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* InspiredBy and SuggestedBy: Alternatives to the phrase "Based On A True Story" (or "Based On The Novel", or "Based On The Legend", or...) that imply the [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very Loosely]].
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* InspiredBy and SuggestedBy: Alternatives to the phrase "Based On A on a True Story" (or "Based On The on the Novel", or "Based On The on the Legend", or...) that imply the [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very Loosely]].
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* InspiredBy and SuggestedBy: Alternatives to the phrase "BasedOnATrueStory" (or "Based On The Novel", or "Based On The Legend", or...) that imply the [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very Loosely]].
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* InspiredBy and SuggestedBy: Alternatives to the phrase "BasedOnATrueStory" "Based On A True Story" (or "Based On The Novel", or "Based On The Legend", or...) that imply the [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very Loosely]].
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* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: An adaptation is clearly inspired by multiple real-life news stories.
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** BiographyAClef: The inversion, where instead of fiction serving as a "key" to real-life events, the real-life of artists is presented with a key via their interactions with the inspirations for their fictional creations.
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** {{Mockumentary}}: A fiction or parody that takes the form of a genuine {{documentary}}, but unlike a DocumentaryOfLies is not inteded to be taken at face-value.
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** {{Mockumentary}}: A fiction or parody that takes the form of a genuine {{documentary}}, but unlike a DocumentaryOfLies is not inteded to be taken at face-value.
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* RomanAClef:
** A true story, just [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} with the names changed, to protect the innocent]]. Perhaps you will call the hero "Daniel Light" and write dialogue for the bits which weren't televised, but he'll still just find the Declaration and sell it.
** A true story, just [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} with the names changed, to protect the innocent]]. Perhaps you will call the hero "Daniel Light" and write dialogue for the bits which weren't televised, but he'll still just find the Declaration and sell it.
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* RomanAClef:
**RomanAClef: A true story, just [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} with the names changed, to protect the innocent]]. Perhaps you will call the hero "Daniel Light" and write dialogue for the bits which weren't televised, but he'll still just find the Declaration and sell it.
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** Compare DocumentaryOfLies, which purports to be {{Nonfiction}}, but is [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very Loose]] or BlatantLies.
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** Compare DocumentaryOfLies, which purports DocumentaryOfLies: Purports to be {{Nonfiction}}, but is [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very Loose]] or BlatantLies.BlatantLies.
** {{Mockumentary}}: A fiction or parody that takes the form of a genuine {{documentary}}, but unlike a DocumentaryOfLies is not inteded to be taken at face-value.
** {{Mockumentary}}: A fiction or parody that takes the form of a genuine {{documentary}}, but unlike a DocumentaryOfLies is not inteded to be taken at face-value.
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* RomanAClef: A true story, just [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} with the names changed, to protect the innocent]]. Perhaps you will call the hero "Daniel Light" and write dialogue for the bits which weren't televised, but he'll still just find the Declaration and sell it.
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* RomanAClef: RomanAClef:
** A true story, just [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} with the names changed, to protect the innocent]]. Perhaps you will call the hero "Daniel Light" and write dialogue for the bits which weren't televised, but he'll still just find the Declaration and sellit.it.
** BiographyAClef: The inversion, where instead of fiction serving as a "key" to real-life events, the real-life of artists is presented with a key via their interactions with the inspirations for their fictional creations.
** A true story, just [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} with the names changed, to protect the innocent]]. Perhaps you will call the hero "Daniel Light" and write dialogue for the bits which weren't televised, but he'll still just find the Declaration and sell
** BiographyAClef: The inversion, where instead of fiction serving as a "key" to real-life events, the real-life of artists is presented with a key via their interactions with the inspirations for their fictional creations.
* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. If there ''is'' any such resemblance, it will only be discussed in {{Fanfic}}s, WildMassGuessing and the like.
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* {{Documentary}} (and {{Nonfiction}} in general): "A true story", no "based on" -- something like the Snopes.com page above, only told with interviews, StockFootage, and narration. Elements can still possibly be exaggerated via ManipulativeEditing or use re-enactments to visualize him finding the painting.
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* {{Documentary}} (and {{Nonfiction}} in general): "A true story", no "based on" -- something like the ''[[{{WebSite/Snopes}} Snopes.com com]]'' page above, only told with interviews, StockFootage, and narration. Elements can still possibly be exaggerated via ManipulativeEditing or use re-enactments to visualize him finding the painting.
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* RomanAClef: A true story, just [[{{Dragnet}} with the names changed, to protect the innocent]]. Perhaps you will call the hero "Daniel Light" and write dialogue for the bits which weren't televised, but he'll still just find the Declaration and sell it.
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* RomanAClef: A true story, just [[{{Dragnet}} [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} with the names changed, to protect the innocent]]. Perhaps you will call the hero "Daniel Light" and write dialogue for the bits which weren't televised, but he'll still just find the Declaration and sell it.
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A StockPhrase in fictional works of all kinds. Popular, partly because you can get away with more outrageous elements if you say "ButItReallyHappened", and partly because some works [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin happen to be based on true stories]].
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A StockPhrase in fictional works of all kinds. Popular, partly because you can get away with more outrageous elements if you say "ButItReallyHappened", it really happened, and partly because some works [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin happen to be based on true stories]].
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* ButItReallyHappened: The use of "BasedOnATrueStory" as an excuse to dwell on prurient, morbid, or otherwise nasty aspects of the tale.
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As an illustrative example, we will use the story of [[http://www.snopes.com/luck/declare.asp Donald Sheer finding an original copy of the Declaration of Independence at a flea market painting and auctioning it for US$2.42 million]].
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As an illustrative example, we will use the story of [[http://www.snopes.com/luck/declare.asp Donald Sheer finding an original copy of the Declaration of Independence behind a painting bought at a flea market painting and auctioning it for US$2.42 million]].
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As an illustrative example, we will use the story of [[http://www.snopes.com/luck/declare.asp Michael Sparks finding an original copy of the Declaration of Independence in a thrift-store painting and auctioning it for US$2.42 million]].
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As an illustrative example, we will use the story of [[http://www.snopes.com/luck/declare.asp Michael Sparks Donald Sheer finding an original copy of the Declaration of Independence in at a thrift-store flea market painting and auctioning it for US$2.42 million]].
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