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

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

Sometimes the best way to describe something is to give a few hints and let imaginations run wild, especially if you [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|aren't allowed]] or can't be bothered to get explicit. One common way is to imply the general feel and mention a few outlandish items to be used but not ''how'' they are used.

[[Noodle Implements]] (related to the [[Noodle Incident]]) is used to suggest an act that would normally be unthinkable to show, by listing a set of objects in context. The most common uses are for an especially [[Zany Scheme]], some [[Head Tiltingly Kinky|delightfully exotic sex]] or some truly ingenious torture. The phrasing and circumstance makes it obvious, but the unknown act appears much more intense. Or more silly.

[[Noodle Implements]] (related to the [[Noodle Incident]]) is used to suggest an act that would normally be unthinkable to show, by listing a set of objects in context. The most common uses are for an especially [[Zany Scheme]], some [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky|delightfully exotic sex]] or some truly ingenious torture. The phrasing and circumstance makes it obvious, but the unknown act appears much more intense. Or more silly.

If the [[Noodle Implements]] are used erotically off-camera while a character or characters observe, they may find the results [[Head Tiltingly Kinky]].

If the [[Noodle Implements]] are used erotically off-camera while a character or characters observe, they may find the results [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky]].

Noodle Implements can cause [[Fridge Logic]] (and/or Fridge [[Squick]]) if you attempt to work out exactly what you do with a snorkel, a feather boa and a stuffed giraffe that's so incredibly erotic. Unfortunately, someone will have worked it out. There's probably [[Rule ~~Thirty Four~~|pictures online]]. If the use is well known, it may become a form of [[Shout Out]].

Noodle Implements can cause [[Fridge Logic]] (and/or Fridge [[Squick]]) if you attempt to work out exactly what you do with a snorkel, a feather boa and a stuffed giraffe that's so incredibly erotic. Unfortunately, someone will have worked it out. There's probably [[Rule 34|pictures online]]. If the use is well known, it may become a form of [[Shout Out]].

In some cases, [[Genre Savvy]] characters will intentionally invoke this trope when questioning someone they've captured. Differs from [[Maximum Fun Chamber]] in that the character in question doesn't really know how to use the items to torture someone.

See also [[Maximum Fun Chamber]] and [[Lost in Transmission]]. Compare [[Cow Tools]], [[That Mysterious Thing]].

== Anime and Manga ==

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* ''[[Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality]]'': Harry buys a Feather-Falling Potion, Gillyweed, a bottle of Food and Water Pills, and a medical kit. He also asked goblins how much it would cost to mint a ton of silver into sickles, and had trouble answering when asked if he was trying to [[Take Over the World]]. He bought most of that stuff just to be [[Crazy Prepared|prepared]], but [[Mc Gonnagal]] didn't realize that.

* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6713795/1/New_Games New Games]'' a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' fic, does this with several items including a Simon playset, a joy-buzzer and a rubber chicken.

* In the ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3851787/1/The_Jokers_Wild The Joker's Wild], the Joker sends Harley Quinn out to get torture implements, and when she gets back he asks her "Did you get everything? The drills? The nails? The acid? The matches? [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|The custard?]]"

* In the ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3851787/1/The_Jokers_Wild The Joker's Wild], the Joker sends Harley Quinn out to get torture implements, and when she gets back he asks her "Did you get everything? The drills? The nails? The acid? The matches? [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|The custard?]]"

* Andy's [[Overly Long Gag|overly long list]] of objects needed to take Sherman to the vet in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes The Series (Fanfic)|Calvin and Hobbes The Series]]'':

{{quote| '''Andy:''' "Let's see… Iodine, band-aids, gauze, bullwhip, small strait-jacket, helmet, pan, shampoo, gloves, tranquilizer, chloroform, tennis racquet, ice cubes, [[Banana Peel|banana peel]], cage, snare trap, baloney, modem…"}}

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* ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'': "Explain again how sheep bladders can be used to prevent earthquakes?" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGpVcdqeS0 (at 0:09-14)]

** It probably has to do with the fact that animal bladders can be cured and blown full of air like balloons, making them absorb the vibrations in large enough numbers.

