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How do the Ninja Turtles get the money to pay for their pizza?
We know that the Ninja Turtles (TMNT) love pizza. We often see them pay for the pizza.
How do they get the money to pay for the pizza? Is there a canon explanation for this?
For example, in the 1990 film they give the pizza guy $10.
But I want…
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Is/was General Leia Organa expected to be in the next episodes (VIII and IX) of Star Wars?
With the death of Carrie Fisher, does it have any impact on the next Star Wars films, episodes VIII and IX? Was she slated to be on 8-9? Has principal photography started with her on camera?
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Is there an actual army in 1984?
I just finished my first read of 1984. It was a fantastic book. While reading, I kept wondering if there was any army fighting the war. I don't recall seeing anything about anyone from the Party or a prole fighting as a soldier. The Ministry of…
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Did Peter Jackson ever explain why he left out the Scouring of the Shire?
In the book, while Frodo and the Fellowship were on their quest, the Shire was exploited and almost ruined by Saruman and his cronies. Jackson left this and the triumphant return of Frodo, Sam, and the now burly Merry and Pippin and their battle to…
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Why was Darth Vader so careless?
I have been wondering for some time why Darth Vader, one of the leading officers of the Empire, repeatedly put himself into such danger?
To name a few cases, in A New Hope, he boarded Tantive IV, a ship he knew belonged to the rebels. It could have…
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Why do the people in MarvelVerse dislike X-Men more than other superheroes?
As ScreenJunkies snarkily wisely noted in "Honest Trailers - X-Men Trilogy":
In the world where people cheer the Fantastic Four, Avengers, Spider-Man, those same people will inexplicably hate the X-Men.
Why is that so? AFAIK, all these superheroes…
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Boy transported to another planet where the being who owns the Earth lives
I read this book probably in the late 1990s. I assume the intended audience is teenagers/youth because I checked it out of my junior high library.
In the book there is a boy on a plane and the plane crashes, but right before it does he is…
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Why do we hear Leia's Theme during Kenobi's death?
This was an interesting point brought up by a music professor; by the second third of Star Wars, John Williams has introduced and reinforced a number of musical themes: the "Force theme", Luke's theme, and an Imperial theme. However, at the moment…
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Is there a term for the science fiction trope where a character lists two historical things and a future thing?
In Babylon 5, for example, a character lists famous bombings like "Hiroshima, Dresden, San Diego" with the first items in the list being real and the last being fictional. This dialog technique of casually tying the past into a fictional future…
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Why didn't Harry feel the Cruciatus Curse at the end of Deathly Hallows?
As the title says, Why didn't Harry feel the Cruciatus curse at the end of Deathly Hallows?
‘You see?’ screeched Voldemort over the tumult. ‘Harry Potter is dead by my hand, and no man alive can threaten me now! Watch! Crucio!’
Harry had been…
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Story about humanity realizing they are in a simulation
I'm trying to locate a story I read a couple of years ago on the internet. The story revolves around the idea that the Earth, humanity, and our entire universe are all part of a computer simulation. Because this idea has been circulating, both as…
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Why Was It 'Essential' That Voldemort Kill Harry Potter?
‘So the boy ... the boy must die?’ asked Snape, quite calmly.
‘And Voldemort himself must do it, Severus. That is essential.’
Deathly Hallows - page 551 - UK Hardcover - chapter 33, The Prince's Tale
Dumbledore tells Snape it is 'essential' that…
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Why didn't Frodo take a map with him?
As the Fellowship departed from the Rivendell, all the seasoned adventurers knew they will not follow Frodo to Mount Doom. So, the optimistic version is Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin going to the Mount Doom, far away from the Shire they have never…
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Why didn't Saruman take Narya from Gandalf?
We know that Gandalf was given Narya, the Ring of Fire (one of the Elven three), by Círdan the Shipwright.
When Saruman imprisoned Gandalf, why did he not attempt to take the ring from him? It would seem logical because Saruman was hungry for…
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What order should the Babylon 5 movies and series be watched in?
Can someone tell me what order should the Babylon 5 movies be watched, so as to get the best out of them as a whole while watching the series?
I know that release date isn't the best way to do this as they sometimes have to release movies earlier…
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