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->"[[InstantWinCondition When 3 Destiny Counters are on this card]], [[TheEnemyGateIsDown you win the Duel]]." ...And before three Counters are on it, you ''lose'' the duel.

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->"[[InstantWinCondition When 3 Destiny Counters are on this card]], [[TheEnemyGateIsDown you win the Duel]]." ...And before three Counters are on it, you you'll ''lose'' the duel.
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->There is no port in the [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Kingdome]] that can harbour this shipp. The wild sea must bee her port, her anchors and cables her safety; if either fayle, the shipp must perish, the King lose his jewel, four or five hundred man must die, [[WhatMeasureIsAMook and perhaps some great and noble peer]]."
-->--'''The Brethren of Trinity House''' in regards to Charles II's planned new flagship, the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sovereign_of_the_Seas Sovereign of the Seas]]''
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->" If your top-end robotic assault device can be defeated with a baseball bat ''every time''... well, that kinda says it all, doesn't it?"
-->--'''Gordon Freeman on Manhacks, Machinima/FreemansMind 2

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->" If ->If your top-end robotic assault device can be defeated with a baseball bat ''every time''... well, that kinda says it all, doesn't it?"
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-->--'''Gordon Freeman Freeman''' on Manhacks, Machinima/FreemansMind 2
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->[[HauntedCastle Harrenhal]] is a prize; a [[NighInvulnerable nigh-impregnable]] castle with enough land and income to make a man, at a stroke, [[{{Fiction500}} one of the greatest lords in Westeros]]. But you would not be entirely right, either. Say, [[StandardHeroReward by a king's grace]], Harrenhal became yours. Now you must garrison it. You must repair it and maintain it. Even stretched to the end of your means, [[BigLabyrinthineBuilding you cannot fill and manage the whole castle]]. So you would retreat your household to four of the five towers - then three, then two, then only the bottom thirds of those. You close the Hall of the Hundred Hearths and take your meals in your rooms. Even then you can't shake the feeling of desolation; that [[EldritchLocation Harrenhal and it's vastness is devouring you]].
->In later years, as you bury a grandson or a great-grandson, the last of you line... '' '''[[{{Curse}} you will know it has]].''' ''
-->--'''Lady Catelyn Stark,''' ''Series/GameOfThrones - History And Lore Of Westeros: Harrenhal''
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->" If your top-end robotic assault device can be defeated with a baseball bat ''every time''... well, that kinda says it all, doesn't it?"
-->--'''Gordon Freeman on Manhacks, Machinima/FreemansMind 2
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->'''Rory Swann:''' Those goofy mercs are still using [[CoolBike Vultures]]. Can ya believe it? Damn things are death traps even when you ain't people shooting at ya.\\

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->'''Rory Swann:''' Those goofy mercs are still using [[CoolBike Vultures]]. Can ya believe it? Damn things are death traps even when you ain't got people shooting at ya.\\
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->'''Pharaoh:''' What does [[KonamiCode [Kaiba's cheat code]]] do?\\

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->'''Pharaoh:''' What does [[KonamiCode [Kaiba's [[[KonamiCode Kaiba's cheat code]]] do?\\
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->Popular fiction has shown us [[ChainsawGood the awesome, brutal power of the chainsaw]]. It's lightning-quick rotating teeth can easily slice through flesh and bone, making the strength and skill required for manual weapons unnecessary. Its roar might also give the owner [[HellYesMoment a much-need psychological boost]] - empowerment in a situation where abject terror is a given. How many horror movies have you seen in which this industrial killing machine has spelled doom for anyone and anything it touched? [[TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs In reality, however, chainsaws and similar powered devices rank extremely low on the list of practical zombie-killing weapons]]. For starters, their fuel supply is finite. Once drained, they provide as much protection as a hand-held stereo. Carrying extra fuel or power cells leads to the second inherent problem: weight. The average chainsaw weighs ten pounds, compared to a two-pound machete. Why increase the chances of exhaustion? Safety must also be considered. One slip, and the spinning teeth might be slicing through your skull just as easily as your enemy's. Like any machine, another problem is noise. A chainsaw's distinctive roar, even if running for just a few seconds, [[SoMuchForStealth will be enough to broadcast to every zombie within earshot "Dinner is served!"]]

