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* Quickly [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] by Bunnymund in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' when Jack has a minor RageAgainstTheHeavens.
-->'''Jack:''' No, [becoming a guardian] is NOT for me! (Turns to the others) No offense.
-->'''Bunny''': How is that not offensive?!

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':

* In the ''Anime/DragonballZ'' fanfic FanFic/HonorTrip, there's this exchange from Chapter 49:

* In the ''Anime/DragonballZ'' FanFic/HonorTrip, there's this exchange from Chapter 49:

* In the ''Anime/DragonballZ'' FanFic/Honortrip, there's this exchange from Chapter 49:

* In the episode "With a Little Yelp From My Friends" of ''Series/{{Selfie}}'', Eliza makes a comment about sweatshop babies in front of Henry, who is played by Korean John Cho, and then says no offense to your family. Henry says "My family owns a Buca Di Beppo but, still offended."

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
-->'''Xander:''' I have the worst taste in girls.
-->''*realizes he is speaking to Buffy*''
-->'''Xander:''' Present company excluded, of course.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Ariel"
-->'''Wash:''' Don't you just hate doctors?
-->'''Dr. Simon Tam:''' Hey.
-->'''Wash:''' I mean, present company excluded.
-->'''Jayne:''' Now, let's not go excluding people.
* ''Series/KnightRider'' episode "Deadly Maneuvers"
-->'''Michael Knight:''' Well, these computer things are just a waste of time anyway.
-->'''K.I.T.T.:''' Ahum.
-->'''Michael Knight:''' Oh, present company excluded, of course.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In the movie:
---> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' "We survived the horrible disgusting monsters!"\\
'''Monsters''' (collectively): Awwww.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' But not you guys! You guys were awesome!
** In "Frankendoodle", Patrick is going on about how ugly [=DoodleBob=] (a crude drawing of [=SpongeBob=] come to life) is:
--->'''Patrick:''' He's hideous! He makes me sick just looking at him. Those big, bulgy eyes, that square body, those two buck teeth, and that stupid tie!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Ahem.\\
'''Patrick:''' Oh, but it looks good on you, [=SpongeBob=].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "When Aliens Attack":
-->'''Zapp Brannigan:''' Our mission is clear: destroy all alien life forms.
-->'''Kif:''' Um, not me, sir.
-->'''Zapp Brannigan:''' Right. Nobody destroy Kif. Unless you have to.
** Also in "Less Than Hero":
--->'''Leela:''' My parents! They're coming up from the sewers for a visit Sunday.
--->'''Amy:''' Are you off your rocket? Your parents are ''mutants''! It's illegal for them to come above ground 'cause they're inferior genetic scum! ...Uh, present company excluded, of course.

** There's also this exchange from the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]] episode "I, Mudd":
-->'''[=McCoy=]''' (discussing a new crewmember): There's something wrong about a man who never smiles, whose conversation never varies from the routine of the job, and who won't talk about his background.
-->'''Spock:''' I see.
-->'''[=McCoy=]''': ...I mean that it's odd for a non-Vulcan.
* Parodied in ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'':
--> '''Thief:''' "I hate wizards."
--> ({{Beat}})
--> '''Thief:''' "What?"
--> '''Red Mage:''' "I'm waiting for you to say 'present company excluded'."
--> (Beat)
** Red Mage then waits an hour for the Thief to say it.
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''
--> '''[[TheChewToy Waspinator]]''': [[ThirdPersonPerson Waspinator]] detect stink of unnatural Transmetal!
--> '''[[EvilKnockoff Dinobot II]]''': (growls)
--> '''Waspinator''':...Waspinator exclude present company.

