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Don't worry, we'll get you out of there. Now, where's that dog with the keys?
— Governor Weatherby Swann ‧ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
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An editorial interpretation.
A confident promise of rescue immediately runs into a practical problem: finding the dog with the keys. That sudden shift makes the reassurance funny. The speaker sounds certain about the outcome while still needing an unusually unreliable part of the plan to turn up.
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