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** For everyone else, it's Sheldon, an ambitious nerd without his friends' more overt flaws (Howard's lechery, Rag's gynophobia, and Leonard's generic geekery). |
** For everyone else, it's Sheldon, an ambitious nerd without his friends' more overt flaws (Howard's lechery, Rag's gynophobia, and Leonard's generic geekery). |
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* Jim's mugging for the camera on ''[[The Office]]'' often reflects how the audience perceives the ridiculous events on screen. |
* Jim's mugging for the camera on ''[[The Office]]'' often reflects how the audience perceives the ridiculous events on screen. |
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| ⚫ | * In the first episode of ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)]]'', Rick Grimes acts as this for the audience. He was in a coma before the beginning of the episode, so he wasn't sure what exactly was going on. Morgan explains that the world has been overrun by zombies (or as they're referred to as on the show, walkers, which is an abbreviation of the walking dead), and if you get bitten, you're a goner (with some exceptions). He also warns him that while a single zombie normally isn't dangerous, a horde of zombies is the last thing Rick wants to see. Inevitably, he |
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* ''[[Lost]]'' did this a couple times to acknowledge fans' desire for answers. In season 1, Hurley gets frustrated at one point with all the mysterious happenings on the Island, saying that he wants answers. Then, in the epilogue, "The New Man in Charge," Ben comes to visit the guys at the DHARMA packing plant. As he turns to go, one of them says "Wait! You can't just leave without giving us any answers!" which is exactly what the viewers were all thinking at that point. |
* ''[[Lost]]'' did this a couple times to acknowledge fans' desire for answers. In season 1, Hurley gets frustrated at one point with all the mysterious happenings on the Island, saying that he wants answers. Then, in the epilogue, "The New Man in Charge," Ben comes to visit the guys at the DHARMA packing plant. As he turns to go, one of them says "Wait! You can't just leave without giving us any answers!" which is exactly what the viewers were all thinking at that point. |
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* Similar to the [[The Big Bang Theory|Penny]] example above, Agent Booth on ''[[Bones]]'' responds to Bones and the other squints just like any non-anthropologist in the audience would, making them explain the more complicated concepts in laymen's terms and sometimes lampshading their [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: |
* Similar to the [[The Big Bang Theory|Penny]] example above, Agent Booth on ''[[Bones]]'' responds to Bones and the other squints just like any non-anthropologist in the audience would, making them explain the more complicated concepts in laymen's terms and sometimes lampshading their [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: |
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'''Dr. Hodgins''': It's a common domestic container. |
'''Dr. Hodgins''': It's a common domestic container. |
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'''Booth''': Oh, like a jar. Why can't we just say "a jar"? }} |
'''Booth''': Oh, like a jar. Why can't we just say "a jar"? }} |
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| ⚫ | * In the first episode of ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'', Rick Grimes acts as this for the audience. He was in a coma before the beginning of the episode, so he wasn't sure what exactly was going on. Morgan explains that the world has been overrun by zombies (or as they're referred to as on the show, walkers, which is an abbreviation of the walking dead), and if you get bitten, you're a goner (with some exceptions). He also warns him that while a single zombie normally isn't dangerous, a horde of zombies is the last thing Rick wants to see. Inevitably, he ''does'' encounter a horde of zombies near the end of the first episode. |
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== Theatre == |
== Theatre == |
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