Atta: Not every bug would face a bird. I mean, even Hopper's afraid of 'em.
Flik: Yeah, well you know it was... [Beat] Say that again.
Atta: I said, I mean even Hopper's afraid of birds?...
(Flik sprints off-screen, then quickly returns back to Atta)
Flik: [pecks Atta on the cheek] Thank you!
Flik: Yeah, well you know it was... [Beat] Say that again.
Atta: I said, I mean even Hopper's afraid of birds?...
(Flik sprints off-screen, then quickly returns back to Atta)
Flik: [pecks Atta on the cheek] Thank you!
Okay, this is the second time an offhand comment has caused a Light Bulb Moment for Kirk in one conversation.
Quan Chi: Shao Kahn's victory is nearly complete. Soon, he will arrive in Earthrealm.
Raiden: No! The Elder Gods will not allow it!
Quan Chi: The Elder Gods are toothless. Your world is near destruction, yet they do not act.
Raiden: They must! Only through Mortal Kombat may Shao Kahn merge the realms, lest he face the judgement of the Elder Gods... [Beat] Lest he face the judgement of the Elder Gods! He must win!
Quan Chi: It is you who face judgement, Raiden.
Raiden: Thank you, Quan Chi. I now know what must be done. [teleports away]
Raiden: No! The Elder Gods will not allow it!
Quan Chi: The Elder Gods are toothless. Your world is near destruction, yet they do not act.
Raiden: They must! Only through Mortal Kombat may Shao Kahn merge the realms, lest he face the judgement of the Elder Gods... [Beat] Lest he face the judgement of the Elder Gods! He must win!
Quan Chi: It is you who face judgement, Raiden.
Raiden: Thank you, Quan Chi. I now know what must be done. [teleports away]
"Are you telling me that all of the swords were being made with these Words of Making?"
[Yis-fidri nods]
"Chukku's stones! [...] I think I am finally seeing to the heart of our enemy's plan, and I am very much afraid that the monk is right - there may be nothing for our doing after all!"
[Yis-fidri nods]
"Chukku's stones! [...] I think I am finally seeing to the heart of our enemy's plan, and I am very much afraid that the monk is right - there may be nothing for our doing after all!"
— Binabik, To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn)
Or perhaps it's really not as deep
As I've been led to think
Am I trying much too hard?
Of course! I've been too close to see
The answer's right in front of me
Right in front of me
As I've been led to think
Am I trying much too hard?
Of course! I've been too close to see
The answer's right in front of me
Right in front of me
— The Nightmare Before Christmas, "Jack's Obsession"
Square: Well let's look at the facts, shall we? You said something fairly innocuous that happened to give me a brilliant idea. In order to inflate your hopes and dreams before crushing them, I called you a genius. The truth however, is that I was the one who had the idea, whereas you were just some blathering idiot.
Rectangle: Square! You're back!
Square: So remember, when someone says "you're a genius," what they really mean is, "I'm a genius."
Rectangle: Square! You're back!
Square: So remember, when someone says "you're a genius," what they really mean is, "I'm a genius."
— Circle vs. Square
"The Superfriends solved crimes in two ways: asking their computer to do it, or stumbling onto the solution by saying something stupid. For example, Marvin might say, "They've kidnapped Aquaman! We're in a real pickle now!" Which would cause Batman to say, "That's it! Now I remember that they're keeping Aquaman at the Gotham Pickle Factory!" Idioms are half the Super Friends' detective work."
— Seanbaby
"...I just gave you the answer, didn't I?"
— Dr. Wilson, House, catching on to the pattern
"Permission to run off dramatically mid-sentence?"
— Tip Wilkin, Skin Horse
Weiss: Sheep hunting? There really is no task too immodest for you.
Nier: It's a lot harder than it sounds, Weiss... these little bastards are fast.
Weiss: So smite them with magic!
Nier: Aw, crap!
Weiss: What is it? Shades?!
Nier: You're right. I SHOULD use magic!
Weiss: (Beat) Might I make another suggestion?
Nier: What?
Weiss: Stop yelling like a madman every time you come to a realization.
