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This is primarily a literary trope, but can pop up in any work which features [[Fictional Document|Fictional Documents]].

In cases like the first example, it can be a blazingly unsubtle example of [[Take Our Word for It]]. Commonly found (of course) in [[Scrapbook Story|Scrapbook Stories]] and other works which make use of [[Fictional Document|Fictional Documents]]. Can be justified via the [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]. [[Sister Trope]] to [[His Name Is]]. [[Plot Based Voice Cancellation]] achieves the same effect, but with sound, while [[Plot-Based Photograph Obfuscation]] does it with photographs. [[Censor Box]] is probably the closest equivalent in visual media. Compare to [[That Was the Last Entry]] and [[Apocalyptic Log]]. Subtrope of [[Lost in Transmission]].

In cases like the first example, it can be a blazingly unsubtle example of [[Take Our Word for It]]. Commonly found (of course) in [[Scrapbook Story|Scrapbook Stories]] and other works which make use of [[Fictional Document|Fictional Documents]]. Can be justified via the [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]. [[Sister Trope]] to [[His Name Is]]. [[Plot-Based Voice Cancellation]] achieves the same effect, but with sound, while [[Plot Based Photograph Obfuscation]] does it with photographs. [[Censor Box]] is probably the closest equivalent in visual media. Compare to [[That Was the Last Entry]] and [[Apocalyptic Log]]. Subtrope of [[Lost in Transmission]].

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* In an episode of ''[[~~The Twilight Zone (TV)|~~The Twilight Zone]]'' an alien brings a message to the people of Earth. It gets killed and the message burned. Then someone reads the message, which is something like, "As a symbol of our friendship we offer the following, a cure for all forms of cancer." The rest is burned away.

* In an episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' an alien brings a message to the people of Earth. It gets killed and the message burned. Then someone reads the message, which is something like, "As a symbol of our friendship we offer the following, a cure for all forms of cancer." The rest is burned away.

* The government documents that Michael ''does'' manage to get his hands on are these. It fuels the [[Myth Arc]] to get rid of the ''[[Burn Notice]]''.

== [[Web Original]] ==

* Used extensively in the ''[[~~SCP Foundation (Wiki)|~~SCP Foundation]]'''s documents.

* Used extensively in the ''[[SCP Foundation]]'''s documents.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In ''[[~~Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|~~Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Zhao burned away references to The Day Of Black Sun, and indeed, any references to the Fire Nation at all in Wan Shi Ton's library (which served as the last straw for the spirit, and caused him to become hostile to humans).

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Zhao burned away references to The Day Of Black Sun, and indeed, any references to the Fire Nation at all in Wan Shi Ton's library (which served as the last straw for the spirit, and caused him to become hostile to humans).