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* Clyde Crashcup of ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'' is a scientist who claims to have invented things already in practice, using a magic pen to "create" them. The inventions still have bugs to be worked out.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', the titular character, Sterling Archer, claims to have invented turtlenecks (or at least their use as ideal clothing for covert ops). He'll claim not to have invented them when ''sober'' (only to have noted their tactical potential), but when drunk or woozy from blood loss will claim full credit for their invention with a passion. His mother finding "his first turtleneck" in a box of his baby stuff shoots down that claim convincingly.



* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', the titular character, Sterling Archer, claims to have invented turtlenecks (or at least their use as ideal clothing for covert ops).
** He'll claim not to have invented them when ''sober'' (only to have noted their tactical potential), but when drunk or woozy from blood loss will claim full credit for their invention with a passion. His mother finding "his first turtleneck" in a box of his baby stuff shoots down that claim convincingly.
* Clyde Crashcup of ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'' is a scientist who claims to have invented things already in practice, using a magic pen to "create" them. The inventions still have bugs to be worked out.



* In a bizarre [[LifeImitatesArt reflection of the 1984 example]], [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea the DRPK]] is known for making absurd claims like this in its official propaganda - such as saying that the [[UsefulNotes/TheRulersOfNorthKorea ruling Kims]] invented burritos and hamburgers.
*** Worth taking these claims with a grain of salt, though - [[UnreliableNarrator western media often spreads verifiably false or too good-to-be-true stories about the North Korean regime]].

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* In a bizarre [[LifeImitatesArt reflection of the 1984 example]], [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea the DRPK]] is known for making absurd claims like this in its official propaganda - such as saying that the [[UsefulNotes/TheRulersOfNorthKorea ruling Kims]] invented burritos and hamburgers.
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hamburgers. Worth taking these claims with a grain of salt, though - [[UnreliableNarrator western media often spreads has been known to spread verifiably false or too good-to-be-true stories about the North Korean regime]].
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* In ''Film/ReignOfFire'', Quinn and a friend are reenacting the climax of Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack for the children (who were all born after the disaster and so never saw the actual film). After they finish, a starry eyed little boy asks Quinn if he wrote it. Quinn thinks for a moment, and then says "of course I did."

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* In ''Film/ReignOfFire'', Quinn and a friend are reenacting the climax of Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' for the children (who were all born after the disaster and so never saw the actual film). After they finish, a starry eyed little boy asks Quinn if he wrote it. Quinn thinks for a moment, and then says "of course I did."

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