Divide by Zero: Difference between revisions

== Fan Work ==

* In the Pokémon fanfic ''[[Ash's Return|Ashs Return]]'', a Pokémon battle is cut abruptly short by the command: "[[wikipedia:Russell's paradox|Make a Pokémon that defeats all Pokémon other than Pokémon that defeat themselves!]]"

* In the 'Irritable Jade' LiveJournal, done in the persona of a [[Crazy Awesome]] Twilight Caste from [[Exalted]], we have this:

{{quote|'''Irritable Jade''': I got bored today, so I decided to conquer some of the fundamental principles of mathematics. Division by zero is no longer a dream, but a reality! In completely unrelated news, the horde of soul-hungry many-tentacled chthonic entities now menacing the countryside has ''absolutely nothing to do with me''.}}

 

== Tabletop Games ==

{{quote|[http://forum.rpg.net/archive/index.php/t-221494.html "If at any time you're the last person standing, with absolutely no way to save us, fling the bag of holding into the portable hole and pray."]}}

** Much the same happens with any two "extradimensional interfaces", with specific effect defined by the one undergoing the transformation, i.e. "inner", if appliable. Usually it destroys them both and often does nasty things to everything around as well. AD&D's ''Tome of Magic'' added 3 more - Flatbox always explodes; Warp Marble always safely deactivates, dumping the trapped creature to the Astral Plane (both also do the same when subjected to any form of teleportation); Dimensional Mine does nothing but dumps any extradimensional space in which it's placed into the Astral Plane, which destroys the item creating the pocket, if any - but not the mine ("Hey, guys, I found a cool figurine on the Astral..."). Rulings on non-permanent spells with such effects (Deeppockets, Rope Trick, Extradimensional Pocket, Seclusion) vary.

* In a bit of a [[Stealth Pun]] example, bosses and enemies in the ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' games explode after being [[Incredibly Lame Pun|divided by Zero]] via Z-Saber slashing. Very likely unintentional, but funny nonetheless.

** [[media:DIVISION BY ZERO 4150.jpg|This picture]] brings the pun into [[Diagonal Cut|its logical conclusion.]]

* [[The Elder Scrolls]] calls such events "Dragon Breaks", where the god of time, known by many names and guises, but most prominently as a dragon god "Akatosh", is tampered with.

** In the first era, a remnant of a once-powerful organization of [[Fantastic Racism|anti-elf inquisitors]] carried out a ritual in attempt to purge Akatosh of the elven aspects of the mythological basis that Akatosh was based on, the elven golden eagle god Auri-El. The effort proceeded to break Time for a period of a bit over 1000 years. How could they measure how long that period was? The Khajiit, a cat-like race on Tamriel whose mythology was heavily steeped in the two moons, used those as a basis for time.

* While it doesn't actually take place in ''[[Portal 2]]'', some dialog plays with it.

{{quote|'''Cave Johnson:''' This next test may involve trace amounts of time travel. So, word of advice, if you meet yourself on the testing track, don't make eye contract. Lab boys tell me that'll wipe out time. Entirely. Forward and backward.}}

* In [[Sonic Shuffle]], if you get a Carbuncle item and have no other Force Jewels, it ''eats itself''.

* ''[[System Shock 2]]'' features broken vending machines that cannot be used until repaired using sufficient Repair skill or a repair kit. The glitched interface of the broken machine features "division by zero" among the flood of garbage data, presumably the source of the problem.

* Failing to make contingencies for division by zero, then events conspiring to make the program attempt to divide by zero is a very common reason why programs crash.

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