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[[File:another world2 9367.jpg|link=M. C. Escher|frame|[[Of Mice and Men|Which way do I go]], [[H.P. Lovecraft|Jh'rj]], [[Looney Tunes|which way do I go?]]]] |
[[File:another world2 9367.jpg|link=M. C. Escher|frame|[[Of Mice and Men|Which way do I go]], [[H.P. Lovecraft|Jh'rj]], [[Looney Tunes|which way do I go?]]]] |
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{{quote|''"...but you start with parallel lines that ''intersect'' and you go from there."'' |
{{quote|''"...but you start with parallel lines that ''intersect'' and you go from there."'' |
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|'''Black Mage''', ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'', [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/12/episode-1004-fun-house/ #1004]}} |
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A staple of [[Cosmic Horror Story]] and of [[Mind Screw]] artworks. [[Eldritch Abomination|Elder Gods, Old Ones, and other horrors]] tend to bend the laws of physics to suit them. Why make a triangle where the angles add up to 180 degrees, when you can make one where they add up to 200 degrees in a flat space and get some extra room? Even the very ''body'' of a particularly squamous thing may exhibit this, though more often it shows up in architecture as physically-impossible buildings—[[Genius Loci|occasionally sentient themselves]]. |
A staple of [[Cosmic Horror Story]] and of [[Mind Screw]] artworks. [[Eldritch Abomination|Elder Gods, Old Ones, and other horrors]] tend to bend the laws of physics to suit them. Why make a triangle where the angles add up to 180 degrees, when you can make one where they add up to 200 degrees in a flat space and get some extra room? Even the very ''body'' of a particularly squamous thing may exhibit this, though more often it shows up in architecture as physically-impossible buildings—[[Genius Loci|occasionally sentient themselves]]. |
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== Western Animation == |
== Western Animation == |
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* ''[[Batman: The Brave |
* ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' has a standard-issue Escher magical library in the [[Batman Cold Open]] of "The Eyes of Despero". Batman is largely unfazed by the shifting gravity, and actually uses it to good effect. |
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** Played for laughs in the [[Foghorn Leghorn]] cartoon "Little Boy Boo". While playing hide-and-seek with Junior, Foghorn Leghorn hides in a hay bin, [[Tempting Fate|claiming the kid would need a slide rule to find him]]. Junior writes out some equations, using a slide rule no less, then marks a spot in the grass before somehow digging Foghorn up from it. This leaves Foghorn irate, at which point the child shows him the equations; forced to admit that "figures don't lie", Foghorn is nevertheless curious and makes to open the lid, but stops himself midway through. |
** Played for laughs in the [[Foghorn Leghorn]] cartoon "Little Boy Boo". While playing hide-and-seek with Junior, Foghorn Leghorn hides in a hay bin, [[Tempting Fate|claiming the kid would need a slide rule to find him]]. Junior writes out some equations, using a slide rule no less, then marks a spot in the grass before somehow digging Foghorn up from it. This leaves Foghorn irate, at which point the child shows him the equations; forced to admit that "figures don't lie", Foghorn is nevertheless curious and makes to open the lid, but stops himself midway through. |
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