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Exactly when did Captain Picard perform his trick on Moriarty in "Ship in a Bottle"?
In the episode "Ship in a Bottle", Lt. Barclay reanimates the Professor Moriarty program, who becomes incensed that Capt. Picard had forgotten his promise to bring Moriarty out of the holodeck. Barclay returns to the holodeck with Picard and Data. …
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Why did the Minister of Magic execute Dumbledore's will?
After Dumbledore dies, his will is executed by the Minister of Magic. In other words, the Minister delivers the objects that Dumbledore had bequeathed to Harry, Hermione, and Ron.
If I'm not mistaken, the Minister is the head of the British Magical…
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Why didn't Gandalf just fight Smaug directly?
So if memory serves right, the premise of the Hobbit is that Gandalf gets this rag-tag team together to retrieve the Arkenstone, so that the Dwarves can reunite, so that they can take back their homeland, so that they get rid of Smaug, so that…
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In which Deadpool comic does he kill over liking Star Wars prequels?
I read somewhere that Deadpool once killed a man just because he said the Star Wars prequels are better than original series.
I know he's really insane but did he really kill a man over this?
When did this happen?
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Has there ever been an instance in Star Trek where someone beamed into a solid object?
One of the many notable devices in Star Trek is the transporter, which can beam people to any set coordinates. Has there ever been an instance in any Star Trek story where someone was beamed into something solid? For example, someone's arm being…
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Why Does Vader say “No disintegrations…” to Boba Fett in particular?
In Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader instructs a group of bounty hunters:
VADER: ...there will be a substantial reward for the one who finds
the Millennium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary, but
I want…
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What do wizard children do before attending Hogwarts?
Most of the wand-carriers that come from a non-Muggle family seem fairly uneducated when it comes to interacting with Muggles. This implies that they don't go to any type of Muggle school before entering into their education at Hogwarts (or…
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What is this man doing with a Starfleet mini-skirt?
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Encounter at Farpoint", we see Deanna Troi wearing some kind of mini-skirt uniform.
I did not remember this before, as Troi wore more casual clothing later in the show, but I thought it was a great…
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How is the Starkiller Base supposed to work more than one time, given how it draws its power?
In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, once the Starkiller Base has depleted the star it is drawing power from, is it supposed to travel to another star where it can draw more power? Or is it non-mobile and supposed to fire a few, limited shots only? Or…
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Why do the ellipses in the Star Wars opening crawl have four dots?
Most of the Star Wars movies, and many of the EU works, feature an opening similar to this one:
However, generally, ellipses have only three dots, as confirmed by Wikipedia:
Ellipsis … is a series of dots (typically three, such as "…")
Is there…
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Was the casting of Alan Rickman as Snape based on the full knowledge of the future of that character?
Casting Alan Rickman (a great actor) in the role of Snape would make a great deal of sense if one considers the depth of the character as exposed by all the books up to the seventh one.
A great example is the deleted scene from the HBP movie:
The…
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Where did King Arthur get his sword, Excalibur?
There are two different stories of how King Arthur received his sword, Excalibur. The first is that he pulled it out of an anvil or stone slab (and by doing so confirmed that he was the rightful king of the land). The second is that he received it…
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If there are universal translators, why are some words/phrases not translated?
In Star Trek, there are universal translators on the ship to make communications between the different species possible.
But there are countless times when Klingons talk in Klingon and English, when Picard quotes French or Latin, when characters say…
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Why does a lightsaber turn off when a Jedi dies or drops it?
I rewatched the three newer movies and noticed that whenever a Jedi was killed, or let go of their lightsaber, it immediately turned off. What was curious was that the lightsaber turns off right away, when a Jedi is killed, even before it leaves…
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Why does C-3PO talk to R2-D2 in English?
Whenever we see C-3PO talking to R2-D2, he talks in English (well, that's what we hear) so at least not in the 'binary' beeps that R2-D2 uses.
Why doesn't C-3PO talk in R2's 'beeping' language when they're together and there's no need for a…
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