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->'''Andvari''': Ha! Why should I [give you my gold], liar? Have you rod or net or hands that can catch me?
->'''Loki''': I have not.
->'''Andvari''': And have you any ''spell'' that can hold or compel me?
->'''Loki''': None that can.
->'''Andvari''': Then what have you, Loki the liar?
->'''Loki''': One of ''these''.
->'''Caption''': And Loki reached deep into his carrying-bag...and brought out an M20 recoilless rocket launcher.
-->--''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard''
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->''"A giant, mechanical terracotta warrior? Really, Candace? Wouldn't that be slightly more advanced that what we have today?"''
-->-- '''Linda Flynn-Fletcher of 1542''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''

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->'''Kung Fury:''' What year is this?\\
'''Barbarianna:''' It's UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge.
->'''Kung Fury:''' That explains the laser Raptors.
-->--''Film/KungFury''

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->'''Kung Fury:''' What year is this?\\
'''Barbarianna:''' It's UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge.
->'''Kung Fury:''' That explains the laser Raptors.
-->--''Film/KungFury''
->''"The most jarring anachronism for me was a television set in Murphy's house (in a flashback). It had dials on it, one for VHF and one for UHF. Not futuristic."''
-->--'''The Criterion Contraption''' on ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}''
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-->-- '''Sid''', ''WesternAnimation/IceAge4ContinentalDrift''

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-->-- '''Sid''', ''WesternAnimation/IceAge4ContinentalDrift''
''WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift''
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'''Fred:''' Well, [[ExplainExplainOhCrap it's about the birth of…]] ''[[OhMyGods JESUS CHRIST!]]'' \\

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'''Fred:''' Well, [[ExplainExplainOhCrap it's about the birth of…]] ''[[OhMyGods ''[[{{Pun}} JESUS CHRIST!]]'' \\



'''Fred:''' Christ, Barney… I think this is something we aren't supposed to think about! You're really [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] my mind right now!

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'''Fred:''' Christ, Barney… I think this is [[MST3KMantra something we aren't supposed to think about! about!]] You're really [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] my mind right now!
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'''Barney:''' How come we celebrate Christmas? \\

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'''Barney:''' How come we [[OneMillionBC we]] celebrate Christmas? \\



'''Fred:''' Well, it's about the birth of… ''[[OhMyGods JESUS CHRIST!]]'' \\
'''Barney:''' You see, Fred? How're we celebrating the birth of someone who hadn't even been born yet? \\

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'''Fred:''' Well, [[ExplainExplainOhCrap it's about the birth of… of…]] ''[[OhMyGods JESUS CHRIST!]]'' \\
'''Barney:''' You see, Fred? How're we celebrating the birth of someone somebody who hadn't even been born yet? \\
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'''Barney:''' You see, Fred? How're we celebrating the birth of someone who hadn't even been born yet?

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'''Barney:''' You see, Fred? How're we celebrating the birth of someone who hadn't even been born yet?yet? \\
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->'''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Barney]]:''' Hey, Fred, I've been meaning to ask you something. \\
'''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred]]:''' Ask away, Barn. \\
'''Barney:''' How come we celebrate Christmas? \\
'''Fred:''' What? \\
'''Barney:''' I mean, what's Christmas all about? \\
'''Fred:''' The gifts! \\
'''Barney:''' No, Fred, like, at its core. \\
'''Fred:''' Well, it's about the birth of… ''[[OhMyGods JESUS CHRIST!]]'' \\
'''Barney:''' You see, Fred? How're we celebrating the birth of someone who hadn't even been born yet?
'''Fred:''' Christ, Barney… I think this is something we aren't supposed to think about! You're really [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] my mind right now!
-->-- [[https://twitter.com/solidusjj/status/1394007627709964297?s=21 Twitter video]] by [[https://twitter.com/solidusjj?s=21 SolidJJ]]
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''Okay, so we've got crack and [[Creator/FranklinDRoosevelt FDR]]. What decade is this supposed to be?''

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''Okay, ->''Okay, so we've got crack and [[Creator/FranklinDRoosevelt [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt FDR]]. What decade is this supposed to be?''
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''Okay, so we've got crack and [[Creator/FranklinDRoosevelt FDR]]. What decade is this supposed to be?''
-->--'''Crow:''', ''VideoGame/MysteryScienceTheater3000PresentsDetective''
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->''"Can't go wrong with the M16. Unless it's a [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam war]]-based game or something. But hey, we're just about one hundred and twenty years before that, so we'll be... totally... er, wait."''
-->--''LetsPlay VideoGame/{{Blood}} II: The Nightmare Levels - [[https://youtu.be/D2Y37k6wVxU?t=270 C5L3 JoJo's Big Adventure]]''
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-->--''Anime/AxisPowersHetalia''

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-->--''Anime/AxisPowersHetalia''-->--''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''
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->'''America''': I’ll just ask Google Maps and he’ll tell me how to get there on top of how long it’ll take!
->'''Britain''': We can’t google stuff in 1942!
-->--''Anime/AxisPowersHetalia''
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->"Then, how do you explain this...Bubble Gum...How do you eplain this Bubble Gum!? This hasn't been invented yet!"
-->-- '''Robert:''' ''Series/TheGoesWrongShow''

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->"Then, how do you explain this...Bubble Gum...Gum? How do you eplain explain this Bubble Gum!? This hasn't been invented yet!"
-->-- '''Robert:''' '''Robert''', ''Series/TheGoesWrongShow''
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->"Then, how do you explain this...Bubble Gum...How do you eplain this Bubble Gum!? This hasn't been invented yet!"
-->-- '''Robert:''' ''Series/TheGoesWrongShow''

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'''Book Seller''': I'm sorry, cherie, but that has not been written yet

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'''Book Seller''': I'm sorry, cherie, but that has not been written yetyet.


