History Main / DuctTapeForEverything

* ''DeadRising 2'' actually uses this in gameplay, as duct taping weapons together is a core feature. [[ChainsawGood Chain]][[BladeOnAStick spear]], anyone?

* In ''FalloutNewVegas'' the player can find and craft 'Weapon Repair Kit's, the materials needed to make one include a roll of duct tape.

The etymology of the word and whether it originated as "duck" tape is unclear. Not to be confused with ScotchTape, although a particularly [[TVTropesDrinkingGame egregious]] use of duct tape can function as ScotchTape. International names include "silver tape" in Latin America, "gum tape" in Japan, "roadie tape" and "Jesus tape" (because it performs miracles) in Finland, "American tape" in Spain, "Panzertape" ("Panzer" = "armor")in Germany, and "weaved tape" or "silver tape" in Sweden. In England, a superior version is refered to as Gaffa tape, "Gaffa" being an effectionate term similar to "cheif" or "boss".

The etymology of the word and whether it originated as "duck" tape is unclear. Not to be confused with ScotchTape, although a particularly [[TVTropesDrinkingGame egregious]] use of duct tape can function as ScotchTape. International names include "silver tape" in Latin America, "gum tape" in Japan, "roadie tape" and "Jesus tape" (because it performs miracles) in Finland, "American tape" in Spain, "Panzertape" in Germany, and "weaved tape" or "silver tape" in Sweden. In England, a superior version is refered to as Gaffa tape, "Gaffa" being an effectionate term similar to "cheif" or "boss".

The etymology of the word and whether it originated as "duck" tape is unclear. Not to be confused with ScotchTape, although a particularly [[TVTropesDrinkingGame egregious]] use of duct tape can function as ScotchTape. International names include "silver tape" in Latin America, "gum tape" in Japan, "roadie tape" and "Jesus tape" (because it performs miracles) in Finland, "American tape" in Spain, "Panzertape" in Germany, and "weaved tape" or "silver tape" in Sweden.

-->-'''Guardian of Space/Time''', ''Marvel vs. DC'' #1

-->- '''Carl Zwanzig'''

->''There's a lot of things I don't believe in, but I do believe in duct tape." ''

* In ''{{Greek}}'', Rusty is duct taped to a wall during the first season episode ''War and Peace'' as part of a Kappa Tau/Omega Chi prank war.

*** Not due to tensile strength, mind, but insufficient adhesive strength. The tape-net came out of the crash entirely intact.

->''"Silence is golden. Duct tape is silver."''
-->-'''Anonymous'''

** The character from the first episode on the recieving end of Michael's duct tape strategy returns in season 3 as a client. Throughout the episode, he suggests that Michael can resolve the situation by doing something cool with duct tape. Sure enough, midway through Michael ends up using duct tape to create a microwave bomb.

* Well, since there's no ProfessionalWrestling section here, I'll put the end of JohnCena vs {{Batista}} at the 2010 Extreme Rules PPV here:the match type was Last Man Standing (you win by making your foe stay down for a ten-count.) Cena beat Batista by using duct tape to tape Batista's ankles to a turnbuckle; not even Batista could break duct tape, and suffered a REALLY embrassing defeat.

* In an episode of ''MegasXLR'', the titular mecha's photonic stabilizer is damaged, which could wind up with Megas exploding big time. Afer spending the whole episode looking for a replacement part, and in the middle of a fight ''for'' the replacement part that was [[ExplosiveOverclocking pushing Megas to its limits]], a cry of "DUCK!" [[EurekaMoment inspires Coop]] to wrap the damaged stabilizer in [[strike:duct]] duck tape. Seconds later, Megas is able to fight at full power. "When in doubt, duck it!"

* There exists [[http://octanecreative.com/ducttape/fashion/index.html an entire online community devoted to duct tape fashion]]; including clothing, accessories, and jewelry made prodominantly or entirely out of various colours of the stuff. Most commonly including:

*** One common explaination for this appelation (and the similar "500 mile an hour tape" term in the USMC ) is that the sound of pulling a strip off the roll sounds like a vehicle going past at a high rate of speed.

** Its a friend to a professional musician as well. Eddie Van Halen has a strip of duct-tape rolled into a tube and flattened stuck to his guitar to hold picks.

** [[http://darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid2001-30.html A physics professor]] allows his students to tape him to a wall as part of a fundraising event...and nearly suffocates because duct tape doesn't "breathe."

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->''"Silence is Golden. Duct tape is silver."''

-->-''Guardian of Space/Time''', ''Marvel vs. DC'' #1

-->Guardian of Space/Time, ''Marvel vs. DC'' #1

--> Carl Zwanzig

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* In the parodic fantasy webcomic ''{{Nodwick}}'', magical duct tape is an essential component of healing spells.