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1->''"Comedy can be a dangerous business. It's hard to make the world look ridiculous when it's always finding new ways to make itself look ridiculous."''
2-->--Website/{{Cracked}}, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19146_8-absurd-jokes-that-predicted-real-life-events.html 8 Absurd Jokes that Predicted Real Life Events]]
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4->'''Chandler's Boss:''' Seriously, though. I think we should all support President Clinton-- and her husband Bill!
5-->--''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The One with Chandler's Work Laugh" (1999)
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7->''"The Mary Tailor-Made Show" must be part of Literature/TheDaVinciCode, because you have a man saying "[[Series/JonAndKatePlusEight Hey, let's say I make a story for tonight's news about a woman having eight babies?]]" How many prophecies have you printed that you are not telling the world about?"''
8-->--Magazine/{{MAD}} reader
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10->''"After seeing that Franchise/{{Barbie}} Horse Adventures was on [[http://support.xbox.com/en-us/games/xbox-games/play-original-games the list]], and recalling [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/07/25 this old strip]], we really [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/01/09 had no choice]]."''
11-->--''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', "[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/2006/01/09 BFF!]]"
12
13->''"''Space Megaforce''! Presented by Creator/{{Toho}}."''
14-->--''[[VideoGame/SuperAleste Space Megaforce]]'' (1992, four years before ''Franchise/TouhouProject'')
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16->''"Hey, do you remember back in one of my E3 videos, I made a very hilarious joke in which I pretended to mistake the ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3'' trailer for a new ''VideoGame/LostPlanet''? How strangely prophetic that very hilarious joke now seems!"''
17-->--'''Creator/BenCroshaw''', ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''
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19->''Unfortunately, it was supposed to be just a self-contained joke, but current events are making it more and more relevant. Which is not normally how jokes work.''
20-->--'''Creator/JohnOliver''' to '''Creator/StephenColbert''' on one of his jokes
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22->''A young wizard named Harry which, may I remind you, [[WesternAnimation/{{Darkstalkers}} this]] predates ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Creator/JKRowling's a fucking hack.''
23-->--'''Pan Pizza''', ''WebVideo/RebelTaxi''
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25->''"These things don't happen in New York! I just hope [[Franchise/FridayThe13th a guy in a hockey mask named Jason]] doesn't show up!"''
26-->--'''Barney''', ''Film/EvilLaugh'', two years before ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan''
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28->''(Side note: when writing the line "buying my good tweets", we were trying to think of something so silly that it couldn't be real. So of course the founder of Twitter sold one for just under $3 million shortly after we posted the article.)''
29-->--[[https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq This Verge article]], about [=NFTs=]
30
31->'''Thurgood Stubbs:''' Looks like that [[Creator/TheWB frog network]] finally ran out of money.
32-->--''WesternAnimation/ThePJs'', "Hangin' With Mr. Super"
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34->''"[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 It's the circle of debt.. And it screws us allllll...]]''
35
36->''This is now a million times funnier now that we know [[Creator/JohnOliver he's]] cast as Zazu in [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 the Lion King remake]]. XD"''
37-->--One of the comments on the Website/YouTube version of the ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' episode about payday loans.
38
39->(Homer throws a paperweight at Raven!Bart but dodges out of the way)\
40'''Homer:''' [[VideoGame/MarioParty D'oh]], [[LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys I missed]]!
41-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror "Treehouse of Horror"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiXjaPqSyY "The Raven"]]
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43->'''Brian:''' ''Whatever dangers we may face, we'll never fear or cry''\
44'''Stewie:''' ''That's right, until we're syndicated, Creator/{{Fox}} will never let us die. Please?''
45-->--''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', [[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E13RoadToRhodeIsland "Road To Rhode Island"]]
46
47->'''Chris:''' Where do you think you go when you die?\
48'''Sam:''' I learned from church that if you're good, you go to Main/{{Heaven}}, but if you're bad, you go to [[Main/{{Hell}} a place]] where the dead believe they're still living and they pray for death but death won't come.\
49'''Chris:''' Creator/{{UPN}}?
50-->--''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', [[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E12ToLoveAndDieInDixie "To Love And Die In Dixie"]]
51
52->(at the Newport Fashion Show)\
53'''Stewie:''' Look, there's Brody Jenner. God, what a douchebag! I can't believe that came out of [[Creator/CaitlynJenner Bruce Jenner's]] vagina.\
54'''Brian:''' Bruce Jenner is a man.\
55'''Stewie:''' No, Brian. That's what the press would have you believe, but he's not. Bruce Jenner is a woman. An elegant, beautiful, Dutch woman.
56-->--''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', [[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E14WeLoveYouConrad "We Love You Conrad"]]
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58->'''Lisa:''' Let me share the Buddhist path to Main/{{Heaven}} with an enlightened tale I call "The Princess Not Affiliated With Creator/{{Disney}}", unless we are now owned by Disney.
59-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS30E3MyWayOrTheHighwayToHeaven "My Way Or The Highway To Heaven"]]
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61->'''Dad:''' One day one's Governor, next day one's [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama President]], next day one's...Music/BarbraStreisand. I don't know.
62-->--Creator/DanAykroyd, ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', "Black Takeover" sketch, 12/13/1975
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64->Fun Fact: There is an [[IncestYayShipping Anna/Elsa]] fanfic out there where they are Cannibals, and it even predates [[VideoGame/TheCoffinOfAndyAndLeyley Coffin]] by a couple of years (The Killers by Racoonisphere). Granted, with the vast amount of fanfics pairing the two, some niches will eventually be tapped into due to sheer volume alone.
65-->--'''[=Lefio79=]''', ''Know Your Meme'', on [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2711300-andrew-and-ashley-graves-redraws#comments-heading this image]] of [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Anna and Elsa]]

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