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Deliberately complex contraption
A Rube Goldberg machine, named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a chain reaction–type machine or contraption intentionally designed to perform
Rube_Goldberg_machine
American cartoonist (1883–1970)
The cartoons led to the expression "Rube Goldberg machines" to describe similar gadgets and processes. Goldberg received many honors in his lifetime
Rube_Goldberg
Annual competition among students
The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest is a contest in which students of all ages build Rube Goldberg machines to complete an everyday task in the style of
Rube_Goldberg_Machine_Contest
6th episode of the 7th season of The X-Files
luckiest man in the world. The title is a dual reference to Rube Goldberg machines and the Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bell's original draft
The Goldberg Variation (The X-Files)
The_Goldberg_Variation_(The_X-Files)
2010 single by OK Go
University of Notre Dame Marching Band. The second features a giant Rube Goldberg machine, constructed to operate in time with the song. The popularity of
This Too Shall Pass (OK Go song)
This_Too_Shall_Pass_(OK_Go_song)
American horror franchise
survivors are then killed one by one in a series of elaborate, Rube Goldberg machine–like accidents orchestrated by an unseen force, often identified
Final_Destination
American toy company
GoldieBlox's "Princess Machine" video launched on YouTube in November 2013. The video features three young girls building a Rube Goldberg machine built by Brett
GoldieBlox
YouTube personality
devices are referred to as Rube Goldberg machines. Herscher is Jewish and gay. Ryan, Hugh (2012-01-06). "Who Says Machines Must Be Useful?". The New York
Joseph_Herscher
Kinetic sculpture by George Rhoads
was featured on a 1999 episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Rube Goldberg machine Winter, Metta (March 5, 1988). "Art in motion". The Christian Science
Archimedean_Excogitation
1963 board game
first cooperate to build a working mouse trap in the style of a Rube Goldberg machine. Then, players turn against each other to trap opponents' mouse-shaped
Mouse_Trap_(board_game)
Too Shall Pass Rube Goldberg Machine - Official Video". okgo.net. Retrieved 13 June 2013. "This Too Shall Pass, Rube Goldberg Machine - Official Video"
OK_Go_videography
American rock band
with Brett Doar of Syyn Labs to build a speciality Rube Goldberg Machine called "The Colbert Machine" for the band's appearance on The Colbert Report.
OK_Go
American entrepreneur and actor (1970–2021)
president of Syyn Labs, the company responsible for building the Rube Goldberg machine featured in the music video for the OK Go song "This Too Shall Pass"
Adam_Sadowsky
Public university in West Lafayette and Indianapolis, Indiana, US
organizations: the National Society of Black Engineers and the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. Several campus-wide programs are planned by the Purdue
Purdue_University
2002 Japanese TV program
device" is the equivalent Japanese colloquialism for the American "Rube Goldberg machine" and British "Heath Robinson" contraption. The main focus of the
PythagoraSwitch
Device only intended to turn itself off
Overengineering Rube Goldberg machine Theo Jansen Trammel of Archimedes Munari, Bruno (15 September 2015). "official website, "Useless Machines"". Moises,
Useless_machine
1987 Swiss art film by Peter Fischli and David Weiss
of everyday objects and industrial materials in the manner of a Rube Goldberg machine, though without the trope of accomplishing a relatively mundane
The_Way_Things_Go
1993 video game
PC-98 were released in 1994. The objective of the game is to create Rube Goldberg machines by arranging collections of objects in a complex fashion, so as
The Incredible Machine (1993 video game)
The_Incredible_Machine_(1993_video_game)
Canadian children's television show
other item or subject at the end. Notable features included: A Rube Goldberg machine made from devices explained on the show, as an opening scene Technical
Acme_School_of_Stuff
American artist
building Rube Goldberg machines and other interactive and kinetic devices. Doar is best known for his roles as a primary engineer for the Rube Goldberg machine
Brett_Doar
2023 American animated series
humans engaging in an intricate series of interactions, like a Rube Goldberg machine, with the planet's lifeforms. From 2018 to 2019, Bennett and Huettner
Scavengers_Reign
American sculptor
a kinetic sculptor. He makes mechanical art demonstrations and Rube Goldberg machines with existential themes. His moving sculptures have been exhibited
Arthur_Ganson
Television series
elaborate chain reaction contraption (sometimes also referred to as a "Rube Goldberg" machine or device). Teams are provided with identical sets of tools and
Unchained_Reaction
1996 comedy film
remembering what Chubbs taught him, Happy wins by using the tower as a Rube Goldberg machine to sink his putt. Enraged, Shooter tries to steal Happy's gold jacket
Happy_Gilmore
2024 book by Annie Jacobsen
through to the end if somewhat analogous to watching a demonic Rube Goldberg machine run its course: the realization that catastrophe is certain and
Nuclear_War:_A_Scenario
American dystopian science fiction Western television series (2016–2022)
first novel, Player Piano. It was meant to represent the first Rube Goldberg machine to evoke human motion. Clair saw the metaphor behind the player
Westworld_(TV_series)
Philosophical argument for the existence of God
the cost of a "long chain of highly ad hoc assumptions, akin to a Rube Goldberg machine". Bounce cosmology refers to any theoretical framework in which
Kalam_cosmological_argument
2025 film by Wes Anderson
website's consensus reads: "A caper made with all the intricacy of a Rube Goldberg machine, The Phoenician Scheme doesn't deviate from Wes Anderson's increasingly
The_Phoenician_Scheme
British television and cinema advertisement launched by Honda in 2003
seventh-generation Accord line of cars. It follows the convention of a Rube Goldberg machine, utilizing a chain of colliding parts taken from a disassembled
Cog_(advertisement)
Public university in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
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American producer
productions. George Warren Goldberg was born in Manhattan on February 8, 1920. His parents were the cartoonist Rube Goldberg and Irma Seeman. George attended
George_W._George
British multinational professional services and accounting company
local factory. It took years for the IRS to unravel the scheme, a "Rube Goldberg machine that channeled at least $39 billion in profits to Puerto Rico".
KPMG
Small balloon used as a children's toy
centripetal force,and distributed pressure. Lastly, a wide variety of Rube Goldberg machines apply balloons either as a step in the contraption, or as the end
Toy_balloon
Late 1990s video game engine
In order to overcome this, editors must resort to complicated Rube Goldberg machine-like effects using a combination of its other systems. For its time
Dark_Engine
2010 puzzle adventure video game
dog Missile. Five years later, Alma was inadvertently killed by a Rube Goldberg machine built by Kamila for a surprise party. Jowd hid the evidence and
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Ghost_Trick:_Phantom_Detective
American comedy-drama television series (2003–2004)
creatures that cause the accidents and mishaps (in the form of Rube Goldberg machine scenarios) that kill people. The living generally cannot see them
Dead_Like_Me
2018 superhero film by David Leitch
John Wick previously. Domino's abilities were envisioned as a "Rube Goldberg machine on steroids", while Deadpool allowing his arm to be broken during
Deadpool_2
Chain reaction involving standing domino tiles
structures, spiral formations, letter shapes, and the integration of Rube Goldberg machines. Most often, only the first domino is manually knocked over to initiate
Domino_toppling
Canadian illusionist (1947–2000)
appeared. The finale was an escape and reappearance featuring a huge Rube Goldberg machine. Henning's last TV special was World of Magic VII in 1982, which
Doug_Henning
Brass sculpture and fountain in Brussels, Belgium
workers are renovating his home. In a sequence reminiscent of a Rube Goldberg machine, he stumbles through a window, across the roof, down a scaffold
Manneken_Pis
1986 animated mystery film
Ratigan has the pair tied to a spring-loaded mousetrap connected to a Rube Goldberg machine of various killing devices. Ratigan then sets out for Buckingham
The_Great_Mouse_Detective
Animal trap used to catch and kill mice
ridiculous) methods of trapping the mouse with a device realized as a Rube Goldberg machine, often being outsmarted by the latter and injuring himself in the
Mousetrap
2005 video game
set of mechanical components to construct a Rube Goldberg-style or Heath Robinson-style intricate machine to solve a goal and advance to the next puzzle
Crazy_Machines
Kind of sculpture and toy
and was completed in Switzerland in September 2017. George Rhoads Rube Goldberg machine Bruce Gray (sculptor) Perplexus Rolling ball clock Jelle's Marble
Rolling_ball_sculpture
American comic strip by Rube Goldberg
Boob McNutt was a comic strip by Rube Goldberg which ran from June 9, 1918 to September 23, 1934. It was syndicated by the McNaught Syndicate from 1922
Boob_McNutt
1989 film by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Appu lures Francis to an abandoned building, and kills him using a Rube Goldberg machine. Francis's corpse falls into a lorry covered with hay, and Raja
Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989 film)
Apoorva_Sagodharargal_(1989_film)
American engineering fraternity
chapters were installed and four new alumni clubs were authorized. The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest originated at Purdue University in 1949 as a competition
Theta_Tau
Type of contraption built with Lego
Lego Mindstorms can also be used. They are sometimes compared to Rube Goldberg machines, and have been featured multiple times by the Guinness World Records
Great_Ball_Contraption
American businessman and philanthropist (1802–1876)
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2022 studio album by Billy Woods
their Dr. Yen Lo project." The beat on fourth track "Sauvage" is "a Rube Goldberg machine with every percussion hit triggering another in a sparse, unending
Aethiopes_(album)
Indian actor (1944–2024)
in Delhi Ganesh's range of acting skills. Appu eventually used a Rube Goldberg Machine to kill Francis Anbarasu in Apoorva Sagodharargal and the sequence
Delhi_Ganesh
Cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a chain of other events
politics). The literal, mechanical domino effect is exploited in Rube Goldberg machines. In chemistry, the principle applies to a domino reaction, in which
Domino_effect
rock band OK Go won Video of the Year for "This Too Shall Pass (Rube Goldberg Machine vsn)" directed by James Frost, Synn Labs and OK Go. "uk music video
2010_UK_Music_Video_Awards
catacombs. While the main cast attempts to catch the Phantom with a Rube Goldberg Machine, there is also a chandelier that falls. In Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
Adaptations of The Phantom of the Opera
Adaptations_of_The_Phantom_of_the_Opera
University expansion campus in Indiana, US
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Purdue University in Indianapolis
Purdue_University_in_Indianapolis
American author, singer, and media personality (born 1942)
commercial Cog, which features a Heath Robinson contraption (or Rube Goldberg machine) made entirely of car parts. The commercial ends with Keillor asking
Garrison_Keillor
Season of television series
高木と伊達と手帳の約束(後編)) Masahiro Takada N/A January 13, 2024 (2024-01-13) 1111 32 "Rube Goldberg Machine (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Rūbu Gōrudobāgu Mashin (Zenpen)" (Japanese:
List of Case Closed episodes (seasons 31–current)
List_of_Case_Closed_episodes_(seasons_31–current)
8th episode of the 4th season of Succession
added, "The overarching narrative feels a bit cartoonish too: A Rube Goldberg machine of selfishness and unresolved daddy issues elects a new Hitler,
America_Decides
2026 video game
Myres compared the solutions of each puzzle to solving a broken Rube Goldberg machine, in which players have to solve to progress through the level. Myres
Relooted
Season of television series
falling off the Christmas tree by adding... The MythBusters created a Rube Goldberg machine using Diet Coke and Mentos. Original air date: December 13, 2006
MythBusters_(2006_season)
2017 film by Colin Trevorrow
his family. He also protects Peter from a school bully and builds Rube Goldberg machines in their treehouse. Henry and Susan are both fond of their next-door
The_Book_of_Henry
Design principle preferring simplicity
more complex, the sooner dead"; Heath Robinson contraptions and Rube Goldberg's machines, intentionally overly-complex solutions to simple tasks or problems
KISS_principle
Independent student newspaper at Purdue University
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Characters in horror film franchise
creates complicated chains of cause and effect frequently resembling Rube Goldberg machines in their complexity. The series is noteworthy amongst others in
List of Final Destination characters
List_of_Final_Destination_characters
Japanese automotive manufacturer
Internet. To make the ad, the engineers at Honda constructed a Rube Goldberg Machine made entirely out of car parts from a Honda Accord Touring. To the
Honda
Word processor application
written— a huge, elaborate farrago of klugy patches, sort of like a Rube Goldberg machine gone berserk.... one of my requirements before signing the contract
WordStar
Go-kart race at Purdue University
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2012 video game
to create various Rube Goldberg machines to get a ball to a certain location. The game held similarities to The Incredible Machine, originally released
Amazing_Alex
Evolutionary theory
been described with terms such as "runaway bureaucracy" or even a "Rube Goldberg machine". The groundworks for the concept of CNE were laid by two papers
Constructive neutral evolution
Constructive_neutral_evolution
such as dancing on treadmills in "Here It Goes Again", a giant Rube Goldberg machine in "This Too Shall Pass", and a choreographed one-shot routine using
List_of_viral_music_videos
Public online law school in Los Angeles, California
Wayback Machine, California Bar Journal, January 2009 Ross E. Mitchell v. Board of Bar Examiners Archived 2009-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, no. SJC-10157
Purdue_Global_Law_School
Short subject anime television series
Takeuchi: Production I.G) - A young boy and his dog initiate a complex Rube Goldberg machine in order to steal a kiss from a young girl. "Supaatsu Taisa" ("刺客來搜山了"
Ani*Kuri15
and Anti-Flag and bassist for Screeching Weasel and Squirtgun Gerald Jay Goldberg – novelist Harold Gray – creator of Little Orphan Annie comic strip Jeff
List of Purdue University alumni
List_of_Purdue_University_alumni
Discontinued series of tablets
promoting and featuring the Tablets in an elaborately designed Rube Goldberg Machine. The episodes are entitled: Prologue The First Impression Going
Sony_Tablet
Season of television series
高木と伊達と手帳の約束(後編)) Masahiro Takada N/A January 13, 2024 (2024-01-13) 1111 32 "Rube Goldberg Machine (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Rūbu Gōrudobāgu Mashin (Zenpen)" (Japanese:
Case_Closed_season_33
2005 single by the Bravery
features the band performing the song apparently surrounded by a Rube Goldberg machine. The chain starts with several strings of dominoes and includes
An_Honest_Mistake
2008 Indian Tamil-language comedy thriller film by Venkat Prabhu
designing a contraption using objects in the building as weapons in a Rube Goldberg machine. In the meantime, Sampath asks Vishwanath to come to the area at
Saroja_(2008_film)
needles of a Christmas tree from falling off? Can a holiday-themed Rube Goldberg machine be built within a week's time? Note: This is a special episode.
