Spurious Awards Of The Week

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Party Game Of The Week

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Child Psychology Of The Week

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There are so many reasons to give the dire Do No Harm various Spurious Awards (lead actor Stephen Pasquale was a contender for expression of week in both of the two episodes that actually made it to air – see below). But the real stand-out was for a moment of unbelievably unconvincing child psychology. Okay, so the little girl has a parasite in her brain:

“Do you know what Dr Cole is going to be doing today?” asks insipid female doctor.
“He’s going to cut a worm out of my brain,” replies little girl.
“It’s called an Echinococcus multilocularis,” insists insipid female doctor.
Dr Cole and little girl look at each other, laugh and re-iterate, “A worm…”

It’s funny, y’see, because the little girl can’t get her tongue around “Echinococcus multilocularis” and so the kindly male doctor has cleverly simplified it to, “You have worm in your head.” Ho, ho, ho…

Except in the real world…

“Little girl, you have a worm in your brain…”

“AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

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In-Joke Of The Week

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That’ll presumably be comic writer Marv Wolfman and comic artist George Perez they’ll be referencing then, in Arrow .

Headline Of The Week

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Is that a subtle dig at The Daily Mail (which blames everything on the unemployed)? Or The Sunday Express (which manages to find a royal angle to nearly everything?). The back page sports headline is ironic, too, in the week that it was announced Being Human was coming to an end. If the fans had had their say, we’re sure it would have been, “This show is bloody brilliant at the moment – don’t cancel it!”

Car Windscreen Shade Of The Week

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It’s the Millennium Volvo. [via Cheezburger ]

Talking Sense Of The Week

Even better, he put this idea in our heads: “Grouse though [fans] may that it’s not ‘their Star Wars ’, every old-school fan will line up to see a Yoda origin story, or to see David Boreanaz as a young Han Solo winning the Millennium Falcon from Donald Glover’s baby-faced Lando Calrissian (Yeah, I’m calling it here!).” Yep, we’re going to be disappointed by anybody else now!

The Franchise The Just Won’t Die Of The Week

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The show was cancelled 11 years ago, yet it’s still popular enough to spawn this. One day, it will return, oh yes… one day. (Oddly, you never see any new Charmed games at Toy Fair… and that lasted eight blimmin’ seasons – grumble, grumble, grumble!)

Mash-Up Of The Week

Game Of Thrones meets Downton Abbey … we kid you not. Pianist Sagar Jethani makes the link.

Fashion Statement Of The Week

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The cybermen have discovered a new way of subtly replacing human bodies part. “You will cook like us. You will sauté for us.” At least you get to keep your head so you can taste what you’re cooking. Available from the BBC Shop .

Bathroom Suite Of The Week

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Quiz Of The Week

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Can you identify the Marvel heroes and villains for these initial-themed clues. Interestingly, designer Mike BaBoon has made all the heroes capital letters, and all the villains lower case letters, which must be a metaphor for something ( cough – small penis – cough *). (*Female villains have metaphorical small penises, okay?)

Valentine’s Video Of The Week

Some geeks will do anything to get a snog.

Reimagining Of The Week

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There have been loads of Pixar/Disney mash-ups on the net over the past couple of years, but we have to admit, these are some of our favourites. They were created by Phil Postma tons more here!

Meme Bandwagon Jumping Of The Week

Sorry… but how could we ignore Harlem Shake, which has taken over YouTube while Spurious Awards has been on hiatus? And amazingly for an internet meme, a lot of them are actually quite amusing. Well, we say that this week…

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Unexpected Fanboy Of The Week

Tyler is not impressed with Klaus slagging off his favourite show in The Vampire Diaries .

Surprise Crossover Of The Week

In Haven , we’re not entirely sure how Audrey and Nathan identified that skin suit in a vat of goo as former colleague Tommy Bowen. It looked more like one of those crap latex masks the Hood from Thunderbirds used to us.

Shiny Helmets Of The Week

Compiled by Keith Melton .

