YogiBear."
* ''{{Archer}}'':

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* In one episode of ''ImSorryIHaventAClue'', Jack Dee introduces the Pick-Up Song round by saying he can't see the point of karaoke.

* ''{{Goldeneye}}'':

* ''AmericanDad'':

** Also, quoth Jayne, "if I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school!"

* From ''X3TheLastStand'', after Professor Xavier is believed to have died, Magneto tells Pyro that, if he[Magneto] wanted Xavier dead, he[Magneto] would have killed Xavier himself.