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->Popular fiction has shown us [[ChainsawGood the awesome, brutal power of the chainsaw]]. It's lightning-quick rotating teeth can easily slice through flesh and bone, making the strength and skill required for manual weapons unnecessary. Its roar might also give the owner [[HellYesMoment a much-need psychological boost]] - empowerment in a situation where abject terror is a given. How many horror movies have you seen in which this industrial killing machine has spelled doom for anyone and anything it touched? [[TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs [[JustForFun/TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs In reality, however, chainsaws and similar powered devices rank extremely low on the list of practical zombie-killing weapons]]. For starters, their fuel supply is finite. Once drained, they provide as much protection as a hand-held stereo. Carrying extra fuel or power cells leads to the second inherent problem: weight. The average chainsaw weighs ten pounds, compared to a two-pound machete. Why increase the chances of exhaustion? Safety must also be considered. One slip, and the spinning teeth might be slicing through your skull just as easily as your enemy's. Like any machine, another problem is noise. A chainsaw's distinctive roar, even if running for just a few seconds, [[SoMuchForStealth will be enough to broadcast to every zombie within earshot "Dinner is served!"]]
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'''Goku:''' I guess I was pushed to the edge in the tournament and did it accidentally!\\

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'''Goku:''' I guess I was pushed to the edge in the tournament and did it accidentally!\\accidentally!
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-->-- '''Richard Hammond''', ''TopGear'', on a [[CoolCar Pagani Zonda]]

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-->-- '''Richard Hammond''', ''TopGear'', ''Series/TopGearUK'', on a [[CoolCar Pagani Zonda]]
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->Popular fiction has shown us [[ChainsawGood the awesome, brutal power of the chainsaw]]. It's lightning-quick rotating teeth can easily slice through flesh and bone, making the strength and skill required for manual weapons unnecessary. Its roar might also give the owner [[HellYesMoment a much-need psychological boost]] - empowerment in a situation where abject terror is a given. How many horror movies have you seen in which this industrial killing machine has spelled doom for anyone and anything it touched? [[TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs In reality, however, chainsaws and similar powered devices rank extremely low on the list of practical zombie-killing weapons]]. For starters, their fuel supply is finite. Once drained, they provide as much protection as a hand-held stereo. Carrying extra fuel or power cells leads to the second inherent problem: weight. The average chainsaw weighs ten pounds, compared to a two-pound machete. Why increase the chances of exhaustion? Safety must also be considered. One slip, and the spinning teeth might be slicing through your skull just as easily as your enemy's. Like any machine, another problem is noise. A chainsaw's distinctive roar, even if running for just a few seconds, [[SoMuchForStealth will be enough to broadcast to every zombie within earshot "Dinner is served!"]]
-->--''Literature/TheZombieSurvivalGuide''
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->'''Vegeta:''' Hey, Kakarot, what happened to your Ultra Instinct?!\\
'''Goku:''' I can't do it!\\
'''Vegeta:''' What?!\\
'''Goku:''' I guess I was pushed to the edge in the tournament and did it accidentally!\\
-->-- ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''
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->Give me a gun that never fires! Give me a sword that is ever blunt! Give me a weapon that deals no wound, so long as it always strikes fear!

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->Give me a gun that never fires! Give me a sword that is ever blunt! Give me a weapon that deals no wound, [[WeaponForIntimidation so long as it always strikes fear!fear]]!



->That's not what TheEmpire would have done, Commander. What the Empire would have done was build a super-colossal [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]]-killing battle machine. They would have called it the ''Nova Colossus'' or the ''Galaxy Destructor'' or the ''Nostril of Palpatine'' or something equally grandiose. They would have spent billions of credits, employed thousands of contractors and subcontractors, and equipped it with the latest in death-dealing technology. And you know what would have happened? [[LampshadeHanging It wouldn't have worked]]. [[AttackItsWeakPoint They'd forget to bolt down a metal plate over an access hatch leading to the main reactors, or some other mistake, and a hotshot enemy pilot would drop a bomb down there and blow the whole thing up.]] Now ''that's'' what the Empire would have done.

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->That's not what TheEmpire would have done, Commander. What the Empire would have done was build a super-colossal [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]]-killing battle machine. They would have called it the ''Nova Colossus'' or the ''Galaxy Destructor'' or the ''Nostril of Palpatine'' or something equally grandiose. They would have spent billions of credits, employed thousands of contractors and subcontractors, and equipped it with the latest in death-dealing technology. And you know what would have happened? [[LampshadeHanging It wouldn't have worked]]. worked.]] [[AttackItsWeakPoint They'd forget to bolt down a metal plate over an access hatch leading to the main reactors, or some other mistake, and a hotshot enemy pilot would drop a bomb down there and blow the whole thing up.]] Now ''that's'' what the Empire would have done.



