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* [[Defictionalization]] (Powdermilk Biscuit mix is sold at the Lake Wobegon store at the Mall of America.)
* [[Eccentric Townsfolk]] (Nobody is quite normal in Lake Wobegon, not even the clergy.)
* [[Everybody Owns a Ford]]: Non - [[Product Placement]] variation; Every ''Lutheran'' drives a Ford; every ''Catholic'' drives a Chevy, the local dealers being members of those two churches respectively. Oh, and don't even think of buying the wrong make (or, heaven help you, ''foreign''), lest you fall victim to a [[Banana IntheIn the Tailpipe|potato up your tailpipe]].
* [[French Cuisine Is Haughty]]: Café Boeuf
* [[Filk Song]] (Frequently, for example a tribute to Leonard Bernstein to the tune of "[[West Side Story|Gee, Officer Krupke]]". When Marni Nixon (a great singer famous for having dubbed over many [[The King and I|great]] [[My Fair Lady|movie]] [[West Side Story|musicals]] and never once getting credit) performed at the Hollywood Bowl, she sang a parody of "[[My Fair Lady|I Could Have Danced All Night]]," called "[[Crowning Moment of Funny|I Could Have Dubbed Myself]]."
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