History Main / OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic!'':

** Shouji Gatou gives one of these at the end of the first ''Full Metal Panic!'' novel, on his use of the country of North Korea

* VideoGame/AssassinsCreed and its successors, due to their interaction with often controversial historical periods and events, have a message on startup that asserts the games are made by people "of all faiths and beliefs," and reminds the audience that the product is in fact fictional. This disclaimer was primarily made in the first game due to taking place during UsefulNotes/TheCrusades and being released several years into UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror. It's continued use in several of the later games is of questionable relevance and seems to be more out of habit than anything else.

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'''Within the following folder are, to the degree and/or extent which is so far known to us, et alii our lawyers, ''Straight Examples'':'''

-->'''Michael:''' I'm here for Motherboy.
-->'''Desk Clerk:''' You realize that's [[NamesTheSame not the band]].
-->'''Narrator:''' Motherboy was also the name of a heavy metal band that rocked pretty hard throughout the seventies. We are legally obligated to make this distinction.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' made fun of those too. For the season one disc, the sign read something to the lines of "do not steal this disc, but you already know this. So don't eat it or throw it at your sister either." Then it switched to Spanish, which was the same as English, but with accent marks placed at random. One of the other seasons' [=DVDs=]' Spanish FBI warning had one sentence of Spanish followed by something like "This is basically the message above only in Spanish. To be honest, we only took one year of Spanish so the only phrases we know are 'Happy birthday!' and 'My cousin likes to walk on the beach.'"

--> Wizards of the Coast does not vouch for, guarantee, or provide any promise regarding the validity of the information provided in this volume by Volothamp Geddarm. Do not trust Volo. Do not go on quests offered by Volo. Do not listen to Volo. Avoid being seen with him for risk of guilt by association. If Volo appears in your campaign, your DM is undoubtedly trying to kill your character in a manner that can be blamed on your own actions. The DM is probably trying to do that anyway, but with Volo's appearance, you know for sure. We're not convinced that Elminster's commentary is all that trustworthy either, but [[BalefulPolymorph he turned us into flumphs the last time we mentioned him in one of these disclaimers.]]

-->'''Manatsu:''' It says, “in your household,” right? So if you live alone, then that’s just one person.
-->'''Ichika:''' Any other uses, for example secondary works, modification, screenings, broadcast, or cable broadcasting, cause the copyright holders serious damages, and is strictly prohibited by law.
-->'''Manatsu:''' But if you've got like a huge family, and a ton of them all get together during New Year's or Obon, and you show it to your family of more than like, 100 people... That's basically a screening, right? I wonder how that would work?
-->'''Ichika:''' Eh... Ehh?

* [[Film/JamesBond James Bond Films]]:

* ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' (which director Creator/JohnLandis also reused in Music/MichaelJackson's "Music/{{Thriller}}"): "Any resemblance to any persons living, dead, or undead, is coincidental."

** This actually has historical reasons for existing, though. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Humane_Association According to]] Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the AHA disclaimer was brought on by controversy about a 1939 movie named ''Jessie James'', in which a blindfolded horse was ridden off a cliff to its death. (Needless to say, said movie was '''not''' following the AHA guidelines.)

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[[caption-width-right:240:A (mostly) typical screen when an arcade game boots up.]]

* Parodied to an extent. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul0Mh-8kmXQ A video]] made by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqhnHz3PDXPT6vAHVuAY7dg "The Mechanic Shark Channel"]] features a disclaimer, which [[spoiler:features the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/1989-tiananmen-square-protests#tiananmen-square-copypasta "Tianamen Square Copypasta",]] a long string of Chinese and English texts of [[BannedInChina China's forbidden topic.]]]]

* Parodied to an extent. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul0Mh-8kmXQ A video]] made by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqhnHz3PDXPT6vAHVuAY7dg "The Mechanic Shark Channel"]] features a disclaimer, which [[spoiler:features a long string of Chinese and English texts of [[BannedInChina China's forbidden topic,]] including [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh's name]] on it.]]

-->{{This is a work of fiction}}. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie This book and series has no connection to reality.]] [[DontTryThisAtHome Any attempt by the reader to replicate any scene in this series is to be taken at the reader's own risk.]] For that matter, most of the actions of the main character are illegal under U.S. and international law as well as most of the stricter religions in the world. There is no [[LostWorld Valley of the Keldara]]. There is no [[JerkassStu Kildar]]. [[LampshadeHanging And the idea of some Scotts and Vikings getting together to raid the Byzantine Empire is beyond ludicrous]]. The islands described in a previous book do not exist. Entire regions described in these books do not exist. Any attempt to learn anything from these books is disrecommended by the author, the publisher and [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas the author's mother]] who wishes to state that he was a very nice boy and she doesn't know what went wrong.

