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'''Jack:''' (coughs loudly) }}

* In the ''[[NCIS]]'' episode "Singled Out", McGee describes a speed dating service as "designed to introduce successful men to a wide assortment of eligible women. Each night brings the promise of romance and the chance of finding your soul mate." His team mates look at him questioningly and he hurriedly adds "... or so I've heard."

* ''[[Bones]]'': Not referring to a work of fiction specifically, but does reference this.

{{quote|'''[[No Social Skills|Booth]]''': Yeah, well, a woman finds out a man is cheating on her, she can get really angry. ''(Others stare at him)'' That's what I heard, okay?}}

* Detective Beckett in ''[[Castle]]'' says this after making reference to ''[[Showgirls]]''.

** Alexis also does this when speaking about a specific scene from a horror movie she's not supposed to have seen, fairly unsubtly.

** Even Castle himself does this once, regarding a phone sex line:

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* On an episode of ''[[Law and Order]]'', Briscoe tells Curtis about a dockside location where detectives in the old days would go to [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|waterboard difficult suspects]]. He immediately follows up with "or so I've heard."

** In ''Boy Gone Astray'' an ex-boyfriend of ADA Connie Rubrirosa tells her and her boss information on various drug cartels. Quickly adding "So I hear" after each piece of information.

* ''Cops L.A.C'':,<ref>The Australian police drama, not related to ''[[~~Cops~~ (series)]]'' the American [[Reality TV]] show.</ref> the detectives find a flyer for Romnett in a murder victim's house. A junior officer standing nearby tells them it's an internet dating site, "I've been told."

* ''Cops L.A.C'':,<ref>The Australian police drama, not related to ''[[COPS (series)|]]'' the American [[Reality TV]] show.</ref> the detectives find a flyer for Romnett in a murder victim's house. A junior officer standing nearby tells them it's an internet dating site, "I've been told."

* ''[[White Collar]]'':

{{quote|'''Neal:''' You'd need some muscle, a cargo plane, and a few grand in bribe money just to get started.

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* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': There's a running joke that Miles Edgeworth is a big fan of the tokusatsu [[Show Within a Show]] ''Steel Samurai'', although he [[Closet Geek|tries to distance himself from it]]. He invokes Or So I Heard a lot when {{spoiler|the Steel Samurai and company becomes a major part of the final case of ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations]]''.}}

* Optional dialogue in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' between Mordin and a krogan scientist. {{spoiler|The real kicker is that Mordin actually did make the krogans more infertile by upgrading the genophage when it started to look like the krogans were recovering.}}

{{quote|'''Mordin:''' Salarians created [[Depopulation Bomb|genophage]] - I've heard. Still trust them with medicines and agriculture?

'''Fortack:''' Yeah, yeah, what else can the salarians can do to us at this point? It's not like they can make us even more infertile. Actually, wait, forget I said anything. }}

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'''Mrs. Brovloski''': And how do ''you'' know?

'''Mr. Brovloski''': I, uh, read about it in People. }}

* ''[[The Fairly ~~Odd Parents~~]]'': When Wanda takes over [[The Family for the Whole Family|her father's business]], she put a ficus in the meeting room. One of the men comments on a gardening tip for it, then quickly invokes this trope when the others stare at him surprised.

* ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'': When Wanda takes over [[The Family for the Whole Family|her father's business]], she put a ficus in the meeting room. One of the men comments on a gardening tip for it, then quickly invokes this trope when the others stare at him surprised.

{{quote|"A ficus? That's gonna need more light... not that, I would know." }}

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