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{{quote|'''Peter Parker''': Spider-Man was clearly protecting that armored car, not stealing from it. You can't say that, it's slander! |
{{quote|'''Peter Parker''': Spider-Man was clearly protecting that armored car, not stealing from it. You can't say that, it's slander! |
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'''J. Jonah Jameson''': It is not! [[No Except Yes|Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel.]] |
'''J. Jonah Jameson''': It is not! [[No Except Yes|Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel.]] |
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|''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]''}} |
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Any fictional character worth their plotline knows that they have to be very, very careful about what they say within earshot of their enemies. Unfortunately, some of them don't know who their enemies are, or don't realize the danger that the bitchy-but-seemingly-harmless [[Alpha Bitch]] might pose. Yes, she's snarky, but even with her high-heeled posse backing her up, she's not really a threat, is she? |
Any fictional character worth their plotline knows that they have to be very, very careful about what they say within earshot of their enemies. Unfortunately, some of them don't know who their enemies are, or don't realize the danger that the bitchy-but-seemingly-harmless [[Alpha Bitch]] might pose. Yes, she's snarky, but even with her high-heeled posse backing her up, she's not really a threat, is she? |
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=== [[Video Games]] === |
=== [[Video Games]] === |
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* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', disabling Umbridge's loudspeakers has the effect of twisting every rule she announces over them. For example: "Walking is ''<interference>'' not permitted. Children must ''<interference>'' run everywhere!" |
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* Another similar example: In the Thomas Edison level of |
* Another similar example: In the Thomas Edison level of ''[[Carmen Sandiego|Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?]]'', one of the puzzles is solved by recording the store owner's message onto a series of wax cylinders and then rearranging them to have the completely opposite meaning. |
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* In a level of the Vietnam video game ''Men of Valor'', an American officer orders the huts of a VC village set on fire due to the fact a large enemy force had just attacked them from those very huts. The news reporter with them makes a fuss and when seen later in film footage, the officer's words are edited out and the news reporter makes it seem as if the Americans had just destroyed an innocent village. (Which ''did'' happen sometimes in Vietnam, unfortunately.) |
* In a level of the Vietnam video game ''Men of Valor'', an American officer orders the huts of a VC village set on fire due to the fact a large enemy force had just attacked them from those very huts. The news reporter with them makes a fuss and when seen later in film footage, the officer's words are edited out and the news reporter makes it seem as if the Americans had just destroyed an innocent village. (Which ''did'' happen sometimes in Vietnam, unfortunately.) |
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* In the [[Video Game]] of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'', one can damage the sound system in the Jedi temple, twisting the Jedi oath into a more sinister form ("There is only the Force" becomes "There is only...the Dark Side"). |
* In the [[Video Game]] of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'', one can damage the sound system in the Jedi temple, twisting the Jedi oath into a more sinister form ("There is only the Force" becomes "There is only...the Dark Side"). |
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