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Sit. I said sit! Bad fish!

— Professor Nerdstrom • Futurama

A silver fish leaps from a shallow metal basin, scattering water against dark green.
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The speaker barks an order to sit, repeats it with rising impatience, then scolds the fish as though it were a disobedient pet. The comedy comes from treating an animal that cannot obey such commands with total seriousness. The scolding sounds indignant rather than cruel.

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