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* Played with in ''[[Dave Barry]] Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States'', describing the occasion of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on the first July Fourth ([[Running Gag|October 8]], 1776): "The members took turns lighting sparklers and signing their John Hancocks to the Declaration, with one prankster even going so far as to actually write '[[wikipedia:John Hancock|John Hancock]].'"
* The first modern novel, ''[[Don Quixote]]'', inspired the adjective "quixotic", which means, to be an ordinary person with grandiose or impossible dreams. However, at least one dictionary uses "quixote" as a lower-case noun with the same connotation. "He's such a quixote."
* ''[[Harry Potter and
* Done rather cruelly in ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]'': Pulling a "Charlie Gordon" is messing up.
* As usual, Shakespeare invented this one - "He out-Herods Herod."
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* Hank Green of the [[Vlog Brothers]] made 'Warner Chilcot' a curse word after the company of that name [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPf8vwnoEtU raised the price of his medication by 1200%.]
* Parodied to the point of [[Refuge in Audacity]] in the [[Riff Trax]] of ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'', as Neytiri fends off the jackal-like animals attacking Jake's Avatar.
{{quote|''"There's the Flying [[The Lord of the Rings|Legolas]]. Followed by the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Donatello]]. Unexpected [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Shatner Khan yell.]] Ahh, the [[OJ Simpson|OJ.]]''
''[[Crosses the Line Twice|I heard Michael Vick pulled a]] [[A Date with Rosie Palms|PeeWee Herman]] [[Crosses the Line Twice|in the theater during this scene.]]'' }}
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