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* In ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', anything published by BaconBooks -- be it comic books or hardback self-help -- has probably had Derek Bacon's hand in it somewhere, and not just as the publisher.
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* The Disney film ''[[Bolt]]''.
* The Radiator Springs Drive-In in the closing credits of ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]''
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* ''[[Matinee]]'' (1993), which counts in all four categories due to being structured around the premiere of the atomic monster movie ''[[B-Movie|MANT!]]'' in Key West—during the ''[[Cold War|Cuban Missile Crisis]]!''
** It's a complete film-within-a-film made by [[Joe Dante]] of ''[[Gremlins]]'' fame. See it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y2Lbhwl23M here] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT8hzyE_CRI here].
* The film version of ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'' has the Players acting out ''Hamlet'' for the title characters, while acting out ''The Murder of Gonzago'' with puppets who are themselves acting out the play-within-a-play with finger puppets. A show within a show within a show within a show.
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** [[Real Trailer, Fake Movie]]: ''Gandhi II''
** [[Parody Commercial]]: [[Severely Specialized Store|Spatula City]]
** The U-62 schedule lists a few other shows-within-a-show that exist only as fictional
* Likewise, ''[[Network]]'' (1976) has the UBS network newscast, complete with "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" editorialising, as a show within a show.
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* In ''[[South Park]]'', the ''Terrance and Phillip'' show revolves around vulgar potty humor -- something ''South Park'''s detractors often fault it for.
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* The [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] TV series ''[[WandaVision]]'', streamed on [[Disney+]], presents a bizarre hybrid of types 1 and 4.
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