One is cantankerous, the other obsessive-compulsive. One works in a hospital, the other at crime scenes. But House and Monk have a lot in common. Both are geniuses lacking in social graces. Both are brilliant. Both iconic TV characters were inspired by Sherlock Holmes. You can also watch them both on H&I.
They even sound somewhat alike — if you take their quotes out of context. Below, you will find a dozen quotes from the main characters in House and Monk. See if you can guess who said them!
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"Don't ask if someone can give you a wipe, but ask if you can hand a wipe to someone."
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"I have a compromise. How about you do it, and I don't?"
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"Gotta go! Building full of sick people. If I hurry, maybe I can avoid them."
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"Unless I'm wrong, which, you know, I'm not…"
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"If I was kidding, I'd be dressed like you."
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"Sometimes, the best gift is the gift of never seeing you again."
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"If her DNA was off by one percentage point, she'd be a dolphin."
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"If I had a nickel for every time somebody said, 'You need professional help…' I'd have $2,796.45."
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"I'm not suicidal. I just wish I'd have never been born. There's a difference."
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"Patrick, I want you to pretend that your leg is a piano."
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"I'm not going to make food in somebody else's toaster. Unless I'm wrong, that's how the Bubonic Plague got started."
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"Be grateful — anywhere else in the animal kingdom, your parents would have eaten you at birth."
