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“[saying his goodbye to Gus over a DVD video message] 

And so, I accept that this is my fatal flaw. I just can't quite engage all the way when I really need to. When it really matters, you know? When the chips are down. So I guess what I'm saying is that I'm sorry, Gus. I'm sorry that I can't do goodbyes. I tried so hard to tell you, man. I just... I just suck at the real stuff, you know that. You're gonna be fine. You're gonna be better than fine. I just can't help thinking that the only problem that you really had this whole time... is me. And I've kept you from the life you deserve, you know? The life that you've earned, the life that you'd have if I hadn't barged into your office eight years ago and said, 'We're gonna play detective whether you want to or not.' I love you, man.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 8: The Break-Up
Tagged: Video Message, Goodbyes, Friendship, Love, Best Friends, Life
“[saying his goodbye to Lassiter over a DVD video message] 

Carlton Lassiter, Chief Lassie, The Lord of Sternbush. I am proud, honored, and baffled to call you my friend. But it's true. It's also true that you might be the only other person on the planet who loves Jules as much as I do, even though it's different. You've always had her back, and for that I feel I owe you more than the others, so, time to come clean. Regarding my methods and the way I solve cases, you're the only one that's ever suspected that, uh... The truth is, I am not-

[Lassiter presses eject, snaps the DVD into pieces, and throws it into the garbage]”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 8: The Break-Up
Tagged: Video Message, Truth, Goodbyes, Friendship, Love, Respect
“Falling in love with you was never part of the plan, okay? This whole thing started because my ass was on the line. Self-preservation, Jules - you got to understand that. I didn't have a choice. And then we sort of found a groove, and by the time you showed up, it was so much fun. I put away, like, over a hundred criminals. Most of them were murderers. I'm good at what I do. And what I do, it's good, isn't it?”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 7: Deez Nups
Tagged: Falling In Love, part of the plan, Groove, self preservation, Life, Good
“Falling in love with you was never part of the plan, okay? This whole thing started because my ass was on the line. Self-preservation, Jules - you got to understand that. I didn't have a choice. And then we sort of found a groove, and by the time you showed up, it was so much fun. I put away, like, over a hundred criminals. Most of them were murderers. I'm good at what I do. And what I do, it's good, isn't it?”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 7: Deez Nups
Tagged: Falling In Love, part of the plan, Groove, self preservation, Life, Good
“Well, the plot, unlike your hair, continues to thicken.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: Santabarbaratown
Tagged: Diss, Hair Thinning, Plot Thickens
“Just because you put syrup on something don't make it pancakes.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: True Grits
Tagged: Syrup, Pancakes, Sassy, Wisdom
“Well, much like Lady Gaga, I was born this way.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: True Grits
Tagged: Lady Gaga, Born this way, Fierce, Own It
“Juliet: You're acting like a child, Shawn.

Shawn: I AM NOT ACTING!”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: Neil Simon's Lover's Retreat
Tagged: Acting like a child, Immature, Temper Tantrum
“We're so far off the grid I think we may be back on the grid.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: The Tao of Gus
Tagged: Off The Grid, Extreme, Back on the grid
“They tell me I got something called Narcissistic Personality Disorder. But, uh, the truth is this lustrous hair and dimpled chin are merely chapter one. I'm a veritable cornucopia of high-octane maladies, such as outrageous intelligence syndrome. And a little obsessive successful disorder.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: Shawn, Interrupted
Tagged: Personality, Disorder, Diagnosis, Vain, Successful
“Everyone stop whatever you're doing and only pay attention to me.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: The Amazing Psych-Man & Tap Man, Issue No. 2
Tagged: Attention, attention seeker, Stop whatever you are doing, needy
“Shawn: Come on, let's hug it out.

Lassiter: I would rather learn to play the harp.”
— Carlton Lassiter, Psych, Season 6: This Episode Sucks
Tagged: Hug, Hug it out, Rather, Playing the harp, Sassy
“It's a gift that I bust out on rare occasions and almost all the time.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: This Episode Sucks
Tagged: Gift, Special Occasions, All the Time, contradictory
“It's a gift that I bust out on rare occasions and almost all the time.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: This Episode Sucks
Tagged: Gift, Special Occasions, All the Time, contradictory
“Okay, you guys are actually devolving.”
— Juliet O'Hara, Psych, Season 6: This Episode Sucks
Tagged: Devolving, Diss, Insult, Worsening
“Henry: How much blood was it exactly, Shawn?

Shawn: It was just a small stream. It wasn't like the end of Carrie or the beginning of Carrie.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: This Episode Sucks
Tagged: Blood, Amount of Blood, Carrie, Bloody
“I can't help being a gorgeous fiend. It's just the card I drew.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: This Episode Sucks
Tagged: Gorgeous, Fiend, Card I drew, Luck of the draw
“I can't help being a gorgeous fiend. It's just the card I drew.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: This Episode Sucks
Tagged: Gorgeous, Fiend, Card I drew, Luck of the draw
“Chief Vick: Detective Lassiter, why are you wearing sunglasses at an autopsy?

