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This is not necessarily just a throwaway reference either; sometimes the whole point of the main work is based upon this '''Fictional Media''', for example a review of a non-existent book, or a trailer for a film that no one had any intention to make. Common types of '''Fictional Media''' include:
* [[Show Within a Show]] (arguably the [[Super-Trope]])
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* ''[[Back to The Future Part II]]'' had a ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' sequel at a number the real franchise did not reach.
** In fact, that was a common future trope for the movies about the future made in the 1980s and 1990s. ''[[Rambo]]'' and ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]'' sequels were also popularly mentioned.
** ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' did the same with ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the
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== Examples that don't fit the categories above ==
* Mark Danielewski's ''[[House of Leaves]]'' is a complicated example: a book that exists about a dissertation that does not exist, about a film that does not exist, about a house that does not exist. It's also implied that the book itself occurs in our reality, which would make the entire thing prophetic, by definition, if it were true. Topping it off? The book is filled with hundreds of footnotes, referencing a lot of things that do exist, but even more that don't.
* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Shadows of the Empire]]'' was described as "The movie project without a movie". They produced a novel, comic, game, action figures, soundtrack CD and a bunch of other merchandising to cash-in on the non-existent ''Episode V ½''.
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