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* In the [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]] episode "A Promise is a Promise", Dr. Namba tells his Electabuzz to "turn it up to eleven," as he turns up his rage machine to greatly increase the Pokémon's power. |
* In the [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]] episode "A Promise is a Promise", Dr. Namba tells his Electabuzz to "turn it up to eleven," as he turns up his rage machine to greatly increase the Pokémon's power. |
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** Done earlier, with speakers, when the Team Rocket trio were dressed as rock stars with ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'' accents. |
** Done earlier, with speakers, when the Team Rocket trio were dressed as rock stars with ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'' accents. |
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* ''[[My Bride Is a Mermaid]]'' has a tendency to make things as absurd as possible (like a [[Schoolgirl Rival]] literally declaring war on another girl), but the Finale takes the cake. It involves...well, just read [[My Bride Is a Mermaid/Trivia|this]]. |
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* The [[Comic Book Adaptation]] of ''[[Breath of Fire IV]]'' has a specific case of a story segment from the original game being deliberately ramped Up to Eleven as a [[Take That]] to [[Bowdlerise|Bowdlerisation]]. |
* The [[Comic Book Adaptation]] of ''[[Breath of Fire IV]]'' has a specific case of a story segment from the original game being deliberately ramped Up to Eleven as a [[Take That]] to [[Bowdlerise|Bowdlerisation]]. |
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** Some background is necessary here. In the original video game, there is a scene {{spoiler|featuring [[The Emperor]] Soniel stabbing [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] and [[God-Emperor]] Fou-lu with a [[Evil Weapon|soul-devouring sword]]; Fou-lu pulls the sword out and [[Off with His Head|decapitates]] Soniel [[Hoist by His Own Petard|with the very sword]] he was stabbed with.}} This ended up being [[No Export for You|Japanese-only]] and was completely [[Bowdlerise]]d out of both international releases and the Windows port, despite the game being a [[PlayStation]] release (in an era where gory games were already well known for the platform) and despite {{spoiler|the decapitation scene being depicted solely in black-on-red silhouette}}. (This ended up in fact being rather a bit of a [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] in this game until videos came out of the censored scenes.) |
** Some background is necessary here. In the original video game, there is a scene {{spoiler|featuring [[The Emperor]] Soniel stabbing [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] and [[God-Emperor]] Fou-lu with a [[Evil Weapon|soul-devouring sword]]; Fou-lu pulls the sword out and [[Off with His Head|decapitates]] Soniel [[Hoist by His Own Petard|with the very sword]] he was stabbed with.}} This ended up being [[No Export for You|Japanese-only]] and was completely [[Bowdlerise]]d out of both international releases and the Windows port, despite the game being a [[PlayStation]] release (in an era where gory games were already well known for the platform) and despite {{spoiler|the decapitation scene being depicted solely in black-on-red silhouette}}. (This ended up in fact being rather a bit of a [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] in this game until videos came out of the censored scenes.) |
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