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* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'': [[The Dumbledore|Albus Dumbledore]]. Aside from the frequent [[Xanatos Gambit|Xanatos Gambits]] that usually involved him appearing to do absolutely nothing (getting the school temporarily closed down and Hagrid sent to Azkaban in ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets|Chamber of Secrets]]''; getting removed from power in ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix|Order of the Phoenix]]''; {{spoiler|getting ''killed''}} in ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince|Half-Blood Prince]]''...), there's this gem from ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Philosopher's Stone]]'', when at the opening ceremony, he says he'd "like to say a few words":
{{quote| '''Dumbledore:''' Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!<br />
'''Harry:''' Is he -- a bit mad?<br />
'''Percy:''' Mad? He's a genius! Best wizard in the world! But he is a bit mad, yes. }}
** Just look at his clothing. Every time it's described, it is more bizzare and clashing. And the school song in ''Philosopher's Stone''.
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*** Important note, when we say "computer", we mean the machine, not the old Victorian profession.
*** Holmes himself says that Mycroft is even smarter than he is and could be an even better detective. It's just that the man is not willing to do the physical work coming with being a detective.
{{quote| "Why do you not solve it yourself, Mycroft? You can see as far as I."<br />
"Possibly, Sherlock. But it is a question of getting details. Give me your details, and from an armchair I will return you an excellent expert opinion. But to run here and run there, to cross-question railway guards, and lie on my face with a lens to my eye -- it is not my ''" we mean the''." }}