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-->''Tyr''': That would be a mistake. This fellow has already taken it upon himself to perform a dangerous task. Not because he was commanded, but because it needed to be done. And in the end, that's the only test that matters. It's the test of ''will''. (Beat) You're a machine... I can't believe I just said that.

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-->''Tyr''': -->'''Tyr''': That would be a mistake. This fellow has already taken it upon himself to perform a dangerous task. Not because he was commanded, but because it needed to be done. And in the end, that's the only test that matters. It's the test of ''will''. (Beat) You're a machine... I can't believe I just said that.
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* ''Series/Andromeda'': Invoked in "The Knight, Death, and the Devil." Tyr--a NietzscheWannabe who believes that artificial intelligences are just programs, not real people with wills or emotions--sticks up for Ryan, an AI who has just volunteered for something both stupid and brave.

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* ''Series/Andromeda'': ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'': Invoked in "The Knight, Death, and the Devil." Tyr--a NietzscheWannabe who believes that artificial intelligences are just programs, not real people with wills or emotions--sticks up for Ryan, an AI who has just volunteered for something both stupid and brave.

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* ''Series/Andromeda'': Invoked in "The Knight, Death, and the Devil." Tyr--a NietzscheWannabe who believes that artificial intelligences are just programs, not real people with wills or emotions--sticks up for Ryan, an AI who has just volunteered for something both stupid and brave.
-->'''Captain Hunt''': I can't take the risk that you'll fall apart under pressure.
-->''Tyr''': That would be a mistake. This fellow has already taken it upon himself to perform a dangerous task. Not because he was commanded, but because it needed to be done. And in the end, that's the only test that matters. It's the test of ''will''. (Beat) You're a machine... I can't believe I just said that.
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** After [[spoiler: having all his memories restored]], the first sign that Chidi, TheDitherer to the extreme, has become his "best self" is that despite being thrust right into a dire situation, he's not only completely calm and confident, but he specifically knows what he wants to eat while working out a solution, showing that he's finally gotten over his hangups about finding the "perfect answer".
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*** While surrounded by illegal slot machines, one would expect Pastor Jeff to throw a fit. But instead, he calmly sits with the gamblers and laundromat patrons, praying for their safety and for the safety of their loved ones. And after *** Connie's house is destroyed, Jeff promises not to tell anyone about her business and tries to help clean up.
After her house is destroyed, Connie has no snarky comments. She can only stare in shock at the wreckage of her home.

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*** While surrounded by illegal slot machines, one would expect Pastor Jeff to throw a fit. But instead, he calmly sits with the gamblers and laundromat patrons, praying for their safety and for the safety of their loved ones. And after *** Connie's house is destroyed, Jeff promises not to tell anyone about her business and tries to help clean up.
*** After her house is destroyed, Connie has no snarky comments. She can only stare in shock at the wreckage of her home.

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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': "A Romantic Getaway and a Germanic Meat-Based Diet": In most episodes, Sheldon brushes off Missy's meanness. But in this episode, when she tells him that she hates him, he looks genuinely hurt and just walks away without making any of his usual comments.

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"A Romantic Getaway and a Germanic Meat-Based Diet": In most episodes, Sheldon brushes off Missy's meanness. But in this episode, when she tells him that she hates him, he looks genuinely hurt and just walks away without making any of his usual comments.comments.
** "A Tornado, a 10-Hour Flight and a Darn Fine Ring":
*** While surrounded by illegal slot machines, one would expect Pastor Jeff to throw a fit. But instead, he calmly sits with the gamblers and laundromat patrons, praying for their safety and for the safety of their loved ones. And after *** Connie's house is destroyed, Jeff promises not to tell anyone about her business and tries to help clean up.
After her house is destroyed, Connie has no snarky comments. She can only stare in shock at the wreckage of her home.
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': "A Romantic Getaway and a Germanic Meat-Based Diet": In most episodes, Sheldon brushes off Missy's meanness. But in this episode, when she tells him that she hates him, he looks genuinely hurt and just walks away without making any of his usual comments.
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* ''Series/RadioEnfer'':
** Every time [[BigEater Jean-Lou]] declines to eat something, it's a sign that he's not in a normal state.
** Vincent notices that something wrong is happening to Carl because the latter didn't insult the former at all for an entire day, which is because Carl is preoccupied with his father wanting him to take over his bowling business.
** Jean-Lou thinks it's odd when Carl is reading his horoscope in a magazine for girls and when Maria forgets Jean-Lou owed her money (not knowing that Carl and Maria just had their first romantic kiss the day before). Giroux also finds it odd when Maria is arguing in Carl's favor about an upcoming talent contest:
--->'''Giroux:''' ''[to Maria]'' Since when are you defending Carl?\\
'''Jean-Lou:''' Ever since she no longer cares about money and that Carl is reading his horoscope.
** Vincent finds it strange when his father calls him "my dear son" right before revealing the truth about [[spoiler:Dominique being Vincent's sister]]:
--->'''Vincent:''' "My dear son"? It must be really serious.
** After Giroux makes a compliment on her outfit, Maria finds it odd that he's being so nice to her. He then mentions that the school board sent him a new directive about trying to be closer with his students. At the end, it turns out said directive was from a piece of paper that was from five years ago and thus outdated.



