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** Brian mentions the [[The Bible|Biblical]] parable of Abraham being told to kill Issac; cue [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln]] gunning down the bartender from ''[[The Love Boat]]''.
** Lois tells new-neighbor Bonnie that someone lost an "eye" at Bingo last week. Cut to a man losing the I-27 ball. [[Double Subversion|Then putting out his eye on the corner of table when he goes to retrieve it]].
** [[Family Guy]] has started hanging [[Lampshading|lampshades]] on their use (and arguably, overuse) of [[Manatee Gag
** Another major [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] occurs in "Spies Reminiscent of Us" where Stewie gets beaten up and tries to start a [[Cutaway Gag]] before blacking out: "This is worse than that time...(fades into gibberish)". Cut to the flashback, which is just Stewie in front of a white background as he admits that he doesn't know what to do here because he couldn't understand the lead-in.
* In ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' Mr. Krabs recalls the first time Plankton tried to take the Krabby Patty formula, which was just him ''asking'' for it.
* Inverted in ''[[The Simpsons]]''
{{quote|'''Krusty:''' And now, a special treat. My TV debut on "The Milk of Magnesia Summer Cavalcade." Let's watch.
''(clip shows a young Krusty "flying" across a stage suspended from a harness)''
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