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Hibbert: This man's appendix is about to burst. Luckily, I have my trusty pocketknife. [Removes appendix.] Stand back! [Throws appendix, which explodes like a grenade.]
Hibbert: This man's appendix is about to burst. Luckily, I have my trusty pocketknife. [Removes appendix.] Stand back! [Throws appendix, which explodes like a grenade.]<br>
Patient: Thank you, Dr. Hibbert.  
Patient: Thank you, Dr. Hibbert.<br>
Hibbert: Don't thank me. Thank the knife!
Hibbert: Don't thank me. Thank the knife!<br>
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Revision as of 06:23, 20 October 2019

Screenshot from The Simpsons (Season Five, Episode) showing Doctor Hibbert holding a knife in his upraised hand.

Don't thank me, thank the knife! is a line from an episode (Season 5, Episode 8) of the animated television show The Simpsons.

Hibbert: This man's appendix is about to burst. Luckily, I have my trusty pocketknife. [Removes appendix.] Stand back! [Throws appendix, which explodes like a grenade.]
Patient: Thank you, Dr. Hibbert.
Hibbert: Don't thank me. Thank the knife!

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