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Comic Books
Agent Krill: Director Hill is gonna kill us.
Agent Kurdle: Not if we redeem ourselves first. I've got a hunch. I think Daredevil might be a blind lawyer from Hell's Kitchen...
Krill: We're really terrible at this job, you know that?
Agent Kurdle: Not if we redeem ourselves first. I've got a hunch. I think Daredevil might be a blind lawyer from Hell's Kitchen...
Krill: We're really terrible at this job, you know that?
— Thor (2014) #11
Fan Works
Marina: We're looking for [a band name that's]... off the hook? That's what Inklings say when something is really cool, right?
Pearl: Yeah, but what could be so off the hook that it'd be the perfect name for us?
Pearl: Yeah, but what could be so off the hook that it'd be the perfect name for us?
— I've Got Your Back, Chapter 15note
Film — Live-Action
Clark Kent: Mister Wayne! Clark Kent, Daily Planet. What's your position on the bat-vigilante in Gotham?
Bruce Wayne: ...(smirks)
Bruce Wayne: ...(smirks)
— Trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Flash Thompson: He's no Spider-Man.
Michelle "MJ" Jones: What is it with you and Spider-Man?
Flash: What? He looks out for the neighborhood, he has a dope suit, and I really respect him!
(Peter walks into the room)
Flash: 'Sup, dickwad?
Michelle "MJ" Jones: What is it with you and Spider-Man?
Flash: What? He looks out for the neighborhood, he has a dope suit, and I really respect him!
(Peter walks into the room)
Flash: 'Sup, dickwad?
Professor Jules Hilbert: So, you're the young gentleman who called me about the narrator?
Harold Crick: Yes.
Professor Jules Hilbert: Says you're gonna die.
Harold Crick: Uh, yes.
Professor Jules Hilbert: Uh-huh. How long has it given you to live?
Harold Crick: I don't know.
Professor Jules Hilbert: Dramatic irony. It'll fuck you every time.
Harold Crick: Yes.
Professor Jules Hilbert: Says you're gonna die.
Harold Crick: Uh, yes.
Professor Jules Hilbert: Uh-huh. How long has it given you to live?
Harold Crick: I don't know.
Professor Jules Hilbert: Dramatic irony. It'll fuck you every time.
Literature
"I have never heard much of the Cyclopes, or of their ways, only that they are giants. Perhaps they are gentle, though, for often a small man is cruel and vicious, while a large man is careful and prudent with his strength. It is that way with dogs too: the small ones bite, while the large ones need only bark. Is this not so?"
— Argos after he finds out that his master is about to head over to the island of Cyclopes, Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog
Mr. Queen thought Drama Queen was a very good actress.
"You're brilliant!" he said. "You really looked like you were fast asleep."
Leo and Mrs. Queen giggled. Drama Queen went red in the face.
"Sshhh!" she hissed. She didn't want her dad to know that she really HAD fallen asleep in the middle of the play.
"You're brilliant!" he said. "You really looked like you were fast asleep."
Leo and Mrs. Queen giggled. Drama Queen went red in the face.
"Sshhh!" she hissed. She didn't want her dad to know that she really HAD fallen asleep in the middle of the play.
— Bang On The Door, "Drama Queen: Stage Struck"
Live-Action TV
Rita: [talking about the "Bay Harbor Butcher"] It makes me so angry that there's some monster out there scaring my son.
Dexter: ...I gotta go to work.
Rita: You know, I hope they catch him today. And I'm not a violent person, but I hope they'll hurt him. Have a good day.
Dexter: [voiceover] Make up your mind.
Dexter: ...I gotta go to work.
Rita: You know, I hope they catch him today. And I'm not a violent person, but I hope they'll hurt him. Have a good day.
Dexter: [voiceover] Make up your mind.
— Dexter
"Simply put, dramatic irony is when a person makes a remark, and someone who hears it knows something, which makes the remark have a different, usually unpleasant, meaning. Uh, for example, if I were to say, 'I can't wait to eat this almond cookie,' but there were people around that knew the almond cookie was poisoned, that would be dramatic irony. For that reason, when we hear Uncle Monty tell the children 'I promise you, no harm will come to you in the Reptile Room', we should be on guard for the unpleasant arrival of dramatic irony."
— Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
"I wish you could speak."
