Ahh, the “off hand comment that spurs the hero’s mind to an obvious solution” trope! A favorite of mine.
I can think of a few examples off the top of my head:
Independence Day: “Get off this freezing floor before you catch cold.” “What did you say? Dahh! Genius. My Dad. A total genius.”A virus? Give it a cold … a computer virus!”
The Corbomite Maneuver: (Spock) “We are outmatched. The game is over. Check mate.” (Kirk) “Is that your best recommendation? … Not chess, Mr. Spock. Poker.”
Rudoph (claymation): “Rudolph, Rudolph, please! Could you tone it down a bit? I mean, that nose of yours … That nose! That beautiful, wonderful nose!”
I can’t recall which of them claims this, but someone in Watson, Crick, Franklin and Wilkins said they happened to walk by a spiral staircase at a critical mental point when pondering the structure of DNA.
Archimedes, trying to figure out how to precisely measure the volume of an irregularly-shaped object when he got into a bath.
Stargate SG-1, where Jack comes up with some random comment and Carter figures out how to make it work to solve some unsolvable dilemma. Happened frequently.
I’ve had it happen once or twice in real life, can’t figure out why something doesn’t work, someone says something that isn’t actually right, but reminds me of something else and I realize what is wrong.
There is actually a name for this trope and I remember reading it on the TvTropes wiki but now I can’t think of what it was called or find it, and IT IS DRIVING ME CRAZY
Quite the opposite, eye should think, the eye will absorb any energy thrown at it and the only way to stop it will be by pulling the plug in sepia world – those plots have to combine somehow.
“Next, to our despotic ruler…”
“Hey, I don’t want no boot to the head!”
“To dear Taro, who schemed, betrayed and murdered his way to the top…”
“I’m coverin’ up my head!”
“…I leave a dungeon full of torture devices and three dozen subjugated inmates.”
“Really?”
“And a boot to the head.”
*THWOCK*
So, it really is the end of the world. Sundar’s craziest conspiracy theories and paranoia always end up being true. It’s all foreshadowing playing on having no one going to believe it coming in this delivery packaging.
I used to break limbs off womp rats in my T-16 back home. They’re not much bigger than a giant monstrous tank.
Ahh, the “off hand comment that spurs the hero’s mind to an obvious solution” trope! A favorite of mine.
I can think of a few examples off the top of my head:
Independence Day: “Get off this freezing floor before you catch cold.” “What did you say? Dahh! Genius. My Dad. A total genius.”A virus? Give it a cold … a computer virus!”
The Corbomite Maneuver: (Spock) “We are outmatched. The game is over. Check mate.” (Kirk) “Is that your best recommendation? … Not chess, Mr. Spock. Poker.”
Rudoph (claymation): “Rudolph, Rudolph, please! Could you tone it down a bit? I mean, that nose of yours … That nose! That beautiful, wonderful nose!”
Anybody else got any more?
I can’t recall which of them claims this, but someone in Watson, Crick, Franklin and Wilkins said they happened to walk by a spiral staircase at a critical mental point when pondering the structure of DNA.
Archimedes, trying to figure out how to precisely measure the volume of an irregularly-shaped object when he got into a bath.
House: every episode.
Stargate SG-1, where Jack comes up with some random comment and Carter figures out how to make it work to solve some unsolvable dilemma. Happened frequently.
I’ve had it happen once or twice in real life, can’t figure out why something doesn’t work, someone says something that isn’t actually right, but reminds me of something else and I realize what is wrong.
From the old TV show, Get Smart: “Ah, yes, the old (catchphrase) trick.”
http://www.dgrz.com/gerard/GS.htm
There is actually a name for this trope and I remember reading it on the TvTropes wiki but now I can’t think of what it was called or find it, and IT IS DRIVING ME CRAZY
Wait, driving me crazy? Like a mad scientist? That’s it! It’s called the Eureka Moment!
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EurekaMoment
(There is a nice long list of that sort of thing there.)
Speaking of eureka moments, Sheriff Carter seemed to inspire such moments on almost every episode of Eureka.
Every single plot moment in every single Dresden Files book.
And if that doesn’t work then a few bananas in the tailpipes would stall the engine.
A potato will also work.
Pour a bunch of sugar into the gas tank?
Sundar: right twice a day.
Unless he’s a digital clock.
Well, a broken digital clock would be right at the end of the world and time itself…
Unless he’s on military time, then it’s down to one.
Considering how consistently the comic updates, this makes him right more often than not.
And eye feel fine.
Guess: they take it out just in time for the Eye to show up, and it turns out that only a direct blast from the tank would have hurt it.
Quite the opposite, eye should think, the eye will absorb any energy thrown at it and the only way to stop it will be by pulling the plug in sepia world – those plots have to combine somehow.
Welp, as Byron once said “whatever whacks !”
Jeeze that green smoke is giving me a very “adventure time” sense of dread.
http://i.imgur.com/jbKR3.gif
If someone’s dad shows up, I’d be worrying about that someone’s right arm.
On the other hand… Iwatani Sr., please come back!
So disarming it will render it ‘armless?
Not sure that joke has legs. Either way, we’ll probably get an earful about it, I just nose it. But I can stomach worse.
Here’s something that’s usually reliable:
“Next, to our despotic ruler…”
“Hey, I don’t want no boot to the head!”
“To dear Taro, who schemed, betrayed and murdered his way to the top…”
“I’m coverin’ up my head!”
“…I leave a dungeon full of torture devices and three dozen subjugated inmates.”
“Really?”
“And a boot to the head.”
*THWOCK*
*Rendar it ‘armless
“And if it does explode, we won’t remain structurally intact long enough to notice.”
DESTROY THE RADAR DOME AND THE ONLY OPTION WILL BE TO PILOT IT MANUALLY.
Probably won’t explode. Emphasis on ‘probably’.
I bet Taro’s going to try to override the safety mechanisms. Maybe the ensuing explosion will be what finishes him off.
So, it really is the end of the world. Sundar’s craziest conspiracy theories and paranoia always end up being true. It’s all foreshadowing playing on having no one going to believe it coming in this delivery packaging.
Panel 4: Fisheye Bandit needs to be a new Gravatar.