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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* The main character of [[Cory Doctorow]]'s ''[[Down and Out |
* 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 ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'', in a [[Shout-Out]] to the ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' example above. |
* Done by Rincewind in ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|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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