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* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': in ''Explorers of the Moon'', Calculus is hoping that his device will prevent the rocket to crash against a meteor. Otherwise he would have to "redo all his calculations!"

->''"...when this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some [[SophisticatedAsHell serious shit]]."''

* Parodied in ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'': A giant asteroid of garbage is about to hit the city. Professor Farnsworth has arranged the construction of ''another'' ball of garbage to be fired at the asteroid to deflect it, and declares that if his calculations are correct, the two balls should collide. Not to be outdone, his archrival Dr. Wernstrom declares "And if ''my'' calculations are correct, we're all going to die horribly!" and laughs - until he realizes what this means for him personally, [[MadeMyselfSad at which point his laughter dies away quite quickly]].

* Used several times by Samantha Carter on ''Series/StargateSG1'', e.g.: "If my calculations are correct, we should emerge on the other side of the Earth...". Usually followed by nervous glances by the [[GenreSavvy rest of the team]].

* Spoofed in TheMovie of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''; after attempting to escape from the ship by tunneling out (in ''space''), Crow declares, "Hey, I calculated the odds this would succeed versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid, and... I went ahead anyway."

* In Part I: The Psychohistorians of ''Literature/{{Foundation}}'', Hari Seldon gives Gaal Dornick a bunch of calculations proving that [[CityPlanet Trantor]], and by proxy the Empire, will fall within three hundred years. Several actual mathematical terms are thrown around, but the details are left vague enough to leave Seldon's specific calculations unexplained. Dornick is perfectly capable of verifying the calculations for himself; and it turns out Seldon ''is'' right.

* Spoofed in the ''WebVideo/LeeroyJenkinsVideo'', where the calculations being performed were clearly an AssPull.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe, [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace hyperspace transportation is so dangerous as a means of travel]] that a navigational computer must work out a safe route before starting, otherwise you are bound to hit something en route and be destroyed. Of course, that kind of calculation can take an agonizingly long time to finish when you are being chased in real space.

** There is a 90% chance that the game makes sure to give her ''many'' chances. This quickly becomes StopHelpingMe for many players.

* One of [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain The Brain]]'s many catchphrases was "If my calculations are correct...and they always are..."

* On ''TheMagicSchoolBus'', Dorothy Ann could be expected to start every sentence related to the lesson of the day (and a few that weren't) with "According to my research..."

* ''TheBackyardigans'': A variation of the phrase is used by Pablo during the "Mission to Mars" episode. Near the beginning of one of the episode's songs, he sings, "''My calculations say...we're pretty much toast''".

* Extremely subverted in TheSecretShow: An episode involving a MirrorUniverse states that when the dimensional doors close, if everything isn't in the universe it started in, ''both'' will ''explode''. Everyone has prepared for the worst when they realize they got all their people out successfully, but left the villain behind... but the calculations are "completely and utterly ''wrong''".

* Used often by the titular character in ''JimmyNeutron''.

* Delivered at least once an episode on ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' by Kowalski, the resident GadgeteerGenius. He then laughs at the very idea of them being wrong with, "Pfft... ''if''..."
* Mega Brain from ''WidgetTheWorldWatcher'' constantly uses that phrase.

* Bently says this as a catchphrase in the [[SlyCooper(franchise) Sly Cooper games]], usually going "If I did my math right, and I ''always'' do my math right..." While he never screws up safe combinations, his calculations ''are'' sometimes off in later games, hitting unforeseen security. This does not hurt his confidence any.

* Bently says this when figuring out a code for one of the safes in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'', then adding: "They are always correct." While he never screws up combinations, his calculations ''are'' sometimes off in later games, hitting unforeseen security. This does not hurt his confidence any.

* In Part I: The Psychohistorians of ''{{Foundation}}'', Hari Seldon gives Gaal Dornick a bunch of calculations proving that [[CityPlanet Trantor]], and by proxy the Empire, will fall within three hundred years. Several actual mathematical terms are thrown around, but the details are left vague enough to leave Seldon's specific calculations unexplained. Dornick is perfectly capable of verifying the calculations for himself; and it turns out Seldon ''is'' right.