Nier: It's a lot harder than it sounds, Weiss... these little bastards are fast.
Weiss: So smite them with magic!
Nier: Aw, crap!
Weiss: What is it? Shades?!
Nier: You're right. I SHOULD use magic!
Weiss: (Beat) Might I make another suggestion?
Nier: What?
Weiss: Stop yelling like a madman every time you come to a realization.
— NieR
I hate the “[tortured wordplay]????? You’re a GENIUS!” trope, but I used it anyway.
"We can't stop it! The only thing hard enough to penetrate it is... itself..."
— Mr. Incredible, The Incredibles
(Buzz is entering the Vanity Licence Plate code "LZTYBRN" into Mr. Spell)
Mr. Spell: Lazy Toy Brain... Lousy Try Brian...
Rex: What are you doing, Buzz?
Buzz: There's some sort of message encoded on that vehicles ID tag.
Mr. Spell: Liz Try Bran...
Potato Head: It's just a license plate. It's just a jumble of letters.
Hamm: Yeah, and there are about 3.5 million registered cars in the tri-county area alone.
Mr. Spell: Lou's Thigh Burn...
Potato Head: Oh, this can't help. Let's leave Buzz to play with his toys.
Buzz: Toy... Toy... Toy! HOLD ON! (types in letters)
Mr. Spell: Al's Toy Barn.
Everyone: Al's Toy Barn?
Buzz: (looks at a feather that fell from the suspect's trunk) Etch, draw that man in a chicken suit!
(Etch draws a composite sketch of the suspect in the suit, revealing him to be Al from the commercials; everyone gasps)
Rex: IT'S THE CHICKEN MAN!
Buzz: That's our guy.
Hamm: I knew there was something I didn't like about that chicken!
Mr. Spell: Lazy Toy Brain... Lousy Try Brian...
Rex: What are you doing, Buzz?
Buzz: There's some sort of message encoded on that vehicles ID tag.
Mr. Spell: Liz Try Bran...
Potato Head: It's just a license plate. It's just a jumble of letters.
Hamm: Yeah, and there are about 3.5 million registered cars in the tri-county area alone.
Mr. Spell: Lou's Thigh Burn...
Potato Head: Oh, this can't help. Let's leave Buzz to play with his toys.
Buzz: Toy... Toy... Toy! HOLD ON! (types in letters)
Mr. Spell: Al's Toy Barn.
Everyone: Al's Toy Barn?
Buzz: (looks at a feather that fell from the suspect's trunk) Etch, draw that man in a chicken suit!
(Etch draws a composite sketch of the suspect in the suit, revealing him to be Al from the commercials; everyone gasps)
Rex: IT'S THE CHICKEN MAN!
Buzz: That's our guy.
Hamm: I knew there was something I didn't like about that chicken!
Elsa: You sacrificed yourself for me?
Anna: I love you.
Olaf: *gasps* An act of true love can heal a frozen heart!
Elsa: Love will thaw...love...of course! Love!
Anna: I love you.
Olaf: *gasps* An act of true love can heal a frozen heart!
Elsa: Love will thaw...love...of course! Love!
— Frozen
Stu: Hey, kids! Don't you run through that Midnicampum holicithias!
Gideon: Well now there's a $4 word, Mr. H. My family always just called them night howlers.
Judy: ...I'm sorry. What did you say?
Stu: Oh, Gid's talking about those flowers, Judy. I use them to keep bugs off the produce. But I don't like the little ones going near them on account of your Uncle Terry.
Bonnie: Yeah, Terry ate one whole when we were kids and went completely nuts.
Stu: He bit the dickens out of your mother.
Judy: A bunny can go savage.
Bonnie: Savage? Well, that's a strong word. But it did hurt like the devil.
Stu: Well, there's a sizable divot in your arm. I'd call that savage.
Judy: Night howlers aren't wolves. They're flowers. The flowers are making the predators go savage. That's it! That's what I've been missing!
Gideon: Well now there's a $4 word, Mr. H. My family always just called them night howlers.
Judy: ...I'm sorry. What did you say?
