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* ''WesternAimation/{{Futurama}}'', "The Farnsworth Parabox": The crew (from our universe, "Universe A") are trapped in a parallel universe ("Universe 1"). The two Benders have the following exchange:

->'''Launchpad:''' I always say, better safe than..... whatever the opposite of safe is. ''[Pause]'' Yeah, I do say that.
->'''Scrooge:''' ''When have you ever said that?''

* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' episode where Bob Hope was the special guest, and he kept cancelling.
-->'''Waldorf''': Doesn't surprise me. I always said this show has no hope.\\
'''Statler''': Have you really always said that?\\
'''Waldorf''': Of course not. I'm sorry I said it just then.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Brainy Smurf]] always would say this.

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* ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'': "Like old Jack Burton always says..."
* Played with in ''Film/FunWithDickAndJane'' where Jack [=McCallister=] would occasionally say "Like my granddaddy always used to say" and leave it hanging at that.

* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. At the beginning of the story, Sebastian tells Triton something along the lines of "It's like I always say, sire: You have to be firm with children, or they'll swim all over you." At the Happy Ending, he says "It's like I always say: You've got to let children grow up and make their own decisions". Triton immediately calls him on his inconsistency.
* ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'':
-->'''Trusty''': It's like my old gran-pappy--Ol' Reliable--used to say... Eh, don't recollect I ever mentioned Ol' Reliable before..."

* Used and parodied in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels with Sam Vimes, who is fond of using the phrase. This led to an incident of Captain Carrot trying to guess from a list of the things that he ''does'' always say, like "How did Nobby ever become a watchman?". Upon learning what Vimes meant, he resolved to remember from then on that he had always said that.

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-->-- ''{{Frasier}}''

* An ad for a hotel and flight bundling website features an employee telling his boss about the service. His boss replies "I always say [[UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin a penny saved is a penny earned]]." The employee is confused, so the boss pages his secretary.

* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'': Subverted/lampshaded/parodied [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/9/15/ here]] as part of a SeinfeldianConversation. Played straight [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/11/5/ elsewhere]].

* An ad for a hotel and flight bundling website features an employee telling his boss about the service. His boss replies "[[UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin A penny saved is a penny earned]], I always say." The employee is confused, so the boss pages his secretary.

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* ''{{Frasier}}'': The page quote is said by Daphne in the pilot episode. She never says the phrase again.

* ''{{Futurama}}'', "The Farnsworth Parabox": The crew (from our universe, "Universe A") are trapped in a parallel universe ("Universe 1"). The two Benders have the following exchange:
-->'''Bender 1:''' It's like I always say, "Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver--"\\
'''Bender A:''' "And the other's gold."
** [[DontExplainTheJoke The Bender we're all familiar with has a silver finish. His parallel universe counterpart has a gold finish]].

* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''[[DisneyAnimatedCanon The Little Mermaid]]''. At the beginning of the story, Sebastian tells Triton something along the lines of "It's like I always say, sire: You have to be firm with children, or they'll swim all over you." At the Happy Ending, he says "It's like I always say: You've got to let children grow up and make their own decisions". Triton immediately calls him on his inconsistency.
* Used and parodied in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels with Sam Vimes, who is fond of using the phrase. This led to an incident of Captain Carrot trying to guess from a list of the things that he ''does'' always say, like "How did Nobby ever become a watchman?". Upon learning what Vimes meant, he resolved to remember from then on that he had always said that.
** A later book had the line "One of the things Vimes always said, or at least one of the things Vimes ''said'' he always said, and you don't argue with the boss..."
** Played with in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', where Glenda says "Being busy takes your mind off things, that's what I always say", and is then slightly disturbed when Juliet replies "Yes, Glenda, that's what you always say."
* ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'': "Like old Jack Burton always says..."

* On ''ParksAndRecreation'', after Ben notes that Idaho cut its park budget, Leslie replies, "I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Pawnee is better than Idaho."
* Done at least OnceAnEpisode by Miss Frizzle in ''TheMagicSchoolBus''.

* Played with in FunWithDickAndJane where Jack McCallister would occasionally say "Like my granddaddy always used to say" and leave it hanging at that.
* Played with in BaldursGate:
-->'''[[BountyHunter Drasus]]:''' Draw your daggers and spells and let's have at 'er! You've crossed our employers and this is as far as you're going to go, my friend. Should've known that lazy bounty hunting rabble wouldn't get the job done. Never settle for second best, I always say!
-->'''[[FanNickname Charname]]:''' You want to know what I always say? "Always kill the mouthy one." That's what I always say.
-->'''Drasus:''' HAW! A good saying! I will use your head for a puppet and make it say it over and over while we drink large amounts of mead! Life is pretty good, you know?
* [[TheSmurfs Brainy Smurf]] always would say this.
* ''TheMuppetShow'' episode where Bob Hope was the special guest, and he kept cancelling.

* ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' frequently used the phrase, "Like my Pappy always said..." Lampshaded in [[Film/{{Maverick}} the movie]] when Maverick (Mel Gibson) said the phrase in a conversation [[spoiler:with his father (James Garner, [[ActorAllusion the original Maverick]]), who then groused that his son was always misquoting him]].

* Tooter Turtle (from KingLeonardoAndHisShortSubjects) ended his segment downtrodden, telling Mr. Wizard how he made a mess of things again.

* Velma in the ''ScoobyDoo'' episode "Hassle In The Castle," when Scooby takes on a John Wayne persona as he tracks down the castle's phantom.

* Yosemite Sam in the BugsBunny cartoon "WesternAnimation/BallotBoxBunny':

* TheyMightBeGiants' "First Album Live" has a stage banter section between the Avatars of They, who are basically sock-puppet versions of the lead singers.
-->'''Blue Avatar (John Flansburgh)''' As the Green Avatar likes to say, every day six feet under's a good day.\\
'''Green Avatar (John Linnell)''': Yes. I did say that.\\
'''Blue Avatar''': Yes you did. You said that right before we went on stage.

->'''Daphne:''' Oh, will you look at that. What a comfy chair! [[TropeNamer It's like I always say]], start with a good piece and replace the rest when you can afford it.

* ''BigTroubleInLittleChina'': "Like old Jack Burton always says..."
* ''LadyAndTheTramp'':

* Yosemite Sam in the BugsBunny cartoon "Ballot Box Bunny':

->'''Daphne:''' Oh, will you look at that. What a comfy chair! It's like I always say, start with a good piece and replace the rest when you can afford it.

* ''{{Maverick}}'' frequently used the phrase, "Like my Daddy always said..." Lampshaded in the movie when Maverick(Mel Gibson) said the phrase in a conversation [[spoiler: with his father(James Garner, [[ActorAllusion the original Maverick]]), who then groused that his son was always misquoting him.]]

* Ms. Frizzle

* Brainy Smurf always would say this.

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