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  • Methods, Procedures and Techniques
    • 00 Decay Rate Algorithm
        • Curt Connors' algorithm that describes the way in which cellular decay impacts on human mortality rates.
    • 10-51
        • Code for an unauthorized time travel incident that the 4th Dimension Time Cops respond to. (Season 4 episode Rattlesnake Ricklactica)
    • 27B-6
        • Form that must be filled out before any Central Service technician can do work on ducts. Pronounced "twenty-seven B 'stroke' 6"
        • Reference to George Orwell, who lived at Canonbury Square Apartment 27B, Floor 6, while writing parts of 1984.
    • A-7 Scenario
        • Special Agent Johnson describes the terrorist takeover of Nakatomi Tower as an A-7 Scenario.
    • Ak'voh
        • In the old Klingon tradition of Ak'voh, when a warrior dies in battle, his comrades stay with the body to keep away predators. That allows the spirit to leave the body when it is time to make the long journey to Sto'Vo'Kor. (Season 5 episode The Ship)
    • The Albany Ham Scam
        • Bart gets a book of cons for kids that includes all the classic cons, such as the Pigeon Drop, the Ear Wigger, the Brillstein Grab, and a father/son scam called the Albany Ham Scam. (Season 12 episode The Great Money Caper)
    • Application 27R Santa Clause
        • Job application Homer fills out to become a shopping mall Santa. (Season 1 episode Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire)
    • Aqua Vitae (look)
        • One of Derek's looks from a body lotion campaign in 1993.
    • The Arashikage Mind-Set
        • Ninja conditioning trance that clears the mind of all distracting personal thoughts, and allows you to become a lethal machine (Issue #103 The Amazing Welkin) Ninja technique Snake-Eyes uses while strapped in to the brainwave scanner. (Issue #128 Winds of Change!)
    • Area 14 Quarantine Procedures
        • Procedures the Archministry attempts to implement to capture Ultraviolet.
    • Attack Formation Delta Niner
        • Topper and his crew engage the enemy using Attack formation Delta Niner.
        • 3/29/2021 Poppycock Sisko orders Attack Pattern Omega attacking Jem'Hadar. (Season 6 episode A Time to Stand)
    • Attack Pattern Sierra Four
        • While Nog and Jake are traveling on the Shenandoah runabout from Starbase 257 to Ferenginar to deliver a message from Starfleet to the Grand Nagus, Red Squad commanding the U.S.S. Valiant save them from a Jem'Hadar attack using Attack pattern Sierra Four. (Season 6 episode Valiant)
    • Backwards Tail Slide
        • Trick Poe shows Kaz in the asteroid field, which Kaz later uses to escape from the First Order. (Season 1 episode Signal From Sector Six)
    • The Barracuda
        • Dance craze from the 70s started by Latin singing sensation Carlos 'the Barracuda' Del Gato (Season 5 Episode Voyage of the Damned)
    • Basic Maneuver 88
        • After being thrown into an alien prison, Boimler testifies about being put on the spot on the bridge when he is asked for advice, and he suggested Basic Maneuver 88, which gets show down by the entire crew. (Season 1 episode Veritas)
    • The Bat
        • Before fighting Cassandra's father, Jeff Wong, he says he knows all seven animal styles, then lists eight.
    • Bear Claw
        • When Phoebe teaches Joey how to play guitar, she explains that she doesn't know the actual names of the chords. But she made up names for the way her hand looks while she's doing them: Bear Claw, Turkey Leg, Old Lady, Iceberg, Tiger, Dragon. (Season 5 episode The One With All the Resolutions)
    • The Beatle
        • Before fighting Cassandra's father, Jeff Wong, he says he knows all seven animal styles, then lists eight.
    • Beluga's Last Dive
        • Strategy that Tiger and Wolf employ while tracking down a hacker under the threat of an actual Y2K disaster at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Basically running really fast, Josh learns, nothing to do with Belugas. (Season 3 episode Haven is for Real)
    • BermuDope HighAngle
        • When the guys discover all that the only weed they have Saturday morning cartoons is a mini nug, they come up with a new way to smoke it in order to ensure they get high. (Season 7 episode Party Gawds)
    • Beta Nine
        • One of the evasive patterns that the crew calls out when Captain Pike asks for recommendations that will introduce randomness and chaos in order to prevent Control from anticipating the Discover's next move. Saru: Beta Nine, Admiral Cornwell: Pi Alpha Two, Burnham: Delta Seven, Owosekun: Omega One. (Season 2 episode Project Daedelus)
    • The Bibliocide Ritual
        • Melmackian ceremony in which one asks atonement in front of people wearing meat. ALF mentions it as potential cure for the bad luck curse he gets for destroying a history book (Season 3 episode Superstition)
    • Blood Type Double O Negative
        • Mr. Burns' very rare blood type - and, as it turns out, Bart Simpson's. (Season 2 episode Blood Feud)
    • Blood Type OG
        • While undercover in the women's prison, Jake says Santiago's baby's blood type is OG. (Season 3 episode Maximum Security)
    • Blood Type Positive
        • Chris reveals that he has been donating blood 4 times a work while in quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic, and that his blood type is just plain, "Positive" (The Parks and Recreation Special)
    • Blue Steel
        • One of Derek Zoolander's best known modeling looks, one he saves for softer catalog work, shoes.
    • Boneli Reflex-Arc Test
        • "Do you know of the Boneli Reflex-Arc Test?" he asked. "We're working on the spinal ganglia, too. Someday the Boneli test will fade into yesterday's hoary shroud of spiritual oblivion." She smiled innocuously - at variance with her words. At this point he could not discern her degree of seriousness. A topic of worldshaking importance, yet dealt with facetiously; an android trait, possibly, he thought. No emotional awareness, no feeling-sense of the actual meaning of what she said. Only the hollow, formal, intellectual definitions of the separate terms.
    • Brain Freeze!
        • Wolf attack move during the fight with the Biotics at the Kronish Ball. (Season 1 episode Justice Desserts)
    • Bre'Nan Ritual
        • Sirella: It is time for the Bre'Nan ritual.
