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* Happens once in {{Frasier}} where the titular character tried to set Daphne out with his co-worker, only to later find out that there had been a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48A450ilF98light sfault in communication.]]
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* Happens once in {{Frasier}} where the titular character tried to set Daphne out with his co-worker, only to later find out that there had been a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48A450ilF98light sfault slight fault in communication.]]
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* {{Firefly}} plays with this in the episode ''Out of Gas''. The crew of Serenity is in a dire situation with the life support system failing. They are in a deserted region of space with little chance of any ships wandering around there. Wash has lost all hope, when Mal suggests a way to boost the SOS signal.
-->'''Wash:''' What do you expect me to do, Mal?\\
'''Mal:''' Whatever you have to. And if you can't do it from here, then get a suit on and go outside on the side of the boat...\\
'''Wash:''' And what? Wave my arms around?\\
'''Mal:''' Wave your arms around. Jump up and down. Divert the nav sats to the transmitter. Whatever.\\
'''Wash:''' Divert the - Right! Because teenage pranks are fun when you're about to die!\\
'''Mal:''' Give the beacon a boost, wouldn't it?\\
'''Wash:''' Yes, Mal, it would boost the signal. But even if some passerby did happen to receive, all it would do is muck up their navigation.\\
'''Mal:''' Could be that's true.\\
'''Wash''': Damn right, it's true. They'd be forced to stop and dig out our signal before they could even go anyplace.\\
[Beat, Mal waits for Wash to get it]\\
'''Wash''': [Still yelling as if he's angry] Well maybe I should do that, then!\\
'''Mal''': [Yelling back] Maybe you should!
-->'''Wash:''' What do you expect me to do, Mal?\\
'''Mal:''' Whatever you have to. And if you can't do it from here, then get a suit on and go outside on the side of the boat...\\
'''Wash:''' And what? Wave my arms around?\\
'''Mal:''' Wave your arms around. Jump up and down. Divert the nav sats to the transmitter. Whatever.\\
'''Wash:''' Divert the - Right! Because teenage pranks are fun when you're about to die!\\
'''Mal:''' Give the beacon a boost, wouldn't it?\\
'''Wash:''' Yes, Mal, it would boost the signal. But even if some passerby did happen to receive, all it would do is muck up their navigation.\\
'''Mal:''' Could be that's true.\\
'''Wash''': Damn right, it's true. They'd be forced to stop and dig out our signal before they could even go anyplace.\\
[Beat, Mal waits for Wash to get it]\\
'''Wash''': [Still yelling as if he's angry] Well maybe I should do that, then!\\
'''Mal''': [Yelling back] Maybe you should!
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* ''StarWars'': But if they traced the robots here, they may have learned who they sold them to, and that would lead them back...home!
** ''ReturnOfTheJedi'': "But how could they be jamming us if they don't know... we're coming...?"
** ''ReturnOfTheJedi'': "But how could they be jamming us if they don't know... we're coming...?"
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* ''StarWars'': But "But if they traced the robots here, they may have learned who they sold them to, and that would lead them back...home!
back... home!"
** ''ReturnOfTheJedi'': "But how could they be jamming us if they don't know... that we'recoming...?"coming?"
** ''ReturnOfTheJedi'': "But how could they be jamming us if they don't know... that we're
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* DrStrangelove - Hell yes, the bomber has a chance to make it through!
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* ''{{Starcraft}}'': "It's a zergling, Lester. A smaller type of zerg. But one of them wouldn't be out this far unless... OH SHIT!"
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* It's more of an Explain Explain Oh My moment, but... [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00710.htm FreeFall has one somewhat like this.]]
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* It's more of an Explain Explain Oh My moment, but... {{Freefall}} [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00710.htm FreeFall has one somewhat like this.]]
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* A comedic version in the CiaphasCain novel ''The Traitor's Hand''. Cain is discussing MauveShirt "Jinxie" Penlan with the command staff when her reputation comes up, and...
-->'''Cain''': "But she's not nearly as accident prone as she's supposed to be. I'll grant you she fell down an ambull tunnel once, and there was that incident with the frag grenade and the latrine trench, but things tend to work out for her. The orks on Kastafore were as surprised as she was when the floor in the factory collapsed, and we'd have walked right into that hrud ambush on Skweki if she hadn't triggered the mine by chucking an empty food tin away..."\\
My brain finally caught up to what I was saying and I trailed off rather lamely. "Well, you know how soldiers exaggerate these things."
