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* [[Lady Snowblood]]: there's a bit of exposition on the scientific theories of the late 18th century, where one guy suggests that the Japanese should start having children with Europeans and generally open up to the Western world. The narration goes on to ponder on if this had happened, maybe Japan wouldn't have become the jingoistic nation uit was, avoiding its expansionist policies and involvement in WWII... and you, the reader, wouldn't be holding this book right now.

 

* ''[[The Joker]]'', of all people, pulls a "You Bastards" on Gotham City (and by extension the reader) by showing up during a game show and threatening Japanese-game-show levels (and beyond) of sadism on the participants. The entire time this is happening, we keep cutting away to the production crew, whose reactions run the gamut between "oh my God, this is horrible" to "keep rolling, the ratings will be awesome." Joker dicks with his terrified victims, but [[Poke the Poodle|he does little worse than a pie to the face]]. After he's done he lectures his unseen audience about their expectations - and broadcasts the producer's money-grubbing reaction.

** He even declares it "the most fun he ever had ''without'' killing anyone" becuase of all the sheer terror he got to laugh at with the contestants thinking they were going to die and screwing people over through his actions.