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HilariousInHindsight: In the final scene, conspiracy theorist Roy [=McGill=], defending his conspiracy theory that the Super Bowl is fixed, tells Liz Warner to "take the points, hit the over" for the next UsefulNotes/SuperBowl. While it's not exactly a prophet-level prediction -- over/under is a binary choice and the dividing line is deliberately set at a point where either option is reasonably plausible, so even a random guess has a decent chance of coming up correct -- in the subsequent Super Bowl (XLIII), betting the over on points actually ''would'' have been a winning bet[[note]]the over/under was set at 46 and the ultimate point total was 50[[/note]].

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* HilariousInHindsight: In the final scene, conspiracy theorist Roy [=McGill=], defending his conspiracy theory that the Super Bowl is fixed, tells Liz Warner to "take the points, hit the over" for the next UsefulNotes/SuperBowl. While it's not exactly a prophet-level prediction -- over/under is a binary choice and the dividing line is deliberately set at a point where either option is reasonably plausible, so even a random guess has a decent chance of coming up correct -- in the subsequent Super Bowl (XLIII), betting the over on points actually ''would'' have been a winning bet[[note]]the over/under was set at 46 and the ultimate point total was 50[[/note]].50[[/note]].
* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JoshGad, who plays [=McGill=], would go one to play [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Olaf]].
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HilariousInHindsight: In the final scene, conspiracy theorist Roy [=McGill=], defending his conspiracy theory that the Super Bowl is fixed, tells Liz Warner to "take the points, hit the over" for the next UsefulNotes/SuperBowl. While it's not exactly a prophet-level prediction -- given that over/under is a binary choice, even a random guess has a decent chance to end up being the right one -- in the subsequent Super Bowl (XLIII), betting the over on points actually ''would'' have been a winning bet.

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HilariousInHindsight: In the final scene, conspiracy theorist Roy [=McGill=], defending his conspiracy theory that the Super Bowl is fixed, tells Liz Warner to "take the points, hit the over" for the next UsefulNotes/SuperBowl. While it's not exactly a prophet-level prediction -- given that over/under is a binary choice, choice and the dividing line is deliberately set at a point where either option is reasonably plausible, so even a random guess has a decent chance to end of coming up being the right one correct -- in the subsequent Super Bowl (XLIII), betting the over on points actually ''would'' have been a winning bet.bet[[note]]the over/under was set at 46 and the ultimate point total was 50[[/note]].
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HilariousInHindsight: In the final scene, conspiracy theorist Roy [=McGill=], defending his conspiracy theory that the Super Bowl is fixed, tells Liz Warner to "take the points, hit the over" for the next UsefulNotes/SuperBowl. While it's not exactly a prophet-level prediction -- given that over/under is a binary choice, even a random guess has a decent chance to end up being the right one -- in the subsequent Super Bowl (XLIII), betting the over on points actually ''would'' have been a winning bet.

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