-->'''Cain''': "But she's not nearly as accident prone as she's supposed to be. I'll grant you she fell down an ambull tunnel once, and there was that incident with the frag grenade and the latrine trench, but things tend to work out for her. The orks on Kastafore were as surprised as she was when the floor in the factory collapsed, and we'd have walked right into that hrud ambush on Skweki if she hadn't triggered the mine by chucking an empty food tin away..."\\
My brain finally caught up to what I was saying and I trailed off rather lamely. "Well, you know how soldiers exaggerate these things."
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* Xkcd: "[[http://xkcd.com/852/ How did the pole vaulters get up to our balcony?]]
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* Deianira has shades of this in ''TheTrachiniae'' as she talks to the chorus about the "strange sight" that is the bubbling, disintegrating piece of cloth she used to smear a love potion onto a shirt she just gave her husband.
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* Happens once in {{Frasier}} where the titular character tried to set Daphne out with his co-worker, only to later find out that there had been a slight fault in communication.
-->''Niles:'' Good Lord, Frasier, what did you say to the man to lead him on so?.
-->''Frasier:'' I did not lead him on. I just asked him if he was single, and then we chatted about theater and men’s fashion and…Oh, my God!
-->''Niles:'' Good Lord, Frasier, what did you say to the man to lead him on so?.
-->''Frasier:'' I did not lead him on. I just asked him if he was single, and then we chatted about theater and men’s fashion and…Oh, my God!
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* Happens once in {{Frasier}} where the titular character tried to set Daphne out with his co-worker, only to later find out that there had been a slight fault [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48A450ilF98light sfault in communication.
-->''Niles:'' Good Lord, Frasier, what did you say to the man to leadcommunication.]]
-->'''Frasier:''' What on Earth could have made himon so?.
-->''Frasier:''think that I did not lead him on. was interested in him? I just asked him if he was single, and then we chatted talked about theater and men’s fashion and…Oh, fashions - oh, my God!God. Niles, do you realise what this means?
-->'''Niles:''' Yes, you're dating your boss.
-->''Niles:'' Good Lord, Frasier, what did you say to the man to lead
-->'''Frasier:''' What on Earth could have made him
-->''Frasier:''
-->'''Niles:''' Yes, you're dating your boss.
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'''Frasier:''' I did not lead him on. I just asked him if he was single, and then we chatted about theater and men’s fashion and…Oh, my God!
'''Frasier:''' I did not lead him on. I just asked him if he was single, and then we chatted about theater and men’s fashion and…Oh, my God!
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->'''Niles:''' Good Lord, Frasier, what did you say to the man to lead him on so?.\\
'''Frasier:''' I did not lead him on. I just asked him if he was single, and then we chatted about theater and men’s fashion and…Oh, my God!
->'''Niles:''' Good Lord, Frasier, what did you say to the man to lead him on so?.\\
'''Frasier:''' I did not lead him on. I just asked him if he was single, and then we chatted about theater and men’s fashion and…Oh, my God!
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* MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail has a variation with the Trojan Rabbit, paraphrased thusly: "What happens next?" "Now we wait until sundown, and then Launcelot, Gallahad, and I leap out of the rabbit, taking the French completely by surprise. And not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!" "[i]Who[/i] leaps out?" "Launcelot, Gallahad, and I ... uh, leap out, uh, of the rabbit ... and... look: if we made a big wooden badger..."
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* MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail has a variation with the Trojan Rabbit, paraphrased approximately thusly: "What happens next?" "Now we wait until sundown, and then Launcelot, Gallahad, and I leap out of the rabbit, taking the French completely by surprise. And not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!" "[i]Who[/i] "''Who'' leaps out?" "Launcelot, Gallahad, and I ... uh, leap out, uh, of the rabbit ... and... look: if we made a big this large wooden badger..."
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* MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail has a variation with the Trojan Rabbit, paraphrased thusly: "Now we wait until sundown and jump out of the rabbit" "Who jumps out?" "We do; the King, myself, and... ohhh... ok listen: if we made a wooden badger..."
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* MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail has a variation with the Trojan Rabbit, paraphrased thusly: "What happens next?" "Now we wait until sundown sundown, and jump then Launcelot, Gallahad, and I leap out of the rabbit" "Who jumps rabbit, taking the French completely by surprise. And not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!" "[i]Who[/i] leaps out?" "We do; "Launcelot, Gallahad, and I ... uh, leap out, uh, of the King, myself, rabbit ... and... ohhh... ok listen: look: if we made a big wooden badger..."
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* In ''{{Timeline}}'', one character is tryin to convince the others that it is possible to travel to the past via a wormhole. Another character points out that it is impossible for a physical body to safely go through one. The first character retorts that the same can be said about a fax machine. The second character launches into trying to explain that the fax machine first has to convert the scanned data into a "stream of electrons", before realizing that the first character is talking about the same for the wormhole with a big "Oh shit!".
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* In ''{{Timeline}}'', ''Timeline'', one character is tryin trying to convince the others that it is possible to travel to the past via a wormhole. Another character points out that it is impossible for a physical body to safely go through one. The first character retorts that the same can be said about a fax machine. The second character launches into trying to explain that the fax machine first has to convert the scanned data into a "stream of electrons", before realizing that the first character is talking about the same for the wormhole with a big "Oh shit!"."[[OhCrap Oh shit!]]".
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* Subverted in that it's more of an Explain Explain Oh My moment, but... [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00710.htm FreeFall has one somewhat like this.]]
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* Subverted in that it's It's more of an Explain Explain Oh My moment, but... [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00710.htm FreeFall has one somewhat like this.]]
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* WhiteCollar has one in "By the Book" when Peter points out a flaw in the Perfect Exchange. Mozzie also figures out said flaw at a later point.
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* In the second season episode of WhiteCollar has one in "By called 'By the Book" Book' there is a LetMeGetThisStraight moment when Peter points out a the flaw in the Perfect Exchange. Exchange but later when Mozzie also figures it out said flaw at a later point.its more of one of theses as he exclaims 'There is no middle man!'
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-->Some dude was drunk and drove his car over a bridge,
-->and had his girlfriend in the trunk, and she was pregnant with his kid,
-->and in the car they found a tape, but they didn't say who it was to.
-->Come to think about, his name was... it was you.
-->Damn...
-->Some dude was drunk and drove his car over a bridge,
-->and had his girlfriend in the trunk, and she was pregnant with his kid,
-->and in the car they found a tape, but they didn't say who it was to.
-->Come to think about, his name was... it was you.
-->Damn...
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-->Come to think about, his name was... it was you.
-->Damn...
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* ''StarWars'': But that would lead them straight...home!
** ''ReturnOfTheJedi'': "But how could they be jamming us if they don't know... if we're coming..."
** ''ReturnOfTheJedi'': "But how could they be jamming us if they don't know... if we're coming..."
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* ''StarWars'': But if they traced the robots here, they may have learned who they sold them to, and that would lead them straight...back...home!
** ''ReturnOfTheJedi'': "But how could they be jamming us if they don't know...if we're coming..."?"
** ''ReturnOfTheJedi'': "But how could they be jamming us if they don't know...
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Bob explains a situation to Alice. As he explains, Bob has an OhCrap moment when he realizes the full impact of the situation himself.
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Essentially, a case of in-universe FridgeLogic catching up to the characters, can be played for laughs or drama. Can be triggered by the listening party's LetMeGetThisStraight putting a new perspective on Bob's explanation.
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* MontyPythonAntTheHolyGrail has a variation with the Trojan Rabbit, paraphrased thusly: "Now we wait until sundown and jump out of the rabbit" "Who jumps out?" "We do; the King, myself, and... ohhh... ok listen: if we made a wooden badger..."
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* MontyPythonAntTheHolyGrail MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail has a variation with the Trojan Rabbit, paraphrased thusly: "Now we wait until sundown and jump out of the rabbit" "Who jumps out?" "We do; the King, myself, and... ohhh... ok listen: if we made a wooden badger..."
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* In ''{{Timeline}}'', one character is tryin to convince the others that it is possible to travel to the past via a wormhole. Another character points out that it is impossible for a physical body to safely go through one. The first character retorts that the same can be said about a fax machine. The second character launches into trying to explain that the fax machine first has to convert the scanned data into a "stream of electrons", before realizing that the first character is talking about the same for the wormhole with a big "Oh shit!".
