History Quotes / HandWave

->'''Oprah:''' The more questions you ask, the less sense it makes.
-->-- ''Series/OddSquad'', "[[Recap/OddSquadS3E2OddBeginningsPartTwo Odd Beginnings: Part 2]]"

-->-- '''Sunken Scroll 7''', ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''

'''Teleporter: Quantum physics, duh.

->I don't think I have the intellectual ability to condense 17 years of study and experiment into 17 minutes of explanation. For the moment, it will have to suffice to say that the people you witness before, living under my care and protection, are animals that have been fused with human genes.
-->-- '''Dr. Moreau''', ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' (1996)

->When they wrote the script they obviously didn’t realise that [[Creator/JeffreyCombs (Jeffrey) Combs]] was going to do such a stellar job with the role and so they had to figure a way to rewind the ending of this tale where Weyoun is killed. Of ''course'' the Vorta are a [[CloneArmy clone race]]…didn’t you know?
-->-- '''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/way-of-warrior-written-by-ira-steven.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''

->Now, you shouldn't be surprised that there is magical 'interference' at work here. Because on the one hand, we can pick up lifesigns so well we can identify the ''species'' of a lifeform from lightyears away, while they're hiding inside of an asteroid field--''inside'' of an asteroid, no less. But detecting '''explosives''' within the asteroid field? [[HaHaHaNo Ha ha ha, not a chance]]. 'Interference' usually means 'from the writer'.
-->-- '''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Homestead"

->It is, we learn, an Asian crocodile. "How did he swim across the sea?" a lawman asks, not unreasonably. "They conceal information like that in books," one of the movie's croc lovers answers sarcastically. I dunno; [[DumbassHasAPoint I thought it was a pretty good question]].
-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''' reviews ''Film/LakePlacid''

->'''Chris:''' The Penguin is thrown into the river, bassinet and all, and rather than sinking and drowning, he floats into the sewers where he’s found by a flock of penguins who are inexplicably living in Gotham City’s sewer.\\
'''David:''' I guess they escaped from the zoo?\\
'''Chris:''' The movie actually shows them being from an abandoned aquarium, because apparently when the money runs out, you just stop going to work and leave all the animals to fend for themselves. And again, I mentioned this in passing with [[Film/Batman1989 the first movie,]] but I’m kind of okay with Gotham City being a place where weird stuff like that happens.
-->-- '''Chris Sims and David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/batman-returns-review/ on]] ''Film/BatmanReturns''

->See, this immortal sanctuary is specifically mentioned as holy ground. As in that one place where no immortal can ever fight. As in the place where the one time in recorded history where an immortal killed another immortal on holy ground, the entire city of Pompeii got destroyed. Now Kell leads a band of evil immortals to the sanctuary, kills all the monks, and then decapitates the dozen or so helpless immortals there. The result? ''Nothing''. Nothing happens. Turns out that the whole holy ground thing is all a myth and that [[WithMyHandsTied immortals just like to handicap themselves that way]] just because.
-->-- [[http://www.http://screamsheet.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/highlander-endgame-part-two/ The Screamsheet]] on ''Film/HighlanderEndgame''

->Of course, the real question is, where did I get the [[SpotOfTea cup of tea]]? Answer: I'm the Doctor. Just accept it. ''(sips tea)''

-->-- '''The Judge''', ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney''

'''''Franchise/StarTrek'' technical advisor Michael Okuda:''' [[{{Henway}} It works very well]], thank you.

->It's magic, mutant. If you think about it too hard, your brain will explode.

'''Chris:''' The movie actually shows them being from an abandoned aquarium, because apparently when the money runs out, you just stop going to work and leave all the animals to fend for themselves. And again, I mentioned this in passing with [[Film/Batman1989 the first movie,]] but I’m kind of okay with Gotham City being a place where [[CityOfWeirdos weird stuff like that happens]].

