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* Every episode of ''Series/BlackHoleHigh'' (a.k.a. ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'') featured this. Apparently, the unpredictable wormhole at least had the good manners to follow the [[CanadaEh provincial]]-mandated science syllabus exactly. Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely, that its laws will bend to teach you an Important Moral Lesson), it is entirely possible that the wormhole was doing it "on purpose", and the physics lectures or experiments in act 1 were really shaping the physics weirdness in act 2.
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* Every episode of ''Series/BlackHoleHigh'' (a.k.a. ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'') featured this. Apparently, the unpredictable wormhole at least had the good manners to follow the [[CanadaEh provincial]]-mandated the
provincial-mandated science syllabus exactly. Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely, that its laws will bend to teach you an Important Moral Lesson), it is entirely possible that the wormhole was doing it "on purpose", and the physics lectures or experiments in act 1 were really shaping the physics weirdness in act 2.
provincial-mandated science syllabus exactly. Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely, that its laws will bend to teach you an Important Moral Lesson), it is entirely possible that the wormhole was doing it "on purpose", and the physics lectures or experiments in act 1 were really shaping the physics weirdness in act 2.
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* A lovely children's education show called ''Series/{{Storylords}}'' entirely revolved around this. Somehow, Mrs Framish the reading teacher, always had either covered the necessary reading skill that day, or taught it the next day, in plenty of time for our hero to use it to defeat Thorzuul.
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* In the ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS2E07ThoseOldScientists Those Old Scientists]]", a lecture reveals that the NX-01 was made from the {{Unobtainium}} "horonium", which is needed to solve a fuel supply issue in the episode, later.
* Alovely children's education show called ''Series/{{Storylords}}'' entirely revolved around this. Somehow, Mrs Framish the reading teacher, always had either covered the necessary reading skill that day, or taught it the next day, in plenty of time for our hero to use it to defeat Thorzuul.
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* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': In the ''Backyard Gang'' video "Barney's Campfire Sing Along", Barney's advice to the kids of what to do if they get lost (staying where they are, blowing their whistle, and hugging a tree) is remembered and used by Tina when she gets lost later on, allowing the others to find her.
* Every episode of ''Series/BlackHoleHigh'' (a.k.a. ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'') featured this. Apparently, the unpredictable wormhole at least had the good manners to follow the [[CanadaEh provincial]]-mandated science syllabus exactly. Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely, that its laws will bend to teach you an Important Moral Lesson), it is entirely possible that the wormhole was doing it "on purpose", and the physics lectures or experiments in act 1 were really shaping the physics weirdness in act 2.
* In the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Crazy Handful of Nothing", Walter delivers a class on violent chemical reactions such as explosions, using fulminated mercury as an example. At the end, he goes to see Tuco and uses a bag of the stuff to threaten him into paying for the meth he stole (handily, fulminated mercury looks just like meth).
* Every episode of ''Series/BlackHoleHigh'' (a.k.a. ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'') featured this. Apparently, the unpredictable wormhole at least had the good manners to follow the [[CanadaEh provincial]]-mandated science syllabus exactly. Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely, that its laws will bend to teach you an Important Moral Lesson), it is entirely possible that the wormhole was doing it "on purpose", and the physics lectures or experiments in act 1 were really shaping the physics weirdness in act 2.
* In the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Crazy Handful of Nothing", Walter delivers a class on violent chemical reactions such as explosions, using fulminated mercury as an example. At the end, he goes to see Tuco and uses a bag of the stuff to threaten him into paying for the meth he stole (handily, fulminated mercury looks just like meth).
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--> "OK class, how does Shylock's anger over being a Jew relate to our discussion about the outcast in society?"
* ''Series/NewTricks'' Had the UCOS team attend a lecture on creative thinking during which the SCAMPER technique was taught. They are able to solve the case because they realize that a Swiss Bank account had been "Put to another use", as mentioned in the class.
* ''Series/NewTricks'' Had the UCOS team attend a lecture on creative thinking during which the SCAMPER technique was taught. They are able to solve the case because they realize that a Swiss Bank account had been "Put to another use", as mentioned in the class.
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%%* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': "Hermaphrodite Nazi Sympathizers."
* {{Exploited|Trope}} by the crew on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. While setting up a con on a college student, Nate plays a professor who antagonizes the mark so that Hardison can make friends with him. The lecture Nate gives is about the PrisonersDilemma problem in game theory, and he tells the class that it's always better for the prisoners to turn on each other. Later, they put the mark in a situation where he has the option of turning on his confederates, and he flashes back to Nate's lecture and decides to do it. In real game theory, it's better to cooperate, a fact that Hardison points out.
* {{Exploited|Trope}} by the crew on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. While setting up a con on a college student, Nate plays a professor who antagonizes the mark so that Hardison can make friends with him. The lecture Nate gives is about the PrisonersDilemma problem in game theory, and he tells the class that it's always better for the prisoners to turn on each other. Later, they put the mark in a situation where he has the option of turning on his confederates, and he flashes back to Nate's lecture and decides to do it. In real game theory, it's better to cooperate, a fact that Hardison points out.
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* Every episode of ''Series/BlackHoleHigh'' (a.k.a. ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'') featured this. Apparently, the unpredictable wormhole at least had the good manners to follow the [[strike:state]] [[CanadaEh provincial]]-mandated science syllabus exactly.
** Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely, that its laws will bend to teach you an Important Moral Lesson), it is entirely possible that the wormhole was doing it "on purpose", and the physics lectures or experiments in act 1 were really shaping the physics weirdness in act 2.
** Or the time traveller could have done his history research and made sure the syllabus matched.
* A lovely children's education show called ''Series/{{Storylords}}'' entirely revolved around this. Somehow, Mrs Framish the reading teacher, always had either covered the necessary reading skill that day, or taught it the next day, in plenty of time for our hero to use it to defeat Thorzuul.
* Subverted in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', when Sheppard finds himself in an F-302 latched onto a Wraith Hiveship in hyperspace. He flashes back to a memory of [=McKay=] and Zelenka arguing about whether a non-hyperspace capable ship could detach from another one while in hyperspace without being destroyed, which is exactly what Sheppard needs to know. Then they ask Sheppard what he thinks, but he's not paying attention because he's flirting with the woman at the next table. He ends up not taking the risk, and has to wait for the Hiveship to leave hyperspace.
