1. There’s something about the way the clouds are moving that sends shivers down his spine.
2. “Inconceivable!”
“I don’t think that quote means what you think it means.”
“What?”
“Normally you’d use it when the hero has just done something you previously thought impossible, and technically he hasn’t done anything yet.”
“I wasn’t quoting anything you idiot, I was pointing out the stupidity of the action itself.”
“Ah, right, a bit of unintentional irony there then.”
“This really is a perfect example of why minions should be seen and not heard.”
3. “Only the duck can save us now!”
4. Most people wouldn’t want to be spending their last moments alive trapped in a mall surrounded by zombies, but Alice had fought long and hard for this part and dammed if she was going to let some technicality like actual zombies on set ruin her big chance.
5. Building a robot girlfriend is rarely a good idea. Building a robot girlfriend and giving it advanced emotional capabilities is never a good idea. Building a robot girlfriend, giving it advanced emotional capabilities, and fighting skills the likes the world has never seen is an idea roughly on par with creating the Power Puff Girls: the resulting property damage is hell on your credit rating. However, building a robot friend who happens to be a girl apparently doesn’t end in quite as many hospital trips for yours truly. Thank God for reprogramming!
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