"The Spanish Inquisition" is an episode of the British sketch comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, specifically Series 2 Episode 2, [first broadcast 22 September 1970], & is a satire of the Spanish Inquisition. The sketches are notable for the catchphrase. This episode's catchphrase: "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" This is a frequently used quote and internet meme. The final instance of the catchphrase uses the music from the composition "Devil's Galop" by Charles Williams. Rewritten audio versions of the sketches were included on Another Monty Python Record in 1971.

Monty Python's Flying Circus is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, who became known collectively as "Monty Python", or the "Pythons". The first episode was recorded at the BBC on 7 September 1969 and premiered on 5 October on BBC1, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974, plus two episodes for German TV. A feature film adaptation of several sketches, And Now for Something Completely Different, was released in 1971.