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As you might know, even [[This Very Wiki]] is fond of using this. It's the [[Trope Namer]] for:
 
* [[SchrodingersSchrodinger's Butterfly]]: The story is both real and [[All Just a Dream]] simultaneously.
* [[SchrodingersSchrodinger's Cast]]: A character is both alive and dead simultaneously, in different versions of the story.
* [[SchrodingersSchrodinger's Gun]]: The location and nature of the [[Chekhov's Gun|plot device]] are undetermined until you look for it.
* [[SchrodingersSchrodinger's Player Character]]: The cast of the story is undetermined until the player chooses his or her role.
* [[SchrodingersSchrodinger's Question]]: In a role-playing game, the correct answer to the question is undetermined until the player gives the answer.
* [[SchrodingersSchrodinger's Suggestion Box]]: In a role-playing game, some rules are undetermined until a player asks if their bright idea is permitted.
 
 
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* In ''[[All Star Superman]]'', the Ultrasphinx traps Lois Lane in a state of quantum uncertainty, between life and death, unless someone can answer its riddle. Superman answers it and saves her.
* In one ''[[The Mighty Thor]]'' story, Donald Blake references Schrödinger's cat in describing the Odinsleep, saying the sleeper is in a state between life and death.
* Played with in ''[[The Incredible Hercules]]'', where Amadeus Cho finds himself playing a deadly Role-Playing Game (itself a [[SchrodingersSchrodinger's Butterfly]] of a sort), in which his character, Mastermind Excello, encounters a box containing a cat that is literally both dead and alive in the lair of a [[Mad Scientist]].
 
 
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* A famous quote by [[Stephen Hawking]] is the following: "When I hear about Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my gun." [http://physics.about.com/od/quantumphysics/f/schroedcat.htm I'll allow About.com to explain this]:
{{quote| ''This represents the thoughts of many physicists, because there are several aspects the thought experiment that bring up issues. The biggest problem with the analogy is that quantum physics typically only operates on the microscopic scale of atoms and subatomic particles, not on the macroscopic scale of cats and poison vials.''}}
** It's either that or a crippling fear of [[EverythingsEverything's Deader With Zombies|zombie cats]].
*** ''Radioactive'' zombie cats.
** [[Comically Missing the Point|How does he reach for his gun anyway?]]
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