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-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
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-->--''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' radio series

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-->--''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' -->--''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' radio series
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-->--''TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' radio series

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-->--''TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' -->--''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' radio series
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-->--'''NCISLosAngeles'''

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-->--'''NCISLosAngeles'''
-->--'''Series/NCISLosAngeles'''
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-> '''Tom Servo:''' You know, there are certain flaws in [[ManosTheHandsOfFate this movie]].\\
''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''

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-> '''Tom Servo:''' You ->''"You know, there are certain flaws in [[ManosTheHandsOfFate [[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate this movie]].\\
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-->-- '''Tom Servo''',
''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
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-->''Stalin's policies, including the murder of millions of his fellow countrymen, were not universally beloved.''
-->{{Gurps}}, ''Cliffhangers''

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-->{{NCISLA}}

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-->{{NCISLA}}
-->--'''NCISLosAngeles'''



-->—A.N. Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, ''Principia Mathematica'', on their proof that 1 + 1 = 2.

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-->—A.N. Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, ''Principia Mathematica'', on their proof that 1 + 1 = 2.
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-> ''[[SecondSinoJapaneseWar The war]] [[WorldWarTwo has developed,]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice not necessarily to Japan's advantage.]] ... In the event of a sustained atomic bombing, the protection of the Japanese nation would be difficult.''

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-> ''[[SecondSinoJapaneseWar The war]] [[WorldWarTwo has developed,]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice not necessarily to Japan's advantage.]] ... In the event of a sustained atomic bombing, the protection of the Japanese nation would be difficult.'' ''



''MysteryScienceTheater3000''

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''MysteryScienceTheater3000''
''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''



-> TheJoker is a tricky foe. His jokes are never funny. Sometimes they hurt people.

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-> TheJoker SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker is a tricky foe. His jokes are never funny. Sometimes they hurt people.



-->--'''Elspeth''', Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}

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-->--'''Elspeth''', Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}
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-->-- '''Educational Video''', ''SouthPark''

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-->-- '''Educational Video''', ''SouthPark''
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-> The above proposition is occasionally useful.
-->—A.N. Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, ''Principia Mathematica'', on their proof that 1 + 1 = 2.
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''OrderOfTheStick''

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''OrderOfTheStick''
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-->-- '''Educational Video''', SouthPark

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-->-- '''Educational Video''', SouthPark
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-->-- ''[[StarTrek Spock's World]]'', DianeDuane

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-->-- ''[[StarTrek ''[[Franchise/StarTrek Spock's World]]'', DianeDuane
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-->Collecting customs duties in America had not been one of Britain's glorious successes in the eighteenth century
-->Robert Middlekauf, ''The Glorious Cause: the American Revolution 1763-1789''
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-> AdolfHitler was a very naughty man.
-->-- '''Educational Video''', SouthPark
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Being captured by the Volturi and likely to be [[IPulledAWeirdAl Chelseaed]] at any moment seemed like it might be that sort of trouble.

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Being captured by the Volturi and likely to be [[IPulledAWeirdAl [[PersonAsVerb Chelseaed]] at any moment seemed like it might be that sort of trouble.
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->'''DOCoSPADEo:''' Is there a particular reason why there's soo many pictures of this character getting beaten up or something of that nature?\\
'''darth tohru:''' He's kind of a jerk.\\
''(Disscussion about kyubey.)''

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-> Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. [[OhCrap All four engines have stopped]]. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.

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-> Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. [[OhCrap All four engines have stopped]]. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. [[StiffUpperLip I trust you are not in too much distress.distress]].
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-->-- '''Emperor Hirohito's 'Jewel Voice Broadcast', August 1945'''

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-->-- '''Emperor ''Emperor Hirohito's 'Jewel Voice Broadcast', August 1945'''
1945''
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-> ''[[SecondSinoJapaneseWar The war]] [[WorldWarTwo has developed,]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice not necessarily to Japan's advantage.]] ... In the event of a sustained atomic bombing, the protection of the Japanese nation would be difficult.''
-->-- '''Emperor Hirohito's 'Jewel Voice Broadcast', August 1945'''
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-> Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. [[OhCrap All four engines have stopped]]. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.
-->--British Airways pilot, after flying through a cloud of volanic ash.
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-->Enemy Agent: ''You killed two of my men''
-->Hetty: ''It was an overreaction''
-->{{NCISLA}}
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->'''DOCoSPADEo:''' Is there a particular reason why there's soo many pictures of this character getting beaten up or something of that nature?\\
'''darth tohru:''' He's kind of a jerk.\\
''(Disscussion about kyubey.)''