Stu: Oh, Gid's talking about those flowers, Judy. I use them to keep bugs off the produce. But I don't like the little ones going near them on account of your Uncle Terry.
Bonnie: Yeah, Terry ate one whole when we were kids and went completely nuts.
Stu: He bit the dickens out of your mother.
Judy: A bunny can go savage.
Bonnie: Savage? Well, that's a strong word. But it did hurt like the devil.
Stu: Well, there's a sizable divot in your arm. I'd call that savage.
Judy: Night howlers aren't wolves. They're flowers. The flowers are making the predators go savage. That's it! That's what I've been missing!
— Zootopia
Kronk: [Suddenly wakes up in a seeming Non Sequitur] The peasant! At the diner! ... He didn't pay his check. [Falls asleep again, only to jump up once more] He's the peasant who I saw leaving the city who disappeared in the crowd with Kuzco in the back of his cart. [Heavy gasping] He must've taken him back to his village, so if we find the village, we find him, and if we find him... we find Kuzco! [Closeup on Kronk's face] Oh yeah, it's all coming together!
(Dog's hair gets into the portrait of Ray Finkle, making him look like a woman) What the... That's it. That's it! Einhorn is Finkle. Finkle is Einhorn! EINHORN IS A MAN! (Ace remembers he made out with Einhorn) ...OH MY GOD!! EINHORN IS A MAN?!
—Ace Ventura, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
SpongeBob: Don't worry, Mr. Krabs, we'll fix this.
Mr. Krabs: Not this time boy, it's all over for the good old Krusty Krab, it's probably best if you start looking forward for a new job, boy, maybe in the different way like.
SpongeBob: New... Different... That's it!
Mr. Krabs: Not this time boy, it's all over for the good old Krusty Krab, it's probably best if you start looking forward for a new job, boy, maybe in the different way like.
SpongeBob: New... Different... That's it!
— SpongeBob SquarePants, "Free Samples"
Dawson: Dash it all, Basil! The Queen's in danger, Olivia's counting on us, we're about to be horribly splatted, and all you can do is lie there feeling sorry for yourself! I know you can save us! But if you've given up, then why don't we just set it off now and be done with it?!
Basil: (mirthlessly) Heh-heh. Set it off now. (his eyes widen in realization) Set it... off... now? Y... Yeah! (maniacal laughter) Yes! W-We'll set the trap off NOW!
Dawson: Basil, wait! I didn't mean that we ought to...!
(at this point, the metal ball that activates Ratigan's death machine starts rolling down)
Basil: (examining his surroundings, muttering to himself) The angle of the trajectory multiplied by the square root of an isosceles triangle... dividing Guttermeg's principle of opposing forces in motion... and adjusting for the difference in equilibrium... (out loud) Dawson, at the exact moment I tell you, we must release the triggering mechanism!
Dawson: Huh? W-W-Wha—?
Basil: Steady, Dawson! Steady-y-y-y-y... NOW!!
(they press down and the mousetrap snaps right down on the ball, causing a chain reaction that frees themselves and Olivia from their prisons)
Basil: (confident) Thank you, Dawson.
Basil: (mirthlessly) Heh-heh. Set it off now. (his eyes widen in realization) Set it... off... now? Y... Yeah! (maniacal laughter) Yes! W-We'll set the trap off NOW!
Dawson: Basil, wait! I didn't mean that we ought to...!
(at this point, the metal ball that activates Ratigan's death machine starts rolling down)
Basil: (examining his surroundings, muttering to himself) The angle of the trajectory multiplied by the square root of an isosceles triangle... dividing Guttermeg's principle of opposing forces in motion... and adjusting for the difference in equilibrium... (out loud) Dawson, at the exact moment I tell you, we must release the triggering mechanism!
Dawson: Huh? W-W-Wha—?
Basil: Steady, Dawson! Steady-y-y-y-y... NOW!!
(they press down and the mousetrap snaps right down on the ball, causing a chain reaction that frees themselves and Olivia from their prisons)
Basil: (confident) Thank you, Dawson.
Jordan: Why're you taking it from this guy?
Bupkis: Because he's bigger.