* [[Full Name Basis|John Spartan]] never does learn how to use those three seashells in ''[[Demolition Man]]''. According to the director, {{spoiler|two of the seashells were to be used together to pick up most of the crap, while the third was used to scrape away the rest.}}

* [[Full-Name Basis|John Spartan]] never does learn how to use those three seashells in ''[[Demolition Man]]''. According to the director, {{spoiler|two of the seashells were to be used together to pick up most of the crap, while the third was used to scrape away the rest.}}

* The Danish ''[[Olsen Banden]]'' (''The Olsen Gang'') movies are largely a subversion of this trope. Pretty much all of Egon's plans involve a number of baroque requisites. The subversion comes when we actually get to see all those items being used for surprisingly coherent purposes. The same holds true for the Swedish remake ''Jönssonligan'' and the Norwegian remake, which includes six nappies, a violin, a crowbar and a machine gun.

* In the 2008 ''[[Get Smart (Film)|Get Smart]]'' movie, the nerdy scientist's angry coworker claims to know how to kill people several ways with any of the office supplies on their desk, including the post-it notes.

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** He does it again asking for salt and cooking oil.

** A fair number of Elayne's curse words work like this. We're informed that they're particularly vile, but as Elayne doesn't know what they mean the reader is never informed. For example, Mother's milk in a cup and Bloody buttered onions.

* In ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy|The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]'', Zaphod Beeblebrox is the son of Zaphod Beeblebrox the Second, who is the son of Zaphod Beeblebrox the Third, and so on, due to an "accident with a prophylactic and a time machine." In ''Life, the Universe, and Everything'', [[Who Wants to Live Forever|bored immortal]] Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged was granted his immortality in a [[Freak Lab Accident|Freak Office Accident]] involving "a liquid lunch, a particle accelerator, and a pair of rubber bands."

* In ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy|The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]'', Zaphod Beeblebrox is the son of Zaphod Beeblebrox the Second, who is the son of Zaphod Beeblebrox the Third, and so on, due to an "accident with a prophylactic and a time machine." In ''Life, the Universe, and Everything'', [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|bored immortal]] Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged was granted his immortality in a [[Freak Lab Accident|Freak Office Accident]] involving "a liquid lunch, a particle accelerator, and a pair of rubber bands."

** The latter is explained in ''And Another Thing''. He was working through lunch, and flicked a few rubber bands into an inactive particle accelerator. He tried to get them out, someone turned on the accelerator, whammo, instant immortality. Effectively the same thing that happened to [[Watchmen|Dr. Manhattan]].

** Another novel by [[Douglas Adams]], ''[[The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'', includes a reference to a horror writer who habitually orders a dozen live chickens to his hotel room, where they are never seen again. Towards the end of the book, however, one character reveals {{spoiler|they know someone who had the job of smuggling them straight out again}}.

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** I'm not sure it's the trope if we know what she does with them.

** In Lemony Snicket's autobiography it's established that VFD members are equipped with a standard [[Noodle Implement]] ''disguise kit''. (One photograph purports to show a young woman convincingly disguised as a 1950s-model pickup truck.)

** In place of a summary on the back of the book, any of these books will typically have a letter to the reader that explains the setting, provides a typical [[Snicket Warning Label]], and lists many a few of the tragedies and horrors (read: random things) that will befall the characters, ending with a case of [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking]]. For instance: "Truth be told, within the chapters that make up this dreadful story, the children will face snapping crabs, strict punishments, dripping fungus, comprehensive exams, violin recitals, S.O.R.E., and the metric system." These things always eventually show up in the story, but at first reading, the blurb seems like nothing more than a list of [[Noodle Implements]].