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** If Dr. Kelso doesn't insult Cox when giving him information, such as in "My Lunch", you know that something VERY bad has happened to a patient.
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* In ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', the family mentions that Alex seems to have a Lack of Empathy regarding others' pain, including her own, and that tends to fuel a lot of her thoughtless actions. Therefore, if there is an episode where she performs a selfless act, worries about others, or starts crying, her parents and brothers know something is up and go to ask her about what is wrong. Case in point, she did all she could to warn Alex that Evilini wanted to drain his magic, though it would make her the family wizard and eliminate the competition, because while she will tease Justin and prank him, she doesn't want him badly hurt. In fact, she goes through a lot of effort before Justin believes her since he understandably thinks it's another prank, and he is shocked when she risks Evilini's wrath to expose the woman. In another case, when learning that her werewolf boyfriend once dated Justin's vampire girlfriend and Mason blurts out he still loves Juliet, Alex is shocked. She spends a few days in her room crying, and actually deigns to accept a comforting hug from her mother. When talking with Mason about, Alex points out that she knows that she screws up a lot of things, but she wouldn't mess with the heart of someone she loves. When Jerry tries to cheer her up with a prank of giving a customer prune juice instead of soda, you know that she's really hurting when she admonishes him for it instead of laughing.

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* In ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', the family mentions that Alex seems to have a Lack of Empathy LackOfEmpathy regarding others' pain, including her own, and that tends to fuel a lot of her thoughtless actions. Therefore, if there is an episode where she performs a selfless act, worries about others, or starts crying, her parents and brothers know something is up and go to ask her about what is wrong. Case in point, she did all she could to warn Alex that Evilini wanted to drain his magic, though it would make her the family wizard and eliminate the competition, because while she will tease Justin and prank him, she doesn't want him badly hurt. In fact, she goes through a lot of effort before Justin believes her since he understandably thinks it's another prank, and he is shocked when she risks Evilini's wrath to expose the woman. In another case, when learning that her werewolf boyfriend once dated Justin's vampire girlfriend and Mason blurts out he still loves Juliet, Alex is shocked. She spends a few days in her room crying, and actually deigns to accept a comforting hug from her mother. When talking with Mason about, Alex points out that she knows that she screws up a lot of things, but she wouldn't mess with the heart of someone she loves. When Jerry tries to cheer her up with a prank of giving a customer prune juice instead of soda, you know that she's really hurting when she admonishes him for it instead of laughing.
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* In ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', The family mentions that Alex seems to have a Lack of Empathy regarding others' pain, including her own, and that tends to fuel a lot of her thoughtless actions. Therefore, if there is an episode where she performs a selfless act, worries about others, or starts crying, her parents and brothers know something is up and go to ask her about what is wrong. Case in point, she did all she could to warn Alex that Evilini wanted to drain his magic, though it would make her the family wizard and eliminate the competition, because while she will tease Justin and prank him, she doesn't want him badly hurt. In fact, she goes through a lot of effort before Justin believes her since he understandably thinks it's another prank, and he is shocked when she risks Evilini's wrath to expose the woman. In another case, when learning that her werewolf boyfriend once dated Justin's vampire girlfriend and Mason blurts out he still loves Juliet, Alex is shocked. She spends a few days in her room crying, and actually deigns to accept a comforting hug from her mother. When talking with Mason about, Alex points out that she knows that she screws up a lot of things, but she wouldn't mess with the heart of someone she loves. When Jerry tries to cheer her up with a prank of giving a customer prune juice instead of soda, you know that she's really hurting when she admonishes him for it instead of laughing.

