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{{quote|"''[[WWE|Vince McMahon]] did stage his own death a couple of years ago, his limo blew up. How do I know that? I read it in a... in a book somewhere. I wouldn't have known it otherwise.''" [''clears throat'']|'''Chris Cotter''', '''''FOX Business'''''}}
A trope wherein a character delivers some advice or information relating to a field which it would be incredibly embarrassing or contrary to their public image to know. For instance, [[Awesome McCoolname|Mannfred M. Manly]] informs you on the plot of ''[[My Little Pony]]'', or Chastity McInnocence blurts out directions for Amsterdam's red light district. Whatever the subject and whomever the person, they then try to cover up their association with it by appending "[[Or So
Related to [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]] and [[Its for A Book]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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== Comics ==
* Tonto says this when he is called out by the Lone Ranger in Dynamyte's comic book series.
* ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'': Cassidy, the Vampire -- "This gravy tastes like semen.." Seeming to understand the implication of his choice of words hastily adds "Or so I'd imagine". {{spoiler|This becomes a [[Harsher in Hindsight]] moment when Jesse learns more about his friend's history than he'd care to know.}}
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'''Mr Johnson:''' Oh, not Von Ribbentrop, eh?<br />
'''"Ron Vibbentrop":''' ''(shouting)'' Nein! Nein! ''(calms down)'' Oh. Ha ha. Different other chap. I in Somerset am being born. Von Ribbentrop is born Gotterdammerstrasse 46, Dusseldorf Vest 8... so they say! }}
* During the opening of one episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', Colbert gives "a shout-out to all of my [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Bronies]]", followed by an insincere "And I do want to reiterate that I do not know what that means."
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': There's a running joke that Miles Edgeworth is a big fan of the tokusatsu [[Show Within a Show]] ''Steel Samurai'', although he [[Closet Geek|tries to distance himself from it]]. He invokes [[Or So
* Optional dialogue in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' between Mordin and a krogan scientist. {{spoiler|The real kicker is that Mordin actually did make the krogans more infertile by upgrading the genophage when it started to look like the krogans were recovering.}}
{{quote| '''Mordin:''' Salarians created [[Depopulation Bomb|genophage]] - I've heard. Still trust them with medicines and agriculture?<br />
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== Web Original ==
* [http://stummervogel.deviantart.com/art/Too-much-information-109154598 This] comic based on ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
* [[Tim Minchin]] tells of a time when he caught Mariah Carey lipsynching.
{{quote| '''Tim Minchin:''' All of a sudden the magic that is Mariah Carey is gone. It's like watching a cheap drag show, but without the ''intrigue'' of transvestism. [pause] To my knowledge.}}
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