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* ''[[Vision of Escaflowne Abridged]]'' has it... Then later a callback to Lampshade.
 
== [[Film]]s -- Animation ==
* From ''[[Robots]]'':
{{quote|'''Rodney:''' Crank, the idol of millions is gone, and no one seems to care. There should be an angry mob out there!
''(angry mob runs past the window)''
'''Fender:''' Wow! That was great, psychic friend! Now say, "Money should be falling from the sky!" }}
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[Dogma]]'': "Guys like us don't just fall out of the fuckin' sky, you know!" Cue man falling from the sky right in front of them. "Beautiful, naked, big-tittied women just don't fall out of the sky, you know!"
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** From ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'' comes the closest thing to deconstructing this trope:
{{quote|'''Susan:''' You're calling things into being.
'''The Dean:''' Things like the Give the Dean a Huge Bag of Money Goblin? }}
** During the play near the end of ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', Hwel the playwright laments the poor special effects he's forced to use after the tin sheet used to make thunder gets bent, and shouts to the heavens that all he wanted was a decent [[Dramatic Thunder|dramatic thunderstorm]]. As one starts up, he wonders to himself if he should have asked for a wind machine while he was at it.
 
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==