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== The [[Trope Namer]] ==
* Parodied by [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]] on a TV special where he's shown [[No One Could Survive That|pushing a guy off the roof to his death]], and when others respond with horror and outrage, he holds up a pack of Mentos causing the others to smile and give him the thumbs up. Mentos have since become pop-culture shorthand for a [[Deus Ex Machina]].
** Also parodiedParodied in ''[[Family Guy]]'' when John Wilkes Booth misses the shot and shoots Abraham Lincoln's top hat. Abe's pretty pissed until Booth pulls out his stick of Mentos. Peter [[Comically Missing the Point|comically misses the point]] and wanders off to kill Lincoln.
*** Satirized also in ''[[Get Fuzzy]]'', Wherewhere Rob is discussing how he got punched in the face on the subway. Apparently, he sat on somebody'ds groceries by accident, but that's not what pissed the guy off; he only hit Rob after he tried to lighten the moment by pulling out some Mentos.
* Enzyte's "[[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant|Smilin' Bob]]".
* Spoofed '''on''' [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]], in a sketch called "Mystos!". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHuQVSS_C-M\]
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