Isn't ''I, Robot'' a collection of short stories? There are some common threads, but it's far from a serialized novel like ''Foundation''.

{{ralphmerridew}}: ''I, Robot'' is a collection of short stories, but they were originally published in separate magazines over the course of 10 years. Also, I moved the DasBoot example to NaiveNewcomer.

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I've also heard this referred to as "cabbaging". Schlock Mercenary called it that in a strip that's findable with Google. --DocumentN

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{{Haven}}: Calling the ''House'' example a case of assuming ViewersAreMorons is a little extreme - more like Viewers Aren't Doctors in this case. (Well, most viewers, anyway.)

{{Volouscheur}}: I'd say it's at least partially justified anyways - House tends to behave like he's surrounded by morons most of the time ''anyways'', whether it's medically related or not.

{{Haven}}: I forgot about all this. Anyway, that bit seems to have sprouted some natter, so I just rooted it out. In hindsight it's pretty obvious the bullet wasn't saying anything the main example didn't and was just there for a TakeThat at scriptwriters who dare to assume their audience needs to have specialized medical terminology explained to them.

** ''{{House}}'' also frequently has characters explain even simple medical terms to other doctors so [[ViewersAreMorons the watchers understand what the hell they're talking about]], regardless of how out-of-character it would be for doctors not to know the terms.
*** To be fair, House also repeatedly mocks his underlings for it. Also, he needs the exchange to function, as visible when he's deprived of a team.
*** Played with in an episode where the team is being filmed. Chase begins to do this but the other characters call him out on it.
** Doctors sure better explain to patients just what in the name of Sam Hill is going on inside of them.

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What about Jonathan strange and Mr. norrell? susana clarke does this all the time in the footnotes (as we all know from out classrooms...)

-Mago

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Madrugada: I've sorted the examples by media; if someone could check over the games, anime, and manga and comic books sections to make sure that I've got everything in the right place, please? Sometimes I have to guess at whether a particular example is from the series or the game.

BrokenChaos: The various headers are wrong, I'll go fix them now (i.e. Televsion -> Live Action TV). ...Annnd done. Also shuffled a few around that seemed to be in the wrong category. (For future reference, categories generally are LiveActionTV, {{Film}}, {{Literature}}, VideoGames, {{Anime}}/{{Manga}}, ComicBooks, {{Webcomics}}, {{New Media}}/{{Web Original}}/etc. (this last one seems to be very... vague as to what is used for what).)

There are still some in the wrong category.