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* In the webcomic ''[[Terror Island]],'' one arc involving a competition to skateboard over a river ends with the alien baddie teleporting over the river instead; he wins, because "teleporting" is [http://www.terrorisland.net/strips/257.html one of the few things ''not'' prohibited by the contest's rules], as the people drawing it up [[Puny Earthlings|couldn't conceive of it]].
* A hilarious variation occurs in ''[[
** And he ''also'' killed the attorney drones, whenever any ran into him in the official capacity, being unaware of the punitive damages arrangement (Milky Way Galaxy is a big place, after all). Which is the only thing Massey was seen attacking other than with words - he stuck with the company after Collective tried some unauthorized brain surgery on him, and seem to be rather vindictive about this.
{{quote|'''Massey'': I'll make it clearer. Your honor, please step away from the attorney drone, so that we can avoid getting any of it on you. }}
* Therkla invokes this trope to her advantage in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0562.html this page] of [[Order of the Stick]].
* Webcomics [[Lampshade Hanging|trope-poking]]: Red Mage of ''
** Also [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/07/16/episode-1153-federalist-interpretation-of-physics/ here]:
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'''Red Mage:''' Is that even possible? I'm not sure this place actually exists.
'''Black Mage:''' Then there's no rule that says we can't. }}
* In the webcomic ''[[Brat Halla]]'', there ain't no rule saying that a god dueling another as a tie-breaker in the [[Tournament Arc|Pantheon Games]] can't call in his independently sentient, disembodied eyeball in a [[Humongous Mecha]] to help him. For extra amusement, after t'other god tries to cite its absence in the rules, that there ain't no rule saying you ''can'', the eyeball in its mech comes in and cites the rule in question. [http://brat-halla.com/comic/233-pantheon-games-an-eye-for-the-rules/ Linksky].
* According to ''[[
* Emily wins her first race in ''[[Misfile]]''. Ain't no rule against driving 25 mph once you're ahead of your opponent!
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20101106080431/http://www.ryanestrada.com/2006/01/31/comics/aki-alliance/aki-alliance-chapter-2-kendra-woodward-page-15/ Aki Alliance]'': There's a rule against wearing a headset to receive outside help during a Scrabble competition. Oddly enough, there's no rule against wearing a headset to give outside help to someone else during a Scrabble competition.
* Subverted in [http://www.fantasycomic.com/index.php?p=c553 this strip] of ''[[Chasing the Sunset]]'' where there ''is'' a specific rule about knocking out a minotaur and stealing its keys to defeat a magic trial.
* In [[Collar 6]] Sixx plans to win her bet with Butterfly by surrendering her title to Laura and becoming her slave so that she can take part in the contest directly.
* [[Kevin and Kell]]: The Domain version of the [[
* [[Gaia Online]]'s four towns engaged in loophole abuse during the "Reject Olympics" plot, by recruiting nonhuman athletes for their teams.
** [[Evilutionary Biologist|Johnny]] K. [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Gambino]] was apparently forbidden from creating new [[Zombie Apocalypse|zombie serums]]. So for the Reject Olympics he pulled an old failed prototype from storage instead, and bummed a corpse from the Devil Imps...
* [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2243/ In this] ''[[Cyanide
* The Constitution didn't provide for insane bunny senators and therefore did not lay down a rule about what to do when one goes missing. In ''[[Prickly City]]'', this matters.
* Protoman in ''[[Bob and George]]'' does this with his [["Three Laws
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'''Protoman''': That only applies if I think he's a human, which I don't. }}
* Tristan pulls this in ''[[Angel Moxie]]'' so she can get away with a [[Nonuniform Uniform]] in the form of striped stockings. She [http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/4/8/486.html even recites the specific rule], noting that while there ''are'' limits on what kind of ''socks'' can be worn, stockings are allowed as an alternative and there are no such limitations for them.
* Take one tabletop-gaming [[Rules Lawyer]] from our universe and drop him into an [[RPG Mechanics Verse]] with the instructions to "grant our side victory ''by any means possible''". You now have the plot of ''[[Erfworld]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Fruit Incest]]'' double-subverts this one in [http://fruitincest.com/archives/rule/ "Rule"]. There's no rule against a duck playing on the school soccer team, but there ''is'' a rule that every player on the team must be enrolled as a student. But there's no rule against a duck being enrolled as a student, either.
* In ''[[Rhapsodies]]'' the local office of the [[Celestial Bureaucracy|Department of Minor Nuisances]] is unable to covertly support the Circle Band due to rules and budget concerns. [http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/?p=2571 Nothing wrong with doing it overtly though.]
* ''[[
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