Wham! Line/Western Animation

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Justice League Unlimited: "And if I were you, I wouldn't probe the situation too closely...rich boy."
    • The last line in "Once and Future Thing, Part 1".

Warhawk: (to John Stewart) Dad?

    • From the final episode, "Epilogue" (It also counts as one for Batman Beyond).

Terry: (To Bruce Wayne) "My point is I just found out that Warren McGinnis isn't my father! You are!"

  • The Spectacular Spider-Man: "After all, we know who you love the most...bro."
    • "Guilty, guilty and oh so guilty of being the new Big Man of crime!"
  • In the first season finale of Beast Wars, Optimus is piloting a stasis pod set to self-destruct towards this big planet-destroyer. The plan is for him to blow the doors and zoom out before the explosion.

Optimus: "All right, it's time. Computer, prepare to blow the pod doors."
Computer: "Negative. Pod doors are magna-sealed."
Optimus: "That's... impossible."
Megatron's voice comes out of nowhere over the speaker: "Oh. I assure you. It is not." Moments later... BOOM!

    • "Coming of the Fuzors, Part 2" sees the Maximals about to be destroyed by the Predacons. Cue a Big Damn Heroes moment from an unexpected source.

Optimus: Well that's just prime.

Shaggy: "There's only one thing missing from your theory, Fred: the creep inside!"

Queen of the Crown: "I know all about you, Ranger Foxx." (as the Slaverlord behind him takes on the form of his wife)
Senator Whiner: "Walsh! I know where Gooseman's genetic models came from."

Slade: Trigger? There is no trigger, because there is no detonator.

    • Even earlier than that, when the audience learns Red X's identity in Masks:

Robin: It's about time we came face to face.

    • And in Birthmark:

Slade: You're going to destroy the world, Raven...

Zhao: I assure you, I have everything under control. I intend to remove the moon as a factor. ("Siege of the North, Part 2")
Iroh: You have two grandfathers, Prince Zuko. Fire Lord Sozin was your father's grandfather; your mother's grandfather was Avatar Roku. ("The Avatar and the Fire Lord")

Korra: (To Tarrlok) You're a blood-bender? But...it's not a full moon! How are you doing this?

Prospector: I tried reasoning with you, Woody, but you keep forcing me to take extreme measures.

    • In Toy Story 3:

Lotso: Where's your kid now, Sheriff?

      • And before that:

Lotso: Family man, huh? I understand. Put him back in the time-out chair.

Finn: We must've left millions of dollars back on that beach. What's the matter with you, Big V?
Shendu, possessing Valmont's body: Valmont cannot hear you right now.

Mayor Fred Jones Sr.: Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves are your real parents.

  • South Park: "I. Can't. Die."
    • "You're Getting Old": "Because I'm unhappy, okay?! I've been unhappy for a long time!"
    • "Scott Tenorman Must Die":

Scott Tenorman: I'm glad you like [the chili] so much, because now that you're almost finished I have something to tell you.
Cartman: What? You mean about how you put pubes in your chili?

    • And later:

Cartman: Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it "Mr. and Mrs. Tenorman chili".

      • In "201", The Reveal of the Head Ginger's identity is directly preceded by this line:

Scott Tenorman: Welcome to my Chili Con Carnival!

2003 Shredder: BEHOLD! A MULTIVERSE of accursed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Kim: But...We captured the Supreme One. See? (gestures to Dr. Drakken and his cohorts)
Rufus 3000: Where? I don't see her.
Kim: Her?

Alt!Doofenzchmirtz: Platyborg...Do that same thing to those two boys over there.

Regular!Doofenschmirtz: What?

Eddy's Brother: "Just for old time's sake, let's...play "uncle".

Darkseid: Savor your moment of triumph, Superman, but remember--victory has its price.

Jafar: It's mine! It's all mine! I-- Where is it? No! NOOOOOOOOO!!!

    • And in Return of Jafar:

Aladdin: It's the truth! Why don't you believe me?
Jasmine: Because we know you're lying!

Optimus Prime: "Where are we, Megatronus?"

Ned Flanders: Now calm down, Nedilly-diddly-diddly-diddly-doodly, they did their best, shodilly-iddly-iddly-diddly. Gotta be nice, hostiddly-iddly-diddly-diddly... AW, HELL-DIDDLY-DING-DONG-CRAP! CAN'T YOU MORONS DO ANYTHING RIGHT?!

Scott Summers/Cyclops: (pulling Professor X from his wheelchair) It was YOU! YOU did this!
Professor X: (laughing, as Mystique's voice emerges) Yes, I did it.
(Professor X changes into Mystique)
Mystique: And now, it's about to get much worse.

  • X-Men: "The Final Decision"

Trask: You can't make me do this! You were designed to protect humans from mutants!
Master Mold: That is not logical. Mutants are human. Therefore, humans must be protected from themselves.

Twilight: I'm sorry...

Impostor Cadence: You will be.

    • And before that in the same episode:

Twilight: "Princess Celestia invites you to the wedding between Princess Mia Amore Cadenza and... my brother!?"

Red Tornado: Unfortunately, the Roy Harper we have all known for the last three years is another Cadmus clone.

    • And from "Happy New Year", FIVE YEARS LATER
    • From "Bloodlines":

Bart Allen: "Better get into character."

    • Subverted nicely, in "Depths".

Nightwing: She's Dead.

    • And

Nightwing: We'd laugh about this some day.

      • For context, Nightwing asks Artemis to rejoin the team. On the mission, they fight Aqualad who has already been revealed to have made a Face Heel Turn, who stabs her in the chest with the line "Welcome Back." After the second wham line, it's revealed to have been a ruse and Artemis is in fact alive, and Aqualad never really made a Face Heel Turn
  • From the "Super Powers Team" incarnation of Superfriends, the episode "Darkseid's Golden Trap":

Superman: Good luck, my friends, I'm sorry I can't join you.
Black Vulcan: We understand, Superman, this is one mission that would be much too dangerous for you."

    • Even the Narrator is puzzled at what sort of mission is so dangerous that Superman himself has to sit it out; It's an Auction of Evil where one of the lots is a piece of gold kryptonite, which the heroes have to confiscate before it can be used against Superman.