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Jeremy: What the hell accent's that?
Attractive American Woman: [smiles] I'm an American.
Jeremy: You're American!?
Attractive American Woman: ... Oh.
Jeremy: [steps back and looks down her body] You can't be, you're nowhere near fat enough!

"Sure, you're weedy, and kinda shy, but some girly out there must be needy for a weedy shy guy..."

"What? I said I'd rather kiss you than die, that's a compliment!"

SpongeBob: Go, run away like all the others. No one would want a friend as ugly as I am!
Patrick: Sure they would! It makes them feel better about the way they look.
SpongeBob SquarePants, "Something Smells"

"Sorry I interrogated you. You were just full of such useful information. That's a sincere compliment."
Lapis Lazuli reading an apology card from Peridot, Steven Universe, "Barn Mates"

Rhodonite: It's not nice to make fun of us like that.
Steven: Haven't you guys heard a compliment before?
Rutile #1: A what?
Rutile #2: What's that?
Steven: You know, it's when someone says something nice about you.
Rhodonite: Who would say nice things about gems like us? We're completely inappropriate, and so are you! We should all be ashamed!
Garnet: Oh, Steven. These Gems feel just like I did before I met Rose Quartz.
Steven Universe, "Your Mother and Mine"

Dr. Pomatter: You know it's funny, seeing you sitting here all by yourself in your uniform... You remind me of a girl I once knew. God, by now she's well in middle age. Probably forty-one, forty two.
Jenna: Huh. Thank you?
[Beat.]
Dr. Pomatter: Oh my God! No, no, no!
Waitress, "It Only Takes a Taste"

Valerius: What strange beliefs profilerate among these isolated desert folk who have no contact with us civilized men, eh, Conan? Conan?
Conan, the Barbarian: Who are you calling "civilized"?
Conan the Avenger, "Blood Oasis"

Jayde: You're a big inspiration, you know? Wasps are strong, so if a little Bee can be a hero... Maybe I can too!
Vi: You saying I'm little?
Jayde: Um. Whoops!
Leif: Heh.

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