Verbal Backspaces in Fan Works.
Crossovers
- In Alpha and Omega, when Shinji has taken Councilor Tevos hostage, Aria demands to know what's going on from Tisala, a deep cover agent posing as one of her strippers.Aria: Do you still have your Spectre clearance?
Tisala: Yes but I really shouldn't-" (Death Glare from Aria) "-really shouldn't be worrying about that right now. - I'm a Marvel... And I'm a DC: Spider-Man lamenting Marvel losing the licensing to Transformers some twenty years ago:Spider-Man: This is the worst decision Marvel has ever ma—
[Deadpool holds up the head of his X-Men Origins: Wolverine In Name Only counterpart]
Spider-Man: This is the second worst decision Marvel has ever made! - An Impractical Guide to Godhood: Dionysus does a lot of this whenever Zeus gets annoyed at his excesses and approval of Perseus.Dionysus: You did a great service to...I mean it's dreadful, absolutely dreadful. I will have to taste...I mean I will have to confiscate all of the barrels of Eleutherian Wine in your possession.
- In Kyon: Big Damn Hero, after Kyon receives a longcoat as a gift from Mikuru.Kyon: I won't be able to get much use out of this until next winter, but I know once I do, I will greatly appreciate this! Asahina-san, I don't know what I've done to deserve such a fine present, but I am very grateful.
Tsuruya: I've seen that coat before. You had it on when you beat up those Sumiyoshi-rengo fellows who hurt Kasai!
Koizumi: Y...yes. I've seen that once before, as well, that day you left even Mori-san impressed.
Kyon: Or, you know, maybe even sooner than that. - On Texts from Superheroes, Tony gives Steve an online dating profile
.Steve: And there were replies?
Tony: Uh, yeah. Women, men, heroes, villains, talking raccoons, Pepper, which kind of annoyed me. All told you got 800 responses!
Steve: Forgetting the ones that were from Coulson?
Tony: You got 200 responses! - In Thieves Can Be Heroes!, Izuku wonders how Kamoshida's victims can just take his abuse and not do anything about it. Then Izuku remembers his own bullying at the hands of Katsuki Bakugou and immediately takes his statement back.
- The Joker has one in episode 8 of The Joker Blogs.Joker: One or the other. It's the fork in the throat—road, fork in the road. Henry's the one with the, ah, fork in the throat.
- Foxy Lady: When Buffy, Xander, and Faith meet a Willow from an alternate universe.Faith: I doubt your world sucks as much as this one does.
Willow: Pissed off mad scientist with access to the multiverse released a virus that caused a good portion of the female population to mutate at puberty, taking on supernatural traits. The whole fighting in darkness thing was dragged into the light and a lot of stupid people made a lot of stupid decisions. Major demonic incursions occur every three to five years.
Faith: Welcome to Sunnydale! - In Wood it Work, a vampire spots Xander, Jesse, and Sharon near an alley and says that it seems lunch is on him. Once he recognizes who they are, he promptly adds that he meant that he'll be paying for the first round at Willy's bar.
- Dragon Ball Z Abridged:
- Episode 10:Vegeta: You... you cut through my armor! This was a gift from my father!
Yajirobe: I'm sorry, I'm sure your father was a great man!
Vegeta: I HATED my father!
Yajirobe: Oh, well then, I'm sure your father was a total prick!
Vegeta: HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT MY FATHER LIKE THAT!?! - Episode 11, where Bulma is amazed at the speed of Mr. Popo's magic carpet:Mr. Popo: Yep, this baby does 10,000 miles to the soul.
Bulma: What?
Mr. Popo: The gallon. - Episode 16:Freeza: You know, Zarbon, I'm starting to think my people don't understand what I pay them for.
Zarbon: You don't pay us.
Freeza: Allow them to live for. - Part 3 of Episode 60, when Krillin is denied a wish to turn Androids 17 and 18 back to full humans:Shenron: Look, I don't make the rules.
Krillin: Then who does?!
Mr. Popo: Hi.
Krillin: ...because they are incredibly fair and balanced.
- Episode 10:
- The Hamsterball Show has this exchange in its Get Smart parody:Ranger Fink: I happen to be an expert on escaping from these traps. Why, I've learned all kinds of escapes from watching four straight hours of MythBusters! Would you believe it? Four hours of MythBusters!
Bonk the Hammer: I find that hard to believe.
Ranger Fink: Would you believe three hours of Gilligan's Island?
Bonk: I don't think so.
Ranger Fink: How about half an hour of Odd Squad?
- In Dead Sirius, the ghost of Sirius Black takes advantage of Kreacher's willingness to continue taking orders from dead Blacks to punish the Order for their continued mistreatment of Harry.Sirius' ghost: Kreacher!
