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There is [[Truth in Television]] in that [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|people do believe in "mystical" things without proof]]. It just depends on exactly which things and [[Viewers are Morons|who is being asked]] to believe.
Compare [[Arbitrary Skepticism]], [[If Jesus, Then Aliens]], [[Flat Earth Atheist]], [[How Unscientific]], and [[Skeptic No Longer]]. The most common manifestation of this trope is [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone]].
Contrast with [[Invisible to Normals]] and [[Weirdness Censor]] in which an alien, a robot and a werewolf can be having a fight in right front of someone's nose and still be ignored or dismissed.
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* ''[[CSI]]'': the episode "Stalker" had a man who kept claiming that he was receiving visions related to the crime, and knew stuff that the CSIs hadn't released to the press. By the end of the episode, he's dead, and there's [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane|no explanation either way for how he knew what he did]].
** Almost this [[Recycled Script|exact same story]] appears in an episode of ''[[Now and Again]]'', an ill-fated science fiction series from the late 90's about a man who was rebuilt out of spare body parts by the government.
* The early run of the 2000s ''[[
* A major plot point of the second season of ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'' revolves around characters being convinced to push a button every 108 minutes in order to save the world. Jack vehemently protests the belief that anything will happen if they don't push the button, and the others treat him as if he is being completely irrational. Locke later losing his faith in the button is also treated as a bad thing, even though evidence seems to suggest that the whole thing is a hoax. Now granted it turns out pushing the button was necessary, but there was nothing wrong with disbelieving on the available evidence, which remained true of their situation for the most part, up until the end of season 4 (when ''anything'' was now possible and should probably be believed).
** It's because on Lost's island, there are many things that are crazier than the button. It's a case of [[If Jesus, Then Aliens|If Jesus, Zombies, Bigfoot, Unicorns, Flying Pigs, Tap-Dancing Cutlery And Psychic Hamburgers, Then Aliens.]]
* In the ''[[MacGyver]]'' episode ''GX-1'', MacGyver helps a Russian psychic who is portrayed as real, despite Mac's skepticism.
* Seen in an episode of ''[[Numb3rs]]'' where Charlie scoffs at a psychic who's brought in to work on a case; Charlie is treated as the unreasonable one, surprisingly for a show that focuses on math and logic in solving crimes.
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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
** 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!"
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