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* This trope is referenced by a movie executive in ''[[Thank You for Smoking]]''. They are discussing the idea of [[Product Placement|having two actors smoke in a movie]] that's set on a space station.
{{quote|'''Nick:''' ''But wouldn't they blow up in an all-oxygen environment?''
'''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 The Half Blood Prince]]'', in order to travel to a plot-important location, Harry and Dumbledore must sneak out of the school to a completely deserted street in a nearby village, from which they can then [[Teleporters and Transporters|Apparate]]. In [[Harry Potter (film)|the film]], the following time-saving exchange occurs:
{{quote|'''Dumbledore:''' ''Take my arm.''
'''Harry:''' ''Sir, I thought you couldn't Apparate [[Magic A Is Magic A|within Hogwarts]].''
'''Dumbledore:''' ''Well… being me has its privileges.'' }}
** A reasonable interpretation would be that he wrote the spells involved, so he left himself a backdoor.
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* In the ''[[Invader Zim]]'' episode "The Frycook What Came From All That Space", Sizz-Lorr's very appearance is lampshaded by Zim of all people. The handwave comes in with Sizz-Lorr's response.
{{quote|'''Sizz-Lorr:''' After your escape, the great Foodening began! Foodcourtia's most horrible food rush, that lasts twenty years! The gravatational pull from all that snacking makes it impossible for anything to leave the planet. I was trapped. Alone. ''Without help.''
'''Zim:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Twenty years?]] But I haven't been gone that long.
'''Sizz-Lorr:''' There's a time warp involved or something. }}
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