Pound: He's bigger?!
Bang: Than we used... to be...
The Monstars: ...wait...
Swackhammer: What are you doing?!
Bupkis: Because he's bigger.
Pound: He's bigger?!
Bang: Than we used... to be...
The Monstars: ...wait...
Swackhammer: What are you doing?!
Elmo: This is terrible! What do we do now, Lightning?
Lightning: I don't know. All I know how to do is pull a sleigh.
Elmo: (realizing; gasps) That's it!
Lightning: What's it?
Elmo: Maybe we can go back in the sleigh!
Lightning: Back to where?
Elmo: Back to when Elmo pulled Santa out of the chimney, before Elmo wished for Christmas every day!
Lightning: Yeah! If I can fly us here, I can fly us back! Let's do it, Elmo!
Elmo: And this time, Elmo will choose the pink bear!
Lightning: I don't know. All I know how to do is pull a sleigh.
Elmo: (realizing; gasps) That's it!
Lightning: What's it?
Elmo: Maybe we can go back in the sleigh!
Lightning: Back to where?
Elmo: Back to when Elmo pulled Santa out of the chimney, before Elmo wished for Christmas every day!
Lightning: Yeah! If I can fly us here, I can fly us back! Let's do it, Elmo!
Elmo: And this time, Elmo will choose the pink bear!
Scar: You have the mark of evil. Just like me, Kion. Accept your destiny. There is no other choice! At the end of the day, it's like fire and flame! Sisi ni sawa, we are the same! (Evil Laugh)
Kion: "Fire and flame"...?!
Mufasa: Stay true to who you are. Don't fight fire with fire.
Kion: Of course! I do have another choice, Scar! Something only one Lion Guard leader can do to another!
Scar: (laughs) And? What's that?
Kion: ...I forgive you.
Scar: You... you WHAT?!
Kion: But I can't judge you for everything you've done. The Lions of the Past need to do that.
Kion: "Fire and flame"...?!
Mufasa: Stay true to who you are. Don't fight fire with fire.
Kion: Of course! I do have another choice, Scar! Something only one Lion Guard leader can do to another!
Scar: (laughs) And? What's that?
Kion: ...I forgive you.
Scar: You... you WHAT?!
Kion: But I can't judge you for everything you've done. The Lions of the Past need to do that.
—The Lion Guard, "Battle for the Pride Lands"
1. A lot of comic artists use photo reference when drawing! So, for this one, pull up an image of someone who resembles Daredevil, like popular New York District Attorney Matt Murdock!
2. Use a light blue pencil to rough out the shape of his head and placement of features. Ha! Just noticed that Murdock wears red glasses!
3. As most of you know, Matt Murdock is blind, so he may not even realize that Daredevil's main color of choice is red! Anyway! Sketch out the rest of his features!
4. Now, with a darker pencil, use the blue template to sketch out the shape of Daredevil's head, and give him some eyes! How does he see through those tiny red lenses! Ha ha!
5. Okay! Now you can add all the details that make him Daredevil! I mean, makes the HEAD Daredevil, not Murdock! Though Murdock does have a great knowledge of the law and criminals, and being blind in public would really throw people off your-
6. Oh my god
2. Use a light blue pencil to rough out the shape of his head and placement of features. Ha! Just noticed that Murdock wears red glasses!
3. As most of you know, Matt Murdock is blind, so he may not even realize that Daredevil's main color of choice is red! Anyway! Sketch out the rest of his features!
4. Now, with a darker pencil, use the blue template to sketch out the shape of Daredevil's head, and give him some eyes! How does he see through those tiny red lenses! Ha ha!
5. Okay! Now you can add all the details that make him Daredevil! I mean, makes the HEAD Daredevil, not Murdock! Though Murdock does have a great knowledge of the law and criminals, and being blind in public would really throw people off your-
6. Oh my god
—"How To Draw Daredevil" Variant Cover, Daredevil
Lilo: Jumba, a little evil genius help here.
