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* The end credits for Interstate76 proudly announce: "No polygonal animals were harmed during the making of this product."
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* [[http://chromagic.blogspot.com/2011/01/101-kickass-things.html "No Smurfs were harmed in the making of this list."]]
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* In the credits of the EmperorsNewSchool episode "The Puma Whisper", Kuzco claims that there were no emperors harmed at the episode, after that he got attacked by a puma.

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* In the credits of the EmperorsNewSchool TheEmperorsNewSchool episode "The Puma Whisper", Kuzco claims that there were no emperors harmed at the episode, after that he got attacked by a puma.
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** In lectures, Adam relates the story of the only segment they have ever been banned from showing. They were trying to test the idea that a sugary cereal has less nutrition in it than the box it is packaged in. They obtained lab mice and put them on special diets. Mouse 1 was fed regular, Mouse 2 was fed the cereal, and Mouse 3 was fed the cardboard. They set the mice up for the weekend and went home. Upon returning Monday morning, they found (to their horror), a fat and happy Mouse 3... and two picked clean skeletons. Discovery freaked out and refused to air any part of the segment. Adam had been showing the clip during lectures, until he received as cease and desist letter from Discovery. They were terrified PETA was going to catch wind.
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* ''MonstersInc'': "No monsters were harmed during the making of this film."




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* [[PowerpuffGirls ''The Powerpuff Girls Movie'':]] "No apes, monkeys, or talking dogs were harmed in the making of this film."
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* At the end of the ''FamilyGuy'' episode "Dog Gone", which featured several graphic animal death scenes, Peter said:

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* At the end of the ''FamilyGuy'' episode "Dog Gone", which featured several graphic animal death scenes, Peter said:says:
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* At the end of ''TheSimpsons Movie'', Lisa insists on staying behind to see that no animals were harmed. She's relieved upon seeing the disclaimer, but didn't Bart poke several eyes ''out'' of that mutated squirrel? And Santa's Little Helper had psychological trauma, and the starlings hit the Springfield dome, as did an elephant...

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* At the end of ''TheSimpsons Movie'', Lisa insists on staying behind to see that no animals were harmed. She's relieved upon seeing the disclaimer, but didn't Bart poke several eyes ''out'' of that mutated squirrel? And Santa's Little Helper had psychological trauma, and the starlings hit the Springfield dome, as did an elephant...elephant, not to mention all those fish Homer killed...
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* At the end of ''TheSimpsons Movie'', Lisa insists on staying behind to see that no animals were harmed.

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* At the end of ''TheSimpsons Movie'', Lisa insists on staying behind to see that no animals were harmed. She's relieved upon seeing the disclaimer, but didn't Bart poke several eyes ''out'' of that mutated squirrel? And Santa's Little Helper had psychological trauma, and the starlings hit the Springfield dome, as did an elephant...
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Well trained animals were an exception, incidentally, often getting better treatment than the human actors.

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Well trained animals were an exception, incidentally, often getting better treatment than the human actors.
actors. Also incidentally, "no human beings were harmed in the making of this film" is a phrase you will never see outside of this sentence.
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* Inverted in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo&feature=player_embedded recent video about Google Chrome OS and it's laptop]]: "25 computers were harmed in the making of this video."

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* Inverted Parodied/Inverted in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo&feature=player_embedded recent video about Google Chrome OS and it's laptop]]: "25 computers were harmed in the making of this video."
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* Inverted in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo&feature=player_embedded recent video about Google Chrome OS and it's laptop]]: "25 computers were harmed in the making of this video."
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* During filming of the 1988 TV-movie "Bluegrass," a pregnant mare's labor was induced prematurely so that the birth could be caught on camera. The foal died shortly afterwards, leading to an investigation by the AHA.

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* During filming of the 1988 TV-movie "Bluegrass," ''Bluegrass'', a pregnant mare's labor was induced prematurely so that the birth could be caught on camera. The foal died shortly afterwards, leading to an investigation by the AHA.
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During filming of the 1988 TV-movie "Bluegrass," a pregnant mare's labor was induced prematurely so that the birth could be caught on camera. The foal died shortly afterwards, leading to an investigation by the AHA.

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During *During filming of the 1988 TV-movie "Bluegrass," a pregnant mare's labor was induced prematurely so that the birth could be caught on camera. The foal died shortly afterwards, leading to an investigation by the AHA.

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During filming of the 1988 TV-movie "Bluegrass," a pregnant mare's labor was induced prematurely so that the birth could be caught on camera. The foal died shortly afterwards, leading to an investigation by the AHA.
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* The SNES version of ''Lemmings'' II: The Tribes has this in its end credits, presumably in homage to the Simpsons episode quoted at the top: "No Lemmings were hurt during the making of this game. One got sick, and somebody shot a duck, but that's about it."

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* The SNES version of ''Lemmings'' ''{{Lemmings}} II: The Tribes Tribes'' has this in its end credits, presumably in homage to the Simpsons episode quoted at the top: "No Lemmings were hurt during the making of this game. One got sick, and somebody shot a duck, but that's about it."
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* The SNES version of ''Lemmings'' II: The Tribes has this in its end credits, presumably in homage to the Simpsons episode quoted at the top: "No Lemmings were hurt during the making of this game. One got sick, and somebody shot a duck, but that's about it."

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* ''MinionsAtWork'' got [[http://www.minionsatwork.com/2010/10/minion-245-thats-why-they-call-it.html this]].



* Parodied in the credits of [[ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee's]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQLR7dE5k4&feature=related review]] of ''{{Fable}} The Lost Chapters'': "NO PUPPIES WERE HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO EXCEPT ONE WHO GENUINELY DESERVED IT"

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* Parodied in the credits of [[ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee's]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQLR7dE5k4&feature=related com/watch?v=jYQLR7dE5k4 review]] of ''{{Fable}} The Lost Chapters'': "NO PUPPIES WERE HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO EXCEPT ONE WHO GENUINELY DESERVED IT"
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* In ''24 Hour Party People'', Tony Wilson goes out of his way in his narration to the audience to mention that no animals were harmed at the conclusion of a scene involving Shaun and Paul Ryder killing 3,000 pigeons with poisoned breadcrumbs.

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* In ''24 ''[[Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople 24 Hour Party People'', People]]'', Tony Wilson goes out of his way in his narration to the audience to mention that no animals were harmed at the conclusion of a scene involving Shaun and Paul Ryder killing 3,000 pigeons with poisoned breadcrumbs.
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\n* In ''Dracula: Prisoner Of Frankenstein'', there is a scene where a real bat is in a jar and blood starts being poured into the jar. At first the bat seems to enjoy it, happily lapping up the blood, but then they start pouring in too much and it panics as it starts to drown in it. It's not known whether the bat drowned or not.

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More recently, parodies of the message have become a common CreditsGag, often citing some other group who were not harmed, or making specific exceptions to the rule.

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More recently, parodies of the message have become a common CreditsGag, often citing some other group who were not harmed, or making specific exceptions to the rule.
rule. It's also common to state that while the animals may not have been killed, they did receive some minor injuries, or to stress that while no animals were killed or injured, humans on the other hand...
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* The Movie Heaven'sGate by Michael Cimmino stirred a huge stink over this bringing in the Screen Actor's Guild and the MPAA over accusations that horses were bleed and in one instance BLOWN UP ON CAMERA.

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* The Movie Heaven'sGate HeavensGate by Michael Cimmino stirred a huge stink over this bringing in the Screen Actor's Guild and the MPAA over accusations that horses were bleed and in one instance BLOWN UP ON CAMERA.
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* The Movie [[Heaven's Gate]] by Michael Cimmino stirred a huge stink over this bringing in the Screen Actor's Guild and the MPAA over accusations that horses were bleed and in one instance [b]blown up on camera[/b].

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* The Movie [[Heaven's Gate]] Heaven'sGate by Michael Cimmino stirred a huge stink over this bringing in the Screen Actor's Guild and the MPAA over accusations that horses were bleed and in one instance [b]blown up on camera[/b]. BLOWN UP ON CAMERA.
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* The Movie [[Heaven's Gate]] by Michael Cimmino stirred a huge stink over this bringing in the Screen Actor's Guild and the MPAA over accusations that horses were bleed and in one instance [b]blown up on camera[/b].
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Oops. Cannibal Holocaust was already here.


* In the 1980 Italian exploitation film Cannibal Holocaust, 7 animals are killed (a coatmundi, a turtle, a spider, a snake, a pig, a monkey and another monkey for a second take).
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Can't not have Cannibal Holocaust as an aversion.

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* In the 1980 Italian exploitation film Cannibal Holocaust, 7 animals are killed (a coatmundi, a turtle, a spider, a snake, a pig, a monkey and another monkey for a second take).
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\n* Averted ''in-universe'' in ''ThePrestige'', with the disappearing bird cage trick. Played straight by the film's makers, as the crushed sparrow seen when the trick's method of operation is revealed is fake.

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* On ''TheYoungOnes'', after one of the Bolowski's drinks the contents of a goldfish bowl, a short clip of the inside of his stomach is shown:

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* On ''TheYoungOnes'', after one of the Bolowski's drinks Alexi Sayle is shown drinking the contents of a goldfish bowl, a short clip of the inside of his stomach is shown:

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* On ''TheYoungOnes'', after one of the Bolowski's drinks the contents of a goldfish bowl, a short clip of the inside of his stomach is shown:
---> '''Puppet goldfish:''' Don't worry, goldfish-lovers everywhere. I am, in fact, a ''stunt'' goldfish. In fact, by the time this programme airs, I will be doing the new JamesBond film. So there's no need to write in.
---> '''Puppet hunk of food:''' They never read the letters anyway.

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* [[NotTheNineOClockNews Not the Nine O'Clock News]] had a fake apology for a scene where a lorry runs over a hedgehog. "the hedgehog used was a stuffed hedgehog and we feel we exhibited less cruelty to hedgehogs per se than whoever it is that goes around stuffing them".
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* According to the end of ''FourLions'', [[BaaBomb one sheep]] was harmed.

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