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{{quote|'''Scientist:''' [[Negative Space Wedgie|Shiny]] [[Hell Gate|void]] [[Another Dimension|rift]] [[X Meets Y|plus]] [[Kill Sat|big]] [[BFG|space]] [[Wave Motion Gun|gun]] [[Oh Crap|make]] [[Earthshattering Kaboom|world]] [[The End of the World as We Know It|go]] [[Apocalypse How|'splody.]]}}
** And [http://exterminatusnow.comicgenesis.com/d/20100926.html here], where they use some of the more well known ones. Don't miss the labels on the other switches.
* ''[[Far Out There]]'' does this [https://web.archive.org/web/20150313094911/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1030261/page-111-show-your-work/ all] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150313092153/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071120/page-211-and-its-not-just-because-its-angry/ the] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150313092519/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1071137/page-213-get-on-with-it/ freaking] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150313095443/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080531/page-274-and-the-technobabble-flowed-forth/ time], though there's usually at least a little [https://web.archive.org/web/20150313095447/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080537/page-279-just-let-them-play-with-their-toys/ lampshading] going on.
* [http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/10/28/0212-techno-babble/ Completely inverted] by ''[[Sandra and Woo]]''.
* Technobabble in ''[[Girl Genius]]'' tends to run afoul of the [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]; if any use of technology is described it will fail or be foiled, necessitating [[Indy Ploy|on-the-spot improvisation]] that involves [[Percussive Maintenance]], [[Frickin' Laser Beams]], or [[A Wizard Did It|just science that happens to be weird]]. The entire three-way poison cure between Agatha, Gil and Tavrek is a good example, as it was full of babbling Sparks getting owned by [[Finagle's Law]].
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