Jumba: (scoffs) If Jumba was real evil genius, he would have programmed shutoff switch into original Leroy. Wait! Jumba is evil genius! Hawaiian folksy folk music is tied into synapse matrix! If Leroy is hearing "Aloha Oe", he is shutting down like a car wash in a rainstorm!
Lilo: Will it shut 'em all down?
Jumba: Heh-heh... I don't know.
Jumba: (scoffs) If Jumba was real evil genius, he would have programmed shutoff switch into original Leroy. Wait! Jumba is evil genius! Hawaiian folksy folk music is tied into synapse matrix! If Leroy is hearing "Aloha Oe", he is shutting down like a car wash in a rainstorm!
Lilo: Will it shut 'em all down?
Jumba: Heh-heh... I don't know.
Terry: If I was the Batman I was supposed to be, I would have cracked this by now... Would've punched exactly the right data into the computer or remembered that one little clue that everyone else overlooked.
Bruce: It's rarely that simple.
[...]
Terry: Gordon told me what happened to Tim Drake.
Bruce: That's why I didn't want you going up against the Joker. Imposter or not.
Terry: Nothing against your old partners, but I'm a completely different Batman. I was never a Robin, I never- (notices the tattered Robin costume, stops) Wait... Joker smashed up the cases, but why was this the only costume he went out of his way to destroy?
Bruce: Robin did shoot him.
Terry: A ghost out for revenge? I don't buy it. I talked to Drake; he's got less love for that costume than the Joker. I think somehow he's behind this.
Bruce: It's rarely that simple.
[...]
Terry: Gordon told me what happened to Tim Drake.
Bruce: That's why I didn't want you going up against the Joker. Imposter or not.
Terry: Nothing against your old partners, but I'm a completely different Batman. I was never a Robin, I never- (notices the tattered Robin costume, stops) Wait... Joker smashed up the cases, but why was this the only costume he went out of his way to destroy?
Bruce: Robin did shoot him.
Terry: A ghost out for revenge? I don't buy it. I talked to Drake; he's got less love for that costume than the Joker. I think somehow he's behind this.
"Peeling [a band-aid off] sucks. It really sucks. Sucks? Sucks! That's it! Sucking is the answer! I can use our new vacuum cleaner to suck this stupid band-aid off!"
— Andy, Andy Griffiths' Just Series, "Just Crazy", "Band-Aide"
Mr. Potato Head: What's the point [of escaping]?
Buzz Lightyear: Point, point... (sees Rex's pointy tail) Point!
Buzz Lightyear: Point, point... (sees Rex's pointy tail) Point!
Optimus Prime: We've tried everything! What's it take to bring this guy down!?
Colossus Rhodes: More than you got, tin can!
[Colossus Rhodes sends Optimus flying with a punch at a nearby church bell and gets disoriented by the noise]
Prowl: The bell... Hit it again!
[Optimus continually strikes the bell with his ax, causing Colossus Rhodes to clutch his head in discomfort]
Ratchet: The frequency must disrupt his techno-organic circuits!
[Ratchet magnetically holds the bell over Colossus Rhodes, while Optimus continues to strike the bell until the latter collapses and returns to his normal size]
Colossus Rhodes: More than you got, tin can!
[Colossus Rhodes sends Optimus flying with a punch at a nearby church bell and gets disoriented by the noise]
Prowl: The bell... Hit it again!
[Optimus continually strikes the bell with his ax, causing Colossus Rhodes to clutch his head in discomfort]
Ratchet: The frequency must disrupt his techno-organic circuits!
[Ratchet magnetically holds the bell over Colossus Rhodes, while Optimus continues to strike the bell until the latter collapses and returns to his normal size]
Peg: Five, four, three, two...
Big Mouth: (realizing that he was searching for the numbers three and two) Three, two!
Big Mouth: (realizing that he was searching for the numbers three and two) Three, two!
— Peg + Cat, "The Potty Problem"
Peter Venkman: Well, how are we gonna put this big bird on ice, guys?
Ray Stantz: Peter, that's not a bad idea! Chicken freezes at very low temperatures!
Ray Stantz: Peter, that's not a bad idea! Chicken freezes at very low temperatures!