* Crossed with IKnowYouKnowIKnow in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVAcxayiFM 'Fingers and Fumbs']] episode of ''Series/{{QI}}'', where host Stephen offers the contestants an opportunity to go double or nothing on a forfeit by playing RockPaperScissors with him. He mentions that, psychologically, people tend to pick scissors first, because it's commonly believed that others would play rock first, and so would play paper to counter it. Phil and Dara both tie with him on scissors the first three times it happens (Phil having played twice). The fourth time, however, [[spoiler:Phil exchanges an obvious glance with Alan, and psyches Stephen into playing paper while he plays scissors. Dara and Alan also get to defeat Stephen, both using rock while Stephen kept using scissors.]]
** Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely, that its laws will bend to teach you an Important Moral Lesson), it is entirely possible that the wormhole was doing it "on purpose", and the physics lectures or experiments in act 1 were really shaping the physics weirdness in act 2.
** Or the time traveller could have done his history research and made sure the syllabus matched.
* A lovely children's education show called ''Series/{{Storylords}}'' entirely revolved around this. Somehow, Mrs Framish the reading teacher, always had either covered the necessary reading skill that day, or taught it the next day, in plenty of time for our hero to use it to defeat Thorzuul.
* Subverted in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', when Sheppard finds himself in an F-302 latched onto a Wraith Hiveship in hyperspace. He flashes back to a memory of [=McKay=] and Zelenka arguing about whether a non-hyperspace capable ship could detach from another one while in hyperspace without being destroyed, which is exactly what Sheppard needs to know. Then they ask Sheppard what he thinks, but he's not paying attention because he's flirting with the woman at the next table. He ends up not taking the risk, and has to wait for the Hiveship to leave hyperspace.
* Crossed with IKnowYouKnowIKnow in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVAcxayiFM 'Fingers and Fumbs']] episode of ''Series/{{QI}}'', where host Stephen offers the contestants an opportunity to go double or nothing on a forfeit by playing RockPaperScissors with him. He mentions that, psychologically, people tend to pick scissors first, because it's commonly believed that others would play rock first, and so would play paper to counter it. Phil and Dara both tie with him on scissors the first three times it happens (Phil having played twice). The fourth time, however, [[spoiler:Phil exchanges an obvious glance with Alan, and psyches Stephen into playing paper while he plays scissors. Dara and Alan also get to defeat Stephen, both using rock while Stephen kept using scissors.]]
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* Every episode of ''Series/BlackHoleHigh'' (a.k.a. ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'') featured this. Apparently, ''Series/NewTricks'' Had the unpredictable wormhole at least had UCOS team attend a lecture on creative thinking during which the good manners SCAMPER technique was taught. They are able to follow solve the [[strike:state]] [[CanadaEh provincial]]-mandated science syllabus exactly.
** Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely,case because they realize that its laws will bend to teach you an Important Moral Lesson), it is entirely possible that the wormhole was doing it "on purpose", and the physics lectures or experiments in act 1 were really shaping the physics weirdness in act 2.
** Or the time traveller could have done his history research and made sure the syllabus matched.
* A lovely children's education show called ''Series/{{Storylords}}'' entirely revolved around this. Somehow, Mrs Framish the reading teacher, alwaysa Swiss Bank account had either covered the necessary reading skill that day, or taught it the next day, in plenty of time for our hero been "Put to use it to defeat Thorzuul.
* Subverted in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', when Sheppard finds himself in an F-302 latched onto a Wraith Hiveship in hyperspace. He flashes back to a memory of [=McKay=] and Zelenka arguing about whether a non-hyperspace capable ship could detach fromanother one while use", as mentioned in hyperspace without being destroyed, which is exactly what Sheppard the class.
* A more subtle version plays out a few times in ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'', albeit it's usually Charlie ''teaching'' the lesson. In these cases, it's not a blatant case or learning something that he needs toknow. Then they ask Sheppard what he thinks, know to help the case, but rather that Charlie will be teaching a more abstract theory and then, with that thought fresh in his mind, later realizes that some element of that theory can be applied to whatever it is that he's not paying attention because he's flirting with having a hard time figuring out.
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' solves thewoman problem by having the [[ArtificialIntelligence Machine]] access its memories of Harold Finch teaching it a lesson years before, in order to solve a problem it's handling in the current episode.
* ''Series/ProfessorT2021'': Title character Jasper Tempest is a professor of criminology at thenext table. He ends up not University of Cambridge, so most episodes open with him delivering a lecture to his students that is inevitably applicable to the case of the week. {{Justified|Trope}} in "The Trial", where he uses a murder case presently being tried as a case study in criminology mistakes (he wasn't involved in the investigation), before [[ThePerryMasonMethod taking the risk, and has to wait stand himself for the Hiveship to leave hyperspace.
defense and getting the defendant acquitted]].
* ''Series/{{QI}}'':
** Crossed with IKnowYouKnowIKnow in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVAcxayiFM 'Fingers and Fumbs']]episode of ''Series/{{QI}}'', episode, where host Stephen offers the contestants an opportunity to go double or nothing on a forfeit by playing RockPaperScissors with him. He mentions that, psychologically, people tend to pick scissors first, because it's commonly believed that others would play rock first, and so would play paper to counter it. Phil and Dara both tie with him on scissors the first three times it happens (Phil having played twice). The fourth time, however, [[spoiler:Phil exchanges an obvious glance with Alan, and psyches Stephen into playing paper while he plays scissors. Dara and Alan also get to defeat Stephen, both using rock while Stephen kept using scissors.]]
** Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely,
** Or the time traveller could have done his history research and made sure the syllabus matched.
* A lovely children's education show called ''Series/{{Storylords}}'' entirely revolved around this. Somehow, Mrs Framish the reading teacher, always
* Subverted in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', when Sheppard finds himself in an F-302 latched onto a Wraith Hiveship in hyperspace. He flashes back to a memory of [=McKay=] and Zelenka arguing about whether a non-hyperspace capable ship could detach from
* A more subtle version plays out a few times in ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'', albeit it's usually Charlie ''teaching'' the lesson. In these cases, it's not a blatant case or learning something that he needs to
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' solves the
* ''Series/ProfessorT2021'': Title character Jasper Tempest is a professor of criminology at the
* ''Series/{{QI}}'':
** Crossed with IKnowYouKnowIKnow in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVAcxayiFM 'Fingers and Fumbs']]
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* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': "Hermaphrodite Nazi Sympathizers."
* The third episode of BBC's 2010 ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' had Holmes fighting an assassin in a planetarium while an astronomy lecture played in the background. Wouldn't ya know, the lecture contained a clue that helped Holmes identify a painting as a fake and solve Moriarty's fourth challenge.