          Jadzia Dax: I'm busy.
          Sirella: Busy acting like a Risian slut.
          (Season 6 episode You Are Cordially Invited)
    • Bright Boy Alert
        • True Lies equivalent of the U.S. military term "Broken Arrow”, referring to an accident involving nuclear weapons or nuclear weapons components, but does not create the risk of nuclear war. Harry: "This is not a drill."
    • The Brillstein Grab
        • Bart gets a book of cons for kids that includes all the classic cons, such as the Pigeon Drop, the Ear Wigger, the Brillstein Grab, and a father/son scam called the Albany Ham Scam. (Season 12 episode The Great Money Caper)
    • Broken Eggs
        • One of Derek Zoolander's famous modeling looks. (DVD Bonus Feature: ad for Derek Zoolander University Of Modeling For Men)
    • The Bronco Buster / Viking Vag
        • Vicki Viking's wrestling move. (Season 1 episode Money's in the Chase)
    • Bullet Tornado
        • Also known as Man Sprinkler. Gunfight technique where two guys stand back-to-back with their guns drawn while they're surrounded by bad guys, move that Jake and Boyle want to use. (Season 4 episode The Last Ride)
    • The Burbong Dance
        • Dance Bobbie does to distract Girth Hemsworth (Season 2 episode 11 A Shot with Finley)
    • Byer Flyer
        • Signature move of the Ridgefield High School cheerleading varsity squad, originated by Marni's mother Gail.
    • The Cabinet of Mysteries
        • Vision performs a magic trick called The Cabinet of Mysteries as Illusion, Master of Enigma for Westview Elementary's Talent Show Fundraiser. (Season 1 episode Don't Touch That Dial)
    • Canine-Human Mindmeld
        • Technique known only by the clerk at the Springfield Pet Shop, and three other clerks that work there. (Season 6 episode Two Dozen and One Greyhounds)
    • Category Red
        • A dangerous categorization for an item at Global Dynamics. "Handled incorrectly, a category red device could take out this entire facility." (Season 2 episode Try, Try Again)
    • The Cece Spin and Kiss
        • Jim's daughter's ballet move. Jim: "Cece's ballet recital is today. I cannot wait. I've been working with her on her move. It's called the Cece spin and kiss. Do you want to see it? It's kind of like this. It's pretty cute, right?" (Season 9 episode Customer Loyalty)
    • Class Eight
        • Project designation at Global Dynamics. All class eight research is classified. (Season 2 episode Games People Play)
    • The Coagula Procedure
        • A man-made miracle. Phase 1: Hypnotism. Phase 2: Psychological pre-op. Phase 3: Partial transplantation to passenger status.
    • Code Sapphire
        • Alert that Becky sends out, signaling that a clone has escaped, when Adam 5.0 tries to pass himself off as Adam 6.0. (Season 1 episode Matchmaker)
    • Coma Lock
        • Patented wrestling move of World Class Wrestling's Professor Werner von Brawn. (Season 2 episode Bart the Daredevil)
    • The Crane
        • Before fighting Cassandra's father, Jeff Wong, he says he knows all seven animal styles, then lists eight.
    • Crayola Oblongata
        • Unlicensed surgeon Moe inserts a crayon into Homer's brain to make him dumb again. (Season 12 episode HOMR)
    • The Crimson Bands of Cyttorrak
        • Spell Dr. Strange casts on Titan, sending red colored energy bands around Thanos, binding him.
    • Crossing the Desert
        • Ritual that all Stonecutters must endure during initiation, being paddled by existing members, same as The Unblinking Eye, The Wreck of the Hesperus and The Paddling of the Swollen Ass, with paddles. (Season 6 episode Homer the Great)
    • Crystal Amber Shield!
        • Tiger defense move during the fight with the Biotics at the Kronish Ball. (Season 1 episode Justice Desserts)
    • Cum Bucket!
        • Wolf attack move while saving Josh from Stu's men. (Season 2 episode The Ballad of Pup-E Q. Barkington)
    • Cum Whisk!
        • Wolf attack move while saving Josh from Stu's men. (Season 2 episode The Ballad of Pup-E Q. Barkington)
    • CX-924
        • Type of teleportation window that The Institute for Trans Dimensional Studies was experimenting with when the giant alien squid appeared. (Season 1 episode Little Fear of Lightning)
    • The D.E.E. System
        • Dee's dating system. D = Do them. E = Establish low rating. E = Increase power / Infuriate them when they find out / Empower! (Season 10 episode The Gang Group Dates)
    • The D.E.N.N.I.S. System
        • Dennis' foolproof system for getting any chick's undying love and devotion for life. D = Demonstrate value. E = Engage physically. N = Nurturing dependence. N = Neglect emotionally. I = Inspire hope. S = Separate entirely. (Season 5 episode The D.E.N.N.I.S. System)
    • The Decrepit Devon Endeavor
        • Phil Latham's college was Harvard, although I had heard that he only lasted there a year. Probably he had said to someone to give something the old college try, and that had finished him; that would probably be grounds for expulsion at Harvard. There couldn't possibly be such a thing as the old Harvard try. Could there be the old Devon try? The old Devon endeavor? The decrepit Devon endeavor? That was good, the decrepit Devon endeavor. I'd use that some time in the Butt Room. That was pretty funny.
