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1	->''"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka' but 'That's funny...'"''
2	-->-- '''Creator/IsaacAsimov'''
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4	Science is SeriousBusiness. That's why any self-respecting practitioner of theoretical or applied science, mathematician or philosopher will refuse to study samples, examine specimens or patients, look through a microscope, make calculations or even read - ''in silence''. Not being able to contain their interest in the very scientific matter at hand is considered the mark of the true AbsentMindedProfessor, [[ThinkingOutLoud who will mutter, murmur and mumble incessantly]] to prove beyond doubt that, yes, ''science is going on right now''.
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6	Common Sounds of Science include:
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8	* "ForScience"
9	* Prolonged "hmmmm"s
10	* ThinkingOutLoud
11	* TechnoBabble
12	* "ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma..."
13	* "Hm-hm..."
14	* "CarryTheOne..."
15	* "Aha!"
16	* "Interesting..."/"[[FascinatingEyebrow Fascinating]]..."/"Intriguing..."
17	* Series of "tsk"s
18	* "That's funny..."
19	* "IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect..."
20	* "Oh!"
21	* "[[EurekaMoment Eureka!]]"
22	* "The ReadingsAreOffTheScale!"
23	* "IveNeverSeenAnythingLikeThisBefore..."
24	* "It's alive!"
25	* "MyGodWhatHaveIDone!"
26	* "[[BigNo NOOOOOOOO!]]"
27	* "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Great Scott!]]"
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29	''Please don't list single instances of those listed above, but rather significant or JustForFun/{{Egregious}} uses of this trope as well as cases where this is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]]!''
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31	!!Examples:
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33	[[AC:ComicStrips]]
34	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': "Scientific progress goes 'boink'?"
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36	[[AC:{{Film}}s -- Live-Action]]
37	* ''Film/ThisIslandEarth'' had some kind of experiment with nuclear reactions. The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' guys had a field day with it.
38	-->'''Cal Meachem:''' Monitor the rate of radioactive decay.\
39	'''Tom Servo:''' Increase the ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'' noise and put more science stuff around!
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41	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
42	* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': Steve Urkel had Sounds of Science catchphrases; "I'm a genius!" and the strange "Shhh... not while I'm pouring."
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44	[[AC:[[AlbumsIndex Music]]]]
45	* Music/ThomasDolby: "She Blinded Me with Science". '''''SCIENCE!!!'''''
46	* Music/OingoBoingo's "Weird Science" is sung by a scientist and includes cries of "It's Alive!" [[Film/WeirdScience The movie]] it was made for shows that the scientist is actually singing while doing science.
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48	[[AC:TabletopGames]]
49	* {{Justified\|Trope}} in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' where the tech-priests pray to machine spirits.
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51	[[AC:VideoGames]]
52	* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': Several StoryBreadcrumbs found in many areas display exuberant findings while talking about their studies regarding any supernatural variants they've studied.
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54	[[AC:WebComics]]
55	* [[http://wondermark.com/714/ A textbook example]] from ''Webcomic/{{Wondermark}}''.
56	* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', the issue of "Eureka!" versus "That's funny," is discussed [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-05-27 here]] and in the subsequent strip, directly mentioning Asimov's quote above.
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58	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
59	* Gloriously [[LargeHam hammed up]] in the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "Rise of the Zitboy" where Zim lays some wicked science on a pair of hapless chickens: "Hmm.. HMMMM! Hmmmmmm! Hm? Hmmm... chicken!"
60	* David Xanatos of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' hammed it up with "It's alive!" then lampshaded it with "[[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've always wanted to say that.]]"

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