Luckiest Restaurant Of The Week

A restaurant in Cardiff got an unexpected (and maybe, ultimately unwanted) advertising boost this week from clearly-still-new-to-the-world-of- Doctor-Who -fandom Jenna-Louise Coleman. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , the actress playing new companion Clara revealed, “[Karen Gillan] sent me a message. She texted me. I was pacing around, trying to figure out a scene and I checked my phone and I just had a message from her saying kind of ‘Good luck,’ and ‘You’re going to knock it out the park.’ Then she told me to eat at Woods restaurant in Cardiff. That was her Cardiff tip.” Except that now Jenna will never be able to book a table there, because it’ll be constantly rammed with Who fans all desperate for a glimpse of her in the flesh…

Trailer Of The Week

Those Honest Trailer guys strike again.

Portrait Of The Week

This is a portrait of William Shatner. No really. We kid you not. He’s in there. You just can’t see him. He’s hiding behind a bale. No, honestly… If you don’t believe us, maybe you’ll believe this man…

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Deleted Scene Of The Week

Conan O’Brien really doesn’t know the meaning of brevity, does he? The actual Walking Dead skit is pretty good, but the build up to it is like some kind of psychological warfare…

Petition Of The Week

Although we assume there’s a legal loophole somewhere (possibly one involving an insanity clause) there’s a campaign going on to try to “Force” the US government to embark on a true Star Wars defence system. According to Sky News , “Thousands of Americans have signed a petition calling on the White House to build a Death Star. The founder of the campaign says construction of the moon-sized space station and inter-stellar weapon from the Star Wars film series will strengthen national security and create jobs. US officials will be forced to consider replicating the Death Star –complete with a laser capable of destroying a planet – if the petition gains more than 25,000 digital signatures by 14 December.”

The petition was started by a “John D”, from Longmont, Colorado, demanding that work should begin on the project within the next four years. It reads: “Those who sign here petition the United States government to secure funding and resources, and begin construction on a Death Star by 2016.”

At time of writing, they still need another 18,779 votes . We think they could be a little short to ever end up being stormtroopers…

Future Astronaut Of The Week

Reimagining Of The Week

Mario as an urban thriller… Pure genius.

Bloodbath Of The Week

We love the annotations – turns a great compilation into a brilliant one.

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Stupidly Big Thing Of The Week

Deviant Artist joscomie has created a gorgeous manga-style scroll based on Game Of Thrones . We love it (and the dragons are great!) even though we’re not quite sure why Jo’s made it look like you’re peering at it through a veil of mist…

Be Careful What You Wish For Of The Week

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Honorary Portal Award Of The Week

Texas Instruments calculator programmer Builderboy has created a version of Portal that runs on mid-’90s TI-83 and TI-84 calculators. Which makes him some kind of God.

Snowman Of The Week

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DIY Of The Week

How to make a Scooby-Doo -style surveillance system.

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Okay it’s more like Spurious Awards Of The Fortnight, but there was some stuff from last week that was too good to waste…

Irresistible Combination Of The Week

Star Wars + cute kitten. Purrfect.

Crap Logo Of The Week

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Okay, it’s a logo, it doesn’t have to conform to laws of natural physics if it doesn’t want to, but every time we look at this it just irritates the Hell out of us.

Crap Pun We Can’t Resist Of The Week

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Man sleeps like a log in Once Upon A Time .

Strange Precipitation Of The Week

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Forget cats and dogs. That’s an every day occurrence in Haven . But raining giant chocolate digestives?

Anomaly Of The Week

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How come nobody at Channel 7 in the Arrow premiere mentioned the strange interdimensional space/time portal that seemed to be opening up right next to the lost ship?

Apology Of The Week

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Proof, if we needed it, that the return of Red Dwarf has been a success. ( Click on the image for a larger version if you’re squinting a bit.)

Anthropology Lesson Of The Week

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By Caldwell Tanner at College Humor [via WinterIsComing ]

Philosophical Query Of The Week

Quote Of The Week

Talking about the sequel to Blade Runner in Metro , Ridley Scott seems to have finally settled an argument that’s been raging for over 30 years… “It’s not a rumour – it’s happening. With Harrison Ford? I don’t know yet. Is he too old? Well, he was a Nexus-6 so we don’t know how long he can live [laughs]. And that’s all I’m going to say at this stage.”

Remake Of The Week

From the man who brought you the Death Star “trench run” using the minimalist magic of Minecraft , Paradise Decay , comes another classic scene from the original Star Wars trilogy. The virtual set took over two months to design and build, and the video itself requiring nearly a week to film and sync with the movie’s actual soundtrack.