    • Delta Seven
        • One of the evasive patterns that the crew calls out when Captain Pike asks for recommendations that will introduce randomness and chaos in order to prevent Control from anticipating the Discover's next move. Saru: Beta Nine, Admiral Cornwell: Pi Alpha Two, Burnham: Delta Seven, Owosekun: Omega One. (Season 2 episode Project Daedelus)
    • The Ders Effect (business technique)
        • Technique Anders plans to use to get the branch manager's job. Anders (in mock interview with himself): "I got to tell ya, if I'm honest, I see myself as branch manager, and I know that's your job, but I feel like I could do it better with a little something I call 'the Ders Effect.'" (Season 5 episode Trivia Pursuits)
    • The Ders Effect (sound effect)
        • Sound effect Anders creates as DJ Ango. (Season 4 episode Orgazmo Birth)
    • The Devil's Claw
        • Danny identifies the bruises on Mr. Yang's neck, throat and shoulder as The Devil's Claw, an ancient technique taught in K'un-Lun that strikes the pressure points, carotid and subclavian arteries, an extremely difficult technique. (Season 2 episode Target: Iron Fist)
    • The Double Half Wappinger
        • One of Greg and Nathan's wrestling moves they made up, mentioned by Nathan's father, named after their home town. (Season 3 episode AKA The Double Half Wappinger)
    • Dragon
        • When Phoebe teaches Joey how to play guitar, she explains that she doesn't know the actual names of the chords. But she made up names for the way her hand looks while she's doing them: Bear Claw, Turkey Leg, Old Lady, Iceberg, Tiger, Dragon. (Season 5 episode The One With All the Resolutions)
    • Drugstore Handicap
        • The trainer drugs a strong horse, so it underperforms but remains a minor contender; the horse is then taken it off the drugs for a specific race so its performance boost allows a surprise win despite awful winning odds. Anyone who knows of the fix can place a big bet on the long shot and win big.
    • The Ear Wigger
        • Bart gets a book of cons for kids that includes all the classic cons, such as the Pigeon Drop, the Ear Wigger, the Brillstein Grab, and a father/son scam called the Albany Ham Scam. (Season 12 episode The Great Money Caper)
    • El Nino
        • One of The Chosen One Steve's looks (as in Adam & Eve… and Steve)
    • Evasive Maneuver Pattern Delta
        • Sisko orders evasive maneuver pattern Delta while aboard the Mirror Universe version of the Defiant. (Season 4 episode Shattered Mirror)
    • The Fat Dog
        • New record added 5/4/2022
        • Dance Chang introduces at the Fat Dog for Midterms dance: There's a brand-new dance, based on an old phrase, it’s called the fat dog, and it will amaze, you've heard this expression your entire life, it's not made up, it's not made up. (Season 5 episode Analysis of Cork-Based Networking)
    • The Ferengi Attainment Ceremony
        • Ferengi ritual ceremony performed by young males as the last step toward adulthood. Rom attempts to purchase an apprenticeship from Sisko. (Season 3 episode Heart of Stone)
    • Ferrari
        • One of Derek Zoolander's famous, "more aggressive" modeling looks.
    • The Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique
        • No description available
    • The Flue
        • Con that Mike and his friends teach Margaret. "And that's a little larceny called The Flue"
    • Fluffy Fingers
        • When Michael seeks Daryl's advice on how to handle Stanley's insubordination, Daryl tells him to tickle him. Daryl: "Well, see in the gang world, we use something called fluffy fingers. That's where if somebody really gets in your face, you know, just start tickling them. And he starts tickling you. You know, pretty soon you're laughing and hugging. Before you know it, you've forgotten the whole thing. Y'all can just go to church together and get an ice cream cone." (Season 4 episode Did I Stutter?)
    • Form 1790
        • When the Simpsons complain about the air traffic over their house, they are directed to fill out Form 1790 - the form to open a Cinnabon stand. (Season 14 episode Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington)
    • The Full Marty Crane Treatment
        • Joke Martin makes: "Martin: When a lady gets the full Marty Crane treatment, she doesn't forget it." (Season 9 episode Juvenilia)
    • The Funky ALF
        • When ALF finds out that clog-dancing isn't a dance around a clogged sink, he says there should be a dance like that, and it should be called The Funky ALF (Season 2 episode Oh Pretty Woman)
    • Gelding Grip
        • Harry and the gang's childhood hero The Red Ranger had a secret gelding grip. (Season 5 episode Who Was that Mashed Man?)
    • Gina Jargon
        • Gina helps Captain Hold using her world renowned linguistics system Gina Jargon that she apparently also used to help Ellen Musk, season 1 winner of VH1's Queen Bitch. (Season 6 episode Hitchcock & Scully)
    • Gut Knife!
        • Tiger attack move during assault on the Kronitorium guards. (Season 1 episode A Date with Destiny)
    • Gut Punch!
        • Wolf attack move against the Killer Machine, which fails to harm his opponent. (Season 3 The Outlaw Wild Sam Bladden)
    • The Half Wappinger
        • One of Greg and Nathan's wrestling moves they made up, mentioned by Nathan's father, named after their home town. (Season 3 episode AKA The Double Half Wappinger)
    • The Hammer and Sickle
        • One of the new wrestling moves Ruth demonstrates as her new Russian persona Zoya the Destroya. (Season 1 episode This is One of those Moments)
    • Hammer Jerks
        • Exercise practiced by Ass Kickers United. It's sort of like a hammer, then you bend. Then you snap, then you jerk. (Season 10 episode Ass Kickers United: Mac and Charlie Join a Cult)
    • The Hammer Tire
        • One of the tire-themed exercises featured on Adam's workout video: DeMamp Camp: Working Out With Tires (Season 3 episode The Worst Generation)
    • The Hanky Panky
        • Retail sign-spinning technique that Jerry practices in his apartment with the help of a how-to video (Season 3 episode The Rickchurian Candidate)
    • Hech-doop
        • Worf instructs the Miles' son Yoshi in Hech-doop, a Klingon exercise designed to teach children hand-eye coordination. (Season 6 episode Time's Orphan)
    • Horodalay
        • The ability to encourage rationality and tranquility in others, possessed by the Eidelons of Arnessk. (Peacekeeper Wars)
    • The Horse
        • Before fighting Cassandra's father, Jeff Wong, he says he knows all seven animal styles, then lists eight.
