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-->--'''Isolde''', ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie''

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-->--'''Isolde''', ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie''''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie''

->That's two points for recycling! The girls' score is now the square-root of pi, while the boys still have a crudely-drawn picture of a duck. Clearly, it's still anyone's game!
-->--'''Phineas Flynn''', WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb
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->''" No, Ozy, "House Rules Parcheesi" is absolutely nothing like "Calvinball." Now, you have seven blorms, and you have to move your roll of duct tape around the giant ceramic hippo."''
-->--'''Isolde''', ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie''
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-> ''"Could someone please tell me what we are supposed to be doing? What's the point? This entire game is completely random! It jumps from one thing to another! I don't know how you are supposed to win! And Patrick seems to be making up the rules as he goes along!"''
-->-- '''Squidward''' on Patrick's game, ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
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-> ''[Drops rock, which breaks in two]''

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-> ''[Drops rock, which breaks in two]'' two, as Patrick blows chess pieces forward on a board]''
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--> '''[[NationsAsPeople Poland]]:''' I'll invoke [[ThirdPersonPerson Poland]]'s rule! It'll always be my turn!

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--> -> '''[[NationsAsPeople Poland]]:''' I'll ''"I'll invoke [[ThirdPersonPerson Poland]]'s rule! It'll always be my turn!turn!"''
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--> '''[[NationsAsPeople Poland]]:''' I'll invoke [[ThirdPersonPerson Poland]]'s rule! It'll always be my turn!
-->-- '''Poland''' during a game of chess, ''Franchise/AxisPowersHetalia''
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[[VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} Maxwell]]: Oooh! I love it when they bend the rules! At least it's more fun than the Giant Ape Fights, that just sounds boring.

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[[VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} Maxwell]]: '''[[VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} Maxwell]]''': Oooh! I love it when they bend the rules! At least it's more fun than the Giant Ape Fights, that just sounds boring.
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-> ''"The only permanent rule in [[TropeNamers Calvinball]] is that you can't play it the same way twice!"''
-->-- '''Calvin''', ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
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-->--'''Narration''', Malachi summarizing TheFairFolk's sports in ''[[QuantumGravity Chasing the Dragon]]''

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-->--'''Narration''', Malachi summarizing TheFairFolk's sports in ''[[QuantumGravity ''[[Literature/QuantumGravity Chasing the Dragon]]''
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'''[[RetroGameMaster Arino]]''': It's baseball, but they jazzed up a lot.\\

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'''[[RetroGameMaster '''[[Series/RetroGameMaster Arino]]''': It's baseball, but they jazzed up a lot.\\
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->--''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue''

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->--''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue''
-->--''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue''
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->'''Jim:''' All right. So each player gets six cards, except the one on the player's right, who gets seven. The second card is turned up, except on Tuesdays.\\
'''Sulu:''' Is today Tuesday?\\
'''Scotty:''' It's got to be Tuesday ''[[UniversalUniverseTime somewhere]]'', Mr. Sulu.\\
'''Jim:''' Stipulated. Now, two jacks is a half-fizzbin, but you don't want three. Three is a shralk. You get those, you get disqualified.\\
'''Ael:''' You do?\\
'''Jim:''' Absolutely. Now look there: Sulu's got two jacks. That's good. Now he wants a king and a deuce.\\
'''[=McCoy=]:''' Except at night. In which case he wants a king and an ace.\\
'''tr'Keirianh:''' How is "night" determined? If playing aboard ship, does ship's time prevail? Or is it always determined to be night in space?\\
'''Jim:''' Only in leap year.\\
'''Sulu:''' When the moon is full.\\
'''K's't'lk:''' Now wait a minute. ''Whose'' moon?\\
'''Ael:''' And why should a year leap?\\
''(reportedly goes on for two more hours)''
-->-- a game of fizzbin, ''Franchise/{{Star Trek|ExpandedUniverse}}: Literature/{{Rihannsu}} -- The Empty Chair''
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-> '''Squidward''': What are you two invertebrates doing?!

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-> '''Squidward''': What are you two invertebrates [[HypocriticalHumor invertebrates]] doing?!
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-> {{Beat}}

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-> {{Beat}}'''{{Beat}}'''
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-->--Roleplay/WeAreOurAvtars

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-->--Roleplay/WeAreOurAvtars-->--Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars
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->'''Twilight''': What's Blernsball?\\
'''[[RetroGameMaster Arino]]''': It's baseball, but they jazzed up a lot.\\
'''Twilight''': Ah baseball. I love complicated games!\\
[[VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} Maxwell]]: Oooh! I love it when they bend the rules! At least it's more fun than the Giant Ape Fights, that just sounds boring.
-->--Roleplay/WeAreOurAvtars
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-->-- '''The host of Numberwang''', frequently, at ''completely random intervals'', ''ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''

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-->-- '''The host of Numberwang''', frequently, at ''completely random intervals'', ''ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''
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-->-- '''The host of [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Numberwang]]''', frequently, at ''completely random intervals''

->''Malachi shrugged. He didn't follow human sports. They were too dull and the rules never changed.''

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-->-- '''The host of [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Numberwang]]''', Numberwang''', frequently, at ''completely random intervals''

->''Malachi
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->''"Malachi
shrugged. He didn't follow human sports. They were too dull and the rules never changed.''"''


