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* Even the ever-respectable [[The Smurfs|Papa Smurf]] does this in ''A Child among the Smurfs''.
* In [[The Mr. Men Show]] this is Mr Scatterbrains [[Catch Phrase]] which he says after characters are trying to tell him specifically what they want.
* In one episode of ''[[Lilo
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* ''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]''. [[Hair-Trigger Temper|Leo Getz]] is rather confused by the nautical terms such as fore and aft, port and starboard, and snarks at Murtaugh and Riggs for not saying "to the right, at the back of the boat" instead.
* Parodied in ''[[The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra]]'' with this exchange:
{{quote|'''Paul: Now for the [[Curse of the Ancients|love of Mike]] would someone mind telling me [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|what the heck]] is going on around here?
'''Lattis: [[Mars Needs Women|The mutant's]] [[Beast and Beauty|got Betty.]] [[Human Aliens|We are aliens]].
'''Paul''': Whoa, whoa, slow down. I'm a scientist, and that was still fast.
'''Crobar''': We had a mutant. It got loose. It has Betty.
'''Paul''': Hey, hold on. One at a time. I'm gonna get whiplash here. Now just suppose you start at the beginning and tell me what happened before I get one whopper of a headache.
'''Lattis''': We are from the planet Marva. We crashed here.
'''Paul''': Planet...Marva...look, you're going to have to do a lot better than that if you want me to help you. Just suppose you take a deep breath, relax, and tell me all about it.
'''Crobar''': <beat> The Universe is a very large place... }}
* ''[[I, Robot (film)|I Robot]]'':
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** And then later on, Homer tries to explain it to the kids with finger puppets:
{{quote|'''Homer:''' ...and so the magical fairies will take Prince Leg Vein on a looong journey to get married to Princess Left Ventricle.
'''Lisa:''' Dad, [[From the Mouths of Babes|are you trying to tell us you're going to have a coronary artery bypass graft?]]
'''Homer:''' Um... yes. }}
* Happens in ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' when Daria tries to explain the concept of a Walk-A-Thon to the duo. Naturally, they still get it wrong.
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