** {{Justified|Trope}}, since Sherlock and John were there to find someone involved in the case. She was in fact trying to prove that the painting was fake and was at the planetarium specifically to find that information. She was fast-forwarding to the relevant part of the recorded lecture when the assassin attacked.
* {{Exploited|Trope}} by the crew on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. While setting up a con on a college student, Nate plays a professor who antagonizes the mark so that Hardison can make friends with him. The lecture Nate gives is about the PrisonersDilemma problem in game theory, and he tells the class that it's always better for the prisoners to turn on each other. Later, they put the mark in a situation where he has the option of turning on his confederates, and he flashes back to Nate's lecture and decides to do it.
** In real game theory, it's better to cooperate, a fact that Hardison points out.
*** Only half true. The best result for both players is for neither to defect as they both get a low sentence but, in a situation where you don't know or don't trust the other prisoner to cooperate, the better choice seems to be to defect and hedge your bets. Hence the "dilemma".
* The third episode of BBC's 2010 ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' had Holmes fighting an assassin in a planetarium while an astronomy lecture played in the background. Wouldn't ya know, the lecture contained a clue that helped Holmes identify a painting as a fake and solve Moriarty's fourth challenge.
** {{Justified|Trope}}, since Sherlock and John were there to find someone involved in the case. She was in fact trying to prove that the painting was fake and was at the planetarium specifically to find that information. She was fast-forwarding to the relevant part of the recorded lecture when the assassin attacked.
* {{Exploited|Trope}} by the crew on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. While setting up a con on a college student, Nate plays a professor who antagonizes the mark so that Hardison can make friends with him. The lecture Nate gives is about the PrisonersDilemma problem in game theory, and he tells the class that it's always better for the prisoners to turn on each other. Later, they put the mark in a situation where he has the option of turning on his confederates, and he flashes back to Nate's lecture and decides to do it.
** In real game theory, it's better to cooperate, a fact that Hardison points out.
*** Only half true. The best result for both players is for neither to defect as they both get a low sentence but, in a situation where you don't know or don't trust the other prisoner to cooperate, the better choice seems to be to defect and hedge your bets. Hence the "dilemma".
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* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': "Hermaphrodite Nazi Sympathizers."
* The third''Series/{{Raumpatrouille}}'' plays with this in the episode of BBC's 2010 ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' had Holmes fighting an assassin in a planetarium while an astronomy lecture played in the background. Wouldn't ya know, the lecture contained a clue that helped Holmes identify a painting as a fake and solve Moriarty's fourth challenge.
** {{Justified|Trope}}, since Sherlock and John were there to find someone involved in the case. She was in fact trying to prove that the painting was fake and was at the planetarium specifically to find that information. She was fast-forwarding to the relevant part"Hüter des Gesetzes" ("Keepers of the recorded lecture when the assassin attacked.
* {{Exploited|Trope}} byLaw"), which deals with worker robots malfunctioning as a result of a human-induced Three Laws conflict. Early on, the crew on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. While setting up a con on a college student, Nate plays a professor who antagonizes of the mark ''Orion'' are required to attend a ''course'' in robotics, which just so that Hardison can make friends happens to address how to disable exactly such robots unarmed if they should ever go out of control and weapons aren't available -- but because with him. The lecture Nate gives is the exception of Tamara Jagellovsk they're too busy goofing off in class, only she remembers the process when it's suddenly needed after all, and even she ends up not quite sure as to the final step that's supposed to restore the robot to its obedient default settings and has to guess. (Thankfully, after a few tension-filled moments it turns out she got it right.)
* ''Series/ScreamTheTVSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about thePrisonersDilemma problem in game theory, and he tells purpose of fear, as well as the class that it's always better for the prisoners to turn on each other. Later, they put the mark in a situation where he has the option of turning on his confederates, and he flashes back to Nate's lecture and decides to do it.
** In real game theory, it's better to cooperate, a fact that Hardison points out.
*** Only half true. The best result for both players is for neither to defect as they both get a low sentence but, in a situation where you don't know or don't trust the other prisoner to cooperate, the better choice seems to be to defect and hedge your bets. Hence the "dilemma".meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.
* The third
** {{Justified|Trope}}, since Sherlock and John were there to find someone involved in the case. She was in fact trying to prove that the painting was fake and was at the planetarium specifically to find that information. She was fast-forwarding to the relevant part
* {{Exploited|Trope}} by
* ''Series/ScreamTheTVSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the
** In real game theory, it's better to cooperate, a fact that Hardison points out.
*** Only half true. The best result for both players is for neither to defect as they both get a low sentence but, in a situation where you don't know or don't trust the other prisoner to cooperate, the better choice seems to be to defect and hedge your bets. Hence the "dilemma".
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** Maybe.
* In the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Crazy Handful of Nothing", Walter delivers a class on violent chemical reactions such as explosions, using fulminated mercury as an example. At the end, he goes to see Tuco and uses a bag of the stuff to threaten him into paying for the meth he stole (handily, fulminated mercury looks just like meth).
* ''Series/{{Raumpatrouille}}'' plays with this in the episode "Hüter des Gesetzes" ("Keepers of the Law"), which deals with worker robots malfunctioning as a result of a human-induced Three Laws conflict. Early on, the crew of the ''Orion'' are required to attend a ''course'' in robotics, which just so happens to address how to disable exactly such robots unarmed if they should ever go out of control and weapons aren't available -- but because with the exception of Tamara Jagellovsk they're too busy goofing off in class, only she remembers the process when it's suddenly needed after all, and even she ends up not quite sure as to the final step that's supposed to restore the robot to its obedient default settings and has to guess. (Thankfully, after a few tension-filled moments it turns out she got it right.)
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' solves the problem by having the [[ArtificialIntelligence Machine]] access its memories of Harold Finch teaching it a lesson years before, in order to solve a problem it's handling in the current episode.
* ''Series/ScreamTheTVSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the purpose of fear, as well as the meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.
* In the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Crazy Handful of Nothing", Walter delivers a class on violent chemical reactions such as explosions, using fulminated mercury as an example. At the end, he goes to see Tuco and uses a bag of the stuff to threaten him into paying for the meth he stole (handily, fulminated mercury looks just like meth).
* ''Series/{{Raumpatrouille}}'' plays with this in the episode "Hüter des Gesetzes" ("Keepers of the Law"), which deals with worker robots malfunctioning as a result of a human-induced Three Laws conflict. Early on, the crew of the ''Orion'' are required to attend a ''course'' in robotics, which just so happens to address how to disable exactly such robots unarmed if they should ever go out of control and weapons aren't available -- but because with the exception of Tamara Jagellovsk they're too busy goofing off in class, only she remembers the process when it's suddenly needed after all, and even she ends up not quite sure as to the final step that's supposed to restore the robot to its obedient default settings and has to guess. (Thankfully, after a few tension-filled moments it turns out she got it right.)
