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* An in-universe example in an episode of "Series/HancocksHalfHour". Sid talks Tony into starring in an extremely low budget film about Ericson the Viking. The camera equipment is from the early 1900s and borrowed from a museum. They're having so much trouble picking up the sound, eventually the boom mic descends so low it's right in the actor's faces and they're shouting into it. During a sword fight scene, the mic operator has to get so close a fed up Hancock turns around and starts fending it off with his wooden sword.
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* Creator/{{Pixar}} featured this during the HilariousOuttakes at the end of ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''.

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* Creator/{{Pixar}} featured this during the HilariousOuttakes at the end of ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''.''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''.
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** Mike's mike could be seen in several episodes. During their viewing of Film/{{Laserblast}}, its existence is acknowledged when Mike is briefly transformed into a small robot: he still has the microphone.

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** Mike's mike could be seen in several episodes. During their viewing of Film/{{Laserblast}}, Film/PrinceOfSpace, its existence is acknowledged when Mike is briefly transformed into a small robot: he still has the microphone.
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** Mike's mike could be seen in several episodes. During their viewing of [[Film/Laserblast]], its existence is acknowledged when Mike is briefly transformed into a small robot: he still has the microphone.

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** Mike's mike could be seen in several episodes. During their viewing of [[Film/Laserblast]], Film/{{Laserblast}}, its existence is acknowledged when Mike is briefly transformed into a small robot: he still has the microphone.
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** Mike's mike could be seen in several episodes. During their viewing of Film/Laserblast, its existence is acknowledged when Mike is briefly transformed into a small robot: he still has the microphone.

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** Mike's mike could be seen in several episodes. During their viewing of Film/Laserblast, [[Film/Laserblast]], its existence is acknowledged when Mike is briefly transformed into a small robot: he still has the microphone.
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** Mike's mike could be seen in several episodes. During their viewing of Film/Laserblast, its existence is acknowledged when Mike is briefly transformed into a small robot: he still has the microphone.
** Earlier, you could occasionally see Joel's spectacles, when the vagaries of shadowrama and analog TV resolution happened to align.
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* Regularly crops up in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', especially in the early seasons. A major contributor to this is the heavy use of plexiglass in the construction of the sets, meaning you can often see the boom mic's reflection.
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* [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the opening shot of ''Film/TheMirror'' by Creator/AndreiTarkovsky. The first scene is a recreation of a TV broadcast, so the "error" is intentional.

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* [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the opening shot of ''Film/TheMirror'' ''Film/{{The Mirror|1975}}'' by Creator/AndreiTarkovsky. The first scene is a recreation of a TV broadcast, so the "error" is intentional.
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* When Lurcio is confronted by the guards in ''Film/UpPompeii'', the shadow of a camera can be seen.
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* In ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'', film equipment can be seen in the reflection on the bus window when Stan stops outside the Pontins gates.
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* Used purposefully in the movie of the musical ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', with a period 1960s boom mic.

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* Used purposefully in the movie of the musical ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', ''Film/{{Hairspray|2007}}'', with a period 1960s boom mic.
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* Three times in {{Film/Slacker}}:
** During the dialog between the Ultimate Loser and Stephanie from Dallas,before the Madonna Papsmear Girl arrives, the boom mic appears briefly above them.
** Boom mic and the pole are visible at the top left of the screen when Steve finds out he's not on the guest list.
** When "GTO" drops off "True Call", the shadow of the boom mic is visible on the car as it drives past.

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