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== Web Original ==
* In ''[[Tales of MU]]'', gnomes are the same as halflings in older ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' and Tolkien's [[Hobbits]], but with typical MU-twists. The natural stealth associated with halflings and gnomes works like a [[Weirdness Censor]], and it gets stronger the more of them are standing in one place. A gnomish professor has to remind her class she's there and is completely ignored by the administration. In a setting where [[Word of God]] is that [[Magic Versus Science|technology doesn't work]], they get away with clocks and pianos, but nobody notices. The gnomes themselves don't appear to have noticed they have this power.
* [[Order of the Stick|Rich Burlew]] created his own spin on gnomes in his essays on world-building, turning them into [https://web.archive.org/web/20131015164550/http://www.giantitp.com/articles/Y2BEzifZZgrsSdReVf4.html a shadow conspiracy group which doles out arcane secrets in the trappings of religion to keep the humans in line].
* In ''The Adventures of [[The League of STEAM]]'' episode "Bitter Gnomes and Gardens", the gnomes are of the garden gnome variety, with the peculiar weakness that they can only move if not seen, similar to the Weeping Angels of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ([[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in a [[Shout-Out]]).
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