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' solves the problem by having the [[ArtificialIntelligence Machine]] access its memories of Harold Finch teaching it a lesson years before, in order to solve a problem it's handling in the current episode.
* ''Series/ScreamTheTVSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the purpose of fear, as well as the meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.
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* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' solves
* A lovely children's education show called ''Series/{{Storylords}}'' entirely revolved around this. Somehow, Mrs Framish the
* ''Series/ScreamTheTVSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have
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* A more subtle version plays out a few times in ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'', albeit it's usually Charlie ''teaching'' the lesson. In these cases, it's not a blatant case or learning something that he needs to know to help the case, but rather that Charlie will be teaching a more abstract theory and then, with that thought fresh in his mind, later realizes that some element of that theory can be applied to whatever it is that he's having a hard time figuring out.
* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': In the ''Backyard Gang'' video "Barney's Campfire Sing Along", Barney's advice to the kids of what to do if they get lost (staying where they are, blowing their whistle, and hugging a tree) is remembered and used by Tina when she gets lost later on, allowing the others to find her.
* ''Series/ProfessorT2021'': Title character Jasper Tempest is a professor of criminology at the University of Cambridge, so most episodes open with him delivering a lecture to his students that is inevitably applicable to the case of the week. {{Justified|Trope}} in "The Trial", where he uses a murder case presently being tried as a case study in criminology mistakes (he wasn't involved in the investigation), before [[ThePerryMasonMethod taking the stand himself for the defense and getting the defendant acquitted]].
* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': In the ''Backyard Gang'' video "Barney's Campfire Sing Along", Barney's advice to the kids of what to do if they get lost (staying where they are, blowing their whistle, and hugging a tree) is remembered and used by Tina when she gets lost later on, allowing the others to find her.
* ''Series/ProfessorT2021'': Title character Jasper Tempest is a professor of criminology at the University of Cambridge, so most episodes open with him delivering a lecture to his students that is inevitably applicable to the case of the week. {{Justified|Trope}} in "The Trial", where he uses a murder case presently being tried as a case study in criminology mistakes (he wasn't involved in the investigation), before [[ThePerryMasonMethod taking the stand himself for the defense and getting the defendant acquitted]].
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* ''Series/ProfessorT2021'': {{Justified|Trope}} because the title Title character Jasper Tempest is a professor of criminology: criminology at the University of Cambridge, so most episodes open with Jasper him delivering a lecture to his Cambridge University students that is inevitably applicable to the case of the week. {{Exaggerated}} {{Justified|Trope}} in "The Trial", where he openly uses a murder case presently being tried as a case study because he in criminology mistakes (he wasn't involved in the investigation, investigation), before [[ThePerryMasonMethod taking the stand himself for the defense and getting the defendant acquitted]].
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* ''Series/ProfessorT2021'': {{Justified|Trope}} because the title character is a professor of criminology: most episodes open with Jasper delivering a lecture to his criminology students that is inevitably applicable to the case of the week. {{Exaggerated}} in "The Trial", where he openly uses a murder case presently being tried as a case study because he wasn't involved in the investigation, before [[ThePerryMasonMethod taking the stand himself for the defense and getting the defendant acquitted]].
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* ''Series/ProfessorT2021'': {{Justified|Trope}} because the title character is a professor of criminology: most episodes open with Jasper delivering a lecture to his criminology Cambridge University students that is inevitably applicable to the case of the week. {{Exaggerated}} in "The Trial", where he openly uses a murder case presently being tried as a case study because he wasn't involved in the investigation, before [[ThePerryMasonMethod taking the stand himself for the defense and getting the defendant acquitted]].
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* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': In the ''Backyard Gang'' video "Barney's Campfire Sing Along", Barney's advice to the kids of what to do if they get lost (staying where they are, blowing their whistle, and hugging a tree) is remembered and used by Tina when she gets lost later on, allowing the others to find her.
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* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': In the ''Backyard Gang'' video "Barney's Campfire Sing Along", Barney's advice to the kids of what to do if they get lost (staying where they are, blowing their whistle, and hugging a tree) is remembered and used by Tina when she gets lost later on, allowing the others to find her.her.
* ''Series/ProfessorT2021'': {{Justified|Trope}} because the title character is a professor of criminology: most episodes open with Jasper delivering a lecture to his criminology students that is inevitably applicable to the case of the week. {{Exaggerated}} in "The Trial", where he openly uses a murder case presently being tried as a case study because he wasn't involved in the investigation, before [[ThePerryMasonMethod taking the stand himself for the defense and getting the defendant acquitted]].
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* ''Series/ProfessorT2021'': {{Justified|Trope}} because the title character is a professor of criminology: most episodes open with Jasper delivering a lecture to his criminology students that is inevitably applicable to the case of the week. {{Exaggerated}} in "The Trial", where he openly uses a murder case presently being tried as a case study because he wasn't involved in the investigation, before [[ThePerryMasonMethod taking the stand himself for the defense and getting the defendant acquitted]].
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* ''Series/ScreamTVSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the purpose of fear, as well as the meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.
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* ''Series/ScreamTVSeries'' ''Series/ScreamTheTVSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the purpose of fear, as well as the meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.
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* A more subtle version plays out a few times in ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'', albeit it's usually Charlie ''teaching'' the lesson. In these cases, it's not a blatant case or learning something that he needs to know to help the case, but rather that Charlie will be teaching a more abstract theory and then, with that thought fresh in his mind, later realizes that some element of that theory can be applied to whatever it is that he's having a hard time figuring out.
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* A more subtle version plays out a few times in ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'', albeit it's usually Charlie ''teaching'' the lesson. In these cases, it's not a blatant case or learning something that he needs to know to help the case, but rather that Charlie will be teaching a more abstract theory and then, with that thought fresh in his mind, later realizes that some element of that theory can be applied to whatever it is that he's having a hard time figuring out.out.
* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': In the ''Backyard Gang'' video "Barney's Campfire Sing Along", Barney's advice to the kids of what to do if they get lost (staying where they are, blowing their whistle, and hugging a tree) is remembered and used by Tina when she gets lost later on, allowing the others to find her.
* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': In the ''Backyard Gang'' video "Barney's Campfire Sing Along", Barney's advice to the kids of what to do if they get lost (staying where they are, blowing their whistle, and hugging a tree) is remembered and used by Tina when she gets lost later on, allowing the others to find her.