"Flying side kick. Best used against immobile targets and blind men. [[OneHitKill But when it connects, it tends to smart]]."

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"Flying side kick. Best used against immobile targets and blind men. [[OneHitKill But when it connects, it tends to smart]]."smart.]]"



->What, you've never seen a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTLKy4WWIQo Canadian Destroyer]]? It's amazing, and the stupidest thing I've ever seen. It's pro wrestling.

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->What, you've never seen a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTLKy4WWIQo Canadian Destroyer]]? Destroyer?]] It's amazing, and the stupidest thing I've ever seen. It's pro wrestling.



->'''Crankcase''': Technically a [[CoolStarship D-Class]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Worldsweeper]]. A P-6 model. Famous for... damn what was it?

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->'''Crankcase''': Technically a [[CoolStarship D-Class]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Worldsweeper]]. A P-6 model. Famous for... damn damn, what was it?



->"When 3 Destiny Counters are on this card, [[TheEnemyGateIsDown you win the Duel.]]" ...And before three Counters are on it, you ''lose'' the duel.

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->"When ->"[[InstantWinCondition When 3 Destiny Counters are on this card, card]], [[TheEnemyGateIsDown you win the Duel.]]" ...Duel]]." ...And before three Counters are on it, you ''lose'' the duel.

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-->-- '''[=Rank10YGO=]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYPetcd5rmA discussing]] [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh Gimmick Puppet - Destiny Leo]]

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-->-- '''[=Rank10YGO=]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYPetcd5rmA discussing]] [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh Gimmick Puppet - Destiny of Leo]]
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->"When 3 Destiny Counters are on this card, [[TheEnemyGateIsDown you win the Duel.]]" ...And before three Counters are on it, you ''lose'' the duel.
-->-- '''[=Rank10YGO=]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYPetcd5rmA discussing]] [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh Gimmick Puppet - Destiny Leo]]
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'''Kaiba:''' No! It-It... [[LameComeback I have unlimited cards now! You only have forty!]] [[{{Understatement}} That is much less than what I have!]]

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'''Kaiba:''' No! It-It... [[LameComeback I have unlimited cards now! You only have forty!]] [[{{Understatement}} That is much less than what I have!]]have!
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'''Rory Swann:''' Classic? I suppose you could call 'em that. 'Course, most folks like a bike that don't explode on them when the repeller seals freeze up, or the fuel cells start leaking radioactive waste -- but hey, who cares if it's a 'classic', right?

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'''Rory Swann:''' Classic? I suppose you could call 'em that. 'Course, most folks like a bike that don't [[StuffBlowingUp explode on them them]] when the repeller seals freeze up, or the fuel cells start leaking radioactive waste -- but hey, [[NostalgiaFilter who cares if it's a 'classic', 'classic']], right?



->That's smoke, yes yes, see? It's a proper supercar! It didn't just come to the track and do a lap like a robot and be boring, it came to the track and ''exploded'', ''immediately''! That's what, it's what supercars ''do''! It's proper!

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->That's smoke, yes yes, see? It's a proper supercar! It didn't just come to the track and do a lap like a robot and be boring, it came to the track and ''exploded'', ''[[StuffBlowingUp exploded]]'', ''immediately''! That's what, it's what supercars ''do''! It's proper!
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->In order to gain extra speed, the chassis of this prototype has been thinned out to such an extreme that the pilot can barely breathe inside the cockpit. It is so thin, in fact that there isn't enough room for the standard steering rack, or acceleration module, requiring the pilot to rely solely on their airbrakes to steer and auto-accelerate. Any test pilot would be crazy to get anywhere near this thing.
-->--''[[VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} WipEout 2048]]'', description of the Pir-hana Prototype
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-->--''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''

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-->--''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''
-->-- ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''



-->--'''Maddox''' of ''Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse'', [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=civic "You Drive a Honda Civic Not a Race Car"]]

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-->--'''Maddox''' -->-- '''Maddox''' of ''Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse'', [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=civic "You Drive a Honda Civic Not a Race Car"]]



'''Emma Granger:''' Don't miss.\\
-->--''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11955570/17/When-Fate-Intervened When Fate Intervened]]''

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'''Emma Granger:''' Don't miss.\\
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'''Kaiba:''' No! It-It... [[LameComeback I have unlimited cards now! You only have forty!]] [[{{Understatement}} That is much less than what I have!]]\\
-->--''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', '''"Crowd Atlas"'''

