The sketches are notable for their principal catchphrase, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

The whole court rises and looks expectantly at the witness entrance door, obviously expecting the Spanish Inquisition to appear.

I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

Nobody ever expects a serious illness or accident, long-term unemployment, or the Spanish Inquisition.

Dawn replies, "Yeah, no one expects the Spanish Inquisition."

"I see you didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition, either."

"Well, I certainly wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition," Roselli said loudly into the near silence.

"Ah, but no one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition."

Have you ever heard someone say "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition"?

At the height of his frustration, he yells, "Well, I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition!"