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* ''WebOriginal/JojosBizarreAdventureAbridged'' does the same "ACTUAL DUB LINE" thing as many other abridged series. However, on a subtler level, many scenes in the series are played out nearly verbatim in JJBA Abridged - JJBA is so CrazyAwesome that it effectively parodies itself.
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* WebOriginal/CleolindaJones does this in a few of her ''Movies in Fifteen Minutes'' posts, particularly ''Film/TheHappening'', with a scene where a scientist declares that what happened may be an act of God that they'll never fully understand. Her ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' summaries also include a lot of lines and phrases she found hilarious, like "outrageous flavor" and "furious kitten".
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* LittleKuriboh made a video ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lBTWt2cKYs&feature=related youtube link]]) parodying the abridger "Chicken Wings" and his abridged DragonBallZ episode. It's almost an an exact copy of the original video, just with the voice slightly exaggerated.

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* LittleKuriboh Creator/LittleKuriboh made a video ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lBTWt2cKYs&feature=related youtube link]]) parodying the abridger "Chicken Wings" and his abridged DragonBallZ episode. It's almost an an exact copy of the original video, just with the voice slightly exaggerated.



* TheEditingRoom will sometimes include actual lines of dialogue or describe a scene that actually happened in the movie, usually including (''actual line of dialogue'') or THIS HAPPENS.

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* TheEditingRoom Website/TheEditingRoom will sometimes include actual lines of dialogue or describe a scene that actually happened in the movie, usually including (''actual line of dialogue'') or THIS HAPPENS.
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** In his live concerts, Al will fill time during costume changes (it presumably takes a bit to get into that fat suit for "Fat") by playing celebrity "interviews" in which he takes clips from actual interviews and puts himself in the part of the interviewer. While most of the humor comes from taking statements wildly out of context by changing the question, [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext some statements would be wildly self-absorbed and navel-gazey no matter what the question]].
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* Accidental example: Every time Senator Joseph [=McCarthy=] appears in ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck'', it's actually the real Senator Joseph [=McCarthy=] speaking, courtesy of StockFootage taken during the actual events. It can be hard to take his "portrayal" seriously, to the point that several critics who were unaware that the film used stock footage took the "actor" who was "playing" McCarthy to task for ChewingTheScenery.

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* Accidental example: Every time Senator Joseph [=McCarthy=] appears in ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck'', it's actually the real Senator Joseph [=McCarthy=] speaking, courtesy of StockFootage taken during the actual events. It can be hard to take his "portrayal" seriously, to the point that several critics who were unaware that the film used stock footage took the "actor" who was "playing" McCarthy [=McCarthy=] to task for ChewingTheScenery.
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* Accidental example: Every time Senator Joseph [=McCarthy=] appears in ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck'', it's actually the real Senator Joseph [=McCarthy=] speaking, courtesy of StockFootage taken during the actual events. It can be hard to take his "portrayal" seriously.

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* Accidental example: Every time Senator Joseph [=McCarthy=] appears in ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck'', it's actually the real Senator Joseph [=McCarthy=] speaking, courtesy of StockFootage taken during the actual events. It can be hard to take his "portrayal" seriously.seriously, to the point that several critics who were unaware that the film used stock footage took the "actor" who was "playing" McCarthy to task for ChewingTheScenery.
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* RayWilliamJohnson's "parodies" of songs are usually just word-for-word covers. Actually, what's supposed to be funny about them isn't really apparent...
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* Accidental example: Every time Senator Joseph [=McCarthy=] appears in ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck'', it's actually the real Senator Joseph [=McCarthy=] speaking, courtesy of StockFootage taken during the actual events. It can be hard to take his "portrayal" seriously.
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** TheNostalgiaCritic in particular will typically add one of the more {{Narm}}ful lines from the film to the end of the review.

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* This happens as well with the editors/producers of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses or similar review sites. Often music is added or a sound effect to emphasize the awkward situation. Though sometimes the films themselves are oddly edited prompting a "No, I didn't add anything."

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* This happens as well with the editors/producers of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses or similar review sites. Often music is added or a sound effect to emphasize the awkward situation. Though sometimes the films themselves are oddly edited prompting a "No, I didn't add anything.""
** TheNostalgiaCritic in particular will typically add one of the more {{Narm}}ful lines from the film to the end of the review.



* ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'' often reused cheesy-sounding lines from the North American dub. A notification on the bottom of the screen tells viewers when they did this.

