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* ''Literature/ConstanceVerityDestroysTheUniverse'': Patty Perkins claims to have minored in child psychology, something she managed to use to great effect to "sooth more than a few egos" whenever one of her [[PsychopathicManchild supervillain clients]] comes to her to complain.
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* Indiana University offers a [[http://www.indiana.edu/~imp/ "Build Your Own Major" major.]] It's the same way ''New York Times'' Crossword Puzzle Editor Will Shortz got his degree in Enigmatology.
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* Indiana University offers a [[http://www.indiana.edu/~imp/ "Build Your Own Major" major.]] It's the same way ''New York Times'' Crossword Puzzle CrosswordPuzzle Editor Will Shortz got his degree in Enigmatology.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': DarkActionGirl and {{supervillain}}'s {{sidekick}} Shego majored in Child Development, which is plot-relevant when it's introduced but still unexpected.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': DarkActionGirl and {{supervillain}}'s {{sidekick}} Shego majored in Child Development, which is plot-relevant when it's it is introduced but still unexpected.
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He died in 2019
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* Robert Mugabe, President of [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Zimbabwe]], claims to have [[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817328,00.html a degree in violence]].
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* Robert Mugabe, President of [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Zimbabwe]], claims claimed to have [[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817328,00.html a degree in violence]].
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A great, if narratively cheap, way to showcase HiddenDepths. It may come up at a plot-relevant moment and not just as small talk. In such a situation this can act as a [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for a DeusExMachina or AssPull (possibly softening the blow). SubTrope of SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat. Compare Subject101. MinoredInAsskicking is when combat ability is the character's secondary but notable asset. Compare and contrast ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving, where the character's expertise is portrayed as completely useless.
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A great, if narratively cheap, way to showcase HiddenDepths. It may come up at a plot-relevant moment and not just as small talk. In such a situation this can act as a [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for a DeusExMachina or AssPull (possibly softening the blow). SubTrope of SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat. Compare Subject101. MinoredInAsskicking is when combat ability is the character's secondary but notable asset. Compare and contrast ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving, where the character's expertise is portrayed as completely useless.
useless, and GeniusesHaveMultiplePhDs, where multiple doctorates tell the audience that this guy knows what's up.
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This is when a character reveals that they were educated in (or is being educated in) a field or subject that is unexpected for the character. Typically, this gag takes the form of a college minor, as per the title suggests.
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This is when a character reveals that they were educated in (or is being educated in) a field or subject that is unexpected for the character. Typically, this gag takes the form of a college minor, as per the title suggests.
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A great, if narratively cheap, way to showcase HiddenDepths. It may come up at a plot relevant moment and not just as small talk. In such a situation this can act as a [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for a DeusExMachina or AssPull (possibly softening the blow). SubTrope of SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat. Compare Subject101. MinoredInAsskicking is when combat ability is the character's secondary but notable asset. Compare and contrast ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving, where the character's expertise is portrayed as completely useless.
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A great, if narratively cheap, way to showcase HiddenDepths. It may come up at a plot relevant plot-relevant moment and not just as small talk. In such a situation this can act as a [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for a DeusExMachina or AssPull (possibly softening the blow). SubTrope of SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat. Compare Subject101. MinoredInAsskicking is when combat ability is the character's secondary but notable asset. Compare and contrast ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving, where the character's expertise is portrayed as completely useless.
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* ''Doctor'' Jeremiah from ''WebVideo/CodeMENT'' has a [=PhD=] in Ass kicking, a Bachelor's in Pain and a minor in Women's Studies.
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* ''Doctor'' Jeremiah from ''WebVideo/CodeMENT'' has a [=PhD=] Ph.D. in Ass kicking, a Bachelor's in Pain Pain, and a minor in Women's Studies.
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* Adam frequently makes jokes to this extent about Jamie in ''Series/MythBusters''. While it's true Jamie has done some peculiar things -- like being a licensed SCUBA instructor -- most of them are made up by Adam on the spot [[RuleOfFunny for the lulz]]. Most of them gags on Jamie's age, such as offhanded mentions of his supposed actions during the Great Depression, though it is a fact that Jamie has a major in Russian Literature of all things.
