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* [[Detective Conan]] - After giving a lengthy rant on subjects a six year old definitely ''shouldn't'' know about, Conan covers up (or at least, tries to) by saying "At least, [[Taught by Television|that's what it said on TV]]!" (or something similar).

** Ai used that once in a [[Non-Serial Movie]], too.

 

* Tonto says this when he is called out by the Lone Ranger in Dynamyte's comic book series.

* ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]'': Cassidy, the Vampire -- "This gravy tastes like semen.." Seeming to understand the implication of his choice of words hastily adds "Or so I'd imagine". {{spoiler|This becomes a [[Harsher in Hindsight]] moment when Jesse learns more about his friend's history than he'd care to know.}}

 

* ''[[Sister Act]]'':

{{quote|'''Sister Mary Lazarus:''' Id rather sing than do anything.

{{quote|'''Mal:''' "Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint."}}

 

* ''[[Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]].

{{quote|"They're the very devil to forge, I know that," said Moist. "Or so I've been told," he added quickly.}}

 

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' - During ''The Atomic Brain'', Mike compares a scene to ''[[The Facts of Life]] Go to Europe''. ("Not that I've seen it...")

** During the opening credits of ''Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'':

* During the opening of one episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', Colbert gives "a shout-out to all of my [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Bronies]]", followed by an insincere "And I do want to reiterate that I do not know what that means."

 

* The Devil in ''[[Old Harry's Game]]'' does this whenever he is describing one of his own deeds while disguised as a mortal.

* In an episode of ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'', the panellists are playing a game based on ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire''...except all about hats.

'''Tim:''' That's tiny! That's a schoolboy's size! ...I'm told. }}

 

* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': There's a running joke that Miles Edgeworth is a big fan of the [[tokusatsu]] [[Show Within a Show]] ''Steel Samurai'', although he [[Closet Geek|tries to distance himself from it]]. He invokes Or So I Heard a lot when {{spoiler|the Steel Samurai and company becomes a major part of the final case of ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations]]''.}}

* Optional dialogue in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' between Mordin and a krogan scientist. {{spoiler|The real kicker is that Mordin actually did make the krogans more infertile by upgrading the genophage when it started to look like the krogans were recovering.}}

'''Fortack:''' Yeah, yeah, what else can the salarians can do to us at this point? It's not like they can make us even more infertile. Actually, wait, forget I said anything. }}

 

* [http://starship.slipshine.net/loserz/go/189 This strip] from ''[[Loserz]]''.

{{quote|Cuz that's when you black out and come to stark '''naked'' with your ankles behind your head and some guy you don't even know licking your asshole...or so I hear.}}

* ''[[Paranormal Mystery Squad]]'', with Stephanie's knowledge of the local [[Make-Out Point]].

 

* [http://stummervogel.deviantart.com/art/Too-much-information-109154598 This] comic based on ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''.

* [[Tim Minchin]] tells of a time when he caught Mariah Carey lipsynching.

209. An airsickness bag is to be used for airsickness *only*. (Also not a Skippy-ism...this was the same dinner.) }}

 

* ''[[South Park]]'' episode "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers" plays this for laughs; all the men in town only have to hear the title "Backdoor Sluts 9" and they all know exactly which porn it is.

{{quote|'''Mr. Stotch''': Backdoor Sluts 9 makes Crotch Capers 3 look like Naughty Nurses 2!

{{quote|"A ficus? That's gonna need more light... not that, I would know." }}

 

* Actual quote from a review by Germany's leading culinary critic Wolfram Siebeck:

{{quote|"The soup tasted the way I imagine packet soups would taste."}}