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== Theater == |
== Theater == |
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* "[[Sarcasm Mode|Poor]] [[Jerkass|Professor]] [[He-Man Woman Hater|Higgins]]" from ''[[Pygmalion]]'' is a [[Deconstruction]] of this trope. Once the [[Rags to Riches|impoverished flower girl, Eliza]], completes his [[Tough Love]] program, she leaves him. |
* "[[Sarcasm Mode|Poor]] [[Jerkass|Professor]] [[He-Man Woman Hater|Higgins]]" from ''[[Pygmalion]]'' is a [[Deconstruction]] of this trope. Once the [[Rags to Riches|impoverished flower girl, Eliza]], completes his [[Tough Love]] program, she leaves him. |
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* Happens in ''[[1776]]'' when, of all people, [[John Adams]] raises an objection to the Declaration of Independence, claiming that [[Thomas Jefferson]] used the word 'inalienable' when he should have used "unalienable". Jefferson refused to change it, and Adams withdrew his objection, saying he'd speak to the printer later about it. Funny thing is? [https://web.archive.org/web/20111230050822/http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/unalienable.htm He did.] |
* Happens in ''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'' when, of all people, [[John Adams]] raises an objection to the Declaration of Independence, claiming that [[Thomas Jefferson]] used the word 'inalienable' when he should have used "unalienable". Jefferson refused to change it, and Adams withdrew his objection, saying he'd speak to the printer later about it. Funny thing is? [https://web.archive.org/web/20111230050822/http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/unalienable.htm He did.] |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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