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== [[Literature]] ==
* Shows up a lot in ''Discworld'', in fact.
** Somewhat [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in
{{quote|"No one would be that stu--"
Susan stopped. Of course someone would be that stupid. Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible do it. If you put a switch in a cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying "[[The End of the World as We Know It|End-of-the-World]] switch. [[Schmuck Bait|PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH]]," the paint wouldn't even have time to dry. }}
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{{quote|Any true wizard, faced with a sign like "Do not open this door. Really. We mean it. We're not kidding. Opening this door will mean the end of the universe," would ''automatically'' open the door in order to see what all the fuss was about.}}
* In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets|Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets]]'', Ron wonders what teacher would be dumb enough to fall for the trio's planned deception about why they want a potions book in the Restricted Section of the library, having apparently temporarily forgotten that Lockhart is their Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher that year.
* In ''[[Honor Harrington|Storm from the Shadows]]'', [[General Ripper|Admiral Byng]] says something to this effect, thinking that Michelle Henke and the Manticorans will not actually make good on their warnings to punish the Solarian aggression. It doesn't end well for him.
* In Norman Spinrad's [[Alternate History]] novel ''[[The Iron Dream]]'', the author analyzing the work of [[Meta Fiction]] around which Spinrad's story is framed notes that some fans may yearn for a decisive and iron-willed leader like the one depicted in the work of metafiction to save them from Soviet domination, but concludes that no rational person would ever stand such a clearly delusional, bloodthirsty tyrant. Considering that the in-universe author of the work of metafiction is ''[[Adolf Hitler]]'', well, I think you see Spinrad's point.
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