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* [[Stephen Colbert]] of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' on the death of Don Herbert (''Watch Mr. Wizard''):
{{quote|''But what I liked most about Mr. Wizard was that he found a middle ground between faith and science: magic. To this day, when my children ask me how something scientific works, I reply "[[One of Us|A wizard does it]]."''}}
* ''[[Doctor Who]]''. In "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31
{{quote|'''Doctor''': "There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior. A nameless, terrible thing soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos.. and nothing could stop it or hold it or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world."
'''Amy''': How did it end up in there?
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* ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' uses several variations on the theme. For instance, the electric [[Stun Gun|Stun Guns]] Warehouse Agents carry were invented by Nikola Tesla (a ''very'' standard way of explaining late-era [[Steampunk]] tech) and the [[Diesel Punk]]-looking iPhones they carry were invented by Philo Farnsworth (one of several people credited with inventing the television).
* ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' takes this literally.
* In ''[[Community]]'' episode "[[Community/Recap/S2
** In case you're wondering, {{spoiler|a monkey}} did it.
* In [[DVD Commentary|DVD Commentaries]] for ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', actress [[Katie McGrath]] coined the term "talking dragon" to cover for any inconsistencies in the plot, pointing out that anything is possible when a ''talking dragon'' is part of the main cast.
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* A mutant of this has become a meme among the players of the MMORPG ''[[City of Heroes]]'': "If it doesn't make sense, it's a Nemesis Plot." Nemesis himself is a supervillain who is infamous for making [[Gambit Roulette|plots within plots within plots]] and is revealed to be a driving force, or at least the root cause, of many of the conflicts going on in the game.
** Or, as the loading screens now lampshade this: "Everything is a Nemesis plot." Also on loading screens: "Not everything is a Nemesis plot."
** Also, as you enter the [[Ancient Rome]] zone Cimerora, you're greeted by a Midnight Club member who tells you that as you went back in time, several spells were cast on you so that you [[Translator Microbes|could communicate with the Cimerorans]] and [[Can You Hear Me Now?|use your cell phone to call people back in Paragon City]].
** The contacts Crimson and Indigo, who's missions deal with the black ops Malta Group, will often tell you that you need to go somewhere for a mission to save someone or something, but the reasons why this needs to be done are classified, so they can't tell you why. They can take three paragraphs to say this too.
{{quote|'''Midnighter:''' It's a magical coup, to be sure, and one [[MST3K Mantra|you do not need specifics about at this time]].}}
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