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4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
7th Apr, 2019 06:27:11 AM
"Eureka!" Moment, in general
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
Harmonia
Since: Apr, 2014
7th Apr, 2019 06:50:27 AM
Alright, I had expected there to be one specific to word association. Especially given how much South Park parodied it.
Asherinka
Since: Jan, 2018
8th Apr, 2019 01:01:26 AM
Your example from the Avengers is listed both on the trope page and on the Tropes E to L page.
Edited by Asherinka
Florestan
Since: May, 2015
8th Apr, 2019 03:15:32 PM
A parody of this sort of thing would be Bat Deduction.
A brilliant character is trying to solve the bad guy's evil plot, or get themselves out of a pickle. He starts mumbling, thinking aloud, and suddenly, a word he only accidentally used, leads him to a eureka.
Used in The Avengers ("He's a diva! He wants a statue with *his name plastered*... son of a bitch.")
Parodied in one South Park episode.