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* ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'' often reused cheesy-sounding lines from the North American dub. A notification on the bottom of the screen tells viewers when they did this.
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* [[http://shinga.livejournal.com/478415.html This]] ''{{Twilight}}'' parody, in Chapter 14:
-->'''EDWARD:''' I didn’t eat you! Yay! Let’s go now.
-->'''BELLA:''' Okay but I’m driving.
-->'''EDWARD:''' Friends don’t let friends drive drunk. You’re intoxicated by my presence.
-->'''THAT LINE RIGHT THERE:''' *is an actual honest-to-God direct quote what the hell*
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* ''Webcomic/JesusAndMo'' will often quote something recently said by a real life religious apologist, putting their words into the mouths of the title characters. The orginal article is generally linked to in the commentary, with the writer listed as "guest scriptwriter".

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* ''Webcomic/JesusAndMo'' ''JesusAndMo'' will often quote something recently said by a real life religious apologist, putting their words into the mouths of the title characters. The orginal article is generally linked to in the commentary, with the writer listed as "guest scriptwriter".
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* This happens as well with the editors/producers of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses or similar review sites. Often music is added or a sound effect to emphasize the awkward situation. Though sometimes the films themselves are oddly edited prompting a "No, I didn't add anything."

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* This happens as well with the editors/producers of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses or similar review sites. Often music is added or a sound effect to emphasize the awkward situation. Though sometimes the films themselves are oddly edited prompting a "No, I didn't add anything."
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** And then, there are those choice moments where public figures can fall victim to this even when their words are 100% in-context. Again, [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement no need for specifics]].
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* Webcomic/FinalFantasyVIITheSevening loves doing this with the strange dialogue and the poor translations.

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* ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'' often reused cheesy-sounding lines from the North American dub. A notification on the bottom of the screen tells viewers when they did this.
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* Some of the parodies featured on Webcomics/PlatypusComix simply highlight moronic things that famous people performed in real life. (eg, Some of the answers Far East Movement gives in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/geesix.html this fake interview]] got lifted from [[http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/hip-hop-media-training/far-east-movement-explains-meaning-behind-like-a-g6.html a real article]], although Peter Paltridge also included some fabricated responses.)

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* Some of the parodies featured on Webcomics/PlatypusComix Website/PlatypusComix simply highlight moronic things that famous people performed in real life. (eg, Some of the answers Far East Movement gives in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/geesix.html this fake interview]] got lifted from [[http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/hip-hop-media-training/far-east-movement-explains-meaning-behind-like-a-g6.html a real article]], although Peter Paltridge also included some fabricated responses.)
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* The author of the comics and articles featured on PlatypusComix sometimes makes parodies that highlight some moronic things he found out the subject performed in real life. (eg, Some of the answers Far East Movement gives in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/geesix.html this fake interview]] got lifted from [[http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/hip-hop-media-training/far-east-movement-explains-meaning-behind-like-a-g6.html a real article]], although the author also included some fabricated responses.)

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* The author Some of the comics and articles parodies featured on PlatypusComix sometimes makes parodies that Webcomics/PlatypusComix simply highlight some moronic things he found out the subject that famous people performed in real life. (eg, Some of the answers Far East Movement gives in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/geesix.html this fake interview]] got lifted from [[http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/hip-hop-media-training/far-east-movement-explains-meaning-behind-like-a-g6.html a real article]], although the author Peter Paltridge also included some fabricated responses.)
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* The author of the comics and articles featured on PlatypusComix sometimes makes parodies that highlight some moronic things he found out the subject performed in real life. (eg, Some of the answers Far East Movement gives in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/geesix.html this fake interview]] got lifted from [[http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/hip-hop-media-training/far-east-movement-explains-meaning-behind-like-a-g6.html a real article]], although the author also included some fabricated responses.)
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** For [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E07TrackOfTheMoonBeast Track of the Moon Beast]], the bots re-enacted a part of the movie in which some people play a weird, elaborate, ineffective prank on an archeologist, then spend several minutes explaining it and apologizing for it. It's almost a word-for-word re-enactment.
** This is usually the purpose of TheStinger in most episodes: a few seconds of the film that are bizarre or stupid enough that they don't need riffing.
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** They also did used this trope in a Weekend Update parodying [[LargeHam Jimmy McMillan]], leader of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party.
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--> When I was back there in seminary school
--> There was a person there
--> Who put forth the proposition
--> That you can petition the Lord with prayer
--> Petition the Lord with prayer
--> Petition the Lord with prayer
--> You cannot petition the Lord with prayer!
The line "petition the Lord with prayer" sounded like a mockery of that proposition, the way it was said.

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Petition the Lord with prayer
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You cannot petition the Lord with prayer!
** The line "petition the Lord with prayer" sounded like a mockery of that proposition, the way it was said.



