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    Film — Live-Action 
Koba: Ape not kill ape.
Caesar: You are not ape.

Tony Blair: So do you think reticence like yours is a specifically Scottish trait? Because I've always thought there are broadly two kinds of Scot, the angry ginger kind and the brooding, intensely private saturnine kind.
Gordon Brown: You ask this as a Scot yourself, of course?
Blair: You may mock, but I am a Scot.
Brown: As well as being black and working-class?
Blair: I was born in Scotland.
Brown: Well, being born in a stable doesn't make you a horse.
Blair: I was educated in Scotland.
Brown: In Fettes. A posh Edinburgh public school filled with English.
Blair: I support Scotland when they play football.
Brown: That's tragic.
Blair: Why?
Brown: Because you're English! Not just in your accent, but the way you stand. The way you talk. Everything about you. I don't know why you bother denying it, it's quite possibly your biggest strength.

    Literature 
"There were people in the punk scene (of The '70s) and the anti-war crowd who hated gays, and people in the lesbian crowd who hated Asians."

    Visual Novels 
Nahyuta Sahdmadhi: Prosecutor Blackquill... Watching you collude with the defense like this, I see that you are no prosecutor. Be gone, witness! You shall haunt this sacred hall no more!
Simon Blackquill: Hmph. How dare you treat me like some evil spirit to be exorcised? I'll remember this, you blackguard...
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice, Case 6-4: "Turnabout Storyteller"

    Web Original 
"No you’re NOT a gamer

No you’re NOT a gamer

I’m so sick of all these people who think they’re gamers. No, you’re not. Most of you are not even close to being gamers. I see these people saying “I put well over 100hrs in this game and it’s great!” That’s nothing, most of us can easily put 300+ in all of our games. I see people who only have the Nintendo switch and claim to be gamers. Come talk to me when you pick up a PS4 controller then we’ll be friends.

Also DEAR WOMEN: Pokémon is not a real game. Animal Crossing is not a real game. The sims is not a real game. Mario is not a real game. Stardew Valley is not a real game. Mobile games are NOT. REAL. GAMES. Put down the baby games and play something that requires actual challenge and skill for once.

-sincerely, all of the ACTUAL gamers"

"I was talking to my friend, who is a grown gay, about this on IM and I brought up how Judy Garland overdosed when she was just 47 and he said, "What the fuck does Judy Garland have to do with this?" And I said, "Um, is this a joke?" And he said, "No. What do you mean?" And I said, "Judy Garland gave birth to Liza, you fucking dumbass!" And he said, "Oh, I didn’t know they were related." What in the hell kind of grown gay doesn’t know that? How dreadful. As soon as he said he didn’t know that, he told me he was going to log off and jack off to some hot chicks on Brazzers. Yup, admitting out loud that you didn’t know that Liza is Judy Garland’s daughter instantly turns you straight."
Michael K., "Liza's in Rehab"

"A true fan is somebody who agrees completely and rigidly with the viewpoint of the person using the term. It's often uncanny, how your opinions are exactly those of a true fan."

    Web Video 
The Roman: [The Mustang Mach-E is] basically the automotive equivalent of the No True Scotsman fallacy. [...]
"No Mustang would have SUV curves and an electric motor."
"The Mach-E is a Mustang with SUV curves and an electric motor."
"Ah, but no true Mustang has SUV curves and an electric motor.
Regular Car Reviews, "2021 Mustang Mach-E"

    Western Animation 
Finn: Hey, Ice King seems way into ninjas. Even more than we are!
Jake: Yeah, so? (hits himself with nunchucks)
Finn: Soooo, doesn't that mean that ninjas must be... kinda lame?
Jake: Nah, they're still cool! But Ice King's still lame because he hides his ninja love. We wear our ninja on our sleeves!

Rabbit: What are you?
Bugs: I'm a rabbit. Same as you.
Rabbit: You? A rabbit? You don't look anything like us!
Bugs: I am a rabbit! See? Long ears, fluffy tail, and it says so on my driver's licence.
Rabbit: Rabbits don't have drivers licenses, because they don't drive!
Wabbit, "Bugs Bunny?"

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