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* A campaign poster for a student government candidate at the University of Maryland, College Park said "Think Independently: Vote For Me!"
* One particular Scion commercial gave the message "don't be a sheeple by driving our cars." Considering that Scion is trying to cash in on the car loving aspect of stereotypical urban culture...
* The store Hot Topic is the perfect example of
** On the bright side, they have had Marvel Zombies and Halo shirts.
* Dr. Pepper had an ad like this, "I'm part of a unique and original crowd."
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== Comic Books ==
* Lampshaded in the [[Batman]] [[Elseworld|Legends Of The Dead Earth]] story "Fables of the Bat-Man". In a [[
== Film ==
* Also parodied in ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'': after Brian shouts at his followers, "You are all individuals!", they repeat back in monotone, "Yes! We are all individuals." Except for [[The Runt At the End]] -- "[[Logic Bomb|I'm not]]!"
** It should be noted that this line was a [[Throw It In]], and the guy that did it got a bonus for thinking it up.
* Played straight in ''[[Team America: World Police]]'', where the Aesop is "Don't listen to celebrities for political advice, unless they're Trey Parker and Matt Stone".
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{{quote|'''Dumbledore:''' It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to our enemies - but just as much to stand up to our friends.}}
* The ''[[Illuminatus]]!'' trilogy works with this issue quite a bit. Often charismatic, powerful leaders of the anarchist protagonists deliberately lie or spread false rumours of themselves painting them as monstrous villains, in order to make their followers suspicious of their motives and make up their own minds. The problems start when the followers choose to follow despite of this; it's implied that the evil Illuminati was born because of a mistake like this.
* One criticism sometimes leveled at ''some'' followers of Ayn Rand's philosophy of [[Objectivism]] is that, despite the fact that objectivism encourages thinking for oneself (the virtue of mental independence), some Objectivists are [[
** Michael Shermer wrote the interesting essay [http://www.2think.org/02_2_she.shtml "The Unlikeliest Cult in History"] about this very phenomenon.
** This even pops up among fans of objectivist writers who don't explicitly reference Rand in their
** An example would be in the [[Sword of Truth|novels of Terry Goodkind]], where the main character effectively ends up as a benevolent capitalist dictator, the series having explored the weaknesses of all other forms of government. The last chapter of the series features that character ''ordering his followers'', ironically enough, to no longer do the devotion, a ritual that has over time turned the heads of his family into objects of a cult of personality.
* The basic message of the essay ''Self-Reliance'' was "Everyone should be a nonconformist".
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== Web Comics ==
* [[Goblin Hollow]]: "You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you're all the same"
** The same T-shirt appeared in a ''[[Charby the Vampirate]]'' page involving Victor's younger brother.
* Parodied (in an inversion of the usual parody) in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0709.html this] ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' strip: Tsukiko claims paladins are only happy when they're forcing people to be exactly like them. When the Monster In The Darkness says O-Chul told him he should make his own decisions, she replies "Right, exactly like ''he'' does! He's doing it already!"
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