Kreacher: Yes, bad translucent master?
Sirius' ghost: Remember the plan I thought up just so I could disappoint you by telling you we wouldn't be using it?
Kreacher: (hopefully) Yes, possibly-not-bad master?
Sirius' ghost: I don't think it went far enough, but it'll have to do for now. Be sure to let me know if you think of any improvements.
Kreacher: Yes, great and cunning master! - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality: Quirrell suggests to Dumbledore that Harry take Occlumency lessons, with the as-of-yet undetermined teacher to have his memory wiped after every training session and an unbreakable vow to not reveal anything.Dumbledore: Such services are extremely expensive, as you well know, and I cannot help but wonder why you deem them necessary.
Harry: If it's money that's the problem, I have some ideas for making large amounts of money quickly—
Dumbledore: [without missing a beat] Thank you Quirinus, your wisdom is now quite evident and I am sorry for disputing it. - A psychiatrist in Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum unofficially diagnoses Harry with Bipolar Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, paranoia, and possibly schizophrenia. When she's told Harry's "conspiracy theories" about fighting Voldemort multiple times and teachers trying to kill him actually happened, she revises her diagnosis to claiming he's a well-adjusted young man.
- The final episode of Hellsing Ultimate Abridged has Integra wrap up a saber fencing session.Integra: Alright everyone, hit the showers. And stop bullying Penwood Jr. Jr.!
Penwood Jr. Jr.: I don't want to fence... I want to make reaction videos!
Integra: Never mind. Bully him harder!
- Fansite Tough Pigs had an article explaining how you, a rational adult Sesame Street fan, should explain to people who haven't watched Sesame Street since 1974 that "different" doesn't mean "bad".You: The Count is still around too, and so are all your other favorite characters.
Binky: Like Sam the Robot?!
You: ...almost all your other favorite characters.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Ultra Fast Pony. After establishing that the zebras are subject to Fantastic Racism, Twilight tries to introduce herself to one of them:Twilight: Hey, Zecora. You wanna hang?
(beat; Oh, Crap! expression on Twi's face)
Twilight: Wow, that came out so wrong. I mean, do you wanna hang out?
- A Freak, A Creep & A Psychopath has Zabuza do this.Zabuza: You...are a cruel and twisted man, Hatake Kakashi. The lowest plane of Hell would spit you back out for allowing these demons to do half the things that they did. Have you no shame? No sense of decency? How do you sleep at night?
Kakashi: I'm not going to let them interrogate you anymore.
Zabuza: A saint among squalor is what you are. Far to good for this mortal coil full of sin and debauchery. Temples will be built in your honor, where millions will tell tales of your mercy and grace. - There is also one in Time Braid after Sakura decimates Pain.Sakura: Hell, yeah! 'Not a front-line combatant' my ass, Sasuke! I am the champion of ass-kicking, you arrogant nutjob.
[Sakura looks over and notices Naruto is winning a fight against three copies of himself with their will suppressed to release the Kyuubi entirely]
Sakura:...Ok, maybe I'm the runner-up. That's alright, I can live with being second to a guy that can knock out the damned Kyuubi.
- At the start of the Thriller Bark saga in This Bites!, Leo objects to Brook joining the crew. Until Cross "innocently" drops the fact that Brook is also a swordsman, meaning Leo will no longer be Zoro's sole sparring dummy. He quickly goes to shake the skeleton's hand and welcomes him in.
- White Sheep: Pyrrha tells Salem that no matter what Salem's evil plan is, it will never work. Salem says she was just going to show Pyrrha some of Jaune's baby pictures. Pyrrha quickly says there's no reason Salem can't try this evil plan anyway.
- Robb Returns: Pycelle doesn't like the fact Jon Arryn has elevated Bronn, a sellsword, to nobility, and begins expounding on the topic. However, Jon then mentions it was Bronn who found Baelish, his books, his secret books, and was key in his execution, and Pycelle immediately changes his mind, welcoming a bit of fresh blood.
- Mauling Snarks: While visiting the Boston Wards, Maul comes across a group of thugs that challenge her to a gunfight. After Taylor demonstrates what her powers can do with a gun, the thugs quietly put their guns away and the leader's only answer is, "Gunfight? What gunfight?"
- In It Started With a Kiss Botan wants to join the others on a mission, and is tricked by Yusuke into thinking the only way to do so is to do a mission transfer with Hiei and the process involved a kiss. Not thinking it over she goes and does it and realizes she's been tricked with a now angry Hiei.Botan: I've just wasted my first and possibly only kiss on you!
[Hiei's glare intensifies]Botan: N-not that it wasn't a nice kiss. In fact it was unexpectedly pleasant! You have very warm and inviting lips for such a cold and uninviting man.
