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->''"At this point, most of us learn the basics of electro-magnetic spectrum somewhere in middle school. You got that little zone of visible light and then a huge amount of radiation our eyes can't percieve, from gamma rays up thought radio waves. Since we can only see a thin slice of the spectrum, our concept of color is very limited compared to the full spectrum of light, but that's what we're stuck with. But if you told [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]] about the wide spectrum of light humans can't see, he'd get a funny look on his face, say something like "You mean there is colors that man has never seen? WHAT MAY THEY BE CAPABLE OF!?" and go write "Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace", a story about a color of demonstrably visible light, that is nonetheless nowhere on the visible spectrum. This is what happens when you "don't have the constitution for maths"."''
-->-- '''Red''' from WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions on H.P. Lovecraft.
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->'''Homer Simpson''': (after putting on a pair of glasses) [[Film/TheWizardOfOz The sum of the square root of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.]]\\
'''Random Guy In Bathroom Stall''': That's a ''right'' triangle, you idiot!\\
'''Homer Simpson''': D'oh!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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-> "At the Collège he became a highly successful student, heading his class in all subjects except mathematics and the sciences."
-->-- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rimbaud The Wikipedia page]] for [[FrenchLiterature Arthur Rimbaud]]
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'''Crewman:''' Yup. And it needs to charge up for [[TickingClock 7 minutes]] too.\\

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'''Crewman:''' Yup. And it needs to charge up for [[TickingClock [[RaceAgainstTheClock 7 minutes]] too.\\
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->I'm a science fiction writer. I can't count.
-->-- '''Creator/DouglasAdams'''
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-->--'''[[http://comicsalliance.com/the-batman-66-episode-guide-1x20-better-luck-next-time/ Chris Sims]]''' on ''{{Series/Batman}}'', "Better Luck Next Time"[[note]]Sound can't go above 194 db at normal air pressures on earth. Above that, it's just shockwaves, not actually "sound."[[/note]]

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-->--'''[[http://comicsalliance.com/the-batman-66-episode-guide-1x20-better-luck-next-time/ Chris Sims]]''' on ''{{Series/Batman}}'', ''Series/Batman1966'', "Better Luck Next Time"[[note]]Sound can't go above 194 db at normal air pressures on earth. Above that, it's just shockwaves, not actually "sound."[[/note]]
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-->--'''Creator/AllisonPregler''' on ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' Season Eight

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-->--'''Creator/AllisonPregler''' on ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' Season Eight
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-->--[[http://www.stardestroyer.net/Nemesis/Pictorial-3.html Adam Wong]] on ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''

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-->--[[http://www.stardestroyer.net/Nemesis/Pictorial-3.html Adam Michael Wong]] on ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''
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-->--''[[http://comicsalliance.com/blade-ii-review/ ComicsAlliance]]'' on ''{{Film/Blade II}}''

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-->--'''Creator/AllisonPregler''' on ''{{Series/Charmed}}'' Season Eight

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Batman’s sonic attack in this episode is, according to the narration, ''twenty thousand decibels''.[[note]]Sound can't go above 194 db at normal air pressures on earth. Above that, it's just shockwaves, not actually "sound."[[/note]]\\\

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Batman’s sonic attack in this episode is, according to the narration, ''twenty thousand decibels''.[[note]]Sound can't go above 194 db at normal air pressures on earth. Above that, it's just shockwaves, not actually "sound."[[/note]]\\\ \\\



-->--'''[[http://comicsalliance.com/the-batman-66-episode-guide-1x20-better-luck-next-time/ Chris Sims]]''' on ''{{Series/Batman}}'', "Better Luck Next Time"

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Time"[[note]]Sound can't go above 194 db at normal air pressures on earth. Above that, it's just shockwaves, not actually "sound."[[/note]]
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Batman’s sonic attack in this episode is, according to the narration, ''twenty thousand decibels''.\\\[[note]]Sound can't go above 194 db at normal air pressures on earth. Above that, it's just shockwaves, not actually "sound."[[/note]]

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Batman’s sonic attack in this episode is, according to the narration, ''twenty thousand decibels''.\\\[[note]]Sound [[note]]Sound can't go above 194 db at normal air pressures on earth. Above that, it's just shockwaves, not actually "sound."[[/note]]"[[/note]]\\\
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Batman’s sonic attack in this episode is, according to the narration, ''twenty thousand decibels''.\\\

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Batman’s sonic attack in this episode is, according to the narration, ''twenty thousand decibels''.\\\\\\[[note]]Sound can't go above 194 db at normal air pressures on earth. Above that, it's just shockwaves, not actually "sound."[[/note]]
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-->-- ''Film/AustinPowers: Goldmember''

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'''Picard:''' Thank God I signed up for ''Film/XMen.''

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'''Picard:''' Thank God I signed up for ''Film/XMen.''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]].''
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'''Picard''': Targeting wings? It needs fancy targeting wings to hit something bigger than an aircraft carrier from only 1 km away, dead ahead?\\
'''Crewman:''' Yup. And it needs to charge up for [[TickingClock 7 minutes]] too.\\
'''Picard''': Excellent. Just enough time for another contrived action scene. Hey, if it takes 7 minutes to charge up to kill 1000 people, how long would it take to kill 6 billion?\\
'''Crewman:''' I'd calculate about 80 years. Who the hell wrote this?\\
'''Picard''': Thank God I signed up for ''{{Film/X-Men}}.''

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'''Picard''': '''Picard:''' Targeting wings? It needs fancy targeting wings to hit something bigger than an aircraft carrier from only 1 km away, dead ahead?\\
'''Crewman:''' '''Crewman:''' Yup. And it needs to charge up for [[TickingClock 7 minutes]] too.\\
'''Picard''': '''Picard:''' Excellent. Just enough time for another contrived action scene. Hey, if it takes 7 minutes to charge up to kill 1000 people, how long would it take to kill 6 billion?\\
'''Crewman:''' '''Crewman:''' I'd calculate about 80 years. Who the hell wrote this?\\
'''Picard''': '''Picard:''' Thank God I signed up for ''{{Film/X-Men}}.''Film/XMen.''



->One episode’s big villain is an immortal who has figured out [[MadMathematician a mathematical algorithm]] that takes all the immortals in the world and tells him who he needs to kill and in what order to become the last one. Yeah…there’s a guy whose big schtick is that he plays the fantasy football version of immortality. Forget the fact that no one can calculate how a swordfight to the death is going to turn out due to all the variables involved.

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->One episode’s episode's big villain is an immortal who has figured out [[MadMathematician a mathematical algorithm]] that takes all the immortals in the world and tells him who he needs to kill and in what order to become the last one. Yeah…there’s a guy whose big schtick is that he plays the fantasy football version of immortality. Forget the fact that no one can calculate how a swordfight to the death is going to turn out due to all the variables involved.
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'''Chris:''' It’s seriously like one energy bar away from being a MegaMan weapon.\\

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'''Chris:''' It’s seriously like one energy bar away from being a MegaMan Franchise/MegaMan weapon.\\
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->Zack lays down [[{{Poker}} four queens]], which is surely an unbeatable hand. Then Nerdstrom shows -- four kings. The odds of these two hands being played concurrently are astronomical -- 1 in 2.9 billion -- so Maxwell Nerdstrom truly is [[TheAce the most blessed of his kind.]]
-->--'''Stuart Millard''' on ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' ("House Party"), ''So Excited, So Scared''

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