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* The YoutubePoop "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQg8tDYZ-E Billy Mays Sells More Foreign Themed Products in His Pursuit of World Domination]]" has a scene where Creator/BillyMays creates a [=GoFundMe=] to improve the economy of UsefulNotes/{{Greenland}}. He also promises to "send millions of antidepressants and extensive mental health care to fix that shockingly high suicide rate". At the end, he says "And that is not a joke", while showing the Website/{{Wikipedia}} page for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate listing countries by suicide rate]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', in "Beard Hunter", Beast Boy's Doom Patrol heads out on a camping trip, where as the chief shows off his amazing beard. While at that, the Chief warns them of the danger of having a beard, making them prey to the notorious Beard Hunter, a crazed man who hunts beards. The team believes it to be a myth, and just decide to grow their own beards. That's until the Beard Hunter actually comes out, and attacks them, stealing each of their beards. At the end, when they defeat the man, Beast Boy lampshades how he can't belive the Beard Hunter is actually real, to which the episode ends with the cover of an actual issue of the Beard Hunter!

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', in "A Little Mystery", Francine had tried to make a world-record for having the longest fingernails. So she's been taking her old prenatal vitamins to make her nails (and hair) grow. It worked, but just at the contest, she ends up breaking her nails, but then the judge looked in Francine's hair, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and detected a "cutaneous horn" growing out of her head, which came from overdosing on all of those prenatals, she built up too much keratin.]] To which Francine [[AsideGlance looks to the screen,]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall and tells them,]] "Look it up, [[https://skinsight.com/skin-conditions/cutaneous-horn/ it's a real thing."]

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', in "A Little Mystery", Francine had tried to make a world-record for having the longest fingernails. So she's been taking her old prenatal vitamins to make her nails (and hair) grow. It worked, but just at the contest, she ends up breaking her nails, but then the judge looked in Francine's hair, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and detected a "cutaneous horn" growing out of her head, which came from overdosing on all of those prenatals, she built up too much keratin.]] To which Francine [[AsideGlance looks to the screen,]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall and tells them,]] "Look it up, it's a real thing."

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', in "A Little Mystery", Francine had tried to make a world-record for having the longest fingernails. So she's been taking her old prenatal vitamins to make her nails (and hair) grow. It worked, but just at the contest, she ends up breaking her nails, but then the judge looked in Francine's hair, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and detected a "cutaneous horn" growing out of her head, which came from overdosing on all of those prenatals.]] To which Francine [[AsideGlance looks to the screen,]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall and tells them,]] "Look it up, it's a real thing."

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', in "A Little Mystery", Francine had tried to make a world-record for having the longest fingernails. So she's been taking her old prenatal vitamins to make her nails (and hair) grow. It worked, but just at the contest, she ends up breaking her nails, but then the judge looked in Francine's hair, [[SuprisinglyRealisticOutcome and detected a "cutaneous horn" growing out of her head, which came from overdosing on all of those prenatals.]] To which Francine [[AsideGlance looks to the screen,]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall and tells them,]] "Look it up, it's a real thing."

* ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'': After making a Grapping Squok, a GrapplingHookPistol made from giant squid tentacles, Scott decides to show it off to the rest of the server, including Apokuna. Apo [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-j90QTxujc explains it thusly]] to his audience:

* ''WebAnimation/DorklyOriginals'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsAKDe2g3z0 If Pokedex Entries Were Literal (Volume 32)]] has a Hitmonchan complain about how hypocritical it was for Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto to be okay with Gothirita brainwashing and kidnapping children to make friends but tried to get Rare to have James Bond hug all the bad guys at the end of VideoGame/{{GoldenEye1997}} because he though the game was too violent. He even says "I'm serious! Look it up!" midway through his rant.

