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[[File:NDVD_048_9965.jpg|link=Film/The Brainiac|frame|Always remember to eat your [[A Worldwide Punomenon|breakfast cerebral]].]] |
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* There's a moment in ''[[Bloodsucking Freaks]]'' where a depraved doctor uses a straw to suck some woman's brains out. |
* There's a moment in ''[[Bloodsucking Freaks]]'' where a depraved doctor uses a straw to suck some woman's brains out. |
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* ''The Brainiac'' revolves around a magician who was to be executed in 1661, who then used his magic to get on a passing comet and returns to earth 300 years later as a brain-sucking monster. It also brought us the page image. |
* ''The Brainiac'' revolves around a magician who was to be executed in 1661, who then used his magic to get on a passing comet and returns to earth 300 years later as a brain-sucking monster. It also brought us the page image. |
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* ''The Outpost'' (aka ''Mind Ripper'') had a mutant who fed on brains to get his fix of [ |
* ''The Outpost'' (aka ''Mind Ripper'') had a mutant who fed on brains to get his fix of [[wikipedia:Sterol|sterols]]. |
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* In the original ''[[The Hills Have Eyes]]'', Papa Jupiter threatens to eat the brains of the protagonists' kids. |
* In the original ''[[The Hills Have Eyes]]'', Papa Jupiter threatens to eat the brains of the protagonists' kids. |
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* ''[[Something Positive]]'' has a rather funny scene where Davan, contemplating the effect of authors' prejudices upon his ability to enjoy their work, imagines John Gardener returning and asking for "Braaiiins...preferably heterosexual braaaiiins..." A nearby male-male couple indignantly respond, "We're here, we're queer, and our frontal lobes are delicious, asshole!" |
* ''[[Something Positive]]'' has a rather funny scene where Davan, contemplating the effect of authors' prejudices upon his ability to enjoy their work, imagines John Gardener returning and asking for "Braaiiins...preferably heterosexual braaaiiins..." A nearby male-male couple indignantly respond, "We're here, we're queer, and our frontal lobes are delicious, asshole!" |
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* ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' presents [http://www.xkcd.com/397/ Zombie Feynman], who desires brains and therefore does not want [[Take That|to eat string theorists.]] |
* ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' presents [http://www.xkcd.com/397/ Zombie Feynman], who desires brains and therefore does not want [[Take That|to eat string theorists.]] |
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** Also a [[wikipedia:P-brane|Stealth]] [[Stealth Pun|Pun]] |
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* In ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', there was a time when Elan got separated from the party and encountered a Mind Flayer. He then asked it if it was going to eat his brain. The Mind Flayer smelled him and said "No, thanks, I'm fine". Later on, when the rest of the party caught up, the Mind Flayer jumped over Roy. Vaarsivus immediatelly complained, since he (she?) was the party's mage and therefore had a much more succulent brain. |
* In ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', there was a time when Elan got separated from the party and encountered a Mind Flayer. He then asked it if it was going to eat his brain. The Mind Flayer smelled him and said "No, thanks, I'm fine". Later on, when the rest of the party caught up, the Mind Flayer jumped over Roy. Vaarsivus immediatelly complained, since he (she?) was the party's mage and therefore had a much more succulent brain. |
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** The Mind Flayer's [[Meat O Vision]] sees Elan's brain as Diet Coke ("No thanks!"), Haley's brain as a sundae ("Too sweet"), Belkar's brain as a taco ("Too spicy"), Vaarsuvius' brain as a cheeseburger ("Now we're getting somewhere..."), and Roy's brain as a roast turkey with all the trimmings ("Mmmm..."). |
** The Mind Flayer's [[Meat O Vision]] sees Elan's brain as Diet Coke ("No thanks!"), Haley's brain as a sundae ("Too sweet"), Belkar's brain as a taco ("Too spicy"), Vaarsuvius' brain as a cheeseburger ("Now we're getting somewhere..."), and Roy's brain as a roast turkey with all the trimmings ("Mmmm..."). |
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