Don't thank me, thank the knife! (nonfiction)

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!

See also

• Screenshot
• Simpsons clip @ YouTube

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles