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Why did Dumbledore hire Lockhart?
Dumbledore, over and over, is demonstrated to be a man who can see through people with all the power of an x-ray machine. Nothing escapes him, there is no fooling him. He knows.
So how the heck did Lockhart get in??
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Was the thermal exhaust port on the Death Star really a design flaw?
Why would something so grand contain such a fatal flaw?
Was it really a flaw or was the only flaw the fact the "The Chosen One" existed. Who else in the Galaxy would have been able to fire that shot?
Would the Rebel Alliance had even attempted the…
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Why was the Balrog beneath Moria
From Lord of the Rings:
Saruman: Moria... You fear to go into those mines. The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum... shadow and flame.
So, the dwarves awoke the Balrog beneath Moria.…
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Why did the villain in the first Men in Black movie care about Earth's Cockroaches?
Jay is able to distract the Bug by throwing things at him, jumping on him, and stepping on cockroaches
From the wiki page: Edgar the Bug.
Near the end of the 1997 movie Men in Black, the villain known as Edgar nearly made his escape ignoring Agent…
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Kessel Run in 12 parsecs: screenplay error, or part of the movie?
I know this has been a long debated question among Star Wars enthusiasts, but when Han Solo said that he made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs did he actually know what he was talking about?
During the scene Han really does seem to be talking about the…
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What's the pyramid joke?
In The Light Fantastic, after talking about the dimensions of the Pyramid of Tsort, it says
All in all, it was a lot of effort to go through just to sharpen a razor.
What's the joke here?
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Were all titans as powerful as Thanos?
In Guardians of the Galaxy we learn that only someone with great power can touch an Infinity Stone, yet we see Thanos pick them up with no issue. Even without the stones, Thanos is shown to be extremely powerful and feared throughout the galaxy.…
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Where are Drax's nipples?
There was a running joke throughout Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 that Drax has sensitive nipples. This is initially brought up in the opening credits scene when the Guardians are waiting for the interdimensional beast.
Gamora: Drax, why aren’t…
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Is Sam Gamgee an orphan?
Is Samwise Gamgee, one of the four hobbits in the fellowship, one of the three to be the last bearers of the one ring of power, one of the two hobbits who alone infiltrated mordor and brought the ring to Mount Doom, ... an orphan?
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He…
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If the galaxy far far away is really so big, how come it seems so small in the movies?
Another question of mine (How big is the space faring population in Star Wars?) was duped to a question that cited (presumably canon) information that the galaxy indeed has 100 quadrillion sentient beings on 50 million populated worlds.
So this begs…
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A cynical demon writing annotations into the book for puny human readers
One of the first series I've ever read was about a young boy who was learning to become a mage. In this world it was possible to summon demons of different categories, ranging from small and not very powerful Fairy-like creatures, to Gargoyle-like…
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Is James Doohan’s missing finger ever noticeable in Star Trek?
We were just discussing, in the SF&F chat room here, that James Doohan was missing a finger, but there's no reference to this and I remember watching the series over and over, whenever I had the chance, up through the 90s. I don't remember ever…
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How could rebels trust R2-D2?
R2-D2 served Anakin for too long. In fact, they even developed a close relationship. And yet, Bail Organa or Obi-Wan Kenobi or rebels never objected why Leia or Luke used it. Please, note that:
The concept of spy droids exists. R3-S6 was a…
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How can every Cubone be wearing its dead mothers' skull?
The Pokédex entry for Pokémon Yellow says that Cubone wears its mother's skull:
Wears the skull of its deceased mother. Its cries echo inside the skull and come out as a sad melody.
This might seem like a reference to the Marowak that was the…
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Do Morpheus and his crew kill potential Ones?
During the opening, we hear Trinity and Cypher talking to each other.
Cypher: We're going to kill him, understand?
Trinity: Morpheus believes he is the One.
Cypher: Do you?
Cypher says this in a way which may indicate there have been deaths…
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