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->''"That's two points for recycling! The girls' score is now the square-root of pi while the boys still have a crudely-drawn picture of a duck. Clearly, it's still anyone's game!"''
-->--'''Phineas''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
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-->--''SpongeBobSquarePants''

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-->--''SpongeBobSquarePants''
-->--''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''



->--''ImSorryIHaventAClue''

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->--''ImSorryIHaventAClue''
->--''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue''
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-->'''Humph''': Fingers on buzzers, teams. How many legs have donkeys?
-->'''Tim''' [''buzzing'']: Four!
-->'''Humph''': Tim says four. Barry and Graeme?
-->'''Barry and Graeme''': Higher, higher, no, I think it's lower. Lower.
-->'''Humph''': You say lower? Well, the right answer is no legs have donkeys. So, you were right to go lower. And Tim gets ten points. Tim, question or nominate?
-->'''Tim''': Nominate Graeme!
-->'''Humph''': No, the correct answer is "nominate Barry". You lose ten points. Barry, what's the first letter of the word "aardvark": A, B, C or D?
-->'''Barry''': Can I go 50-50, Humph?
-->'''Humph''': Very well. Computer, take away one wrong answer and one right answer. Barry, you have two wrong answers left. Which do you go for?
-->--''ImSorryIHaventAClue''

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-->'''Humph''': ->'''Humph''': Fingers on buzzers, teams. How many legs have donkeys?
-->'''Tim''' ->'''Tim''' [''buzzing'']: Four!
-->'''Humph''': ->'''Humph''': Tim says four. Barry and Graeme?
-->'''Barry ->'''Barry and Graeme''': Higher, higher, no, I think it's lower. Lower.
-->'''Humph''': ->'''Humph''': You say lower? Well, the right answer is no legs have donkeys. So, you were right to go lower. And Tim gets ten points. Tim, question or nominate?
-->'''Tim''': ->'''Tim''': Nominate Graeme!
-->'''Humph''': ->'''Humph''': No, the correct answer is "nominate Barry". You lose ten points. Barry, what's the first letter of the word "aardvark": A, B, C or D?
-->'''Barry''': ->'''Barry''': Can I go 50-50, Humph?
-->'''Humph''': ->'''Humph''': Very well. Computer, take away one wrong answer and one right answer. Barry, you have two wrong answers left. Which do you go for?
-->--''ImSorryIHaventAClue''
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-->'''Humph''': So, Barry and Graeme, you were right to go lower. And Tim gets ten points. Tim, question or nominate?

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-->'''Humph''': So, Fingers on buzzers, teams. How many legs have donkeys?
-->'''Tim''' [''buzzing'']: Four!
-->'''Humph''': Tim says four.
Barry and Graeme, Graeme?
-->'''Barry and Graeme''': Higher, higher, no, I think it's lower. Lower.
-->'''Humph''': You say lower? Well, the right answer is no legs have donkeys. So,
you were right to go lower. And Tim gets ten points. Tim, question or nominate?



-->'''Humph''': Very well. Computer, take away one wrong answer and one right answer.

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-->'''Humph''': Very well. Computer, take away one wrong answer and one right answer. Barry, you have two wrong answers left. Which do you go for?
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-->'''Humph''': So, Barry and Graeme, you were right to go lower. And Tim gets ten points. Tim, question or nominate?
-->'''Tim''': Nominate Graeme!
-->'''Humph''': No, the correct answer is "nominate Barry". You lose ten points. Barry, what's the first letter of the word "aardvark": A, B, C or D?
-->'''Barry''': Can I go 50-50, Humph?
-->'''Humph''': Very well. Computer, take away one wrong answer and one right answer.
-->--''ImSorryIHaventAClue''
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--> SpongeBobSquarePants

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--> SpongeBobSquarePants-->--''SpongeBobSquarePants''
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-> '''Spongebob''': "Hike Patrick, hike!"
-> ''[Drops rock, which breaks in two]''
-> '''Spongebob''': "You just lost 3 points!"
-> ''[Climbs up coral]''
-> '''Spongebob''': "1, 2, 5!"
-> ''[Stands on his head and blows a bubble in the shape of 'G7']''
-> '''Spongebob''': "G7!"
-> '''Patrick''': "G7?! King me, king me! "
-> ''[smashes into coral]''
-> '''Patrick''': "I lose!"
-> '''Spongebob''': "But it's not ''Tuesday'', Patrick!"
-> '''Patrick''': "Tartar sauce!"
-> '''Squidward''': What are you two invertebrates doing?!
-> {{Beat}}
-> '''Patrick''' and '''Spongebob''': "We don't know."
--> SpongeBobSquarePants
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-->'''Narration''', Malachi summarizing TheFairFolk's sports in ''[[QuantumGravity Chasing the Dragon]]''

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-->'''Narration''', -->--'''Narration''', Malachi summarizing TheFairFolk's sports in ''[[QuantumGravity Chasing the Dragon]]''
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-->-- '''The host of [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Numberwang]]''', frequently, at ''completely random intervals''

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-->-- '''The host of [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Numberwang]]''', frequently, at ''completely random intervals''intervals''

->''Malachi shrugged. He didn't follow human sports. They were too dull and the rules never changed.''
-->'''Narration''', Malachi summarizing TheFairFolk's sports in ''[[QuantumGravity Chasing the Dragon]]''
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-> "That's Numberwang!"

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-> "That's Numberwang!"''"That's Numberwang!"''
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-> That's Numberwang!
-->-- '''The host of [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Numberwang]][''', frequently, at ''completely random intervals''

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-> That's Numberwang!
"That's Numberwang!"
-->-- '''The host of [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Numberwang]][''', Numberwang]]''', frequently, at ''completely random intervals''
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-->-- The host of [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Numberwang]], frequently, at ''completely random intervals''

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-->-- The '''The host of [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Numberwang]], Numberwang]][''', frequently, at ''completely random intervals''

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-->-- The host of [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Numberwang]], frequently, at ''completely random intervals''

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