** In place of a summary on the back of the book, any of these books will typically have a letter to the reader that explains the setting, provides a typical [[Snicket Warning Label]], and lists many a few of the tragedies and horrors (read: random things) that will befall the characters, ending with a case of [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]. For instance: "Truth be told, within the chapters that make up this dreadful story, the children will face snapping crabs, strict punishments, dripping fungus, comprehensive exams, violin recitals, S.O.R.E., and the metric system." These things always eventually show up in the story, but at first reading, the blurb seems like nothing more than a list of [[Noodle Implements]].

* In ''[[Dilbert|The Joy of Work]]'', the author suggests a method of avoiding work by invoking this method. Simply carry a pair of unrelated objects (such as a flashlight and an oil funnel) with you and walk in a hurry through the office. If anyone asks what they're for, quickly say "[[You Do NOT Want to Know|You don't want to know]]" and walk off.

* ''[[Dave Barry]]'s Guide to Marriage and/or Sex'':

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* ''[[Heralds of Valdemar|The Silver Gryphon]]'' has one of the main characters suggesting that a monster threatening her partner can "do several highly improbable, athletically difficult, and possibly biologically impractical things involving its own mother, a few household implements, and a dead fish."

* Edward Gorey wrote what must be the apogee of this trope, an illustrated short story called ''The Curious Sofa: a pornographic work'', in which, depending on your point of view, absolutely nothing out of the ordinary happens until the very end, or a group of people spend the most perverted week imaginable. "Colonel Gilbert and his wife, Louise, came in after dinner; both of them had wooden legs, with which they could do all sort of entertaining tricks." "They called up to Alice, who, having put on an ingeniously constructed bathing slip, met them in the pool." "Later, Reginald, another remarkably well-set-up young man from the village, provided everyone with the most astonishing little device." And the ending: {{spoiler|As soon as everybody had crowded into the room, Sir Egbert fastened shut the door, and started up the machinery inside the sofa. When Alice saw what was about to happen, she began to scream uncontrollably....}}.

* In the short story [http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/08/wikihistory "Wikihistory"] by Desmond Warzel, a character helps maintain [[~~Hitlers~~ Time Travel Exemption Act]] by getting Hitler expelled from an Art Academy due to "an elaborate prank involving the Prefect, a goat, and a substantial quantity of olive oil."

* In the short story [http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/08/wikihistory "Wikihistory"] by Desmond Warzel, a character helps maintain [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]] by getting Hitler expelled from an Art Academy due to "an elaborate prank involving the Prefect, a goat, and a substantial quantity of olive oil."

* In the second book of ''[[The Darksword Trilogy]]'', Simkin whispers to the emperor of Merilon. The words "Contessa", "Chafing dish" and "Discovered naked" are audible to those around. The emperor surprises everyone by proving he can indeed laugh.

* [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[The Hunting of the Snark]]'' features several examples; the method of hunting a Snark, for example, involves thimbles, care, forks, hope, a railway share, smiles and soap.

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== Live Action TV ==

* This is how every episode of ''[[MacGyver]]'' works, hence the parodies. Though we do get to see how he puts it all together, he can make ''anything'' out of ''anything''. So if you've got [[Noodle Implements]], he can get it done. Duct tape usually helps, though.

* Subversion: Most of the lists of things the [[Myth Busters]] need to carry out [[For Science|their plans]] only SOUND like this--but then again, why WOULD you need a piano tuner on a bomb range? Or a microwave, for that matter? Not to mention the cement truck... And then there's the pig viscera and the diving suit...The duct tape, the lard, the air tank, the Pykrete, the tongue stud, the Tesla coil and the playing cards..You know, [[Myth Busters]] needs a folder all its own on here. To be fair, we see on-screen how the stuff eventually gets used, but I DARE you to come in never having watched the show before and figure out how anybody can do science with a jar of salsa, rubber cement and eight raincoats. Or a duck, some bulls, old glassware, liquid nitrogen, 400 cigarette lighters, a cell phone, silicone breast implants, some tubes of biscuit dough, an octopus, buttered toast, a semi-automatic and an airline toilet. Also, Jamie's wall in the back of M5 has many, many totes with names of these taped on them, including one allegedly containing "Raw Meat".