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'''Kaiba:''' No! It-It... [[LameComeback I have unlimited cards now! You only have forty!]] [[{{Understatement}} That is much less than what I have!]]\\
-->--''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'',
have!]]
-->-- ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'',
'''"Crowd Atlas"'''
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-->''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''

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-->''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''
-->--''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''



--> --'''Maddox''' of ''Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse'', [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=civic "You Drive a Honda Civic Not a Race Car"]]

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--> --'''Maddox''' -->--'''Maddox''' of ''Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse'', [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=civic "You Drive a Honda Civic Not a Race Car"]]



--''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11955570/17/When-Fate-Intervened When Fate Intervened]]''

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--''[[https://www.-->--''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11955570/17/When-Fate-Intervened When Fate Intervened]]''



--''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', '''"Crowd Atlas"'''

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--''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', -->--''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', '''"Crowd Atlas"'''
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->'''Pharaoh:''' What does [[KonamiCode [Kaiba's cheat code]]] do?\\
'''Kaiba:''' It gives me unlimited cards!\\
'''Pharaoh:''' Okay, but how does that help?\\
'''Kaiba:''' What?\\
'''Pharaoh:''' Won't that just make it harder for you to draw the card you want?\\
'''Kaiba:''' No! It-It... [[LameComeback I have unlimited cards now! You only have forty!]] [[{{Understatement}} That is much less than what I have!]]\\
--''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', '''"Crowd Atlas"'''

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->'''Weiss''': [''holding Professor Port's axe-blunderbuss''] Why does this weapon have ''two'' axe-blades? You can't even aim!\\

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->'''Weiss''': [''holding Professor Port's axe-blunderbuss''] Why does [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/44f063aa5d822a7c53da34fbca1b53b6/tumblr_nev47hwJ3N1u0rf0fo1_500.png this weapon weapon]] have ''two'' axe-blades? You can't even aim!\\



-->'''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''

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-->'''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''
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->'''Weiss Schnee:''' Why does [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/44f063aa5d822a7c53da34fbca1b53b6/tumblr_nev47hwJ3N1u0rf0fo1_500.png this weapon]] have two axe blades? You can't even aim!
->'''Professor Port:''' Ho-ho! Personal preference!
-->--'''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'''
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->'''Weiss Schnee:''' Why does [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/44f063aa5d822a7c53da34fbca1b53b6/tumblr_nev47hwJ3N1u0rf0fo1_500.png this weapon]] have two axe blades? You can't even aim!\\
--->'''Professor Port:''' Ho-ho! Personal preference!

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->'''Weiss Schnee:''' Why does [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/44f063aa5d822a7c53da34fbca1b53b6/tumblr_nev47hwJ3N1u0rf0fo1_500.png this weapon]] have two axe blades? You can't even aim!\\
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Port:''' Ho-ho! Personal preference!
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--'''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'''

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--'''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'''-->--'''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'''
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->'''Weiss Schnee:''' Why does [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/44f063aa5d822a7c53da34fbca1b53b6/tumblr_nev47hwJ3N1u0rf0fo1_500.png this weapon]] have two axe blades? You can't even aim!\\
--->'''Professor Port:''' Ho-ho! Personal preference!
--'''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'''
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->'''Weiss''': [''holding Professor Port's axe-blunderbuss''] Why does this weapon have ''two'' axe-blades? You can't even aim!\\
'''Professor Port''': [''off-screen''] Ho-ho! Personal preference!
-->--''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi''
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-->'''Harry Potter:''' What the hell am I supposed to do with a wand that I can only fire 3 to 4 times before I pass out from exhaustion? ASSUMING I haven't already used magic that day.\\

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-->'''Harry ->'''Harry Potter:''' What the hell am I supposed to do with a wand that I can only fire 3 to 4 times before I pass out from exhaustion? ASSUMING I haven't already used magic that day.\\
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-->'''Harry Potter:''' What the hell am I supposed to do with a wand that I can only fire 3 to 4 times before I pass out from exhaustion? ASSUMING I haven't already used magic that day.\\
'''Emma Granger:''' Don't miss.\\
--''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11955570/17/When-Fate-Intervened When Fate Intervened]]''
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-> What's the point of having a fast car anyway? Is there some legal speed that they're trying to reach that they can't seem to do with normal cars? Even if your car can go more than 200 mph, you have to break the law (more often than not) to do so. Way to go dipshit, [[ShaggyDogStory you spent your life savings on something you can't use]]. Worthless.
--> --'''Maddox''' of ''Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse'', [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=civic "You Drive a Honda Civic Not a Race Car"]]
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-->-- ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''

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-->-- ''Plan '''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''
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