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* contrives a plan just [[Crazy Enough to Work]] |
* contrives a plan just [[Crazy Enough to Work]] |
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* or manages a bit of out of character or unexpected [[Badass|Bad Assery]] |
* or manages a bit of out of character or unexpected [[Badass|Bad Assery]] |
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* or pulls off a clever [[Bond One |
* or pulls off a clever [[Bond One-Liner|bit of dialogue]] that stops everyone in their tracks |
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* pulls off some manner of complicated stunt like an old pro |
* pulls off some manner of complicated stunt like an old pro |
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* Dreamed I did it |
* Dreamed I did it |
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Sister trope to both [[Taught By Television]] and [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]. See also [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]. |
Sister trope to both [[Taught By Television]] and [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]. See also [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]. |
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== Anime == |
== Anime == |
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{{quote| "I know this is gonna sound crazy, but in this one film I starred in we had to infiltrate the girl's bathroom of a highschool. So we built a catapult out of women's underwear and launched ourselves over the fence!"<br /> |
{{quote| "I know this is gonna sound crazy, but in this one film I starred in we had to infiltrate the girl's bathroom of a highschool. So we built a catapult out of women's underwear and launched ourselves over the fence!"<br /> |
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(Everyone stares at him for a moment before trying to find a more reasonable plan) }} |
(Everyone stares at him for a moment before trying to find a more reasonable plan) }} |
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* In ''[[Return of the Living Dead]]'', the [[Genre Savvy]] characters who have seen ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' try to put a zombie down by [[Removing the Head Or Destroying The Brain]], with [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|less than satisfactory results]]. |
* In ''[[Return of the Living Dead]]'', the [[Genre Savvy]] characters who have seen ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' try to put a zombie down by [[Removing the Head Or Destroying The Brain]], with [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|less than satisfactory results]]. |
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{{quote| '''Frank:''' It worked in the movie!<br /> |
{{quote| '''Frank:''' It worked in the movie!<br /> |
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'''Burt:'''Well, it ain't working now, Frank!<br /> |
'''Burt:'''Well, it ain't working now, Frank!<br /> |
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== Web Original == |
== Web Original == |
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* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh |
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'', when Pegasus drops Bandit Keith through a [[Trap Door]], he says, "I learned this trick from watching ''[[Excel Saga (Manga)|Excel Saga]]''!" |
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