| Catchphrase | Character | Series | First appearance | Notes |
|---|
| "Aaay!" | Fonzie | Happy Days | 1974 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "And that's the way it is." | Walter Cronkite | CBS Evening News | 1963 | [50] [51] |
| "Ay caramba!" | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons | 1988 | |
| "Baby, you're the greatest" | Ralph Kramden | The Honeymooners | 1955 | [50] [51] |
| "Bam!" | Emeril Lagasse | Emeril Live | | [50] [51] |
| "Bang, zoom, straight to the moon" | Ralph Kramden | The Honeymooners | 1955 | [52] |
| "Bazinga!" | Sheldon Cooper | The Big Bang Theory | 2007 | [50] [52] |
| "Bite my shiny metal ass!" | Bender Rodriguez | Futurama | | |
| "Blam!" | Bitch Pudding | Robot Chicken | | |
| "Book 'em, Danno!" | Steve McGarrett | Hawaii Five-O | 1968 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose" | Coach Taylor | Friday Night Lights | 2006 | [50] [52] |
| "Come on down!" | Johnny Olson | The Price is Right | 1972 | [50] [51] |
| "Cut it out" | Joey Gladstone | Full House | | [50] |
| "Damn you, vile woman!" | Stewie Griffin | Family Guy | | |
| "Danger, Will Robinson" | Robot | Lost in Space | 1965 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "De plane! De plane!" | Tattoo | Fantasy Island | 1977 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Deal… or no deal?" | Howie Mandel | Deal or No Deal | 2005 | |
| "Denny Crane" | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | | [51] |
| "Did I do that?" | Steve Urkel | Family Matters | | [50] |
| "D'oh!" | Homer Simpson | The Simpsons | 1988 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." | David Banner | The Incredible Hulk | | [51] |
| "Dude." | Hugo "Hurley" Reyes | Lost | | [50] |
| "Dy-no-mite!" | J.J. Evans | Good Times | 1974 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Eat my shorts" | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons | 1990 | [50] [53] |
| "Elizabeth, I'm coming!" [note 1] | Fred Sanford | Sanford and Son | | [50] [51] |
| "Everybody Lies" | Dr. Gregory House | House | 2004 | [50] [52] |
| "Gee, Mrs. Cleaver" | Eddie Haskell | Leave it to Beaver | | [51] |
| "Giggity-giggity-goo!" | Glenn Quagmire | Family Guy | | |
| "God'll get you for that" | Maude | Maude | 1972 | [50] [51] |
| "Good night, and good luck" | Edward R. Murrow | See It Now | | [51] |
| "Goodnight, everybody!" | Yakko Warner | Animaniacs | | |
| "Good night, John Boy" | | The Waltons | 1971 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Have Mercy" | Jesse Katsopolis | Full House | | [50] |
| "Heh-heh" | Beavis and Butt-Head | Beavis and Butt-head | | [51] |
| "Hello there, children!" | Jerome "Chef" McElroy | South Park | | |
| "Here it is, your moment of Zen" | | The Daily Show | 1996 | [51] |
| "Here's Johnny" | Ed McMahon | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1962 | [50] [51] |
| "Hey now!" | Hank Kingsley | The Larry Sanders Show | | [51] |
| "Hey hey hey!" [note 2] | Dwayne Nelson | What's Happening!! | | [51] |
| "Hey hey hey!" | Fat Albert | Fat Albert | | [51] |
| "Holy (whatever), Batman!" | Robin | Batman | | [51] |
| "Holy crap!" | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | | [50] [51] |
| "How rude!" | Stephanie Tanner | Full House | 1987 | |
| "Homey don't play that!" | Homey the Clown | In Living Color | | [51] |
| 'How sweet it is!" | Jackie Gleason | The Jackie Gleason Show | | [51] |
| "How you doin'?" | Joey Tribbiani | Friends | 1994 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "I know nothing!" | Sgt. Schultz | Hogan's Heroes | | [51] |
| "I love it when a plan comes together" | John "Hannibal" Smith | The A-Team | 1982 | [51] [54] |
| "I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl ..." [note 3] | Larry | Newhart | | [51] |
| "I'm listening" | Frasier Crane | Frasier | | [50] |
| "I'm ready!" | SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants | 1999 | |
| "I'm Rick James, bitch!" | Dave Chappelle as Rick James | Chappelle's Show | 2004 | [50] [51] |
| "If it weren't for you meddling kids!" | Various villains | Scooby Doo, Where Are You! | 1969 | [51] |
| "Is that your final answer?" | Regis Philbin | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | 1999 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "It's a good thing" | Martha Stewart | Martha Stewart Living | | [50] |
| "It’s morphin’ time!" | Various characters | Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers | 1993 | |
| "Jane, you ignorant slut" | Dan Aykroyd to Jane Curtin | Weekend Update / Saturday Night Live | | [50] [51] |
| "Just one more thing..." | Columbo | Columbo | 1971 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Kiss my grits!" | Flo | Alice | 1976 | [50] [52] |
| "Ladies… please." | Howie Mandel | Deal or No Deal | 2005 |
| "Legendary" | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | 2005 | [50] [52] |
| "Let's be careful out there" | Sgt. Esterhaus | Hill Street Blues | 1981 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Let's move people" | Sasha | Bratz | 2005 | |
| "Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" | | Adventures of Superman | 1952 | [50] |
| "Live long and prosper" | Spock | Star Trek | 1966 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Make it so" | Jean-Luc Picard | Star Trek: The Next Generation | 1987 | [50] |