Usually said in reference to something that is being done ForScience.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe, [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace hyperspace transportation is so dangerous as a means of travel]] that a navigational computer must work out a safe route before starting, otherwise you are bound to hit something en route and be destroyed. Of course, that kind of calculation can take an agonizing long time to finish when you are being chased in real space.

* Fi in ''TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' throws out percentages at nearly every chance she gets.

* One of [[PinkyAndTheBrain The Brain]]'s many catchphrases was "If my calculations are correct...and they always are..."

* Parodied by {{Monk}} who often gives the line "Unless I'm wrong," but always follows it up with "Which, you know, I'm not." And he is not wrong.

* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':

* In ''SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'' Dr. Robotnik says the line. Nobody listens to him.

* Dr. Ichigaki, the [[EvilGenius evil]] [[MadDoctor doctor]] from YuYuHakusho during the [[TournamentArc Dark Tournament]] enters a team of [[MindControlDevice controlled]] [[MeatPuppet fighters]] into the tournament in order to capture Yuusuke's body for [[ForScience research purposes]]. When the [[PaperThinDisguise masked]] fighter offered to have a three on three battle Ichigaki invokes this trope when he calculates that this leaves his team with a 99.95% chance of victory. [[spoiler: However after Kuwabara is injured when he [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight refuses to fight]], Yuusuke is enraged and comes back [[HeroicSecondWind stronger than ever]] leading to a [[MillionToOneChance victory]]. Ichigaki [[ThisCannotBe is shocked]].]]

** And, on another JossWhedon show, Topher on ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}''.

Incidentally, the chances of the calculations actually ''being'' correct are roughly equal to the percentage of episode shown at the point it's said. [[BadassBookworm Unless it]]'s [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] or [[Literature/{{Foundation}} Hari Seldon]], or [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]].

* The ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy. Fortunately for the protagonists, Doc Brown's calculations are ''always'' correct, even if they involve unnecessarily complicated and implausible plans.
* The ''Film/IronMan'' movie has [[IronMan Tony Stark]] finishing his first miniature Arc Reactor. His assistant Yinsen asks how much power it could generate, and Tony begins his reply with "If my math is right -- and it always is..." Presumably they're talking about a theoretical full-scale version of the reactor, because the number Tony gives was absurd otherwise (3 gigawatts).

* InPlainSight had a witness who insisted that a bridge collapse was caused by faulty materials rather than his calculations. He goes to the government, testifies in court, and holds the owner of the construction company at gunpoint to ''force'' him to admit that substandard materials were used in the bridge...and it turns out that the materials ''were'' switched without his knowledge, and the collapse really was sparked off by events beyond his control. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, during the course of his rigorous investigation to prove that it was not his fault, and after he gets the culprit to confess, he learned that it was his fault anyway. Though this particular collapse was instigated by the improper construction, he had been used flawed math on every bridge he ever made, and one of them was going to collapse sooner or later, this one just went first because there were additional problems.]] To his credit, he told everybody that part, too, in addition to what the constructor did.

* Dmitri Petrovich of ''BackyardSports''.

* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' Mr. House runs many calculations. They're unbelievably correct - even his prediction for the start of a nuclear war is only off by a single day. [[PlayerCharacter The Courier]] is the only wild card variable in his calculations, and he does his damnest to play them in his own favor.

* Spoofed by ''TheSimpsons'' in "Itchy and Scratchy Land": in the Itchy and Scratchy theme park populated by animatronic robots, Professor Frink warns that "all robots will eventually turn against their masters and run amok, in an orgy of blood and the kicking and the biting with the metal teeth and the hurting and shoving." But he adds that "According to my calculations, the robots won't go berserk for at least 24 hours." Immediately, all the robots start attacking the humans. Frink says in a slightly embarrassed tone, "Oh. I forgot to CarryTheOne."

* The ''Film/IronMan'' movie has [[IronMan Tony Stark]] finishing his first miniature Arc Reactor. His assistant Yinsen asks how much power it could generate, and Tony begins his reply with "If my math is right -- and it always is...", which is followed by an absurd power level (3 gigawatts) that could easily generate enough electricity for a small country.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars universe, [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace hyperspace transportation is so a dangerous means of travel]] that a navigational computer must work out a safe route before starting, otherwise you are bound to hit something en route and be destroyed. Of course, that kind of calculation can take an agonizing long time to finish when you are being chased in real space.