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* Used as a game mechanic in the short-lived British quiz show ''That'll Test 'Em''. Many of the questions and games were followed up with supplementary facts, which would then be used as the basis of the final buzzer round.
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* Used as a game mechanic in the short-lived British quiz show ''That'll Test 'Em''. Many of the questions and games were followed up with supplementary facts, which would then be used as the basis of the final buzzer round.round.
* A more subtle version plays out a few times in ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'', albeit it's usually Charlie ''teaching'' the lesson. In these cases, it's not a blatant case or learning something that he needs to know to help the case, but rather that Charlie will be teaching a more abstract theory and then, with that thought fresh in his mind, later realizes that some element of that theory can be applied to whatever it is that he's having a hard time figuring out.
* A more subtle version plays out a few times in ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'', albeit it's usually Charlie ''teaching'' the lesson. In these cases, it's not a blatant case or learning something that he needs to know to help the case, but rather that Charlie will be teaching a more abstract theory and then, with that thought fresh in his mind, later realizes that some element of that theory can be applied to whatever it is that he's having a hard time figuring out.
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* ''Series/ScreamTVSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the purpose of fear, as well as the meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.
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* ''Series/ScreamTVSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the purpose of fear, as well as the meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.AnxietyDreams.
* Used as a game mechanic in the short-lived British quiz show ''That'll Test 'Em''. Many of the questions and games were followed up with supplementary facts, which would then be used as the basis of the final buzzer round.
* Used as a game mechanic in the short-lived British quiz show ''That'll Test 'Em''. Many of the questions and games were followed up with supplementary facts, which would then be used as the basis of the final buzzer round.
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** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E11OutOfMindOutOfSight Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]", the MonsterOfTheWeek is a social outcast who was virtually invisible to everyone until she literally became invisible. Just that day they were studying Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice.
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** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E11OutOfMindOutOfSight Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]", the MonsterOfTheWeek is a social outcast who was virtually invisible to everyone barely noticed by anyone until [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve she literally became invisible.invisible]]. Just that day they were studying Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice.
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* Even ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' isn't above using this trope at least once. In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E4TeachersPet Teacher's Pet]]", in order to defeat the evil science teacher who is actually a giant praying mantis, Buffy uses the recorded sound of bat sonar to "make [her] nervous system go kerplooey". She learnt about that in science class earlier in the episode (though, thankfully, from the previous science teacher. No villain should be stupid enough to teach a class their own weaknesses). Although that's not how she ultimately kills the praying mantis. She does that with a big machete. It's Buffy, after all.
* ''Series/NewTricks'' Had the UCOS team attend a lecture on creative thinking during which the SCAMPER technique was taught. They are able to solve the case because they realize that a Swiss Bank account had been "P"ut to another use, as mentioned in the class.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' used to do this on several occasions, partly due to originally being conceived of as an edutainment program. For example, in the early story "Marco Polo" the condensation of water was a key plot point, while in "Planet of Giants", that pressurised cans explode when heated was another point. The Daleks were originally defeated due to elementary knowledge of electrical conductivity. The same technique was used to teach history in its early historical stories. Though most of the explanations happened in the course of events, not given out only to later be recalled.
* ''Series/NewTricks'' Had the UCOS team attend a lecture on creative thinking during which the SCAMPER technique was taught. They are able to solve the case because they realize that a Swiss Bank account had been "P"ut to another use, as mentioned in the class.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' used to do this on several occasions, partly due to originally being conceived of as an edutainment program. For example, in the early story "Marco Polo" the condensation of water was a key plot point, while in "Planet of Giants", that pressurised cans explode when heated was another point. The Daleks were originally defeated due to elementary knowledge of electrical conductivity. The same technique was used to teach history in its early historical stories. Though most of the explanations happened in the course of events, not given out only to later be recalled.
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* Even ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' isn't above using this trope at least once. (in the first season, they avoided it later on).
** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E4TeachersPet Teacher's Pet]]", in order to defeat the evil science teacher who is actually a giant praying mantis, Buffy uses the recorded sound of bat sonar to "make [her] nervous system go kerplooey". Shelearnt learned about that in science class earlier in the episode (though, thankfully, from the previous science teacher. No villain should be stupid enough to teach a class their own weaknesses). Although that's not how she ultimately kills the praying mantis. She does that with a big machete. It's Buffy, after all.
** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E11OutOfMindOutOfSight Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]", the MonsterOfTheWeek is a social outcast who was virtually invisible to everyone until she literally became invisible. Just that day they were studying Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice.
--> "OK class, how does Shylock's anger over being a Jew relate to our discussion about the outcast in society?"
* ''Series/NewTricks'' Had the UCOS team attend a lecture on creative thinking during which the SCAMPER technique was taught. They are able to solve the case because they realize that a Swiss Bank account had been"P"ut "Put to another use, use", as mentioned in the class.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' used to do this on several occasions, partly due to originally being conceived of as an edutainment program. For example, in the early story "Marco Polo" the condensation of water was a key plot point, while in "Planet of Giants",that pressurised the fact pressurized cans explode when heated was another point. The Daleks were originally defeated due to elementary knowledge of electrical conductivity. The same technique was used to teach history in its early historical stories. Though most of the explanations happened in the course of events, not given out only to later be recalled.
** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E4TeachersPet Teacher's Pet]]", in order to defeat the evil science teacher who is actually a giant praying mantis, Buffy uses the recorded sound of bat sonar to "make [her] nervous system go kerplooey". She
** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E11OutOfMindOutOfSight Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]", the MonsterOfTheWeek is a social outcast who was virtually invisible to everyone until she literally became invisible. Just that day they were studying Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice.
--> "OK class, how does Shylock's anger over being a Jew relate to our discussion about the outcast in society?"
* ''Series/NewTricks'' Had the UCOS team attend a lecture on creative thinking during which the SCAMPER technique was taught. They are able to solve the case because they realize that a Swiss Bank account had been
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' used to do this on several occasions, partly due to originally being conceived of as an edutainment program. For example, in the early story "Marco Polo" the condensation of water was a key plot point, while in "Planet of Giants",
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* Even ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' isn't above using this trope at least once. In order to defeat the evil science teacher who is actually a giant praying mantis, Buffy uses the recorded sound of bat sonar to "make [her] nervous system go kerplooey". She learnt about that in science class earlier in the episode (though, thankfully, from the previous science teacher. No villain should be stupid enough to teach a class their own weaknesses). Although that's not how she ultimately kills the praying mantis. She does that with a big machete. It's Buffy, after all.
