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Oedipus Complex is a disambiguation
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-->''"This sentence, however, succeeds, in that it suggests a possible incestuous relationship between Billy and his mother and alludes to the concomitant Freudian complications any astute reader will immediately envision. Incest. The unspeakable taboo. The universal prohibition. Incest."''
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"This Is the Title of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times in the Story Itself" is a 1982 story by David Moser composed of [[ShapedLikeItself self-referential sentences]]. It appeared in Douglas Hofstadter's ''Magazine/ScientificAmerican'' column "Metamagical Themas," and was later [[http://books.google.com/books?id=o8jzWF7rD6oC&lpg=PA37&dq=%22This%20Is%20the%20Title%20of%20This%20Story%2C%20Which%20Is%20Also%20Found%20Several%20Times%20in%20the%20Story%20Itself%22&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q&f=false reprinted in the book]] collecting his columns. It can also be [[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22This+Is+the+Title+of+This+Story,+Which+Is+Also+Found+Several+Times+in+the+Story+Itself%22 found elsewhere online]].
It begins:
->''"This is the first sentence of this story. This is the second sentence. This is the title of this story, which is also found several times in the story itself. This sentence is questioning the intrinsic value of the first two sentences. This sentence is to inform you, in case you haven't already realized it, that this is a self-referential story, that is, a story containing sentences that refer to their own structure and function. This is a sentence that provides an ending to the first paragraph."''
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!!Provides examples of:
* ApologisesALot:
-->''"The purpose. Of this paragraph. Is to apologize. For its gratuitous use. Of. Sentence fragments. Sorry."''
* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
-->''"This sentence is telling you that Billy is blond and blue-eyed and American and twelve years old and strangling his mother."''
* BookEnds:
-->''"This sentence can either serve as the beginning of the paragraph or the end, depending on its placement"''
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
-->''"...other signs of inexcusably sloppy grammar like [[HypocriticalHumor unneeded superfluous redundancies]]..."''
* LampshadeHanging
* LongTitle
* OedipusComplex:
-->''"This sentence, however, succeeds, in that it suggests a possible incestuous relationship between Billy and his mother and alludes to the concomitant Freudian complications any astute reader will immediately envision. Incest. The unspeakable taboo. The universal prohibition. Incest."''
* SelfDeprecation: As well as several sentences that exist purely to apologise for the condition of the story, there's also one that refers to Creator/FranzKafka's ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis'' as a much better story, and one that refers to the author as an "indolent goof-off" for not buckling down and actually telling the story of Billy and his mother.
* ShapedLikeItself
* TerseTalker
-->''" A sentence fragment. Another. Good device. Will be used more later."''
* TropeName
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It begins:
->''"This is the first sentence of this story. This is the second sentence. This is the title of this story, which is also found several times in the story itself. This sentence is questioning the intrinsic value of the first two sentences. This sentence is to inform you, in case you haven't already realized it, that this is a self-referential story, that is, a story containing sentences that refer to their own structure and function. This is a sentence that provides an ending to the first paragraph."''
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!!Provides examples of:
* ApologisesALot:
-->''"The purpose. Of this paragraph. Is to apologize. For its gratuitous use. Of. Sentence fragments. Sorry."''
* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
-->''"This sentence is telling you that Billy is blond and blue-eyed and American and twelve years old and strangling his mother."''
* BookEnds:
-->''"This sentence can either serve as the beginning of the paragraph or the end, depending on its placement"''
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
-->''"...other signs of inexcusably sloppy grammar like [[HypocriticalHumor unneeded superfluous redundancies]]..."''
* LampshadeHanging
* LongTitle
* OedipusComplex:
-->''"This sentence, however, succeeds, in that it suggests a possible incestuous relationship between Billy and his mother and alludes to the concomitant Freudian complications any astute reader will immediately envision. Incest. The unspeakable taboo. The universal prohibition. Incest."''
* SelfDeprecation: As well as several sentences that exist purely to apologise for the condition of the story, there's also one that refers to Creator/FranzKafka's ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis'' as a much better story, and one that refers to the author as an "indolent goof-off" for not buckling down and actually telling the story of Billy and his mother.
* ShapedLikeItself
* TerseTalker
-->''" A sentence fragment. Another. Good device. Will be used more later."''
* TropeName
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