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->'''Barbara Spencer:''' Blow an opening. With what? Don't tell me you know how to make a bomb out of a stick of chewing gum?\\
'''[[TropeNamer [=MacGyver=]:]]''' [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder Why, you got some]]?
-->-- '''Series/MacGyver1985'''

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-->-- '''[[CoolOldGuy Artie Nielsen]]''', ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}''

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-->-- '''[[CoolOldGuy Artie Nielsen]]''', ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}''
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->'''Tenth Doctor:''' Need this? ''(waves [[IconicItem sonic screwdriver]])''\\
'''Fifth Doctor:''' No I'm fine, thank you.\\
'''Tenth Doctor:''' Oh right, you mostly went hands-free, didn't you? Like "Hey, I'm the Doctor, I can save the universe with a kettle and some string! And look at me, [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim I'm wearing a vegetable]]."
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Time Crash"


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->'''Tenth Doctor:''' Need this? ''[waves [[IconicItem sonic screwdriver]]]''\\
'''Fifth Doctor:''' No, I'm fine, thank you.\\
'''Tenth Doctor:''' Oh right, you mostly went hands-free, didn't you? Like "Hey, I'm the Doctor, I can save the universe with a kettle and some string! And look at me, [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim I'm wearing a vegetable]]."
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash Time Crash]]"
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->''"That's a [[SubspaceAnsible communications system]]. It needs repair, but I'm willing to bet that you've brought one of those famed Starfleet [[TheEngineer engineers]] who can turn rocks into replicators."''
-->-- '''Keevan''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E02RocksAndShoals Rocks and Shoals]]"
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->''"Darby can take any three things and make them explode."''
-->-- '''Izzy''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}''

->'''Mo:''' Hey, what are you doing?\\
'''Darby:''' Building a bomb. \\
'''Mo:''' Nice, [[LampshadeHanging do you need a pen?]] \\
'''Darby:''' No. Here. ''[Hands Mo a stick of gum]'' \\
'''Mo:''' Oh, thank you. Peppermint. \\
'''Darby:''' Give me the wrapper. \\
'''Mo:''' ''[Gives Darby the gum wrapper]'' So, you can just build a bomb out of that stuff? \\
'''Darby:''' I've worked with less. Now give me the gum. \\
'''Mo:''' Wait, I'm not done, there's still a lot of flavor left. \\
'''Darby:''' Come on! ''[Mo hands her the gum]'' There. ''[Steps away from the finished bomb]'' When they step on it, it will blow up.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}''
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->'''Kane:''' You can't build an ionic membrane from scratch!\\
'''Thirteenth Doctor:''' If I had crayons and half a can of Spam, I could build ''you'' from scratch!
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E3Orphan55 Orphan 55]]"
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->''"I don't care what anything was '''designed''' to do, I care about what it '''can''' do!"''
-->--'''Gene Kranz''', ''Film/Apollo13''
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->''"Oookay... We, we could take our wheelbarrow, build it into a little boat, and then we ride it across, and then build it back into a wheelbarrow again!"''
-->--'''James Humphrey''', ''Film/CannibalTheMusical''
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->''"Then, on the fourth day, he roped himself a couple of sea turtles, lashed 'em together and made a raft."''
-->--'''Mr. Gibbs''' on '''Jack Sparrow''', ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''
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->''"Think I don't know how to improvise an electromagnet? I was doing this when Series/MacGyver was still trapped in his crib... And ''this'' was only one of 23 ways I could have escaped."''

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->''"Think I don't know how to improvise an electromagnet? I was doing this when Series/MacGyver Series/{{MacGyver|1985}} was still trapped in his crib... And ''this'' was only one of 23 ways I could have escaped."''
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->'''Tenth Doctor:''' Need this? ''(waves [[DoesEverythingTool sonic screwdriver]])\\

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->'''Tenth Doctor:''' Need this? ''(waves [[DoesEverythingTool [[IconicItem sonic screwdriver]])\\screwdriver]])''\\

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->''"Hey, I'm the Doctor, I can save the universe with a kettle and some string, and look at me, [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim I'm wearing a vegetable]]."''
-->-- '''The Tenth Doctor''', mocking '''the Fifth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Time Crash"

