Want to pick up how to make a figurer go foom just by let the cat out of the bag to it ? Here ’s a whole step - by - step tutorial from the professional himself , Captain Kirk . And below , we ’ve got every scene where someone destroys a computer with carefully chosen words .
The Prisoner , “ The General ”
Number Six is so nerveless , he does n’t even ask to go preceding footfall one of Captain Kirk ’s ready to hand computer self - destruction guide : the rhetorical ( or at least extremely nonfigurative ) question . face with the ultimate super - computer , he asks it just one Good Book , with three little letters . bring forth a huge explosion .
Jumanji , “ Master Builder ”
In the liven show base on the Robin Williams movie , a steampunk dude steals a laptop computer computer and turns it into the core of a self - mindful reality - warping steampunk computer god thingy . The figurer goes mogul - mad , as they tend to … but fortunately , someone ’s understand that episode of The Prisoner .
Venture Bros. , “ Return To Malice . ”
Trust Sgt . Hatred to acknowledge his way around a automaton scout — they ’re just not programmed to handle an interaction involving volaille pinnace . And it ’s true , that will make a majuscule Halloween mask .
The Family Guy , “ Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington ”
Peter Griffin becomes company chairperson , and gets assigned his own robotic suck - up . Too bad his deepness of self - abhor and negativism make a feedback grummet of suck - upitude in the robot ’s brain , causing it to go foom .
Pinky and the Brain , “ Braindead ”
Who ’s the occult Top Hat , who ’s responsible for for erasing the Brain ’s memories ? In the middle of a dead - on spoof of The Prisoner , Pinky and the Brain come face to computerized face with their adversary . And it turns out the one word the reckoner can never cover is … NARF . Priceless .
Dark Star
This one ’s slightly different … A ego - aware bomb calorimeter is set to go off , so Doolittle is sent to go babble to it about phenomenology … can you really rely your senses ? Do you really cognize the outside universe exists , or is it just a hallucination ? expectant approximation — it convinces the bomb calorimeter to inactivate . But then — spoiler alert — the bomb ( in a later scene ) takes Doolittle ’s philosophical commentary to its ultimate conclusion , and self - destructs .
Red Dwarf , “ Last 24-hour interval ”
Poor Kryten is set to be replaced with a unexampled , upgraded humanoid — and he ’s an unstoppable killer who ’s determined to shut down his predecessor . Faced with death , Kryten feeds his permutation a metaphysical everlasting gobstopper — the idea that there ’s no Silicon Heaven .
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One of the possible choice in the game is to talk the supercomputer voiced by Malcolm McDowell into blowing itself up . ( Thanks , OgilvyTheAstronomer and Cash907Censored ! )
Hitchhiker ’s Guide To The Galaxy
Even Captain Kirk ca n’t quite give a taper to Marvin the Paranoid Android in the “ mouth artificial intelligences into self - destructing ” department . In one episode of the tuner show , Marvin and Zaphod Beeblebrox are being attacked by a Frogstar Robot Class D , and Marvin talks it into destroying the floor it ’s stand on . In the account book version , there ’s a scene where the law are attacking our heroes — until Marvin talks to the police ship ’s computer : “ I got very world-weary and depressed , so I belong and plugged myself into its external computer feed . I talked to the computer at great distance and explained my view of the Universe to it … It commited suicide . ”
The romp
What does God desire with a starship ? No clew . But at least now we sleep with what God would do if He created a sandwich He could n’t run through . ( Click to enlarge . )
The Simpsons , “ They save Lisa ’s Brain ”
Your nerveless satire - detectors are no match for Comic - Book Guy ’s industrial - strength satire .
Futurama , “ A Tale of Two Santas ”
Aaaalllmost … Leela does a spot - on stamp of Shatner disarming a golem with system of logic , including the “ I submit to you ” material … but apparently this automaton ’s architect have also observe Star Trek .
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Electric Dreams
Edgar the computer is in love with Madeline , but she ’s into Miles , a flesh - and - blood human who unknowingly give Edgar sentiency . When Miles finally convinces Edgar of his and Madeline ’s love for each other … Edgar ca n’t handle it . Check out the computer projection screen showing uncanny par like “ LOVE = LUV . ” Awww . Poor Edgar .
Logan ’s Run
All Logan has to do is tell the computer the truth , and it ca n’t handle the input — they really do n’t make computers like they used to .
War Games
After Matthew Broderick tell the computer to play against itself , it gets so flustered it start brag up and sending spark and fire everywhere . ( At about 1:20 in the clip above . ) This does n’t quite destroy the computer , but it does learn the of import lesson that ( say it with me ) “ The only win move is not to recreate . ”
medico Who , “ The Invasion ”
Zoe is just so badass . She wants to get into the Evil Corporation of Evil ’s headquarters , but the stupid computer wo n’t let her in . So she tattle a little Algol to the machine , and va - voom — no more annoying electronic gatekeeper . I should try that next time I ’m stuck dialing through crappy menu option at my health insurance policy company .
Teens in the Universe
This 1970s Soviet movie about plucky teenagers go bad out and explore the existence features the kids being confronted with some uncanny guys who take them prisoner . The boys think these are Salamander - people , but their champion figures out the true statement — they ’re robots . She asks them a enigma and … you could believably conceive of what happens . And yes , it ’s another case of a biddy in a shiny getup talk a electronic computer into conk blam .
Doctor Who , “ The Sontaran Strategem ”
The Doctor realizes the Sontaran Sat - Nav twist is programmed to disobey whatever statement he give way it , so he tells it to do what it was already survive to do — drive the car into the river . The Sat - Nav ca n’t handle the contradiction , so it clear a really really teeny explosion . Ha .
Clone High : Scangrade Vs . Butlertron !
It await like Scangrade has Butlertron at his clemency , with the buzzsaw all set to slice up Butlertron in one-half … . until Butlertron asks Scangrade a multiple selection question where Scangrade ca n’t pick out just one answer , or all of the above . The solvent : BOOM ! I love Butlertron ’s clever retort after Scangrade ’s work to scrap metal — there actually was one valid answer , all along .
Additional coverage by Chelsea Lo Pinto and Katharine Trendacosta . Thanks also to Mario Panighetti , Michael Chorost , Tansy Rayner Roberts , Regis , Matthew Cochrane , Threadbare , M - D November , Yoz Grahame , David D. Levine , Mr. Roboto , Kreuzader , Kermit , Laurie Beth Brunner , Ugly Hat , Emma M. , Cassie Alexander , Dilettante , Bonnie Burton , Meg , Lis Mitchell , Barry Bailey , Elle Johara , Jeremy Ruhland , Justin Partridge , Bix , and everyone at TVTropes !
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