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== [[Literature]] ==
* '''The Joy of X''', the [[Trope Namer]], is an interesting [[Zig-Zagging Trope]]: most titles of this form reference ''The Joy of Sex'', which was itself titled in reference to ''The Joy of Cooking''. Conveniently, it also makes this a [[Just for Pun]] trope.
** In the [[Discworld]] book ''[[
** "The Joy of Sect" is an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''.
** There's a book entitled ''The Joy of Sox'', talking about socks. It's incredibly amusing.
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** The BBC miniseries of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' presented an excerpt from "Zen and the Art of Going to the Lavatory".
** ''Zen and the Art of Faking It'' by Jordan Sonnenblik.
** In the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[
** ''[[Gears of War]]'' has an achievement called "Zen and the Art of Reloading."
** And now, "[[wikipedia:Xen|Xen]] and the art of" various things has over 40K results on Google and counting. Surprisingly, "Xen and the Art of [[Half-Life]]" is not one of them. Nor is "Xen and the Art of [[Disappointing Last Level|Bad Level Design]]".
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