** He directly quotes Yu-Gi-Oh in some bits of episode and makes it very clear, yes, this happened in the animé as well.
--> Tristan: "In a few hours, the sun will rise!"

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** He directly quotes Yu-Gi-Oh ''Anime/YuGiOh'' in some bits of episode and makes it very clear, yes, this happened in the animé as well.
--> Tristan: "In ---> '''Tristan:''' In a few hours, the sun will rise!"rise!
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** He directly quotes Yu-Gi-Oh in some bits of episode and makes it very clear, yes, this happened in the animé as well.
--> Tristan: "In a few hours, the sun will rise!"


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* This happens as well with the editors/producers of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses or similar review sites. Often music is added or a sound effect to emphasize the awkward situation. Though sometimes the films themselves are oddly edited prompting a "No, I didn't add anything."
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* In ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', you eventually fight Dracula from the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series. The bombastic dialogue between him and The Kid is taken directly from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', albeit spoken in a squeaky voice.

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* In ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', you eventually fight Dracula from the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series. The bombastic dialogue between him and The Kid is taken directly from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', albeit spoken with the Kid speaking Richter Belmont's lines in a squeaky voice.
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See also NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, for when the work explicitly states that it's not exaggerating the original. If the work mistakenly quotes the original, it's RedundantParody.

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See also NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, for when the work explicitly states that it's not exaggerating the original. If the work mistakenly quotes the original, it's RedundantParody.
RedundantParody. Compare ReviewIronicEcho.



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* Speaking of RachelMaddow, she ocassionally stages "debates" using clips of what a politician is saying today on one side and what the same politician was saying a few year ago on the other.

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* Speaking of RachelMaddow, she ocassionally stages "debates" using clips of what a politician is saying today on one side and what the same politician was saying a few year years (or months, or sometimes days) ago on the other.
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* Speaking of RachelMaddow, she ocassionally stages "debates" using clips of what a politician is saying today on one side and what the same politician was saying a few year ago on the other.
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* One of the earlier episodes of ''DragonBallZ'' has Raditz tearing off Piccolo's arm, followed by the mocking line "Has anyone seen my arm? You can't miss it, it's green!" This line is present verbatim in pretty much every parody, rewrite, or AbridgedSeries of DBZ.

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* One of the earlier episodes of ''DragonBallZ'' ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' has Raditz tearing off Piccolo's arm, followed by the mocking line "Has anyone seen my arm? You can't miss it, it's green!" This line is present verbatim in pretty much every parody, rewrite, or AbridgedSeries of DBZ.



* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' does this a few times.

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* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' does this a few times.



* ''SaturdayNightLive'' had a famous skit about Sarah Palin during the 2008 U.S. presidential race. The skit very intentionally consisted almost entirely of actual Palin lines from her interview with Katie Couric. A couple of judicious additions and [[TinaFey Tina Fey's]] delivery were all it took.
* ''TheDailyShow'' does this all the time. Interviewing John Stewart, RachelMaddow even claimed to see little difference between his method of parodying events and her own of humorously reporting on them.

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* ''SaturdayNightLive'' ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' had a famous skit about Sarah Palin during the 2008 U.S. presidential race. The skit very intentionally consisted almost entirely of actual Palin lines from her interview with Katie Couric. A couple of judicious additions and [[TinaFey Tina Fey's]] delivery were all it took.
* ''TheDailyShow'' ''Series/TheDailyShow'' does this all the time. Interviewing John Stewart, RachelMaddow even claimed to see little difference between his method of parodying events and her own of humorously reporting on them.



* ''WeirdAl'' usually thinks up silly imagery to put into his song parodies, but in "Perform this Way," most of the lyrics mention things LadyGaga has actually done, like being born out of an egg on stage.

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* ''WeirdAl'' Music/WeirdAlYankovic usually thinks up silly imagery to put into his song parodies, but in "Perform this Way," most of the lyrics mention things LadyGaga Music/LadyGaga has actually done, like being born out of an egg on stage.



* In ''IWannaBeTheGuy'', you eventually fight Dracula from the CastleVania series. The bombastic dialogue between him and The Kid is taken directly from one of the Castlevania games, albeit spoken in a squeaky voice.

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* In ''IWannaBeTheGuy'', ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', you eventually fight Dracula from the CastleVania ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series. The bombastic dialogue between him and The Kid is taken directly from one of the Castlevania games, ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', albeit spoken in a squeaky voice.



* ''JesusAndMo'' will often quote something recently said by a real life religious apologist, putting their words into the mouths of the title characters. The orginal article is generally linked to in the commentary, with the writer listed as "guest scriptwriter".

