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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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* ''[[Tintin]]''. The Thomson twins are startled by mice used for experiments in "[[ |
* ''[[Tintin]]''. The Thomson twins are startled by mice used for experiments in "[[Tintin (Comic Book)/Recap/Destination Moon|Destination Moon]]". |
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* This once happened in ''[[Archie]]'' when Ms. Grundy jumped on her desk and Jughead took a picture of it for the school newspaper. She actually was worried that the picture would be about how scared she was of a little mouse but instead it turned out to be proof the school needed an exterminator. |
* This once happened in ''[[Archie]]'' when Ms. Grundy jumped on her desk and Jughead took a picture of it for the school newspaper. She actually was worried that the picture would be about how scared she was of a little mouse but instead it turned out to be proof the school needed an exterminator. |
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* The protagonist of ''Jennifer Blood'' takes advantage of this stereotype in issue 3, when a neighbor who's convinced she's attracted to him has cornered her in a bathroom and exposed himself to her. She doesn't want to ruin her "perfectly ordinary suburban housewife" facade by maiming or killing him, but as someone who moonlights as a brutal [[Vigilante]], that's all she's trained to do. So she starts shrieking about a pretend mouse. |
* The protagonist of ''Jennifer Blood'' takes advantage of this stereotype in issue 3, when a neighbor who's convinced she's attracted to him has cornered her in a bathroom and exposed himself to her. She doesn't want to ruin her "perfectly ordinary suburban housewife" facade by maiming or killing him, but as someone who moonlights as a brutal [[Vigilante]], that's all she's trained to do. So she starts shrieking about a pretend mouse. |
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