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{{trope}}
{{quote|"''Welcome to Julie Taymor's Playhouse. ''[beat]'' Like five of you got that, but the five of you who got it are gonna be laughing''."
|'''[[Doug Walker]]''' during his tour of Austria.}}
When a reference or [[Shout-Out]] is made, and it's acknowledged [[In
This isn't done all the time, because references tend to be subtle if they are obscure, so that those that don't get them can just enjoy the show. Doing it once in a while can give the audience a bit of curiosity about the reference, but not slow down the show with them wondering about every one.
A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Genius Bonus]].
Compare [[Pop Cultural Osmosis Failure]], [[Shown Their Work]], [[Late to
Contrast [[Small Reference Pools]].
'''Not to be confused with characters not getting a commonly known thing.'''
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{{examples}}
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* In the ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' episode "S.O.B.s", Tobias brings up someone named Freddie Wilson while talking, prompting the other characters to say they "don't get that reference". This doubled as an in-joke about how some people thought the show's inability to gain mainstream appeal was caused by its numerous and sometimes obscure jokes about pop-culture and topical references.
* Played with in an episode of ''[[
* On ''[[30
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* [[Dennis
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The
* [[Stuart Ashen]] has a recurring segment in his reviews, "Quincy: a caterpillar that sings obscure Beatles songs".
* [[Hbi2k
* In ''[[
* [[The Spoony One]] occasionally succumbs to this:
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** He also feels the need to explain to his younger viewers what things like [[Tech Marches On|floppy disks and BBS were]].
* In Episode 11 of ''[[Teen Titans Abridged]]'', Robin wondered who declared it obscure reference day.
* In [[The Randomverse]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de06YM2mDlA Ways to Screw Up The Avengers Movie], it's mentioned that the villain is "not [[The Mighty Thor|Loki]], but [[The Avengers (1998
* ''[[Psycomedia]]'' does this, often via the use of Venn diagram. Often involving the Star Wars Expanded Universe in one of the host's case.
* In episode 13 ''[[Code
* Linkara of ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' does this once in a while.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* One ''[[
* The commentary to ''[[
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Archer]]'': the titular Archer frequently admonishes his colleagues to "Read a book", owing to the obscurity of his references.
* ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' mentioned [[Benjamin Disraeli (Creator)|Benjamin Disraeli]] to set up a [[Cutaway Gag]]. It cut to Disraeli just looking at the camera and snapping that the viewers didn't have any idea who he was.▼
** Several instances in [[Wikipedia:Archer_(season_9)|season 9 Danger Island]] occur:
* The ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' series finale had a character from [[The DCU]] appear for the first time. ▼
*** Episode 5 - Archer says "insert name of obscure cartographer" and Crackers replies "Henrik Hondius".
{{quote| ''"[[Ambush Bug]]? You're a pretty obscure hero, even for this show."'' }}▼
*** Episode 6 - Archer says "nobody gets that" (about a [[Frisky Dingo]] reference).
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has done this a few times.▼
*** Episode 7 - Noah says "they won't get the reference" with regards to the cannibals. The audience ''might'', but the cannibals ''definitely wouldn't'', lacking any filmic references ''whatsoever''.
{{quote| '''Grandpa Simpson''': I was lonelier than Estes Kefauver at a meeting of Murder Incorporated! <[[Beat]]> That actually makes sense. Look it up!}}▼
**** It very much depends on what is meant by obscure - to younger audiences, most of the references will be obscure, but attention is definitely called to references which are believed to be obscure for even the oldest audience members.
** "They Saved Lisa's Brain": ▼
▲* The ''[[Batman:
{{quote| '''Lisa''': ''[reading Comic Book Guy's shirt]'' "C:/DOS C:/DOS/RUN RUN/DOS/RUN". ''[laughs]'' Oh, only one person in a million would find that funny. <br />▼
▲* ''[[
* ''[[Rick and Morty]]'': this trope is [[subverted]] in Season 2 Episode 1 ("[[wiki:A_Rickle_in_Time|A Rickle In Time]]"):
{{quote|'''Rick''': Man, that guy is the "Redgrin Grumble" to pretending he knows what's going on.
'''Summer''' and '''Morty''': Laugh
'''Rick''': You like that "Redgrin Grumble" reference? Well guess what? ''I made him up''. You really are [[Ignorant of His Own Ignorance|your father's]] children. Think for yourselves. Don't be sheep.}}
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'''Frink''': Yes, we call that the "Dennis Miller Ratio". }}
* An episode of ''[[
* On an episode of ''[[The Tick]]'', a hand puppet compared The Tick to Achilles in his tent. When no one, even his ventriloquist, got it he said "The Illiad?" (looks around) ''"Homer?"'' (still no reaction) "READ A BOOK!!"▼
* A joke from ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'':
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'''Rocky:''' Antihistamine money?
'''Bullwinkle:''' Yes. It's not to be sneezed at. Get it? Not to be sneezed at?
'''Rocky:''' I get it.
'''Bullwinkle:''' Thousands won't! }}
▲* On an episode of ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'', a hand puppet compared The Tick to Achilles in his tent. When no one, even his ventriloquist, got it he said "The Illiad?" (looks around) ''"Homer?"'' (still no reaction) "READ A BOOK!!"
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