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* Inverted in ''[[Paycheck]]'', where Ben Affleck's character is given the (temporary) foreknowledge of his own future, and based on this he gives himself an [[It May Help You on Your Quest|envelope full of odds and ends]] that he ''will'' need in the near future. However, he gets his memory wiped and must reverse engineer his own future to survive. |
* Inverted in ''[[Paycheck]]'', where Ben Affleck's character is given the (temporary) foreknowledge of his own future, and based on this he gives himself an [[It May Help You on Your Quest|envelope full of odds and ends]] that he ''will'' need in the near future. However, he gets his memory wiped and must reverse engineer his own future to survive. |
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* Charles Morse from ''[[The Edge]]'' is a collector of useless trivia... some of which comes in very useful when he is stranded in the Arctic. |
* Charles Morse from ''[[The Edge]]'' is a collector of useless trivia... some of which comes in very useful when he is stranded in the Arctic. |
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* Gloria from ''[[White Men Can't Jump]]'' collects useless trivia, which comes in handy when she gets onto ''[[Jeopardy!]]''. The categories are all her weird topics, like "Foods that start with the letter Q." |
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* In ''[[Dude, Where's My Car?]]'' one of the main characters regularly watches ''Animal Planet''. This eventually comes in handy as he learned that sometimes animals use tools like sticks {{spoiler|or straws}} and also something useful about {{spoiler|ostriches.}} |
* In ''[[Dude, Where's My Car?]]'' one of the main characters regularly watches ''Animal Planet''. This eventually comes in handy as he learned that sometimes animals use tools like sticks {{spoiler|or straws}} and also something useful about {{spoiler|ostriches.}} |
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* In ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]'', a load of very specific information about old cars comes in handy at the end of the trial. So does Vinny's newly acquired knowledge of how to cook grits. |
* In ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]'', a load of very specific information about old cars comes in handy at the end of the trial. So does Vinny's newly acquired knowledge of how to cook grits. |