History Main / ThingOMeter

* In ''SonicTheHedgehog2SpecialEdition'', a clap-o-meter is used during the ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve segment.

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* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''. When the team goes after the library ghost, Egon Spengler has a meter that reads PKE (Psycho Kinetic Energy) valences, which are apparently given off by ghosts. It's the one that has the "arms" go up when the PKE increases. When Venkmann goes into Dana's apartment, he brings an odd meter of some sort with a long pole that sucks in air, with a hand-pump. When Dana asks him about it, he only says that it's one of their "little toys". It's based on a real-life device called a "Bacharach Chemical Sniffer", once used to check for gas leaks and other things. One ''could'', in theory, use it to find evidence of a haunting (vapor trails and such), but con-man Venkman is only trying to look like he knows what he's doing.
* The movie ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' has an applause-o-meter that determines the winner of a band contest.

* In ''Film/MenInBlack'', Agent J comments that the Edgar Bug gets a 9 on his "Weird-Shit-O-Meter." Seriously though, Agent K uses a small soil analyzer with a row of multicolored lights to determine what kind of alien he's dealing with. ("Green" apparently means "Bug.")

* ''Pinball/FishTales'' has "Stretch The Truth", a gauge which measures how big the current catch really is � from "5X Actual Size" to "Total Lie".

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* ''Pinball/FishTales'' has "Stretch The Truth", a gauge which measures how big the current catch really is — from "5X Actual Size" to "Total Lie".

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* Wiki/RationalWiki's [[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Irony_meter Irony Meter.]] Irony Meters are often mentioned on Website/FundiesSayTheDarndestThings, usually in in a ReadingsAreOffTheScale ExplosiveInstrumentation way.

* ''Series/QueenForADay'''s Applause Meter - TropeMaker if not UrExample.

* ''Hot Seat'' was a short-lived ABC game show from 1976 (which premiered the same day ''FamilyFeud'' did) in which married couples are attached to [[LieDetector lie detectors]] in answering questions about their married life.

* During his reign as Wrestling/{{WWE}} Intercontinental Champion, Santino Marella would rate himself against the longest-reigning IC champ in history, The Honky Tonk Man, using the "Honk-A-Meter".

* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''. When the team goes after the library ghost Egon Spengler has a meter that reads PKE (Psycho Kinetic Energy) valences, which are apparently given off by ghosts. It's the one that has the "arms" go up when the PKE increases. When Venkmann goes into Dana's apartment, he brings an odd meter of some sort with a long pole that sucks in air, with a hand-pump. When Dana asks him about it, he only says that it's one of their "little toys". It's based on a real-life device called a "Bacharach Chemical Sniffer", once used to check for gas leaks and other things. One ''could'', in theory, use it to find evidence of a haunting (vapor trails and such), but con-man Venkman is only trying to look like he knows what he's doing.
* The movie ''ThatThingYouDo'' has an applause-o-meter that determines the winner of a band contest.
* In ''CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', the FLDSMDFR has a dangeometer to warn Flint if the food is going to over-mutate.

* In ''Film/MenInBlack'', Agent J comments that the Edgar Bug gets a 9 on his "Weird-Shit-O-Meter." Earlier, Agent K uses a small soil analyzer with a row of multicolored lights to determine what kind of alien he's dealing with. ("Green" apparently means "Bug.")

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' Professor Farnsworth once pulled out a "cool-o-meter" which apparently measured coolness in [[HappyDays MegaFonzies]].

** When kids enter an audition for a singing contest not affiliated to ''AmericanIdol'' and produced by people who claim to have never heard of American Idol, Krusty uses an applause-o-meter so he won't have to pay attention to the songs.

Not to be confused with any of the meters used in games (like KarmaMeter). Compare ThingOMatic, TheLittleDetecto, EverythingSensor and TwentyPercentMoreAwesome.

* The CareBears have, of course, the Caring Meter, which monitors how much caring is going around on Earth. In some incarnations, it's the Care-O-Meter and can take more specific readings, such as the amount of caring within a particular individual at the moment.

* On ''{{Frasier}}'', Niles snarks that the psychic debunker they've invited over will be bringing a "ghost-oh-meter" (hard "o"). Daphne rejoins that it's called a "ghost-ah-meter" (soft "o").

* ''SavedByTheBell'' had a Love-O-Meter at [[LocalHangout The Max]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Professor Frink's Sarcasm Detector.
-->'''Lyndsey Nagle:''' Do I detect a note of sarcasm?\\

* In ''Film/MenInBlack'', Agent J comments that the Edgar Bug gets a 9 on his "Weird-S#!t-O-Meter." Earlier, Agent K uses a small soil analyzer with a row of multicolored lights to determine what kind of alien he's dealing with. ("Green" apparently means "Bug.")

* In Blog/AskKingSombra, Sombra rates Equestria's three Princesses by their bitchiness using [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c2fc451d0277b275694249d5174b6f0/tumblr_mo7fpq1OEb1rj4ht7o2_1280.png The Royal]] Bitch-o-meter.

* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''. When the team goes after the library ghost Egon Spengler has a meter that reads PKE (Psycho Kinetic Energy) valences, which are apparently given off by ghosts. It's the one that has the "arms" go up when the PKE increases. When Venkmann goes into Dana's apartment, he brings an odd meter of some sort with a long pole that sucks in air, with a hand-pump. When Dana asks him about it, he only says that it's one of their "little toys."
** It's a real-life device called a "Bacharach Chemical Sniffer," once used to check for gas leaks and other things. One ''could'', in theory, use it to find evidence of a haunting (vapor trails and such), but con-man Venkman is only trying to look like he knows what he's doing.

** ''Discworld/MovingPictures'' has the resograph, a device designed by a wizard named [[PunnyName Riktor]] the Tinkerer to measure changes in the fabric of reality. On the Discworld, said fabric is a lot more flexible thanks to [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve the power of belief]] and the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality. Riktor also invented the Mouse Counter[[note]]counts every mouse in the building[[/note]], the Rev Counter[[note]]as the previous one, but for priests[[/note]] and the Swamp Meter[[note]]usage never explained[[/note]].

* The Nostalgia Critic once used a [[HamAndCheese Not-Giving-A-Fuck-O-Meter]]. Apparently topped by Jeremy Irons in ''Dungeons and Dragons.''

* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', Torg is sent to Guantanamo Bay as an enemy combatant after airport security thinks [[NotWhatItLooksLike he's about to blow up a plane]]. He comes back claiming that he was set free when his Viking blood "sent their caucasiometer through the roof."

* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', Torg is sent to Guantanamo Bay as an enemy combatant when airport security [[NotWhatItLooksLike thinks he about to blow up a plane]]. He comes back claiming that he was set free when his Viking blood "sent their caucasiometer through the roof."

* The CareBears have, of course, the Caring Meter, which monitors how much caring is going around on Earth.

'''Comic Book Guy:''' A sarcasm detector, that's a ''[[SarcasmMode really]]'' useful invention. [''Sarcasm detector explodes'']

* ''CloneHigh'''s official voting system for student council president is an applause-o-meter. This meant that, in a heated competition between Abe Lincoln and JFK for the presidency, the winner was [[TakeAThirdOption a random puppy who wandered on stage]].

'''Frink:''' ''With sarcasm detector'' Are you kidding? This baby is off the charts, [[VerbalTic mm-hai]].\\

A speedometer measures how fast you go, a radiometer measures the radiant flux of electromagnetic radiation, and the ThingOMeter measures everything else.