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* ''Anime/FlameOfTheAlpenRose'' is set in Switzerland before the outbreak of UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo and is a goldmine of Swiss culture and history - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Guisan Henri Guisan]] was indeed a real person who opposed the Nazis, and the anime correctly shows that they speak German and French there. If you were a kid in Italy/the Middle East during The80s, this anime was probably your first introduction to Switzerland's role in the Second World War. The anime also highlights the financers of the arms manifacturing during the war, and name drops [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Zaharoff Basil Zaharoff]].
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* ''Anime/FlameOfTheAlpenRose'' ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'' is set in Switzerland before the outbreak of UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and is a goldmine of Swiss culture and history - -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Guisan Henri Guisan]] was indeed a real person who opposed the Nazis, and the anime story correctly shows that they speak German and French there. If you were a kid in Italy/the Middle East during The80s, this anime was probably your first introduction to Switzerland's role in the Second World War. The anime story also highlights the financers of the arms manifacturing manufacturing during the war, and name drops name-drops [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Zaharoff Basil Zaharoff]].
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* If you know anything about life in Japan during the bubble economy back in the [='80s=], chances are you've played ''VideoGame/Yakuza0''.
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* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' is basically a crash course in theology, both Eastern and Western. The card game and several characters draw parallels to multiple cultures and traditions. [[Anime/DigimonTamers The third series]] relates to Eastern principles such as the idea of a ''Deva'' as well the Four Animals of the Earth, and villains are based on the Eastern Zodiac. There's even a ''Tao''mon. [[Anime/DigimonFrontier The following series]] is Western based, with the ideas of Seraphim and Ophan, as well as Lucifer himself as a villain, with several allusions to his origins and portrayal in ''Literature/ParadiseLost''.
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* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' is basically a crash course in theology, both Eastern and Western. The card game and several characters draw parallels to multiple cultures and traditions. [[Anime/DigimonTamers The third series]] relates to Eastern principles such as the idea of a ''Deva'' as well the Four Animals of the Earth, and villains are based on the Eastern Zodiac. There's even a ''Tao''mon. [[Anime/DigimonFrontier The following series]] is Western based, with the ideas of Seraphim and Ophan, as well as Lucifer [[spoiler:Lucifer himself as a villain, the real BigBad]], with several allusions to his [[spoiler:his origins and portrayal portrayal]] in ''Literature/ParadiseLost''.
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* ''Series/MoonKnight2022'' focuses on the protagonist Steven Grant learning he's an alter for Marc Spector and what it means to live with DID. It also led to the likes of Steven [[spoiler:and Jake Lockley]] to be called "alters" (the correct term for someone with multiple personalities) on this very site.
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* ''Series/TheWestWing'' has this in spades for the political system and U.S. history. People have learned all sorts of obscure things about how the Presidency and government works by watching the show.
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* ''Series/TheWestWing'' has this in spades for the political system and U.S. history. People Not only have people have learned all sorts of obscure things about how the Presidency and government works by watching the show.show, but it has itself turned more than a few of its fans into real-life government nerds.
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* Creator/LindsayEllis eventually moved away from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick and her "Loose Canon" series into video essays that can teach viewers a lot about film theory, composition, and criticism. Her ''The Whole Plate'' series on the ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' films has a lot to teach about framing, MaleGaze, feminist theory, and queer coding. She's said that this is partly her intent, to save people from the debts of going to film school.
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* Creator/LindsayEllis eventually moved away from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick and her "Loose Canon" series into video essays that can teach viewers a lot about film theory, composition, and criticism. Her ''The Whole Plate'' series on the ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' films has a lot to teach about framing, MaleGaze, feminist theory, and queer coding. She's said that this is partly her intent, to save people from the debts of going to film school.
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* ''Film/TradingPlaces'' is so informative about economics and trading that, following the 2008 recession, Section 136 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act (also known as the Dodd-Frank Act) -- which was an ObviousRulePatch to prevent some of the shenanigans shown at the end of the film -- is informally known as the "Eddie Murphy Rule".
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* ''Film/TradingPlaces'' is so informative about economics and trading that, following the 2008 recession, Section 136 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act (also known as the Dodd-Frank Act) -- which was an ObviousRulePatch to prevent some of the shenanigans shown at the end of the film -- is informally known as the "Eddie Murphy "Creator/EddieMurphy Rule".
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** It also takes the time to teach the viewer about deep sea currents as the Straw Hats approach Fish-Man Island.
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* Music/FortMinor's song "Remember the Name" no doubt caused many 2000s children and teenagers to remember their percentages.
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* The riffing in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' is packed with popular culture references, stagecraft notes, and trope deconstructions that can result in hours of research.
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* The riffing in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' is packed with popular culture references, stagecraft notes, and trope deconstructions that can result in hours of research. The broader your frame of reference, the more rewarding the humor becomes, and the more you research their jokes, the broader your frame of reference will become.
