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** In "Big Man on Hippocampus", a gag resembling an [adult swim] card appears, chiding the viewer for watching the show on FOX. This joke only works in the episode's original airing on FOX, but given that encores would air a week after on [adult swim], the joke is lost, much moreso when the show left [adult swim] completely for FXX and Freeform.
--> "Can I ask you something? Why are you watching this on FOX? Family Guy is a lot funnier on Adult Swim, because we don't cut out the funniest jokes. You probably think you're watching this on Adult Swim right now, don't you? Well, you're not. It’s still FOX."

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** In "Big Man on Hippocampus", a gag resembling an [adult swim] Creator/AdultSwim card appears, chiding the viewer for watching the show on FOX. This joke only works in the episode's original airing on FOX, but given that encores would air a week after on [adult swim], Adult Swim, the joke is lost, much moreso when the show left [adult swim] Adult Swim completely for FXX and Freeform.
--> "Can I ask you something? Why are you watching this on FOX? Family Guy is a lot funnier on Adult Swim, because we don't cut out the funniest jokes. You probably think you're watching this on Adult Swim right now, don't you? Well, you're not. It’s It's still FOX."
*** That said, the Adult Swim airings attempt to salvage the joke with [[http://www.bumpworthy.com/bumps/2069 a fake FOX]] StationIdent insisting the viewer ''is'' watching the show on FOX... as in, "FOX for people who watch FOX on Adult Swim.
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--> "Yes, they're actually doing an amnesia story. Can I ask you something? Why are you watching this on FOX? Family Guy is a lot funnier on Adult Swim, because we don't cut out the funniest jokes. You probably think you're watching this on Adult Swim right now, don't you? Well, you're not. It’s still FOX."

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--> "Yes, they're actually doing an amnesia story. Can "Can I ask you something? Why are you watching this on FOX? Family Guy is a lot funnier on Adult Swim, because we don't cut out the funniest jokes. You probably think you're watching this on Adult Swim right now, don't you? Well, you're not. It’s still FOX."
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--> "Yes, they're actually doing an amnesia story. Can I ask you something? Why are you watching this on FOX? Family Guy is a lot funnier on Adult Swim, because we don't cut out the funniest jokes. You probably think you're watching this on Adult Swim right now, don't you? Well, you're not. It’s still FOX."
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* Averted with the VHS release of ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch''. Instead of the Gremlins invading a movie theatre, they break the VHS tape and mess around with the TV. The {{novelization}} has a gremlin locking the author in the closet.

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* Averted with the VHS release of ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch''. Instead of the Gremlins invading a movie theatre, the theatre's projection room and being stopped by Wrestling/HulkHogan, they break the VHS tape and mess around with the TV. viewer's TV, being stopped by Creator/JohnWayne. For the DVD and Blu-Ray releases, the original Hulk Hogan scene is used, but the alternate VHS scene is available as a bonus feature. The {{novelization}} has a gremlin the Brain Gremlin locking the author in the closet.closet and writing a monologue about himself.
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* A minor joke in ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' has Scott ask Ramona Flowers if her hair is her natural color, to which she gives a noncommittal response. As a caption notes, the book was originally printed in black-and-white. For the color re-release, where Ramona's hair is clearly blue, her answer remains the same; however, she's visibly confused, and the caption is changed to explain that the joke was funnier in black-and-white.
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** This is also sometimes adverted with altered tracklists on different formats. (An example being [[Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor Godspeed You! Black Emperor's]] ''F♯ A♯ ∞'' being extended and having an ending on non-vinyl formats)
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** "There are twenty sick sheep in a field. Ten die. How many are left?". The trick is that the listener will likely mishear it as "twenty-six sheep", so give the answer 16, failing to understand for a long time where they've gone wrong.

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** "There are twenty One that doesn't work in print: What's the difference between 'illegal' and 'unlawful'? 'Unlawful' means 'against the law'. 'Illegal' is a sick sheep in a field. Ten die. How many are left?". The trick is that the listener will likely mishear it as "twenty-six sheep", so give the answer 16, failing to understand for a long time where they've gone wrong.
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* The original ending to ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'' has a laughing Audrey II breaking through the movie screen.

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* The original ending to ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'' ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' has a laughing Audrey II breaking through the movie screen.
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* Averted with the VHS release of ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch''. Instead of the Gremlins invading a movie theatre, they break the VHS tape. The {{novelization}} has a gremlin locking the author in the closet.

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* Averted with the VHS release of ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch''. Instead of the Gremlins invading a movie theatre, they break the VHS tape.tape and mess around with the TV. The {{novelization}} has a gremlin locking the author in the closet.
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* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' starts with the opening credits to ''Dentist on the Job'', which run for a couple minutes before the projectionist (voiced by Creator/TerryGilliam, incidently) realizes his mistake and switches out the reels. Obviously, this falls a bit flat on home releases. And yet, some more modern cinematic showings have skipped the "screw up" sequence, despite the opportunity to play with it.

