Ever since H. M. Stanley greeted Dr. David Livingstone, these words have inspired countless films and TV shows to bravely rely on a cliché.

Sources, in order:
Stanley & Livingstone
The Office
Mrs Doubtfire
Spider
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Two Weeks Notice
Absolute Power
The Producers (1968)
Life and Death
Mona Lisa Smile
Mr. Magoo
Amityville 2: The Possession
Since You Went Away
Dark City
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
A Life Less Ordinary
Club Dread
Dr. Dolittle 2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Live and Let Die
Breakin’ All the Rules
Cat Ballou
Mozart and the Whale
Rear Window
Shanghai Noon
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Underclassman
Virtuosity
Silence of the Lambs

Edited by Debbie Saslaw for Slacktory.