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Not to be confused with numbers relating to the prices of company stocks. |
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== "He who fights monsters..." == |
== "He who fights monsters..." == |
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* Quoted word-for-word in ''[[The Dark Tower]]''. |
* Quoted word-for-word in ''[[The Dark Tower]]''. |
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* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Discworld]]: |
* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Discworld]]: |
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** ''[[ |
** ''[[Thief of Time]]'' — When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss shouldn't wave to you. |
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** Mentioned again in ''[[ |
** Mentioned again in ''[[Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]''. |
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* ''[[Watchmen]].'' |
* ''[[Watchmen]].'' |
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* The second part of the quote is used at the end of the pilot episode of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', "Extreme Aggressor." Five seasons later, the quote is ([[Continuity Nod|deliberately]]) reused in its entirety at the beginning of the aptly named 100th episode "100." |
* The second part of the quote is used at the end of the pilot episode of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', "Extreme Aggressor." Five seasons later, the quote is ([[Continuity Nod|deliberately]]) reused in its entirety at the beginning of the aptly named 100th episode "100." |
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* Referenced in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' finale, "The Parting of the Ways". |
* Referenced in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' finale, "The Parting of the Ways". |
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=== [[Literature]] === |
=== [[Literature]] === |
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* Discussed in ''The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul''. |
* Discussed in ''The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul''. |
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* Referenced in "[[ |
* Referenced in "[[Feet of Clay (novel)|Feet of Clay]]" |
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{{quote|"It wasn't by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable..."}} |
{{quote|"It wasn't by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable..."}} |
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* Data referenced this line in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "Lonely Among Us". Somewhat lampshaded in that Data had just absorbed all of Doyle's [[Sherlock Holmes]] novels and was essentially channeling the famed detective. |
* Data referenced this line in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "Lonely Among Us". Somewhat lampshaded in that Data had just absorbed all of Doyle's [[Sherlock Holmes]] novels and was essentially channeling the famed detective. |
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The kid from the Silurian two-parter of the 2010 season. |
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The kid from the Silurian two-parter of the 2010 season. |
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=== Literature === |
=== Literature === |
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* Referenced in ''[[ |
* Referenced in ''[[Thief of Time]]'' with the line "We are Myria LeJean." |
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* Quoted in [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[IT]]'', when a character says she heard this quote from her sink during the 1957 incident. |
* Quoted in [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[IT]]'', when a character says she heard this quote from her sink during the 1957 incident. |
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** In fact, many of Stephen King's baddies ends up quoting that or just simply call themself Legion. Examples include [[The Stand|Randall Flagg]], [[Needful Things|Leland Gaut]], [[IT|Pennywise the Clown]], and many more. When [[The Dark Tower]] started to bind all the universes together many speculated that all these creature were in fact different aspects of one being. They were sadly [[Jossed]]. |
** In fact, many of Stephen King's baddies ends up quoting that or just simply call themself Legion. Examples include [[The Stand|Randall Flagg]], [[Needful Things|Leland Gaut]], [[IT|Pennywise the Clown]], and many more. When [[The Dark Tower]] started to bind all the universes together many speculated that all these creature were in fact different aspects of one being. They were sadly [[Jossed]]. |
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