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Why did Sméagol turn into a 'creature' when addicted to the ring, but not Bilbo Baggins?
Why did Sméagol turn into a 'creature', but not Bilbo Baggins?
Déagol found the ring in a river, Sméagol stole it and then turned into a weird creature.
Bilbo did not turn into a creature when he found the ring.
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Nude time travel in Terminator Universe
Why do they travel naked in time in Terminator universe? Is it ever explained in the movies or tv serials? If they cannot carry weapons, how do the cyborgs travel with metal under their skin?
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What does the blue pill in The Matrix actually do?
During the first meeting between Neo and Morpheus in The Matrix, Morpheus states that if Neo takes the blue pill, "The story ends; you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe." Does this mean that the blue pill acts as a…
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Does the death penalty exist in comics?
This question is about comics in general, but is focused on Marvel and DC since I know only those two universes. Hence, "comics" in this question refers to those two universes.
Everyone knows (TVTROPE WARNING) that heroes don't kill villains. They…
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Why are energy weapons seen as more acceptable in children's shows than guns that fire bullets?
This is a question about the real-world factors that have influenced the development of science fiction and television for children.
In children's television (as well as movies), especially animation, there is a strong tendency toward using science…
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How does Phineas put his shirt on?
Some people might say that the characters in Phineas and Ferb only look strange to viewers, but that in-universe they look "normal" to each other. However, the series has shown that the characters are actually aware of their strange body shapes and…
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Were wizards initially intended to be much more common?
There are several things in the text of The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring that, to me, indicate that wizards were originally intended to not only number five altogether - Saruman, Gandalf, Radagast, Alatar, and Pallando - and were intended…
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How could Harry and Ron bypass Hogwarts' security in a flying Ford Anglia?
How could Harry and Ron so easily fly Mr. Weasley's car (the magically enhanced Ford Anglia) to Hogwarts, when many times in the book it is mentioned that Hogwarts is protected by various spells, such that even Dumbledore had to revert all the…
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How to kill Wolverine?
Wolverine is a tough man, his regeneration power makes him almost indestructible.
In the second X-Men movie, X2, Wolverine himself killed Deathstrike, a Mutant that had the same regeneration power as him, by injecting her with adamantium. But I also…
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What does Sauron need with mithril?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, IV A Journey in the Dark, Gandalf explains:
The wealth of Moria was not in gold and jewels, the toys of the Dwarves; nor in iron, their servant. Such things they found here, it is true, especially iron; but…
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What is the architecture of the Floo Network?
Muggles have 3 models of network architecture:
How is the Floo Network built? It has the ability to:
disable fireplaces, e.g. Umbridge's Hogwarts lockout
add new fireplaces at will, e.g. Borgin and Burkes have an open fireplace during work hours,…
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Why do blaster bolts move slower than the speed of light?
Is there a canon explanation (based on how Star Wars blasters work) for why the blaster bolts are so slow? Intuitively, one would expect them to be like lasers, traveling at the speed of light.
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Did Tolkien create any characters based on people he knew?
Tolkien had a lot of influence from religion, mythology and geography as mentioned here to create what seems like an entire literary universe. It's also not uncommon for authors to be influenced by certain people they know or meet.
Is there a…
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Are there other governments in The Hunger Games world?
We know that Panem exists in a post-apocalyptic North America but are there other established governments on other continents that we know of?
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Did Darth Sidious and Vader ever discover how to cheat death?
In Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith Palpatine/Sidious strings Anakin along to the dark side with the promise that together the two of them will be able to re-discover Darth Plagueis' secret to cheating death.
"To cheat death is a power only one has…
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