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'''Blackwing:''' [[Unsound Effect|Whisper whisper whisper whisper whisper.]]
'''Vaarsuvius:''' [[And That Would Be Wrong]]. }}
*:* In another example, when Haley and her rival were forced to go on Thieves's Guild missions, Haley would remove the pickles from her sandwiches. Her rival assumed that she was ''physically weak'' to them, and later attacks Haley by pelting her with pickles. It helps that said rival is a complete and total idiot.
*:* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0817.html This dialogue between Elan and Tarquin] after the latter just gave him a flying carpet
{{quote|'''Tarquin:''' At any rate, I'm happy to put at your disposal any or all resources of this kingdom.
'''Elan:''' ''(looking at carpet)'' How do you control it?
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'''Mayor's Assistant:''' Our non-human population consists of one person. Sam. Do we really need an entire police force for one alien squid?
'''Police Robot:''' Sir, I believe if you look past the obvious answer, you'll see one that's even more obvious.}}
*:* Sad thing is, interpretations ''can'' go either way.
*:** No kidding. That lone alien is a one-squid crime wave.
*:* Blunt believes that if car companies truly cared about their customers, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01926.htm they would not sell cars that could be driven.]
* ''[[xkcd]]'':
** In [http://xkcd.com/776/ #776], the [[Alt Text]] has the character reject the squirrel's advice. Not because the squirrel is obviously a hallucination, but because "What do squirrels know about mental health?"
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''The chromatic aberration suggests you bought your camera because it had "the most megapixels"''
'''THE CAR IS ON FIRE!'''}}
*:* [http://xkcd.com/1769/ Yet another] from xkcd:
{{quote|"Nah, I've never seen ''[[Star Wars]]''.
"[[Flat What|What.]] ...''How?!''
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'''Gil:''' There's another twenty of them! We don't have enough minions!
'''Minion:''' Er... }}
*:* Also, Tarvek doesn't get Violetta's summary of the mad scientists' [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121121 defining traits].
*:* Zeetha gets to play in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140113 this filler strip]:
{{quote|'''Agatha''': By my calculations, we're now about ten millimeters tall.
'''Zeetha''': Ooh, tough size to shop for.}}
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