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You just defeated the [[Big Bad]]? You rescued the passengers from the [[Runaway Train]]? You won the championship fight at the battle arena? Well chances are that everyone will know, too.

 

[[Sub-Trope]] of [[Famed in Story]].

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In ''[[Naruto]]'', recent issues of the manga have shown news traveling fast regarding the protagonist's trials and travails, and the consequential shifts in public opinion about him.

* Although many fantasy series tend to underestimate how long it would take news to travel across a nation or nations, ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' often makes an effort to avert this. News and messages can take weeks or even months to pass back and forth, perhaps best illustrated with one section where several characters in a remote corner of the realm are trying to plan what to in a tight political situation without upsetting the fearsome leader of the most powerful faction in the kingdom. said leader died several chapters earlier, and the news hasn't made it that far yet.

 

* In an episode of ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'' where a girl kisses Chris on the cheek, he tells his friend to not tell anyone. Later, everyone at school knows. This is also parodied at the end of the episode when Chris tells his friend that him and the girl aren't in love and not to tell anyone, one second later (literally, as said by a caption) '''EVERYONE''' at school knows.

 

** Also, a flaw common to all Spiderweb Software RPGs is that items tagged as “not yours” will cause the entire town to turn on you the instant you steal them, even if nobody sees you take them.

*** Not so (perhaps just in the later games): If you're out of line of sight of everyone (and if possible, best to shut the door behind you) you can get away with wanton acts of theft. Of course, this doesn't include items in a box or chest that's been trapped with an alarm.

* Subverted in ''[[Wizardry]] 8''. You can work for both the T'Rang and the Umpani, who are mortal enemies, without either finding out you're double-crossing them because the headquarters of the two races are far away from each other. However one of the races has a spy that has infiltrated the others so you need to be extra careful. Additionally, one NPC who specialises in getting and spreading news can inform the races of what you're up to. You can bribe her, at which point she'll keep the information to herself.

* Civilians will run in fear of evil characters and beg for help from good characters in ''[[Infamous (video game series)|In Famous]]'' no matter where they were when you were being a good guy. Moving to a newer area of town, such as The Warren, for the first time and being worshipped like a hero is a little strange. Even if news did travel, why would anyone believe stories about a guy who can shoot lightning out of his hands?

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