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--> -- '''''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'''''

->'''Jarvis''': Sir, at 15% power the odds of reaching that altitude are-\\

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--> -- '''''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'''''

-->-- ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''

->'''Jarvis''': Sir, at 15% power the odds of reaching that altitude are-\\are--\\



->"Eradicating is going too far. Killing is too heavy...Even if it's dangerous, if there's a small chance that both sides can survive, let's take that chance and go with it. We believed like that before, and we're here now. If we chose our path based on probability, [[spoiler:we wouldn't have escaped. We would've waited for death at that house, just as Mom told us. And our siblings wouldn't be here!]]"
-->-- '''Emma''', ''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland''

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->"Eradicating ->''"Eradicating is going too far. Killing is too heavy...Even if it's dangerous, if there's a small chance that both sides can survive, let's take that chance and go with it. We believed like that before, and we're here now. If we chose our path based on probability, [[spoiler:we wouldn't have escaped. We would've waited for death at that house, just as Mom told us. And our siblings wouldn't be here!]]"
here!]]"''
-->-- '''Emma''', ''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland''''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland''

->'''Petey:''' This is the part where you are expected to smile heroically and say 'never tell me the odds'.\\
'''Tagon:''' Will that improve the odds?\\
'''Petey:''' No, but it might improve morale.
-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-07-31 July 31st, 2002]]
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-->-- [[Disney/BigHero6 Baymax and Hiro]] on the Darkcubes, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''

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-->-- [[Disney/BigHero6 Baymax and Hiro]] on the Darkcubes, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''

->"Eradicating is going too far. Killing is too heavy...Even if it's dangerous, if there's a small chance that both sides can survive, let's take that chance and go with it. We believed like that before, and we're here now. If we chose our path based on probability, [[spoiler:we wouldn't have escaped. We would've waited for death at that house, just as Mom told us. And our siblings wouldn't be here!]]"
-->-- '''Emma''', ''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland''
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-->-- [[Disney/BigHeroSix Baymax and Hiro]] on the Darkcubes, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''

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-->-- [[Disney/BigHeroSix [[Disney/BigHero6 Baymax and Hiro]] on the Darkcubes, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''
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-->-- ''WebVideo/TheHire'', "The Escape"

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-->-- ''WebVideo/TheHire'', "The Escape"Escape"

->'''Baymax:''' Our probability of success is...\\
'''Hiro:''' You don't have to crunch the numbers, Baymax. It's not the sum of our parts. It's the sum of our hearts.\\
'''Riku Replica:''' Which adds up to what? Show me.
-->-- [[Disney/BigHeroSix Baymax and Hiro]] on the Darkcubes, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''
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-->-- ''WebVideo/TheHire'', "Enemy"

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-->-- ''WebVideo/TheHire'', "Enemy""The Escape"
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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''

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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''

->'''The Driver:''' I might be a little rusty right now, but I've been doing this for a long time and I'm very good at it.
->'''[[TheSpock Lily]]:''' That only means your chances of failure increase with each outing. [beat] Statistically speaking.
->'''The Driver:''' The odds will be what the odds will be.
-->-- ''WebVideo/TheHire'', "Enemy"
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-->-- ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E7ScientificMethod Scientific Method]]"

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-->-- ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E7ScientificMethod Scientific Method]]"Method]]"

->'''AP-5''': I am estimating mission success at 38.5%.\\
'''Kanan''': 38.5%? This was ''your'' plan!\\
'''AP-5''': I know; I calculated that without me, this mission would be at 0%.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''
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-->-- ''{{Spacetrawler}}''

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-->-- ''{{Spacetrawler}}''
''Webcomic/{{Spacetrawler}}''
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->'''Jarvis''': "Sir, at 15% power the odds of reaching that altitude are-"
->'''Tony Stark''': "I know the math! Do it!"

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->'''Jarvis''': "Sir, Sir, at 15% power the odds of reaching that altitude are-"
->'''Tony
are-\\
'''Tony
Stark''': "I I know the math! Do it!"it!



-->'''Takar:''' I can kill you and your crew in an instant.\\

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-->'''Takar:''' ->'''Takar:''' I can kill you and your crew in an instant.\\

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->'''Bunty:''' The chances of us getting out of here are about a [[MillionToOneChance million to one]]!
->'''Ginger:''' Then there's still a chance.