* [[http://paizo.com/store/games/cardBoardGames/other/r/v5748btpy741t James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game]]. I imagine you can guess whose name needed changing.

* On documentaries and {{News Broadcast}}s, especially ones dealing with controversial issues, a modified version of the previous disclaimer may be used: "This program is a production of <producer's name>, which is solely responsible for its content". This was common on Creator/{{NBC}} News programs in the 1980s, as well as Creator/{{PBS}} shows like ''Series/{{Frontline}}'' in the present.

* The so-called "[[http://scientopia.org/blogs/whitecoatunderground/quack-miranda-warning/ quack Miranda warning]]" is a relatively new one in the US for any SpiceRackPanacea: "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure any disease."

* Discussed -- and mocked -- on ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}''. During one of the "prize rounds", Rose Matafeo brings in an unspooled cassette tape as a prize ([[ItMakesSenseInContext long story]]) and jokingly claims that once it's been respooled, the tape plays the true identity of the assassin of John F. Kennedy. During the resulting discussion, Greg Davies quips that he'd love it if the identity of the assassin on the tape was musician and celebrity Peter Andre, which prompts David Baddiel to remark that Greg might want to offer one of these disclaimers in order to avoid any kind of legal action. Greg ruthlessly mocks the idea that anyone would seriously take legal action over the joking suggestion that Peter Andre of all people was part of a cabal to assassinate a US president, to the point that he boldly states "I think that Peter Andre killed JFK. ''Sue me.''" For what it's worth, Peter Andre was born about ten years after the assassination.

** The LP itself is an example of this trope; the Pythons had a recording contract that [[ContractualObligationProject ''obliged'' them to cut one more LP]]. The group members frankly admit they didn't want to do it and were running out of ideas, but they had to turn out ''something'' to fulfill the contract with Chrysalis Records. Or, as their lawyers advised them... The LP is an hodgepodge of bits, including reworkings of lots of old sketches that in fact predated Python's formation and had already been performed on stage, TV and radio by other people. Add in scrapped bits meant for films and TV which were rescued from the editing room floor, and some pieces which sound like last-minute slapdash desperation but remain funny nonetheless) and you get a comedy album...

* In a variation with a dash of PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad, the ''Film/MrMagoo'' live-action film featured a disclaimer saying that it was "not intended as an accurate portrayal of blindness or poor eyesight." To which Roger Ebert said: "I think we should stage an international search to find one single person who thinks the film is intended as such a portrayal, and introduce that person to the author of the disclaimer, as they will have a lot in common, including complete detachment from reality."

-->'''Michael:'''I'm here for Motherboy.
-->'''Desk Clerk:'''You realize that's [[NamesTheSame not the band]].
-->'''Narrator:'''Motherboy was also the name of a heavy metal band that rocked pretty hard throughout the seventies. We are legally obligated to make this distinction.

* A 2022 Channel 4 documentary called "Jeremy Kyle: Death in Daytime" about salacious things that happened on the now-canceled chat show ''Series/TheJeremyKyleShow'' ends with a long disclaimer that was provided by ITV claiming among other things, that all guests knew what they were getting themselves into, support was given before during and after episodes, and that the claims made in a documentary are false. He also claimed that Kyle himself was asked to be interviewed but he refused due to ongoing litigation.

* A 2022 Channel 4 documentary called “Jeremy Kyle: Death in Daytime” about salacious things that happened on the now-canceled chat show TheJeremyKyleShow ends with a long disclaimer that was provided by ITV claiming among other things, that all guests knew what they were getting themselves into, support was given before during and after episodes, and that the claims made in a documentary are false. He also claimed that Kyle himself was asked to be interviewed but he refused due to ongoing litigation

* A 2022 [[Channel 4]] documentary called “Jeremy Kyle: Death in Daytime” about salacious things that happened on the now-canceled chat show TheJeremyKyleShow ends with a long disclaimer that was provided by [[ITV]] claiming among other things, that all guests knew what they were getting themselves into, support was given before during and after episodes, and that the claims made in a documentary are false. He also claimed that Kyle himself was asked to be interviewed but he refused due to ongoing litigation