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-->-- Music/TallyHall, "Inside the Mind of Simon"[[note]]an early version of Music/MiracleMusical's "The Mind Electric", with modified lyrics[[/note]]

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-->-- Music/TallyHall, '''Music/TallyHall''', "Inside the Mind of Simon"[[note]]an early version of Music/MiracleMusical's "The Mind Electric", with modified lyrics[[/note]]

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-->-- Music/TallyHall, "Inside the Mind of Simon"

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-->-- Music/TallyHall, "Inside the Mind of Simon"Simon"[[note]]an early version of Music/MiracleMusical's "The Mind Electric", with modified lyrics[[/note]]
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Not sure if the first verse is needed, but it adds more to the idea that he's being held on trial


-->-- ''Series/TheProfessionals'', "In The Public Interest"

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-->-- ''Series/TheProfessionals'', "In The Public Interest"Interest"

->''Resident Simon, how do you plead?\\
We'll need your testimony on the stand.\\
Solemnly swear to summon your story,\\
tell the truth and raise your right hand.\\\
Resident Marvin, let me explain.\\
My brain has claimed its glory over me.\\
I've a good heart, I may be insane.\\
Please mend my mind and let me go free.''
-->-- Music/TallyHall, "Inside the Mind of Simon"
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-->-- [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/Cracked Cracked]], [[https://www.cracked.com/article_18385_7-bullshit-police-myths-everyone-believes-thanks-to-movies.html 7 Bullshit Police Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies)]]

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-->-- [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/Cracked Cracked]], [[https://www.cracked.com/article_18385_7-bullshit-police-myths-everyone-believes-thanks-to-movies.html 7 Bullshit Police Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies)]]Movies)]]

->'''Doyle:''' [[YoureInsane You must be out of your mind!]]
->'''Chives:''' Yes, I've considered that as one line of defence.
-->-- ''Series/TheProfessionals'', "In The Public Interest"
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-->--'''Renfield''', ''Film/Dracula1931''

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-->--'''Renfield''', ''Film/Dracula1931''''Film/Dracula1931''

->''This has always been one of those situations where people simply want to believe the system is worse than it is. We can't escape the idea that the courts are too soft on the bad guys and that guilty people are running free left and right. Besides, what is insanity, anyway? Can't you say that anyone who willingly kills another human being is "insane"? Won't giving these guys a free pass based on a little craziness bring the whole system down?

-> Yes, it would. Which is why the courts don't do it.''
-->-- [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/Cracked Cracked]], [[https://www.cracked.com/article_18385_7-bullshit-police-myths-everyone-believes-thanks-to-movies.html 7 Bullshit Police Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies)]]
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->''"God will not damn a poor lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those with weak minds."''
-->--'''Renfield''', ''Film/Dracula1931''

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