| "Make it work" | Tim Gunn | Project Runway | | [50] |
| "Makin' whoopee" | Bob Eubanks | The Newlywed Game | | [51] |
| "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! | Jan Brady | The Brady Bunch | | [50] [51] |
| "Mom always liked you best" | Tommy Smothers | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | | [51] |
| "Mother of Pink!" and "Chop chop!" | Burdine Maxwell | Bratz | 2005 | |
| "Na-Nu, Na-Nu" | Mork | Mork & Mindy | 1978 | [50] [52] |
| "Never assume ..." | Felix Unger | The Odd Couple | | [51] |
| "Nip it!" [note 4] | Barney Fife | The Andy Griffith Show | | [51] |
| "No soup for you!" | The Soup Nazi | Seinfeld | 1995 | [50] [51] |
| "Norm!" | | Cheers | 1982 | [51] [52] |
| "Now cut that out!" | Jack Benny | The Jack Benny Program | | [51] |
"Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" "You bastards!" | Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski | South Park | 1997 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Oh, my nose!" | Marcia Brady | The Brady Bunch | | [51] |
| "Open the case!" | Howie Mandel | Deal or No Deal | 2005 |
| "Oww! My nose!" | Kaycee | Bratz | 2005 | |
| "Pow! Right in the kisser!" | Ralph Kramden | The Honeymooners | 1955 | |
| "Resistance is futile" | Borg | Star Trek: The Next Generation | | [50] [51] |
| "Ruh-roh" | Astro (and Scooby-Doo) | The Jetsons / Scooby-Doo | | [50] |
| "Say good night, Gracie" | George Burns | The Burns & Allen Show | | [51] |
| "Schwing!" | Wayne and Garth | Wayne's World / Saturday Night Live | | [51] |
| "Screw you guys, I'm going home!" | Eric Cartman | South Park | | |
| "Shut up, Meg." | Peter Griffin | Family Guy | | |
| "Smile, you're on Candid Camera" | | Candid Camera | | [51] |
| "Sock it to me!" | | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | 1968 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Space, the final frontier ..." | Captain Kirk | Star Trek: The Original Series | 1966 | [51] |
| "Stifle!" | Archie Bunker | All in the Family | 1971 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Suit up!" | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | | [51] |
| "Tell me what you don't like about yourself" | Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy | Nip/Tuck | | [51] |
| "Thank you veddy much" | Latka Gravas | Taxi | | [50] |
| "That would be so cool! So cool" | Arthur Kensington Jr., "The Nerd" | Robot Chicken | | |
| "That's hot" | Paris Hilton | The Simple Life | | [51] |
| "That's what she said!" | Michael Scott | The Office | | [55] |
| "The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat" | Jim McKay | ABC's Wide World of Sports | | [50] [51] |
| "The Tribe has spoken." | Jeff Probst | Survivor | 2000 | [50] [51] |
| "The truth is out there" | Fox Mulder | The X-Files | | [51] |
| "This is the city ..." | Joe Friday | Dragnet | 1951 | [51] |
| "This tape will self-destruct in five seconds." | | Mission: Impossible | 1966 | [50] |
| "To the Batmobile!" | Batman | Batman | 1966 | [50] |
| "Two thumbs up" | Siskel & Ebert | At the Movies | | [51] |
| "Up your nose with a rubber hose" | Vinnie Barbarino | Welcome Back, Kotter | 1975 | [51] [52] |
| "We are two wild and crazy guys!" | Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd as Czech playboys | Saturday Night Live | | [51] |
| "Welcome to the O.C., bitch" | Luke Ward | The O.C. | | [51] |
| "Well, isn't that special?" | The Church Lady | Saturday Night Live | | [50] [51] |
| "We've got a really big show!" | Ed Sullivan | The Ed Sullivan Show | | [51] |
| "We've got a situation." | Mike "the Situation" Sorrentino | Jersey Shore | | [50] |
| "What'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" | Arnold Jackson | Diff'rent Strokes | 1978 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "What you see is what you get!" | Geraldine Jones | The Flip Wilson Show | | [51] [52] |
| "Who loves ya, baby?" | Kojak | Kojak | 1973 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Why you little…!" | Homer Simpson | The Simpsons | 1988 | |
| "Will you accept this rose?" | | The Bachelor | | [50] |
| "Works for me" | Rick Hunter | Hunter | 2004 | |
| "Would you believe...?" | Maxwell Smart | Get Smart | 1965 | [51] [52] |
| "Wubba Lubba Dub-Dub" | Rick Sanchez | Rick and Morty | 2013 | [56] [57] |
| "Yabba dabba doo!" | Fred Flintstone | The Flintstones | 1960 | [50] [51] |
| "Yada, yada, yada" | Elaine Benes | Seinfeld , episode "The Yada Yada" | 1997 | [50] [51] [52] |
| "Yeah, that's the ticket" | Tommy Flanagan, the Pathological Liar | Saturday Night Live | | [51] |
| "You eediot!" | Ren Hoek | Ren & Stimpy | 1991 | [51] |
| "You look mahvelous" | Billy Crystal as Fernando | Saturday Night Live | | [50] [51] |
| "You big dummy!" | Fred Sanford | Sanford and Son | 1972 | [58] |
| "You got it, dude!" | Michelle Tanner | Full House | 1987 | |
| "You made a great/bad deal!" | Howie Mandel | Deal or No Deal | 2005 | |
| "You rang?" | Lurch | The Addams Family | | [51] |
| "You're fired!" | Donald Trump | The Apprentice | 2004 | [50] [51] |
| "You've got spunk ..." | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | [51] |
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