— The Real Ghostbusters, "Poultrygeist"
(regarding his sister's dirty diaper) "Ugh, could clear a room... Could clear a room! That's it!"
— Lincoln Loud, The Loud House, "Bathroom Break"
"I think I just realized something... I don't know why it took me so long to figure out... the only thing I've ever really wanted... was to be understood."
— Luz Noceda, The Owl House, "For the Future"
Robbie: Later, dorks! Catch you on the rewind! (chuckles) I made that up.
Stan: I'll rewind your face!!
Dipper: Wait a minute... Stan, "rewind"!
Stan: I'll rewind your face!!
Dipper: Wait a minute... Stan, "rewind"!
— Gravity Falls, "Boyz Crazy"
Freeman: But do ya know WHY we showed you the lyrics to that song? note
oghond: Um... not really. Sorry.
Sierra: It's quite simple. Do you have any idea what Limelight is about?
oghond: (laughs) PFFT! Is that even a question?! Of course I know what Limelight is about! It's my favorite song in the world!
Freeman: Well then, what is it about?!
oghond: Oh, that's easy. "Limelight" was written by Neil Peart about his discomfort regarding fame. After Rush got famous, Peart... wasn't all that comfortable with the idea of having cameras in his face and people asking for his autograph. Here's the thing with Peart— he was rather uncomfortable around people in general. N-Nothing against them, of course— if not for the fans we wouldn't have gotten the Clockwork Angels novelization. I mean, it wasn't that Peart necessarily disliked his fans or anything like that, he was just a very private person who preferred to spend his time alone. As Geddy Lee put it in an interview once: "I think he's more sensitive to more things than Alex [Lifeson] and I are, it's difficult for him to deal with those interruptions on his personal space and his desire to be alone. Being very much a person who needs that solitude, to have someone coming up to you constantly and asking for your autograph is a major interruption in your own little world."
(beat, she realizes that she's just described how the Absent Coder feels towards the rest of the Koffiehuis, herself included)
oghond: Wait a second—
(Sierra and Freeman smirk, knowing they've gotten through to her)
oghond: Um... not really. Sorry.
Sierra: It's quite simple. Do you have any idea what Limelight is about?
oghond: (laughs) PFFT! Is that even a question?! Of course I know what Limelight is about! It's my favorite song in the world!
Freeman: Well then, what is it about?!
oghond: Oh, that's easy. "Limelight" was written by Neil Peart about his discomfort regarding fame. After Rush got famous, Peart... wasn't all that comfortable with the idea of having cameras in his face and people asking for his autograph. Here's the thing with Peart— he was rather uncomfortable around people in general. N-Nothing against them, of course— if not for the fans we wouldn't have gotten the Clockwork Angels novelization. I mean, it wasn't that Peart necessarily disliked his fans or anything like that, he was just a very private person who preferred to spend his time alone. As Geddy Lee put it in an interview once: "I think he's more sensitive to more things than Alex [Lifeson] and I are, it's difficult for him to deal with those interruptions on his personal space and his desire to be alone. Being very much a person who needs that solitude, to have someone coming up to you constantly and asking for your autograph is a major interruption in your own little world."
(beat, she realizes that she's just described how the Absent Coder feels towards the rest of the Koffiehuis, herself included)
oghond: Wait a second—
(Sierra and Freeman smirk, knowing they've gotten through to her)
— SOSchip, "Calm Before the Torrent Comes", when oghond realizes just how overbearing her Genki Girl incessance has become to the far more introverted Absent and subsequently realizes that she needs to be willing to adapt to his needs
Candace: I was wrong, Stacy. About everything. I'm not a grownup. I can't control mysterious forces. I can't even get my mom to see what my brothers are doing! (realizes) Stacy, that's it! I can't get my mom to see what my brothers are doing!
Stacy: Candace, where are you going?
Candace: I'm gonna bust my brothers to my mom! And I'm gonna fail!
Stacy: Candace, where are you going?
Candace: I'm gonna bust my brothers to my mom! And I'm gonna fail!
"Light bulb!"
— Gru, Despicable Me
Sideshow Bob: Bart, open your heart. I admit I have some mighty big shoes to fill...
