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[[File:paperboy.jpg|frame|Extra! Extra! Read all about it! [[Dead Line News|Newsie killer still at large! Extr...urrrgh!]]]]

 

 

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Cliché [[Stock Phrases]] from the 1890s through the 1940s used to denote breaking news! Sometimes uses "extry" or "wuxtry" to denote a [[New England]] accent! Often shouted by overzealous newsies and paperboys! A [[Dead Horse Trope]] nowadays owing to television and the internet! Related to [[Spinning Paper]]! Extra! Extra!

For extra cliche points, this trope is frequently trotted out for minor happenings and other news events that wouldn't normally warrant the printing of an extra edition, particularly ones exhibiting the [[Worst News Judgment Ever]].

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

 

* Also seen in ''[[Makai Senki Disgaea]]'' in episode 7, where a [[Everything's Better with Penguins|Prinny]] runs around distributing newspaper that say that [[Cute Bruiser|Laharl]] {{spoiler|has a sister.}} He doesn't.

 

 

 

== Film ==

* ''[[Angels with Dirty Faces]]'' has a paperboy selling them this way, with the "extry" variant.

* The paperboy in ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'', saying "The man from Muncie, a Moron after all! Read all about it!"

{{quote|"Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Spaceman still at large. Army put in charge!"}}

* Reflecting the 1930s period it's set it, ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'' played this straight.

 

 

* Used by the Newsboy Legion in [[DC Comics]], back in the days when they were [[Artifact Title|actually newsboys]].

 

== Literature ==

* Gets used in a host segment or two in [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]. Notably, the one in ''[[Horror of Party Beach]]'' where Tom provides incredibly up-to-date newspapers with headlines like "Mike buys another paper from Tom".

** Also for the short ''Hired!'': "Extry, extry, Pearl Harbor bombed, Roosevelt declares war!"

{{quote|'''Paperboy:''' ''(From offscreen)'' Ex-tra, Pa-per, America invaded, read all about it! ''(Comes onscreen from behind the couple, stares openly at the couple, turns around, walks offscreen while repeating previous line.)''

'''Mike:''' Now ''that's'' a walk-on! }}

* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' did it as a [[Running Gag]]. "Extra! Extra! Four people fooled!" Then Ernie buys the newspaper, discovers there's no such article, and the newsboy shouts, "Extra, Extra! Five people fooled!" This joke is sometimes used by other children's media.

* Used in the [[X-Play]] [[Musical Episode|Musical]].

{{quote|"Extra! Extra! I'm an extra!"}}

* [[Batman (TV series)|Batman TV series]]: A very old newsboy is cleverly used to [[Hand Wave]] a [[Plot Hole]] at ''Zelda The Great'':

'''Bystander:''' ''Hey, [[Fridge Logic|what was counterfeit money doing in the vault of the First National Bank?]] ''

'''News boy:''' ''Well, if you want to know it you will have to buy a paper I am not a special new’s service.''

== Web Original ==

 

** [[Cloudcuckoolander|Eggs tree, eggs tree! This get-up]] ''is'' mah get down!

 

 

== Real Life ==

* Evening Standard stand traders still do this though no extras. If you ever find yourself at Waterloo in London you might be interested to know that [ "Reehaallbouddit" ] translates as "Read all about it" and "Hetyorhevenstndaarhhd!" is "Get your Evening Standard".

** Manchester has similar ranters. If you're ever in the city centre and wondering why a bloke behind a yellow cart is yelling "Final!" every twenty seconds, it's because he's selling the third (and last) edition of the day's Manchester Evening News.

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