We've done a lot of things we're not proud of...Robbing graves, plundering tombs, double-parking...But nobody ever got hurt. Well, maybe somebody got hurt ... but nobody we knew.
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking in Animated Films.— Vinny Santorini, Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire:
- Vinny Santorini says that "we've done a lot of things we're not proud of: robbing graves, plundering tombs, double parking..."
- Earlier, Vinny lists what he's got in his pack: "Gunpowder, nitroglycerin, notepads, fuses, wicks, glue, and paperclips. Big ones. You know, just office supplies."
- Big Hero 6, when Hiro is testing out Baymax's prototype Powered Armor:Hiro: Hammer fist! Side kick! Knife hand! Back kick! Gummy bears!
(cuts to Baymax getting a bag of gummy bears from a vending machine)
Hiro: Yes! - Coco: After his failed attempt to cross the bridge, Héctor is charged with disturbing the peace, fleeing an officer, and falsifying a unibrow. Lampshaded by Héctor when he responds to the last charge with "That's illegal?"
- Despicable Me 3: While in prison, the Minions become so feared they can get anything they want from the other inmates. Some of those things are money, gold, and a teddy bear.
- In DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp when Gene recounts all the horrific things Merlock unleashed upon the world by abusing his unlimited wishes, he lists off sinking Atlantis, destroying Pompeii, and inventing anchovy pizza.
- The Emperor's New Groove combines this with I Take Offense to That Last One, with the trivial item being the one that causes Kronk's Heel–Face Turn:Yzma: Kronk! Why did I think you could do this? This one simple thing. It's like I'm talking to a monkey!
Kronk's Shoulder Angel: Whoa now.
Yzma: A really, really big, stupid monkey named Kronk!
Kronk's Shoulder Devil: Ouch.
Yzma: And do you want to know something else? I've never liked your spinach puffs.
(All Kronks gasp)
Yzma: Never!
Kronk: (starts sobbing)
Kronk's Shoulder Devil: That's it. (cocks his pitchfork like a pump-action shotgun) She's going down.- Justified in that Kronk's cooking skills are the one thing he truly prides himself on. As we learn in the sequel, Kronk had always dreamed of being a cook, but his father had mocked his ambition, making little Kronk cry.
- For another example from the movie's initial iteration, "Kingdom of the Sun", Yzma has this line from her removed Villain Song, "Snuff Out the Light".Yzma: I've really stopped at nothing
Murder, treachery and lying!
Whatever it takes to keep my looks
You really can't blame a girl for trying. Ha!
- Heavy Metal features a segment with Captain Sternn on trial for heinous crimes, including: 12 counts of murder in the first degree, 14 counts of armed theft of Federation property, 22 counts of piracy in high space, 18 counts of fraud, 37 counts of rape... and one moving violation.
- In Hercules (Pure Magic), King Eurystheus initially disagrees with Hera's plot to get rid of Hercules, because "no army would ever attack us, you don't see a monster anywhere, and if you need any furniture moving...
- A censored version of "Topsy Turvy" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame replaces one line with "Good is bad, and best is worst, and west is east!"
- In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Buck lists off the rules if the heroes want him to help them: "Rule 1: Do whatever Buck says. Rule 2: Stay on the middle of the track.... Rule 3... He who has gas walks at the back."
- The Incredibles: Edna Mode does this twice while demonstrating the new super suits she designed for Helen Parr and her children: The first time is also combined with Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick.Edna: I cut it a little roomy for the free movement, the fabric is comfortable for sensitive skin...and it can also withstand a temperature of over 1000 degrees. Completely bulletproof, and machine washable, darling. That's a new feature.
Edna: Your suit can stretch as far as you can without injuring yourself, and still retain its shape. Virtually indestructible, yet it breathes like Egyptian cotton. - From Inside Out, during Riley's first day at her new school:Fear: Almost finished with the potential disasters. Worst scenario is either quicksand, spontaneous combustion, or getting called on by the teacher.
- This line from Kent Mansley's "goldarned security" rant in The Iron Giant:Kent Mansley: You think this metal man is fun, but who built it? The Russians? The Chinese? Martians? Canadians? I don't care!
- The LEGO Movie:
- Overlaps with Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs in the original movie; The Kragle is guarded with lasers, sharks, laser sharks, and overbearing assistants.
- In The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Lucy tries to awaken Ultrakatty’s inner rage:Lucy: Poverty! Pollution! People putting raisins in stuff!
(Ultrakatty loses it)
Ultrakatty: IT WAS PERFECTLY FINE WITHOUT RAISINS!!!
- Lilo & Stitch: According to Jumba, Stitch's programming will cause him to be irresistibly drawn to large cities, where he will back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everyone's left shoe.