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* ''JesusAndMo'' ''Webcomic/JesusAndMo'' will often quote something recently said by a real life religious apologist, putting their words into the mouths of the title characters. The orginal article is generally linked to in the commentary, with the writer listed as "guest scriptwriter".



* ZeroPunctuation's review of [[MedalOfHonor Medal of Honor:]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Warfighter]] opens with Yahtzee stating that normally, he makes fun of a game by increasingly altering the title through the review until it gradually becomes ridiculous. In this case, he says that he can't do that, because there's nothing more silly than simply using its actual name.

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* ZeroPunctuation's ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'''s review of [[MedalOfHonor Medal of Honor:]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Warfighter]] ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor: Warfighter'' opens with Yahtzee stating that normally, he makes fun of a game by increasingly altering the title through the review until it gradually becomes ridiculous. In this case, he says that he can't do that, because there's nothing more silly than simply using its actual name.
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Parodies normally exaggerate source material. Occasionally they don't - they repeat the original's exact words to show just how absurd they really sound. The quote, inserted in a parody context, often sounds as ridiculous or funny as the surrounding parody dialog.

See also NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, for when the work explicitly states that it's not exaggerating the original. If the work mistakenly quotes the original, it's RedundantParody.

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*One of the earlier episodes of ''DragonBallZ'' has Raditz tearing off Piccolo's arm, followed by the mocking line "Has anyone seen my arm? You can't miss it, it's green!" This line is present verbatim in pretty much every parody, rewrite, or AbridgedSeries of DBZ.
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*''Film/{{Airplane}}'' is largely word-for-word quoted directly from the film ''Zero Hour'', but with the serious deadpan delivery taking place in absurd surroundings.
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*''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' does this a few times.
** For [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E03PodPeople "Pod People"]], two of the host segments consist of re-enacting some of the film's most bizarre scenes almost verbatim.
** For [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E02ThePhantomPlanet The Phantom Planet]], they poke fun at Ray Makonnen's out-of-nowhere ContemplateOurNavels monologue ("You know, Captain, every year of my life, I grow more and more convinced that the wisest and best is to fix our attention on the good and the beautiful... if you just take the time to look at it.") by reciting the entire thing later, multiple times.
* ''SaturdayNightLive'' had a famous skit about Sarah Palin during the 2008 U.S. presidential race. The skit very intentionally consisted almost entirely of actual Palin lines from her interview with Katie Couric. A couple of judicious additions and [[TinaFey Tina Fey's]] delivery were all it took.
* ''TheDailyShow'' does this all the time. Interviewing John Stewart, RachelMaddow even claimed to see little difference between his method of parodying events and her own of humorously reporting on them.
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* ''WeirdAl'' usually thinks up silly imagery to put into his song parodies, but in "Perform this Way," most of the lyrics mention things LadyGaga has actually done, like being born out of an egg on stage.
* The rant at the beginning of TheDoors song "The Soft Parade" has Morrison speaking thusly:
--> When I was back there in seminary school
--> There was a person there
--> Who put forth the proposition
--> That you can petition the Lord with prayer
--> Petition the Lord with prayer
--> Petition the Lord with prayer
--> You cannot petition the Lord with prayer!
The line "petition the Lord with prayer" sounded like a mockery of that proposition, the way it was said.
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* In ''IWannaBeTheGuy'', you eventually fight Dracula from the CastleVania series. The bombastic dialogue between him and The Kid is taken directly from one of the Castlevania games, albeit spoken in a squeaky voice.
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*''JesusAndMo'' will often quote something recently said by a real life religious apologist, putting their words into the mouths of the title characters. The orginal article is generally linked to in the commentary, with the writer listed as "guest scriptwriter".
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* LittleKuriboh made a video ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lBTWt2cKYs&feature=related youtube link]]) parodying the abridger "Chicken Wings" and his abridged DragonBallZ episode. It's almost an an exact copy of the original video, just with the voice slightly exaggerated.
* TheEditingRoom will sometimes include actual lines of dialogue or describe a scene that actually happened in the movie, usually including (''actual line of dialogue'') or THIS HAPPENS.
* ZeroPunctuation's review of [[MedalOfHonor Medal of Honor:]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Warfighter]] opens with Yahtzee stating that normally, he makes fun of a game by increasingly altering the title through the review until it gradually becomes ridiculous. In this case, he says that he can't do that, because there's nothing more silly than simply using its actual name.
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* Without (ahem) getting into specific examples, politicians on the campaign trail will often repeat a soundbite or quote, often out-of-context, that was recently uttered by their opponent in the campaign. Due to there not being context, the attacking politician will often distort the meaning of the quote or the intentions of its speaker.
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