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* [[Despicable Me]]: A huge part of the plot involved getting loans and necessary capitol in order to create the evil inventions for the evil plots. They had their own Villain Bank.
* [[Despicable Me]]: A huge part of the plot involved getting loans and necessary capitol in order to create the evil inventions for the evil plots. They had their own Villain Bank.
* In ''[[Contact]]'', a terrorist attack destroys the first device. There are plans, but building the device was so expensive for the entire world that the prospect of building a second one (especially since it would invite yet another attack) is summarily dismissed. It is then that a second, backup device is revealed to have been built in secret. It is explained with the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] line:
* In ''[[Contact]]'', a terrorist attack destroys the first device. There are plans, but building the device was so expensive for the entire world that the prospect of building a second one (especially since it would invite yet another attack) is summarily dismissed. It is then that a second, backup device is revealed to have been built in secret. It is explained with the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] line:
{{quote| "First rule of government spending: why build one, when you can build two, at twice the price? Only, this one can be kept secret. }}
{{quote|"First rule of government spending: why build one, when you can build two, at twice the price? Only, this one can be kept secret. }}


== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Music]] ==
== [[Music]] ==
* In one of [[Doctor Steel]]'s songs, "Build the Robots", Dr. Steel laments about building a high-tech giant robot army:
* In one of [[Doctor Steel]]'s songs, "Build the Robots", Dr. Steel laments about building a high-tech giant robot army:
{{quote| I need assembly lines<br />
{{quote|I need assembly lines
A crew and much more time.<br />
A crew and much more time.
The money's all mine<br />
The money's all mine
And my funds are getting thin.<br />
And my funds are getting thin.
I'm gonna have to rob a bank again.<br />
I'm gonna have to rob a bank again.
'Cause I'm spending every dime and<br />
'Cause I'm spending every dime and
I'm spending all my time to<br />
I'm spending all my time to
Build the robots. }}
Build the robots. }}


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