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* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' starts with the opening credits to ''Dentist on the Job'', which run for a couple minutes before the projectionist (voiced by Creator/TerryGilliam, incidently) incidentally) realizes his mistake and switches out the reels. Obviously, this falls a bit flat on home releases. And yet, some more modern cinematic showings have skipped the "screw up" sequence, despite the opportunity to play with it.
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* Many, many jokes involving WordPlay only work when written down and not when spoken aloud, or vice-versa.

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* Many, many jokes involving WordPlay [[{{Pun}} wordplay]] only work when written down and not when spoken aloud, or vice-versa.
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* TheStinger of ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}'' has Terry telling the audience to go home now that the movie has ended. The film was originally meant to be released in theaters, but it was instead released on Creator/DisneyPlus due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, meaning most of the audience was already watching it at home.

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* [[ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld There are 10 kinds of people in the world]]: those who understand binary and those who don't. In this context 10 is pronounced "one zero" instead of "ten" so it ruins the joke if you say it aloud.

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* Many, many jokes involving WordPlay only work when written down and not when spoken aloud, or vice-versa.
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[[ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld There are 10 kinds of people in the world]]: those who understand binary and those who don't. In this context 10 is pronounced "one zero" instead of "ten" so it ruins the joke if you say it aloud.
** "There are twenty sick sheep in a field. Ten die. How many are left?". The trick is that the listener will likely mishear it as "twenty-six sheep", so give the answer 16, failing to understand for a long time where they've gone wrong.
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** The opening mocks viewers for going to the cinema to watch cartoons when they could watch them for free on television at home. Also, as in the TV show, for the opening title a choir sings "The Simpsons...", but this time Professor Frink adds "movie...on the big screen!". For the DVD release, Frink introduces the DVD menu in the same way, except that he says "small screen" , but he still says "big screen" in the movie itself.

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** The opening mocks viewers for going to the cinema to watch cartoons when they could watch them for free on television at home. Also, as in the TV show, for the opening title a choir sings "The Simpsons...", but this time Professor Frink adds "movie...on the big screen!". For the DVD release, Frink introduces the DVD menu in the same way, except that he says "small screen" , screen", but he still says "big screen" in the movie itself.
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** As Homer and Bart are playing in the yard, a news banner rolls across the bottom of the screen displaying the message, "Yes, we even advertise ''during'' movies now". The implication is that the advertisement is being done live, but the joke is lost with anything other than a live viewing.

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** As Homer and Bart are playing in the yard, a news banner rolls across the bottom of the screen displaying the message, "Yes, "That's right, we even advertise ''during'' shows during movies now". The implication is that the advertisement is being done live, but the joke is lost with anything other than a live viewing.
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** As Homer and Bart are playing in the yard, a news banner rolls across the bottom of the screen displaying the message, "Yes, we even advertise during movies now." The implication is that the advertisement is being done live, but the joke is lost on a DVD , Blu-ray, TV broadcast or online viewing.

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** As Homer and Bart are playing in the yard, a news banner rolls across the bottom of the screen displaying the message, "Yes, we even advertise during ''during'' movies now." now". The implication is that the advertisement is being done live, but the joke is lost on with anything other than a DVD , Blu-ray, TV broadcast or online live viewing.
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* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra's hit song "Mr. Blue Sky" ends with a distorted voice saying "Please turn me over." This is because, on the original double-LP ''Out of the Blue'', "Mr. Blue Sky" was the last song on side C--so there were still four more songs to hear on the last side.

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* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra's hit song "Mr. Blue Sky" ends with a distorted voice someone saying "Please turn me over." over," into a vocoder. This is because, on the original double-LP ''Out of the Blue'', "Mr. Blue Sky" was the last song on side C--so there were still four more songs to hear on the last side. \n (As a result of this, the vocoded speech is frequently misinterpreted as someone saying the title of the song.)
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** In "Big Man on Hippocampus", a gag resembling an [adult swim] card appears, chiding the viewer for watching the show on FOX. This joke only works in the episode's original airing on FOX, but given that encores would air a week after on [adult swim], the joke is lost, much moreso when the show left [adult swim] completely for FXX and Freeform.
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** The original radio and LP versions featured multiple jokes based on the lack of visuals, mostly based around withholding information from the viewers that was obvious to the characters. Zaphod's multiple heads and arms were an example of this. The more famous book version, of course, had to explain everything in narration as it was presented, so this was lost.
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** As Homer and Bart are playing in the yard, a news banner rolls across the bottom of the screen displaying the message, "Yes, we even advertise during movies now." The implication is that the advertisement is being done live, but the joke is lost on a DVD and/or Blu-ray, TV broadcast or online viewing.

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** As Homer and Bart are playing in the yard, a news banner rolls across the bottom of the screen displaying the message, "Yes, we even advertise during movies now." The implication is that the advertisement is being done live, but the joke is lost on a DVD and/or , Blu-ray, TV broadcast or online viewing.
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** As Homer and Bart are playing in the yard, a news banner rolls across the bottom of the screen displaying the message, "Yes, we even advertise during movies now." The implication is that the advertisement is being done live, but the joke is lost on a DVD.