* When ''[[WebVideo/{{Rerez}} Just Bad Games]]'' is talking about ''VideoGame/SteelHarbinger'', he describes the Canadian Icarus Beam this way:
--> "The Canadian Disco Ball of Death, eh? Made by Canadians on the moon during wartime -- no joke, this is canon -- it's the most powerful weapon in the game, the only ''interesting'' weapon in the game..."
* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'':
** When he announces he is reviewing ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'', he kicks it off by saying "Now before you say anything let me answer your very first question: Yes, this is '''real!'''"
** In his review of ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'', when a Platform/{{Yahoo}} billboard falls on Dr. Claw's car, on-screen text clarifies that he didn't add the jingle.
** His review of ''Film/Catwoman2004'' begins with a skit where a number of the actresses who wanted to be Catwoman are in grief counseling and the counselor recounts how Creator/SeanYoung ambushed Creator/TimBurton dressed as the character in order to force him to put her in the role. Then he looks right at the camera:
--->'''Counselor:''' That's not comedic writing. She really did that, folks.
** During his review of ''Film/SpaceJam'', he talks about how in the movie, UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan retires from basketball to become a professional baseball player.
--->'''Critic:''' And that's not bad writing. That actually happened.
* ''WebVideo/WorldWarTwo'': At the start of Episode 39 - "The Allied Clusterf**k in France" Indy has to make one of these over the phone, presumably over the Fall of France and the almost farcical shuffle in the Allied command while the Germans keep pushing into France and Belgium.
* Marsh (best known for his coverage of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'') predictably made one in his video about ''VideoGame/PeretEmHeruForThePrisoners'' regarding a particularly miraculous instance of good luck. For specifics, [[spoiler:he was faced with the task of saving Nei without any idea that he had to use the cell phone in his inventory, which meant that [[LuckBasedMission he had a 5/6 chance]] of failing to pick the right coffin and thus getting her killed -- and he guessed correctly on his first go]].
-->''"I'm dead serious, it was just a lucky guess, I was completely shocked."''

* [=JelloApocalypse=] in the ''WebAnimation/SoThisIsBasically'' series frequently changes the names of characters in the media he explains for comedic effect. So the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' video has '''THAT'S NOT A JOKE, IT'S SERIOUSLY HIS NAME''' in big bold letters underneath [[BigBad Viscious's]] name when he is introduced.
* WebVideo/UrinatingTree's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAng3m-mymw video]] on the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Los Angeles Dodgers' loss to the Boston Red Sox in the 2018 World Series]] ends with mention of the Dodgers' ''[[https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-dodgers-might-be-in-actual-legal-trouble/ potential violations of federal law.]]'' As Tree is known for his hyperbolic statements on failing and incompetently-run teams, he feels the need to assure his viewers that "I wish I was being hyperbolic."
* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teG1hAdPOho The Table,]]'' where comedian Ben Brainard portrays [[NationsAsPeople each US state]], South Dakota wears a t-shirt that says "Meth. We're on it." When DC and Florida ask him about it, he says that's their real slogan for fighting meth. [[OverlyLongGag Florida laughs at him for like a minute straight]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoHDV_6VNOQ This]] video about ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' shipping has a mini-rant when it gets to Shiro/Matt, affirming that yes, for some reason the fandom decided to call this pairing "Shatt" instead of "Miro".

