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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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* ''[[House of Leaves]]'' makes use of this occasionally. For example, two of Will Navidson's dreams are recounted, and the third dream is said to be very unsettling and key to understanding his actions. Naturally, [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|Johnny misplaced those pages]].
** There's also the chapter where Navidson sends samples from the {{color|blue|house}} to be scientifically analyzed, which seems like it would have answered a lot...except Johnny accidentally most of those pages.
* Halfway through ''[[Harry Potter and
** Ironically, once the true memory is revealed, it turns out Slughorn mostly confirmed what Voldemort had already learned.
* The entire plot of Ellen Raskin's ''The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)'' revolves around this trope.
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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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* ''[[Silent Hill]]'' RPG. In Alchemilla Hospital the [[PC]]s can find a videotape. When played it has an audible message in a female voice.
{{quote|“Still has..., eyes do...tting a puls...er skin is...when I cha...blood and...ooz...Why? Wh...I won...please..”}}
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay]]'' [[In-Universe]] materials have both redacted and corrupted lacunae.
** [[Only War]] sourcebook ''Hammer of the Emperor'' has Munitorium identification cards for [[Horse of a Different Color|some creatures used as mounts]]. The one with Aethexe (ill-tempered omnivorous lizard the size of a large bear) has a hole: "Safety Notes: To ensure safety, keep all limbs[…]r more metres clear of Aeth[…]at all times".
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** "...do not... -inate. Those are structural cockroaches."
* The punchline to [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=48352#192344 this] ''[[Skin Horse]]'' guest strip.
* In ''[[Quentyn Quinn, Space Ranger]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20120619090004/http://www.rhjunior.com/QQSR/00079.html he is told he must take the assassin alive, but not why.]
* ''[[Bob and George]]'' [http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/030928 here]. "...and die horribly".
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' has a rather obvious example.
{{quote|'''Haban II''': They've already started to hssssshhh---
'''Breya''': WHAT? STARTED TO WHAT?
'''Kevyn''': Jam our hypernet communications. }}
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* In the radio adaptation of [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]], a Grebulon ship (which is on an exceptionally long-haul flight across the galaxy and whose crewmembers are in stasis) suffers this with their orders after an asteroid ripped through their ship which destroyed the system which held their identites and their mission plan. The only instructions they end up with are to land a safe distance from something and monitor it.
* [http://i.imgur.com/XI2kp.jpg This] image.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170403070753/http://www.esotericbookshop.com.au/new/catalogue/products/product.php/16/337/1141 Ye Anciente Obscure Weirdnesse Spelle]'', a poster which can be found many places besides the linked location, lays out detailed instructions for a ritual one should perform, apparently for personal benefit although the spell is a little ... vague about that. What it ''isn't'' vague on is the danger you will be in if you don't do whatever it is that is obscured by the massive ink blot in its lower right corner.
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