History Main / AppealToObscurity

-->'''Edwin:''' You assume my death to be inevitable, but perhaps I think beyond those terms. [[AGodAmI Mortality seems escapable by others, so why not me?]]\\

-->'''Ravenswood''': No! Of course not. It’s all true. I can prove it. How many reports have their been of tentacled, bald, green-skinned aliens on Earth between 1959 and today? None.

-->'''Stewie:''' Music/JustinBieber is so yesterday. I'm more about Quentin Vashay.

* The WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy episode [[Recap/FamilyGuyS11E6LoisComesOutOfHerShell "Lois Comes Out Of Her Shell"]] has this exchange between Brian and Stewie:

* From WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''Film/ScoobyDoo'':
-->'''Nostalgia Critic''': So the film opens with -- big shock -- a pop song.\\

-->"For those of you who are young and have no idea who Pauly Shore is... ''[[YouDoNotWantToKnow good]]''.

* WesternAnimation/SuicideSquadHellToPay'': When the Squad having their {{Explosive Leash}}es injected, the technician tells them not to move because they don't want the apparatus triggering to early.

-->'''Lloyd:''' Holy cow!!!! If Phil hadn't messed aroud with the controls, we would have been stuck in a massive timestorm!!! Like what happened to the Jabensons on their time travel!!!

'''Castle''': Exactly.[[note]]Michael and Ridgley played together in the Rock Duo was Music/{{Wham}}' before splitting up, with Michal achieving a much greater degree of prominence and success.[[/note]]

* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler says: "Accordingly, I have placed my death-head formations in readiness — for the present only in the East — with orders to them to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of [[UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} Polish]] derivation and language. Only thus shall we gain the living space (Lebensraum) which we need. Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the UsefulNotes/{{Armenia}}ns?"

* From the UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan page on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki: After a long list of conquered nations, the page asks you to "consider the Khwarazmian Dynasty. Oh, you've never heard of them? ''Exactly''."[[note]]The Khwarazmian Dynasty was the imperial dynasty of Persia after the Seljuks died out, ruling a territory that today encompasses Iran, western Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and southern Uzbekistan. Genghis Khan wiped them all out over a diplomatic insult, causing 300 years of Mongol and Mongol-successor rule over Persia.[[/note]]

* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', the board of top military brass discussing Robotnik's track record:

'''Commander Walters:''' Remember the Coup in Pakistan?\\
'''[[BlackBaldLeaderGuy Officer 1]]:''' No.\\

* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler says: "Accordingly, I have placed my death-head formations in readiness — for the present only in the East — with orders to them to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of [[UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} Polish]] derivation and language. Only thus shall we gain the living space (Lebensraum) which we need. Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Armenia}} Armenians]]?"

--->'''Castle''': He wasn’t about to stay and they weren’t about to let him play George Michael to their Andrew Ridgeley.//

* In ''Author Author'', Creator/AlPacino is Ivan Travalian, Broadway producer who really needed his last work to be a success. He and all his family are waiting in the cold street at 4:00 A.M. for the newspaper with the reviews of the premiere, [[ReviewsAreTheGospel because the only thing that matters is the newspaper's critic opinion:]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has Mayor Dewey use this when Steven doesn't recognize the name Ocean Town. It wasn't necessarily Dewey's ''intended'' point given that his next mention of Ocean Town to people got a 'TooSoon', but it was close enough.

** In "Swan Song", Castle can totally see why a lead singer going solo would be a motive for murder:
--->'''Castle''': I mean, I'd rather be Music/PeterGabriel than [[Music/{{Genesis}} Anthony Phillips]].\\
'''Beckett''': Anthony who?\\
'''Castle''': Exactly.[[note]]Phillips was Music/{{Genesis}}' original guitarist; [[ThePeteBest he left after their second album.]][[/note]]

* Played in some ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fan fictions regarding the "Eternal Glory" of the Triwizard Tournament. When asked to name one previous winner of the Tournament, the questioned will completely fail. The interrogator will then ask how ''that'' qualifies as "Eternal".

* When Mira is talking about her arch enemy, Hanharr in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2'', Depending on which option you choose to link her question and explanation, you can get something like this:

** In ''Discworld/TheLastHero'', Cohen explains why he a) wants to do something that will ensure he's remembered forever, and b) has dragged a minstrel along to record it:

** A variant, the Appeal to Obliteration, occurred in ''Discworld/InterestingTimes''.

** Another Appeal to Obliteration by the God of Evolution in ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'', although in this case it's an apology for an [[BoltOfDivineRetribution uncontrollable reflex]] rather than a threat. It just ''feels'' like a threat: