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{{quote|"''Long numbers divided by zero spray forth marigolds, goldilocks, foliage unseen in shadowed glades, where treefall and cries of 'wolf' go unheard.''"|'''[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Aristocrats#Example_I One Example]''' of a "[[The Aristocrats]]" joke}}
The characters did something so incredibly ''wrong'' that reality itself couldn't handle it. Could be the result of a [[Time Paradox]], the result of a [[Yin
To divide a number by zero is the one thing elementary math teachers tell you<ref>Sometimes, an elementary math teacher will insist that division by zero gives zero. They are wrong, although 0/0 ''is'' different than any other 0-division case.</ref> that you [[Lies to Children|simply cannot do]] (but as usual, Real Life is more complicated than elementary school; see the Trivia section above). It led to a joke on [[Image Board|image boards]] [[hottip:*: actually, the meme is [[Older Than They Think|much older than that]] that if someone were to divide a number by zero, it would break reality. Someone making a suggestion that is severely unlikely is often compared to this. When [[Time Travel]] is involved, usually results in a [[Time Crash]] (and a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] for all involved). An [[Eldritch Abomination]] is something whose very nature is ''continuous division by zero itself''.
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== Fan Work ==
* In the Pokémon fanfic ''[[Ashs Return (Fanfic)|Ashs Return]]'', a Pokémon battle is cut abruptly short by the command: "[
* According to ''[[Evangelion Re Death|Evangelion Re:Death]]'', this is what happens if you play ''1999'' by [[Prince]] any time on or after January 1, 2000. It's how Gendou intends to trigger the Third Impact and become {{spoiler|the Uber-Pimp}}.
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== Live Action TV ==
* [[Stargate Atlantis]]: Using an [[Neglectful Precursors|Ancient Project]] to create a super-energy source, [[Insufferable Genius|Doctor Rodney Mckay]] accidentally makes particles that defy the laws of physics. The result? He [[Never Live It Down|repeatedly gets called out]] for [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?|destroying an entire solar system]]!
* In ''[[
** In series 5 we are seeing "cracks" in time and space in almost every episode which release energy that are un-writing time, erasing things from existence to where they never existed at all. The Doctor implies these cracks are the result of a future event where someone may have divided by zero...{{spoiler|Turns out it was the TARDIS itself, the event in question being the TARDIS exploding, causing all of time and space to explode and cease to exist. Yikes!}}
** The ''Space'' and ''Time'' specials presented a scenario where, in order to make a safe landing, the TARDIS divided by zero and landed in the only safe place available...inside itself. The Doctor is ''a little concerned'' about this.
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* In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', putting a [[Bag of Holding]] into a Portable Hole or vice-versa tends to create a big rift into the Astral Plane, destroying whatever was in those items, and do bad things to the surrounding area.
{{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."]}}
** After a bit of rules-lawyering and no shortage of Munchkin-like antics, someone developed a "black hole arrow/bolt." Essentially it's an arrow or crossbow bolt with a bag of holding and portable hole attached. They remain separated until fired, at which point the portable hole opens up. Thanks to Newton's laws of physics, when the arrow and bag of holding stop, the hole keeps going, swallowing both and leading to the horrible, horrible atrocity against nature. No sane DM would allow this. [[Killer DM|Some, however, would]], and then [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|severely punish the players]] for tampering with reality. {{spoiler|Or remember that canonically the result depends on which of these is stuffed into which.}} It should be noted that these arrows are quite expensive though.
*** A variant of this is described in the ''Elder Evils'' sourcebook. Putting a [[Sphere of Destruction|Sphere of Annihilation]] into a Well of Many Worlds creates a ''black hole'' - which proceeds to ''[[Apocalypse How|swallow up the entire Material Plane in a matter of minutes]]'' barring divine intervention.
**** A Sphere of Annihilation on its own should qualify, as it is literally a hole in the continuity of the multiverse. And considering it is an artifact, that means it was built.
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* [[Chuck Norris]] [[Chuck Norris Facts|doesn't divide by zero]], [[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Ze]][[Mega Man Zero (Video Game)|ro]] [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|divides by]] [[Chuck Norris]].
** [[Epileptic Trees|OF COURSE, THAT'S IT!!! ZERO IS SO BADASS BECAUSE HE DIVIDES HIS ENEMIES BY CHUCK NORRIS USING HIS SWORD!!!]]
* [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-225 SCP-225] is an illustration of the classic "[[Yin
* In ''[[Fine Structure (Literature)|Fine Structure]]'' this is sometimes done intentionally to attract the attention of the Imprisoning God, which stamps down hard on such violations. However, one particular event -- {{spoiler|dropping the immortal Anne Poole into a black hole}} -- breaks physics so badly that even the Imprisoning God goes into failure mode.
* In the [[Things of Interest (Website)|Ed stories]], Ed briefly accessing the Root Layer causes a Class X-3 [[Apocalypse How]] on the Andromeda galaxy.
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