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Magic 8-ball in television/film
The main character Neal Oliver, uses a magic 8-ball to find his route during his journey through the nonexistent Interstate 60. During a father-son road trip, the son Andy frequently asks his magic 8-ball important questions, and it always gives him an uncertain answer. Eventually he becomes fed up with its vagueness and hurls it out of the car, inadvertently saving them from some predicament when it hits a police cruiser. When Woody hears Andy's mother tell Andy that he can bring only one toy to Pizza Planet with him, Woody, who is certain that Andy will pick Buzz to take, picks up a magic 8-ball and asks it if Andy will pick Woody to go with him. Upon seeing its response of "Don't count on it", Woody throws the ball aside in disgust. The ball then falls off the desk and gets trapped between it and the wall, inspiring Woody to attempt to "lose" Buzz Lightyear, thereby making him Andy's favorite toy once more. In the episode "The Reverse Peephole", David Puddy gets a jacket emblazoned with an 8-ball, which Elaine hates. When asked if he plans on wearing it all the time, he replies, "All signs point to yes!", refering to one of the 8-ball's replies. In the episode "Uneasy Rider" (4x19), when Carter Heywood makes a statement that he's tired of giving staff advice on their personal life, Paul Lassiter takes over this chore using his magic 8-ball. In the episode Emily calls Ross and tells him that she will only stay married if he promises he will never see Rachel again. Ross uses the 8 ball to make that decision. Finally, Ross agrees, but Emily continues to make unreasonable demands and they get divorced. In one episode, Ed Bighead is promoted into an administrative position at his company, Conglom-O, in which he must answer yes or no questions on official forms. Lacking the nerve to make his own decisions on the matters at stake, he consults a spoof of the Magic 8-Ball, the Magic Meatball, which "correctly" answers the questions and earns Ed further promotions. However, he becomes so dependant on the Meatball that when he breaks it in an accident, he goes into a fit of hysteria in which he tries to regain the Meatball's wisdom by performing various favors for it, including marriage. When Timmy gets a bad reply from a "magic 9-ball", he throws it against the wall, revealing his Fairy God-Parents. On an episode, Bart asks a Magic 8-ball if he and Milhouse will be friends forever. It answers "I doubt it". Later on that episode, they fight and Bart breaks the ball on Milhouse's head. Bart remarks "I bet the eight ball didn't see that one coming." Early in Season 1, Phoebe is seen playing with a Magic 8-ball while standing in line at a movie theater. Prue asks her, "You, who can see the future, is now looking for it in a magic 8-ball?" Phoebe replies that her visions are not for her own benefit. Then, Phoebe and Piper tease Prue with the 8-ball, asking it if Prue and Andy will get back together, and refuse to show Prue the answer. In the episode "Home Insecurity", Baron Ünderbheit disposes of a henchmen named Manic 8-Ball, who uses a similar method of communication to the ball, through the use of an exploding tiger. In the scene where Skylar and Will are making love in bed, Skylar says that she is tall, and takes a 8-ball and asks it if she would become an NBA Player. In the episode "Club Spongebob", Spongebob consults "The magic conch" (which works in the same way, except that you pull a string, and your answer will be said out) on how to survive the kelp forest.