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->'''Major-General Robert H Soule, US Army:''' How are the Glosters doing?\\
'''Brigadier Thomas Brodie, British Army:''' A bit sticky, things are pretty sticky down there.\\
''(Said whilst 650 British soldiers from the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment were deployed on a crossing on the Imjin River during the Korean war and fighting over 10,000 Chinese troops.)''
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->'''Xykon:''' What happened?\\
'''Redcloak:''' Yeah, uh we had a small problem with the Gate.\\
'''Xykon:''' The forest is on fire.\\
'''Redcloak:''' I '''just said''' we had a small problem! Geez!\\
''OrderOfTheStick''
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->'''Xykon:''' What happened?\\
'''Redcloak:''' Yeah, uh we had a small problem with the Gate.\\
'''Xykon:''' The forest is on fire.\\
'''Redcloak:''' I '''just said''' we had a small problem! Geez!\\
''OrderOfTheStick''
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-> Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but I do say no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops.
-->--'''General Buck Turgidson''', ''DrStrangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb''
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Being captured by the Volturi and likely to be Chelseaed at any moment seemed like it might be that sort of trouble.

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Being captured by the Volturi and likely to be Chelseaed [[IPulledAWeirdAl Chelseaed]] at any moment seemed like it might be that sort of trouble.

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-->'''Xykon:''' What happened?\\

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-->'''Xykon:''' ->'''Xykon:''' What happened?\\



--> '''Tom Servo:''' You know, there are certain flaws in [[ManosTheHandsOfFate this movie]].\\

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-->"To call it an understatement would be an understatement."

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--> [A] District Attorney in Texas is on trial for building himself a sweet rig on the county dime. The machine in question sports "two hard drives, seven fans, high-end video and audio cards, a wireless Internet connection and cables that glow under ultraviolet light."... "I would not configure a backup computer in that way," says Mr. Gregg, FBI senior forensic examiner and reigning Understatement King.

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--> -> [A] District Attorney in Texas is on trial for building himself a sweet rig on the county dime. The machine in question sports "two hard drives, seven fans, high-end video and audio cards, a wireless Internet connection and cables that glow under ultraviolet light."... "I would not configure a backup computer in that way," says Mr. Gregg, FBI senior forensic examiner and reigning Understatement King.



--> Not even Spock had stayed aboard for that -- he found breathing vacuum for any length of time to be aesthetically unpleasent.

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--> -> Not even Spock had stayed aboard for that -- he found breathing vacuum for any length of time to be aesthetically unpleasent.



--> TheJoker is a tricky foe. His jokes are never funny. Sometimes they hurt people.

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--> -> TheJoker is a tricky foe. His jokes are never funny. Sometimes they hurt people.



-->'''Ford:''' I rescued you from the Earth.
-->'''Arthur:''' And what's happened to the Earth?
-->'''Ford:''' It's been demolished.
-->'''Arthur:''' Has it.
-->'''Ford:''' Yes. It just boiled away into space.
-->'''Arthur:''' Look, I'm a bit upset about that.

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-->'''Ford:''' ->'''Ford:''' I rescued you from the Earth.
-->'''Arthur:''' ->'''Arthur:''' And what's happened to the Earth?
-->'''Ford:''' ->'''Ford:''' It's been demolished.
-->'''Arthur:''' ->'''Arthur:''' Has it.
-->'''Ford:''' ->'''Ford:''' Yes. It just boiled away into space.
-->'''Arthur:''' ->'''Arthur:''' Look, I'm a bit upset about that.


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->I am supposed to call for help, if I run into trouble I can't handle on my own.\\
Being captured by the Volturi and likely to be Chelseaed at any moment seemed like it might be that sort of trouble.
-->--'''Elspeth''', Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}
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---> '''Tom Servo:''' You know, there are certain flaws in [[ManosTheHandsOfFate this movie]].\\

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-->-- ''Spock's World'', Diane Duane

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-->-- ''Spock's World'', Diane Duane
''[[StarTrek Spock's World]]'', DianeDuane

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