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Rover_Wow
01-05-2004, 07:52 PM
We've done overused cliches (http://forums.toonzone.net//showthread.php?t=88113&highlight=cliches) before (twice (http://forums.toonzone.net//showthread.php?t=46668), actually). How about we do overused lines again, then? Let's get the ball rolling with:

- "This is all your (or my) fault" (or variants thereof):
(I include examples some from live action too!)
Cro: The two bad mammoths, on getting tied to each other, IIRC.
The Wild Thornberrys Movie: Eliza, on the kidnapping of a cheetah cub she was playing with.
The Angry Beavers: Daggett, on Norb being sent to a zoo for chewing on Abe Lincoln's log cabin.
Barbie in Swan Lake: The unicorn, on prince Ken being tricked.
Josie and the Pussycats (the live-action film): Josie, on subliminal messages in her music.
Minority Report: The chief, on Tom Cruise being sent to jail or something.
Stuart Little: Stuart, on breaking stepbrother Johnathan Lipnicki's boat remote, clearly ruling him out of a race he had spent so long preparing for (but look what happens next).
The only ever animated Best Picture nominee, Beauty and the Beast: Belle, on her dad in an asylum.
Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame: the hunchback, on Esmerelda being captured.

- "You (or I) blew it" (used as part of a longer sentence, usually):
Beavers again: From the end of the same ep as above, Norb, on Dag's attempts to free him (and the other animals) from said zoo (which turned out to be actually quite a paradise).
Clifford: Jetta, on hitting the crossbar with the last shot of a soccer game.
Rocket Power: Reggie, on blocking Otto in windsurfing.
(In these quotes, the "you" version is usually said in anger... the "I" version is mostly said in depression. It also happens that I cringe at these lines.)

- "There's no 'I' in team":
The Weekenders: Lor's teammate in hoops, on losing another game b/c she wouldn't pass to him.
Kim Possible: Kim, during soccer practice.
Hey Arnold!: Coach Wittenberg in "Benchwarmer"... that said, his game plan revolves around his son Tucker.

- "We gotta do something (etc.) before it's too late":
I saw it in a promo for Justice League.

- "What have you (or I) done?":
The Weekenders: Carver, on Tino challenging two kids to a duel (not of guns mind you, but of coolness).
Grim and Evil: Grim, on seeing an eye pop out of Billy's back.
Dexter's Lab: Dexter, on the disappearance of his big sis's imaginary friend.
Quite a few WB shorts have this as well.
(The "I" version usually comes with a "but isn't that what you wanted?" situation.)

- Something ending in "...none of this would have happened":
The Powerpuff Girls Movie: the PPGs, on all that whole gorilla warfare (to borrow what Blossom said).

Peter Paltridge
01-06-2004, 02:32 AM
"That's so crazy, it just might work!!"

"You'll never get away with this!!" (Note: Half the time, this quote is followed by the villain saying, "But I already have.")

"Walk this way!" (Everyone walks in the manner that the man does.)

Classic Speedy
01-06-2004, 09:59 AM
"Now what do we do?", when all hope is seemingly lost.

And not to bash anime or anything, but here's one: On most kid's anime shows, somebody will say "Hey look at this!" and everyone will say "Huh?" Happens tons of times per episode.

Behonkiss
01-06-2004, 04:46 PM
"I'll get you for this! This isn't over! I shall return! You haven't seen the last of me! Farewell for now!"

Yash
01-06-2004, 05:42 PM
QUIT PLUGGING OLD TOPICS!!!:mad:

Sorry, but it gets REALLY annoying when you link to older topics in hopes that they'll be bumped or something... anyway...

Character 1: *some plan that is guranteed to work*
Character 2: Nah, that's never going to work... Wait! I got it! *says plan Character 1 came up with*
Character 1/3: You're a genius!

jrh31584
01-07-2004, 01:36 PM
"Walk this way!" (Everyone walks in the manner that the man does.)This was first used in Young Frankenstein. I really haven't seen it used too much.

Kryten
01-07-2004, 10:20 PM
^I'm pretty sure that Daffy Duck did it first in the "Duck Drake, PI" short.

Dee
01-07-2004, 10:39 PM
Im gonna have to agree with Loser on this one.


It's like "Overused Topics In General Animation Forum".

If it's been done... it's done. If it died, it died. Any more of these topics that have already been done, and they will be closed. We've seen it, heard it, and it's getting really old.