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== Literature ==
* [[Older Than Steam]]: In ''[[Don Quixote]]'', whether his beloved Dulcinea appears to be a garlic-chewing peasant, or our hero is transported from his inn chamber to fight a giant (who is actually a passel of wineskins hung above his bed), Don Quixote believes it is due to malevolent enchanters. This doesn't quite count as an example, as the text makes it clear that there is no magic occurring and Don Quixote is quite deluded when he believes such things. The book is trying to make fun of earlier books that used this trope.
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[
** [[Terry Pratchett]] has declared that all timelines are correct, but some went down different legs of the "Trousers of Time." He's also phrased it as, "There are no continuity errors in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels. There are, however, alternate pasts."
** Also in ''[[Discworld]]'': since the Disc itself is so magical, and magic is heavily studied and fairly understood, they don't use magic to explain the inexplicable, instead they say it must have been quantum. Pyramids for example is packed with these: "By the way, contrary to popular opinion pyramids don't sharpen razor blades. They just take them back to when they weren't blunt. It's probably because of quantum."
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