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== Did I say [[Western Animation]]? Nope. ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "Bart Star": Milhouse to Bart (paraphrased): "If I wasn't your friend, I'd say you suck."
** Another Simpsons incident that could be argued as a subversion: "Legally, I can't officially promise you a big cash settlement... but off the record, I promise you a big cash settlement."
* Bender did this in ''[[Futurama]]'' too, protesting against the sale of Popplers by telling people about the wide variety of tasty sauces you shouldn't eat them with.
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* During the 2008 primaries, candidate Mike Huckabee showed a group of reporters a negative ad targeting one of his rivals, and announced that he had decided not to air it. The ad probably got much more attention than if he'd just run it normally.
** This sort of thing is relatively common in politics, though this example is worse than most. Remember, buying ad time costs money, but if the news airs it for you, it's free.
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* Toughbook's ads saying "Legally, we can't say..." followed by some feature of their mil-spec laptops.
* How [[Bruce Sterling]] proved his chops when he spoke at a conference of early computer game developers:
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