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Is the Joker based on anything?
Is the Joker based on another character, or a real life person?
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Why did Moody eat the school's sausages?
These two quotes seem to be in conflict - both from GoF:
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Moody had told them all during their last Defence Against the Dark
Arts lesson that he preferred to prepare his own food and drink at all
times, as it was so easy for Dark wizards…
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Why (in universe) are blade runners called blade runners?
We all know that a blade runner is a detective who hunts down replicants. There is an interesting out-of-universe story of how that name arose during production of the movie.1 However, is there any known reason within the Blade Runner universe why…
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What are Imperial officers wearing here?
Most, if not all Imperial officers are dressed in variants of the same uniform:
As you can observe above, there are two main accessories decorating the uniform on the chest: the rank insignia and some white stick-like thing.
For the longest time, I…
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How would a metaphorical language such as in Darmok (ST:TNG S05E02) be taught?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 Episode 2 ("Darmok") we are introduced to an alien race called the Tamarians who communicate entirely by metaphor.
The concept is that all communication is done using folk stories. Captain Picard eventually…
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Why was Anakin allowed to wear black robes?
Within the Jedi Order, it seemed to be that the brown robe over the lighter coloured tunic, pants and belt was more uniform than merely a customary wardrobe for Jedi Knights and Jedi Masters. I can't recall any other Jedi who wore any kind of…
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Why is Vader suddenly a terrible fighter in Return of the Jedi?
In Empire Strikes Back, Vader nearly kills Luke without hardly seeming to try. Then, in Return of the Jedi, Vader hardly fights at all and he's falling down and then Luke cuts his prosthetic hand off. What happened? How did Vader suddenly become so…
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What was the flaw in Goblet of Fire?
From this 2000 interview with JK Rowling:
Q: You mentioned something in a recent interview about a flaw in Book 4. . .
A: Did I? Oh yes. . .I repaired it! This is why Book 4 nearly caused me a nervous breakdown - because for the first time ever I…
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Why would Sith Masters teach apprentices, at all?
We know (from the accidents that happened between 1999-2005) that
The Sith rely on their passion for their strength. They think inward, only about themselves.
and we also know that
Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an…
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Why does Captain Kirk wear green in the DS9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations?
We know that in TOS era Star Trek command officers wore gold and operations officers wore red. In the DS9/TOS cross-over episode Trials and Tribble-ations O'Brien explains why Sisko (pretending to be a Lieutenant) is dressed in gold:
BASHIR: Wait…
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Did Tolkien think about language evolution when the speakers are immortal?
Tolkien, being a linguist, designed his fictional languages rather carefully. Quenya and Sindarin were closely related, having both descended from the primordial speech of the elves. Tolkien, of course, knew about how languages change and split in…
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What’s the meaning of Hogwarts motto?
The motto for Hogwarts is "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus", or, "Never tickle a sleeping dragon".
This seems like quite obvious advice and rather silly as a school motto. Is it essentially an inside joke that J. K. Rowling made up for those…
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Why isn't the Potter family in the pure-blood list?
This question mentions that on Pottermore there is a list of the pure-blood families (by 1930).
I don't see the Potter family in there. We know that James Potter was pure-blood so both his parents must have been also pure-blood. James was born in…
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Are any ships in Star Wars capable of intergalactic travel?
It always made me curious to hear:
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ...
Which implies that the Star Wars universe is in a separate galaxy to our own. Then I was reading Are there Star Wars medical doctors and can/do they scan for…
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Why did Sauron react the way he did when Frodo put the Ring on inside Mount Doom?
As I have mentioned before, I am only reading the LotR books for the first time right now, and I am only halfway through the second book at the moment, so my knowledge of the third book is based primarily on what I saw in the movies.
Until…
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