Question: How is it that young Anastasia was never aware of the secret panel in her own bedroom, and Dimitri was?
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Question: How come neither of Crain's wives reports his murders of the children to the police?
Question: How is Crain able to keep the spirits of the children trapped in the house? What gives him the power to do it?
Question: If High Crain has the power to control the house, why doesn't he destroy the ornate doors that can trap and defeat him?
Question: On Endor, when Luke invites Vader to join him, what if Vader had agreed? How could they quickly convince the Rebels that Vader was against the Empire now? Also, wouldn't they need to go to the Death Star anyway and deal with the Emperor?
Question: Why is the ceiling in the murder scene in Brussels of importance? It is looked at by Dave, Susan, and Robert for some sort of reason or evidence.
Question: Why do some of the episodes have someone else investigating and solving a murder instead of Jessica?
Answer: Because during Season 6, Lansbury wanted a lighter workload and to do other projects. So they had her just introduce and sum up the episode.
Question: What did Shrek mean when he said he'd be there until Thursday?
Answer: He's just entertained the crowd and is making a joke as though he'll be sticking around to put on more shows, similar to how a standup comedian might say, "I'll be here all weekend!" or "I'm here all night!" He's not being literal, though; it's just a gag.
Question: Being the mid to late 1960s, how did Andy acquire plastic bags? The first was used to bust out of prison; the second was a thinner bag used to protect the letter and cash Red finds in the tin box buried along the stone wall. Plastic wasn't easy to come by at that time.
Answer: Plastic bags were definitely in use by that time. The first generation of plastic garment bags, trash bags, etc. was all introduced in the 1950s.
Question: Did this show have an episode in which Wayne was stood up by a date, or he couldn't convince a girl to go out with him? Then Kevin told him that the girl thinks he is pathetic. I described this moment in the "General Questions" section here, and someone said it might be this show. Thanks.
Answer: Sounds like the episode 'Hiroshima, Mon Frère', season 2, episode 8.
Question: When George Jung went to Mexico to buy the marijuana, he flew that plane back to California, but then later he was arrested in Chicago with 660 pounds of marijuana. Did he go back to Mexico a second time and get another big load of it and fly to Chicago? When he was in prison talking to the class, he said he flew it in from Mexico and was arrested in Chicago, and somehow he was sentenced in Connecticut.
Question: When the Emperor says that Luke is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker, is Darth Vader genuinely surprised, or is he pretending? If he is surprised, why was he already focused on finding Luke before the Emperor told him this? He was talking about Luke in particular before the Rebel base was found on Hoth.
Answer: Vader did sense the Force within Luke, but didn't know he was his son. The Emperor stating specifically that he is Anakin's offspring, and not Vader's (who are the same person after all), shows the Emperor tries his best not to link Vader to his own past. Vader himself clearly tries to do the same after finding out, but fails at the end.
Question: In the movie, there were four guys plotting the bomb in the room. One guy says he doesn't want to do it anymore, and one of the older guys has them killed while everybody is there. There's a younger guy and then the two older guys, which would leave three, but it only shows the two assassinations plus the guy that stole the bomb. What happened to the third guy that was in that room? Did he get away?
Question: Is it said, anywhere, if Anakin and Padmé decided on their "baby's" name (not knowing there were twins) before Anakin turned? Maybe they chose Luke for a boy, Leia for a girl? Padmé seems to say the names quickly during childbirth. However, after Vader discovers Luke in the future, it would be an interesting coincidence that he and Leia have those names, are the same age, and Leia looks like Padmé.
Answer: It is never said, but since Vader did not know Leia was his daughter, it's safe to assume Padmé came up with the names herself.
Question: Why didn't Violet's mother stop the Oompa-Loompas from jumping on her daughter during their song? They didn't care about her comfort as they jumped on her from a big height, making the impact painful, and they also rolled her on her head, making her hit the floor and mopping it with her hair. She can be heard several times pleading with the Loompas to stop, crying for help and screaming. So why didn't her mother stop them?
Answer: I'll be completely honest - I think you may be drastically overthinking this quite a bit. There's nothing to suggest that the Oompa-Loompas are causing her significant pain, nor is screaming or crying as much as this question suggests. It's a highly stylized song sequence in a highly stylized movie. You shouldn't necessarily be watching it as though it were totally realistic and logical. But to give you something of an answer, you could also say the mum is just in a state of shock.
Question: In Pleasure Island, why did the curse take so long for Pinocchio and Lampwick to start feeling its effects after the other boys were already donkeys?
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Question: When Gart tried to convince the nurse that Forbes was with him in the room and talking to him, Gart turned around and looked scared. What did he see that scared him and made him realise that he too would disappear?
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Answer: He might have used his disguised dollotrons to place the bodies or simply disguised himself when he sneaked out. As Gotham is in a criminal turmoil and most of the streets are dark and empty, it wouldn't be that hard to move around in the shady alleys unnoticed. And why did he? Simply because he's insane. An obsessed, maniac psycho—and sociopath. Placing the bodies like that is part of his "artwork."
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