[Bart's eyes widen as Sideshow Bob's words echo in his mind]
[Flashback: Homer accidentally steps on the culprit's unusually large feet, causing him pain]
[Flashback: Krusty marches into the courtroom, prominently displaying his normal-sized feet]
[Flashback: Sideshow Bob prominently displays his unusually large feet]
Bart: [slowly turns to Sideshow Bob as the pieces come together] Wait a minute! YOU DID IT!!!
[Bart's eyes widen as Sideshow Bob's words echo in his mind]
[Flashback: Homer accidentally steps on the culprit's unusually large feet, causing him pain]
[Flashback: Krusty marches into the courtroom, prominently displaying his normal-sized feet]
[Flashback: Sideshow Bob prominently displays his unusually large feet]
Bart: [slowly turns to Sideshow Bob as the pieces come together] Wait a minute! YOU DID IT!!!
You take the values you measured for εo and μo, multiply them together, take the square root, and then take the reciprocal. The answer is a speed, so it has units of speed, in this case metres per second. And the answer is very close to 300,000,000 metres per second. Converted into miles, that's a tad over 186,000 miles per second. Being James Clerk Maxwell, and a brilliant physicist, you immediately recognise what this number is.
The speed of light.
Where the heck did that come from??
You, James Clerk Maxwell, know in 1865 from the work of Isaac Newton and others that light has certain properties: that white light is composed of multiple colours of light mixed together; that transparent materials such as glass bends rays of light and can be used to focus them into images, such as in telescopes; and that light diffracts through small holes and around sharp edges. This diffraction property can only be explained by supposing that light is made of some sort of waves. But nobody in the world knows what sort of waves they are. Nobody knows what light actually is.
You stop.
Nobody in the world - except you - knows what light actually is.
When you were writing down your equations, you were thinking about electricity and magnetism. Light was the farthest thing from your mind. You had not the slightest clue (and nor did anyone else) that light was related to electricity or magnetism. But there it is, falling out of your equations.
The speed of light.
Where the heck did that come from??
You, James Clerk Maxwell, know in 1865 from the work of Isaac Newton and others that light has certain properties: that white light is composed of multiple colours of light mixed together; that transparent materials such as glass bends rays of light and can be used to focus them into images, such as in telescopes; and that light diffracts through small holes and around sharp edges. This diffraction property can only be explained by supposing that light is made of some sort of waves. But nobody in the world knows what sort of waves they are. Nobody knows what light actually is.
You stop.
Nobody in the world - except you - knows what light actually is.
When you were writing down your equations, you were thinking about electricity and magnetism. Light was the farthest thing from your mind. You had not the slightest clue (and nor did anyone else) that light was related to electricity or magnetism. But there it is, falling out of your equations.
Mayor: Blossom, I need your help right away!
Blossom: Sorry, Mayor, but we're grounded.
Mayor: Well, you picked a fine night to be grounded; Sedusa is robbing my safe of its jewels as we speak! Hey, put those back!
Blossom: Sedusa?! (Realizing the coincidence) Yes, that is quite a coincidence we got grounded. Don't worry, Mayor. We'll catch Sedusa... as soon as she gets home.
Blossom: Sorry, Mayor, but we're grounded.
Mayor: Well, you picked a fine night to be grounded; Sedusa is robbing my safe of its jewels as we speak! Hey, put those back!
Blossom: Sedusa?! (Realizing the coincidence) Yes, that is quite a coincidence we got grounded. Don't worry, Mayor. We'll catch Sedusa... as soon as she gets home.
— The Powerpuff Girls, "Mommy Fearest"
Rex: Tell me who's the original, or I'll turn you into dessert toppings!
Sebastian Clone 1: You don't scare me!
Sebastian Clone 2: I don't feel pain!
[Rex uses his curing abilities to destroy the clones]
Rex: The real Sebastian does.
Sebastian Clone 1: You don't scare me!
Sebastian Clone 2: I don't feel pain!
[Rex uses his curing abilities to destroy the clones]
Rex: The real Sebastian does.
— Generator Rex, "Rock My World"
