Noodle Implements: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Noodle.jpg|link=Jimmy Carr|frame|This is going to be great, guys!]]

{{quote|''Wow, with a '''[[But You Screw One Goat!|goose]]'''? I didn't even know that was possible...''|''[[Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff|Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal]]''}}

* Happens in the ''[[X Wing Series]]'' novel ''Starfighters of Adumar''.

{{quote|'''Wedge''': We'll need a wheeled transport, one of the flatcam units our pursuers are carrying, and four sets of women's clothing.

'''Hobbie''': You lied to me. }}

** Those are only temporarily Noodle Implements; Wedge has [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee|a plan]], which we do see in enough detail to figure out his scheme: {{spoiler|use the flatcam to film themselves "killing" an innocent cam-wielding civilian, i.e. a chunk of brick on Hobbie's other shoulder, so that the crowd leaves the four "women" alone.}}

* In one early episode of ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'', the boys were locked in their room until one of them confessed to some misdeed. When we see them next, they're wearing helmets with flashlights taped to them, have strapped pillows to themselves, and are trying to remove a light fixture from the ceiling. Malcolm comments "I swear, on paper this was a great idea." In the DVD commentary, the writers admit that they had no specific escape plan in mind and had just come up with something random.

* From ''[[Castle]]''

'''Castle:''' And illegal in 12 states. }}

* Although J.D.'s fantasies in ''[[Scrubs]]'' usually don't fit this trope, as we see exactly '''how''' his wacky schemes play out in his head, we do get a straight example in the episode "Their Story", in which rather than hearing J.D.'s thoughts, we can hear the thoughts of Jordan, Ted and The Todd:

** Later, when they need an excuse to leave the room...

{{quote|'''Elan''': Uh, dad? Haley and I need to go have sex.

'''Tarquin''': ...Huh. }}

* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', Agatha's [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050523 first attempt at fortune-telling] leaves her babbling: "She... tea cozy... '''forty-three hours'''... only '''one''' spoon... how... eek!"