Best TV Comebacks
“The god of what, bad home perms?”
Because of this, I have decided to compile a list of people’s favorite TV comebacks and retorts. Enjoy!
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Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
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When Azula reminded Long Feng of his place in Avatar: The Last Airbender:
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When Laura told Urkel her reminded her of bugs on Family Matters:
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When Zack took the perfect opportunity to make a pun on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody:
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When Niles seized an opportunity to insult CeCe on The Nanny:
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When Chandler made a good point on Friends:
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When Penny had the best retort on The Big Bang Theory:
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When Don told Michael how he really felt on Mad Men:
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When Sherlock fired back at a man who called him a psychopath on Sherlock:
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When Nick ate some of Ruth’s sandwich and Cece was NOT happy about it on New Girl:
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When Paris had the perfect response to a dumb question on Gilmore Girls:
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When Leslie went a little too far responding to Ben on Parks and Recreation:
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When Will had the perfect response to Carlton’s question on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air:
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When Selina called Kent worse than Stalin on Veep:
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When Wuntch called Holt’s insult unoriginal and he clapped back on Brooklyn Nine-Nine:
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And when Wuntch tried to brag about her office and Holt turned it into a new opportunity to insult her:
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When Issa asked Kelly if she ever listened to herself and she was ready with a response on Insecure:
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When Alex had the perfect response every time to Cristina’s complaints on Grey’s Anatomy:
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When Sue was not here for Will’s anger on Glee:
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When Elektra read a neighbor who threatened to call the cops on Pose:
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When Cersei called Olenna a name, so she did it right back on Game of Thrones:
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When Tyrion gently corrected Lord Janos on Game of Thrones:
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When Titus was not here for heteronormative standards on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt:
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When a cashier questioned Jen’s purchases and Jenna fired back on Dead to Me:
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When Annie threw Jeff’s own insult back at him on Community:
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When Glory said she was a god and Spike had the perfect retort on Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
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When Karofsky said he could take Santana, Blaine, and Kurt, and Santana gave him the low-down on Glee:
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When Britta claimed she wasn’t a buzzkill, and Troy had this retort on Community:
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When Shay described Frankie’s half-assed apology on Degrassi: Next Class:
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When Violet refused to be called wrong on Downton Abbey:
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And finally, when George thought of the perfect comeback for Reilly’s insult, but then Reilly one-upped him on Seinfeld:
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