* Subversion: Most of the lists of things the [[Myth Busters]] need to carry out [[For Science!|their plans]] only SOUND like this--but then again, why WOULD you need a piano tuner on a bomb range? Or a microwave, for that matter? Not to mention the cement truck... And then there's the pig viscera and the diving suit...The duct tape, the lard, the air tank, the Pykrete, the tongue stud, the Tesla coil and the playing cards..You know, [[Myth Busters]] needs a folder all its own on here. To be fair, we see on-screen how the stuff eventually gets used, but I DARE you to come in never having watched the show before and figure out how anybody can do science with a jar of salsa, rubber cement and eight raincoats. Or a duck, some bulls, old glassware, liquid nitrogen, 400 cigarette lighters, a cell phone, silicone breast implants, some tubes of biscuit dough, an octopus, buttered toast, a semi-automatic and an airline toilet. Also, Jamie's wall in the back of M5 has many, many totes with names of these taped on them, including one allegedly containing "Raw Meat".

** Played straight in the following exchange:

{{quote| '''Jamie:''' Are you thinking what I'm thinking?<br />

'''Adam:''' I think so, Jamie, but it's gonna be hard to find four oak doors and 30 feet of greased chain! }}

*** I think that ones more of an [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering]] as it becomes clear they don't intend to do anything with them from the style of the show, other than the refrence.

*** I think that ones more of an [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?]] as it becomes clear they don't intend to do anything with them from the style of the show, other than the refrence.

** In Katie Tiedrich's animated parody, Adam lists of a number of decidedly-not-duct-tape supplies he's going to need, which includes seventeen gallons of pudding. Tory gets to feed the leopard.

*** '''WARNING! SCIENCE CONTENT!''' Pudding comes in more than two flavors!

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** When Lister learns that he's God of the Cat People:

{{quote| '''Lister:''' I'm supposed to have given them five sacred laws. Five sacred laws! I've broken four of them meself. I'd have broken the fifth, but there's no sheep on board.}}

*** [[But You Screw One Goat|And that.]]

*** [[But You Screw One Goat!|And that.]]

** In the episode ''Legion'', Kryten drops references to some ''literal'' Noodle Implements, as the crew attempt to use Mamosian anti-matter chopsticks:

{{quote| '''Kryten:''' For my cooking duties, I'm programmed to be proficient in all known off-world eating techniques, including Jovian Boogle Hoops, and the often-lethal Mercurian Boomerang Spoon.}}

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'''Ianto''': (pulls out the stopwatch) That's ten minutes and counting. }}

* In [[Stephen Colbert]]'s Christmas Special, after a long (and entirely bleeped out) explanation of what Jews use mistletoe for, [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] ends: "with a lambshank!"

** He got back into the act on his show. While speaking about the changing of 90-year-old Canadian magazine ''The Beaver'''s name to ''Canada's History'' because the magazine's title was getting blocked by on-line porn filters, Colbert mentioned that the Canadians must not know that in America, the term "Canada's History" is a euphemism for [[Noodle Incident|a sex act so depraved he couldn't describe it on television]]. He could only mention that it involved [[Canada Eh|moose antlers, a jug of maple syrup, and the Stanley Cup.]]

** He got back into the act on his show. While speaking about the changing of 90-year-old Canadian magazine ''The Beaver'''s name to ''Canada's History'' because the magazine's title was getting blocked by on-line porn filters, Colbert mentioned that the Canadians must not know that in America, the term "Canada's History" is a euphemism for [[Noodle Incident|a sex act so depraved he couldn't describe it on television]]. He could only mention that it involved [[Canada, Eh?|moose antlers, a jug of maple syrup, and the Stanley Cup.]]

