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Line 12: == [[Film]] == * ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' (pictured above) is the [[Trope Codifier]]. ** ''[[Toy Story (franchise)\|Toy Story]] 2'' parodies this, using the meek Rex's reflection in the mirror of a toy car. (It also puts it on the passenger side, correcting JP's error!) * [[Ace Ventura\|"Warning! Assholes are closer than they appear!"]] * [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]: In what may be a nod to the Jurassic Park scene, Decepticon 'Dreads' are viewed to be in hot pursuit in the (passenger!) side mirror of Autobot Dino (Mirage) (he's the red Ferrari). Line 24: * [[Jim Steinman]] inverted the phrase in the song "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" (recorded by [[Meat Loaf]]), describing old memories that are nonetheless very vivid. ** Despite [[Rule of Drama]] it still doesn't sit right. * Bobby Valentino - "Rear View Mirror": "I see your face and I miss you dear / Images in the mirror, closer than they appear" * [[They Might Be Giants]] - "She's Actual Size" averts this for the subject of the song: "Squares may look distant in a rear view mirror, but they're actual size, actual size to her." Line 35: * Played with in a strip of ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]''. * [http://www.project-apollo.net/mos/mos354.html As per trope] in ''[[A Miracle of Science]]''. * ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' got a [http://yafgc.net/~~?id=~~comic/2638-objects-in-crystal-are-uglier-than-they-appear/ page] with title "Objects in [[Crystal Ball\|Crystal]] are Uglier than they Appear." Yeargh, indeed. * ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' [[Fusion Fic\|version]] of ''Jurassic Park'' scene: "[https://karooz.deviantart.com/art/Must-Go-Faster-95541035 Xenos in mirror may be more heretical than they appear.]" == [[Western Animation]] == * "Objects may be less sexy than they appear" shows up on a high-tech clothes shop mirror in ''[[Futurama]]''. * Parodied in ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', where the mirror on a vehicle says "Missiles in mirror may be closer than they appear''. * In "[[Hercules (~~Disney~~1997 film)\|\|Hercules and the Gorgon]]", his shield says "Objects are closer '''then''' they appear". {{reflist}} [[Category:Universal Tropes]] ~~[[Category:Closer Than They Appear]]~~ [[Category:Reflective Tropes]] [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]