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'''Jeff:''' ''Probably. But that's an easy fix. One line of dialogue. "[[As You Know|Thank God we invented]] the, you know, [[Phlebotinum|whatever device.]]"''
'''Nick:''' ''Of course.'' }}
* In the book ''[[Harry Potter and
{{quote|'''Dumbledore:''' ''Take my arm.''
'''Harry:''' ''Sir, I thought you couldn't Apparate [[Magic A Is Magic A|within Hogwarts]].''
'''Dumbledore:''' ''
** A reasonable interpretation would be that he wrote the spells involved, so he left himself a backdoor.
*** That is actually explicitly stated later in the book; the spell preventing Apparition within Hogwarts (the Anti-Apparition Jinx) is under the control of the headmaster and can be temporarily deactivated. That's how Hogwarts is able to hold Apparition lessons inside the Great Hall; it was a scheduled activity and the Headmaster switched off the protections in the Great Hall for the duration.
* In the film ''[[Ocean's Eleven|Ocean's Thirteen]]'', to explain the absence of series regulars Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) repeats the phrase "It's not their fight!" numerous times within the first ten minutes of the film.
* ''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure]]'': After Bill asks how the time machine works, Rufus replies "Modern technology, William."
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** Best part? The Foglios are making fun of this trope. It's not actually Agatha who's pulling that stunt, but a fictional Agatha on a radio show broadcast by the in-universe Foglios. And each of these segments is cut short by the "real" Agatha smashing her way into their studio to have a few words with them.
** Later on, Othar Trygvassen, '''[[Gentleman Adventurer]]''' gets what appears to be a back-breaking injury from a Jagermonster. Not a comic late,r he is back on his feet and punching said Jagermonster like nothing happened. He explains his recovery with "Special trousers. ''Very'' heroic."
* ''8 Bit Theater'' [[
* [http://workhate.co.uk/?p=36 Captain Broadband] dies at the end of issue two when killed by his own explosives device. By issue three he is back without explanation, save a small editor box stating clearly 'Captain Broadband died last issue' with no further explanation.
* ''[[What the Fu (webcomic)|What the Fu]]'''s preferred way of explaining things. The characters just roll with it.
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* Parodied by [[The Onion]]: "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100314111708/http://www.theonion.com/content/news/sci_fi_writer_attributes Sci-Fi Writer Attributes Everything Mysterious To 'Quantum Flux']"
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/38215 Keegan's Truck 5]'', when Commander Canada repeatedly dodges Keegan's questions on how the former is alive despite being killed years ago (repeatedly insisting that it is irrelevant), culminating with this exchange:
{{quote|'''Keegan:''' What are you hiding? Why can't you tell me?
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'''Commander Canada:''' Now, back to the damn story. }}
* ''[[Project Million]]'': Spazz tries to figure out how The Wire escaped her TV. She throws several explanations at him such as she's not there and that he's in a dream within a dream, before claiming she "crawled through a river of shit and came out the other side clean".
* Invoked and acknowledged tongue-in-cheek in ''[[Fenspace]]'' by the most common name of the [[Applied Phlebotinum|mystery substance]] which makes the entire setting possible: Handwavium.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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'''Brian''': Yeah, but-
'''Stewie''': How about we not pull at that thread anymore? }}
* A few ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Simpsons]]'' episodes use this trope. In "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", after Homer tells Bart and Lisa about [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|his barbershop quartet]], the kids have some questions about why they'd never heard about it until now, where all the money went, and so forth. Homer assures them that "there are perfectly logical answers to all those questions, but they'll have to wait for another day".
** One of their questions ("When did you write a song?") was answered in the 11th season episode "That '90s Show".
** One is made explaining the appearance of Frank Grimes, Jr.:
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