** And again on ''[[The Daily Show]]''. When Jon Stewart and John Oliver are discussing torture, at one point John Oliver pulls a turkey baster out of his pocket and suggests that Jon "use it on him." We never find out exactly what he means by that, although we can guess...

* In an episode of ''[[NCIS]]'', the team needs to question a pair of teens, but Gibbs refuses to use actual interrogation techniques. Tony picks up the phone and tells the "person" on the other end that he needs to requisition a pair of "genital cuffs", pausing briefly to ask the teens if they have any family history of testicular cancer. When he leaves, the teens spend some time trying to figure out if genital cuffs really exist, and what their specific uses could be--and their fear leads them to reveal the information the team is looking for, right in the range of Tony's off-the-hook phone.

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** Averted in this case, because we see exactly what he uses the duct tape for.

* In a story presented on Weekend Update of the 30 January 2010 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', a Roman Catholic priest in Illinois was arrested for attempting to shoplift some butter and a sofa cover from a Wal-Mart. The joke was, "It's unfortunate that they didn't follow him home so they could at least find out what part 2 of that plan was."

** [[Step Three Profit]]?

** [[Step Three: Profit]]?

* One of the more memorable editions of ''[[To Catch a Predator]]'' involved a man who requested his prey to have a cat and cool whip when he came. We never do find out what he was going to do with this.

* ''[[Titus]]'': "Look in your medicine cabinet. If it can fit in your ear, my mom can kill you with it. Except a wet-nap, you know, with a wet-nap she can only ''maim you''."

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** In [[Side Story Bonus Art|spin-a-yarn]] the first of [http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/mirrorstone/Article.aspx?doc=fr_spinayarn2006pt1 Shorter Buckleswashers] adventuring band was killed in an incident involving "a narcoleptic dragon, several angst-ridden teen-aged mages, a flying carpet that was convinced it should be their leader rather than a mere possession, and a magical glowing chicken that turned out to be a transformed and furious drow priestess."

* In a scene from the DVD that accompanied the ''[[Demon Hunters]]'' core rule book, one of the Demon Hunters, Gabriel, is addressing the audience. He is relaying advice his mentor once gave him saying, "Whatever you do..." which fades out to static. Through the static, a few words can occasionally be made out. Eventually, the picture returns, with Gabriel still speaking. He continues, "...with a yak. That's the worst way to go."

** It's a [[Shout Out]] to the ancient Hillary Song: [[In Soviet Russia Trope Mocks You|in the Himalayas]], [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22never+knock+the+yak%22&filter=0 cow tipping attempts are not recommended]. Which itself is a [[Noodle Incident]], but more transparent one.

** It's a [[Shout Out]] to the ancient Hillary Song: [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|in the Himalayas]], [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22never+knock+the+yak%22&filter=0 cow tipping attempts are not recommended]. Which itself is a [[Noodle Incident]], but more transparent one.

{{quote| Put me in the rack, Put me in the pillory, But don't let me go like Sir Edmund Hillary.}}

* This item from the List of 1675 [[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]

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{{quote| Man, this is just like that time with an bronze giant, two whales, some sand, that flaming bush, and the king's gaurd. Well, actually, I don't have camelskin bag this time.}}

** Then there's strange moods, which will leave you curious about what they intend to do with a lump of tetrahedrite, two cut gemstones, some alpaca wool, a wolf skull, a mussel shell and some platinum bars.

* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'': [[Boisterous Bruiser|The Heavy]] reveals that he has a [[PHD]] in Russain Literature in ''[[Poker Night At the Inventory]]''. When asked if it is useful in [[First Person Shooter|his line of work]], Heavy claims, "More than you think..."

* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'': [[Boisterous Bruiser|The Heavy]] reveals that he has a [[PHD]] in Russain Literature in ''[[Poker Night At the Inventory]]''. When asked if it is useful in [[First-Person Shooter|his line of work]], Heavy claims, "More than you think..."