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->'''Bunty:''' The chances of us getting out of here are about a [[MillionToOneChance million to one]]!
->'''Ginger:'''
one]]!\\
'''Ginger:'''
Then there's still a chance.



->'''Lieutenant Ekalu:''' There's no margin for error or accident. There are so many ways things could go horribly wrong.
->'''Fleet Captain Breq:''' When you're doing something like this, the odds are irrelevant. You don't need to know the odds. You need to know how to do the thing you're trying to do. [[{{Determinator}} And then you need to do it.]] What comes next isn't something you have any control over.
-->-- ''[[Literature/AncillaryJustice Ancillary Mercy]]''

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->'''Lieutenant Ekalu:''' There's no margin for error or accident. There are so many ways things could go horribly wrong.
->'''Fleet
wrong.\\
'''Fleet
Captain Breq:''' When you're doing something like this, the odds are irrelevant. You don't need to know the odds. You need to know how to do the thing you're trying to do. [[{{Determinator}} And then you need to do it.]] What comes next isn't something you have any control over.
-->-- ''[[Literature/AncillaryJustice Ancillary Mercy]]''Mercy]]''

-->'''Takar:''' I can kill you and your crew in an instant.\\
'''Janeway:''' Go ahead. Without us, you won't be able to prevent this ship from being torn apart by the pulsars. And even with my crew working together, I'd say the odds of us getting through this are, what, one in ten?\\
'''Tuvok:''' One in twenty, at best, Captain.\\
'''Janeway:''' I'm willing to take that chance. Are you?\\
''(After the aliens run for it)''\\
'''Janeway:''' I hope you were exaggerating about those odds, Tuvok.\\
'''Tuvok:''' I was ''not''.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E7ScientificMethod Scientific Method]]"
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-->--Chapter 27 of ''[[TheThrawnTrilogy Dark Force Rising]]''

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-->--Chapter 27 of ''[[TheThrawnTrilogy Dark Force Rising]]''
''Literature/DarkForceRising''
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-->-- ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''

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-->-- ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''



-->[[spoiler:Lordgenome's [[BrainInAJar Head]]]], also ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''

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-->[[spoiler:Lordgenome's [[BrainInAJar Head]]]], also ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
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Well, *I* like this quote anyway.


-->-- ''WebComic/LeftoverSoup'', [[TheRant author's note]] on [[http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=201 comic 201]]

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-->-- ''WebComic/LeftoverSoup'', [[TheRant author's note]] on [[http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=201 comic 201]]201]]

->'''Lieutenant Ekalu:''' There's no margin for error or accident. There are so many ways things could go horribly wrong.
->'''Fleet Captain Breq:''' When you're doing something like this, the odds are irrelevant. You don't need to know the odds. You need to know how to do the thing you're trying to do. [[{{Determinator}} And then you need to do it.]] What comes next isn't something you have any control over.
-->-- ''[[Literature/AncillaryJustice Ancillary Mercy]]''
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lol i r gud at hte 4mating


"Damn the odds, we've got to try... wait a second. Where, exactly, did you get that number from?"
"''I hardly think this is the time for-''"

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"Damn ->"Damn the odds, we've got to try... wait a second. Where, exactly, did you get that number from?"
from?"\\
"''I hardly think this is the time for-''"for-''"\\
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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''

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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''

"Damn the odds, we've got to try... wait a second. Where, exactly, did you get that number from?"
"''I hardly think this is the time for-''"
"No. No, '''fuck you''', this is '''exactly''' the time. The fate of the galaxy is at stake. Trillions of lives are hanging in the balance. [[LudicrousPrecision You just pulled four significant digits out of your ass]], '''I want to see you show your goddamn work'''."
-->-- ''WebComic/LeftoverSoup'', [[TheRant author's note]] on [[http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=201 comic 201]]
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-->-- ''[[GaoGaiGar Yuusha-Oh GaoGaiGar]]''

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-->-- ''[[GaoGaiGar ''[[Anime/GaoGaiGar Yuusha-Oh GaoGaiGar]]''
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-> '''Adam''': '''''I reject your reality and substitute my own!'''''

