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=== [[Western Animation]] ===

* ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', of course, as [[Skepticism Failure/Quotes|quoted]]. In a later episode, Dethklok one-upped even ''that'' by negotiating the standard [[Deal with the Devil]] contract down to a $5 Hot Topic gift card in exchange for options on the soul of ''the Blues Devil himself''.

* One notable exception to this rule is ''[[Scooby Doo]]''. [[Scooby-Doo Hoax|The skeptical perspective is consistently proven correct]], to the point where one wonders why the gang continues to even entertain the notion of ghosts and monsters. However, this is inverted ([http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/06/the_corruption_of_scooby_doo.php disappointing angry skeptics everywhere]) in the ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' movies, both theatrical and [[OAV]], where the monsters are real. Typically in these movies there is also a fake version of the monster that is unmasked before the real one shows up. They [[Lampshade Hanging|Hang A Lampshade On It]] in the first live-action movie, in one scene where Scooby tries to tell Shaggy that his new girlfriend isn't what she appears to be. He says, "Mary Jane is a man in a mask!"

* One notable exception to this rule is ''[[Scooby Doo]]''. [[Scooby-Doo Hoax|The skeptical perspective is consistently proven correct]], to the point where one wonders why the gang continues to even entertain the notion of ghosts and monsters. However, this is inverted ([https://web.archive.org/web/20111221170235/http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/06/the_corruption_of_scooby_doo.php disappointing angry skeptics everywhere]) in the ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' movies, both theatrical and [[OAV]], where the monsters are real. Typically in these movies there is also a fake version of the monster that is unmasked before the real one shows up. They [[Lampshade Hanging|Hang A Lampshade On It]] in the first live-action movie, in one scene where Scooby tries to tell Shaggy that his new girlfriend isn't what she appears to be. He says, "Mary Jane is a man in a mask!"

** Also [[Lampshaded]] in the more recent cartoon movies, such as the scene in ''Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island'' where Fred yanks a genuine zombie's head off in an attempt to remove its "mask". When the head moves in his hand and he stammers that it must be animatronic, the girls declare: "You're not a skeptic, Freddy, you're in denial!"