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** People must really not like the words in books or the notes played with a musical instrument. Or they're hit over the head with them.

** We can think of several ways Janice attacks with carrots. None of them are fun.

* The ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' short "Best Caper Ever" featured the end result of a prank where Strong Bad and The Cheat stranded Homestar on a tiny ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. However, Strong Bad and The Cheat are both bugged because [[What Did I Do Last Night|all they can remember]] is stealing Homestar's melonade and The Cheat whizzing in it, and thus they can't properly gloat about their success.

* The ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' short "Best Caper Ever" featured the end result of a prank where Strong Bad and The Cheat stranded Homestar on a tiny ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. However, Strong Bad and The Cheat are both bugged because [[What Did I Do Last Night?|all they can remember]] is stealing Homestar's melonade and The Cheat whizzing in it, and thus they can't properly gloat about their success.

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{{quote| "For this performance, the Mechanikopera has recreated the original choreography, including all seventeen soup waiters, three ladder teams ''and'' the ''original'' roller skating giraffe!"}}

** Also, a [[Twitter]] based on [http://twitter.com/Othar Othar Tryggvassen] relies heavily on this and [[Noodle Incident|Noodle Incidents]] for comedy.

** When "our favorite [[Axe Crazy|bloodthirsty maniac]]" Bangladesh DuPree [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070718 asked] about her choice in ways of killing amateur assassins, the visual interpretation has: dagger, pistol, axe and ''[[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|cheese]]''.

** When "our favorite [[Axe Crazy|bloodthirsty maniac]]" Bangladesh DuPree [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070718 asked] about her choice in ways of killing amateur assassins, the visual interpretation has: dagger, pistol, axe and ''[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|cheese]]''.

** We shall never know what a mad scientist can do with [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090506 a thousand orphans, a hedge maze and enough cheese].

*** Presumably similar things to what less mad and less sciency scientists do with a smaller maze and mice.

** And after an incident that happens off-panel: "Thank goodness you had all those [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030829 clockwork ducks], Klaus."

* In ''[[~~Eight~~ Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Red Mage is able to save the party (actually, the party minus Black Mage) from an aircraft crash with a portable hole, an immovable rod, a bag of holding and an ice spell. How, we'll never know.

* In ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Red Mage is able to save the party (actually, the party minus Black Mage) from an aircraft crash with a portable hole, an immovable rod, a bag of holding and an ice spell. How, we'll never know.

** While he's explaining to Thief and Fighter that his unwillingness to part with his gear in the name of such plans was the one thing holding him back from the flexibility he claimed to rely on, Black Mage is crushed by a giant. He remarks that, ironically, he could get Black Mage out from under the giant with a portable hole, an immovable rod, a [[Bag of Holding]], and an ice spell. Go figure.

** [[Truth in Television]]: An adventurer can do ''anything'' with a portable hole, an immovable rod and a bag of holding! No idea where the ice spell comes in.

** [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/23/episode-1120-reading-material/ This strip] ends with a very weird visual one.

* In [[Ozy and Millie (Webcomic)|Ozy and Millie]] a number of Llewellyn's [[Historical in Joke|Historical In Jokes]] seemed to involve whipped cream. Though knowing [[Cloudcuckoolander|him]] (and [http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20030823.html this comic]) there's no guarantee that he [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|meant what you probably thought he meant.]]

* In [[Ozy and Millie (Webcomic)|Ozy and Millie]] a number of Llewellyn's [[Historical In-Joke|Historical In Jokes]] seemed to involve whipped cream. Though knowing [[Cloudcuckoolander|him]] (and [http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20030823.html this comic]) there's no guarantee that he [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|meant what you probably thought he meant.]]

** Three words: House Rules Parcheezi.

** Also on Take your Daughter to Work day, that conversation Ozy had with Llewellyn that got censored. [http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20070507.html No shortage of implements here]

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** Not to mention [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=34223# strip6 the worst perversion of science] ''Unity'' has ever seen...

