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** Another that occurs off-screen with Niles storming out of Maris' mansion after an argument, and his failed attempt to close the massive front doors.
{{quote|'''Niles:'''...it was that fourteenth-century Bavarian cathedral door, so I had to get two of the servants to help me slam it. But what it lacked in spontaneity, it made up for in resonance!'''!}}
* ''[[The Office (2005 TV series)|The Office]]'', when Michael wants to tell Andy about Dwight and Angela just as he is leaving for New York to make it dramatic, but the distance between the front door and his car forces him to stall for time. "I do not have much time... car's all the way over there... to tell you what I have to tell you. And just bear in mind when I say... say these things, that... are bad things... that you hear... in your ears... this is something that I, if I were you, that I wouldn't want to hear..."
* ''Mackenzie Falls'', a [[Soap Within a Show|fictional soap opera]] on ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]'', is very dramatic and serious to the characters of the show, but humorous to the viewer.
* ''Moody's Point'' on ''[[The Amanda Show]]'' was also an [[Soap Within a Show|over-the-top soap opera]] similar to ''MacKenzie Falls'', funny to the audience but looking like it was intended to be taken seriously.