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'''Osaka:''' There was a real sense of reality to it.<br />
'''Osaka:''' There was a real sense of reality to it.<br />
'''Tomo:''' Of course there was! It was based on a true story!<br />
'''Tomo:''' Of course there was! It was based on a true story!<br />
'''Yomi:''' ''No, it was not!''|''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]''}}
'''Yomi:''' ''No, it was not!''|''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''}}


{{quote|''"The best thing about the biopic is that Hollywood is free to embellish the back story as much as they would like. How do you know Ray Charles didn't really walk on the moon? Were you there? No, so shut up and watch the movie."''|'''Adam Brown''', ''[[Cracked (Website)|Cracked]]''}}
{{quote|''"The best thing about the biopic is that Hollywood is free to embellish the back story as much as they would like. How do you know Ray Charles didn't really walk on the moon? Were you there? No, so shut up and watch the movie."''|'''Adam Brown''', ''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]''}}


{{quote|''"God writes lousy theatre."''|'''[[Noel Coward]]''' <ref>Or maybe [[George Bernard Shaw]]</ref>}}
{{quote|''"God writes lousy theatre."''|'''[[Noel Coward]]''' <ref>Or maybe [[George Bernard Shaw]]</ref>}}
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{{quote|"''Sometimes a movie comes along and takes on special meaning because it's based on a true story, and so we watch with rapt attention knowing that some real dude lived through all the awesomeness on screen. But if you're going to go with the "Based On A True Story" tag, all we ask is that you make the stories sort of, you know, true. You can do that, right? Not if these movies are any indication."''|''[[Cracked (Website)|Cracked]]'', "7 Movies Based on a True Story (That Are Complete Bullshit)"}}
{{quote|"''Sometimes a movie comes along and takes on special meaning because it's based on a true story, and so we watch with rapt attention knowing that some real dude lived through all the awesomeness on screen. But if you're going to go with the "Based On A True Story" tag, all we ask is that you make the stories sort of, you know, true. You can do that, right? Not if these movies are any indication."''|''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]'', "7 Movies Based on a True Story (That Are Complete Bullshit)"}}


{{quote|'''Frank''': Has anyone looked at this sexual harassment stuff they gave us?<br />
{{quote|'''Frank''': Has anyone looked at this sexual harassment stuff they gave us?<br />
'''Tracy''': I don't need to. The whole thing is loosely based on an evening I spent with Isiah Thomas.|''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]''}}
'''Tracy''': I don't need to. The whole thing is loosely based on an evening I spent with Isiah Thomas.|''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]''}}


{{quote|''"I reckon there's more things told than are true.<br />
{{quote|''"I reckon there's more things told than are true.<br />