* An example from ''[[The Scout Report]]'', the title character is seen in a flashback saying the following:

{{quote| Scout: Look, everyone loves bacon, and everyone loves fireworks! [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong|What could possibly go wrong]]?}}

{{quote| Scout: Look, everyone loves bacon, and everyone loves fireworks! [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|What could possibly go wrong]]?}}

** Apparently, jury tampering was required to escape responsibility for the resulting [[Noodle Incident]].

* [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20081223.html This] ''[[Ménage à 3]]'' strip lists "Zii's spectacular get lucky kit. Satisfaction guaranteed!": "Condoms, lube, different sized condoms, music to get her in the mood... Good. Then you need about 4 liters of canola oil, a pair of hard-soled boots, two different types of rubber hose, a pair of handcuffs and an extra set of keys..."

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** In "Cold Warriors", Zapp Brannigan brings up the penultimate-resort plan for dealing with a common cold epidemic in Manhattan, called Protocol 62. President Nixon shoots it down, saying "Impossible, we don't have nearly enough piranhas!"

** Almost everything Bender pulls from his "compartment of mystery" qualifies. A short list includes: Charlemagne's skeleton, a human infant, the severed arm of the Prime Minister of Norway, and John Laraquette's spine,

* Whatever it was that Pinky '''was''' [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering|pondering]] in ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]''. ("I think so Brain, but how will we fit two flamingos into one pair of capri pants?") Of course, Pinky is insane, but what if he's not?

* Whatever it was that Pinky '''was''' [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?|pondering]] in ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]''. ("I think so Brain, but how will we fit two flamingos into one pair of capri pants?") Of course, Pinky is insane, but what if he's not?

** "I think so, Brain, but where are we going to find a duck and a hose at this hour?"

** One take-over-the-world plan involved Brain posing as a human, getting an office job, and suing his workplace for damages after being "turned into a mouse" in an accident involving a microwave oven and non-dairy powdered creamer. The logic behind this was that nobody could disprove it because nobody knew how either of those things worked.

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** Thanks to a ton of cut scenes from the show, a great amount of these appear on the show. The sandwich Zim recieves in the first episode, the little cup cake creatures Red and Purple have covering their faces, the room filled with chickens in Dib's Horrible Life of Doom... and the list just goes on.

* ''[[A Pup Named Scooby Doo]]'', "Wrestle Maniacs": The Mystery Inc. kids get thrown out of the office of the manager of a cut-rate wrestling stable by "The World's Strongest Accountant". All we see is the gang getting thrown out the door in a heap, upon which Shaggy remarks "Like, I've never seen someone do that with a calculator before!"

* One episode of ''[[Batman ~~the~~ Animated Series (Animation)|Batman: The Animated Series]]'' showed a clip from a fictional wacky sitcom, in which Baby Doll had managed to cause a huge mess. Somehow, it involved the dog, a zebra, a giraffe and a pair of Scotsmen on rollerskates.

* One episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman: The Animated Series]]'' showed a clip from a fictional wacky sitcom, in which Baby Doll had managed to cause a huge mess. Somehow, it involved the dog, a zebra, a giraffe and a pair of Scotsmen on rollerskates.

* In the ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' episode "Stimpy's Invention", two of the tools used to build the Happy Helmet are a beaver and a duck.

* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Marge is suffering from stress to the point where hair is falling out. She gets some relaxation time and her hair is strong enough to hold a <s>parasol</s> large beach umbrella. Homer takes this opportunity to ask her to come to bed. She smiles and removes the parasol. Homer's response: "No no - leave it in." They promptly scamper upstairs, leaving the viewer alone to think up a few [[Squick|Squicky]] images.

