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* British Television Quiz ''[[QI]]'' is extremely guilty of this trope. The entire premise of the show is turning "popular" knowledge on its head or proving old preconceptions wrong. As a result, lots of people believe the alternative, not for the inherent value of the statement, but because it's different..
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'': Barney believes that new things are always better. Ted then buys ten year old scotch and makes Barney buy the newest scotch in the bar.
* On [[Bones]] Temperance Brennan several times called marriage an "outdated" institution(before getting married in later episodes of course). Of course to make that statement you have to assume all of the purposes of marriage are obsolete. For instance, Americans no longer have [[The Clan|large familes with distinct corporate policies]] and property is not normally entailed making the use of marriage as a negotiating tool obsolete. Which does not eliminate such goals as say, the emotional satisfaction of the partners, the assurance of care for children, the religious need for a public declaration of a relationship, etc.
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