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== Film ==
== Film ==
* From ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'':
* From ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'':
{{quote| '''Uhura:''' Admiral, I have a signal closing on the whales. Bearing 328 degrees.<br />
{{quote|'''Uhura:''' Admiral, I have a signal closing on the whales. Bearing 328 degrees.
'''Kirk:''' On screen.<br />
'''Kirk:''' On screen.
'''Gillian:''' How can you do... that...<br />
'''Gillian:''' How can you do... that...
'''Uhura:''' On screen. }}
'''Uhura:''' On screen. }}
* In ''[[The Matrix]]'', this is a beat cop's reaction to not only witnessing Trinity leap over a six-lane street, plus sidewalks, to go from rooftop to rooftop, but seeing Agent Brown follow her.
* In ''[[The Matrix]]'', this is a beat cop's reaction to not only witnessing Trinity leap over a six-lane street, plus sidewalks, to go from rooftop to rooftop, but seeing Agent Brown follow her.
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* In an early ''[[Sesame Street]]'' sketch, Ernie poured himself a glass of milk while hanging upside down, ignoring Bert's warnings that the milk would spill.
* In an early ''[[Sesame Street]]'' sketch, Ernie poured himself a glass of milk while hanging upside down, ignoring Bert's warnings that the milk would spill.
* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "Spectre of the Gun". When Spock and McCoy test their [[Knockout Gas]] on Scott it doesn't work.
* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "Spectre of the Gun". When Spock and McCoy test their [[Knockout Gas]] on Scott it doesn't work.
{{quote| Spock: Captain, you don't seem to understand. It did not function, but it must function.<br />
{{quote|Spock: Captain, you don't seem to understand. It did not function, but it must function.
McCoy: Nothing could go wrong, Captain. It should work.<br />
McCoy: Nothing could go wrong, Captain. It should work.
Spock: A scientific fact. But if the tranquillizer does not function, which is clearly impossible, then a radical alteration of our thought patterns must be in order. }}
Spock: A scientific fact. But if the tranquillizer does not function, which is clearly impossible, then a radical alteration of our thought patterns must be in order. }}


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* Subverted in ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''. Fighter claims that gravity had been slain (since [[Insane Troll Logic|Black Mage had saved them by cushioning their falling airship with a large explosion as it crash landed]]), which would allow them to fly...and to everyone's amazement, takes off. Then it turns out [[A Wizard Did It|Sarda the Sage]] decided the best way to bring them to him would be to fly them in at just that moment.
* Subverted in ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''. Fighter claims that gravity had been slain (since [[Insane Troll Logic|Black Mage had saved them by cushioning their falling airship with a large explosion as it crash landed]]), which would allow them to fly...and to everyone's amazement, takes off. Then it turns out [[A Wizard Did It|Sarda the Sage]] decided the best way to bring them to him would be to fly them in at just that moment.
** This is generally [[Only Sane Man|BlackMage's]] reaction to the improbable things his much-hated teammates do. By the time the Light Warriors reach the Temple of Fiends again, he's stopped complaining.
** This is generally [[Only Sane Man|BlackMage's]] reaction to the improbable things his much-hated teammates do. By the time the Light Warriors reach the Temple of Fiends again, he's stopped complaining.
{{quote| "What I hate about my life... '''Part''' of what I hate about my life is that it '''is''' working."}}
{{quote|"What I hate about my life... '''Part''' of what I hate about my life is that it '''is''' working."}}
** Sarda also invokes this (using a [[Flat What]]) when Ranger '''dual-wields his dual-wield''' [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/27/episode-1087-exalted-feat/\].
** Sarda also invokes this (using a [[Flat What]]) when Ranger '''dual-wields his dual-wield''' [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/27/episode-1087-exalted-feat/\].
* Happens to the word in this [[Questionable Content]] strip, when an AI appears to be drunk. [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2133\]
* Happens to the word in this [[Questionable Content]] strip, when an AI appears to be drunk. [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2133\]
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== Web Original ==
== Web Original ==
* From ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'':
* From ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'':
{{quote| '''Church:''' Poor Jimmy was the last one to go. Tex walked up to him, pulled Jimmy's skull right out of his head and beat him to death with it.<br />
{{quote|'''Church:''' Poor Jimmy was the last one to go. Tex walked up to him, pulled Jimmy's skull right out of his head and beat him to death with it.