List_of_MythBusters_episodes
for private schools) Heath Robinson (of a machine or contraption) absurdly complex (see Rube Goldberg machine). high street primary business and shopping
Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States
Glossary_of_British_terms_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States
1st episode of the 3rd season of The Ren & Stimpy Show
buy a Rube Goldberg machine designed to suck a monkey into it for 12,000 monthly installments of $7,000. Ren has his skin sucked into the machine, followed
To_Salve_and_Salve_Not!
Online U.S. public university, part of Purdue University system
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Concert hall and theater at Purdue University in Indiana, United States
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Elliott_Hall_of_Music
Bass drum used in the Purdue University Marching band
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Purdue_Big_Bass_Drum
1966 Canadian film
audience is instead shown a version created by Martian scientists: a Rube Goldberg machine which converts crushed cars into a putty-like substance and then
What_on_Earth!_(film)
Topics referred to by the same term
Incredible Machine is a puzzle video game series about building Rube Goldberg devices. The Incredible Machine may also refer to: The Incredible Machine (1993
The Incredible Machine (disambiguation)
The_Incredible_Machine_(disambiguation)
Self-amplifying chain of events
epileptic seizures. Cascading failure Multiple-vehicle collision Rube Goldberg machine Laidler K.J., Chemical Kinetics (3rd ed., Harper & Row 1987) p.288-290
Chain_reaction
18th episode of the 5th season of House
life-threatening condition soon surfaces. Episode starts with House building a Rube Goldberg machine while Cuddy interrupts him. Nursing-home worker Morgan fakes an
Here_Kitty
Rigid body – Robotics – Roller chain – Rolling – Rotordynamics – Rube Goldberg machine – Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V
Glossary of mechanical engineering
Glossary_of_mechanical_engineering
Engineering school of Purdue University
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Purdue University College of Engineering
Purdue_University_College_of_Engineering
1994 children's TV series
5 March 1994 (1994-03-05) Oops! – Hortense sneezes and accidentally sets off a Rube Goldberg machine that Penny and Simon had set up for a practical joke using her as
Secret_Life_of_Toys
1987 single by Beastie Boys
GoldieBlox used the song with alternative lyrics in a video of a Rube Goldberg machine made primarily out of traditional girls' toys. The group accused
Girls_(Beastie_Boys_song)
Football' Simulcast Tops Night + 'Project Runway', 'Black Jesus', 'Time Machine', 'Conan' & More". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original
List of The Amazing World of Gumball episodes
List_of_The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball_episodes
American television sitcom (2001–02)
a less stressful substitute. With Grandpa's help, Emily makes a Rube Goldberg machine for a school contest. 4 "For Mature Audiences Only" Philip Charles
Raising_Dad
Public university system in Indiana
Machine. 2010–11 Purdue University Data Digest. p. 150. Retrieved June 9, 2011. "Land and Facilities" Archived May 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
Purdue_University_system
1937 single by The Raymond Scott Quintette
arrangement plays over a scene of SpongeBob SquarePants using a Rube Goldberg machine to get to work. The arrangement uses an ukulele, an instrument traditionally
Powerhouse_(instrumental)
1996 video game
tasks must be completed to retrieve the keys, such as building a Rube Goldberg machine; some of the tasks are abnormal, such as shaving Fiddle to the bone
Stay_Tooned!_(video_game)
Bell tower in Purdue University, United States
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American college golf team
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Purdue Boilermakers men's golf
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Small spherical toy
marble rail, marble coaster). Used in such things as pinball machines and Rube Goldberg machines. A game of skill, involving building using; rails, tracks
Marble_(toy)
Season of television series
up. Finally, SpongeBob combines parts of all his alarms into a Rube Goldberg machine to take him to work while he sleeps. "Karen's Baby": Karen receives
SpongeBob SquarePants season 12
SpongeBob_SquarePants_season_12
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