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* In the final episode of ''[[Blackadder]] the Third'', the three main characters are trying to come up with a plan to get the Prince Regent out of a duel he's sure to lose, when the plan comes up of Blackadder and the Prince switching places so that Blackadder can fight instead. When the Prince notes that it will never work, because "my portrait hangs on every wall", Baldrick - who thought to solve the problem of his mother's low roof by cutting off her head - offers up this gem:

{{quote|'''Baldrick:''' Well, my cousin Bert Baldrick, Mr. Gainsborough's butler's dogsbody, says that all portraits look the same nowadays since they're painted to a romantic ideal rather than as a true depiction of the idiosyncratic facial qualities of the person in question.

'''Blackadder''': Well, your cousin Bert obviously has a larger vocabulary than you, Baldrick. }}

* In ''[[QI]]'', [[The Ditz|Alan]] occasionally has this, usually when it makes the scene in question [[Rule of Funny|funnier]].

* The ''Judge'' is given the Smart Ball in case 3-5 of ''[[Phoenix Wright]]''. It's even lampshaded:

{{quote|'''The Judge''': {{spoiler|But no one could have predicted lightning hitting the bridge}}

'''Phoenix''': Did the Judge take smart pills over the recess?! }}

* For the first two [[Mass Effect]] games, [[Heroic Wannabe|Conrad Verner]] has bees seen as little more than an annoyance. Then come [[Mass Effect 3]] it turns out he is actually Dr. Conrad Verner and did a dissertation on dark matter energy, which helps with the construction of the Crucible.

** He also once corrected Apu on the nature of karma, using somewhat more complex words than usual in this scene.

{{quote|'''Homer:''' You're selling what now?

'''Apu:''' I'm selling only the concept of karmic realignment.

'''Homer:''' You can't sell that! Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos! (slams the door in Apu's face)

'''Apu:''' ...he's got me there. }}

** At the beginning of another episode, he predicts that a meteor heading for Springfield will probably shrink to the size of a small chihuahua. At the end of the episode, it gets lampshaded. "Dad was right!" "I know, kids. I'm scared, too."