    • Hotboxing with God
        • B-Rad's name for smoking pot in the trunk of a car. (Season 1 episode Checkpoint Gnarly)
    • Hugging the Donkey
        • Maneuver that Lt. Gordon Malloy uses to survive a Krill destroyer attack on The Orville. (Season 1 episode Old Wounds)
    • Hyena's Whisper
        • Strategy that Tiger suggests as they enter The DieCathalon's Death Arena, and Wolf agrees, especially in an arena that size. (Season 3 episode The Precipice of Yesterday)
    • Hynerian Ceremony of Passage
        • Ceremony that Rygel performs when he assumes Crichton to be dead so that he can claim his possessions. (Season 1 episode That Old Black Magic)
    • Hyperstrike
        • One of Roxie's attack moves in the video game Striking Vipers. (Season 5 episode Striking Vipers)
    • I Can't Believe It's Not Murder
        • Jerry and George brainstorm alternative names for the crime of manslaughter, the least serious murder charge for the most socially acceptable form of murder. (Season 8 episode The Nap)
    • Iceberg
        • When Phoebe teaches Joey how to play guitar, she explains that she doesn't know the actual names of the chords. But she made up names for the way her hand looks while she's doing them: Bear Claw, Turkey Leg, Old Lady, Iceberg, Tiger, Dragon. (Season 5 episode The One With All the Resolutions)
    • Idiot's Array
        • Peli Motto plays a game of Sabacc with a giant ant she called Dr. Mandible, winning with a hand known as an Idiot's Array. (Season 2 episode The Passenger)
    • Inadvertent Life-ending
        • Jerry and George brainstorm alternative names for the crime of manslaughter, the least serious murder charge for the most socially acceptable form of murder. (Season 8 episode The Nap)
    • Jamaharon
        • Some sort of sensual rite. While visiting Tulgana IV, Boimler is nearly seduced into jamaharon by a female Anabaj, before Mariner chases her away before she implants eggs in his throat. (Season 1 episode Envoys)
    • Ja'loja
        • Moclans only urinate once a year, when they must travel to their N'kafas, a place they select during childhood, where they perform a cleansing of the spirit known as the Great Release in front of friends and family. (Season 2 episode Ja'loja)
        • Mace Windu learns that Jedi Mind Tricks don't work on Dagoyan Masters. (Season 6 episode The Disappeared Part 1) Ahsoka uses a Jedi Mind Trick on Pyke criminals on Oba Diah. (Season 7 episode Deal No Deal)
        • Kanan uses Jedi Trick on Stormtroopers while trying to rescue Jedi Master Luminara Unduli. (Season 1 episode Rise of the Old Masters) Ezra tries to use.a Jedi Mind Trick, but it doesn't work. Kanan is successful. (Season 1 episode Fire Across the Galaxy) Kanan uses Jedi Mind Trick on stormtroopers. (Season 2 episode Stealth Strike) Ezra uses a Jedi Mind Trick to get Imperials to abandon their ship. It doesn't work at first, but then it does. (Season 2 episode Homecoming) Ezra tricks some Imperial soldiers. (Season 3 episode Through Imperial Eyes) Ezra Jedi mind tricks a death trooper. (Season 4 episode Wolves and a Door)
    • Jinka Pole
        • Method of public display. If you damage the captain's prize, he'll have your heads on jinka poles. (Season 1 episode A Bug's Life)
    • Jiu Ryo Ki Kung-Fu
        • Jesse's fighting style, mentioned on his mySHOUT page that Skyler finds after star-69ing the phone number from the suspicious "AT&T telemarketing call" that Walt answered while they were eating, which was actually from Jesse, and then running a phone trace through Finder SPYder search engine: "General Interests: Fine herbage! Keeping in real, Jiu Ryo Ki Kung-Fu (Blue belt with shuriken certification) Banging the skins with my smokin band 'TwaughtHammer'. European motocross (plan to attend Wheelie School in Vegas this summer) MILFs, MILFs, MILFs, MILFs!" (Season 1 episode Cat's in the Bag…)
    • Joe-jitsu
        • Joe's personal style of jujitsu. "The 16 fold path to enlightenment." Obnoxious mouthing off is the cornerstone of Joe-jitsu. (Season 5 episode Padded Suit)
    • Jungle Fever
        • One of Derek's looks, which he uses to summon vines out of the ground during the epic battle between Derek and his friends, and all their evil foes the heart of Paris.
    • Karamandu
        • The ancient Indian art of face reading Lowell studied (Season 1 episode 2 Around the World in Eighty Years)
    • Keg Toss!
        • Wolf attack move during battle with the time cops at Iowa State University. (Season 3 episode Return of the Present)
    • Kiss of the Dragon
        • A puncture in the back of the neck that traps all the body's blood in the head, causing side effects of quadriplegia, bleeding from the head's orifices, and a painful death via a brain aneurysm.
    • Lak'vai Pact
        • In the Krill political process, it's a sort of prelude to a peace treaty. (Season 2 episode Blood of Patriots)
    • The Le Mans Method
        • Childbirth method Carla says she uses where she screams like a Ferrari (Season 3 episode 21 Executive's Executioner Hines)
    • Le Tigre
        • One of Derek's modeling looks - it's a lot softer, Derek saves it for catalog work; he uses it for footwear sometimes.
    • The Leap of Faith
        • Ritual that all Stonecutters must endure during initiation, a five story plunge to prove your character. (Season 6 episode Homer the Great)
    • The Lebanese Cannonball
        • Wrestler Beirut's signature move (Season 1 episode Money's in the Chase)
    • Levitating Dragon Trick
        • Trick that Lisa performs at the Spellzapoppin' Magic Recital at Springwart's School of Magicry on Halloween Night. (Season 13 episode Treehouse of Horror XII - segment Wiz Kids)
    • Lindbergh Lean
        • New record added 5/1/2022
        • Dance performed at Shirley's second marriage to Andre. (Season 3 episode Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts)
    • Lobster's Bluff
        • Strategy that Tiger and Wolf agree on as they enter The DieCathalon's Death Arena. (Season 3 episode The Precipice of Yesterday)
    • The Ludovico Technique
        • A form of aversion therapy that Alex is subjected to - he is injected with nausea-inducing drug while watching violent films, eventually conditioning him to become severely ill at the mere thought of violence.
    • Luxan Chase
        • Luxan courtship ritual. (Season 1 episode Back and Back and Back to the Future)
    • Lyrical Beauty of a Terence Malick Film
        • One of Derek's looks, which he uses to levitate a milk truck so that Hansel can rip it open with his boomerang, pouring the milk out onto rage monster Maury-Hulk, forcing him to take his pills.
    • The Lysine Contingency
        • Ray Arnold: "The lysine contingency is intended to prevent the spread of the animals in case they ever got off the island. Dr. Wu inserted a gene that creates a single faulty enzyme in protein metabolism. The animals can't manufacture the amino acid lysine. Unless they're continually supplied with lysine by us, they'll slip into a coma and die."
    • The M.A.C.
        • Mac's system for getting chicks. M.A.C. = Move in After Completion: he waits until Dennis is done with them, then he swoops in, gives them shoulder to cry on, and then they hump. (Season 5 episode The D.E.N.N.I.S. System)
    • Mak'Tar Chant of Strength
        • Technique employed by Protector crewmember and Mak'Tar Dr. Lazrus.
    • Mak'Tar Stealth Face
        • Technique employed by Protector crewmember and Mak'Tar Dr. Lazrus.
    • Mauk-to'Vor
        • Klingon ritual. After Word brings dishonor upon the House of Mogh after rejecting the Klingon Empire's war with the Cardassian Empire, his bother Kurn asks Worf to give him back his honor the only way he can, by having Worf kill him. (Season 4 episode Sons of Mogh)
    • Millenium Falcon Maneuver
        • Technique that Hugh uses to escape detection with Bender by hiding beneath the boat, inspired by Han Solo's move in The Empire Strikes Back.
    • Minbari Rebirth Ceremony
        • When Earth Central orders Babylon 5 to host a week-long series of festivities demonstrating the dominant religious beliefs of the various races aboard, Sinclair and the command staff attend a Centauri feast and a Minbari Rebirth Ceremony. (Season 1 episode The Parliament of Dreams)
    • The Moistmaker
        • Ross explains to his boss that Monica makes amazing turkey sandwiches - her secret is that she puts an extra slice of gravy-soaked bread in the middle. He calls it The Moistmaker. (Season 5 episode The One With Ross's Sandwich)
    • The Monkey
        • Before fighting Cassandra's father, Jeff Wong, he says he knows all seven animal styles, then lists eight.
    • Multi-Vitamin
        • One of Derek's looks, which, Hansel reminds him, last time he used, he almost ruined their orgy by almost dying. He later uses it successfully during the epic battle in Paris, creating duplicate Zoolanders.
    • Multioptipupiloptomy
        • Washout takes Maxihydroclorosporin for his Walleye vision. There is a delicate corneal inversion procedure called a multioptipupiloptomy that could help, but on order to keep from damaging the eye sockets, they've got to go in through the rectum.
    • Munkensmat
        • Organization system that Amy introduces to the precinct. Norwegian system designed by a radical group of Scandinavian organizers who are doing things with cubbies that would blow your minds. You get rid of all personal possessions except one. (Season 6 episode The Honeypot)
    • Nasty Pants
        • One of Derek Zoolander's famous modeling looks. (DVD Bonus Feature: ad for Derek Zoolander University Of Modeling For Men)
    • The Negotiations Mambo
        • Frasier renegotiated his contract at the radio station, describing the process as a dance (Season 2 episode Agents in America, Part III)
    • The Nice and Nasty
        • Hairstyle that Gina gives Alex. (Season 1 episode Perfect Storm)
    • N'kafas
        • Moclans only urinate once a year, when they must travel to their N'kafas, a place they select during childhood, where they perform a cleansing of the spirit known as the Great Release in front of friends and family. (Season 2 episode Ja'loja)
    • N'yengoren Strategy
        • Strategy that Jadzia Dax: If we assume he has adequate defenses, a minimum of fifty guards, then we should use a N'yengoren strategy. (Season 2 episode Blood Oath)
    • The Octoplex 666 Punishment
        • Treatment similar to the Ludovico treatment in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.
    • The Old Hanover Hangover Cure
        • Woody's hangover cure after drinking Carla's grandfather's mixed drink, I Know My Redeemer Liveth… "It's very simple. First, put on your pajamas. Then, take an aspirin with a glass of cold water. And then, you vomit till your nose bleeds and heave until you see the angels. Wake up in the morning, you feel brand-new." (Season 11 episode 22 It's Lonely on the Top)
    • Old Lady
        • When Phoebe teaches Joey how to play guitar, she explains that she doesn't know the actual names of the chords. But she made up names for the way her hand looks while she's doing them: Bear Claw, Turkey Leg, Old Lady, Iceberg, Tiger, Dragon. (Season 5 episode The One With All the Resolutions)
    • The Old Stink-a-roo
        • Harry and Lloyd's secret to getting free beer - put your hand down your pants and then holding it out and saying it smells funky.
    • Omega One
        • One of the evasive patterns that the crew calls out when Captain Pike asks for recommendations that will introduce randomness and chaos in order to prevent Control from anticipating the Discover's next move. Saru: Beta Nine, Admiral Cornwell: Pi Alpha Two, Burnham: Delta Seven, Owosekun: Omega One. (Season 2 episode Project Daedelus)
    • Omnite
        • Logan, like all sandmen, is trained in Omnite, a martial art built from many others. "Each culture had evolved a method of personal combat. From Japan: jujitsu. From China: kempo and karate. From France: savate. From Greece: boxing and wrestling. The finest points of each art were combined in Omnite."
    • Ooh Let Me Out
        • New dance that Tiny Rick makes up - his teen angst calling out to Morty and Summer for help (Season 2 episode 7 Big Trouble In Little Sanchez)
    • Orion Tango
        • Fun plan that Booker suggests using against dilithium raider Wen. Michael comments that last time she was picking feathers or scales out of her hair for days. (Season 3 episode People of Earth)
    • The Paddling of the Swollen Ass, with Paddles.
