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== Newspaper Comics ==
* Parodied by ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'' in one [
{{quote|'''Rat:''' You know, every time someone discusses these issues, they always like to conveniently avoid the elephant in the room.
'''Goat:''' You mean Social Security?
'''Rat:''' I mean the elephant in the room.
'''Tiny (the elephant):''' I like to discuss issues, too. }}
* In ''[[Alley Oop]],'' the character Oscar Boom went straight so many decades ago that many current readers weren't aware that he started out as a crook, and that he had never gone to trial or served jail time for his crimes. Recent{{when}} storylines have finally addressed this.
* ''[[F Minus]]'' illustrated a [https://web.archive.org/web/20090219003408/http://comics.com/f_minus/2009-02-15 literal example].
* A literal one from ''[[The Far Side]]'', in which a detective accuses [[The Butler Did It|the butler]] of goreing and trampling the victim, ignoring the elephant in a trenchcoat next to him.
* A ''[[New Yorker]]'' panel featured an elephant lying on a psychologist's couch, complaining, "I'm right there in the room, and nobody notices me."
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