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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYCjqmbsmYA And it was] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]].
* Just about every villain on ''[[Leverage (TV)|Leverage]]'' can't be caught by the authorities because they haven't technically broken the law - that's where Nate and his team come in.
* The ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]'' episode "By Any Means Necessary" centers on a dockers' strike on the eponymous station. The government's negotiator invokes the Rush Act, which authorizes Commander Sinclair to use "any means necessary" to end the strike. Sinclair decides to do so by moving funds from the station's military budget to meet the dockers' demands instead of using military force.
** A really awesome instance was Delenn demanding that the whole Minbari Civil War (which the warrior caste had theoretically won) be hazarded in a [[Self -Immolation]] contest because [[Good Old Ways|"It is the tradition of our people."]].
* The fifth season of ''[[News Radio (TV)|News Radio]]'' features a three-episode arc where [[Affably Evil]] Johnny Johnson successfully takes over Jimmy James' corporate empire. As a consolation prize, Johnny lets Jimmy take one WNYX employee with him as he tries to rebuild his empire. At the end of the day, Jimmy chooses... {{spoiler|Johnny, who had named himself Dave's replacement as WNYX news director earlier in the day. Johnny immediately recognizes the brilliance of Jimmy's move and concedes defeat.}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Dave''': But you're ''evil!''}}<br />
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'''Hank''': See those four round, rubber things? Those are wheels. This is a vehicle.<br />
'''Junkman''': Did you actually see it drive onto the lot? I didn't think so. This is a domicile. }}
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'': In "Paradise Towers", the Doctor escapes the rules-obsessed Caretakers by citing various 'rules' that he has just made-up. None of the Caretakers are willing to admit that they are so unfamiliar with the rulebook that they don't recognise these 'rules'.
 
 
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== Real Life ==
* [http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/cakesale.asp Urban legend:] A modern student at Oxford or Cambridge points to a four-hundred year-old rule stating that the university must provide "cakes and ale" to him as he takes his exam. The university complies (with the modern equivalent, a burger and a Pepsi), and then promptly fines him for not wearing his sword to the examination.
** [[Truth in Television|The fact that a legal rule hasn't been invoked for centuries doesn't mean it has been repealed.]] [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashford_v_ThorntonAshford v Thornton|Case in point...]]
* This is how law in general works. There will generally be a good reason for a rule which nonetheless ends up being exploited for an unpredicted purpose by a [[Rules Lawyer]] in court or applied incorrectly/not as expected/[[Exact Words|exactly as written and no further]].
* This is why they had to get Al Capone on tax evasion; everything ''worse'' that he'd done, he'd managed to squeazle his way out of. The taxes were the only thing the authorities could actually make stick.
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