        • Final ritual that all Stonecutters must endure during initiation, being paddled by existing members, same as Crossing the Desert, The Unblinking Eye and The Wreck of the Hesperus. (Season 6 episode Homer the Great)
    • Pantak Jab
        • Peacekeeper hand-to-hand combat maneuver that can take someone down with one blow. (Season 1 episode Throne for a Loss)
    • Paring Knife!
        • Wolf attack move during the fight with the Biotics at the Kronish Ball. (Season 1 episode Justice Desserts)
    • The Path to Kal'Hyah
        • Klingon bachelor party ritual known as the path of clarity, a four-day mental and spiritual journey that the groom and his closest male friends took part in before the wedding. (Season 6 episode You Are Cordially Invited)
    • Peanut Butter Gargoyle
        • Sex position that the two guys on the yacht are discussing when they are interrupted by the talking overthinking cat - it's when you take the chick, put her feet on a cathedral… (Season 4 episode Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty)
    • Pelican's Folly
        • 
Strategy that Wolf suggests as they enter The DieCathalon's Death Arena, but Tiger shoots down, on account the bionic pumas would sniff them out before they could hide enough rocks in their mouths. (Season 3 episode The Precipice of Yesterday)
    • The Penetrada
        • The Samba School's most powerful new dance. "It makes sex look like a church." (Season 13 episode Blame it on Lisa)
    • Photogasm
        • A reaction that occurs in Delvian females when exposed to Ionic radiation such as what accompanies solar flares. Stimulating the photosynthetic reaction and causing a rush of an endorphin-like compound, photogasms can last for several hours. (Season 1 episode Till the Blood Runs Clear)
    • Pi Alpha Two
        • One of the evasive patterns that the crew calls out when Captain Pike asks for recommendations that will introduce randomness and chaos in order to prevent Control from anticipating the Discover's next move. Saru: Beta Nine, Admiral Cornwell: Pi Alpha Two, Burnham: Delta Seven, Owosekun: Omega One. (Season 2 episode Project Daedelus)
    • Picard Maneuver
        • Battle tactic invented by Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard when in command of the U.S.S. Stargazer when it was attacked by a Ferengi vessel. (Season 1 episode The Battle)
        • Joke Dr. Jurati makes, before realizing there actually is a real Picard Maneuver, originally from Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Battle. (Season 1 episode Et in Arcadia Ego Part 2)
    • The Pigeon Drop
        • Bart gets a book of cons for kids that includes all the classic cons, such as the Pigeon Drop, the Ear Wigger, the Brillstein Grab, and a father/son scam called the Albany Ham Scam. (Season 12 episode The Great Money Caper)
    • Plan Z
        • Sammy's worst case scenario plan to get out of a romantic situation with a woman - involves a guy named Leon coming in and claiming to be Sam's lover (Season 9 episode 18 I'm Getting My Act Together and Sticking It in Your Face)
    • Planet Sterilization Pattern Number Five
        • Commodore Oh's plan to destroy the synth planet Coppelius. (Season 1 episode Et in Arcadia Ego Part 2)
    • Plush Rush
        • Name for an attack move that Ducky and Bunny propose in order to get the key to the cabinet where Forky is being kept in the Second Chance Antiques store.
    • The Podbillion Process
        • Bob's psychiatrist friend Dr. Ned Podbillion's new therapy process where he brings his patients into his home. (Season 5 episode Still Crazy After All These Year)
    • The Potato Soup
        • One of the new wrestling moves Ruth demonstrates as her new Russian persona Zoya the Destroya. (Season 1 episode This is One of those Moments)
    • Prehensile Isotonic Geometrics
        • Fake exercise that Cliff recommends to Coach - muscle tension under constant contraction (Season 2 episode 9 They Called Me Mayday)
    • Priority Red One
        • Larraq attempts to commandeer Moya under Peacekeeper Article I as part of his Priority Red One mission. (Season 1 episode A Bug's Life)
    • Procedure: Retrogram
        • Procedure that Deep Sleep uses to change the color of Logan's life-clock, making him four years closer to Carrousel.
    • Protocol 13
        • Imperial procedure: The immediate evacuation of all imperial personnel from an occupied planet. (Season 4 episode Crawler Commanders)
    • Protocol Alpha-9
        • Nerve printing procedure employed as part of the process to print a biological brain to a synthetic brain in order to imitate the human mind.
    • Puck Shot!
        • Wolf attack move during assault on the Kronitorium guards. (Season 1 episode A Date with Destiny)
    • The Purification Ritual
        • Sterilization ceremony and last step for the candidates of the Process to go to the Offshore (mentioned in Chapter 7: Capsule, seen in Chapter 8: Button)
    • Quadra Helix
        • A form of the DNA double helix that can pinpoint a species origin using a genetic map, which Namtar extracts from the eye. (Season 1 episode DNA Mad Scientist)
    • The Quickening
        • When one immortal decapitates another, the winner receives a transfer of power from the deceased.
    • Radok Sien
        • Plan that Michael Burnham suggests using against dilithium raider Wen. Book comments that last time he got his nose broken and his face swelled up so much that his catGrudge refused to look at him for days. (Season 3 episode People of Earth)
    • The Rat
        • Before fighting Cassandra's father, Jeff Wong, he says he knows all seven animal styles, then lists eight.
    • The Riga Hammer
        • Superhero Captain Latvia's signature move, knocks enemies down instantly. (Season 4 episode Captain Latvia)
    • Rite of Separation
        • Bashir and Leeta travel to Risa to conduct the Rite of Separation. It's an old Bajoran custom. When a couple separates, they spend several days celebrating their parting. It's a way to remember all the good times and to seek out new opportunities. (Season 5 episode Let He Who is Without Sin...)
