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**In the final book in the series, Arthur ends up on a planet that has a race of birds that ignore everything out of the ordinary that happens around them. For example, they fail to notice a giant crashing spaceship. On the flip side, everything normal comes as a huge shock to them. In the author's own words: "...and the sunrise always took them completely by surprise."21/Nov/09 at 05:50 PM
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**you can say it was lampshaded,since they were inside a museum when that happened20/Nov/09 at 03:01 PM
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* ''DetectiveConan''. In order for TheMasquerade to be sustained, there are [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom a number of details that the cast is forcibly required to ignore]], otherwise the whole charade would fall apart rather quickly. With time, most of these have been either {{lampshaded}} to death or even seriously acknowledged by the cast. ThisTroper will rather not copy the long explanations at that page.16/Nov/09 at 11:53 AM
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** It may be absurd to keep Batman's very existence an urban legend, but an air of mystery around him is totally believable. People might accept that he exists while still being unclear on whether he's a vampire, alien or something else entirely, and given the existence of aliens and stuff, the idea that Batman is a {{Badass Normal}} actually does become more implausible.15/Nov/09 at 10:02 AM
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***Maybe the good Doctor jerry-rigged the perception filter because it was easier than fixing the circuit, and because he likes the police box shape?08/Nov/09 at 02:44 PM
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* "Sunnydale Syndrome" is ascribed to the residents of Sunnydale, California in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer,'' a town in which people live in a [[SomebodyElsesProblem comical denial]] of the vampires, werewolves and other supernatural forces that roam its streets. This does see occasional LampshadeHanging; people on the sly mentioning all the "mysterious" deaths, or musician Aimee Mann claiming that she hates playing vampire towns. A particularly large lampshade is hung at the end of season three, where the graduating class of Sunnydale High give Buffy an award as "Class Protector", while admitting they don't usually acknowledge there's anything to be protected from. Similarly, in season 6 a typical ''Sunnydale Times'' headline is revealed to be "MayhemEnsues: Monsters Definitely Not Involved".to:
* "Sunnydale Syndrome" is ascribed to the residents of Sunnydale, California in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer,'' a town in which people live in a [[SomebodyElsesProblem comical denial]] of the vampires, werewolves and other supernatural forces that roam its streets. This does see occasional LampshadeHanging; people on the sly mentioning all the "mysterious" deaths, or musician Aimee Mann claiming that she hates playing vampire towns. A particularly large lampshade is hung at the end of season three, where the graduating class of Sunnydale High give Buffy an award as "Class Protector", while admitting they don't usually acknowledge there's anything to be protected from. Similarly, in season 6 a typical ''Sunnydale Times'' headline is revealed to be "MayhemEnsues: Monsters Definitely Not Involved". Then again, Snyder mentions lying about vampires attacking the high school in Season 2, telling journalists it was a "gang on PCP", - which is mentioned by the chief of police in Sunnydale as the 'usual story'.Added line 128:
** During Season 8, vampires, and presumably the other weird stuff come to light when Harmony is photographed biting someone. She and Clem get their own reality TV show, along with a worldwide pop culture phenomenom about vampires.07/Nov/09 at 06:56 PM
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*If you live in a college town and use the college facilities, you will probably be desensitized to fire alarms. If anyone does more than saunter out at a cool stroll, it's because they actually saw flame.07/Nov/09 at 05:44 AM
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**** Hey, you only find out about the things they fail to cover up.06/Nov/09 at 05:41 AM
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*** Narrativium doesn't quite excuse whatever's convenient happening whenever the author feels like it. It has its own rules, sort of. The Discworld reality makes a lot more sense than, say, the one in TheDarkTower series by Stephen King, where things can really just happen because.06/Nov/09 at 05:29 AM
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** In Lovecraft's stories, the terrible truth is normally so out of sight people don't need to censor it... except perhaps in the form of not acknowledging how vast the cosmos is and how little they know.to:
** In Lovecraft's stories, the terrible truth is normally so out of sight people don't need to censor it... except perhaps in the form of not acknowledging how vast the cosmos is and how little they know. Of course, the stories tend to be about when it ''does'' come into view. |
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