* During ''[[WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings Screen Rant's Pitch Meeting]]'' for ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', the producer isn't sure about the title and at one point suggests "Space Man from Pluto" instead, along with this:
-->'''Producer:''' Yeah yeah yeah, that is a real note a Hollywood executive is giving. Let's call it ''Space Man from Pluto'' instead of ''Back to the Future''!
* The first instalment of the ''WebVideo/DumbLawyerQuotesIRLButInAceAttorney'', which contains hilariously stupid exchanges between lawyers and witnesses, begins with, "FYI: These were said in actual courts."
* ''[=PsychicPebbles=]'' (of ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' and ''WebVideo/OneyPlays'' fame) has the video '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJz18c6gw8c GET OUT OF MY CAR]]''''' which begins with the disclaimer "The following audio is 100% real". And yes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJz18c6gw8c it is.]]
* During the ''[[WebVideo/{{Rerez}} Worst Ever Series]]'' review of the ''Platform/HyperScan'', he slowly opens it while describing it and you can hear ''dreadful'' brittle cracking and creaking with text overlaid that reads "*ACTUAL AUDIO".
* ''WebVideo/TheKillCount''
** During the ''Film/{{Tremors|1}}'' kill count, guest host Zoran mentions an episode of the [[Series/{{Tremors}} spinoff TV series]] that featured a [[ItMakesSenseInContext prehistoric shrimp monster]]. He then adds that he's being completely serious about that.
** The Kill Count for ''Film/WinnieThePoohBloodAndHoney'' begins with James confirming that the movie is in fact real
* Creator/TomScott's video about "What is the Best Thing?" gives the results of a poll he ran that ranked a curated list of 7,188 ideas and objects to determine the answer to that question, at least according to a survey of people on the internet that watch his videos. Out of all those things, the highest-ranked sex-related term turned out to be "orgasm", which came in at [[LOL69 69th place]] -- Tom swears he didn't make that up.
* In ''WebVideo/VGMyths'', Gamechamp makes one at the start of the ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokemon Red]]'' No-Damage Run, as well as during it when describing how the level grinding sessions take actual days.
* Panda Redd had to release a [[https://www.tiktok.com/@thepandaredd/video/7122293659696991531?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7008292474603062790 video]] about his Lord Deathman skits and explain that no, nothing he's said about Lord Deathman is fake. His name really is Larry, he really does look like a man in a cheap Skeletor costume, and he really can name every pokemon and their evolutions. He later had to release another video telling everyone that yes, Lord Deathman really is dating Ra's al Ghul's mother.

* ''LetsPlay/JohnWolfe's'' video "Netflix's Series/{{Resident Evil|2022}} Was A Disaster" kicks off with footage of a scientist badly dancing and singing over the caption "Yes, this is actually in the show."
--> '''John:''' Yes, that was a ''real'' clip from Netflix's Resident Evil!
* ''WebVideo/JetLagTheGame'': When it comes to some of the more ridiculously lucky or convenient situations, such as [[spoiler:Ben and Adam pulling the exact curse they needed at the exact right time in season 5]], the guys will often insist that the series is ''not'' scripted.

* The YoutubePoop [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQg8tDYZ-E Billy Mays Sells More Foreign Themed Products in His Pursuit of World Domination]] has a scene where Creator/BillyMays creates a [=GoFundMe=] to improve the economy of UsefulNotes/{{Greenland}}. He also promises to "send millions of antidepressants and extensive mental health care to fix that shockingly high suicide rate". At the end, he says "And that is not a joke", while showing the Website/{{Wikipedia}} page for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate listing countries by suicide rate]].

* The YoutubePoop [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQg8tDYZ-E Billy Mays Sells More Foreign Themed Products in His Pursuit of World Domination]] has a scene where Creator/BillyMays creates a GoFundMe to improve the economy of UsefulNotes/{{Greenland}}. He also promises to "send millions of antidepressants and extensive mental health care to fix that shockingly high suicide rate". At the end, he says "And that is not a joke", while showing the Website/{{Wikipedia}} page for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate listing countries by suicide rate]].

* Everything in the ''[[Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}} Contractually Obligated Chaos]]'' series is made up - except the author's assertion that [[WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} Prince Vince himself]] was responsible for her writing the {{interquel}} ''Meteor Shower''. In response to the RunningGag in the series that Prince Vince is an avid Website/{{Tumblr}} user, someone actually created a Tumblr account for the character, which proceeded to badger the author to write the story. [[http://ladynorbert.tumblr.com/post/141398374109/dear-lady-norbert (Yes, really.)]] So the author's notes for the interquel had to include this slightly bewildered disclaimer.

