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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Most ''[[The Simpsons (Comic Book)|The Simpsons]]'' comics open like this, with an overly dramatic title page before showing the scene from another angle.
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Top Secret]]'', Val Kilmer's character is captured and put in prison in East Germany. In the next shot, we see a unshaven and clearly unwell Val Kilmer scratching a mark on the cell walls which seems to show he's been inside for 18 years. His lawyer arrives and Val Kilmer says 'Thank God you're here. It's been 18 minutes since I was put in here."
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* ''[[NCIS]]'', as shown by the page quote above.
* The writers of ''[[Lost]]'' apparently really like the game variant:
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' features Chief Wiggum and the other cops walking into the police station with what appears to be an arrested criminal (hidden from sight). They utter phrases like 'I can't wait to get a piece of you' and 'You think you're so hot? Well, we've got everything we need on you'. It turns out that they were talking to a pizza.
** Homer's [[Jury Duty]] episode ends with him telling Marge about how everyone was against him in that jury room, but he stood by the courage of his convictions and he prevailed - and that's why they had Chinese food for lunch.
* In ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', one episode opens with the wall-crawler webslinging across town at top speed, reflecting on his dire circumstances and noting that not even his powers could save him now. Then we hear a bell ringing. Spiderman looks down on his school and says, "Man! For once, I'd like to be early to school!"
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