'''Tucker:''' Wait a second... how do you beat someone to death with their own skull? That doesn't seem physically possible.<br />
'''Tucker:''' Wait a second... how do you beat someone to death with their own skull? That doesn't seem physically possible.
'''Church:''' That's exactly what Jimmy kept screaming.<br />
'''Church:''' That's exactly what Jimmy kept screaming.
(cut to Tex, in black armor, beating Jimmy to death with his own skull)<br />
(cut to Tex, in black armor, beating Jimmy to death with his own skull)
'''Jimmy:''' This doesn't seem physically possible! }}
'''Jimmy:''' This doesn't seem physically possible! }}
* [[Dragonball Z Abridged]], Goku obtained a muffin {{spoiler|and the ability to read minds}} by pressing the muffin button of the spaceship... except there is no muffin button.
* [[Dragonball Z Abridged]], Goku obtained a muffin {{spoiler|and the ability to read minds}} by pressing the muffin button of the spaceship... except there is no muffin button.
** King Kai says this directly when Goku pretends to hang up on him while they were ''communicating telepathically''.
** King Kai says this directly when Goku pretends to hang up on him while they were ''communicating telepathically''.
{{quote| '''Goku:''' "Oh, all right. I promise I will absolutely not ''click-brrrrrrr'' *long inhale* ''rrrrrrrrr''" <br />
{{quote|'''Goku:''' "Oh, all right. I promise I will absolutely not ''click-brrrrrrr'' *long inhale* ''rrrrrrrrr''"
'''King Kai:''' "He hung up on me! '''How did he even do that?'''" }}
'''King Kai:''' "He hung up on me! '''How did he even do that?'''" }}
* This phrase being said verbatum is a running gag in the [[College Humor]] point-of-view sketches.
* This phrase being said verbatum is a running gag in the [[College Humor]] point-of-view sketches.
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* ''[[Futurama]]'': In one episode, Bender's arms fall off. A moment later we see the arms, in closeup, pick up and reattach each other. Fry is just as baffled as the audience.
* ''[[Futurama]]'': In one episode, Bender's arms fall off. A moment later we see the arms, in closeup, pick up and reattach each other. Fry is just as baffled as the audience.
** Another ''Futurama'' example was in a scene taking place deep beneath the ocean...
** Another ''Futurama'' example was in a scene taking place deep beneath the ocean...
{{quote| '''Zoidberg:''' My home, it burned down! How could this have happened?<br />
{{quote|'''Zoidberg:''' My home, it burned down! How could this have happened?
'''Hermes:''' That's a very good question!<br />
'''Hermes:''' That's a very good question!
'''Bender:''' ''[picking up his still-lit cigar from the underwater ruins]'' So that's where I left my cigar!<br />
'''Bender:''' ''[picking up his still-lit cigar from the underwater ruins]'' So that's where I left my cigar!
'''Hermes:''' That just raises further questions! }}
'''Hermes:''' That just raises further questions! }}
* From ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'':
* From ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'':
{{quote| '''Kuzco:''' No, it's impossible! How did you get back here before us?<br />
{{quote|'''Kuzco:''' No, it's impossible! How did you get back here before us?
'''Yzma:''' "Ah..." ''[looks confused]'' How ''did'' we, Kronk?<br />
'''Yzma:''' "Ah..." ''[looks confused]'' How ''did'' we, Kronk?
'''Kronk:''' Well, ya got me. ''[pulls down a chart displaying the progress of the previous chase]'' By all accounts, it doesn't make sense. }}
'''Kronk:''' Well, ya got me. ''[pulls down a chart displaying the progress of the previous chase]'' By all accounts, it doesn't make sense. }}
* During the ''[[Justice League]]'' episode "Hereafter", the Flash is almost fried by enemy lightning. Wonder Woman saves him by deflecting the lightning with her '''''metal''''' bracelets. Flash's response? "There are so many reasons why that shouldn't have worked."
* During the ''[[Justice League]]'' episode "Hereafter", the Flash is almost fried by enemy lightning. Wonder Woman saves him by deflecting the lightning with her '''''metal''''' bracelets. Flash's response? "There are so many reasons why that shouldn't have worked."
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