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{{quote|''"What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally, [[Open Secret|the whole school knows.]]"''|'''Albus Dumbledore''', ''[[
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.
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[[Sub-Trope]] of [[Famed in Story]].
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== [[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.
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* 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.
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* Lampshaded in ''[[Sesame Street]]'': Telly created Texas Telly persona like 2 scenes ago when he meets Murray, who is
* 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.
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