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* Encyclopedia Dramatica is surprisingly accurate, in its own twisted way, and if talking about a person on the Internet the page will be filled with fotenotes, images and links about that person's net drama. This is usually how they get out of legal trouble when threatened with a libel lawsuit. "Do you deny any of the information in this article?" "Well, no, but..." "Then you can't sue for libel. Good day, sir."
* For all the flak [[The Other Wiki]] gets for its "anyone can edit" model, its guidelines call for either extensive footnotes or extensive "[citation needed]" tags. Their "good" and "featured" articles are prime examples of this trope - unless, of course, the article was promoted before the standards for quality articles became so strict.
* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]] does the research on every game, system, etc. he reviews.
** Out of character, [[James Rolfe]] shows a ton of work in his movie reviews. He's especially knowledgeable about the horror genre.
* A small group of people on [[Nation StatesNationStates]] (mostly comprised of members of [https://web.archive.org/web/20131009093454/http://z4.invisionfree.com/NSDraftroom/index.php?act=idx NSD]--though one does not necessarily mean the other) love to showcase their work in roleplay posts and ''especially'' designs. This is taken [[Up to Eleven]] in several designs, the Ur-example being the [[Nak Ã]]­l, then surpassed by the [http://forums.joltonline.com/showthread.php?t=547939 Lince]{{Dead link}} (it takes up most of that page). If you have time to read all that, I ''pity'' you.
* The gamemaster ("Serris") of the forum based RP, ''[[DarwinsDarwin's Soldiers]]'' apparently does his research when it comes to the sciences. Not to mention weaponry.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831160107/http://twilightsucks.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=twilight&action=display&thread=638&page=1# 46524 This thread] shows a lot of effort and research to show that ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'', no matter what the fans say, and what happens in the book, a lot of the actions in the book are wrong and the Vampires in the series ''don't even qualify'' as Vampires, [[Our Vampires Are Different]] notwithstanding.
* ''[[OrionsOrion's Arm]]'', extensively, critics of the setting's assumtions are advised to bring a solid familiarity modern science.
* Frequently in ''[[New York Magician]]''. There's one arc that opens with a detailed account of firefighters fighting a gas fire. Instead of just "they pour water on it", Michel's narration notes the use of foam as a suppressor, and using water mainly to douse any flames that escape the foam. This does beg the question of why a financial guy would even know so much about firefighting, but one can presume he simply looked it up between the end of that story arc and writing it down.
* [[ThisTV Very WikiTropes]] often falls into [[Did Not Do the Research]], but those are [[Natter|usually corrected]]. The [[Useful Notes]] pages are an obvious example, but one can learn a surprising amount of useful facts just by going on a [[Wiki Walk]] here. Now, head over to [[Television Is Trying to Kill Us]], [[CowboyMedia Bebop At HisResearch ComputerFailure]], or [[You Fail Indexes Forever]] and learn what television doesn't know.
* ''[[Small Problem]]'' has had a [http://smallproblemblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/falling-lessons.html few] [http://smallproblemblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/q.html posts] discussing the science of being [[Incredible Shrinking Man|tiny]], including [http://smallproblemblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/some-basics-about-square-cube-law.html this] one about the [[Square-Cube Law]].
* The ''Transformers'' Wiki in general applies this by listing continuity errors within episodes, even pointing out obscure [[Mythology Gag|Mythology Gags]]. ''Very'' obscure.
* [[Warning! Readers' Advisory|Derek the Bard]] does a lot of research about the books he reads.▼
* Some roleplays such as ''[[We Are Our Avatars (Roleplay)|We Are Our Avatars]]'' and ''[[The Massive Multi Fandom RPG]]'' show this trope at times. For the former's example, in the "Revenge of the Spark" arc, [[User:Arcadiarika]] used her knowledge of ''[[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' by helping to confirm the power of the [[Power Rangers ZEO|Zeo Crystals]], finding out how the Morphing Grid works, and creating the [[Canon Foreigner]] Lunara Knight from ''[[Rescue Sentai Go Go Five]]'''s Beast Demon-Hunter Sieg's suit and giving it to [[Gender Bender|Catherine]] [[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue|Grayson]]. She then did it again by creating the Red Legendary Ranger, whose powers are based off of Aka Red--specifically, she can transform into any past Red Ranger at will, from [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|the original Red Ranger]] to [[Power Rangers Samurai|the Red Samurai Ranger]].<br /><br />[[User:Hydronix]] has the knowledge of ''Quest 64'', introducing characters from the game and sticking to their powers.
▲* [[Warning Readers Advisory|Derek the Bard]] does a lot of research about the books he reads.
** Especially in regards to vampire mythology, as detailed in the Anita Blake video.
** Explains the history of The Iliad in episode 20, as well as recommending other, more obscure classical Greek stories to Lupa) and reciting a passage from it.
** Runs down the history of James Bond in episode 21.
** And during Pulp Month, with regards to the medium itself and the history of the period.
* [[Law and The Multiverse (Blog)|Law and The Multiverse]]: A blog about speculating on how real world law would apply or be interpreted with [[Comic Book]] [[Superhero|Superheroes]]. Both contributors are licensed attorneys.
* The titular debate in [[Shiny Objects Videos|"An Earnest Discussion"]] is, in fact, a legitimate debate over the use of motifs in film. Not bad for an amateur [[Widget Series]] that runs on [[Rule of Funny]].
** Writer/creator "Curly" Jeffers is a known lover of trivia and academia.
* Before every [[Death Battle]] the hosts Wiz and Boomstick give information about the characters that are going to fight; since the main point of the show is to decide the winners with research, this is very important.
* the people behind [[Die Anstalt]] really know their psychological theories, from Gestaltzerfall to pathogenetic points of view to theta wave synchronization.
* ''[[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]'' does a lot of research on movies he reviews - the most recent example at this point would be that before reviewing ''[[Patch Adams]]'', he researched history and work of real Patch Adams, just so he could leash at the movie for how disrespectful for the source material {{spoiler|to the point of taking Adams' real life male friend who was murdered, changing him into '''female''' [[Love Interest]] with being molested in childhood as a backstory}} it is.
* [[Let's Play|Let's Player]] [[Proton Jon]] has been doing this with his recent LP of [[Superman 64]].
 
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