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* Even ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' isn't above using this trope at least once. In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E4TeachersPet Teacher's Pet]]", in order to defeat the evil science teacher who is actually a giant praying mantis, Buffy uses the recorded sound of bat sonar to "make [her] nervous system go kerplooey". She learnt about that in science class earlier in the episode (though, thankfully, from the previous science teacher. No villain should be stupid enough to teach a class their own weaknesses). Although that's not how she ultimately kills the praying mantis. She does that with a big machete. It's Buffy, after all.
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*** Only half true. The best result for both players is for neither to cooperate as they both get a low sentence but, in a situation where you don't know or don't trust the other prisoner to not cooperate, the better solution is to cooperate and hedge your bets. Hence the "dilemma".
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*** Only half true. The best result for both players is for neither to cooperate defect as they both get a low sentence but, in a situation where you don't know or don't trust the other prisoner to not cooperate, the better solution is choice seems to cooperate be to defect and hedge your bets. Hence the "dilemma".
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* Every episode of ''BlackHoleHigh'' (a.k.a. ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'') featured this. Apparently, the unpredictable wormhole at least had the good manners to follow the [[strike:state]] [[CanadaEh provincial]]-mandated science syllabus exactly.
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* Every episode of ''BlackHoleHigh'' ''Series/BlackHoleHigh'' (a.k.a. ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'') featured this. Apparently, the unpredictable wormhole at least had the good manners to follow the [[strike:state]] [[CanadaEh provincial]]-mandated science syllabus exactly.
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* ''Series/NewTricks'' Had the UCOS team attend a lecture on creative thinking during which the SCAMPER technique was taught.
They are able to solve the case because they realize that a Swiss Bank account had been "P"ut to another use, as mentioned in the class.
They are able to solve the case because they realize that a Swiss Bank account had been "P"ut to another use, as mentioned in the class.
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* ''Series/NewTricks'' Had the UCOS team attend a lecture on creative thinking during which the SCAMPER technique was taught.
taught. They are able to solve the case because they realize that a Swiss Bank account had been "P"ut to another use, as mentioned in the class.
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They are able to solve the case because they realize that a Swiss Bank account had been "P"ut to another use, as mentioned in the class.
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Syrio lectures Arya on the difference between looking and seeing, then puts it into practice moments later.
--> '''Syrio:''' "And why is it that Lord Eddard is sending Lannister men instead of his own? I am wondering."
--> '''Syrio:''' "And why is it that Lord Eddard is sending Lannister men instead of his own? I am wondering."
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* {{Exploited|Trope}} by the crew on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. While setting up a con on a college student, Nate plays a professor who antagonizes the mark so that Hardison can make friends with him. The lecture Nate gives is about the prisoner's dilemma problem in game theory, and he tells the class that it's always better for the prisoners to turn on each other. Later, they put the mark in a situation where he has the option of turning on his confederates, and he flashes back to Nate's lecture and decides to do it.
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* {{Exploited|Trope}} by the crew on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. While setting up a con on a college student, Nate plays a professor who antagonizes the mark so that Hardison can make friends with him. The lecture Nate gives is about the prisoner's dilemma PrisonersDilemma problem in game theory, and he tells the class that it's always better for the prisoners to turn on each other. Later, they put the mark in a situation where he has the option of turning on his confederates, and he flashes back to Nate's lecture and decides to do it.
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* ''Series/ScreamTheSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the purpose of fear, as well as the meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.
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* ''Series/ScreamTheSeries'' ''Series/ScreamTVSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the purpose of fear, as well as the meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.
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* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' solves the problem by having the [[ArtificialIntelligence Machine]] access its memories of Harold Finch teaching it a lesson years before, in order to solve a problem it's handling in the current episode.
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* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' solves the problem by having the [[ArtificialIntelligence Machine]] access its memories of Harold Finch teaching it a lesson years before, in order to solve a problem it's handling in the current episode.episode.
* ''Series/ScreamTheSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the purpose of fear, as well as the meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.
* ''Series/ScreamTheSeries'' uses its classroom scenes to have the students discuss Slasher and Horror tropes. In the first season it was English class talking about elements of the genre. In season 2 it's Psych class where they talk about the purpose of fear, as well as the meanings behind everyone's AnxietyDreams.
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* Crossed with IKnowYouKnowIKnow in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVAcxayiFM 'Fingers and Fumbs']] episode of ''{{QI}}'', where host Stephen offers the contestants an opportunity to go double or nothing on a forfeit by playing RockPaperScissors with him. He mentions that, psychologically, people tend to pick scissors first, because it's commonly believed that others would play rock first, and so would play paper to counter it. Phil and Dara both tie with him on scissors the first three times it happens (Phil having played twice). The fourth time, however, [[spoiler:Phil exchanges an obvious glance with Alan, and psyches Stephen into playing paper while he plays scissors. Dara and Alan also get to defeat Stephen, both using rock while Stephen kept using scissors.]]
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* Crossed with IKnowYouKnowIKnow in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVAcxayiFM 'Fingers and Fumbs']] episode of ''{{QI}}'', ''Series/{{QI}}'', where host Stephen offers the contestants an opportunity to go double or nothing on a forfeit by playing RockPaperScissors with him. He mentions that, psychologically, people tend to pick scissors first, because it's commonly believed that others would play rock first, and so would play paper to counter it. Phil and Dara both tie with him on scissors the first three times it happens (Phil having played twice). The fourth time, however, [[spoiler:Phil exchanges an obvious glance with Alan, and psyches Stephen into playing paper while he plays scissors. Dara and Alan also get to defeat Stephen, both using rock while Stephen kept using scissors.]]
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* ''Series/{{Raumpatrouille}}'' plays with this in the episode "Hüter des Gesetzes" ("Keepers of the Law"), which deals with worker robots malfunctioning as a result of a human-induced Three Laws conflict. Early on, the crew of the ''Orion'' are required to attend a ''course'' in robotics, which just so happens to address how to disable exactly such robots unarmed if they should ever go out of control and weapons aren't available -- but because with the exception of Tamara Jagellovsk they're too busy goofing off in class, only she remembers the process when it's suddenly needed after all, and even she ends up not quite sure as to the final step that's supposed to restore the robot to its obedient default settings and has to guess. (Thankfully, after a few tension-filled moments it turns out she got it right.)
