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* Used in ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena]]'' by the Shadowgirls during the Black Rose arc. "Gogai! Gogai! Gogai!"
* Also seen in ''[[Makai Senki Disgaea]]'' in episode 7, where a [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins|Prinny]] runs around distributing newspaper that say that [[Cute Bruiser|Laharl]] {{spoiler|has a sister.}} He doesn't.
 
== Fan Fiction ==
 
* There is one of these in [[The Tainted Grimoire (Fanfic)|The Tainted Grimoire]].
 
== Film ==
 
* Used in ''[[Newsies]]'', and that's set in 1899!
* ''[[Overnight Delivery (Film)|Overnight Delivery]]'':
{{quote| Ivy: Extra, Extra. Read all about it. Kim can shake her pom-poms but she won't go at it!}}
* The newsboy in ''[[Chicago]]'' says this when Roxie Hart's verdict is revealed.
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* There is a running gag involving a newsie shouting this in the movie ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]''.
* The 2008 movie ''Changeling'' has this, but it does make sense as the movie is set in the 1930s.
* The Town Cryer in ''[[Corpse Bride (Animation)|Corpse Bride]]'' precedes this tropes natural occurrence by about a century or two, and proceeds to play around with it...
{{quote| "Hear ye, hear ye! Victor Van Dort seen last night on the bridge in the arms of a mystery woman! The dark-haired temptress and Master Van Dort slipped away into the night! And now the weather: scattered showers..."}}
* In ''Silent Movie'', the stack of newspapers is thrown at the vendor.
* Played straight in the 1930's gangster movie ''Dead End'', when a gangster dies in a shootout and a newspaper goes to print with an extra edition.
* He shouts "Check it out!" instead of "Extra! Extra!" - but the loud and aggressive Gotham City vendor who sells papers on the bridge overlooking Gotham Plaza in ''[[Batman Returns (Film)|Batman Returns]]'' otherwise fits this trope. In a neat modern twist, he's hawking ''tabloid'' newspapers.
* The recent remake of ''[[The Wolf Man (Film)|The Wolf Man]]'' used it, complete with the classic little Victorian British boy in a cap on the corner of the sidewalk selling newspapers.
* ''[[Angels Withwith 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!"
* ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', the original version, used 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 (Filmfilm)|The Rocketeer]]'' played this straight.
* From the [[Show Within a Show|Broadway play within a film]] in [[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]:
{{quote| "Extra! Extra! Somebody's getting married!"<ref> "Somebody's getting married? Hey, somebody's getting married!"</ref>}}
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* ''[[The Monkees]]'' episode "The Devil and Peter Tork":
{{quote| Micky: [dressed as a newsboy] Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Rock and roll group gains fame and fortune by introducing harp into act!}}
* ''[[That 70s Show|That '70s Show]]'':
{{quote| Eric: Extra. Extra. Read all about it.<br />
Steven Hyde: "Skinny Dillhole Talks Like An Idiot"? }}
* Gets used in a host segment or two in [[MST3KMystery 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!"
** [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] from ''Invasion USA'' ([[Chuck Norris|The other one]]), after a scene ending with the [[Official Couple]] staring into each others' eyes:
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'''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]].
* ''[[Filthy Rich and Catflap]]'':
{{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'':
{{quote| '''News Boy''' (handling the Ghotam City Times Extra with the lines: “Big joke on bank bandit: stolen cash was counterfeit!: ''Extra! Extra! Get your newspaper here! Read about the bandit’s stolen counterfeit money, [[Contrived Coincidence|Yes that’s all what he did, steal counterfeit money!]]'' <br />
'''Bystander:''' ''Hey, [[Fridge Logic|what was counterfeit money doing in the vault of the First National Bank?]] ''<br />
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== Video Games ==
 
* Used in ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team (Video Game)|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team]]''. The news is important in this case because the Pokémon who were trying to capture the player character realize that s/he isn't the one behind the natural disasters, and you can return to your home.
* Parodied in ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'':
{{quote| '''Scout''': Extra! Extra! You're frickn dead!}}
 
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* [http://www.somethinghappens.net/d/20060803.html This], from ''Something Happens'': "Extry! Extry! Read all abaht it! Veteran cliche of old B-movies obsolete due to advent of TV and internet!"
* [http://wondermark.com/197/ This] ''[[Wondermark]]'' guest comic, by Rob Balder of ''Partially Clips'' and ''[[Erfworld]]''.
* Extra! Extra! [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20030519.html Read all] about it! [[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Mercenary company]] blown to nano-smithereens!
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' featured an extra who seems to [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-12 idolize the old paperboys.] He even stole someone's newspaper for his performance.
 
== Web Original ==
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'''Man:''' ''*buys paper*'' Hey, there's nothing in here about three men being swindled!<br />
'''Newsboy:''' Extra! Extra! Four men swindled! }}
* ''[[School HouseSchoolhouse Rock]]'''s "Walking on Wall Street" opened with "Extra! Extra! Latest Wall Street prices!"
* From the [[Screwy Squirrel]] cartoon ''Happy-Go-Nutty'', after Screwy has tricked Meathead the dog into walking off a cliff:
{{quote| Screwy Squirrel: [At the bottom of the cliff, holding a newspaper] Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Dumb dog falls for corny old gag! Extra! [Meathead lands] Paper, mister? [Hands Meathead paper; headline reads "Sucker!"]}}
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'''Zoidberg:''' I'll take eight! }}
* Pops up often in ''[[Looney Tunes]]''. One appears during the opening titles of "[[Porky in Wackyland]]", and in one Pepe LePew short a Parisian newsboy shouts "Le wuxtry! Le wuxtry!"
* One appears in ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]'', "Hall Monitor".
* [[Care Bears|Adventues in Care-a-Lot]] attempted to use this phrase in one episode, but since the characters were announcing new stories on a website, it was changed to "Extra! Extra! ''hear'' all about it!" Just doesn't have the same ring to it.
* Parodied in ''[[Robot Chicken]]'':
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