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Line 106: {{quote\|'''Commander Root''': And the best-case scenario? '''Foaly''': That was the best-case scenario. }} * A meta version is directed to the reader in ''[[~~Discworld/~~Going Postal (Discworld)\|Going Postal]]'': {{quote\|The broom must have been kept as an ornament, because it certainly hadn't been used much on the accumulations in the stable yard. On the positive side, this meant [Moist] had fallen into something soft. On the negative side, it meant that he had fallen into something soft.}} ** Death also performs the trope in ''[[~~Discworld/Hogfather\|~~Hogfather]]'', when speaking to the spirit of a recently deceased man (who hasn't yet realized he's dead): {{quote\|'''Ernest''': "That's going to be the sack for sure, I'm gonna be in big trouble..." '''Death''': {{small-caps\|AH. WELL. THERE AT LEAST I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS, ERNEST.}} looks down at Ernest's body {{small-caps\|AND, THEN AGAIN, I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS...}} }} Line 238: Also played with in an [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0512.html earlier strip]: {{quote\|'''Haley'''(to a group of Hobgoblins): OK, I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, I won initiative, so you all get a sneak attack each. The good news is, I don't have to bother thinking up the second half to that joke, 'cause you're all dead now.}} :* Then you take a look at what the hobgoblin in the final panel is saying... : [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0691.html Done again ~~recently~~in another strip]: {{quote\|'''Roy''' (to the team): The good news is, we're here! The bad news is... we're here.}} * ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'' keeps [http://www.explosm.net/comics/729/ plenty] of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140915040622/http://explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Rob/goodnewsbadnews.png these] in the [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1555/ drawer]. Line 264: {{quote\|'''Ennesby''': This sounds like a new spin on the old "good news bad news" play. '''Bristlecone''': In that format, [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle\|the good news is "I found the bad news."]] The bad news is "I found worse news." }} : Ennesby [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-04-21 gives] the best-case scenario. : AI of Shoemaker-Levi is [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2018-09-16 giving]<sup>spoilers!</sup> an [[Exact Words\|exact answer]]: {{quote\|'''Admiral Devereaux''': Nice, but I want to know about Breath Weapon's [[Interstellar Weapon\|long gun]] systems. '''Levi''': You instructed me to give you GOOD news, Admiral.}} : And another AI (after [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-11-07 Schlock is accidentally misplaced by retreating enemy]): {{quote\|'''Chelle''': ''Cindy!'' Telemetry check, Sergeant Schlock! '''Cindy''': Found him. Good news, he IS still in this galaxy. Line 320: '''Lard Nar:''' And the good news?! '''Shloonktapooxis:''' Well, [[Bad News in a Good Way\|it's been replaced by a new,]] ''[[Bad News in a Good Way\|HORRIBLE]]'' [[Bad News in a Good Way\|one]]! }} * From the finale of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': {{quote\|'''Danny''': (to the other ghosts) Well, gang, there's good news and bad news. The good news: my powers are back. The bad news: [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner\|MY POWERS ARE BACK!]] ([[Make Me Wanna Shout\|cue ghostly wail]])}} {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Good News, Bad News~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Red Fish Blue Fish]] [[Category:Comedy Tropes]] [[Category:Stock Phrases]] ▲[[Category:Good News, Bad News]]