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[[File:paperboy.jpg|frame|Extra! Extra! Read all about it! [[Dead Line News|Newsie killer still at large! Extr...urrrgh!]]]]
{{quote|''"Extra! Extra! Newspaper boys are anachronisms in modern-day society! Read all about it!"''
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!
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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]].
Compare [[This Just In]], which is this for [[News Broadcast]]s, and [[We Interrupt This Program]] for news broadcasts which interrupt non-news programming to cut away to breaking news.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Used in ''[[Revolutionary Girl
* 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.
== Fan
* There is one of these in ''[[The Tainted Grimoire]]''.
== Film ==
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== Comic
* Used for a gag in ''[[Transmetropolitan]]
▲* Used for a gag in [[Transmetropolitan]]—the newsboy (a stubble-faced dwarf [[Rule of Funny|for some reason]]) not actually proclaiming a story, but loudly expressing his opinion of The Word's decision to fire Spider Jerusalem.
* Used by the Newsboy Legion in [[DC Comics]], back in the days when they were [[Artifact Title|actually newsboys]].
== Jokes ==
*A newsboy standing on a corner with a stack of papers:
::Newsboy: "Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 52 people swindled!"
::Passer-by: (buys the paper and reads it) "Wait a minute, there's nothing in here about a swindle..."
::Newsboy: "Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 53 people swindled!"
== Literature ==
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* 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! }}
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== Web Original ==
* [[Homestar Runner]] "Extrie, extrie! [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103191346/http://www.homestarrunner.com/hallowday.html Read all about it!] Halloween Night missing! Citizens mobilize to save holiday! In unrelated news, this newsboy get-up is not my Halloween costume!"
** [[Cloudcuckoolander|Eggs tree, eggs tree! This get-up]] ''is'' mah get down!
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== Real Life ==
[[Image:Titanic paperboy.jpg|thumb|But I thought it was unsinkable?]]
* 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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