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** Fun bit: The film ''Entrapment'' also has a sequence like this; during the montage in a possible [[Shout-Out]] to Mission: Impossible, the man who runs the [[Y 2 K]] bank system shutdown critical to the attempted $8 billion heist also ran the CIA room that was thieved in M:I.

* ''[[Ocean's Eleven|Oceans 11]]'':

'''Saul''': Oh. Okay. }}

* ''[[Star Wars]] [[A New Hope]]'' has the briefing before the attack against the Death Star that clearly outlines their mission of hitting the exhaust port and everything that can possible stop them. This includes the need for tactical computers to make such a shot, and for good measure there was an unsuccessful attempt mid-way through the battle.

* The book version of ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' is even older than the ''[[Mission Impossible]]'' example, as it details the inner workings of how MI-6 (nee Universal Exports) deals with people claiming to be James Bond.

* [[Discworld|Interesting Times]]:

"A good idea, but impractical," said Mr. Saveloy. "And liable to cause comment. No, my current methodology is predicated on the fact that Hunghung is some considerable way from the river yet has almost a million inhabitants. And the local geography is quite wrong for artesian wells. And yet there is no visible aqueduct, you notice. Which rather leads me to doubt the saying that not even a mouse can get into the Forbidden City," said Mr. Saveloy, with just a trace of smugness. "I suspect a mouse could get into the Forbidden City if it could hold its breath." }}

 

** "Ariel" also has one.

* The last round of the old Nickelodeon game show ''[[Legends of the Hidden Temple]]'' was always a giant obstacle course, prefaced by a long-winded exposition of the many paths and obstacles within the temple.

** The final round of Nick's ''[[Double Dare 1986|Double Dare]]'' has a laundry list of many different messy and non-messy items for it's obstacle course bonus round.

* ''[[Leverage]]'' features an interesting version of this where [[The Smart Guy|Hardison]] explains how impossible stealing the painting is while a [[Psycho Rangers|rival group of thieves does it]] during "The Two Crew Live Job".