Fiction
You know what this school is like — if we don't do it, it doesn't get done!
—Annie, as the study group investigates a serial prankster, Community
The man drives a 700,000 tonne starship, so somebody thinks he'd make a good medic.
— The Doctor re Tom Paris, Star Trek: Voyager
Kenneth Parcell: Sir, I have a problem with my time card.
Jack Donaghy: So, naturally, you came to me, because this company is just the two of us.
Jack Donaghy: So, naturally, you came to me, because this company is just the two of us.
—An NBC page and a GE vice president, 30 Rock
Edelgard: For a Hero's Relic to be stolen... It's unheard of.
Hubert: And just last month, the Sword of the Creator was almost stolen, too.
Edelgard: Also quite unheard of. What impudence.
Hubert: For House Gautier to invite us on to their land, they must be desperate. But at least we'll have the stalwart knights ready to stand around and watch us do all the work.
Hubert: And just last month, the Sword of the Creator was almost stolen, too.
Edelgard: Also quite unheard of. What impudence.
Hubert: For House Gautier to invite us on to their land, they must be desperate. But at least we'll have the stalwart knights ready to stand around and watch us do all the work.
Just like a real broadcast room (on a day where everyone else who works there is having a day off).
—Description of the "Realism Mode" challenge, Not for Broadcast
Shawn: I'm actually a suspect?
Detective Lassiter: Oh, you're our lead suspect.
Shawn: I gave you the guy!
Detective Lassiter: He had a partner.
Shawn: I have to find that guy now? I'm confused; when do you start chipping in?
Detective Lassiter: Oh, you're our lead suspect.
Shawn: I gave you the guy!
Detective Lassiter: He had a partner.
Shawn: I have to find that guy now? I'm confused; when do you start chipping in?
— Psych
Commander Schaefer: Despite all our best efforts, we are forced to deploy you on another urgent mission. All our ideal Inquisitor teams are currently assinged elsewhere and won't be available for several hours. So, unfortunately, it falls to you.
Lothar: That seems to happen a lot. Do you even have other teams?
Marge:You kids must be so happy. Your cute little cartoon friends are back on the air.
Lisa: Yes. Well, technically everything worked out all right, but...
Marge: But?
Bart: Well, I wasn't the one who solved the problem... and neither was Lisa. There's something unsettling about that.
Lisa: Yes. Well, technically everything worked out all right, but...
Marge: But?
Bart: Well, I wasn't the one who solved the problem... and neither was Lisa. There's something unsettling about that.
—"The Day the Violence Died", The Simpsons
Beverly Crusher: It's all perfectly logical to you, isn't it? The two of us roaming about the galaxy in the flagship of the Federation. No crew at all.
Jean-Luc Picard: We've never needed a crew before.
—"Remember Me," Star Trek: The Next Generation
Dave: Look, guys, I'm asking you as friends. Please just tell me who it is.
Joe: Dave, did you ever stop to consider it might be one of the 15 or 20 other guys who work at this station?
Bill: Joe's right. How come every time there's a problem, you assume that it's one of us? What about them? What if it was... that guy whose name I don't know? Or the guy who sits by him? Or-
Dave: Because somebody gave those people the impression they're not allowed in the break room.
Bill: Well, Dave, I consider that room to be a private sanctuary where I can escape from all those horrid little people whose names I don't know!
Joe: Dave, did you ever stop to consider it might be one of the 15 or 20 other guys who work at this station?
Bill: Joe's right. How come every time there's a problem, you assume that it's one of us? What about them? What if it was... that guy whose name I don't know? Or the guy who sits by him? Or-
Dave: Because somebody gave those people the impression they're not allowed in the break room.
Bill: Well, Dave, I consider that room to be a private sanctuary where I can escape from all those horrid little people whose names I don't know!
—"Kids", NewsRadio
"Behind enemy lines. Three words no trooper wants to hear. But the Roughnecks were getting kinda used to the sound of it; first on Pluto, now on Hydora. See, that's the trouble with being good at your job; when the going gets tough, the tough do all the heavy lifting."
—Private Higgins narrating, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
"You have the might of an entire naval fleet behind you! Must I do everything?! ... I suppose I must. Stay calm, I will be inbound shortly."
—Neera Li lampshading this trope, Freedom Planet 2
Ope: So, you see, this package still needs to make it to Alekin Village... And. Well. You're the one holding the crate, not me! So... you know!
Player: Why can't you just take the supplies?
Ope: Well, you see. I really don't want to do it. And I'm not going to! So either you run the supplies to Alekin Village... or we both run away and start new lives, and we avoid the consequences of our actions! ...no? No. Okay. Worth a shot. Well, you know the way by now! No need for me to, uh, get in your way! Heh...
Player: Why can't you just take the supplies?
Ope: Well, you see. I really don't want to do it. And I'm not going to! So either you run the supplies to Alekin Village... or we both run away and start new lives, and we avoid the consequences of our actions! ...no? No. Okay. Worth a shot. Well, you know the way by now! No need for me to, uh, get in your way! Heh...
— Wynncraft, Supply and Delivery
Reviews
I can't believe it took me eight months to realize this, but the mom there can't be giving the engines all she's got! She's on the BRIDGE. She needs to be in ENGINEERING!
THAT'S your job too?? At this point I'm starting to wonder if "Tom" is the only name on the roster that Janeway can remember, so any time a job needs doing she just tells him to.
—SFDebris on Star Trek: Voyager, "Demon"
The Astrometrics laboratory is packed full of people watching the race (with only Tuvok trying to do his job!) so it makes me wonder who is flying the ship. I never thought I would say this but it would be hilarious if one of those Borg wormholes would open up and spit out a Cube to blast Voyager to pieces when the entire crew have their pants down!
—Joe Ford
on Star Trek: Voyager, "Drive"
on Star Trek: Voyager, "Drive"Bayside's entire athletic division would be in disarray if anything happened to the main cast. Lisa and Jessie are track and swim stars, Kelly's head cheerleader and linchpin of the swim team, Slater's captain of the wrestling and football teams, while Zack's both the track captain, and as revealed in "The Surgery", captain of the basketball team. Even the nerd pursuits are locked down by chess-prodigy Screech. If there's ever a skinny dipping incident beyond the undertow at Malibu Sands, resulting in Leon having to fish six naked, bloated corpses out of the pacific with a golf club, Belding may as well just burn down the gym and take himself with it.
—Stuart Millard on Saved by the Bell, So Excited, So Scared
He's at Chernobyl and he's studying earthworms, and they're getting twice as big or something like that. So, the military lands a helicopter and says, "You're an earthworm expert? Godzilla attacked a fisherman's boat. And we think that...somehow... you can help! Because you're studying earthworms! So get involved with this plot!"
—Mike Stoklasa on Godzilla (1998), Half in the Bag
Matt: Dredd reveals that Hershey will defend him at the tribunal, even though she’s a street judge. Judges are attorneys, too! If there had been sequels, we would have found out they’re notary publics, can perform weddings and will spay your pets.
Chris: If there has ever been a 2000 AD prog about Judges running around performing weddings, I want to know so that I can buy it immediately. I want Dredd to just kick in the door on two rival gang members, declare them to be married, and leave.
Matt: “Prepare to be…WED!”
Chris: Judge Wedd.
Chris: If there has ever been a 2000 AD prog about Judges running around performing weddings, I want to know so that I can buy it immediately. I want Dredd to just kick in the door on two rival gang members, declare them to be married, and leave.
Matt: “Prepare to be…WED!”
Chris: Judge Wedd.
—Chris Sims and Matt Wilson on Judge Dredd (1995)
Judge Dredd (1995)