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{{quote|'''Gumball''': Man, I really wish something that once seemed insignificant would show up and save me!
(''Darwin charges at Bobert, but he gets knocked away for the second time.'')
'''Gumball''': Okay, something else insignificant.
|'''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]''', "The Robot"}}
{{quote|'''Thornton Reed''': Take this, Dag.
'''Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.''': What is it?
'''Thornton Reed''': ''Something that might come in handy.''
|'''[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]''', "Scotch Mist"}}
{{quote|''It appears that you're heading directly into the heart of the volcano. On reflection, this was inevitable, really. I mean, you can't just have a Final Boss Battle near a volcano. It would be like having a [[Chase Scene|car chase]] in which the [[Fruit Cart]] doesn't get knocked over. Or fighting crime in a [[Giant Robot]] and never using [[Rocket Punch]].''|''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''}}
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{{color|red|TG: like frankensteins incontinent fucking ghost}}
{{color|red|TG: it was like}}
{{color|red|TG: chekhov's juice
|Dave Strider, ''[[Homestuck]]''}}
{{quote|'''Vyvyan''': "It's a potion I've invented, where, when the patient drinks it, he turns into an [[Ax Crazy|axe-wielding homicidal maniac.]] It's basically a cure...[[Psycho Serum|for not being an axe-wielding homicidal maniac.]] The potential market's enormous!"
'''Neil''': "Is this it?"
'''Vyvyan''': "Yeah, yeah, I put it in a Coke can so nobody'd drink it by mistake."
'''Neil''': "[[Lampshade Hanging|Y'know, I just bet a bit later on somebody does drink that and turns into an axe-wielding homicidal maniac.]]"
'''Rick''': "Yes, I bet that as well. That's just the sort of crazy, imaginative thing that happens around here."
|''[[The Young Ones]]''}}
{{quote|''This means nothing right now, but obviously will later.''|[http://www.formspring.me/mspadventures/q/172838272148466310 Andrew Hussie]}}
{{quote|'''Casey''': Well, you know what they say about a gun in the first act, Ron.
'''[[The Ditz|Kyle]]''': First act of what?
|''[[Party Down]]''}}
{{quote|''"We’ve been trained by movies that if you find some seemingly unimportant bauble, then the story will later create a situation where it will be the key to solving a problem in an unexpected way."''
|''[[DM of the Rings]]''}}
{{quote|'''Archer''': "God, I SAID the cap slips off the poison pen for no reason, didn't I?!"
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{{quote|''The coffin was the trap, the coffin was the solution. [[Lampshade Hanging|That's so neat I could write a thesis.]]''|'''The Doctor''', ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''}}
{{quote|''Works like a charm. I could build a mechanical barrel-maker in my sleep, but for '''real''' inventing genius, these '''[[Freaky Friday Flip|Brain-Transfer Helmets]]''' have to be my pièce de résistance!''|'''[[Donkey Kong Country (animation)|Cranky Kong
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{{quote|"Killed by a knife? ''You gotta show it!'' Killed by a hair-straightener? ''You gotta show it!"''|'''YourMovieSucks''', [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}-qEGnktvfCQ) Unfriended Review (Part 1)]}}
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Latest revision as of 15:38, 25 February 2024
Gumball: Man, I really wish something that once seemed insignificant would show up and save me! —The Amazing World of Gumball, "The Robot"
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Thornton Reed: Take this, Dag. —Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, "Scotch Mist"
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It appears that you're heading directly into the heart of the volcano. On reflection, this was inevitable, really. I mean, you can't just have a Final Boss Battle near a volcano. It would be like having a car chase in which the Fruit Cart doesn't get knocked over. Or fighting crime in a Giant Robot and never using Rocket Punch.
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TG: you just HAD TO FIGURE all that juice was going to come back to haunt me —Dave Strider, Homestuck
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Vyvyan: "It's a potion I've invented, where, when the patient drinks it, he turns into an axe-wielding homicidal maniac. It's basically a cure...for not being an axe-wielding homicidal maniac. The potential market's enormous!" |
This means nothing right now, but obviously will later.
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Casey: Well, you know what they say about a gun in the first act, Ron. |
"We’ve been trained by movies that if you find some seemingly unimportant bauble, then the story will later create a situation where it will be the key to solving a problem in an unexpected way." |
Archer: "God, I SAID the cap slips off the poison pen for no reason, didn't I?!" |
The coffin was the trap, the coffin was the solution. That's so neat I could write a thesis.
—The Doctor, The Sarah Jane Adventures
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Works like a charm. I could build a mechanical barrel-maker in my sleep, but for real inventing genius, these Brain-Transfer Helmets have to be my pièce de résistance!
—Cranky Kong, in a scene which, assuming you're Genre Savvy, doesn't need any further explanation.[context?]
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James Bond always used every single item. He never came back and said "Q, I've got a lot of stuff I didn't use on that adventure."
—Eddie Izzard, Unrepeatable
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"Killed by a knife? You gotta show it! Killed by a hair-straightener? You gotta show it!"
—YourMovieSucks, Unfriended Review (Part 1)
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