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* [[Thinking Out Loud]];
* [[Thinking Out Loud]];
* [[Techno Babble]];
* [[Techno Babble]];
* "[[A Riddle Wrapped in A Mystery Inside An Enigma]]...";
* "[[A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside An Enigma]]...";
* "Hm-hm...";
* "Hm-hm...";
* "[[Carry the One]]...";
* "[[Carry the One]]...";
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* [[Eureka Moment|"Eureka!"]];
* [[Eureka Moment|"Eureka!"]];
* "The [[Readings Are Off the Scale]]!";
* "The [[Readings Are Off the Scale]]!";
* "[[Ive Never Seen Anything Like This Before]]...";
* "[[I've Never Seen Anything Like This Before]]...";
* "It's alive!"
* "It's alive!"
* "[[My God, What Have I Done?]]!"
* "[[My God, What Have I Done?]]!"
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{{examples}}
{{examples}}
''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]]!''
''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]]!''


* 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.
{{quote| '''Cal Meachem:''' Monitor the rate of radioactive decay.<br />
{{quote| '''Cal Meachem:''' Monitor the rate of radioactive decay.<br />
'''Tom Servo:''' Increase the ''[[Flash Gordon Serial (Film)|Flash Gordon]]'' noise and put more science stuff around! }}
'''Tom Servo:''' Increase the ''[[Flash Gordon Serial|Flash Gordon]]'' noise and put more science stuff around! }}
* [[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."
* [[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.
* [[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.
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|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.
* 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.
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': "Scientific progress goes 'boink'?"
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': "Scientific progress goes 'boink'?"