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->''"Hey, ->'''Tenth Doctor:''' Need this? ''(waves [[DoesEverythingTool sonic screwdriver]])\\
'''Fifth Doctor:''' No I'm fine, thank you.\\
'''Tenth Doctor:''' Oh right, you mostly went hands-free, didn't you? Like "Hey,
I'm the Doctor, I can save the universe with a kettle and some string, and string! And look at me, [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim I'm wearing a vegetable]]."''
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-->-- '''The Tenth Doctor''', mocking '''the Fifth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Time Crash"
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->''"Hey, I'm the Doctor, I can save the universe with a kettle and some string, and look at me, [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim I'm wearing a vegetable]]."''
-->-- '''The Tenth Doctor''', mocking '''the Fifth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Time Crash"
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->''"It's a terrible thing to have your life depend on your half-assed handiwork."''
-->-- '''Mark Watney''', ''Literature/TheMartian''
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-->-- '''Obadiah Stane''', ''Film/IronMan''

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-->-- '''Obadiah Stane''', ''Film/IronMan''
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->'''Carter:''' You built a ''stargate'' in my ''basement?''\\
'''Ancient:''' Much of your technology can be re-purposed if you know what you're doing. By the way, you need a new toaster.
-->-- ''Series/StargateSG1''
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-->-- '''Music/{{Voltaire}}''', "[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The U.S.S. Make Shit Up]]"

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-->-- '''Music/{{Voltaire}}''', "[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries "[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The U.S.S. Make Shit Up]]"
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-->-- '''{{Music/Voltaire}}''', "[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The U.S.S. Make Shit Up]]"

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-->-- '''{{Music/Voltaire}}''', '''Music/{{Voltaire}}''', "[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The U.S.S. Make Shit Up]]"



-->--''Series/BurnNotice''

->"Think I don't know how to improvise an electromagnet? I was doing this when Series/MacGyver was still trapped in his crib... And ''this'' was only one of 23 ways I could have escaped."
-->-[[CoolOldGuy Artie Nielsen]], ''Series/WarehouseThirteen''

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-->--''Series/BurnNotice''

->"Think
-->-- '''Michael Alan Westen''', ''Series/BurnNotice''

->''"Think
I don't know how to improvise an electromagnet? I was doing this when Series/MacGyver was still trapped in his crib... And ''this'' was only one of 23 ways I could have escaped."
-->-[[CoolOldGuy
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-->-- '''[[CoolOldGuy
Artie Nielsen]], ''Series/WarehouseThirteen''
Nielsen]]''', ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}''



->''"'''Your Weapon''': You will be using a hat filled with [=BBs=] because self-defense gadgets are what you get when you mix imagination and paranoia with karate."''
-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.break.com/article/4-real-guides-for-killing-with-everyday-objects-2570123 "4 Everyday Items You Didn't Know Were Weapons"]]

->'''Zeetha:''' Good grief! How did you construct something so ''complicated''?
->'''Agatha:''' ''Please.'' I ''always'' carry a Swiss Army knife and a coil of wire.
-->-- ''GirlGenius''

->"I've built a TV out of paperclips, and reprogrammed a super computer using dishwashing detergent and a toothpick, so look, fixing a propeller on a bi-plane? That's about as difficult as a taking a nap."

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->''"'''Your Weapon''': Weapon:''' You will be using a hat filled with [=BBs=] because self-defense gadgets are what you get when you mix imagination and paranoia with karate."''
-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', -->-- '''Creator/{{Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.break.com/article/4-real-guides-for-killing-with-everyday-objects-2570123 "4 Everyday Items You Didn't Know Were Weapons"]]

->'''Zeetha:''' Good grief! How did you construct something so ''complicated''?
->'''Agatha:'''
''complicated''?\\
'''Agatha:'''
''Please.'' I ''always'' carry a Swiss Army knife and a coil of wire.
-->-- ''GirlGenius''

->"I've
''Webcomic/GirlGenius''

->''"I've
built a TV out of paperclips, and reprogrammed a super computer using dishwashing detergent and a toothpick, so look, fixing a propeller on a bi-plane? That's about as difficult as a taking a nap.""''


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->"I've built a TV out of paperclips, and reprogrammed a super computer using dishwashing detergent and a toothpick, so look, fixing a propeller on a bi-plane? That's about as difficult as a taking a nap."
-->-- '''Tails''', ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld''

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'''Zeetha:''' Good grief! How did you construct something so ''complicated''?
'''Agatha:''' ''Please.'' I ''always'' carry a Swiss Army knife and a coil of wire.