** In his review of ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'', when a Website/{{Yahoo}} billboard falls on Dr. Claw's car, on-screen text clarifies that he didn't add the jingle.

* Hannibal Buress had a routine about Creator/BillCosby, where he criticized Cosby for having a smug public persona: "He gets on TV, "Pull your pants up black people, I was on TV in the '80s! I can talk down to you because I had a successful sitcom!" Yeah, but you rape women, Bill Cosby, so turn the crazy down a couple notches. "I don't curse on stage!" But yeah you're a rapist, so..." Buress then added that he's not just joking and there are a lot of rape allegations against Cosby, but people don't believe him when he talks about it. "I've done this bit on stage and people don't believe me, people think I'm making it up. I'm like, "Bill Cosby has a lot of rape allegations," and they go, "No, you do!" Ironically, a recording of this routine went viral, causing many women to come forward with allegations about Cosby. Cosby's public image was ruined and he was eventually tried and convicted of sexual assault. Although his conviction was overturned three years later.

* WebVideo/ProZD video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA5EhWKLV30 "when card names get ridiculous"]] digs at {{Overly Long Name}}s, but the first card played is Buffalong Bill, and he breaks character to confirm that it is a real card from ''Battle Spirits Saga''.

* This is the following solicitation for a ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' storyline (Vol. 2, #17-19) where she and her newly-formed Gang of Harleys battle Captain Strong, an obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] [[Franchise/TheDCU DCU]] character who is a CaptainErsatz of ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} ([[https://www.cbr.com/i-love-ya-but-youre-strange-that-time-superman-fought-popeye/ more details about him here]]):

* In the early 1930s, Hollywood studios would take pains to get around UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode, just then emerging, by including written disclaimers at the beginning of their films insisting that any depiction of controversial social or political conditions was true-to-life [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing (as well as emphasizing that the producers did not condone any of the behavior or attitudes displayed in a particular film)]]. Such a disclaimer was seen at the very beginning of ''Cabin in the Cotton'', an early "social-problem" film (and famously featuring the then-teenage Creator/BetteDavis's first major role), which Creator/WarnerBros was very worried about because it depicted the mistreatment of poor Southern sharecroppers by corrupt plantation owners. The filmmakers claimed that they just wanted to show social conditions as they really were and [[GoldenMeanFallacy did not intend to take sides]]. But the bulk of the story's sympathy obviously lies with the sharecroppers, and ''Cabin in the Cotton'' winds up having an ideological slant sufficiently leftist to have made it the first American film to be approved for screening in communist countries.

* ''WebAnimation/DorklyOriginals'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsAKDe2g3z0 If Pokedex Entries Were Literal (Volume 32)]] has a Hitmonchan complain about how hypocritical it was for Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto to be okay with Gothirita brainwashing and kidnapping children to make friends but tried to get Rare to have James Bond hug all the bad guys at the end of VideoGame/{{Goldeneye64}} because he though the game was too violent. He even says "I'm serious! Look it up!" midway through his rant.

* ''WebVideo/{{Dorkly}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsAKDe2g3z0 If Pokedex Entries Were Literal (Volume 32)]] has a Hitmonchan complain about how hypocritical it was for Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto to be okay with Gothirita brainwashing and kidnapping children to make friends but tried to get Rare to have James Bond hug all the bad guys at the end of VideoGame/{{Goldeneye64}} because he though the game was too violent. He even says "I'm serious! Look it up!" midway through his rant.

-->Beavis and Butt-head are not real. They're two stupid cartoon people created by some guy from Texas we never even head of. Beavis and Butt-head are ugly, dumb, sexist, rude, thoughtless and self-destructive fools. But the little wienerheads make us laugh.

* During June of 2011 several tornadoes touched down in Massachusetts, and the various news outlets covering it had to repeatedly reassure their viewers that this was, in fact, actually happening. In this case, it was trying to keep people from putting themselves in the path of the tornadoes.