History Main / ThingOMeter

* On ''{{Frasier}}'', Niles snarks that the psychic debunker they've invited over will be bringing a "ghost-o-meter" (hard "o"). Daphne rejoins that it's called a "ghost-ah-meter" (soft "o").

* A season 2 episode of ''Laff-a-Lympics'' employed an applause meter to guage which of the three teams would win a specific event. Mildew Wolf would hold his microphone to the camera, presumably for the viewers at home to vote by applause. Naturally, the Really Rottens got bupkis.

* A season 2 episode of ''Laff-a-Lympics'' employed an applause meter to guage which of the three teams would win a specific event. Mildew Wolf would hold his microphone to the camera, presumably for the viewers at home to voye by applause. Naturally, the Really Rottens got bupkis.

* Nicorette's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qeC568u27Y "Suck-O-Meter" ads]]

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** On another occasion, he pulled out a "Doom-o-meter" that measures just how doomed something is, in MiliDooms. Of course, 1000 MiliDooms = 1 Doom.

'''Comic Book Guy:''' A sarcasm detector, that's a ''really'' useful invention. [''Sarcasm detector explodes'']

* ''NostalgiaCritic'' has used these a few times, such as the white-o-meter in his ''[[VanillaIce Cool As Ice]]'' review.

* RationalWiki's [[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Irony_meter Irony Meter.]] Irony Meters are often mentioned on FSTDT, usually in in a ReadingsAreOffTheScale ExplosiveInstrumentation way.

* Canadian teen talk show ''Jonovision'' had an applause-o-meter to determine how much of the audience agreed with the topic ''du jour''.
* On an episode of ''ImSorryIHaventAClue'', the round of MorningtonCrescent ended with Humph announcing "According to our clapometer, Tim is the winner". Barry Cryer then added "Report to the clinic immediately".

A speedometer measures how fast you go, a radiometer measures the radiant flux of electromagnetic radiation, and the ThingOMeter measures everything the EverythingSensor doesn't, probably on an AbstractScale.

Commonly seen as the Laugh-O-Meter or Applause-O-Meter, which is based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clap-o-meter Clap-O-Meter]] used in old game shows. There are thousands of variations, though-- Suck-O-Meter, Creep-O-Meter, Love-O-Meter, basically Whatever-You-Want-O-Meter.

They're usually not very reliable though as their indicators are prone to [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale going off-scale]] or even [[ExplosiveInstrumentation breaking]].

Not to be confused with any of the meters used in games (like KarmaMeter). Compare TropeOMatic, TheLittleDetecto.

* The CareBears have, of course, the Caring Meter.

* ''NostalgiaCritic'' has used these a few times, such as the white-o-meter in his ''CoolAsIce'' review.

A speedometer measures how fast you go, a radiometer measures the radiant flux of electromagnetic radiation, and the ThingOMeter measures everything the EverythingSensor doesn't.

They're usually not very reliable though as their indicators are prone going off-scale or even breaking.

* ''{{Discworld}}'''s thaumometer, which measures a magical field in "thaums".

* Canadian teen talk show ''Jonovision'' had an applause-o-meter to determine how much of the audience agreed with the topic du jour.

* StargateAtlantis has a device nicknamed the "acsendometer".

* ''NostalgiaCritic'' has used these a few times. for an example, white'o meter in his ''CoolAsIce'' review.

* A laugh-o-meter features prominently in a the ''Batman: The Animated Series'' episode "Almost Got 'Em," where Joker rigs one up to an electric chair, straps Batman to it, and lets laughing gas leak into a studio audience.

-->'''Lyndsey Nagle:''' Do I detect a note of sarcasm?
-->'''Frink:''' ''With sarcasm detector'' Are you kidding? This baby is off the charts, [[VerbalTic mm-hai]].
-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' A sarcasm detector, that's a real useful invention. ''Sarcasm detector explodes''

* As mentioned in the description, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clap-o-meter Clap-O-Meter]], which was a feature on many game shows in the 60s and 70s. It was supplanted by more accurate forms of audience voting, like keys pads.

* When discussing the development of the Wii, Miyamoto mentioned a theoretical "Wife-o-Meter" he used to measure his wife's increasing interest in video games over the years.

A speedometer measures how fast you go, a radiometer measures the radiant flux of electromagnetic radiation, and the ThingOMeter measures everything else.

Not to be confused with any of the meters used in games (like KarmaMeter). Compare TropeOMatic.

* ''{{Homestuck}}'' had its "Flighty Broads and Their Snarky Horseshit Meter". It too ends up exploding.

* When discussing the development of the Wii, Myamoto mentioned a theoretical "Wife-o-Meter" he used to measure his wife's increasing interest in video games over the years.

-->Lyndsey Nagle: Do I detect a note of sarcasm?
-->Frink: ''With sarcasm detector'' Are you kidding? This baby is off the charts, [[VerbalTic mm-hai]].
-->Comic Book Guy: A sarcasm detector, that's a real useful invention. ''Sarcasm detector explodes''

Commonly seen as the Laugh-O-Meter or Applause-O-Meter, which is based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clap-o-meter Clap-O-Meter]] used in old game shows. There are thousands of variations, though-- Suck-O-Meter, Creep-O-Meter, Love-O-Meter, etc.

Not to be confused with any of the meters used in games (like KarmaMeter, etc.)

Compare TropeOMatic.