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* The [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] short story "Swamp of Horrors (1957) ? Viewing Notes" by Michael Rees tells the story of how the Sixth Doctor disrupted the shooting of a B-Movie to rescue a stranded alien - from the perspective of a film critic praising the finished movie's thoughtful message, ''cinema verite'' direction, and quite amazing effects work. (It also includes a [[You Just Ruined the Shot]]; when the Doctor first appears, he mistakes the rubber monster from the film for his alien, and the director yells at him. The critic thinks this [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] moment doesn't really work.)
* The final battle against [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Maleficent]] in the first ''[[Kingdom Keepers]]'' book is dismissed as [[Disney Theme Parks|Disney World's]] best light show ever.
* Alistair MacLean's ''Caravan to Vaccarès'' uses this when the villains decide to murder Neil Bowman by forcing him into a bullring where he'll be gored and/or trampled in front of an innocent crowd.
* ''Out of the Waters'', second in [[David Drake]]'s ''Books of the Elements'' series, has a theatrical performance paid for by Lord Saxa get out of control when supernatural visions intrude. On the <s>advice</s> command of his wife Hedia, Saxa tells the cheering audience that the emperor provided the cool "special effects"; Hedia knows, and is able to convince her husband, that they'll be in '''crucifixion-level''' trouble if the very touchy and paranoid emperor thinks '''Saxa''' can arrange apparitions — and get cheers — like that.
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