!!!Reviews

!!!Fiction

->'''Stan''': Jeff?! I thought you drowned!\\
'''Jeff''': [[UnexplainedRecovery Nope.]]\\
'''Stan''': Alright.

->'''Zadok''': We have ambient light. That means it's coming from everywhere at once. If there's space up there, it's white too.\\
'''Ghanny''': So?\\
'''Zadok''': So shouldn't that light be accumulating and blinding us all?\\

'''Ghanny''': Einstein would have a fit.

->'''Hori''': You and your damned [[ScullyBox boxes]]! What high school student always carries around a box?!\\
'''Nozaki''': I'll add in an explanation.\\
'''Mamiko''': Lately, boxes are really popular with us!\\
'''Hori''': ''You're fixing the wrong thing!''

->'''Jake''': Um... am I the only one who notices that my key is the wrong color?\\
'''Gosei''': Jake. There's a simple explanation for that- ''(cut off by explosions)''

->'''Time Magazine''': How does the Heisenberg compensator work?\\
'''''Franchise/StarTrek'' technical advisor Michael Okuda''': [[{{Henway}} It works very well]], thank you.

'''David''': I guess they escaped from the zoo?\\
'''Chris''': The movie actually shows them being from an abandoned aquarium, because apparently when the money runs out, you just stop going to work and leave all the animals to fend for themselves. And again, I mentioned this in passing with [[Film/Batman1989 the first movie,]] but I’m kind of okay with Gotham City being a place where [[CityOfWeirdos weird stuff like that happens]].

->'''Reynardine:''' It behaves that way because she wills it so. That's how a blinker stone works!
->'''Kat:''' That doesn't explain anything!
->'''Reynardine:''' It explains enough, doesn't it?
->'''Kat:''' Ugh! That's a terrible ethic!

->'''Christina:''' How does a crystal drive a bus?
->'''The Doctor:''' In a super clever outer-spacey way... just trust me.

-> '''Stan''': Jeff?! I thought you drowned!
->'''Jeff''': [[UnexplainedRecovery Nope.]]
->'''Stan''': Alright.

-> '''Zadok''': We have ambient light. That means it's coming from everywhere at once. If there's space up there, it's white too.
->'''Ghanny''': So?
->'''Zadok''': So shouldn't that light be accumulating and blinding us all?
->'''[[AuthorAvatar Tailsteak]]''': Light in this universe breaks back down into heat after traveling 1.85 kilometres.
->'''Ghanny''': Einstein would have a fit.

->'''Hori''': You and your damned [[ScullyBox boxes]]! What high school student always carries around a box?!
->'''Nozaki''': I'll add in an explanation.
->'''Mamiko''': Lately, boxes are really popular with us!
->'''Hori''': ''You're fixing the wrong thing!''

-> The inquisition has ingeniously solved the query by disregarding it.
-->-- '''The Judge''' ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney''

->'''Guy''': Immigration missing your mutant gene is one thing, but how does a guy with an adamantium skeleton avoid setting off every metal detector in the building?
->'''Wolverine''': Three little words, bub: I'm a professional.

-->--'''Dr. Moreau''', ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' (1996)

-->--''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce''

-->--"Reconfigure the Modulators," Nov. 28, 1994

-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/way-of-warrior-written-by-ira-steven.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''

-->--'''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Homestead"

-->--'''Creator/RogerEbert''' reviews ''Film/LakePlacid''

'''Chris''': The movie actually shows them being from an abandoned aquarium, because apparently when the money runs out, you just stop going to work and leave all the animals to fend for themselves. And again, I mentioned this in passing with [[{{Film/Batman}} the first movie,]] but I’m kind of okay with Gotham City being a place where [[CityOfWeirdos weird stuff like that happens]].
-->--Chris Sims and David Uzumeri [[http://comicsalliance.com/batman-returns-review/ on]] ''Film/BatmanReturns''

-->--[[http://www.http://screamsheet.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/highlander-endgame-part-two/ The Screamsheet]] on ''Film/HighlanderEndgame''