From cracked [excerpt], nothing compares to Star Trek when it comes to life-saving device amnesia. During its many travels, the Enterprise has encountered and promptly forgotten about a plant that can cure any illness and re-grow lost body parts, a drug that grants psychic powers, and an advanced cloaking device and a Warp 11-speed engine. Fans have suffered through entire story arcs that could have ended by simply utilizing some Deus ex Machina the writers put into the show no more than two weeks prior.
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Ha! This is excellent. I like the "dust-gathering superweapon" because it reminds me of Dr. Farnsworth's shelf of doomsday devices, but the best is this bit about Gilligan, under #4 Forgetting Stupid Character Is Stupid:
"Crucial task after crucial task was placed in his hands--during the course of the show, Gilligan failed to signal a Navy vessel while flying a fucking jetpack; managed to find and lose a submarine in a single day; and wasted a magic wishing stone on goddamned ice cream."
Too right! Just kill him and you'll be home by next week.
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