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Expect [[Lies to Children]] to show up in the examples a lot.
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== [[Film]] ==
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*** Later, when LaForge is retelling this incident to Scotty, Scotty uses the exact that phrase, despite LaForge (presumably) using only [[Techno Babble]] in his explanation.
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' is also riddled with this trope. A fine example occurs when the Fourth Doctor attempts to explain the transdimensional TARDIS to Leela by showing her two boxes and explaining that if the bigger box (which has been placed farther away and looks smaller than the actual smaller box) could be kept where it was and yet located where the small box is, it would fit inside the small box.
** This was subverted in the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episodes "The Runaway Bride", in which the explainee resolutely fails to understand what The Doctor's talking about ("I'm a pencil inside a mug?"), and "Blink", where The Doctor's inability to explain the way time works led to the [[Trope Namer]] example for [[Timey
** The novel ''The Pirate Loop'' includes a great one of these (paraphrased):
{{quote| '''Martha:''' So, it's like a stone skipping across the surface of a lake?<br />
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'''Leela:''' It's not working! He's gaining strength from our weapons!<br />
'''Fry:''' Like a balloon and...[[Buffy
* ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters (Animation)|Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' ("It's gonna blow up real good")
** And the original ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' movie, as seen above. ("Tell him about the twinkie.")
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