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{{quote|''"The door was the way to... to...''<br />
{{quote|''"The door was the way to... to...''
''The Door was The Way.''<br />
''The Door was The Way.''
''Good.''<br />
''Good.''
''Capital letters were always the best way of dealing with things you didn't have a good answer to."''|'''The Electric Monk''', ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]''}}
''Capital letters were always the best way of dealing with things you didn't have a good answer to."''|'''The Electric Monk''', ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]''}}


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* White Wolf seems to be in love with this trope, and any RPG they publish will have multiple instances of this. Aside from the ''[[Exalted]]'' examples already listed above, we have the Beast and Vitae from Vampire, the Wyrm, the Weaver, and the Wyld from Werewolf, the Second Breath and the Wyld again from Exalted, Legend, Fate, Knacks, Birthrights, and Scions from Scion, and numerous other examples.
* White Wolf seems to be in love with this trope, and any RPG they publish will have multiple instances of this. Aside from the ''[[Exalted]]'' examples already listed above, we have the Beast and Vitae from Vampire, the Wyrm, the Weaver, and the Wyld from Werewolf, the Second Breath and the Wyld again from Exalted, Legend, Fate, Knacks, Birthrights, and Scions from Scion, and numerous other examples.
** Lampshaded in the nWoD ''[[Mage: The Awakening]]'' rulebook intro:
** Lampshaded in the nWoD ''[[Mage: The Awakening]]'' rulebook intro:
{{quote| "Note Important Capital Letters. Mages Use Lots Of Capital Letters."}}
{{quote|"Note Important Capital Letters. Mages Use Lots Of Capital Letters."}}
* From a Naruto [[Fanfic]]: "Capital letters were very useful when dealing with Gaara. They helped to distinguish between sand, which got in your shorts, and [[Calling Your Attacks|Sand]], which could kill you."
* From a Naruto [[Fanfic]]: "Capital letters were very useful when dealing with Gaara. They helped to distinguish between sand, which got in your shorts, and [[Calling Your Attacks|Sand]], which could kill you."
* ''[[Geneforge]]'': the Shapers create and modify living organisms by Shaping.
* ''[[Geneforge]]'': the Shapers create and modify living organisms by Shaping.