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->''"Can't go wrong with the M16. Unless it's a [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam war]]-based game or something. But hey, we're just about one hundred and twenty years before that, so we'll be... totally... er, wait."''
-->--''LetsPlay VideoGame/{{Blood}} II: The Nightmare Levels - [[https://youtu.be/D2Y37k6wVxU?t=270 C5L3 JoJo's Big Adventure]]''
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->'''Meredith Vieira''': Crowds lined the Mall today as the Holy Roman Emperor UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill returned to the Buckingham Senate on his personal mammoth.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Wedding of River Song"

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->'''Meredith Vieira''': Crowds ->"Crowds lined the Mall today as the Holy Roman Emperor UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill returned to the Buckingham Senate on his personal mammoth.
mammoth."
-->-- '''Meredith Vieira''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Wedding of River Song"
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->'''Sheldon:''' Let's be clear: ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' is the best Christmas movie ever made.
->'''Arthur:''' Hands down.
->'''Sheldon:''' But... you watch it enough times, and you start to have serious questions about some parts in the movie.
->'''Arthur:''' Like the gym floor that opens up to a pool! ''A what? With the WHAT??''
->'''Sheldon:''' This was a high school, people!
->'''Arthur:''' A high school in the 1920's!
->'''Sheldon:''' And you're telling us they could afford a gigant-o retractable floor? A floor that was like 10 feet thick?
->'''Arthur:''' You couldn't even find a school NOW that could afford it.
->'''Sheldon:''' Seriously! Try it! Find ONE school in America that has that! Even one!
->'''Arthur:''' Then pop that school in the mouth.
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Sheldon}}''
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->''"[[LampshadeHanging I know this is a strange question in 1588]], but does your mercy have a personal computer?"''
-->-- '''Julián Martínez''', ''Series/TheMinistryOfTime''
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->''"That was Division 13 of Baker Company singing a song that won't be a hit for another thirty years."''
-->-- '''Radio announcer''', ''Theatre/TheCompleteHistoryOfAmericaAbridged''
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->''"Merlyn took off the sailor hat which had just appeared and held it out for inspection. 'This is an anachronism,' he said severely. 'That is what it is, a beastly anachronism.'"''
-->-- ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing''
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'''Barbarianna:''' It's the Viking age.

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'''Barbarianna:''' It's the Viking age.UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge.
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->''"The human world is just set as being a ‘medieval European fantasy world’, so don’t worry about the details. Being technically correct was thrown out the window from the moment the metric system and the 60 minute hour were used."''

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->''"The human ->''"This is a love comedy, remember? This world is just set as being a ‘medieval European fantasy world’, so don’t worry about needs to prioritize love and comedy. If detailed historical accuracy would get in the details. Being technically correct was way of the love comedy aspects, the laws of this world will ensure that historical accuracy is thrown out the window from the moment the metric system and the 60 minute hour were used."''out!!"''
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->''"The human world is just set as being a ‘medieval European fantasy world’, so don’t worry about the details. Being technically correct was thrown out the window from the moment the metric system and the 60 minute hour were used."''
-->--'''Freyja''', ''LightNovel/TheCircumstancesLeadingToWaltrautesMarriage''
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->'''Kung Fury:''' What year is this?\\
'''Barbarianna:''' It's the Viking age.
->'''Kung Fury:''' That explains the laser Raptors.
-->--''Film/KungFury''
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'''Doctor''': What's eighteenth-century France doing on a spaceship? Get a little perspective!

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'''Doctor''': What's eighteenth-century France Mickey, what's ''eighteenth-century France'' doing on a spaceship? Get a little perspective!
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-->-- '''Sid''', ''WesternAnimation/IceAge: Continental Drift''

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-->-- '''Sid''', ''WesternAnimation/IceAge: Continental Drift''
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->''"Defining moment? I dunno. I suppose it was going for the wardrobe fitting, having been cast in a science fiction show, and thinking, ''[='=]Omigod, I'm gonna look horrible in [[FutureSpandex lycra]].[='=]'' And luckily, they dressed me as if I was gonna play Hamlet!"''
-->--'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTWg7n6AANQ#t=700 Jason Carter]]''' on ''Series/BabylonFive''
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-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeEliot''', ''SillyNovelsByLadyNovelists''

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-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeEliot''', ''SillyNovelsByLadyNovelists''
''Literature/SillyNovelsByLadyNovelists''
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-->-- '''Ling-Ling''', ''GuiltyParty''

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-->-- '''Ling-Ling''', ''GuiltyParty''
''VideoGame/GuiltyParty''

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