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* ''[[Family Guy]]'' mentioned [[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.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' mentioned [[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.
* ''[[Rick and Morty]]'': this trope is [[subverted]] in Season 2 Episode 1 ("[[wiki:A_Rickle_in_Time|A Rickle In Time]]"):
* ''[[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.}}
{{quote|'''Rick''': Man, that guy is the "Redgrin Grumble" to pretending he knows what's going on.
{{quote|'''Summer''' and '''Morty''': Laugh}}
'''Summer''' and '''Morty''': Laugh
{{quote|'''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.}}
'''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.}}
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has done this a few times.
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has done this a few times.
{{quote|'''Grandpa Simpson''': I was lonelier than Estes Kefauver at a meeting of Murder Incorporated! <[[Beat]]> That actually makes sense. Look it up!}}
{{quote|'''Grandpa Simpson''': I was lonelier than Estes Kefauver at a meeting of Murder Incorporated! <[[Beat]]> That actually makes sense. Look it up!}}