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-> '''Adam''': '''''I reject your reality and substitute my own!'''''I REJECT YOUR REALITY AND SUBSTITUTE MY OWN!
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->'''Adam Savage''': Okay, so I was off on my percentages. I gave what happened here a 30% chance of happening.\\
'''Camerawoman''': 20%. \\
'''Adam''': No, ''thirty''.\\
''([[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat Cut to flashback]] of Adam predicting odds of 70%, 20% and 10%.)'' \\
'''Adam''': [[BlatantLies No, that wasn't me]], [[ImplausibleDeniability that was somebody else]]...I said 50, 40, 10. \\
''(Replay flashback)''\\
-> '''Adam''': '''''I reject your reality and substitute my own!'''''
--> -- '''''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'''''
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->'''Bunty:''' The chances of us getting out of here are about a million to one!

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->'''Bunty:''' The chances of us getting out of here are about a [[MillionToOneChance million to one!one]]!
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-->-- ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey''

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-->-- ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey''''Literature/ShadesOfGrey''

->'''Bunty:''' The chances of us getting out of here are about a million to one!
->'''Ginger:''' Then there's still a chance.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''
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-->--Chapter 27 of ''[[TheThrawnTrilogy Dark Force Rising]]''

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-->--Chapter 27 of ''[[TheThrawnTrilogy Dark Force Rising]]''Rising]]''

->''"If you enjoyed laughing in the face of death, you might like to have a crack at High Saffron. One hundred merits, and all you have to do is take a look."\\
"I understand there's a one hundred percent fatality rate?"\\
"True. But up until the moment of death there was a one hundred percent ''survival'' rate. Really, I shouldn't let anything as meaningless as statistics put you off."''
-->-- ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey''

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-->"Never tell me the odds."-Han Solo
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-->"Never ->''"This had better be some defense," Luke commented as they left the bridge and headed back down the portside corridor. "Especially when we're talking maybe forty-to-one odds."\\
\\
Han shook his head. "[[CallBack Never
tell me the odds."-Han Solo
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odds]]," he admonished the other, glancing at his chrono. It could be any time now. "Besides, you never know when the odds are going to change."''
-->--Chapter 27 of ''[[TheThrawnTrilogy Dark Force Rising]]''
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-->"Never tell me the odds."-Han Solo
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-->-- ''IronMan'', [[Film/IronMan the film]]

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-->-- ''IronMan'', ''ComicBook/IronMan'', [[Film/IronMan the film]]
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->"The chance of success for this mission was 0%, but I can see theoretical calculations don't mean anything to you people."

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->"The chance of success for this mission was 0%, [[LampshadeHanging but I can see theoretical calculations don't mean anything to you people."]]"
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-->[[spoiler:Lordgenome's [[HeadInAJar Head]]]], also ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''

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-->[[spoiler:Lordgenome's [[HeadInAJar [[BrainInAJar Head]]]], also ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
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-->"The chance of success for this mission was 0%, but I can see theoretical calculations don't mean anything to you people."

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-->"The ->"The chance of success for this mission was 0%, but I can see theoretical calculations don't mean anything to you people."
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->"The chance of success for this mission was 0%, but I can see theoretical calculations don't mean anything to you people."
[[spoiler:Lordgenome's [[HeadInAJar Head]]]], also ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''

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->"The -->"The chance of success for this mission was 0%, but I can see theoretical calculations don't mean anything to you people."
[[spoiler:Lordgenome's -->[[spoiler:Lordgenome's [[HeadInAJar Head]]]], also ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
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->"The chance of success for this mission was 0%, but I can see theoretical calculations don't mean anything to you people."
[[spoiler:Lordgenome's [[HeadInAJar Head]]]], also ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''

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->'''Nogg:''' Ugh. Martina, please don't tell me that was your plan.\\
'''Martina:''' I wouldn't advise thinking about the odds.\\
'''Nogg:''' There ''are'' no odds to ''think'' about! If you do this, the probability of our deaths is inevitable.\\
'''Martina:''' Then it might be best not to think about inevitability.
-->-- ''{{Spacetrawler}}''

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