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{{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|fruit cart]] doesn't get knocked over. Or fighting crime in a [[Giant Robot|giant robot]] and never using [[Rocket Punch]].''|''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''}} |
{{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|fruit cart]] doesn't get knocked over. Or fighting crime in a [[Giant Robot|giant robot]] and never using [[Rocket Punch]].''|''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''}} |
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{{quote|{{color|red|TG: you just HAD TO FIGURE all that juice was going to come back to haunt me}}<br /> |
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{{color|red|TG: like frankensteins incontinent fucking ghost}}<br /> |
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{{color|red|TG: chekhov's juice}}|Dave Strider, ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]''}} |
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{{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!"<br /> |
{{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!"<br /> |
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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."
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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.
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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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