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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"}}
|'''[[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"}}
|'''[[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]]''}}
|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!"<br />
'''Neil''': "Is this it?"<br />
'''Vyvyan''': "Yeah, yeah, I put it in a Coke can so nobody'd drink it by mistake."<br />
'''Neil''': "[[Lampshade Hanging|Y'know, I just bet a bit later on somebody does drink that and turns into an axe-wielding homicidal maniac.]]"<br />
'''Rick''': "Yes, I bet that as well. That's just the sort of crazy, imaginative thing that happens around here."|''[[The Young Ones]]''}}
|''[[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]]''}}
|''[[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]]''}}
|''[[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|''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,]] in a scene which, assuming you're [[Genre Savvy]], doesn't need any further explanation.}}
 
{{quote|''[[[James Bond]]] always used every single item. [[Deconstructed Trope|He never came back and said "Q, I've got a lot of stuff I didn't use on that adventure."]]''|'''[[Eddie Izzard]]''', ''Unrepeatable''}}
 
{{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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