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* While it didn't run ''everything,'' an awful lot of the heroes' technology in ''[[Buck Rogers]]'' was based on the synthetic antigravity substance "inertron." This is really a perfectly justifiable application of [[Forgotten Phlebotinum|Niven's Law]]--if—if an antigravity substance existed, it ''would'' be incredibly useful; once the stuff was introduced into the series's continuity, it would be odd if it ''didn't'' start appearing in all kinds of machinery.

* Blake Snyder's Save the Cat book on screenwriting specifically advises authors to do this under his Double Mumbo Jumbo theory. According to him, if you try to make the audience buy two separate supramundane elements it stretches the film's credibility to the breaking point. He pointed out a flop like [[Signs]] which asked the audience to juggle a debate over whether or not God exists ''and'' one over whether or not evil space aliens exist. <ref>*According to the author: "And if you don't believe me, try substituting the word "Allah" for the word "God" and see if your brain doesn't melt."</ref>