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* The ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' takes this to an extreme and turns in into a [[Running Gag]]: every book has a chapter called, "[[To Make a Long Story Short]]". Every chapter has what might normally be a long sequence condensed into three words, maximum. For example, the first book has a chapter that ends with the villain's hideout exploding. The next chapter consists solely of, "They got away." |
* The ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' takes this to an extreme and turns in into a [[Running Gag]]: every book has a chapter called, "[[To Make a Long Story Short]]". Every chapter has what might normally be a long sequence condensed into three words, maximum. For example, the first book has a chapter that ends with the villain's hideout exploding. The next chapter consists solely of, "They got away." |
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* ''[[Tristram Shandy]]'' has a few. For example, chapter five of the fourth volume is: |
* ''[[Tristram Shandy]]'' has a few. For example, chapter five of the fourth volume is: |
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{{quote|Is this a fit time, said my father to himself, to talk of <small>PENSIONS</small> and <small>GRENADIERS</small>?}} |
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* [[Al Franken]]'s ''Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them''. There's a chapter entitled "Who Created The Tone?" That ends with [[George W. Bush]] talking about how his election to the presidency would "change the tone in Washington". The following chapter is entitled, "Did the Tone Change?" It consists of one word: "No." |
* [[Al Franken]]'s ''Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them''. There's a chapter entitled "Who Created The Tone?" That ends with [[George W. Bush]] talking about how his election to the presidency would "change the tone in Washington". The following chapter is entitled, "Did the Tone Change?" It consists of one word: "No." |
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* The first chapter in Joe Hill's "Horns". In general, Joe Hill seems to be a fan of this trope. |
* The first chapter in Joe Hill's "Horns". In general, Joe Hill seems to be a fan of this trope. |