Chess Set Of The Week

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Another version of that battle on Hoth. This is just stunning, but, we think, not so practical for actually playing with. Created by Brickplace Custom , discovered via Geeks Are Sexy .

Grumpy Old Iron Man Of The Week

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By gimaldinov via cghub .

Earth’s Mightiest Dogs Of The Week

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Is it just us, or does this border on animal cruelty? Talking of which…

Animal Uprising Of The Week

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PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals) has launched a campaign against Pokémon Black And White 2 , stating that it promotes animal cruelty and likening the way Pokémon are treated to the treatment of abused animals. PETA has even released a spoof game on its website in which Pokémon fight back against their trainers. Vive la revolution !

Animated Gif Of The Week

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Proving that the best things often do come in small packages, the whole of Raiders Of The Lost Ark (well, nearly) in teeny-tiny form.

Deleted Scene Of The Week

Discover why that Cave Troll in The Fellowship Of The Ring was so cranky.

Obligatory Portal Award Of The Week

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Portal core cookies, submitted to Cheezburger by aikathedog .

Marching Band Of The Week

The halftime performance of The Ohio State University Marching Band, during an American football game against Nebraska. The band plays popular themes from games including Space Invaders , Pokemon , Mario , Zelda and Tetris with absolutely stunningly choreographed coordinated marching to go with it.

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Burn Gorman Impression Of The Week

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Roman gives Steve Newlin some help with his “Owen From Torchwood ” impression in True Blood .

Pissed Teacher Of The Week

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Algebra’s even worse with some werewolf teacher who’s been overdosing on wine gums, as the kids find out in Teen Wolf .

Software Of The Week

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We never knew there was a time travel element to Bedlam , but clearly Ellie (Lacey Turner) has nipped forward to 2019 to borrow this spectacular image-enhancing software from Rick Deckard. From smudge on ancient photo to recognisable face in just four steps.

Omen Moment Of The Week

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And while we’re on the subject of movie homages in Bedlam this week, not only did it apparently guest star Damien Thorn, but there was even a plummeting lift moment. Anyone else waiting with baited breath for the metal chord to slice Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat winner Lee Mead in half? And disappointed when it didn’t?

Childhood Memories Of The Week

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Created by Andy Fairhurst. And there are loads more over at Deviant Art .

Dark Knight Of The Week

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At least you can see what’s happening in the action sequences…

Recycling Of The Week

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A shiny dragon completely made out of old CDs. Clearly not James Blunt CDs. They’d be too wet. Created by Amon-a-boat . [via Geeks Are Sexy ]

Musical Plea Of The Week

Trouble is, George RR Martin will probably react by killing off more Starks in a massive minstrel massacre.

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Crossover Of The Week

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Avengers meets Sailor Moon , courtesy of Ann Marcellino .

Interior Design Of The Week

This is fabulous, but don’t you sometimes wish there was a Fast Forward option on YouTube videos?

Home Furnishing Of The Week

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Created by GraveRobberGirl as a wedding gift for some friends. Loads more pics of the details over at Craftster.org .

Showdown Of The Week

Go on, admit it – if you could order a Hover Board Lightsaber Portal Gun game by mail order… you would .

Chemistry Lesson Of The Week

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The periodic table of superheroes by Matt Cowan . Click on the image for a larger version. [via Blastr ]

Prequel To A Prequel Of The Week

Why did the crew of the Prometheus do so many stupid things during the film? Because they were trained that way!

Unexpected Fan Of The Week

Turns out Marilyn Manson is a huge Lost fan. Lost ‘s Naveen Andrews revealed the truth when interviewed on Daybreak : when asked if he understood the ending, the actor who has jammed with Manson in the past, said, “I was very confused, just because I never watched the show. So when the end came, I had people like Marilyn Manson trying to convince me that we’ve resolved it really well and it all made sense. He’s a real fan. He has Hurley’s numbers tattooed into his arms. It’s a lot like an Alan Partridge thing – like a crazed fan.”

Title Sequence Of The Week

Do we have to spell it out?

Doomed Invasion Of The Week

Welcome to your new vertically-challenged robot overlords.

Pimped Up Ride Of The Week

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This one could probably fly just by flapping all its doors. A DeLorean Limo, created by Rich Weissensel , and you can find out more about how he built it by clicking on the link. [via The Daily What ]

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