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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* The main character of [[Cory Doctorow]]'s ''[[Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom]]'' does this all the time, which leads directly to his employment at Disney World. |
* The main character of [[Cory Doctorow]]'s ''[[Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom]]'' does this all the time, which leads directly to his employment at Disney World. |
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* Done by Rincewind in ''[[ |
* Done by Rincewind in ''[[The Last Continent]]'', in a [[Shout-Out]] to the ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' example above. |
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* In one of [[E. E. "Doc" Smith]]'s books (an early ''[[Lensman]]'' one, if memory serves) our hero is undercover with some criminals on a very highly populated planet - the criminals are experts at running the crowds, and the hero has to barge people aside and generally rush to keep up, and hope that the villain doesn't turn back to check on him. The expectation was that a guy in the position he was claiming to hold would know how to run the crowds, and it was a sort of [[Secret Test of Character]]. |
* In one of [[E. E. "Doc" Smith]]'s books (an early ''[[Lensman]]'' one, if memory serves) our hero is undercover with some criminals on a very highly populated planet - the criminals are experts at running the crowds, and the hero has to barge people aside and generally rush to keep up, and hope that the villain doesn't turn back to check on him. The expectation was that a guy in the position he was claiming to hold would know how to run the crowds, and it was a sort of [[Secret Test of Character]]. |
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* ''[[New Moon]]'' does this in the big Italy scene. You've got to get to the other side of the square before the clock stops tolling in order to save your beloved from a successful suicide they really don't want to do..... did I mention we're having a festival? |
* ''[[New Moon]]'' does this in the big Italy scene. You've got to get to the other side of the square before the clock stops tolling in order to save your beloved from a successful suicide they really don't want to do..... did I mention we're having a festival? |
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[[Category:Just for Pun]] |
[[Category:Just for Pun]] |
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[[Category:Chase Scene]] |
[[Category:Chase Scene]] |
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[[Category:This Index Is in The Way]] |
[[Category:This Index Is in The Way]] |
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