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* ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' articles sometimes include editor's notes for further jokes. [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-lovable-animals-you-didnt-know-are-secretly-terrifying/ For example]]: "If there's two things Cracked is all about, it's fucked up animals and dongs. And since they won't let me write 'The 7 Most Fucked Up Animal Dongs,' '''(Editor's Note: Only because it's been written already)''' I had to settle for focusing on just the animal stuff."
** A recurring joke is the Photoshop Department commenting on the article's photos. For example, below a picture of dogs leaping from a bridge to their deaths was a caption that said: ''"'Please don't make me do something like this again.' -Photoshop Department."''
** Other times the note says that it was awesome making the photo.

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* ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' articles ''Website/{{Cracked}}''
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sometimes include editor's notes for further jokes. [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-lovable-animals-you-didnt-know-are-secretly-terrifying/ For example]]: "If there's two things Cracked is all about, it's fucked up animals and dongs. And since they won't let me write 'The 7 Most Fucked Up Animal Dongs,' '''(Editor's Note: Only because it's been written already)''' I had to settle for focusing on just the animal stuff."
** A recurring joke is the Photoshop Department commenting on the article's photos. For example, below a picture of dogs leaping from a bridge to their deaths was a caption that said: ''"'Please don't make me do something like this again.' -Photoshop Department."''
"'' ** Other times times, the note says that it was awesome making the photo.
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* Inverted in the 2000 election column, where he left notes *to* the editor. The joke was supposed to be that he wrote his "election result analysis" article the night before without actually knowing the results due to watching Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer instead of the news, and so left blanks and asked his editor to fill in the results later, although it [[HilariousInHindsight became very ironic]] since the election took months to resolve and *nobody* knew the results on election night.

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* ** Inverted in the 2000 election column, where he left notes *to* ''to'' the editor. The joke was supposed to be that he wrote his "election result analysis" article the night before without actually knowing the results due to watching Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer instead of the news, and so left blanks and asked his editor to fill in the results later, although it [[HilariousInHindsight became very ironic]] since the election took months to resolve and *nobody* ''nobody'' knew the results on election night.
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* Inverted in the 2000 election column, where he left notes *to* the editor. The joke was supposed to be that he wrote his "election result analysis" article the night before without actually knowing the results due to watching Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer instead of the news, and so left blanks and asked his editor to fill in the results later, although it [[HilariousInHindsight became very ironic]] since the election took months to resolve and *nobody* knew the results on election night.
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* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' has notes from host character Megadroid - the ''Decap Attack'' strips in particular feature a RunningGag that Megadroid keeps using them to comment on the fact that he doesn't find the strip funny, but is forced to print them because the readers do.
** The second ''Decap Attack'' storyline, "Who Killed Chuck?" opens with Megadroid directly appearing on panel to complain that he can't be held responsible for it returning.
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* Official Nintendo Magazine used this like normal, but also [[PlayedForLaughs played it for laughs]] in [[https://randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com/blog/?p=594 a two-page feature]] on ''VideoGame/TonicTrouble'' from the December 1997 issue. The player character and protagonist of that game is named Ed, resulting in [[NamesTheSame the magazine's Ed]] appearing when the feature was referring to the game's character.

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* Official Nintendo Magazine used this like normal, but also [[PlayedForLaughs played it for laughs]] in [[https://randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com/blog/?p=594 a two-page feature]] on ''VideoGame/TonicTrouble'' from the December 1997 issue. The player character and protagonist of that game is named Ed, resulting in [[NamesTheSame [[NamedLikeMyName the magazine's Ed]] appearing when the feature was referring to the game's character.
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* Official Nintendo Magazine used this like normal, but also [[PlayedForLaughs played it for laughs]] in [[https://randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com/blog/?p=594 a two-page feature]] on ''VideoGame/TonicTrouble'' from the December 1997 issue. The player character and protagonist of that game is named Ed, resulting in [[NamesTheSame the magazine's Ed]] appearing when the feature was referring to the game's character.
-->There's no question, however, that ''Tonic Trouble''[='s=] name is a bit odd. It's explained at least partly, however, by the revelation that Ed (''Yes?'' - Ed), the character you play, is responsible for creating an environmental catastrophe by dropping a canister of toxic chemicals from Earth Orbit. The canister has fallen into the hands of Grogh the Hellish, who is using its contents to genetically alter Earth's inhabitants. Ed (''Hello?'' - Ed) has resolved to make amends by rescuing the can[...]



