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Compare [[Establishing Character Moment]], [[Cryptic Background Reference]]. |
Compare [[Establishing Character Moment]], [[Cryptic Background Reference]]. |
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== Comics == |
== Comics == |
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* ''[[Cerebus the Aardvark]]'' makes frequent use of this trope. |
* ''[[Cerebus the Aardvark]]'' makes frequent use of this trope. |
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** Four consecutive pages of one issue are devoted to the title character getting out of bed and urinating. A reader famously wrote cartoonist Dave Sim, demanding a [[Fan Dumb|pro-rated refund]] for that portion of the issue. |
** Four consecutive pages of one issue are devoted to the title character getting out of bed and urinating. A reader famously wrote cartoonist Dave Sim, demanding a [[Fan Dumb|pro-rated refund]] for that portion of the issue. |
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* Brandon Graham’s comics can go off on small tangents to give details about of the setting or background characters. The plot will also spend time with the main characters eating and even taking a leak. |
* Brandon Graham’s comics can go off on small tangents to give details about of the setting or background characters. The plot will also spend time with the main characters eating and even taking a leak. |
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* ''[[Nights in The Big City (Fanfic)|Nights in The Big City]]'', a ''[[Kim Possible]]'' [[Fan Fiction]], builds an alternate universe where details casually thrown out just to give the world texture include mentions of minor [[Canon]] characters in different roles, that [[American Civil War|Robert E. Lee]] was the 13th President, the cars run on ethanol, the space program hasn't gone further than the Moon, and that the Pope is female and so is God. These don't have any relevance to the story, they just give a better impression of [[Cryptic Background Reference|a whole world beyond the frame]]. |
* ''[[Nights in The Big City (Fanfic)|Nights in The Big City]]'', a ''[[Kim Possible]]'' [[Fan Fiction]], builds an alternate universe where details casually thrown out just to give the world texture include mentions of minor [[Canon]] characters in different roles, that [[American Civil War|Robert E. Lee]] was the 13th President, the cars run on ethanol, the space program hasn't gone further than the Moon, and that the Pope is female and so is God. These don't have any relevance to the story, they just give a better impression of [[Cryptic Background Reference|a whole world beyond the frame]]. |
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== Film == |
== Film == |
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* Most of [[Studio Ghibli]]'s movies: |
* Most of [[Studio Ghibli]]'s movies: |
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** ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'': Kiki is shown drying her clothes when they get wet, or stumbling on debris while running. |
** ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'': Kiki is shown drying her clothes when they get wet, or stumbling on debris while running. |
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** ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]'': The house cleaning sequence. |
** ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]'': The house cleaning sequence. |
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** ''[[Spirited Away]]'': Chihiro taking off and putting on her shoes, with minute details like squirming around to get them on right. |
** ''[[Spirited Away]]'': Chihiro taking off and putting on her shoes, with minute details like squirming around to get them on right. |
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* Many scenes in ''[[A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', to the point where the middle section is practically ''nothing else''. |
* Many scenes in ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (Film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', to the point where the middle section is practically ''nothing else''. |
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* ''[[Birdemic]]'' has a lot of driving around in it. |
* ''[[Birdemic]]'' has a lot of driving around in it. |
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* If [[Umberto Eco]] [http://non-compos-mentis.blogspot.com/2006/11/umberto-eco-how-to-recognize-porn-movie.html is to be believed], this is ''very'' common in pornographic films. |
* If [[Umberto Eco]] [http://non-compos-mentis.blogspot.com/2006/11/umberto-eco-how-to-recognize-porn-movie.html is to be believed], this is ''very'' common in pornographic films. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* The ''[[Thursday Next]]'' books are full of jokes, parodies, and satire as part of their [[Alternate History]] that has little to do with the plot and are simply bits of fun. |
* The ''[[Thursday Next]]'' books are full of jokes, parodies, and satire as part of their [[Alternate History]] that has little to do with the plot and are simply bits of fun. |
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* ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' has all kinds of asides and Guide entries that are only marginally, if at all, connected to the thread of the story. |
* ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' has all kinds of asides and Guide entries that are only marginally, if at all, connected to the thread of the story. |
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