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{{quote|'''Hermes Conrad''': Professor, can you wire my head directly into the BattleGrid?<br />
{{quote|'''Hermes Conrad''': Professor, can you wire my head directly into the BattleGrid?
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': I can wire ''anything'' directly into ''anything''! I'm ''[[the Professor]]''!|''[[Futurama]]: Bender's Big Score''}}
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': I can wire ''anything'' directly into ''anything''! I'm ''[[the Professor]]''!|''[[Futurama]]: Bender's Big Score''}}


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* One particular episode of "[[South Park]]" has Eric buying a Trapper Keeper that can interface to anything, electronic or organic, prompting a robot like the one in "[[Terminator]]" to return and try to stop it from taking over the world. Rosie O'Donnell becomes involved, and, eventually, Cartman/Trapper Keeper end up an Akira-like mountain of flesh.
* One particular episode of "[[South Park]]" has Eric buying a Trapper Keeper that can interface to anything, electronic or organic, prompting a robot like the one in "[[Terminator]]" to return and try to stop it from taking over the world. Rosie O'Donnell becomes involved, and, eventually, Cartman/Trapper Keeper end up an Akira-like mountain of flesh.
* On ''Danny Phantom'', Tucker can often stop a technology-based ghost from a handheld PDA. When a future version comes back in time, he comments on how he can still hack him.
* On ''Danny Phantom'', Tucker can often stop a technology-based ghost from a handheld PDA. When a future version comes back in time, he comments on how he can still hack him.
{{quote| '''Tucker:''' Wow, I can still hack his system with my PDA. I don't know if that's exciting... or sad.}}
{{quote|'''Tucker:''' Wow, I can still hack his system with my PDA. I don't know if that's exciting... or sad.}}
** Justified (in this particular example) in that the ghost in question had integrated a copy of Tucker's PDA into his suit, and had to obey whatever data was programmed into the PDA. Tucker was able to program the PDA, which in turn "programed" the ghost. Then again, played straight by the fact that a ghost could even integrate a teenager's PDA into a ghostly mechanical battle suit.
** Justified (in this particular example) in that the ghost in question had integrated a copy of Tucker's PDA into his suit, and had to obey whatever data was programmed into the PDA. Tucker was able to program the PDA, which in turn "programed" the ghost. Then again, played straight by the fact that a ghost could even integrate a teenager's PDA into a ghostly mechanical battle suit.
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' movie ''Bender's Big Score'', the Professor links Hermes' bottled head up to an entire fleet of spaceships.
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' movie ''Bender's Big Score'', the Professor links Hermes' bottled head up to an entire fleet of spaceships.