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* ''Series/{{Raumpatrouille}}'' plays with this in the episode "Hüter des Gesetzes" ("Keepers of the Law"), which deals with worker robots malfunctioning as a result of a human-induced Three Laws conflict. Early on, the crew of the ''Orion'' are required to attend a ''course'' in robotics, which just so happens to address how to disable exactly such robots unarmed if they should ever go out of control and weapons aren't available -- but because with the exception of Tamara Jagellovsk they're too busy goofing off in class, only she remembers the process when it's suddenly needed after all, and even she ends up not quite sure as to the final step that's supposed to restore the robot to its obedient default settings and has to guess. (Thankfully, after a few tension-filled moments it turns out she got it right.))
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' solves the problem by having the [[ArtificialIntelligence Machine]] access its memories of Harold Finch teaching it a lesson years before, in order to solve a problem it's handling in the current episode.
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' solves the problem by having the [[ArtificialIntelligence Machine]] access its memories of Harold Finch teaching it a lesson years before, in order to solve a problem it's handling in the current episode.
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* In the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Crazy Handful of Nothing", Walter delivers a class on violent chemical reactions such as explosions, using fulminated mercury as an example. At the end, he goes to see Tuco and uses a bag of the stuff to threaten him into paying for the meth he stole (handily, fulminated mercury looks just like meth).
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* In the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Crazy Handful of Nothing", Walter delivers a class on violent chemical reactions such as explosions, using fulminated mercury as an example. At the end, he goes to see Tuco and uses a bag of the stuff to threaten him into paying for the meth he stole (handily, fulminated mercury looks just like meth).meth).
* ''Series/{{Raumpatrouille}}'' plays with this in the episode "Hüter des Gesetzes" ("Keepers of the Law"), which deals with worker robots malfunctioning as a result of a human-induced Three Laws conflict. Early on, the crew of the ''Orion'' are required to attend a ''course'' in robotics, which just so happens to address how to disable exactly such robots unarmed if they should ever go out of control and weapons aren't available -- but because with the exception of Tamara Jagellovsk they're too busy goofing off in class, only she remembers the process when it's suddenly needed after all, and even she ends up not quite sure as to the final step that's supposed to restore the robot to its obedient default settings and has to guess. (Thankfully, after a few tension-filled moments it turns out she got it right.)
* ''Series/{{Raumpatrouille}}'' plays with this in the episode "Hüter des Gesetzes" ("Keepers of the Law"), which deals with worker robots malfunctioning as a result of a human-induced Three Laws conflict. Early on, the crew of the ''Orion'' are required to attend a ''course'' in robotics, which just so happens to address how to disable exactly such robots unarmed if they should ever go out of control and weapons aren't available -- but because with the exception of Tamara Jagellovsk they're too busy goofing off in class, only she remembers the process when it's suddenly needed after all, and even she ends up not quite sure as to the final step that's supposed to restore the robot to its obedient default settings and has to guess. (Thankfully, after a few tension-filled moments it turns out she got it right.)
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* Even ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' isn't above using this trope at least once. In order to defeat the evil science teacher who is actually a giant praying mantis, Buffy uses the recorded sound of bat sonar to "make [her] nervous system go kerplooey". She learnt about that in science class earlier in the episode (though, thankfully, from the previous science teacher. No villain should be stupid enough to teach a class their own weaknesses). Although that's not how she ultimately kills the praying mantis. She does that with a big machete. It's Buffy, after all.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' used to do this on several occasions, partly due to originally being conceived of as an edutainment program. For example, in the early story "Marco Polo" the condensation of water was a key plot point, while in "Planet of Giants", that pressurised cans explode when heated was another point. The Daleks were originally defeated due to elementary knowledge of electrical conductivity. The same technique was used to teach history in its early historical stories. Though most of the explanations happened in the course of events, not given out only to later be recalled.
* ''Series/TheMusketeers'': D'Artagnan is taught in episode eight to not let his heart rule his head in a fight, and this is useful at the end of that episode when he faces off against an opponent who tries to goad him into making mistakes.
* Every episode of ''BlackHoleHigh'' (a.k.a. ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'') featured this. Apparently, the unpredictable wormhole at least had the good manners to follow the [[strike:state]] [[CanadaEh provincial]]-mandated science syllabus exactly.
** Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely, that its laws will bend to teach you an Important Moral Lesson), it is entirely possible that the wormhole was doing it "on purpose", and the physics lectures or experiments in act 1 were really shaping the physics weirdness in act 2.
** Or the time traveller could have done his history research and made sure the syllabus matched.
* A lovely children's education show called ''Series/{{Storylords}}'' entirely revolved around this. Somehow, Mrs Framish the reading teacher, always had either covered the necessary reading skill that day, or taught it the next day, in plenty of time for our hero to use it to defeat Thorzuul.
* Subverted in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', when Sheppard finds himself in an F-302 latched onto a Wraith Hiveship in hyperspace. He flashes back to a memory of [=McKay=] and Zelenka arguing about whether a non-hyperspace capable ship could detach from another one while in hyperspace without being destroyed, which is exactly what Sheppard needs to know. Then they ask Sheppard what he thinks, but he's not paying attention because he's flirting with the woman at the next table. He ends up not taking the risk, and has to wait for the Hiveship to leave hyperspace.
* Crossed with IKnowYouKnowIKnow in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVAcxayiFM 'Fingers and Fumbs']] episode of ''{{QI}}'', where host Stephen offers the contestants an opportunity to go double or nothing on a forfeit by playing RockPaperScissors with him. He mentions that, psychologically, people tend to pick scissors first, because it's commonly believed that others would play rock first, and so would play paper to counter it. Phil and Dara both tie with him on scissors the first three times it happens (Phil having played twice). The fourth time, however, [[spoiler:Phil exchanges an obvious glance with Alan, and psyches Stephen into playing paper while he plays scissors. Dara and Alan also get to defeat Stephen, both using rock while Stephen kept using scissors.]]
** Subverted with the infamous question about the number of Earth's moons. Back in Series A, they asked the question and the buzzer (obvious by wrong) answer was "one" with Stephen going to to explain there's a body that's in an orbital dynamic with the Earth that makes it technically a moon. Two series later, the question gets asked again and someone quickly answer "two" (remembering the earlier question). This turns out to be the buzzer answer this time around as additional bodies matching the criteria had been discovered since. They could have said "six" or they could have made a case for one (which, ironically, they tried the first time around), but the old answer of two was right out.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': "Hermaphrodite Nazi Sympathizers."
* The third episode of BBC's 2010 ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' had Holmes fighting an assassin in a planetarium while an astronomy lecture played in the background. Wouldn't ya know, the lecture contained a clue that helped Holmes identify a painting as a fake and solve Moriarty's fourth challenge.
