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* The 3rd film in [[The Librarian]] series features a nice example, in which the protagonist acts like vampires are too ridiculous/impossible to believe in, despite having personally played with Pandora's Box, Excalibur, the Philosopher's Stone and a variety of other artifacts that can conquer the world/raise the dead/etc. |
* The 3rd film in [[The Librarian]] series features a nice example, in which the protagonist acts like vampires are too ridiculous/impossible to believe in, despite having personally played with Pandora's Box, Excalibur, the Philosopher's Stone and a variety of other artifacts that can conquer the world/raise the dead/etc. |
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* A Halloween episode of ''[[Honey I Shrunk the Kids (TV series)|Honey I Shrunk the Kids]]" centres around using and subverting this. A lot of weird things (even for this show) have been happening, and near the climax, the younger son says bluntly to his father, "Mom is vomiting pins. [Sis] is spouting Latin." He names various other such phenomena. "The logical, rational, scientific conclusion is: We've been cursed." He and his father then use logic and reason to deduce who cursed them and what to do about it. |
* A Halloween episode of ''[[Honey I Shrunk the Kids (TV series)|Honey I Shrunk the Kids]]" centres around using and subverting this. A lot of weird things (even for this show) have been happening, and near the climax, the younger son says bluntly to his father, "Mom is vomiting pins. [Sis] is spouting Latin." He names various other such phenomena. "The logical, rational, scientific conclusion is: We've been cursed." He and his father then use logic and reason to deduce who cursed them and what to do about it. |
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* ''[[The Librarians]]'' lampshades it: |
* ''[[The Librarians|The Librarians (US TV Show)]]'' lampshades it: |
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{{quote|'''Jenkins:''' There are no such thing as UFOs. |
{{quote|'''Jenkins:''' There are no such thing as UFOs. |
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'''Eve:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Minotaurs, haunted houses, Santa Claus, yes. But UFOs? Don't be silly.]]}} |
'''Eve:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Minotaurs, haunted houses, Santa Claus, yes. But UFOs? Don't be silly.]]}} |