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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Future Shop had an advertisement which would start with an employee answering questions, which in this case, was answering how to restore files on a hard drive after a crash, but it would get interrupted by an announcement of a sale at the store.
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* In ''[[The Westing Game]]'', this trope occurs when Sam Westing's will is revealed. One character makes a stupid joke during the reading, and none of the heirs realizes that they've missed a crucial clue as a result until much later. {{spoiler|Turns out the trope was ''deliberately'' invoked, as the joker has a hidden agenda and distracted everyone on purpose.}}
* German Writer Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), in his "Ideen", had a whole (single page) chapter where all text is blacked out, as by an official censor. The only text left are the three starting words "Die deutschen Zensoren" (the German censors) and somewhere halfway the word "Dummköpfe" (blockheads, idiots).
* The Book of Mazarbul in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is read out with all the missing bits included as ellipses. Tolkien also [[Doing It for the Art|inscribed the relevant pages]] to show the missing burned parts.
{{quote|"we have barred the gates but doubt if [...] can hold them long. If there is [...] no escape it will be a horrible fate to suffer [...] [[Apocalyptic Log|We cannot get out]]. We cannot get out... fell there bravely while the rest retr [...] Mazarbul. We still ho[...]g ... but hope u[...]n[...]Óin's party went five days ago but today only four returned.}}
* ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'': 'Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Arimathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of [[His Name Is--|aaarrrrggh]]'.
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