* Used in [[http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/comic.php?strip_id=145 this]] strip of ''Webcomic/FlakyPastry'', but only after three {{Beat Panel}}s
* Used in [[http://community.livejournal.com/avatar_fans/2431073.html this]] ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' parody/recap of "The Western Air Temple."
-->'''Toph''': I'm serious, though! I mean consider his background! He was raised by upper-class, prejudiced crazies and he still turned out pretty well, considering!\\
'''Katara''': Whatever. You know we can't trust people like that!\\
'''Toph''': AHEM.\\
'''Katara''': Present company excluded, of course.
* Used in ''Film/MasterAndCommander'', after Jack calls for his ship to spill the wind from his sheets, and act lubberly and panicky, like a whaler might (in order to capture the ship they are chasing). With the captain of a whaler who'd been captured by, had the ship he'd been out for two years on burnt to the waterline, and left on a small boat in the middle of nowhere to die by said enemy ship standing right beside him.
* Similar to the ''Discworld/NightWatch'' example, in ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'' a suddenly revolutionary Baldrick announces to Blackadder his intention to "overthrow the hated oppressors like you and the lieutenant. Present company excepted, sir."
* Stated explicitly and unironically by Rayne Summers in ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' at a comic convention, directed at 'pathetic webcomic artists' who the author, Ryan, holds in contempt for being crappier then him.
-->'''Rayne''': [[TakeThat Webcomics suck.]]

* In the ''JusticeLeague'' episode "The Brave and the Bold", when Green Lantern suggests calling for backup from the rest of the League to help with Grodd, Flash asks him if the two of them cannot take down a dumb gorilla, quickly adding "No offense" to Solovar, who was with them.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "Applebuck Season":
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' ''(concerning her friend Applejack)'' That pony is as stubborn as a mule!
-->'''Mule:''' *snort*
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' No offense.
-->'''Mule:''' None taken.
** Done again in "Hurricane Fluttershy":
-->'''Rainbow Dash:''' Be cool, or be a mule! No offense.
-->'''Mule:''' None taken.
* In the [[Machinima/FreemansMind Shephard's Mind]] finally, he's being attacked by a shock roach, and when he guns it down, he yells "Not today you jumping thunder****! No offense [[FluffyTheTerrible Sparky."]] (Referring to his own shock roach).
* Two {{mad scientist}}s in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' had [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111221 this discussion]] on dead folk.

* ''Webcomic/TheDreadful'': [[spoiler:Erin]] complains that the zombies she's fighting don't stay dead, then remembers that she was just resurrected herself.
-->'''[[spoiler:Erin]]:''' Will nothing keep itself dead?! (she realizes) Not that I am complaining, [[{{Necromancer}} Ith]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'': When Quigley learned about Tim's FreudianExcuse, he made a comment about witches and then remembered he was talking to witches.
* Quickly [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] by Bunnymund in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' when Jack has a minor RageAgainstTheHeavens.
-->'''Jack:''' No, [becoming a guardian] is NOT for me! (Turns to the others) No offense.
-->'''Bunny''': How is that not offensive?!
* In [[ObligatoryJoke almost every incarnation]] of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the word "Rat" will be used as an insult at some point, with the speaker quickly apologizing in this way to Splinter after he or he does so.

* Comes up in the 2004 remake of ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate'', when Ben Marco approaches Raymond Shaw.
-->'''Raymond Shaw''': Who would I ask? My old Army "buddies," who love and adore me for saving their pathetically unimportant -- present company excluded -- asses?

* In the ''DragonballZ'' FanFic/Honortrip, there's this exchange from Chapter 49:

* In ''CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', the mayor refers to the population of the town as "sardine-sucking knucklescrapers."

* ''KnightRider'' episode "Deadly Maneuvers"

* Happens in the ''SpongeBobSquarePants'' movie:
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' "We survived the horrible disgusting monsters!"
--> '''Monsters''' (collectively): Awwww.
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' But not you guys! You guys were awesome!
* On the ''[=SpongeBob SquarePants=]'' episode "Frankendoodle", Patrick is going on about how ugly [=DoodleBob=] (a crude drawing of [=SpongeBob=] come to life) is:
-->'''Patrick:''' He's hideous! He makes me sick just looking at him. Those big, bulgy eyes, that square body, those two buck teeth, and that stupid tie!
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Ahem.
-->'''Patrick:''' Oh, but it looks good on you, [=SpongeBob=].
* ''{{Futurama}}'', "When Aliens Attack":

* Stated explicitly and unironically by Rayne Summers in LeastICouldDo at a comic convention, directed at 'pathetic webcomic artists' who the author, Ryan, holds in contempt for being crappier then him.

