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Compare [[Faux Documentary]], [[Mockumentary]], [[Who Would Want to Watch Us?]], and [[Perspective Flip]]. Contrast: [[Documentary]]. Note that movies following the [[Mockumentary]] format don't belong here. See also [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]].
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* An episode in ''[[Gintama]]'' follows the Shinsengumi.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[MASH|M* A* S*H (television)||M*A*S*H]]'' did this several times, and tried to make the episodes seem like they were archival footage, including black and white film and people sending heartfelt messages home to their loved ones via the camera.
* ''[[ER]]'' took this approach for their [[Live Episode]] with the effect of having a built-in [[Lampshade Hanging]] should anything go wrong.
* This plot was also used in a fifth season episode of ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'', appropriately titled "The Documentary." It had a cameo by the ''actual'' ''Homicide: LoTS'' camera crew, appearing as a production crew filming a cop show in Baltimore that the detectives run into while chasing a suspect. Brodie (a Homicide videographer) gives the cameraman verite pointers, and (mimicking real life) a petty crook surrenders to the tv cops.
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