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* [[Thinking Out Loud]]; |
* [[Thinking Out Loud]]; |
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* [[Techno Babble]]; |
* [[Techno Babble]]; |
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* "[[A Riddle Wrapped in |
* "[[A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside An Enigma]]..."; |
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* "Hm-hm..."; |
* "Hm-hm..."; |
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* "[[Carry the One]]..."; |
* "[[Carry the One]]..."; |
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* [[Eureka Moment|"Eureka!"]]; |
* [[Eureka Moment|"Eureka!"]]; |
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* "The [[Readings Are Off the Scale]]!"; |
* "The [[Readings Are Off the Scale]]!"; |
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* "[[I've Never Seen Anything Like This Before]]..."; |
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* "It's alive!" |
* "It's alive!" |
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* "[[My God, What Have I Done?]]!" |
* "[[My God, What Have I Done?]]!" |
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''Please don't list single instances of the [[Sounds of Science]] listed above, but rather significant or [[Egregious]] uses of this trope as well as cases where this is [[Playing |
''Please don't list single instances of the [[Sounds of Science]] listed above, but rather significant or [[Egregious]] uses of this trope as well as cases where this is [[Playing with a Trope|played with]]!'' |
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* Gloriously [[Large Ham|hammed up]] in the ''[[Invader Zim]]'' episode ''Rise of the Zitboy'' where Zim lays some wicked science on a pair of hapless chickens: "Hmm.. HMMMM! Hmmmmmm! Hm? Hmmm... chicken!" |
* Gloriously [[Large Ham|hammed up]] in the ''[[Invader Zim]]'' episode ''Rise of the Zitboy'' where Zim lays some wicked science on a pair of hapless chickens: "Hmm.. HMMMM! Hmmmmmm! Hm? Hmmm... chicken!" |
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* ''[[This Island Earth]]'' had some kind of experiment with nuclear reactions. The ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' guys had a field day with it. |
* ''[[This Island Earth]]'' had some kind of experiment with nuclear reactions. The ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' guys had a field day with it. |
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{{quote| '''Cal Meachem:''' Monitor the rate of radioactive decay.<br /> |
{{quote| '''Cal Meachem:''' Monitor the rate of radioactive decay.<br /> |
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'''Tom Servo:''' Increase the ''[[Flash Gordon Serial |
'''Tom Servo:''' Increase the ''[[Flash Gordon Serial|Flash Gordon]]'' noise and put more science stuff around! }} |
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* [[Family Matters|Steve Urkel]] had [[Sounds of Science]] [[Catch Phrase|Catch Phrases]]: "I'm a genius!" and the strange "Shhh.. not while I'm pouring." |
* [[Family Matters|Steve Urkel]] had [[Sounds of Science]] [[Catch Phrase|Catch Phrases]]: "I'm a genius!" and the strange "Shhh.. not while I'm pouring." |
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* [[Oingo Boingo]]'s "Weird Science" is sung by a scientist and includes cries of "It's Alive!" [[Weird Science ( |
* [[Oingo Boingo]]'s "Weird Science" is sung by a scientist and includes cries of "It's Alive!" [[Weird Science (film)|The movie]] it was made for shows that the scientist is actually singing while doing science. |
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* In ''[[ |
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', The issue of "Eureka!" versus "That's funny," is discussed [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-05-27 here] and in the subsequent strip, directly mentioning Asimov's quote above. |
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* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': "Scientific progress goes 'boink'?" |
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': "Scientific progress goes 'boink'?" |
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