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{{quote| Rule 1: Don't overrule the Tactical Computer unless you know something it doesn't.<br />
Rule 2: The Tac Comp always knows more than you do. }}
* An old Usenet humor post titled [http://groups.google.com/group/net.lang.prolog/browse_thread/thread/e181a0750397fa2c/60e03b09967b6a42?hl=en&q=%22There+is+no+feature+6%22#60e03b09967b6a42 "The Australian Fifth Degeneration Project"] had a numbered list of "features" for a rumored new computer including "Feature number 6: There is no feature 6." The ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketch was cited in a subsequent footnote.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the Bruces Sketch from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', where "Rule six: There is ''no'' rule six" is sandwiched between "Rule five: No poofters" and [[Department of Redundancy Department|"Rule seven]]: [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|no poofters"]].
* Also in the "Monkee vs. Machine" episode of ''[[The Monkees]]'' as Peter prepares for a job interview:
{{quote| Mike: [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|"Just remember these three little words: ''Don't. Argue.''"]]<br />
Peter: "That's ''two'' words."<br />
Mike: "See? You're doing it already!" }}
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* An unusual non-(intentionally)-comedic example once appeared in [[Magic: theThe Gathering]]'s comprehensive rulebook:
{{quote| Rule 502.9d: Ignore this rule.}}
** It was originally a rule involving assigning trample damage that became obsolete, but kept to avoid renumbering the rest of the rules. It was finally removed when Eighth Edition was released.
* Page 128 of the [[Dungeons and Dragons|3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide]] has a list of traits to flesh out NPCs. Number 26 is <s> blank</s> ''missing entirely'', and Number 100 reads "No sense of humor (See #26)".
* The [[Monty Python]] version of ''[[Fluxx (Tabletop Game)|Fluxx]]'' has a card called "[[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. [[There Is No Rule Six]].
 
== Radio ==
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Step 2: ???<br />
[[Step Three: Profit|Step 3:]] [[Memetic Mutation|Profit!]] }}
* The ''[[Cow and Chicken (Animation)|Cow and Chicken]]'' episode "Night of the Ed!" has Cow reading about what to do when their pet jackal turns vicious. Step one is "Panic". Step two is "There is no step two".
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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