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Line 1: {{trope}} In comedies, [[Long List~~\|Long Lists~~]]s and even shorter ones will include not only [[Department of Redundancy Department\|redundant repetition of unnecessary items]], but also items which assert their own nonexistence. Compare [[There Are No Rules]], and don't see also [[I Was Never Here]]. {{examples\|Examples:}}▼ == [[Board Games]] ==▼ * Found in the rules for the Steve Jackson board game ''Globbo.''▼ ▲{{examples~~\|Examples:~~}} == [[Film]] == * ''[[Karate Kid]] II'' had a textbook example: {{quote\| '''Mr. Miyagi:''' Aha... here are the two rules of Miyagi-Ryu Karate.~~<br />~~ Rule Number One: "Karate for defense only."~~<br />~~ Rule Number Two: "First learn Rule Number One." }} == [[Literature]] == * Chapter 19 ("Miss Zarves") of ''Sideways Stories from [[Wayside School]]'': {{quote\| There is no Miss Zarves. [[Missing Floor\|There is no nineteenth]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|story]]. Sorry.}} * ''[[Dave Barry]] In Cyberspace'' includes a parody of advertisements found in computer magazines purportedly offering great discounts on computers. One of the "''incredible'' prices" quoted is: "BAXTER Data[[Inherently Funny Words\|Weasel]] 95949847 -- There is no such computer! Ha ha!" ** ''Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway'' had a double-layered use of the trope: in the American Constitution, Article I Section 8 reads "Section 8 has been intentionally left blank." This becomes doubly funny if you know that [[Late to ~~The~~the Punchline\|Section 8 is the part of the Constitution that gives Congress all of its legal power]]. * The book ''My Brother Was an Only Child'' by Jack Douglas has, as the entire contents of Chapter Nineteen: "To hell with Chapter 19. Every damn book you pick up has a Chapter 19." ** Except ''Sideways Stories from [[Wayside School]]''. * In ''[[Ender's Game]]'', Rose tells Ender that there are only three rules, "Do what I tell you and don't piss in the bed." When Ender asks what the third rule is, as he was clearly meant to, Rose replies that that ''was'' three rules - "We don't do too good in math, here." * ~~Implied~~''[[Vorkosigan ~~in Vorkosigan~~Saga]]'''s rules for space warfare: {{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]]~~Magazines === * A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Private Eye]]'':▼ * 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"]].▼ {{quote\| '''Full list of things that fit a ridiculously narrow definition'''~~<br />~~▼ 1. The only example.~~<br />~~▼ 2. Er...~~<br />~~▼ 3. That's it. }}▼ == [[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\| ~~{{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!" }} * In an episode of the TV series ''[[Porridge]]'', chief warden McKay tells Fletcher that there only two rules in Slade Prison. The first rule: "You do not write on the walls." The second: "You obey all the rules." Oddly, he'd just mentioned a rule against prisoners congregating in cells. * A minor variation from ''[[Bottom]]'': {{quote\| '''Richie''': "Well, well, well, it's interesting because A, I said it and anything I say is interesting per se, and B, er, well, there isn't a B because the A was so great."}} ~~== Magazines ==~~ ▲* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Private Eye]]'': ▲{{quote\| '''Full list of things that fit a ridiculously narrow definition'''<br /> ▲1. The only example.<br /> ▲2. Er...<br /> ▲3. That's it. }} == Music == * The Traveling Wilbury's have two albums: "Vol. 1" and "Vol. 3". == Radio == * There are no examples from radio shows.▼ == [[Tabletop Games]] == ▲=== [[Board Games]] === * An unusual non-(intentionally)-comedic example once appeared in [[Magic the Gathering]]'s comprehensive rulebook:▼ ▲* Found in the rules for the Steve Jackson board game ''Globbo.'' {{quote\| Rule 502.9d: Ignore this rule.}}▼ === [[Card Games]] === ▲* An unusual non-(intentionally)-comedic example once appeared in [[Magic: ~~the~~The 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. * 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]].▼ * 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~~[[Tabletop RPG]] === ▲* [[Dungeons & Dragons]]: 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)". ▲* There are no examples from radio shows. == [[~~Theater~~Theatre]] == * Dramatic example from ''[[Fiddler Onon the Roof]]'', when Tevye is mulling over whether to accept Chava marrying a non-Jew: "On the other hand... there ''is'' no other hand!" == [[Video Games]] == * The manual for ''[[Lemmings]]'' paid homage to Monty Python in the Hints and Tips section with "6. There is no tip number 6." == [[Web Comics]] == * ''[[Vexxarr]]'' has an experimental gravitic weapon made by humans after studying an alien [[Deflector Shields\|repulsor]], test-firing which left Mars with about 1.05 natural satellites. Robots ordered to disassemble and rebuild [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=052213 ran into a little... procedural problem] (see the next page as to what happened when they tried to do it safely): {{quote\| '''Bot 1''': What does the repair manual proscribe? '''Bot 2''': Step one, move back 10,000 AU or to a minimum safe distance. '''Bot 1''': And ''STEP 2?'' (bot 2 studies the memo) (beat) '''Bot 2''': There ''IS'' no step 2. '''Bot 1''': ([[Face Palm\|puts a manipulator to its camera]])}} == [[Web Original]] == * A [~~http~~https://web.archive.org/web/20080409184724/http://www.highbattalion.com/commandments.htm joke list] of ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]]'' Space Marine Commandments features a variation on this: {{quote\| 201. Thou shall not point out there is no 175 commandment.~~<br />~~ 193. By order of the Inquisition: There is no such thing as the Inquisition, questioning this will have thou deemed heretic by the Inquisition. }} * The [[Rules of Anime\|Laws of Anime]] include #43- Law of Triscaquadrodecophobia: There is no Law 43. == [[Western Animation]] == * From the ''[[Freakazoid!]]'' episode "Normadeus": {{quote\| Freakazoid: "One: Norm Abram is gone. Two:..."~~<br />~~ Cosgrove: "We don't have a two." }} * From ''[[South Park]]'': {{quote\| Step 1: Collect Underpants.~~<br />~~ 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]] == Line 85 ⟶ 99: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Trope~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Comedy Tropes]] [[Category:Self -Demonstrating Article]] ~~[[Category:There Is No Rule Six]]~~ ▲[[Category:Trope]]