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** Possibly worst of all, Quagmire's cavity search, in which the items recovered included a cellphone, a doorknob, a wedge of Swiss cheese, a DVD copy of the [[Nickelodeon]] movie ''Good Burger'' (though this could be a [[Stealth Pun]] on how "crappy" the movie is), a xylophone, a toy car, and a live fish.

* One episode of the ''[[Earthworm Jim (Animation)|Earthworm Jim]]'' cartoon had Jim talking to Santa's elves (in typical fashion of the series, [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-Filled, Malformed Slug-for-a-Butt]] had kidnapped Santa Claus with the intent of brainwashing him to conquer earth. In even more typical fashion, Santa revealed that the "Jolly St. Nick" gig was a retirement job, and in his youth he was a [[Horny Vikings|Horny Viking]] God of Justice, promptly pulling out the old sword and helmet and whaling on the Queen once Jim set him free) and accusing them of being involved when they claim to not know who took Santa. They promptly reply that they keep their eyes on their work, as Santa has a hideous punishment for those who slack. We're told that it involves ''figgy pudding'' and nothing else.

* An episode of ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'', "It Came From Outer Ed", featured [[Cloudcuckoolander|Ed]] devising a scam/curse. The process involved Eddy wearing a top hat and death's head facepaint, Edd moving boulders onto an "X" painted on the ground that was actually a Q, painting a cement mixer drum like an Aztec temple, Ed biting out the belly of Jimmy's stuffed bunny, and Edd handing Eddy a stack of pancakes while wearing a parka and a space helmet, all in an attempt to beseech Evil Tim to summon crows. [[Nightmare Fuel ~~Stationattendant~~|It was actually quite disturbing.]] Although, what was ''really'' disturbing was the fact that {{spoiler|'''''IT ACTUALLY WORKED!!!'''''}}

* An episode of ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'', "It Came From Outer Ed", featured [[Cloudcuckoolander|Ed]] devising a scam/curse. The process involved Eddy wearing a top hat and death's head facepaint, Edd moving boulders onto an "X" painted on the ground that was actually a Q, painting a cement mixer drum like an Aztec temple, Ed biting out the belly of Jimmy's stuffed bunny, and Edd handing Eddy a stack of pancakes while wearing a parka and a space helmet, all in an attempt to beseech Evil Tim to summon crows. [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant|It was actually quite disturbing.]] Although, what was ''really'' disturbing was the fact that {{spoiler|'''''IT ACTUALLY WORKED!!!'''''}}

** In [[The Movie]], the only evidence of a [[Noodle Incident]] the Eds pulled to get everyone trying to lynch them is seen in short scenes of the remains of the aforementioned scam gone horribly awry. Among the carnage is a paint-splatter on a wall with the clean silhouette of someone screaming in horror. Somewhat spooky.

*** Johnny also had a bear trap stuck on his head. Ouch.

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== Real Life ==

* [[TV Tropes]]. Not being able to make head or tail of a trope example referring to very [[Story Arc]]- or [[The Verse|'verse]]-dependent events from a show, book, movie, etc. that you are not familiar with, when it is not put in context for those who are not familiar with it, and is described using lots of in-jokes, meta-references, and ambiguous sentences hyperlinked to other tropes that are self-evident only to the familiar, is one of the most entertaining and infuriating aspects of [[TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|this wiki.]]

* [[TV Tropes]]. Not being able to make head or tail of a trope example referring to very [[Story Arc]]- or [[The Verse|'verse]]-dependent events from a show, book, movie, etc. that you are not familiar with, when it is not put in context for those who are not familiar with it, and is described using lots of in-jokes, meta-references, and ambiguous sentences hyperlinked to other tropes that are self-evident only to the familiar, is one of the most entertaining and infuriating aspects of [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|this wiki.]]

* Cashiers sometimes have fun trying to piece together exactly what the random pile of stuff in a person's shopping cart will be used for.

** One post on [http://failbook.failblog.org/ Failbook] had someone posting that a customer had just bought a Miley Cyrus DVD, some lub, and a box of tissues...[[Squick|squick]].