Mr. Exposition/Quotes

"Basil Exposition: Hello, Austin. This is Basil Exposition, Chief of British Intelligence. You're Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, and you're with Agent Mrs. Kensington. The year is 1967, and you're talking on a picture phone.

Austin Powers: We know all that, Exposition.

Basil: I just wanted to be extremely clear so that everyone knows what's going on at any given time."

- Austin Powers early draft script

"Miss Piggy: Um, why are you telling me all this?

Lady Holiday: It's plot exposition. It has to go somewhere."

- The Great Muppet Caper

"The year, blah blah blah. The place, blah blah blah."

- Father Time, Histeria!

"Krang: They will fail, Shredder; they always fail!

Shredder: But what choice do I have? Only mutants are immune to the Mesmerizer's beam; humans like myself can't be near it when they set it off!

Krang: You don't have to explain it to me; I invented it, remember?

Shredder: I wasn't explaining it to you! (points at the camera) I was explaining it to them."

- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

""Thank you, Mr. Exposition.""

- Slappy Squirrel, Animaniacs

""Boy, does this guy do anything outside of just shouting exposition?""

- The Nostalgia Critic on Georgie Porgie from the 1986 version of Babes in Toyland.

""You're like a textbook with arms. I know this.""

- Buffy on Giles.