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[[File:waterfall-Detail-escher.jpg|link=M. C. Escher|frame|[[M. C. Escher]] made a living out of breaking physics...[[Mind Screw|and brains]].]]
{{quote|"''To some extent, it's understandable that space adventures play fast and loose with physics. After all, who wants to watch [[Star Wars|Han Solo]] spend years on the journey to Alderaan, only to find that the planet has twice Earth gravity and he can barely stand up, much less swagger?''"
|''[http://io9.com/367792/bad-movie-physics-a-report-card Movie Physics Report Card.]''}}
Physics. It involves [[Writers Cannot Do Math|mathematics]] and [[E=MC Hammer|esoteric-looking equations]] to memorize, which is paradise to some but one level of hell for others.
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* [[The Mighty Hercules|Hercules]], of all people, feels the need to point out everything wrong about Ego compared to how planets are supposed to be structured.
* A 1950s comic by [[Jack Kirby]] has a [[Mad Scientist]] who hates humanity planning to fly into space to drop a bomb that would destroy Earth. He does so, but when he launches the bomb it doesn't fall as he expected, it merely floats where he dropped it off. Then he realizes ''he forgot there's no gravity in space!'' The bomb explodes, destroying the spacheship and killing the scientist, but leaving Earth unharmed. [[Too Dumb to Live|Some]] [[Stupid Scientist|scientist]].
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