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TIL Dr. Lazarus' catchphrase, "By Grabthar's Hammer..." from Galaxy Quest (1999), was written as a temp line in the script. The plan was to replace "Grabthar" with something less comical, but the line stuck as the production crew started using it around their offices and had it printed on t-shirts.

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