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-->Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds

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-->Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds
-->--''Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds''
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->"Million-to-once chances crop up nine times out of ten."
-->--'''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Granny Weatherwax]]'''

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->"Million-to-once ->''"Million-to-once chances crop up nine times out of ten."
-->--'''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Granny Weatherwax]]'''
"''
-->--'''Granny Weatherwax''', ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''



-> ''"The percentages mean nothing. A brave heart will overcome any odds."
-->--[[Creator/DanGreen Chief Taiga]] Anime/GaoGaiGar

->''"The chances of [[AlienInvasion anything coming from Mars]]''\\
''Are a million to one," [[GenreBlind he said]]''\\
''The chances of anything coming from Mars''\\
''Are a million to one.''\\
''[[OhCrap But still, they come!]]''

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-> ''"The percentages mean nothing. A brave heart will overcome any odds."
-->--[[Creator/DanGreen
"''
-->--'''[[Creator/DanGreen
Chief Taiga]] Anime/GaoGaiGar

Taiga]]''', ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''

->''"The chances of [[AlienInvasion anything coming from Mars]]''\\
''Are
Mars]]\\
Are
a million to one," [[GenreBlind he said]]''\\
''The
said]]\\
The
chances of anything coming from Mars''\\
''Are Are a million to one.''\\
''[[OhCrap
\\
[[OhCrap
But still, they come!]]''



->"Great shot, kid! That was one-in-a-million!"
-->--[[AntiHero Han]] [[AcePilot Solo]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the trope in ''Film/StarWarsANewHope''

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->"Great ->''"Great shot, kid! That was one-in-a-million!"
-->--[[AntiHero Han]] [[AcePilot Solo]]
one-in-a-million!"''
-->--'''Han Solo'''
[[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the trope in ''Film/StarWarsANewHope''



'''Tintin:''' [[BadassBoast We've got ONE]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills bullet.]]

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'''Tintin:''' [[BadassBoast We've got ONE]] ONE [[ImprobableAimingSkills bullet.]]
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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''

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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''
''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011''
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-->'''Tintin:''' Bad news, Captain. We've only got one bullet.
-->'''Haddock:''' And what's the good news?
-->'''Tintin:''' [[BadassBoast We've got ONE]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills bullet.]]

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-->'''Tintin:''' ->'''Tintin:''' Bad news, Captain. We've only got one bullet.
-->'''Haddock:'''
bullet.\\
'''Haddock:'''
And what's the good news?
-->'''Tintin:'''
news?\\
'''Tintin:'''
[[BadassBoast We've got ONE]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills bullet.]]
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-->'''Tintin:''' Bad news, Captain. We've only got one bullet.
-->'''Haddock:''' And what's the good news?
-->'''Tintin:''' [[BadassBoast We've got ONE]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills bullet.]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''
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-->--''Discworld/{{Mort}}''

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-->--''Discworld/{{Mort}}''
-->--''Literature/{{Mort}}''



-->--''Discworld/GuardsGuards''

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-->--''Discworld/GuardsGuards''
-->--''Literature/GuardsGuards''

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->'''Stephen Strange:''' I went forward in time...to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.\\
'''Peter Quill:''' How many did you see?\\

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->'''Stephen Strange:''' ->'''[[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Stephen Strange]]:''' I went forward in time...to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.\\
'''Peter Quill:''' '''[[ComicBook/StarLord Peter Quill]]:''' How many did you see?\\



'''Tony Stark:''' How many did we win?\\

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'''Tony Stark:''' '''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]:''' How many did we win?\\



'''Stephen Strange:''' One.

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'''Stephen Strange:''' [[Film/AvengersEndgame One.]]

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->'''Peter Quill:''' How many [possible futures] did you see?\\

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->'''Peter ->'''Stephen Strange:''' I went forward in time...to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.\\
'''Peter
Quill:''' How many [possible futures] did you see?\\
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'''(ominous pause)''\\

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'''(ominous ''(ominous pause)''\\
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''''(ominous pause)''\\

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''''(ominous '''(ominous pause)''\\
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->'''Tony Stark:''' How many [possible futures] did you see?\\
'''Stephen Strange:''' 14.000.605.\\
'''Tony Stark:''' ...how many did we win?\\
''({{Beat}})''\\

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->'''Tony Stark:''' ->'''Peter Quill:''' How many [possible futures] did you see?\\
'''Stephen Strange:''' 14.000.605.14,000,605.\\
'''Tony Stark:''' ...how Stark:''' How many did we win?\\
''({{Beat}})''\\''''(ominous pause)''\\

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->"Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd [as the Discworld] actually existing are millions to one.
But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.”

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->"Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd [as the Discworld] actually existing are millions to one.
one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.”
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->"Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd [as the Discworld] actually existing are millions to one.
But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.”
-->--''Discworld/{{Mort}}''
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->'''Tony Stark:''' How many [possible futures] did you see?\\
'''Stephen Strange:''' 14.000.605.\\
'''Tony Stark:''' ...how many did we win?\\
''({{Beat}})''\\
'''Stephen Strange:''' One.
-->-- ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
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-->--[[DanGreen Chief Taiga]] Anime/GaoGaiGar

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-->--[[DanGreen -->--[[Creator/DanGreen Chief Taiga]] Anime/GaoGaiGar
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'''Bruce''': That son of a bitch brought the war to us two years ago. Jesus, Alfred, count the dead: thousands of people. What's next? Millions? He has the power to wipe out the entire human race, and if we believe there's even a one percent chance that he is our enemy, we have to take it as an ''absolute'' certainty... and we have to destroy him.

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'''Bruce''': That [[Franchise/{{Superman}} son of a bitch bitch]] brought the war to us [[Film/ManOfSteel two years ago.ago]]. Jesus, Alfred, count the dead: thousands of people. What's next? Millions? He has the power to wipe out the entire human race, and if we believe there's even a one percent chance that he is our enemy, we have to take it as an ''absolute'' certainty... and we have to destroy him.
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->'''Alfred''': You're gonna go to war?\\
'''Bruce''': That son of a bitch brought the war to us two years ago. Jesus, Alfred, count the dead: thousands of people. What's next? Millions? He has the power to wipe out the entire human race, and if we believe there's even a one percent chance that he is our enemy, we have to take it as an ''absolute'' certainty... and we have to destroy him.
-->--''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''

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->''Have you ever '''met''' a proctologist? Well, they usually have a very good sense of humor. You meet a proctologist at a party, don't walk away, '''plant''' yourself there, because you will hear the funniest stories you've ever heard! See, no one wants to admit to them that they '''stuck''' something [[AssShove up there]]. Never. It's '''always''' an accident. Every proctologist story ends in the same way: 'It was a million to one shot, Doc! Million to one!'"''

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->''Have ->''"Have you ever '''met''' a proctologist? Well, they usually have a very good sense of humor. You meet a proctologist at a party, don't walk away, '''plant''' yourself there, because you will hear the funniest stories you've ever heard! See, no one wants to admit to them that they '''stuck''' something [[AssShove up there]]. Never. It's '''always''' an accident. Every proctologist story ends in the same way: 'It was a million to one shot, Doc! Million to one!'"''


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->"Great shot, kid! That was one-in-a-million!"
-->--[[AntiHero Han]] [[AcePilot Solo]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the trope in ''Film/StarWarsANewHope''

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