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* An episode of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' shows a Google search for "Sacremende" generating no results, not even a typo. Careful examination of the frame reveals an unprintable character inserted after the word to force this result.
* An episode of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' shows a Google search for "Sacremende" generating no results, not even a typo. Careful examination of the frame reveals an unprintable character inserted after the word to force this result.
** Somewhat justified in that searching for Sacremende even now only brings up pages related to ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', and that episode was done before Google really started their "did you mean" function at the top of bad searches.
** Somewhat justified in that searching for Sacremende even now only brings up pages related to ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', and that episode was done before Google really started their "did you mean" function at the top of bad searches.
* In a hilariously ridiculous example from ''[[ICarly]]'', Freddy, Carly and Sam look up "chicks" (as in baby chickens) on the Internet. Everyone watching probably knew that anyone searching for ''chicks'' on Google probably... wouldn't find baby chicken on the first page, let alone the first slot. Made even more hilarious by the fact the site they go to is called chicks.net, a giant website all about baby chicks.
* In a hilariously ridiculous example from ''[[iCarly]]'', Freddy, Carly and Sam look up "chicks" (as in baby chickens) on the Internet. Everyone watching probably knew that anyone searching for ''chicks'' on Google probably... wouldn't find baby chicken on the first page, let alone the first slot. Made even more hilarious by the fact the site they go to is called chicks.net, a giant website all about baby chicks.
** [[Reality Is Unrealistic]] here; Googling "chicks" does in fact give a website about chickens in the top three. And the actual Chicks.net has nothing to do with poultry ''or'' porn.
** [[Reality Is Unrealistic]] here; Googling "chicks" does in fact give a website about chickens in the top three. And the actual Chicks.net has nothing to do with poultry ''or'' porn.
*** For the curious, it's the personal website of Christopher Hicks.
*** For the curious, it's the personal website of Christopher Hicks.