The All-Solving Hammer: Difference between revisions

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[[File:clarksonhammer_7186.jpg|frame|[[Top Gear|Jeremy Clarkson]] illustrates the point.]]

{{quote| I ripped a page from my textbook, what will I do? Just use some tape, it will fix it.~~ ~~

{{quote|I ripped a page from my textbook, what will I do? Just use some tape, it will fix it.

I broke my favourite pot, what will I do? Just use some tape, it will fix it.~~ ~~

I broke my favourite pot, what will I do? Just use some tape, it will fix it.

The house is on fire, aliens are attacking and [[Chuck Norris]] is in front of my door, pissed. '''WHAT WILL I DO?!?''' [[Duct Tape for Everything|Just use some tape, it will fix it]]. }}

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* In ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'', Rincewind notes the Ecksian term "no worries" can fix just about any problem.

{{quote| It was an amazing phrase. It was practically magical all by itself. It just ...made things better. A shark's got your leg? No worries. You've been stung by a jellyfish? No worries! You're dead? She'll be right! No worries!}}

{{quote|It was an amazing phrase. It was practically magical all by itself. It just ...made things better. A shark's got your leg? No worries. You've been stung by a jellyfish? No worries! You're dead? She'll be right! No worries!}}

* In ''[[Dave Barry]] Slept Here'', President Truman's first idea for dealing with Stalin's blockade of West Berlin is dropping an atom bomb on Japan.

* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' has towels. They're good for just about everything (and their diverse uses are really ramped up in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Mostly Harmless|Mostly Harmless]]'').

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* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' has [[Crowning Moment of Funny|The All-Solving]] ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z86EGt3GuPw&playnext=1&list=PLC3EA36CCB0890C70&index=16 Cat]''.

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', in an alternate reality episode.

{{quote| '''Buffy:''' Why don't I just put a stake through her heart?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Why don't I just put a stake through her heart?

'''Giles:''' She's not a vampire.~~ ~~

'''Giles:''' She's not a vampire.

'''Buffy:''' Yeah, well, you'd be surprised how many things that'll kill. }}

* On ''[[The Red Green Show]]'', while Red himself relied on duct tape to deal with any situation, Edgar Montrose inevitably tried explosives.

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* In ''[[AH Dot Com the Series]]'', Thande will always suggest "Daring Commando Raid([[Tradesnark|TM]])?" as a plan to solve any crisis the crew find themselves in; this is almost invariably treated by the others as though it is a complex and tailor-made plan for the specific situation, and always works.

* [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/198344/blog/galactic-civilizations-diary-final-entry/ This] [[Let's Play]]-style article on ''[[Galactic Civilizations]] II''...well...

{{quote| God, look at me. This was supposed to be my quest for peace, and I've become addicted to ''destroying suns''. How did I try to mend relations with the Terrans? I blew up a sun. How did I vanquish the Dread Lords? I destroyed their sun. How did I tackle the volatile Drengin? Destroyed all their suns. Drath relations dodgy? Gear up to destroy some suns. [[The Tetris Effect|It was spreading to real life, too]]. Deputy Editor Tim called just now to ask how this diary was coming along, and all I could say was "It's taking a while. Couldn't we just destroy the sun?"}}

{{quote|God, look at me. This was supposed to be my quest for peace, and I've become addicted to ''destroying suns''. How did I try to mend relations with the Terrans? I blew up a sun. How did I vanquish the Dread Lords? I destroyed their sun. How did I tackle the volatile Drengin? Destroyed all their suns. Drath relations dodgy? Gear up to destroy some suns. [[The Tetris Effect|It was spreading to real life, too]]. Deputy Editor Tim called just now to ask how this diary was coming along, and all I could say was "It's taking a while. Couldn't we just destroy the sun?"}}

* ''[[Kickassia]]'' shows Doctor Smith exhibiting this, even though "Nobody likes the plan with the spiders."

** Hell, just about any [[That Guy With The Glasses]] sketch Dr. Smith appears in involves him suggesting an army of spiders for ''something''.

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** In another episode, Hank gets his old football coach to coach Bobby's team. His solution for anything is "take a salt tablet".

* On ''[[Bobby's World]]'', Uncle Ted was coaching Bobby's T-Ball team; one of them got hit with a ball and Ted said "Walk it off." This leads to an [[Imagine Spot]] where Bobby imagines Uncle Ted confronted with various other medical conditions:

{{quote| Broken leg? Walk it off.~~ ~~

{{quote|Broken leg? Walk it off.

Heart attack? Walk it off.~~ ~~

Heart attack? Walk it off.

Pregnant? Walk it off. }}

* In the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "My Future Self 'n' Me," Cartman runs a Parental Revenge Center and claims to come up with plans tailored to each child's parents, but all his plans just involve smearing poop on the walls of their house. The "tailoring" is what ''kind'' of poop is used.

* In a later episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''

{{quote| '''Betsy:''' It's all about little substitutions. If you want to eat something, eat a bell pepper. Crave something sweet? Eat a bell pepper. Want a beer? Bell pepper.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Betsy:''' It's all about little substitutions. If you want to eat something, eat a bell pepper. Crave something sweet? Eat a bell pepper. Want a beer? Bell pepper.

'''Homer:''' It tastes good like pepper, but crunchy like a bell!~~ ~~

'''Homer:''' It tastes good like pepper, but crunchy like a bell!

'''Betsy:''' Bell pepper! }}

** Another episode has the new gym teacher respond to anything with a dodgeball to the face. "Bombardment!"

* An episode of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' features a cleaning lady at the White House who prescribes club soda for cleaning up anything. She tries it on an indestructable forcefield and it works.

* This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''[[Avatar: The Abridged Series|Avatar the Abridged Series]]'' Episode 4.

{{quote| '''Katara:''' Have this magical plot-solving acorn. It has the power to resolve the plot of [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|any episode]].}}

{{quote|'''Katara:''' Have this magical plot-solving acorn. It has the power to resolve the plot of [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|any episode]].}}

* In ''[[Futurama]]'', the Neptunian master chef Elzar augments every dish he touches with a blast from a spice weasel. BAM!

* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' Pinkie Pie's solution to a given situation seems to involve either throwing a party or bursting into song. Sometimes she does both.