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Or another example.

This one isn't about collectibles but it's the same kind of thing. I'm in a book store ... for new books. I've gone a little bit crazy and I'm about to spend a couple of hundred bucks. I murmur under my breath "money's too tight to mention".

Now the guy behind the register, he hears this. He looks at me, nodding his head knowingly like we're in some "club of cool" together. He says, "Yeah, [[Covered Up|Simply ~~RED (film)~~]]" like it's a password, and now we do the secret handshake.

Now the guy behind the register, he hears this. He looks at me, nodding his head knowingly like we're in some "club of cool" together. He says, "Yeah, [[Covered Up|Simply Red]]" like it's a password, and now we do the secret handshake.

And I'm thinking "Simply Red"? Lame English band. More soul at a polka convention. And the book store guy thinks he's on some kind of inside loop with that.

'''Sadie''': Jack, that's the smuggest thing I ever heard. A guy tries to be nice and you stand there hating him just because he hasn't heard of the Valentine Brothers.

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* ''[[The Phantom (comic strip)|The Phantom]]''. Not all the time, but a lot of the stories told about past Phantoms are more enjoyable if you know your world history.

* Garkin's assorted belongings in Phil Foglio's comic adaptation of the first ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' novel contains, among other things, a The King In Yellow paint-by-numbers book.

== Fan Fiction ==