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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* Justified in ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939). |
* Justified in ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939). |
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{{quote|'''Uncle Henry:''' She got quite a bump on the head. We thought for a minute she'd [[Never Say "Die"|leave us]].<br /> |
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'''Dorothy:''' But I did leave you, Uncle Henry, that's just the trouble, and I tried to get back for days and days.<br /> |
'''Dorothy:''' But I did leave you, Uncle Henry, that's just the trouble, and I tried to get back for days and days.<br /> |
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'''Auntie Em:''' There, there, lie quiet now, you just had a bad dream. ''[...]''<br /> |
'''Auntie Em:''' There, there, lie quiet now, you just had a bad dream. ''[...]''<br /> |
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* Susan, Peter, and Edmund disbelieve Lucy thoroughly in [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]'s ''[[Chronicles of Narnia|The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe]]'', but Susan and Peter are afraid that she is mentally disturbed, not lying. |
* Susan, Peter, and Edmund disbelieve Lucy thoroughly in [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]'s ''[[Chronicles of Narnia|The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe]]'', but Susan and Peter are afraid that she is mentally disturbed, not lying. |
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* [[Discworld]]: |
* [[Discworld]]: |
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{{quote|'''Nanny''': Then I thought maybe I was imagining things. |
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'''Granny''': No point in imagining anything, Things are bad enough as they are. }} |
'''Granny''': No point in imagining anything, Things are bad enough as they are. }} |
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* The supernatural is not believed in by many people of [[Robert E. Howard]]'s tales, so [[Conan the Barbarian]] and Howard's other heroes will usually hear this a lot when they encounter supernatural things, like in ''[[The Phoenix on the Sword]]'' and ''[[The Frost-Giant's Daughter|The Frost Giants Daughter]]''. Usually the protagonist does have some physical evidence that proves him right, like the title mark on his broken sword or a scrap of cloth from the title character's clothing. |
* The supernatural is not believed in by many people of [[Robert E. Howard]]'s tales, so [[Conan the Barbarian]] and Howard's other heroes will usually hear this a lot when they encounter supernatural things, like in ''[[The Phoenix on the Sword]]'' and ''[[The Frost-Giant's Daughter|The Frost Giants Daughter]]''. Usually the protagonist does have some physical evidence that proves him right, like the title mark on his broken sword or a scrap of cloth from the title character's clothing. |