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Interesting to me that no one has noted the order of the doctors. Doctor Octopus is from a comic, Doctor Manhattan is from a graphic novel and, trying to avoid spoilers here, the atomic bomb plays a key role in the story. The atomic bomb was the product of the Manhattan project (a fact not lost on Alan Moore), and the subject of the movie referenced by the next line, Dr Strangelove ("or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"). I can't believe this order is arbitrary. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.108|173.245.48.108]] 04:55, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 
Interesting to me that no one has noted the order of the doctors. Doctor Octopus is from a comic, Doctor Manhattan is from a graphic novel and, trying to avoid spoilers here, the atomic bomb plays a key role in the story. The atomic bomb was the product of the Manhattan project (a fact not lost on Alan Moore), and the subject of the movie referenced by the next line, Dr Strangelove ("or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"). I can't believe this order is arbitrary. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.108|173.245.48.108]] 04:55, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
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What's the connection between Rip Torn and Natalie Imbruglia?  {{unsigned ip|108.162.238.183}}
 
What's the connection between Rip Torn and Natalie Imbruglia?  {{unsigned ip|108.162.238.183}}
 
:Answer: Her song, Torn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV1XWJN3nJo-{{unsigned|Stumpy}}  
 
:Answer: Her song, Torn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV1XWJN3nJo-{{unsigned|Stumpy}}  
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Any pairings that you'd add, given the opportunity? Personally I always confuse [[wikipedia:Wilson Pickett|Wilson Pickett]] and [[wikipedia:Wilson Phillips|Wilson Phillips]]. [[User:Studley|Studley]] ([[User talk:Studley|talk]]) 08:28, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 
Any pairings that you'd add, given the opportunity? Personally I always confuse [[wikipedia:Wilson Pickett|Wilson Pickett]] and [[wikipedia:Wilson Phillips|Wilson Phillips]]. [[User:Studley|Studley]] ([[User talk:Studley|talk]]) 08:28, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
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:Gene Simmons has to 'match' both the Simmonses (above) ''and'' the Gene (below), so I can't see what sort of retabling would help here. ((Had considered two or more columns for the match-strings, that overlap like bricks, but sideways...) Personally, I would leave it. From your comment, I thought that he was misplaced (or that Randall had somehow used him completely outwith the bracketting area that he quite rightly did).
 
:Gene Simmons has to 'match' both the Simmonses (above) ''and'' the Gene (below), so I can't see what sort of retabling would help here. ((Had considered two or more columns for the match-strings, that overlap like bricks, but sideways...) Personally, I would leave it. From your comment, I thought that he was misplaced (or that Randall had somehow used him completely outwith the bracketting area that he quite rightly did).
 
:As to ''how'', you would need to juggle "rowspan=" table parameters (and ensure you don't make that shuffle across lower lines of table, into which it intrudes) analogously to how you'd do it in HTML, but in wikimarkup form of course. I'd advise using Preview a lot, though, if you ever try it. Tables break '''''so''''' easily, even if you're used to them, and you don't want to make a record of all your mistakes along the way. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.56|172.70.162.56]] 22:53, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 
:As to ''how'', you would need to juggle "rowspan=" table parameters (and ensure you don't make that shuffle across lower lines of table, into which it intrudes) analogously to how you'd do it in HTML, but in wikimarkup form of course. I'd advise using Preview a lot, though, if you ever try it. Tables break '''''so''''' easily, even if you're used to them, and you don't want to make a record of all your mistakes along the way. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.56|172.70.162.56]] 22:53, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 
 
Anyone else notice that 3 of the Chrises are Marvel actors? (Pratt is the Star-Lord, Hemsworth is Thor and Evans is Captain America)[[Special:Contributions/172.71.30.46|172.71.30.46]] 17:51, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 
:Chris Pine would also be a Marvel (voice-)actor, {{w|Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse|three years after the comic...}} [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.139|172.70.86.139]] 20:03, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 

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