History Main / AppealToObscurity

* Invoked through DialogueTree in one of [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Karin's]] pep talks in the Olympic Mode in ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000'' for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeoPocket:

* During ''WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez's'' list of "5 Games You Never Knew Had Sequels" he is talking about how ''VideoGame/{{Zool}} 2'' was intended to be an [[UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} Amiga CD32]] exclusive with the character being the console's mascot, but ended up in DevelopmentHell and was replaced by ''Oscar''.

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Black Friday", when Stan tries to convince the goth kids that they don't want the [=PS4=] to lose to the UsefulNotes/XboxOne like Betamax lost to VHS.

** Similarly {{Trivia.X}}'s {{Vaporware}} entry consists of, "What UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} port of ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X3: Reunion]]''? Exactly."

* During ''WebVideo/{{Rerez}}'s Worst Ever'' series when chronicling the disastrous launch of ''UsefulNotes/GoogleStadia'', he remarks at the end that he doesn't know if Stadia will eventually be a success or go the way of [=OnLive's=] Cloud Gaming Service.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}''

* A British TV ad famously had the line "If you don't drink your milk, you'll only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley", with the response of "Accrington Stanley? Who are they?"[[note]]Accrington Stanley is an actual British amateur soccer team that was promoted back to UK league football in May 2006. But the reference here is probably to an earlier Accrington Stanley than the current reformed team, who infamously resigned from the football league mid-season. Worse than failing, they gave up half-way.[[/note]]

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* British TV ad: "If you don't drink your milk, you'll only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley." "Who are they?" "Exactly."[[note]]Accrington Stanley is an actual British amateur soccer team that was promoted back to UK league football in May 2006. But the reference here is probably to an earlier Accrington Stanley than the current reformed team, who infamously resigned from the football league mid-season. Worse than failing, they gave up half-way.[[/note]]

-->'''Dil''': Who knows what effects the "cross the fame border" has on sibling symbiosis? Once you're a big time director, the dynamic duel of T and D Pickles will be no more.\\

Not to be confused with the kind of appeal to obscurity that hipsters use, i.e. "popular music is all crap, so bands no one's ever heard of must be good." That is an inverse version of the appeal to popularity called Appeal to Minority.

-->'''[[WebVideo/DiamondAxeStudiosMusic Sean]]''' Naturi doesn't get a single line in the song. (...) Naturi's not the [[Music/DestinysChild Michelle]] of the group, she's the Barbara!\\

* "Cinderella", a 1962 novelty hit by Jack Ross. It's a {{Spoonerism}}-filled retelling of the story, but he ends it with an {{Aesop}}:
-->Cinderella never gave up. And as you walk down the pathways of life, never give up.\\

Who's he? You see, you don't know 'cause he gave up!

-->'''FBI Agent:''' The secret of the Sierra Madre, the secret recipe for Coke, and the secret of UsefulNotes/GeorgeBush's appeal.\\