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* A series of ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' strips had Dogbert working in tech support, and had several jokes based on the concept. In one strip, he advises the customer not just to restart the computer, but restart ''everything''. "Cancel your garbage service, renounce your citizenship, and yank out your phone." Another went like this:
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': A series of ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' strips had Dogbert working in tech support, and had several jokes based on the concept. In one strip, he advises the customer not just to restart the computer, but restart ''everything''. "Cancel your garbage service, renounce your citizenship, and yank out your phone." Another went like this:
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* Referenced a few times with the Androids in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
** After 17 is first activated:
--->'''Android 17:''' See, every time you spoke I just kept hearing "Kill me! Kill me!" [[BlatantLies Probably an issue with my auditory.]]\\
'''Dr. Gero:''' Well, maybe you just needed to be turned off and then on again.\\
'''Android 17:''' Imagine that.
** After 16 has been badly damaged and has a giant hole in his head:
--->'''Android 16''': Island: noun. Island: noun. Island...\\
'''Android 18''': Okay, we have got to get you fixed up.\\
'''Android 16''': Have you tried turning me off and on again?
* In ''Fanfic/AllGuardsmenParty'', when the team discusses how to deal with a techpriest who nearly got them killed several times, another techpriest suggests turning him off an on again. [[DeadlyEuphemism With their laspistols]]. Turning him back on might be difficult, but it's worth a try.
** After 17 is first activated:
--->'''Android 17:''' See, every time you spoke I just kept hearing "Kill me! Kill me!" [[BlatantLies Probably an issue with my auditory.]]\\
'''Dr. Gero:''' Well, maybe you just needed to be turned off and then on again.\\
'''Android 17:''' Imagine that.
** After 16 has been badly damaged and has a giant hole in his head:
--->'''Android 16''': Island: noun. Island: noun. Island...\\
'''Android 18''': Okay, we have got to get you fixed up.\\
'''Android 16''': Have you tried turning me off and on again?
* In ''Fanfic/AllGuardsmenParty'', when the team discusses how to deal with a techpriest who nearly got them killed several times, another techpriest suggests turning him off an on again. [[DeadlyEuphemism With their laspistols]]. Turning him back on might be difficult, but it's worth a try.
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* Referenced a few times with the Androids in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
** After 17 is first activated:
--->'''Android 17:''' See, every time you spoke I just kept hearing "Kill me! Kill me!" [[BlatantLies Probably an issue with my auditory.]]\\
'''Dr. Gero:''' Well, maybe you just needed to be turned off and then on again.\\
'''Android 17:''' Imagine that.
** After 16 has been badly damaged and has a giant hole in his head:
--->'''Android 16''': Island: noun. Island: noun. Island...\\
'''Android 18''': Okay, we have got to get you fixed up.\\
'''Android 16''': Have you tried turning me off and on again?
* In ''Fanfic/AllGuardsmenParty'', when''Fanfic/AllGuardsmenParty'': When the team discusses how to deal with a techpriest who nearly got them killed several times, another techpriest suggests turning him off an on again. [[DeadlyEuphemism With their laspistols]]. Turning him back on might be difficult, but it's worth a try.
** After 17 is first activated:
--->'''Android 17:''' See, every time you spoke I just kept hearing "Kill me! Kill me!" [[BlatantLies Probably an issue with my auditory.]]\\
'''Dr. Gero:''' Well, maybe you just needed to be turned off and then on again.\\
'''Android 17:''' Imagine that.
** After 16 has been badly damaged and has a giant hole in his head:
--->'''Android 16''': Island: noun. Island: noun. Island...\\
'''Android 18''': Okay, we have got to get you fixed up.\\
'''Android 16''': Have you tried turning me off and on again?
* In ''Fanfic/AllGuardsmenParty'', when
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* The Blues in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' have apparently used this technique a few times.
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* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': The Blues in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' have apparently used this technique a few times.
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* [[http://xkcd.com/806/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{Xkcd}}'' comic shows what happens if you take this too far. There ''are'' problems that can't be solved by rebooting.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Xkcd}}'': [[http://xkcd.com/806/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{Xkcd}}'' comic shows what happens if you take this too far. There ''are'' problems that can't be solved by rebooting.
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* ''WebVideo/The8BitGuy'' brings this up a few times:
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* In the Website/CollegeHumor video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM "The Matrix Runs On Windows XP,"]] Morpheus orders the simulation to freeze during the training exercise -- but when he tries to ''un''freeze it...
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* ''Website/CollegeHumor'': In the Website/CollegeHumor video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM "The Matrix Runs On Windows XP,"]] Morpheus orders the simulation to freeze during the training exercise -- but when he tries to ''un''freeze it...
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* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Referenced a few times with the Androids:
** After 17 is first activated:
--->'''Android 17:''' See, every time you spoke I just kept hearing "Kill me! Kill me!" [[BlatantLies Probably an issue with my auditory.]]\\
'''Dr. Gero:''' Well, maybe you just needed to be turned off and then on again.\\
'''Android 17:''' Imagine that.
** After 16 has been badly damaged and has a giant hole in his head:
--->'''Android 16''': Island: noun. Island: noun. Island...\\
'''Android 18''': Okay, we have got to get you fixed up.\\
'''Android 16''': Have you tried turning me off and on again?
** After 17 is first activated:
--->'''Android 17:''' See, every time you spoke I just kept hearing "Kill me! Kill me!" [[BlatantLies Probably an issue with my auditory.]]\\
'''Dr. Gero:''' Well, maybe you just needed to be turned off and then on again.\\
'''Android 17:''' Imagine that.
** After 16 has been badly damaged and has a giant hole in his head:
--->'''Android 16''': Island: noun. Island: noun. Island...\\
'''Android 18''': Okay, we have got to get you fixed up.\\
'''Android 16''': Have you tried turning me off and on again?
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* An occasional bug on ThisVeryWiki will cause the "Random Trope" button to constantly redirect to this very page. Sadly, it's not a sign from the technology gods, rebooting the browser or the computer won't fix it.
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* Being a very common real-life form of troubleshooting, this naturally became a part of the lexicon for early programmers. It was considered foolish to power-cycle something if you didn't know what was going on, but it was also absolutely essential at times when you ''did'' know what was going on. [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html#id3141171 Observe.]]
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* Being a very common real-life form of troubleshooting, this naturally became a part of the lexicon for early programmers. It was considered foolish to power-cycle something if you didn't know what was going on, but it was also absolutely essential at times when you ''did'' know what was going on. on.
** [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html#id3141171 Observe.]]]]
** As the saying within IT support goes: "We wouldn't keep telling you to reboot if it didn't keep solving the problem."
** [[http://catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html#id3141171 Observe.
** As the saying within IT support goes: "We wouldn't keep telling you to reboot if it didn't keep solving the problem."
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* In "First Vacation" from ''Series/MrAndMrsSmith2024'', John as a NewhartPhoneCall with his mother, Denise, and after asking why she called three times asks if she's tried turning it off and then back on.
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* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': The Raiden Shogun is an ArtificialHuman created by Raiden Ei, to protect and guide the country while Ei meditates. When Ei begins to consider changing eternity, when the whole ''point'' of the Shogun was to maintain an unchanging eternity, the Shogun starts developing glitches. Paimon suggests turning her off and on again. While the Traveler facepalms, Ei blandly says the Shogun was designed to never cease functioning.
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* Referenced and parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball'' episode "The Web", where Gumball and Darwin discover that the adults of Elmore are extremely incompetent when it comes to using modern technology. There is a specific instance when an office worker is talking to an IT employee on his phone about why his computer doesn't work. He says he ''already tried'' rebooting his computer, and after being lightly badgered by the IT guy says he'll try it again. He kicks his computer twice, therefore "re-booting" it in the most literal sense of the term. It still doesn't work.
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* Referenced and parodied ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball'' episode "The Web", where Gumball and Darwin discover that the adults of Elmore are extremely incompetent when it comes to using modern technology. There is a specific instance when an office worker is talking to an IT employee on his phone about why his computer doesn't work. He says he ''already tried'' rebooting his computer, and after being lightly badgered by the IT guy says he'll try it again. He kicks his computer twice, therefore "re-booting" it in the most literal sense of the term. It still doesn't work.
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* Referenced and parodied in "WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball" episode "The Web", where Gumball and Darwin discover that the adults of Elmore are extremely incompetent when it comes to using modern technology. There is a specific instance when an office worker is talking to an IT employee on his phone about why his computer doesn't work. He says he ''already tried'' rebooting his computer, and after being lightly badgered by the IT guy says he'll try it again. He kicks his computer twice, therefore "re-booting" it in the most literal sense of the term. It still doesn't work.
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* Referenced and parodied in "WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball" ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldofGumball'' episode "The Web", where Gumball and Darwin discover that the adults of Elmore are extremely incompetent when it comes to using modern technology. There is a specific instance when an office worker is talking to an IT employee on his phone about why his computer doesn't work. He says he ''already tried'' rebooting his computer, and after being lightly badgered by the IT guy says he'll try it again. He kicks his computer twice, therefore "re-booting" it in the most literal sense of the term. It still doesn't work.
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* ''Fanfic/ImNobody'': When the computers in [[spoiler:Castle Oblivion]] mysteriously start rejecting the operator's inputs, [[spoiler:Kirux]] asks him why doesn't he simply turn it on and off. It should be noted that it's unclear of those computers an be turned off.
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* ''Fanfic/ImNobody'': When the computers in [[spoiler:Castle Oblivion]] mysteriously start rejecting the operator's inputs, [[spoiler:Kirux]] asks him why doesn't he simply turn it on and off. It should be noted that it's unclear of if those computers an can be turned off.
