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Does any Looney Tunes character ever use any fictional brand-name product that isn't ACME?
Now that Looney Tunes is on-topic, maybe I can get an answer for something I've been wondering about for a while: Looney Tunes characters, (most famously Wile E. Coyote), always use products with the brand name ACME:
Do they ever use products…
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Did Palpatine intentionally lose to Mace Windu?
In Episode III, Mace Windu, a user of Vaapad fighting style, fought and disarmed Palpatine. He was defeated until Anakin turned to the dark side and saved him.
Did Palpatine foresee this? Did Palpatine purposely lose to Mace Windu, to ensure that…
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What are Guinan's powers from Star Trek: TNG?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Q Who" (Season 2, Episode 16) Q seems disturbed by the presence of Guinan to the point of raising his hands as if to use his powers on her. Guinan responds by raising her hands as if to cast a "magic" spell…
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Why would killing Darth Vader or the Emperor turn Luke to the Dark Side?
By the end of Return of the Jedi Luke has already killed thousands of Imperial troops by blowing up the first Death Star, sliced and diced his way through Jabba's pleasure barge not to mention shish-kebabbing and blastering literally dozens of…
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Why would the Force become so mysterious and unrecognized after only 20 years?
I always wondered why Admiral Motti and Governor Tarkin in the movie "A New Hope" (IV) insinuate that the Force is an old, dead religion?
Tarkin:
The Jedi are extinct, their fire has gone out of the universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of…
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Is Lex Luthor's 40-cake theft canonical?
In The Super Dictionary, Lex Luthor took 40 cakes (as many as four tens).
I couldn't find any information specifying if that dictionary has a designated universe, or if it was considered canon at all.
So as terrible as it was, was Lex Luthor's cake…
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Why and how did the Star Trek Universe evolve to a cashless/commerce-less society?
I've always wondered this ... I recall fleeting references to the lack of a money system in TNG (something about abandoning the quest for material wealth), but was it ever explained why and how and when that came about? Is there a canonical…
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What is Mario's full name?
Mario and Luigi are called the Mario brothers. Does that mean Mario's first and last name is Mario, or does he have another first/last name?
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What was the origin of Star Trek's Borg?
Was there any explanation of the origin of the Borg from Star Trek?
I've seen most of the TV shows but not read any books - is it explained there?
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Why did George Lucas set Star Wars in the past instead of the future?
I always found it interesting that Star Wars is set in the distant past instead of the (more obvious) future.
Has George Lucas ever commented why he chose to do that?
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Why is Tony Stark in the Iron Man suit unaffected by G-forces, inertia and blunt force trauma?
Tony's suit is an engineering marvel, and they explain many facets of the technology to help give legitimacy to the special powers, abilities and weapons it has.
I never read the Iron Man comics, but in the movie they really don't have a…
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What did Frodo mean by "He told me the true story"?
I'm re-reading the Lord of the Rings saga since 10 to 12 years ago, but something striked me as odd in The Fellowship of the Ring's first chapter: A Long-Expected Party (emphasis is mine):
‘She had already nearly curdled me. Honestly, I nearly…
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Was Harry making a big mistake with his plan for Elder Wand?
At the very end of Deathly Hallows, after Harry repaired his own wand with the Elder Wand, he tells Dumbledore's Portrait in the office:
“I’m putting the Elder Wand,” he told Dumbledore, who was watching him with
enormous affection and…
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Story where scientist communicates with cities directly
In the story, a scientist discovers that cities have more or less a gestalt consciousness, and that they communicate with each other indirectly through people. He decodes this communication, and begins communicating with a city by having people wear…
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What plot points are missing in the Harry Potter movies that are in the novels?
I know that the movies were written to be a stand alone universe on their own, but what key elements were missing in the movies that were vital in the books that viewers are missing out on?
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