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1->'''Albert Nimzicki:''' Oh, please. We don't have the manpower or the resources to launch that kind of campaign! Not to mention that this whole cockamamie plan is dependent on a machine that no one in this world is qualified to operate!
2->'''Steve Hiller:''' General, I've seen these things in action and I'm well aware of their maneuvering capabilities.
3-->-- ''Film/IndependenceDay'', in which Creator/WillSmith tries to convince the president that [[BlatantLies he knows how to fly an alien spaceship]]
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5->''"Fifth Law of Travel: All vehicles can be driven or piloted by anyone. The main character just needs to find out where the bridge or steering wheel is, as he already knows all of the controls."''
6-->-- [[http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html The Grand list of Console Role Playing Game Cliches]]
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8->''So [[Recap/DoctorWho2011CSTheDoctorTheWidowAndTheWardrobe Madge]], whose driving experience is [[DrivesLikeCrazy crashing a car]] and once being in the cockpit of a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 1940s plane]] is naturally able to drive a walking machine from several thousand years in the future that she's just been told needed years of practice to operate. Somehow I doubt this is likely. This is like [[Film/BenHur1959 Ben-Hur]] being able to work out how to drive a car, but even worse because at least a car has fucking wheels.''
9-->-- '''WebVideo/DiamandaHagan'''
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11->"Hello and welcome to ''Flying a Light Aeroplane Without Having Had Any Formal Instruction With...''"
12-->-- An unusual chat show on ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie''
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14->'''Frankie:''' "Please! You can't kill me! I'm the only one who can fly [[CoolAirship this thing]]! You need me!"
15->'''Vinnie:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner "I'll read the freakin' manual."]]
16-->-- ''VideoGame/GunsGoreAndCannoli''
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18->''"I think I can handle any moving vehicle with a little practice."''
19-->--'''David Starr''', ''Literature/DavidStarrSpaceRanger'' (of ''Literature/TheCompleteAdventuresOfLuckyStarr'')
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21->''"The operation of this alien vessel is child's play to one of my intellect!"''
22-->--'''[[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]]''', ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars1984 Secret Wars]]''
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24->'''Leon:''' A wrecking ball.\
25'''Ashley:''' I got this.\
26'''Leon:''' Hey! You're serious? Is this what they teach kids in school these days?\
27'''Ashley:''' Have you never heard of driver's ed?
28-->''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake''
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