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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In one ''[[Archie Comics]]'' story, Jughead asks Reggie if he likes money. Reggie replies, "Is there snow at the North Pole?"
* In the first [[Spider -Man]]-[[Superman]] [[Intercontinuity Crossover]], when Superman leaves the fight against Doctor Octopus to stop a tsunami, he asks Spiderman if he can handle things there. Spidey, snarky as ever, replies "Do [[Warner Brothers]] make films?"
 
== [[Film]] ==
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'''Richie:''' Yes.<br />
'''Eddie:''' Is he? I never knew that. }}
* In ''[[The Flintstones (Filmfilm)|The Flintstones]]'' film, Fred answers a question (affirmatively) with, "Is the world flat?"
** Yet the opening musical number has the drive-in film they're about to watch opening with a version of [[Universal Studio]]'s round earth.
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] 2: Secret of the Ooze'':
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{{quote| '''Agent Kujan:''' You know a dealer named Ruby Deamer?<br />
'''Verbal Kint:''' You know a religious guy named John Paul? }}
* In ''[[The Big Lebowski (Film)|The Big Lebowski]]'', the two most common American versions of this are combined by The Dude to make [[Refuge in Audacity|"Does the Pope shit in the woods?"]]
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' [[Hold Your Hippogriffs]] versions are "Is the High Priest an Offlerian?" and "Does a swamp dragon explode in the woods?"
** Susan uses "Does a bear poo in the woods?" in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'', with a footnote explaining that that's what teaching primary school does to you.
* The ''[[Foundation]]'' prequels used "Is the Emperor fat?"
* ''[[Nursery Crime|The Fourth Bear]]'' has "Do I shit in the woods?" (said by a bear, naturally).
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''-''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' crossover ''[[Virgin New Adventures|All-Consuming Fire]]'', Ace says, "Does the pope wear a funny hat?" Watson, who met the pope earlier in the story, replies, "Not the last time I saw him."
* In one of the ''[[Savannah Reid]]'' mysteries, Savannah asks her friend Dirk if he wants some ice cream. He begins with "[[Curse Cut Short|Do bears sh-]]" and Savannah cuts him off, explaining that there's a minor in the house.
 
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'''Kevin Casey:''' I don't know.<br />
'''JD:''' Oh, I like to think that they do. }}
* [[The Malaproper|Kelly]] in ''[[Married... Withwith Children]]'' mixes up the two most frequent examples, saying: "Is a bear Catholic?"
* In the ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' episode ''Emohawk'', when Starbug is on fire and Lister spots a planet with an ocean:
{{quote| '''Lister:''' Can you get us there?<br />
'''Cat:''' Does mouse shit roll? }}
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