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{{quote|'''Solidus:''' I'll leave you alive, Jack, because you're still manipulable!<br />
'''Fortune:''' Speaking of manipulation, it's time for me to steal Arsenal since I've been manipulating you from the start!<br />
'''Solidus:''' Actually, I tricked Ocelot into manipulating you into manipulating me!<br />
'''Ocelot:''' Fools! I've been manipulating everything from behind the scenes!<br />
'''Magic Hand:''' But actually, ''I've'' been manipulating ''you''!<br />
'''Raiden:''' Alright, this has officially become a load of crap.|'''Toastyfrog''', ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2 [http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Site/ThumbnailMetalGearSolid2-05 thumbnail theatre]''}}
 
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{{quote|D'ye think we "mighty ones" are blind? Do we not watch each other, and guess at what each is doing, and reach out and do some little thing that hampers the aims of another great and mighty? We'll never be free of this problem, and that's a good thing. I would cower at the thought of living in any Faerûn where all the mighty and powerful folk agreed perfectly on everything. That's the way of slavery and shackles and armed tyranny... and if ye'd like to win a bet, wager that ye'll be near the bottom of any such order.|'''Elminster of Shadowdale''', ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' Campaign Set, 3rd ed.}}
 
{{quote|Excuse me! If anyone is planning to stage a coup, topple the government, or in some way manipulate the ruling class, would you please raise your hand.<br />
''*(Everyone in sight raises a hand*''|''[[Nodwick]]''}})
At least they have a ''hobby''…
|''[[Nodwick]]'', [http://comic.nodwick.com/?comic{{=}}2008-08-20 Issue 04: The Tides of War] }}
 
{{quote|What game is this, where every player on the board claims the same pawn?|'''Raziel''', ''[[Soul Reaver]]'' series}}
 
{{quote|Note that in this case, we have Harry plotting to [[Invoked Trope|deliberately cause a Thirty Xanatos Pileup]] among the soldiers of the other armies, which I propose should have a Xanatos [[More Than Infinite|Ordinal of w+1]] (that is, omega plus one). Considering that the chaos of the complete battle, including Harry's own plot and Dumbledore's, was used by Professor Quirrell to make the point of his speech, it is clear that the complete Xanatos Flowchart for this chapter would have an Xanatos Infinite Ordinal of at least 2w+1.|Author's notes for chapter 34 of ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Methods of Rationality]]''}}
 
{{quote| ''Miss [[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Polly Plunkett]] killed the marquess -<br />
''Both were suspected of spying.<br />
''She is a lass who, alas, loves a lad<br />
''Whose young lass in Alsace<br />
''Vanished in the dark -<br />
''[[I Know You Know I Know|We disembark]]<br />
''[[Sherlock Holmes|At Canterbury.]]'' }}
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