Shawn: Chief, if I may. Lassie spoke to us all about a week ago about wearing sunglasses to all autopsies moving forward to show respect for the dead. I simply forgot. And Gus refused because he has no value for human life.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: Last Night Gus
Tagged: Sunglasses, Hungover, Respect for the dead, value for human life, Rude
“Hello! I'm Shawn Spencer. This is my partner Radio Star. I'm afraid your video will kill him.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: Dead Bear Walking
Tagged: Iconic, Partner, Radio Star, Buggles, Video Killed The Radio Star
“I'm the cream in a crying sandwich.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: Dead Bear Walking
Tagged: In the middle, Crying, Metaphor Examples
“I'm just getting started, you giant cockroach. You know what? That was out of line. I apologize to cockroaches everywhere, especially Jiminy Cricket, although for the first time in thirty years, it occurs to me... he might be a cricket.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: The Polarizing Express
Tagged: Diss, Cockroach, Apologies, Jiminy Cricket, Cricket
“I'm just getting started, you giant cockroach. You know what? That was out of line. I apologize to cockroaches everywhere, especially Jiminy Cricket, although for the first time in thirty years, it occurs to me... he might be a cricket.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: The Polarizing Express
Tagged: Diss, Cockroach, Apologies, Jiminy Cricket, Cricket
“Injury-free since June, when Gus broke his finger flipping the injury countdown calendar.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: We'd Like to Thank the Academy
Tagged: Ironic, Irony examples, Finger, broken, Injury
“Gus: That owl is made entirely out of cinnamon!

Shawn: Which means it is both wise and delicious.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: Dual Spires
Tagged: Owl, cinnamon, wise, Delicious, Excited
“Sorry, I was too busy James Bonding it up in here.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 6: Shawn Rescues Darth Vader
Tagged: James Bond, Action, Jokes, spy
“Take lots of pictures. Not of sights. Don't take pictures of buildings. Take pictures of moments, because that's what matters.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: One, Maybe Two, Ways Out
Tagged: Photos, Sights, Moments, Memories, travel
“Gus: He has a Masters in Psychology and Criminology from Harvard AND an MBA!

Shawn: Get outta here. He's got a Monkey Basketball League?”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: Shawn 2.0
Tagged: Masters, Accomplished, Harvard, MBA, Shock
“I'm having a clear vision on a cloudy day.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: Viagra Falls
Tagged: Vision, cloudy day, Mood, Clarity
“Shawn: I'm Shawn and this is my associate, M. C. Clap Your Handz. 

Gus: With a Z.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: Shawn & Gus in Drag
Tagged: Nickname, Associate, Iconic, Wrong Name, introduction
“Lassiter: What do you two know about street racing anyway?

Shawn: Only what we learned from The Fast and The Furious. So... everything.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: Shawn & Gus in Drag
Tagged: Street Racing, Learned, Fast and the furious, Knowledge
“The truth is, I want to change, I need to change.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 5: Chivalry Is Not Dead...But Someone Is
Tagged: Truth, Changing, Need to change
“Mary Lightly: I wanted to be heroic.

Shawn: Oh, Mary, with a flare gun?”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 4: Mr. Yin Presents...
Tagged: Rescue, Heroic, flare gun, useless, Let Down
“Gus wants to know if your boat has cable. It's the season finale of Leverage and his TiVo's on the fritz.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 4: The Head, The Tail, The Whole Damn Episode
Tagged: Cable, Priorties, leverage, TiVo, fritz
“Gus: I've seen it all.

Shawn: You've seen it all though the cracks in your fingers while you were hiding your eyes.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 4: The Head, The Tail, The Whole Damn Episode
Tagged: Sassy, Seen it all, Scared, Hiding your eyes
“Gus: Don't you watch the news?

Shawn: I can't watch Channel 8 anymore. Lloyd Lansing wears a toupee. It's like every newscast begins with a lie.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 4: The Head, The Tail, The Whole Damn Episode
Tagged: News, Channels, Toupee, Newscast, Lies
“Shawn: My name is Shawn Spencer, well known psychic. This is my associate Burton Guster.

Gus: Now you use my real name?!”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 4: A Very Juliet Episode
Tagged: Associate, Real name, Shock
“Major General Felts: I assume you realize this kind of idiocy will not be tolerated on my base!

Shawn: Is there another type of idiocy you would be more comfortable with?”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 4: You Can't Handle This Episode
Tagged: idiocry, not be tolerated, comfortable, Comeback, Army base
“Lassiter: You brought a date to the crime scene?

Shawn: It was either this or ice skating.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 4: You Can't Handle This Episode
Tagged: Date, Crime scene, ice skating, Shock
“Bad Guy: But know this: one stupid move, and I've got more than enough plastic bags for your body parts.

Shawn: Note to self: call Hefty with commercial idea.”
— Shawn Spencer, Psych, Season 4: Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark
Tagged: Body Parts, Murder, Plastic Bags, Hefty, Commercial idea
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