History Main / WroteTheBook

* "I invented" rather than "wrote the book," but [[TropesAreFlexible same principle]]. From ''{{Seinfeld}}'':

-->-- ''{{Quark}}'', "Pilot"

Common [[TropesAreFlexible variations]] include "X? I'm the king of X!" and "I invented X!"

* The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Competitive Wine Tasting" has a professor who wrote a book on ''WhosTheBoss''. He then proceeds to try to shoehorn his opinion on Abed, but it turns out Abed knew more then he did.

* From the 1974 film ''HerbieRidesAgain'':

* In the episode "The Reunion Job" of ''{{Leverage}}'', Larry Duberman (or Doucherman as people called him in high school) wrote the book on Database Security... I mean he literally wrote the book on Database Security.

* In ''{{Eureka}}'', Allison literally wrote the book on space medicine... or at least her alternate-universe counterpart did, which is almost as good. (She apparently did all the same research, she just never got around to publishing her thesis.)

* In MassEffect3, [[TheLancer Garrus]] invites Shepard to a friendly shooting competition on the Presidium. After Shepard makes the first shot, Garrus claims that it was an easy one and says "Long range, I wrote the book."

* ''GirlGenius'', after Gil reminds [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080227 Vole]] who's the boss:

* From the episode "Jumpin' Crack Bass" of ''KingOfTheHill'' (also a case of {{Metaphorgotten}}):

* Spoofed on ''{{Futurama}}'', "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back"

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* According to the {{Discworld}} book ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', this is quite literal for zombie-lawyer Mr. Slant.

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* From ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Joe The Condor]]'s victory quote against Zero:

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* In FalloutNewVegas the chef of White Glove Society offers the following appraisal of his culinary talents:

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* From the episode "The Best of Both Worlds: Part Two" of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':

* In the SeriesFinale of ''StarTrekVoyager'', a future Starfleet instructor introduces Admiral Janeway as "the person who, literally, wrote the book on the Borg."

* Played with in ''{{Patton}}'': General Patton knows that Rommel literally wrote the book on tank warfare, so he reads it and uses that knowledge to [[BatmanGambit predict what Rommel will do]] at their first big showdown.

* In ''[[TortallUniverse First Test]]'', [[TheStoic Keladry]] actually grins when she finds out the textbook on Yamani manners being used in her etiquette class was written by her father, the former Yamani ambassador. When challenged by her instructor, she tells him that [[SeriousBusiness it's not uncommon to be executed for bowing the wrong way.]]

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--> '''Gilgamesh''': My father once wrote a monograph on how to communicate in the workplace.

* The ''{{Community}}'' episode "Competitive Wine Tasting" has a professor who wrote a book on ''WhosTheBoss''. He then proceeds to try to shoehorn his opinion on Abed, but it turns out Abed knew more then he did.

* From ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', [[ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Joe The Condor]]'s victory quote against Zero:

* In [[TortallUniverse First Test]], [[TheStoic Keladry]] actually grins when she finds out the textbook on Yamani manners being used in her etiquette class was written by her father, the former Yamani ambassador. When challenged by her instructor, she tells him that [[SeriousBusiness it's not uncommon to be executed for bowing the wrong way.]]

** Another Discworld example is in ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}, where EvilVizier Abrim is described with the sentence "He probably wrote the book on dirty tricks, or more probably, stole it from someone else."

* From ''TatsunokoVsCapcom'', [[ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Joe The Condor]]'s victory quote against Zero:

* ''DoctorWho'' gives us this gem: