Forbidden Chekhov's Gun: Difference between revisions

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'''Egon''': "[[Understatement|It would be bad.]]"<br />

'''Peter''': "I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, 'bad?'"<br />

* In ''[[Over the Hedge (animation)|Over the Hedge]]'', characters tell Hammy not to drink caffeine, it could be dangerous to him, as he's already hyperactive. Later, they tell him to drink caffeine to go in [[Caffeine Bullet Time]] mode.

* In one episode of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', the GBs were falling toward a body of water from high enough to kill them on impact. Egon's solution? Have them fire at the water and cross the streams; the resulting explosion kicks up a huge column of water which breaks their fall enough for them to land safely. Upon landing safely, one of them asks how Egon knew it would have that effect. Egon's response? He didn't; he just thought it might help. We ''are'' talking about a guy who engaged in this exchange;

'''Egon''': "That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me." }}