** Done again in "Hurricaine Fluttershy":

* In the [[FreemansMind Shephard's Mind]] finally, he's being attacked by a shock roach, and when he guns it down, he yells "Not today you jumping thunder****! No offense [[FluffyTheTerrible Sparky."]] (Referring to his own shock roach).

* In ''{{Blackadder}}'', after listening to some Marxist rhetoric, Baldrick starts ranting about not wanting to be oppressed by the upper class anymore, before saying this phrase, even after explicitly comparing said upper class to Blackadder and George.
* ''SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'': When Quigley learned about Tim's FreudianExcuse, he made a comment about witches and then remembered he was talking to witches.
* Quickly [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] by Bunnymund in ''RiseOfTheGuardians'' when Jack has a minor RageAgainstTheHeavens.

* In [[ObligatoryJoke almost every incarnation]] of ''Main/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the word "Rat" will be used as an insult at some point, with the speaker quickly apologizing in this way to Splinter after he or he does so.

* Used in [[http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/comic.php?strip_id=145 this]] strip of ''FlakyPastry'', but only after three {{Beat Panel}}s

* Comes up in the 2004 remake of ''TheManchurianCandidate'', when Ben Marco approaches Raymond Shaw.

* Similar to the ''Discworld/NightWatch'' example, in ''{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'' a suddenly revolutionary Baldrick announces to Blackadder his intention to "overthrow the hated opressors like you and the lieutenant. Present company excepted, sir."

* From ''TheDresdenFiles'':

* ''[[ForgottenRealms The Legend of Drizzt]]'' has a few instances of this when [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Drizzt]] and his allies face off against other members of [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Drizzt's species]]. Drizzt generally isn't offended when people add the qualifier in haste, though he does care when people [[FantasticRacism deliberately avoid giving a qualifier]].

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s Meet the Medic video;

-->'''Harry:''' [[ICantBelieveImSayingThis I can't believe I'm about to say this]]. So think real careful about where this is coming from. Have you people ever considered talking when you've got a problem?

A character makes a derogatory statement about a group of people, then realizes that [[InsultFriendlyFire his statement includes either one of his friends or himself,]] and qualifies the statement with "[[TitleDrop Present company excluded]]."

* Done again in "Hurricaine Fluttershy":

@@ "Now, at last, all of those damn androids are dead."@@
@@ Upon realizing exactly what he had said, Trunks turned to directly@@ @@face Cell, and grinned. "No offense, of course," Trunks said.@@
@@"Of course none is taken," Cell said, with a humble grin as well.@@

* Used in TheMovie of MasterAndCommander, after Jack calls for his ship to spill the wind from his sheets, and act lubberly and panicky, like a whaler might (in order to capture the ship they are chasing). With the captain of a whaler who'd been captured by, had the ship he'd been out for two years on burnt to the waterline, and left on a small boat in the middle of nowhere to die by said enemy ship standing right beside him.

* Used in [[http://community.livejournal.com/avatar_fans/2431073.html this]] ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' parody/recap of "The Western Air Temple."
-->'''Toph''': I'm serious, though! I mean consider his background! He was raised by upper-class, prejudiced crazies and he still turned out pretty well, considering!
-->'''Katara''': Whatever. You know we can't trust people like that!
-->'''Toph''': AHEM.
-->'''Katara''': Present company excluded, of course.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':

* ''{{Firefly}}'' episode "Ariel"

* In the ''DragonballZ'' FanFic FanFic/Honortrip, there's this exchange from Chapter 49: