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* PrivateEyeMonologue: Nearly every parody of film noir features this trope. However, very few film noir movies actually use it. In one of the few well known examples, "Film/DoubleIndemnity", the character doing the monologue isn't a private eye at all, but rather an insurance salesman. A lesser known example, "Film/OutOfThePast" does play this trope straight. However, the setup is a little different, as the it is told in the form of a flashback and a HowWeGotHere.
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* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch parodying YoungAdult {{Dystopia}} stories featured a gag where the main character would be tossed a tactical bag by an ally whenever she entered a room, to such an extent that the sketch ended with her buried under several giant bags.Surprisingly, ''none'' of the movies parodied feature that trope, since they usually keep the supplies the main character has to a minimum.
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* SurveillanceDrone: As personal remote control drones became cheaper, easier to fly, and gained increased range in the late 2000s/early 2010s, significant concerns were raised that they would be used for spying and peeping. Sitcoms made it seem like the skies would be inundated with drones (for example, this was explored in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', a B-plot in an episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'', and a background joke in the TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture final season of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'') while more serious media examined the ethics around these activities. Ultimately, genuine issues were rare while personal drones themselves have since become mainstream enough to no longer be controversial. As a number of jurisdictions ease restrictions around delivery drones early in TheNewTwenties, this idea has found a small amount of new life with the focus shifting to the potential dangers caused by both more drones in the sky and them landing near private residences.
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While "trickle-down economics" as a phrase is primarily used as critical, it still refers to something concrete: the economical policies of Ronald Reagan, how they were advertised to the public, and their effects. This entry's wording makes it sound like it was all something some liberal made up as a political stunt.
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* Many political commentaries with a liberal or a left-wing bent portray caricatured conservatives who are mocked for believing in "trickle-down economics", even though "trickle-down economics" was never a real theory or policy--the closest thing to how it's most commonly described is called "supply-side economics" by its proponents, but even then, it isn't given quite the same reasoning. The earliest references to the concept of money "trickling down" originated from the liberal writer Will Rogers, who intended it from the beginning to be a nonsensical parody of right-wing views, and since then has only ever been used by various politicians as a vague pejorative to describe their opponents.