    • Ritual of Passing
        • Luxan ritual, a bonding, in which an emotional and spiritual link is forged. When an Orican dies, the attendant sanctifies the ascent by transferring energy to her. (Season 2 episode Vitas Mortis)
    • Ritual of Renewal
        • While she was supposed to die in the Ritual of Passing, when the Orican sensed D'Argo's astonishing power, she decided to try the Ritual of Renewal instead. (Season 2 episode Vitas Mortis)
    • The Roof-fly-delt-pump
        • Brand new exercise featured on Adam's new workout video: Demamp Camp: Fully insured. Adam: "On this new edition, I will be showing you a brand-new exercise that I just created using my own brain and intelligence. It's called The Roof-fly-delt-pump. Basically, you get a running start, pump your delts so hard that you come to a nice, soft landing, because you've just flown for a few seconds." (Season 3 episode The Worst Generation)
    • Rough Toilet Paper
        • One of the new wrestling moves Ruth demonstrates as her new Russian persona Zoya the Destroya. (Season 1 episode This is One of those Moments)
    • Sōsetsuken
        • The Lee brothers are characterized as successors of a fictional martial art known as Sōsetsuken, also known as Twin Sever Fist, which combines techniques from karate, tai chi and Shorinji Kempo.
    • The Scarn
        • Secret Agent Michael Scarn's dance, from Michael's movie Threat Level Midnight (Season 7 episode Threat Level Midnight)
    • Scenario G48-119
        • Strategy Michael plans to use to welcome John to the new neighborhood. (Season 3 episode Chidi Sees the Time-Knife)
    • Science Wand!
        • Wolf attack move during assault on the Kronitorium guards. (Season 1 episode A Date with Destiny)
    • Scorpion Formation
        • Secret battle tactic of the Arashikahe ninja clan, an unbeatable form, according to Firefly, but Snake Eyes beats it by taking out the tail. (Issue #133 Recon by Fire)
    • Scorvian Neural Strike
        • The fighting move that gives Matala away as a spy. (Season 1 episode Back and Back and Back to the Future)
    • Spirit Painting
        • A type of artwork created by Delvians for recreation. The painting captures the true spirit of a being. (Season 1 episode Exodus from Genesis)
    • The Spoon Torture of the Heathen Chinee
        • George's older brother Buddy's torture technique - he sat on top of him with a knee on each of George's shoulders and tapped a spoon in the middle of George's forehead until he about went crazy. (story Gramma)
    • The Stag
        • Before fighting Cassandra's father, Jeff Wong, he says he knows all seven animal styles, then lists eight.
    • Stage Three
        • Psychosurgical procedure that requires the surgeon to implant electrodes in the patient's brain, which will detect the onset of a seizure and then use an electrical impulse to stop it.
    • The Stranger
        • Tumbler's masturbation technique. He sits on his hand until it goes numb, and then he jerks it.
    • The Strawberry Basket
        • Nana Boyle's signature punch that Boyle uses in his boxing match with Terry, when they're fighting for Jake's tickets to the premier of the Kwazy Kupcakes movie - a dirty punch to the groin. (Season 7 episode Ding Dong)
    • Striking Cane Block!
        • Tiger defense move during the fight with the Biotics at the Kronish Ball. (Season 1 episode Justice Desserts)
    • The Struggle
        • Tradition at Camp Arcadia - participants pull on a rope in the sky, connected to ?
    • Super Man Seat Grab Barrel Roll
        • New move Xander is working on.
    • The Swanson Pyramid of Greatness
        • A perfectly calibrated recipe for maximum personal achievement. (Season 3 episode Go Big or Go Home)
    • Switch-a-dooza-roozle
        • Also known as The old switcheroo, stealing beer by hiding it in a cola box. (Season 1 episode Checkpoint Gnarly)
    • Table Throw!
        • Tiger attack move during the fight with the Biotics at the Kronish Ball. (Season 1 episode Justice Desserts)
    • Tackle & Grapple
        • Technique featured at Doug Duggart's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu martial arts school. (Season 3 episode Tackle & Grapple)
    • Tango De La Muerte (dance)
        • Dance from the movie Tango de la Muerte that Marge and Lisa watch while Homer gets laser eye surgery at Springfield Mall. (Season 11 episode Last Tap Dance in Springfield)
    • Temporal Pincer Movement
        • Andrei Sator had half his team moving forward through the event, monitoring them, and then attacking at the end, moving backwards, knowing everything.
    • Temporal Reverse Engineering
        • It's a lethal little thing. Looks pretty, talks big, collapses waveforms selectively at will.
    • Tiger
        • When Phoebe teaches Joey how to play guitar, she explains that she doesn't know the actual names of the chords. But she made up names for the way her hand looks while she's doing them: Bear Claw, Turkey Leg, Old Lady, Iceberg, Tiger, Dragon. (Season 5 episode The One With All the Resolutions)
    • Tiger Shark
        • One of Derek Zoolander's famous modeling looks. (DVD Bonus Feature: ad for Derek Zoolander University Of Modeling For Men)
    • The Tiger
        • Before fighting Cassandra's father, Jeff Wong, he says he knows all seven animal styles, then lists eight.
    • The Tire Flip Lift
        • One of the tire-themed exercises featured on Adam's workout video: DeMamp Camp: Working Out With Tires (Season 3 episode The Worst Generation)
    • The Tire Jump
        • One of the tire-themed exercises featured on Adam's workout video: DeMamp Camp: Working Out With Tires (Season 3 episode The Worst Generation)
    • The Tire Waggle
        • One of the tire-themed exercises featured on Adam's workout video: DeMamp Camp: Working Out With Tires (Season 3 episode The Worst Generation)
    • The Tire Wiggle
        • One of the tire-themed exercises featured on Adam's workout video: DeMamp Camp: Working Out With Tires (Season 3 episode The Worst Generation)
    • Ti'la
        • Delenn's friend Shaal Mayan performs ti'la, poem songs that attempt to recall memories and prompt new ideas. (Season 1 episode The War Prayer)
    • Topographic Bio Print
        • A map depicting concentrations of different life forms on a planet. Pilot makes one to pin down Crichton, D'Argo and Rygel's location on Acquara. (Season 1 episode Jeremiah Crichton)
    • Tornado Fury
        • One of Roxie's attack moves in the video game Striking Vipers. (Season 5 episode Striking Vipers)
    • Torque!