- Madagascar: Alex rants to Marty for getting them stranded on an island.Alex: I'm gonna kill you, Marty! I'm gonna strangle you, then bury you, then dig you up and clone you and kill all your clones! And then, I'm never talking to you again!
- Meet the Robinsons: Wilbur Robinson's Robot Buddy Carl lists the negative consequences that arose from Wilbur's careless failure to shut the garage door properly: One of the family's time machines (a prototype, only two currently in existence) got stolen by the villain, the time stream could be altered forever, and someone took Carl's bike. Later in the film, Wilbur gives Lewis three objections to Lewis' suggestion that the Robinsons adopt Bowler Hat Guy, who is actually Lewis' old roommate Mike Yagoobian - "He stole our time machine, tried to ruin your future, and he smells like he hasn't had a shower in thirty years!"
- In Megamind, the title character's De-Gun has these modes: Decompress, Debilitate, Demoralize, Deregulate, Death Ray, Destroy, and Decoupagenote .
- Monster House has an inverse example of this trope:Officer Landers: Littering, loitering, vandalism, vagrancy...
Officer Lister: ... AND TREASON!
Officer Landers: No, not treason.
Officer Lister: You sure? 'Cause in the book...
Officer Landers: i'M sUrE!!! - Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe: Super Super Big Doctor is revealed to actually be a dictator who took over the Cowards' planet with her mind-control spore-unleashing plant. Once she invaded, she forced the Cowards to build castles for her, bring her lots of treasures, and make low-quality TV shows.
- Ratchet & Clank (2016): When Ratchet calls Qwark out for betraying the Galactic Rangers, Qwark retorts that he did it because Ratchet usurped his position in the public's eye and took his fans, his sponsors, his lucrative endorsement deals, and his parking space.
- Shrek:
- From Shrek 2, the Fairy Godmother's tirade:Fairy Godmother: Let's see... P-p-p-p-p, Princess. Cinderella... Handsome prince, lived happily ever after... oh, no ogres! Sleeping Beauty... handsome prince, no ogres. Thumbelina, no! Hansel and Gretel, no! The Golden Bird, The Little Mermaid, Pretty Woman... no, no, no, no, NO! You see, ogres don't live happily ever after.
- Shrek the Third: The Witches run people down on their broomsticks, the living trees knock stuff over, and the cyclops... pulls letters out of mailboxes, peels off the stamps, and puts them back.
- From Shrek 2, the Fairy Godmother's tirade:
- Small Foot: Percy gets arrested for disturbing the peace, destruction of public property, internet fraud, discharging fireworks within the city limits, loitering, and then for "looking weird".
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut: "FUCK, SHIT, COCK, ASS, TITTIES, BONER, BITCH, MUFF, PUSSY, CUNT, BUTTHOLE, BARBRA STREISAND!!!!!"
- Superman/Batman: Apocalypse:Kara: Kal, I've been chased, shot at, kidnapped, beaten up, mind controlled... and I broke a nail! I could use a little quiet.
- Tangled: in Mother Gothel's Villain Song she when she mentions reasons why Rapunzel shouldn't go outside she brings up Ruffians, Thugs, and Poison Ivy among other things
- Teen Titans Go! To the Movies:
- The Titans say that they're grateful for Robin putting their team together, leading to this twofer:Beast Boy: Without you, bro, I'd be living in a dumpster eating garbage.
Raven: And I'd have to enslave entire dimensions with my evil dad.
Starfire: And I would be forced to return to my life of fighting in the pit of the intergalactic gladiator.
Cyborg: And I'd be playing professional football. It sounds good, but you're forgetting the concussions, the bad knees, going broke, and having to be on one of those awful dance reality TV shows! - Late in the movie, Slade describes the world under his rule after the execution of his Mass Hypnosis plot:Slade: People will rob banks for me! People will build monuments of me! And when I need someone to pick me up from the airport on short notice, they will pick me up! You know what a hassle that is.
- The Titans say that they're grateful for Robin putting their team together, leading to this twofer:
- Tom and Jerry Direct-to-Video Film Series: The Lost Dragon begins with Kaldorf dramatically banishing Drizelda from their hamlet for using dark magic, corrupting animals, and threatening to harm the hamlet. The village matriarch interrupts to demand that Drizelda also be found guilty of calling her hat silly (which it is). A flustered Kaldorf very reluctantly adds that to the list of charges.
- Trolls: Having just fled their home to avoid being eaten, King Peppy says that the Trolls' new home has all they need: "Fresh air, clear water, and sweet acoustics!"
- Turning Red: When Mei's parents test her ability to keep her panda powers under control, they show her pictures displaying deforestation, a caged orangutan, and... her getting second place at a spelling bee.
