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* contrives a plan just [[Crazy Enough to Work]]
* contrives a plan just [[Crazy Enough to Work]]
* 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]]
* or pulls off a clever [[Bond One Liner|bit of dialogue]] that stops everyone in their tracks
* or pulls off a clever [[Bond One-Liner|bit of dialogue]] that stops everyone in their tracks
* 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


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 />
(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) }}
* 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]].
{{quote| '''Frank:''' It worked in the movie!<br />
{{quote| '''Frank:''' It worked in the movie!<br />
'''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 ==
* 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]]''!"
* 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]]''!"