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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* Lampshaded in ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' episode ''Jungle''. After Howard passes the test to prove his worth to Rudi, Rudi agrees to take him part of the way to the centre of the jungle. Rudi carries Howard forward about two metres before claiming it's as far as he goes. |
* Lampshaded in ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' episode ''Jungle''. After Howard passes the test to prove his worth to Rudi, Rudi agrees to take him part of the way to the centre of the jungle. Rudi carries Howard forward about two metres before claiming it's as far as he goes. |
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* Played with a bit in an episode of Boy Meets World. When stuck in Amish Country, Corey's trying to walk back home, when he's lapped by an amish man in a buggy. The man offers Corey a ride, but informs him he's only going as far as "that barn, there", somewhere nearby offscreen. Corey remarks on how useless the offer is. |
* Played with a bit in an episode of Boy Meets World. When stuck in Amish Country, Corey's trying to walk back home, when he's lapped by an amish man in a buggy. The man offers Corey a ride, but informs him he's only going as far as "that barn, there", somewhere nearby offscreen. Corey remarks on how useless the offer is. |
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* In the two-part first episode of ''[[Pair of Kings]]'', the Kings got help from the Tarantula people to get a new ruby. The Tarantula people refused to enter the temple, which surprised the Kings, considering everything else the Tarantula people agreed to do. However, given the dangers inside the temple, the Tarantula people were justified in their refusal. |
* In the two-part first episode of ''[[Pair of Kings]]'', the Kings got help from the Tarantula people to get a new ruby. The Tarantula people refused to enter the temple, which surprised the Kings, considering everything else the Tarantula people agreed to do. However, given the dangers inside the temple, the Tarantula people were justified in their refusal. |
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* Gwaine does this in season 3 of ''Series/Merlin'', when he still can't come back to Camelot or Uther will kill him. |
* Gwaine does this in season 3 of ''Series/Merlin'', when he still can't come back to Camelot or Uther will kill him. |
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** Adventure I2 ''Tomb of the Lizard King''. If the [[PC|PCs]] have some mercenary guards accompany them on their journey, the guards will leave them once they reach the village of Waycombe. |
** Adventure I2 ''Tomb of the Lizard King''. If the [[PC|PCs]] have some mercenary guards accompany them on their journey, the guards will leave them once they reach the village of Waycombe. |
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** Adventure OA6 ''Ronin Challenge''. The [[PC]] party is escorted on their trip south by a squadron of Imperial cavalry. There is a bad omen and 1/3 of the troops desert. Shortly thereafter the officer in charge tells the [[PC|PCs]] that he can accompany them no further and that they're on their own. |
** Adventure OA6 ''Ronin Challenge''. The [[PC]] party is escorted on their trip south by a squadron of Imperial cavalry. There is a bad omen and 1/3 of the troops desert. Shortly thereafter the officer in charge tells the [[PC|PCs]] that he can accompany them no further and that they're on their own. |
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* ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]'' supplement ''Fragments of Fear'', adventure "Valley of the Four Shrines". When the party reaches the cave that leads to the Valley, any native porters hired from nearby areas refuse to enter. |
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'' supplement ''Fragments of Fear'', adventure "Valley of the Four Shrines". When the party reaches the cave that leads to the Valley, any native porters hired from nearby areas refuse to enter. |
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== [[Theater]] == |
== [[Theater]] == |
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