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See also [[Excuse Plot]], and the actual [[Wild Card]]. |
See also [[Excuse Plot]], and the actual [[Wild Card]]. |
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== Anime & Manga == |
== Anime & Manga == |
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* ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]], where Elsee frequently tries to excuse Keima's weird behavior by saying he's been playing too many video games, and a caption in chapter 83 calls this the "wild-card excuse". |
* ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]], where Elsee frequently tries to excuse Keima's weird behavior by saying he's been playing too many video games, and a caption in chapter 83 calls this the "wild-card excuse". |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* In ''[[Sliders]]'', whenever the team lands on a new world and has to explain why they don't know what's going on, they use the excuse "We're from Canada." We've hardly ever seen it fail. Although one time they had to pretend to be illegal immigrants from Canada the entire episode, who had snuck south into Mexico for work. (Thanks to the non-existence of America in the middle, and Mexico ending up with California.) |
* In ''[[Sliders]]'', whenever the team lands on a new world and has to explain why they don't know what's going on, they use the excuse "We're from Canada." We've hardly ever seen it fail. Although one time they had to pretend to be illegal immigrants from Canada the entire episode, who had snuck south into Mexico for work. (Thanks to the non-existence of America in the middle, and Mexico ending up with California.) |
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** That gag may have been used because the show originally filmed in Vancouver |
** That gag may have been used because the show originally filmed in Vancouver although set in San Francisco. |
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* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' mostly averted this, our heroes generally coming up with new, individualized (if implausible) excuses each time. On the other hand, Sunnydale's police department (when not suffering from [[Sunnydale Syndrome]]) usually covered up monster attacks by explaining that it was "gangs on PCP." |
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' mostly averted this, our heroes generally coming up with new, individualized (if implausible) excuses each time. On the other hand, Sunnydale's police department (when not suffering from [[Sunnydale Syndrome]]) usually covered up monster attacks by explaining that it was "gangs on PCP." |
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* Used often in ''[[Smallville]]'' during the earlier seasons, when any questions Clark Kent was asked about his interest in the caves or any Native American symbols that were related to his Kryptonian heritage were met with "It's for a term paper"—to the point where [[Lex Luthor]] himself actually [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it later. |
* Used often in ''[[Smallville]]'' during the earlier seasons, when any questions Clark Kent was asked about his interest in the caves or any Native American symbols that were related to his Kryptonian heritage were met with "It's for a term paper"—to the point where [[Lex Luthor]] himself actually [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it later. |
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