** {{Justified|Trope}}, since Sherlock and John were there to find someone involved in the case. She was in fact trying to prove that the painting was fake and was at the planetarium specifically to find that information. She was fast-forwarding to the relevant part of the recorded lecture when the assassin attacked.
* {{Exploited|Trope}} by the crew on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. While setting up a con on a college student, Nate plays a professor who antagonizes the mark so that Hardison can make friends with him. The lecture Nate gives is about the prisoner's dilemma problem in game theory, and he tells the class that it's always better for the prisoners to turn on each other. Later, they put the mark in a situation where he has the option of turning on his confederates, and he flashes back to Nate's lecture and decides to do it.
** In real game theory, it's better to cooperate, a fact that Hardison points out.
*** Only half true. The best result for both players is for neither to cooperate as they both get a low sentence but, in a situation where you don't know or don't trust the other prisoner to not cooperate, the better solution is to cooperate and hedge your bets. Hence the "dilemma".
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': One episode has the medical interns quizzing each other ("Diagnosis Jeopardy") and mention Wilson. When JD and Elliot have a lot of trouble diagnosing a patient, Cox tells them, "You must remember what you heard when you weren't even listening". This causes JD to remember and make the right diagnosis, but [[YouAreTooLate it's too late]], and the patient dies anyway.
* In the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Crazy Handful of Nothing", Walter delivers a class on violent chemical reactions such as explosions, using fulminated mercury as an example. At the end, he goes to see Tuco and uses a bag of the stuff to threaten him into paying for the meth he stole (handily, fulminated mercury looks just like meth).
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' used to do this on several occasions, partly due to originally being conceived of as an edutainment program. For example, in the early story "Marco Polo" the condensation of water was a key plot point, while in "Planet of Giants", that pressurised cans explode when heated was another point. The Daleks were originally defeated due to elementary knowledge of electrical conductivity. The same technique was used to teach history in its early historical stories. Though most of the explanations happened in the course of events, not given out only to later be recalled.
* ''Series/TheMusketeers'': D'Artagnan is taught in episode eight to not let his heart rule his head in a fight, and this is useful at the end of that episode when he faces off against an opponent who tries to goad him into making mistakes.
* Every episode of ''BlackHoleHigh'' (a.k.a. ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'') featured this. Apparently, the unpredictable wormhole at least had the good manners to follow the [[strike:state]] [[CanadaEh provincial]]-mandated science syllabus exactly.
** Given the way physics works at Blake Holsey (namely, that its laws will bend to teach you an Important Moral Lesson), it is entirely possible that the wormhole was doing it "on purpose", and the physics lectures or experiments in act 1 were really shaping the physics weirdness in act 2.
** Or the time traveller could have done his history research and made sure the syllabus matched.
* A lovely children's education show called ''Series/{{Storylords}}'' entirely revolved around this. Somehow, Mrs Framish the reading teacher, always had either covered the necessary reading skill that day, or taught it the next day, in plenty of time for our hero to use it to defeat Thorzuul.
* Subverted in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', when Sheppard finds himself in an F-302 latched onto a Wraith Hiveship in hyperspace. He flashes back to a memory of [=McKay=] and Zelenka arguing about whether a non-hyperspace capable ship could detach from another one while in hyperspace without being destroyed, which is exactly what Sheppard needs to know. Then they ask Sheppard what he thinks, but he's not paying attention because he's flirting with the woman at the next table. He ends up not taking the risk, and has to wait for the Hiveship to leave hyperspace.
* Crossed with IKnowYouKnowIKnow in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVAcxayiFM 'Fingers and Fumbs']] episode of ''{{QI}}'', where host Stephen offers the contestants an opportunity to go double or nothing on a forfeit by playing RockPaperScissors with him. He mentions that, psychologically, people tend to pick scissors first, because it's commonly believed that others would play rock first, and so would play paper to counter it. Phil and Dara both tie with him on scissors the first three times it happens (Phil having played twice). The fourth time, however, [[spoiler:Phil exchanges an obvious glance with Alan, and psyches Stephen into playing paper while he plays scissors. Dara and Alan also get to defeat Stephen, both using rock while Stephen kept using scissors.]]
** Subverted with the infamous question about the number of Earth's moons. Back in Series A, they asked the question and the buzzer (obvious by wrong) answer was "one" with Stephen going to to explain there's a body that's in an orbital dynamic with the Earth that makes it technically a moon. Two series later, the question gets asked again and someone quickly answer "two" (remembering the earlier question). This turns out to be the buzzer answer this time around as additional bodies matching the criteria had been discovered since. They could have said "six" or they could have made a case for one (which, ironically, they tried the first time around), but the old answer of two was right out.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': "Hermaphrodite Nazi Sympathizers."
* The third episode of BBC's 2010 ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' had Holmes fighting an assassin in a planetarium while an astronomy lecture played in the background. Wouldn't ya know, the lecture contained a clue that helped Holmes identify a painting as a fake and solve Moriarty's fourth challenge.
** {{Justified|Trope}}, since Sherlock and John were there to find someone involved in the case. She was in fact trying to prove that the painting was fake and was at the planetarium specifically to find that information. She was fast-forwarding to the relevant part of the recorded lecture when the assassin attacked.
* {{Exploited|Trope}} by the crew on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. While setting up a con on a college student, Nate plays a professor who antagonizes the mark so that Hardison can make friends with him. The lecture Nate gives is about the prisoner's dilemma problem in game theory, and he tells the class that it's always better for the prisoners to turn on each other. Later, they put the mark in a situation where he has the option of turning on his confederates, and he flashes back to Nate's lecture and decides to do it.
** In real game theory, it's better to cooperate, a fact that Hardison points out.
*** Only half true. The best result for both players is for neither to cooperate as they both get a low sentence but, in a situation where you don't know or don't trust the other prisoner to not cooperate, the better solution is to cooperate and hedge your bets. Hence the "dilemma".
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': One episode has the medical interns quizzing each other ("Diagnosis Jeopardy") and mention Wilson. When JD and Elliot have a lot of trouble diagnosing a patient, Cox tells them, "You must remember what you heard when you weren't even listening". This causes JD to remember and make the right diagnosis, but [[YouAreTooLate it's too late]], and the patient dies anyway.
* In the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Crazy Handful of Nothing", Walter delivers a class on violent chemical reactions such as explosions, using fulminated mercury as an example. At the end, he goes to see Tuco and uses a bag of the stuff to threaten him into paying for the meth he stole (handily, fulminated mercury looks just like meth).
