Newton

"You see, Lord Cobblestone... All the bodies are attracted to each other by a force directly proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. This attraction is also true for heavenly bodies. If not for it, the moon would fly off away from Earth on a straight line. So we have... Er...

"This one."

"Yay!"

Plague control

"Why don't you just fumigate!"

"No! I prefer organic farming."

"Psst! Whatever. But you'll be sorry."

Misunderstanding

"Freeze! Drop the fruit!"

"But—"

"Drop it! Now!"