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* In ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', The the family mentions that Alex seems to have a Lack of Empathy regarding others' pain, including her own, and that tends to fuel a lot of her thoughtless actions. Therefore, if there is an episode where she performs a selfless act, worries about others, or starts crying, her parents and brothers know something is up and go to ask her about what is wrong. Case in point, she did all she could to warn Alex that Evilini wanted to drain his magic, though it would make her the family wizard and eliminate the competition, because while she will tease Justin and prank him, she doesn't want him badly hurt. In fact, she goes through a lot of effort before Justin believes her since he understandably thinks it's another prank, and he is shocked when she risks Evilini's wrath to expose the woman. In another case, when learning that her werewolf boyfriend once dated Justin's vampire girlfriend and Mason blurts out he still loves Juliet, Alex is shocked. She spends a few days in her room crying, and actually deigns to accept a comforting hug from her mother. When talking with Mason about, Alex points out that she knows that she screws up a lot of things, but she wouldn't mess with the heart of someone she loves. When Jerry tries to cheer her up with a prank of giving a customer prune juice instead of soda, you know that she's really hurting when she admonishes him for it instead of laughing.
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* In ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', The family mentions that Alex seems to have a Lack of Empathy regarding others' pain, including her own, and that tends to fuel a lot of her thoughtless actions. Therefore, if there is an episode where she performs a selfless act, worries about others, or starts crying, her parents and brothers know something is up and go to ask her about what is wrong. Case in point, she did all she could to warn Alex that Evilini wanted to drain his magic, though it would make her the family wizard and eliminate the competition, because while she will tease Justin and prank him, she doesn't want him badly hurt. In fact, she goes through a lot of effort before Justin believes her since he understandably thinks it's another prank, and he is shocked when she risks Evilini's wrath to expose the woman. In another case, when learning that her werewolf boyfriend once dated Justin's vampire girlfriend and Mason blurts out he still loves Juliet, Alex is shocked. She spends a few days in her room crying, and actually deigns to accept a comforting hug from her mother. When talking with Mason about, Alex points out that she knows that she screws up a lot of things, but she wouldn't mess with the heart of someone she loves. When Jerry tries to cheer her up with a prank of giving a customer prune juice instead of soda, you know that she's really hurting when she admonishes him for it instead of laughing.
-->'''Alex:''' Oh, that poor man. What did he ever do to you, Dad?
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** [[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor "The Night of the Doctor"]]: The War Doctor is this concept applied to an ''entire incarnation'' of the character. One plot point that's been raised in the post-revival series is that "the Doctor" isn't just a title, it's a HeroicVow to never be cruel or cowardly and to [[{{Determinator}} never give up]]. The War Doctor's very first words are, "Doctor no more," putting the promise that ''gave him his name'' on hold because [[GodzillaThreshold the Time War didn't need that]], it needed [[TheUnfettered someone who could end it, no matter the cost]]. As if to drive the point home, his first clothing decision is to pick up a bandolier [[TragicKeepsake belonging to a woman who chose to die rather than be saved by a Time Lord]] and put it on.
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** In the fourth season, Londo and Vir are on Centauri Prime discussing the need to remove [[TheCaligula Cartagia]] from the throne. [[NiceGuy Vir]] is hoping they can do it without resorting to bloodshed but then they meet Cartagia, just up from personally torturing G'Kar and watering plants in the garden with his blood. Vir decodes right then and there he needs to die.

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** In the fourth season, Londo and Vir are on Centauri Prime discussing the need to remove [[TheCaligula Cartagia]] from the throne. [[NiceGuy Vir]] is hoping they can do it without resorting to bloodshed but then they meet Cartagia, just up from personally torturing G'Kar and watering plants in the garden with his blood. Vir decodes is so horrified that he decides right then and there he that Cartagia needs to die.
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* In ''Series/TheGoesWrongShow,'' during the episode "90 Degrees", towards the end, Robert, playing the dog Ruffles (badly), chimes in with an ad-lib after a plot twist, causing Sandra, playing Barbara, to angrily shut him down while not bothering to speak with the Southern American accent she had been acting with for the rest of the play.
-->'''Robert:''' ''(over radio)'' Woof, woof, woof! ({{beat}}) I've got something to say about this.

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* In ''Series/TheGoesWrongShow,'' during the episode "90 Degrees", towards the end, Robert, playing the dog Ruffles (badly), chimes in with an ad-lib after a plot twist, causing Sandra, playing Barbara, to angrily shut him down while not bothering to speak with the Southern American accent she had been acting with for the rest of the play.
-->'''Robert:''' ''(over radio)'' Woof, woof, woof! ({{beat}}) I've got something to say about some thoughts on this.
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-->'''Barbara:''' ''(blurted out in her natural English accent) No, you don't!''

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* In ''Series/TheGoesWrongShow,'' during the episode "90 Degrees", towards the end, Robert, playing the dog Ruffles (badly), chimes in with an ad-lib after a plot twist, causing Sandra, playing Barbara, to angrily shut him down while not bothering to speak with the Southern American accent she had been acting with for the rest of the play.
-->'''Robert:''' ''(over radio)'' Woof, woof, woof! ({{beat}}) I've got something to say about this.
-->'''Barbara:''' ''(blurted out in her natural English accent) No, you don't!''
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** Data is an android with an emotionless robot brain that operates with computerized perfection at all times. Any deviation from his normal personality is treated by the other characters as a code-red emergency. They're always right. For example, in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E22TheMostToys The Most Toys]]", that Data failed to transmit a bit of shuttle flight information to ''Enterprise'' is the first bit of evidence [=LaForge=] finds that Data's shuttle accident was staged. The transmission was so trivial that any other pilot might have just skipped it without arousing suspicion, but Data ''never'' takes shortcuts.

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** Data is an android with an emotionless robot brain that operates with computerized perfection at all times. Any deviation from his normal personality is treated by the other characters as a code-red emergency. They're always right. For example, in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E22TheMostToys The Most Toys]]", that Data failed to transmit a bit of shuttle flight information to ''Enterprise'' is the first bit of evidence [=LaForge=] finds to sugguest that Data's shuttle accident was staged. The transmission was so trivial that any other pilot might have just skipped it without arousing suspicion, but Data ''never'' takes shortcuts.

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