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* Adam frequently makes jokes to this extent about Jamie in ''Series/MythBusters''. While it's true Jamie has done some peculiar things -- like being a licensed SCUBA instructor -- most of them are made up by Adam on the spot [[RuleOfFunny for the lulz]]. Most of them gags gag on Jamie's age, such as offhanded mentions of his supposed actions during the Great Depression, though it is a fact that Jamie has a major in Russian Literature of all things.
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* TheRealMan who plays Qui-Gon, and now Amidala, in ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' is doing a Ph.D. in geophysics. It turns out he is a serious academic in RealLife, but it counts for this because the focus of the story is on the events of the game, and he likes to shut his brain off in those.
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* TheRealMan who plays Qui-Gon, and now Amidala, in ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' is doing a Ph.D. in geophysics. It turns out he is a serious academic in RealLife, but it counts for this because the focus of the story is focuses on the events of the game, and he likes to shut his brain off in those.
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** Roy took goat herding instead of horse riding as his compulsory animal husbandry class in fighter college, because it sounded like a easy A. [[ChekhovsSkill He also studied engineering and architecture.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'', Andy mentions that he minored in ''massage'' at his alma mater, the notorious (fictional) party school Borthchmore, who's main claim to fame is its high number of fraternity drinking deaths.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'', Andy mentions that he minored in ''massage'' at his alma mater, the notorious (fictional) party school Borthchmore, who's whose main claim to fame is its high number of fraternity drinking deaths.
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* An early pre-{{Flanderization}} episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Flanders joke that he had a [=PhD=] in "Mixology" and make Homer a cocktail that gets him immediately hammered.
* Ratso, one of the lower leveled intellects in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', says he studied Theoretical Physics before becoming a crook.
* An early episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' reveals that Music/DrDre does indeed have an actual [=PhD=], but when Chris asks him if he can fix himself up if he gets shot in a rap feud, Dr says that his degree is in optometry.
* A variation occurs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', when it turns out Fenton's girlfriend Gandra knows how to pilot a HumongousMecha. When asked about how she learned that...
--> Night school. Nail polishing class was full, so I took Advanced Espionage Robotics instead.
* Ratso, one of the lower leveled intellects in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', says he studied Theoretical Physics before becoming a crook.
* An early episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' reveals that Music/DrDre does indeed have an actual [=PhD=], but when Chris asks him if he can fix himself up if he gets shot in a rap feud, Dr says that his degree is in optometry.
* A variation occurs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', when it turns out Fenton's girlfriend Gandra knows how to pilot a HumongousMecha. When asked about how she learned that...
--> Night school. Nail polishing class was full, so I took Advanced Espionage Robotics instead.
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* An early pre-{{Flanderization}} episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Flanders joke that he had a [=PhD=] Ph.D. in "Mixology" and make Homer a cocktail that gets him immediately hammered.
* Ratso, one of thelower leveled lower-leveled intellects in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', says he studied Theoretical Physics before becoming a crook.
* An early episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' reveals that Music/DrDre does indeed have an actual[=PhD=], Ph.D., but when Chris asks him if he can fix himself up if he gets shot in a rap feud, Dr says that his degree is in optometry.
* A variation occurs in an episode of''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' when it turns out Fenton's girlfriend Gandra knows how to pilot a HumongousMecha. When asked about how she learned that...
--> Night -->Night school. Nail polishing class was full, so I took Advanced Espionage Robotics instead.
* Ratso, one of the
* An early episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' reveals that Music/DrDre does indeed have an actual
* A variation occurs in an episode of
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* Thanks to Polish psychologist Andrzej Łobaczewski, students may now receive an actual degree in evil--ponerology, in his terms. It's the study of societal causes of sociopathy and social injustice, although nonetheless his students can legitimately claim to have least taken a few courses in evil.
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* Thanks to Polish psychologist Andrzej Łobaczewski, students may now receive an actual degree in evil--ponerology, in his terms. It's the study of societal causes of sociopathy and social injustice, although nonetheless nonetheless, his students can legitimately claim to have at least taken a few courses in evil.