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* ''WebVideo/TheWhiskeyVault'': Fancy Dan, the show's editor, occasionally inserts snarky comments that pop up on screen, usually to poke fun at Rex or lampshade something silly that's happening in the video.
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* [[StarWars Anthony Daniels]] did this in the columns he wrote for ''Star Wars Insider'' magazine in the mid-90s.

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* Used frequently in ComicBook/TheBeano, ComicBook/TheDandy and other similiar BritishComics. With the Ed often making comments on how bad a pun is.

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* Used frequently in ComicBook/TheBeano, ComicBook/TheDandy ''ComicBook/TheBeano, ComicBook/TheDandy,'' and other similiar BritishComics. With similar BritishComics, with the Ed often making comments on how bad a pun is.



* ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' is full of notes from Creator/WilliamGoldman about all the stuff he cut out from S. Morgenstern's original book, that he's abridging. Sometimes it takes almost as long to explain what he was cutting and why as it would have been to leave the cut stuff alone.

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* ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' is full of notes from Creator/WilliamGoldman about all the stuff he cut out from S. Morgenstern's original book, that which he's abridging. Sometimes it takes almost as long to explain what he was cutting and why as it would have been to leave the cut stuff alone.



* When ''PC Gamer'' magazine changed to using (psg) they received a raftload of letters demanding to know what had become of Ed.

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* When ''PC Gamer'' magazine changed to using (psg) (psg), they received a raftload of letters demanding to know what had become of Ed.



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See also ClueFromEd, the comic book counterpart, and FootnoteFever, which covers similarly joking "annotations" in footnote form.

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See also ClueFromEd, the comic book counterpart, and FootnoteFever, which covers similarly joking "annotations" in footnote form.
form, and AltText, which uses mouseover text for a similar purpose.
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* Became a semi-regular feature in ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' when the series [[CerebusSyndrome became more serialized and continuity-heavy]]. Later issues liked to [[PaintingTheMedium toy around with the idea]], such as having "Ed" be confused and disoriented by trying to cite [[CanonDiscontinuity a non-canon issue]], or having him loudly complain about needing to pop up repeatedly during a ContinuityPorn sequence.

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* Became a semi-regular feature in ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' when the series [[CerebusSyndrome became more serialized and continuity-heavy]]. Later issues liked to [[PaintingTheMedium toy around with the idea]], such as having "Ed" be confused and disoriented by trying to cite [[CanonDiscontinuity a non-canon issue]], or having him loudly complain about needing to pop up repeatedly during a ContinuityPorn sequence.
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* ''Webcomic/DebuggingDestiny'' uses one, after the artist finally ran out of narratively appropriate ways to avoid boring scenes of characters walking from one spot to another. Appears in [[https://debuggingdestiny.com/49 49-15]].
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* ''Magazine/TopSecret'' did this occasionally.

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* ''Magazine/TopSecret'' ''[[Magazine/TopSecretMagazine Top Secret]]'' did this occasionally. The most major example comes from issue 28, where the editor-in-chief interrupts a review halfway through, supposedly to remove the reviewer's unrelated ramblings, and instead writes the second half by himself.
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** In 2020 a non-spoof article alleged various awful behaviour by the BadBoss of a PR firm, including some quite disgusting details of sexually explicit messages he sent to staff, which prompted the following note mid-article:
--->(Urgh. Do we have to have all this detail? - Ed. Yes, to demonstrate it is not one-off banter which could be misconstrued, but a consistent pattern - [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope Legal Dept.]])
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* Became a semi-regular feature in ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' when the series [[CerebusSyndrome became more serialized and continuity-heavy]]. Later issues liked to [[PaintingTheMedium toy around with the idea]], such as having "Ed" be confused and disoriented by trying to cite [[CanonDiscontinuity a non-canon issue]], or having him loudly complain about needing to pop up repeatedly during a ContinuityPorn sequence.

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