        • Wolf attack move while saving Josh from Stu's men. (Season 2 episode The Ballad of Pup-E Q. Barkington)
    • Tova'dok
        • Worf mentions experiencing tova'dok with Martok while imprisoned with Martok by the Jem'Hadar - a moment of clarity between two warriors on a field of battle, during a moment in which Worf considered giving up, Martok gave him his warrior's heart. (Season 5 episode Soldiers of the Empire)
    • The Training Wheel Protocol
        • Program applied to the suit Tony Stark gives to Peter that prevents him from utilizing the full potential of the suit.
    • Tree Slam!
        • The Killer Machine attack move against Wolf. (Season 3 The Outlaw Wild Sam Bladden)
    • Triple quadra Hent
        • A game move in the game Tadek. Very difficult to set up and implement. (Season 1 episode The Flax)
    • Turkey Leg
        • When Phoebe teaches Joey how to play guitar, she explains that she doesn't know the actual names of the chords. But she made up names for the way her hand looks while she's doing them: Bear Claw, Turkey Leg, Old Lady, Iceberg, Tiger, Dragon. (Season 5 episode The One With All the Resolutions)
    • The Twister
        • Retail sign-spinning technique that Jerry practices in his apartment with the help of a how-to video (Season 3 episode The Rickchurian Candidate)
    • T'Kal-in-ket
        • Philosophical process that Michael Burnham respectfully invokes in order to get access to the Ni'Var experiment SB-19, designed to unearth deep truths. It's credited as being one of the engines that led to early Vulcan scientific advancement. Once invoked, the request cannot be denied. (Season 3 episode Unification III)
    • The Unblinking Eye
        • Ritual that all Stonecutters must endure during initiation, being paddled by existing members, same as Crossing the Desert, The Wreck of the Hesperus and The Paddling of the Swollen Ass, with paddles. (Season 6 episode Homer the Great)
    • Unintentional Snuff-out
        • Jerry and George brainstorm alternative names for the crime of manslaughter, the least serious murder charge for the most socially acceptable form of murder. (Season 8 episode The Nap)
    • Unity
        • Delvian technique, a moment of spiritual sharing between two consenting parties whereby they link together on a spiritual level to become essentially one being. Crichton: "It's like Disney on acid. Ten years of really great sex all at the same moment." (Season 1 episode Rhapsody in Blue)
    • The University of Minnesota Spankalogical Protocol
        • Dr. Foster's treatment for a young Ned Flanders - eight months of spanking. (Season 8 episode Hurricane Neddy)
    • Vahar'ai
        • Kelpien biological process. The event that signals when Kelpiens are ready to be culled for slaughter by the Ba'ul, the predator species on Kaminar. (Season 2 episode An Obol for Charon)
    • Valentine's Day Massacre
        • Joey's usual Valentine's Day ritual - every year he goes to a bar alone, find that table full of single women pretending they don't need men, send over a bottle of white zin, wait five minutes, and pounce. (Season 1 episode Joey and the Valentine's Date)
    • The Virgina Reel
        • According to Max, the original Forbidden dance (Season 5 episode New Hampshire)
    • Vodka for Breakfast
        • One of the new wrestling moves Ruth demonstrates as her new Russian persona Zoya the Destroya. (Season 1 episode This is One of those Moments)
    • Vulcan Mind-Meld
        • Commander Oh uses the Vulcan Mind Meld to show Dr. Jurati what will happen if synthetic life is allowed to exist. (Season 1 episode Nepenthe) Sutra performs Vulcan Mind-Meld on Dr. Jurati in order to learn the truth about the Admonition. (Season 1 episode Arcadia Ego Part 1)
    • Vulcan Neck Pinch
        • Lone Star uses the Vulcan Nerve Pinch from Star Trek to render a Spaceball unconscious.
        • (Skit: Star Trek: The Last Voyage, Season 1 episode hosted by Elliott Gould)
        • Spock saves a choking customer at Cap'n Kirk's, after the Enterprise gets turned into a restaurant. (Host William Shatner 12/20/86 Star Trek V: The Restaurant Enterprise)
        • When asked how he escaped from the psychiatric facility, if not with violence, Spock replies with, "I performed what is colloquially referred to as a Vulcan nerve pinch."
    • The Way of Absolute Candor
        • Primary teaching of Romulan warrior nuns known as the Qowat Milat - total communication of emotion without any filter between thought and word. A belief that runs entirely counter to everything that the Romulans hold dear. (Season 1 episode Absolute Candor)
    • The Way of the Inner Anvil
        • Ninja trance state - a technique that mimics death, used by Snake-Eyes to "still his breath and heartbeat to the semblance of death itself" in order to fool Dr. Venom and escape from the Brainwave Scanner (Issue #10 A Nice Little Town Like Ours…)
    • The Windmill
        • Offensive maneuver Max uses to attack Jack Frost, Mr. James' new personal security consultant (Season 5 episode Stinkbutt)
    • Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
        • Name for an attack move that Ducky and Bunny propose in order to get the key to the cabinet where Forky is being kept in the Second Chance Antiques store.
    • The Wreck of the Hesperus
        • Ritual that all Stonecutters must endure during initiation, being paddled by existing members, same as Crossing the Desert, The Unblinking Eye and The Paddling of the Swollen Ass, with paddles. (Season 6 episode Homer the Great)
    • Wrist Bite!
        • Josh attack move during the fight with the Biotics at the Kronish Ball. (Season 1 episode Justice Desserts)
    • Writ of Accountability
        • Ferengi Commerce Authority liquidator Brunt serves Quark with a Writ of Accountability for violating Ferengi Trade Bylaw Subsection 1,027, Paragraph 3: "Improper supervision of a family member" for his mother Ishka. (Season 3 episode Family Business)
    • Yamaguchi Diet
        • Marni's father's diet, for which he wears a blindfold when he eats.
    • Zhal Makh
        • A form of Romulan meditation that Narek uses on Soji to get her to remember the details of where she was created. (Season 1 episode The Impossible Box)

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