Barbara Spencer: Blow an opening. With what? Don't tell me you know how to make a bomb out of a stick of chewing gum?
MacGyver: Why, you got some?
MacGyver: Why, you got some?
I was standing on the Bridge when Sulu came to me
His eyes were full of tears, he said, "Captain, can't you see?
The ship is gonna blow! Do something, I beseech!"
I grabbed a tribble and some chewing gum
And stopped the warp core breach
His eyes were full of tears, he said, "Captain, can't you see?
The ship is gonna blow! Do something, I beseech!"
I grabbed a tribble and some chewing gum
And stopped the warp core breach
"To improvise a weapon, you have to understand the basic principles behind whatever you're making. A gun, for example, is just a barrel and a firing pin, while a time-delay bomb can be as simple as a corrosive chemical, an oxidizing agent, and something to keep them from mixing together long enough to keep from blowing your hands off."
— Michael Alan Westen, Burn Notice
"Think I don't know how to improvise an electromagnet? I was doing this when MacGyver was still trapped in his crib... And this was only one of 23 ways I could have escaped."
"Your Weapon: You will be using a hat filled with BBs because self-defense gadgets are what you get when you mix imagination and paranoia with karate."
Zeetha: Good grief! How did you construct something so complicated?
Agatha: Please. I always carry a Swiss Army knife and a coil of wire.
Agatha: Please. I always carry a Swiss Army knife and a coil of wire.
"I've built a TV out of paperclips, and reprogrammed a super computer using dishwashing detergent and a toothpick, so look, fixing a propeller on a bi-plane? That's about as difficult as a taking a nap."
— Tails, Sonic Lost World
Carter: You built a stargate in my basement?
Ancient: Much of your technology can be re-purposed if you know what you're doing. By the way, you need a new toaster.
Ancient: Much of your technology can be re-purposed if you know what you're doing. By the way, you need a new toaster.
"It's a terrible thing to have your life depend on your half-assed handiwork."
— Mark Watney, The Martian
"Then, on the fourth day, he roped himself a couple of sea turtles, lashed 'em together and made a raft."
—Mr. Gibbs on Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
"Oookay... We, we could take our wheelbarrow, build it into a little boat, and then we ride it across, and then build it back into a wheelbarrow again!"
—James Humphrey, Cannibal! The Musical
"I don't care what anything was designed to do, I care about what it can do!"
—Gene Kranz, Apollo 13
Tenth Doctor: Need this? [waves sonic screwdriver]
Fifth Doctor: No, I'm fine, thank you.
Tenth Doctor: Oh right, you mostly went hands-free, didn't you? Like "Hey, I'm the Doctor, I can save the universe with a kettle and some string! And look at me, I'm wearing a vegetable."
Fifth Doctor: No, I'm fine, thank you.
Tenth Doctor: Oh right, you mostly went hands-free, didn't you? Like "Hey, I'm the Doctor, I can save the universe with a kettle and some string! And look at me, I'm wearing a vegetable."
— Doctor Who, "Time Crash"
Kane: You can't build an ionic membrane from scratch!
Thirteenth Doctor: If I had crayons and half a can of Spam, I could build you from scratch!
Thirteenth Doctor: If I had crayons and half a can of Spam, I could build you from scratch!
— Doctor Who, "Orphan 55"
"Darby can take any three things and make them explode."
— Izzy, Lightyear
Mo: Hey, what are you doing?
Darby: Building a bomb.
Mo: Nice, do you need a pen?
Darby: No. Here. [Hands Mo a stick of gum]
Mo: Oh, thank you. Peppermint.
Darby: Give me the wrapper.
Mo: [Gives Darby the gum wrapper] So, you can just build a bomb out of that stuff?
Darby: I've worked with less. Now give me the gum.
Mo: Wait, I'm not done, there's still a lot of flavor left.
Darby: Come on! [Mo hands her the gum] There. [Steps away from the finished bomb] When they step on it, it will blow up.
Darby: Building a bomb.
Mo: Nice, do you need a pen?
Darby: No. Here. [Hands Mo a stick of gum]
Mo: Oh, thank you. Peppermint.
Darby: Give me the wrapper.
Mo: [Gives Darby the gum wrapper] So, you can just build a bomb out of that stuff?
Darby: I've worked with less. Now give me the gum.
Mo: Wait, I'm not done, there's still a lot of flavor left.
Darby: Come on! [Mo hands her the gum] There. [Steps away from the finished bomb] When they step on it, it will blow up.
"That's a communications system. It needs repair, but I'm willing to bet that you've brought one of those famed Starfleet engineers who can turn rocks into replicators."
— Keevan, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Rocks and Shoals"
