I can't believe I read those dang spoilers. I just can't control myself.
Mel Brooks lampooned that exquisitely in Spaceballs:
DARK HELMET: Before you die there is something you should know about us, Lone Starr.
LONE STARR: What?
DARK HELMET: I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.
LONE STARR: What's that make us?
DARK HELMET: Absolutely nothing! Which is what you are about to become.