— Roberta to her brother, who, unbeknown to her, is a Brainy Baby, Sesame Street
Music
It's a pretty sad day at the funeral
Norman Osborn has bitten the dust
And I heard Harry's said he wants Spider-Man dead
Aw, but his buddy Pete he can trust
Norman Osborn has bitten the dust
And I heard Harry's said he wants Spider-Man dead
Aw, but his buddy Pete he can trust
—"Weird Al" Yankovic, "Ode to a Superhero" (a song riffing on Spider-Man to the tune of "Piano Man")
Video Games
"Look, just how much do you really know about Bruce Wayne?"
Jim Gordon, Batman: The Telltale Series
Ed, I hate talking to you through this stupid bear, but it’s hard to reach you otherwise. I’m worried about the new suit design. One of my costumers, Vic, nearly lost his hand today. All he did was spill a can of pop and the thing snapped shut like a bear trap. You’re busy, but you can’t rush these things. Please look into it.
— Fiona Murray expressing her concerns about the Springlock Suits to her husband, Edwin Murray, Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
Genō (under the guise of "The Visitor"): Hm.
The Singularity: You've got something you wanna say?
"The Visitor": Just that... I was unsure about inviting a member of the Imagined Order to assist us. I would hate for your loyalties to be... split.
The Singularity: Trust me. I carry no love and no loyalty to the Imagined Order. They buried themselves under Genō's hubris. I've moved on.
"The Visitor": I see. That is... good to know.
The Singularity: You've got something you wanna say?
"The Visitor": Just that... I was unsure about inviting a member of the Imagined Order to assist us. I would hate for your loyalties to be... split.
The Singularity: Trust me. I carry no love and no loyalty to the Imagined Order. They buried themselves under Genō's hubris. I've moved on.
"The Visitor": I see. That is... good to know.
Webcomics
"I wonder where she is. She didn't eat a thing."
— Old Woman, Loving Reaper (her pet is dead)
Web Original
"Little Bear starts eating berries out of Sal's mother's bucket, so the mother says, "Sal, stop that," but of course it's not Sal."
— Cassandra Gelvin on Blueberries For Sal, Dont Read This To My Kids
"Steve is concerned about Project Insight being an overreach in U.S. Military power, but the guy was frozen in February, 1945. He might not even know that his country nuked Japan six months after he "died" to keep weapons of mass destruction from being used."
— Empire Wreckers, "That Time Michael Bay Made a Captain America Movie
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" Western Animation
Lisa: If I didn't know better, I'd say Lily orchestrated this whole thing.
Lynn Sr.: Oh, don't be silly, sweetie; she's just a baby.
Lily: (winks)
Lynn Sr.: Oh, don't be silly, sweetie; she's just a baby.
Lily: (winks)
Real Life
"There is a distinct difference between "suspense" and "surprise," and yet many pictures continually confuse the two. I'll explain what I mean: We are now having a very innocent little chat. Let's suppose that there is a bomb underneath this table between us. Nothing happens, and then all of a sudden, "Boom!" There is an explosion. The public is surprised, but prior to this surprise, it has seen an absolutely ordinary scene, of no special consequence.
Now, let us take a suspense situation. The bomb is underneath the table and the public knows it, probably because they have seen the anarchist place it there. The public is aware the bomb is going to explode at one o'clock and there is a clock in the decor. The public can see that it is a quarter to one. In these conditions, the same innocuous conversation becomes fascinating because the public is participating in the scene. The audience is longing to warn the characters on the screen: "You shouldn't be talking about such trivial matters. There is a bomb beneath you and it is about to explode!"
In the first case we have given the public fifteen seconds of surprise at the moment of the explosion. In the second we have provided them with fifteen minutes of suspense. The conclusion is that whenever possible the public must be informed."
Now, let us take a suspense situation. The bomb is underneath the table and the public knows it, probably because they have seen the anarchist place it there. The public is aware the bomb is going to explode at one o'clock and there is a clock in the decor. The public can see that it is a quarter to one. In these conditions, the same innocuous conversation becomes fascinating because the public is participating in the scene. The audience is longing to warn the characters on the screen: "You shouldn't be talking about such trivial matters. There is a bomb beneath you and it is about to explode!"
In the first case we have given the public fifteen seconds of surprise at the moment of the explosion. In the second we have provided them with fifteen minutes of suspense. The conclusion is that whenever possible the public must be informed."