->''"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka' but 'That's funny...'"''
-->-- '''Creator/IsaacAsimov'''
Science is SeriousBusiness. That's why any self-respecting practitioner of theoretical or applied science, mathematician or philosopher will refuse to study samples, examine specimens or patients, look through a microscope, make calculations or even read - ''in silence''. Not being able to contain their interest in the very scientific matter at hand is considered the mark of the true AbsentMindedProfessor, [[ThinkingOutLoud who will mutter, murmur and mumble incessantly]] to prove beyond doubt that, yes, ''science is going on right now''.
Common Sounds of Science include:
* "ForScience"
* Prolonged "hmmmm"s
* ThinkingOutLoud
* TechnoBabble
* "ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma..."
* "Hm-hm..."
* "CarryTheOne..."
* "Aha!"
* "Interesting..."/"[[FascinatingEyebrow Fascinating]]..."/"Intriguing..."
* Series of "tsk"s
* "That's funny..."
* "IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect..."
* "Oh!"
* "[[EurekaMoment Eureka!]]"
* "The ReadingsAreOffTheScale!"
* "IveNeverSeenAnythingLikeThisBefore..."
* "It's alive!"
* "MyGodWhatHaveIDone!"
* "[[BigNo NOOOOOOOO!]]"
* "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Great Scott!]]"
''Please don't list single instances of those listed above, but rather significant or JustForFun/{{Egregious}} uses of this trope as well as cases where this is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]]!''
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!!Examples:
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': "Scientific progress goes 'boink'?"
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* ''Film/ThisIslandEarth'' had some kind of experiment with nuclear reactions. The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' guys had a field day with it.
-->'''Cal Meachem:''' Monitor the rate of radioactive decay.\\
'''Tom Servo:''' Increase the ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'' noise and put more science stuff around!
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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]
* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': Steve Urkel had Sounds of Science catchphrases; "I'm a genius!" and the strange "Shhh... not while I'm pouring."
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* Music/ThomasDolby: "She Blinded Me with Science". '''''SCIENCE!!!'''''
* Music/OingoBoingo's "Weird Science" is sung by a scientist and includes cries of "It's Alive!" [[Film/WeirdScience The movie]] it was made for shows that the scientist is actually singing while doing science.
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[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]
* {{Justified|Trope}} in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' where the tech-priests pray to machine spirits.
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[[folder: Video Games ]]
* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': Several StoryBreadcrumbs found in many areas display exuberant findings while talking about their studies regarding any supernatural variants they've studied.
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[[folder: Web Comics ]]
* [[http://wondermark.com/714/ A textbook example]] from ''Webcomic/{{Wondermark}}''.
* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', the issue of "Eureka!" versus "That's funny," is discussed [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-05-27 here]] and in the subsequent strip, directly mentioning Asimov's quote above.
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* Gloriously [[LargeHam hammed up]] in the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Rise of the Zitboy" where Zim lays some wicked science on a pair of hapless chickens: "Hmm.. HMMMM! Hmmmmmm! Hm? Hmmm... chicken!"
* David Xanatos of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' hammed it up with "It's alive!" then lampshaded it with "[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've always wanted to say that.]]"
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