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'''Zeetha:''' ->'''Zeetha:''' Good grief! How did you construct something so ''complicated''?
'''Agatha:''' ->'''Agatha:''' ''Please.'' I ''always'' carry a Swiss Army knife and a coil of wire.wire.
-->-- ''GirlGenius''
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'''Zeetha:''' Good grief! How did you construct something so ''complicated''?
'''Agatha:''' ''Please.'' I ''always'' carry a Swiss Army knife and a coil of wire.
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->''"To improvise a weapon, you have to understand the basic principles behind whatever you're making. A gun, for example, is just a barrel and a firing pin, while a time-delay bomb can be as simple as a corrosive chemical, an oxidizing agent, and something to keep them from mixing together long enough to keep from blowing your hands off."''
-->--''Series/BurnNotice''
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->''"'''Your Weapon''': You will be using a hat filled with [=BBs=] because self-defense gadgets are what you get when you mix imagination and paranoia with karate."''
-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.break.com/article/4-real-guides-for-killing-with-everyday-objects-2570123 "4 Everyday Items You Didn't Know Were Weapons"]]

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I grabbed a tribble and some chewing gum, and stopped the war core breach''

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I grabbed a tribble and some chewing gum, and gum\\
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stopped the war warp core breach''

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->Yes, it is perfectly reasonable that Kirk had the know-how to make the gunpowder and put together the bazooka to defeat the Gorn. That's why he's [[TheCaptain the goddamn Captain.]]
-->'''from the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]] motivational poster on "Ingenuity" [[http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html seen here]]'''

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->Yes, it is perfectly reasonable that Kirk had ->''I was standing on the know-how Bridge when Sulu came to make me\\
His eyes were full of tears, he said, "Captain, can't you see?\\
The ship is gonna blow! Do something, I beseech!"\\
I grabbed a tribble and some chewing gum, and stopped
the gunpowder and put together the bazooka to defeat the Gorn. That's why he's [[TheCaptain the goddamn Captain.]]
-->'''from the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]] motivational poster on "Ingenuity" [[http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html seen here]]'''
war core breach''
-->-- '''{{Music/Voltaire}}''', "[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The U.S.S. Make Shit Up]]"
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-->"Think I don't know how to improvise an electromagnet? I was doing this when Series/MacGyver was still trapped in his crib... And ''this'' was only one of 23 ways I could have escaped."

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-->"Think ->"Think I don't know how to improvise an electromagnet? I was doing this when Series/MacGyver was still trapped in his crib... And ''this'' was only one of 23 ways I could have escaped."

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-->"Think I don't know how to improvise an electromagnet? I was doing this when MacGyver was still trapped in his crib... And ''this'' was only one of 23 ways I could have escaped."
-->-[[CoolOldGuy Artie Nielsen]], ''[[{{Warehouse13}} Warehouse 13]]''

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-->"Think I don't know how to improvise an electromagnet? I was doing this when MacGyver Series/MacGyver was still trapped in his crib... And ''this'' was only one of 23 ways I could have escaped."
-->-[[CoolOldGuy Artie Nielsen]], ''[[{{Warehouse13}} Warehouse 13]]''''Series/WarehouseThirteen''

->''"TONY STARK was able to [[PoweredArmour build this]]'' in a CAVE! with [[MemeticMutation a BOX OF SCRAPS!]]"
-->-- '''Obadiah Stane''', ''Film/IronMan''

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-->'''from the [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]] motivational poster on "Ingenuity" [[http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html seen here]]'''

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-->'''from the [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]] motivational poster on "Ingenuity" [[http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html seen here]]'''
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-->'''from the [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]] motivational poster on "Ingenuity" [[http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html seen here]]'''

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-->'''from the [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]] motivational poster on "Ingenuity" [[http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html seen here]]'''here]]'''

-->"Think I don't know how to improvise an electromagnet? I was doing this when MacGyver was still trapped in his crib... And ''this'' was only one of 23 ways I could have escaped."
-->-[[CoolOldGuy Artie Nielsen]], ''[[{{Warehouse13}} Warehouse 13]]''

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