History Main / ThisIsAWorkOfFiction

* Due to the crazy and unfair court system used in ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', the Western version of the game manual features quiet promplty a message saying:"The courts, law and legal activities in this game were made specifically for entertaiment purposes and in no way represent real courts of any way, shape, or form". This is obviously so that the Justic System of America don't get pee'd of at how they represent their courts in the game. In the orginal Japanese version however (which is what the courts in the games ARE based on) they say that "the courts, laws and way of trials in this game are based on the court system however do not represent it with 100% acurrecy. Many aspects are exaggerated for entertainment purposes and therefore should not be taken as an accurate representaion.". Of course the trials in the games are huge take thats at the Japan Legal System, a system which-- until the revamp in 2009-- was considered very unfair, harsh and too hard on suspects; a fact that was confirmed by ''WordofGod''

* Due to the crazy and unfair court system used in ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', the Western version of the game manual features quiet promplty a message saying:"The courts, law and legal activities in this game were made speciicly for entertaiment purposes and in no way represent real courts of any kind shape of form". This is obviously so that the Justic System of America don't get pee'd of at how they represent their courts in the game. In the orginal Japanese version however (which is what the courts in the games ARE based on) they say that "the courts, laws and way of trials in this game are based on the court system however do not represent it with 100% acurrecy. Many aspects are exsaggerated for entertainment purposes and therefore should not be taken as an accurate representaion.". Of course the trials in the games are huge take thats at the Japan Legal System, a system which untill the revamp in 2009, was considered very unfair, harash and too hard on suspects; a fact that was confirmed by ''WordofGod''
* Played with in VideoGame/{{Touhou}}: Ten Desires - "This game is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations that appear have entered Gensokyo."

-->"Beavis and Butt-Head are not real. They are stupid cartoon people completely made up by [[MikeJudge this Texas guy]] whom we hardly even know. Beavis and Butt-Head are dumb, crude, thoughtless, ugly, sexist, self-destructive fools. But for some reason, the little weinerheads make us laugh."

-->"Beavis and Butt-Head are not role models. They're not even human, they're cartoons. Some of the things they do would cause a person to get hurt, expelled, arrested, and possibly deported. To put it another way, DontTryThisAtHome."

* The Daffy Duck-Porky Pig cartoon "Rocket Squad," a homage to {{Dragnet}}, had the following disclaimer: ''The story you are about to see is true. The drawings have been changed to protect the innocent.''

* The Daffy Duck-Porky Pig cartoon "Rocket Squad," a homage to {{Dragnet}}, had the following disclaimer: ''The story you are about to see is true. The drawings have been changed to protect the innocent.''

* Played with in {{Touhou}}: Ten Desires - "This game is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations that appear have entered Gensokyo."

* The book [[SimplyWeirdTheFakeHistoryOfWeirdComicsIncorporatedAFakeComicBookCompany Simply Weird: The (fake) History of Weird Comics Incorporated, A (fake) Comic Book Company]] starts this way. It's more or less a joke when the title already says the history present in the book is fake.

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* The disclaimer in ''AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' notes the fictional status of all characters "living, dead, or ''undead''".

* Because of the historical and religious implications of the plot of the AssassinsCreed series, every game takes care to point out that it "was designed, developed and produced by a multicultural team of various religious faiths and beliefs".

Sometimes this disclaimer is [[BlatantLies the only part of the movie that's fiction]], especially when [[HistoricalDomainCharacter the real people in question lived long enough ago that they're not going to sue anybody]]. (And sometimes publishers make the mistake of putting it in books openly BasedOnATrueStory; e.g., the [[http://www.nizkor.org/features/denial-of-science/schindler-04.html first printing of the Touchstone paperback edition]] of ''[[SchindlersList Schindler's List]]''.) Works BasedOnATrueStory may use a modified disclaimer, acknowledging the historical basis for the work but stating that it doesn't necessarily conform 100% to history.

[[folder: Anime ]]

* [[MarvelComics Marvel UK]]'s ''TheRealGhostbusters'' and ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' comics disclaim any resemblance to persons "living, dead, or undead".

* Subverted in an epilogue to the 1931 ''{{Film/Dracula}}''. Edward Van Sloan (Van Helsing in the film) speaks directly to the audience, giving them what ''sounds'' like a reassuring message about the fictitious nature of the preceding film... until he gets to the kicker: "There ''are'' such things as vampires!" Sadly, this epilogue was cut from the film's 1936 re-release (for fear of offending religious groups), and [[MissingEpisode is now lost]].
* ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' has the regular "accidental and unintentional" message... but follows it up with "Signed RichardMNixon".

[[folder: Literature ]]

* In ''You Have to Stop This'', the final book of SecretSeries, the disclaimer reads "The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Of course, you know what they say about good intentions...."

* ''Series/RedDwarf'' has an episode in which an ancient scroll containing this disclaimer for TheBible is unearthed.

* The "Spam" episode of ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' begins with FakeOutOpening credits for an epic adventure, mangling the disclaimer to "Any similarity between persons living or dead is coincidental."

[[folder: Theatre ]]

* Each book in the ''[=~87th Precinct~=]'' series features the following disclaimer (which is partly a shout-out to ''Dragnet''):

!!Interesting uses: [[hottip:*:As the disclaimer itself is ubiquitous, only parodies, [[BasedOnATrueStory inversions]], InUniverse examples and the like should be listed.]]

* ''[[FiveHundredDaysOfSummer (500) Days of Summer]]'' begins with the standard disclaimer, and then appends, "[[EspeciallyZoidberg Especially]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial you, Jenny Beckman.]] Bitch."

* ''RedDwarf'' has an episode in which an ancient scroll containing this disclaimer for TheBible is unearthed.

* ''GunnerkriggCourt'': Tom Siddell says this, almost word for word, in the annotation for [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=380 this page]] and the one following. However, the the message here is not "''Although this looks like it could have really happened, it didn't.''", but rather "''[[MST3KMantra I KNOW this is impossible! It's a fantasy story, OK?]]''"

-->"Beavis and Butt-Head are not real. They are stupid cartoon people completely made up by this Texas guy whom we hardly even know. Beavis and Butt-Head are dumb, crude, thoughtless, ugly, sexist, self-destructive fools. But for some reason, the little weinerheads make us laugh."

* Played with in [[Touhou Touhou 13: Ten Desires]]: "This game is a work of fiction. All characters and organizations that appear have entered Gensokyo."

* Due to the crazy and unfair court system used in ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', the Western version of the game manual features quiet promplty a message saying:"The courts, law and legal activities in this game were made speciicly for entertaiment purposes and in no way represent real courts of any kind shape of form". This is obviously so that the Justic Sytem of America don't get pee'd of at they they represent their courts in the game. In the orginal Japanese version however (which is what the courts in the games ARE based on) they say that "the courts, laws and way of trials in this game are based on the court system however do not represent it with 100% acurrecy. Many aspects are exsaggerated for entertainment purposes and therefore should not be taken as an accurate representaion.". Of course the trials in the games are huge take thats at the Japan Legal System, a system which untill the revamp in 2009, was considered very unfair, harash and too hard on suspects.