Darkwing Duck (idea)

I am the terror that flaps in the night...

Darkwing Duck's trademark saying is of course "I am the terror that flaps in the night". This is then followed by an equally pithy and generally humorous followup, which tends to be somehow applicable to the episode. A number of them betray the show's intellectual side, such as the one about the supernova at the center of the universe. A (possibly partial) list follows.

• I am the auditor who wants to look at your books
• I am the batteries that aren't included
• I am the blown fuse that blacks you out
• I am the bubble gum that sticks in your hair
• I am the bubble gum that sticks to your shoe
• I am the burned out bulb you can not reach
• I am the butter that burns in your pan
• I am the cat that should be let out of the bag
• I am the check that overdraws your account
• I am the check writer in the cash only lane
• I am the chill that runs up your spine
• I am the clock cleaner who will ring your chimes
• I am the cloud that rains on your hit parade
• I am the cold sore that stings your lips
• I am the combination lock on the vault of justice
• I am the current of vengeance gurgling through your sewer
• I am the editor that cuts your scene
• I am the editor that leaves you on the cutting room floor
• I am the fast food that comes back to haunt you
• I am the feathery phantom that haunts your nightmares
• I am the fingernail that scrapes the chalkboard of your soul
• I am the flea you cannot flick
• I am the ghost of a chance that you don't have
• I am the grade curve that gives you an 'F'
• I am the hairball that clogs your drain
• I am the hair in the lens of your projector
• I am the ham radio operator that scrambles your reception
• I am the headache in the criminal mind
• I am the Heimlich maneuver for the choking victims of crime
• I am the hero that every culture needs
• I am the icky bug that crawls up your trouser leg
• I am the ingrown toenail in your paddy pumps
• I am the ingrown toenail on the foot of crime
• I am the itch you can not reach
• I am the jackal that gnaws at your bones
• I am the jailer who throws away the key
• I am the limestone that petrifies your bones
• I am the little mouse that eats your cheese
• I am the lollipop that sticks in your hair
• I am the low point in your sine wave
• I am the low rating that cancels your program
• I am the metal key on the sardine can of justice
• I am the meter on the taxicab of justice
• I am the moth that seeks your porch light
• I am the muddy shoes that track the linoleum of crime
• I am the neurosis that requires a $500 an hour shrink
• I am the number ninety sunblock that'll stop your burn
• I am the onion that stings in your eyes
• I am the original Mr. Fix-it
• I am the paper cut that ruins your morning
• I am the parking meter that expires while you shop
• I am the pebble in the shoe of ignominy
• I am the pencil that breaks from signing too many autographs
• I am the pimple that forms before a really big date
• I am the pin that will burst your bubble
• I am the pit bull that bites the ankle of crime
• I am the plot twist in the second reel
• I am the principal you are sent to see
• I am the pustulus blister that bursts in your boot
• I am the quality time that ruins your play time
• I am the raspberry seed you can't floss out
• I am the repairman who tells you your warranty just ran out
• I am the rhinestones on the jump suit of justice
• I am the rust in the pipes of crime
• I am the sandtrap on the fairway of evil
• I am the schnauzer that digs up your petunias
• I am the scrubbing bubble to criminal scum
• I am the single career man all women want to date
• I am the slug that slimes your begonias
• I am the smoke that smokes smoked oysters
• I am the soap scum that lines your bathtub
• I am the special news bulletin that interrupts your favorite show
• I am the spinach that sticks in your teeth
• I am the squeaky stair that gives away your presence
• I am the squashed bug on your flying saucer windshield
• I am the stain that can't be rubbed out
• I am the substantial and inescapable penalty for early withdrawal
• I am the supernova at the center of the universe
• I am the surprise in your cereal box
• I am the switch that derails your train
• I am the $10 service charge on all returned checks
• I am the termite that devours your floor boards
• I am the thing that goes bump in the night
• I am the tube of cadmium yellow that's impossible to open
• I am the water balloon that lands right on your head
• I am the weedwhacker in the garden of evil
• I am the weirdo that sits next to you on the bus
• I am the widget missing from the easy to assemble swing set
• I am the winged scourge that pecks at your nightmares
• I am the wrong number that wakes you at 3:00 a.m.
• I am the zit that forms when you got a really big date
• mcc says re darkwing duck: the one i always liked was "I am.. out of my signature blue smokebombs :(" (said while stepping out of a pink cloud)

References:

Webpage: I am the terror that flaps in the night.... (http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1191/terror.html)