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** As Homer and Bart are playing in the yard, a news banner rolls across the bottom of the screen displaying the message, "Yes, we even advertise during movies now." The implication is that the advertisement is being done live, but the joke is lost on a DVD.DVD and/or Blu-ray, TV broadcast or online viewing.
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* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' starts with the [[{{RealTrailerFakeMovie}} opening credits]] to something along the lines of ''Literature/TheAndromedaStrain'', which runs for a couple minutes before the projectionist (voiced by Creator/TerryGilliam, incidently) realizes his mistake and switches out the reels. Obviously, this falls a bit flat on home releases. And yet, some more modern cinematic showings have skipped the "screw up" sequence, despite the opportunity to play with it.

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* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' starts with the [[{{RealTrailerFakeMovie}} opening credits]] credits to something along ''Dentist on the lines of ''Literature/TheAndromedaStrain'', Job'', which runs run for a couple minutes before the projectionist (voiced by Creator/TerryGilliam, incidently) realizes his mistake and switches out the reels. Obviously, this falls a bit flat on home releases. And yet, some more modern cinematic showings have skipped the "screw up" sequence, despite the opportunity to play with it.
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* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' starts with the [[{{RealTrailerFakeMovie}} opening credits]] to something along the lines of ''Literature/TheAndromedaStrain'', which runs for a couple minutes before the projectionist (voiced by Creator/TerryGilliam, incidently) realizes his mistake and switches out the reels. Obviously, this falls a bit flat on home releases. And yet, some more modern cinematic showings have skipped the "screw up" sequence, despite the opportunity to play with it.
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* All the gags in the "run-out groove" of a vinyl LP, as the record ended and ran out to the finish, are lost on CD. (For instance, the "backwards bit" at the end of "Sergeant Pepper".)

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* All the gags in the "run-out groove" of a vinyl LP, as the record ended and ran out to the finish, are lost on CD. (For instance, the "backwards bit" at the end of "Sergeant Pepper".''[[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sergeant Pepper]]''.)
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* The first section of the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode [["Recap/BabylonFiveS04E08TheIllusionOfTruth The Illusion of Truth"]] features an ISN crew filming a story on board the station. As Sheridan turns on the screen to watch the show when it airs, he comments, "It'll probably be a commercial". The episode's original airing [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall cut to an actual commercial break]] at this point.

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* The first section of the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode [["Recap/BabylonFiveS04E08TheIllusionOfTruth The [[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E08TheIllusionOfTruth "The Illusion of Truth"]] features an ISN crew filming a story on board the station. As Sheridan turns on the screen to watch the show when it airs, he comments, "It'll probably be a commercial". The episode's original airing [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall cut to an actual commercial break]] at this point.
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* The first section of the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode [["Recap/BabylonFiveS04E08TheIllusionOfTruth The Illusion of Truth"]] features an ISN crew filming a story on board the station. As Sheridan turns on the screen to watch the show when it airs, he comments, "It'll probably be a commercial". The episode's original airing [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall cut to an actual commercial break]] at this point.
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* Averted with the VHS release of ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch''. Instead of the Gremlins invading a movie theatre, they break the VHS tape.

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* Averted with the VHS release of ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch''. Instead of the Gremlins invading a movie theatre, they break the VHS tape. The {{novelization}} has a gremlin locking the author in the closet.
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** The opening mocks viewers for going to the cinema to watch cartoons when they could watch them for free on television at home. Also, Professor Frink helps introduce the film with "movie...on the big screen!". For the DVD release, Frink introduces the DVD menu in the same way, except that he says "small screen" , but still says "big screen" in the movie itself.

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** The opening mocks viewers for going to the cinema to watch cartoons when they could watch them for free on television at home. Also, as in the TV show, for the opening title a choir sings "The Simpsons...", but this time Professor Frink helps introduce the film with adds "movie...on the big screen!". For the DVD release, Frink introduces the DVD menu in the same way, except that he says "small screen" , but he still says "big screen" in the movie itself.
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** The opening mocks viewers for going to the cinema to watch cartoons when they could watch them for free on television at home. Also, Professor Frink helps introduce the film with "...on the big screen!", which they could have easily changed to "small screen" for the DVD release -- which they ''did'', but only for the intro to the DVD menu, not in the movie itself.

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** The opening mocks viewers for going to the cinema to watch cartoons when they could watch them for free on television at home. Also, Professor Frink helps introduce the film with "..."movie...on the big screen!", which they could have easily changed to screen!". For the DVD release, Frink introduces the DVD menu in the same way, except that he says "small screen" for the DVD release -- which they ''did'', , but only for the intro to the DVD menu, not still says "big screen" in the movie itself.
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** The opening mocks viewers for going to the cinema to watch cartoons when they could watch them for free on television at home.

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** The opening mocks viewers for going to the cinema to watch cartoons when they could watch them for free on television at home. Also, Professor Frink helps introduce the film with "...on the big screen!", which they could have easily changed to "small screen" for the DVD release -- which they ''did'', but only for the intro to the DVD menu, not in the movie itself.

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