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Heroes, on the other hand, should avoid saying anything like "[[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]?" |
Heroes, on the other hand, should avoid saying anything like "[[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]?" |
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A form of [[Tempting Fate]]. Compare [[Nothing Can Save Us Now]] and [[Retirony]]. Also see [[ |
A form of [[Tempting Fate]]. Compare [[Nothing Can Save Us Now]] and [[Retirony]]. Also see [[Eucatastrophe]] and the [[Darkest Hour]], the point at which the villain is most likely to say this. |
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** In "Parting of the Ways": |
** In "Parting of the Ways": |
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{{quote|'''Dalek Emperor:''' I will not die! I CANNOT DIE!!}} |
{{quote|'''Dalek Emperor:''' I will not die! I CANNOT DIE!!}} |
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** [[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S4/E16 The Waters of Mars|The Waters Of Mars]]: |
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{{quote|'''The Doctor''': There are laws of time. Once upon a time there were people in charge of those laws, but they died. They all died. Do you know who that leaves? Me! It's taken me all these years to realise the laws of time are mine! '''And they will obey me'''!}} |
{{quote|'''The Doctor''': There are laws of time. Once upon a time there were people in charge of those laws, but they died. They all died. Do you know who that leaves? Me! It's taken me all these years to realise the laws of time are mine! '''And they will obey me'''!}} |
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* In the British automotive series ''[[Top Gear]]'', the team of presenters is frequently given an automotive related challenge of some kind (e.g., each one is to purchase a used vehicle, convert it to be amphibious, and then sail it across the English Channel). Usually, on being given the task, presenter Jeremy Clarkson launches into it asking the enthusiastic rhetorical question, "How hard can it be?" Answer: usually very (e.g., ''both'' times the ''[[Top Gear]]'' presenters were challenged to convert vehicles into cat-boats, Richard Hammond's conversion sank). |
* In the British automotive series ''[[Top Gear]]'', the team of presenters is frequently given an automotive related challenge of some kind (e.g., each one is to purchase a used vehicle, convert it to be amphibious, and then sail it across the English Channel). Usually, on being given the task, presenter Jeremy Clarkson launches into it asking the enthusiastic rhetorical question, "How hard can it be?" Answer: usually very (e.g., ''both'' times the ''[[Top Gear]]'' presenters were challenged to convert vehicles into cat-boats, Richard Hammond's conversion sank). |
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