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Comment author: Will_Newsome 03 August 2011 04:15:44AM *  3 points [-]

trap the Goedel machine

Ash Ketchum is strolling around Kanto when he happens upon a MissingNo. "GOEDEL MACHINE, I choose you!" GOEDEL MACHINE used RECURSION. Game Boy instantly explodes.

MISTY: "Ash, we have to do something! Kooky Psychic Gym Leader Sabrina is leveling up her Abra and she's not even trying to develop a formal theory of Friendly Artificial Alakazam!"
ASH: "Don't panic! She doesn't realize that in order to get her Kadabra to evolve she'll have to trade with carbon copies of us in other Game Boys, then trade back. Nintendo's clever ploy to sell link cables ensures we have a..." Ash dons sunglasses. "...game theoretic advantage."
BROCK: "Dah dah dah dah, Po-ké-MON!"
Game Boy explodes.