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added note about Impossible Astronaut day to Doctor Who entry. its interesting trivia but feel free to remove if it doesnt fit


** Series 6 (2011) introduced the Silence, a religious order of creepy humanoids. Once anyone looks away from a Silent, they forget about them. However, these aliens use post-hypnotic suggestions. Many commenters act like they've never seen the Silence but remember what they said; it went as far as videos of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a major plot point in the episode "Day of the Moon".

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** Series 6 (2011) introduced the Silence, a religious order of creepy humanoids. Once anyone looks away from a Silent, they forget about them. However, these aliens use post-hypnotic suggestions. Many commenters act like they've never seen the Silence but remember what they said; it went as far as videos of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a major plot point in the episode "Day of the Moon". [[note]]It also bled into real life as an informal holiday among Whovians was formed called Impossible Astronaut Day, April 23 where fans would place tally marks on their bodies like the Doctor and co. did when they were dealing with the Silence; while they were forced to forget having run into the Silence they drew tally marks on themselves to keep track of their encounters with something they knew wasn't friendly. Fans took the idea and ran with it.[[/note]]
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* A common joke in real life when coming across a light-up sign where individual letters in the sign are burnt out is to pretend like the light-up letters are the real name of the establishment. For example, [[https://preview.redd.it/lay7l1fw7w171.jpg?auto=webp&s=1624cf06394b12ef0d007fb5def86c8f9776c817 a Five Guys sign having two letters burnt out]] and joking about how it is either I.V. Guys or 4 Guys now.

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* A common joke in real life when coming across real-life examples of [[SignsOfDisrepair a light-up sign where individual letters in the sign are burnt out out]] is to pretend like the light-up letters are the real name of the establishment. For example, [[https://preview.redd.it/lay7l1fw7w171.jpg?auto=webp&s=1624cf06394b12ef0d007fb5def86c8f9776c817 a Five Guys sign having two letters burnt out]] and joking about how it is either I.V. Guys or 4 Guys now.
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* A Common joke in real life when coming across a light-up sign where individual letters in the sign are burnt out is to pretend like the light-up letters are the real name of the establishment. For example, [[https://preview.redd.it/lay7l1fw7w171.jpg?auto=webp&s=1624cf06394b12ef0d007fb5def86c8f9776c817 a Five Guys sign having two letters burnt out]] and joking about how it is either I.V. Guys or 4 Guys now.

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* A Common common joke in real life when coming across a light-up sign where individual letters in the sign are burnt out is to pretend like the light-up letters are the real name of the establishment. For example, [[https://preview.redd.it/lay7l1fw7w171.jpg?auto=webp&s=1624cf06394b12ef0d007fb5def86c8f9776c817 a Five Guys sign having two letters burnt out]] and joking about how it is either I.V. Guys or 4 Guys now.
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* A Common joke in real life when coming across a light-up sign where individual letters in the sign are burnt out is to pretend like the light-up letters are the real name of the establishment. For example, [[https://preview.redd.it/lay7l1fw7w171.jpg?auto=webp&s=1624cf06394b12ef0d007fb5def86c8f9776c817 a Five Guys sign having two letters burnt out]] and joking about how it is either I.V. Guys or 4 Guys now.
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-->-- A Platform/YouTube comment on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt8jjBGMxg4 "(You're A) Strange Animal" by Gowan]]

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-->-- A Platform/YouTube comment on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt8jjBGMxg4 "(You're A) Strange Animal" by Lawrence Gowan]]

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** Reacting with total shock whenever someone photoshops a fedora onto something (usually a platypus to match the show), like so. "A platypus?" "PERRY THE PLATYPUS!?" Dr. Doofenshmirtz is completely unable to recognize Perry without his signature fedora (and ''only'' his fedora), to the point where even when Perry had a hat and a plumber's toolbelt on, Doof still didn't recognize him.

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** Reacting with total shock whenever someone photoshops a fedora onto something (usually a platypus to match the show), like so. "A platypus?" "PERRY THE PLATYPUS!?" Dr. Doofenshmirtz is completely unable to recognize Perry without his signature fedora (and ''only'' his fedora), to the point where even when Perry had a the hat and on ''alongside'' a plumber's toolbelt on, toolbelt, Doof still didn't recognize him.



* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'': In the second episode, ''The Mr. Frog Show'' is a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional program]] starring the titular celebrity Mr. Frog, which is shown to have been a popular LongRunner with an huge following in-universe in spite of [[OneJokeFakeShow the absurdly barebones formula implied to be used for each episode]]. [[note]]Mr. Frog runs up to the camera, introduces himself and the show, eats a bug, then proclaims it to be the end, roll credits.[[/note]] The fanbase ran with the joke by pretending to be reviewers or long-time fans of ''The Mr. Frog Show'', doing everything from calling the program a masterpiece, praising the writing and performance of its (non-existent) episodes, sharing their favorite moments from the show, lamenting its AudienceAlienatingEra, expressing confusion about a BizarroEpisode, etc.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'': ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'':
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In the second episode, ''The Mr. Frog Show'' is a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional program]] starring the titular celebrity Mr. Frog, which is shown to have been a popular LongRunner with an huge following in-universe in spite of [[OneJokeFakeShow the absurdly barebones formula implied to be used for each episode]]. [[note]]Mr. Frog runs up to the camera, introduces himself and the show, eats a bug, then proclaims it to be the end, roll credits.[[/note]] The fanbase ran with the joke by pretending to be reviewers or long-time fans of ''The Mr. Frog Show'', doing everything from calling the program a masterpiece, praising the writing and performance of its (non-existent) episodes, sharing their favorite moments from the show, lamenting its AudienceAlienatingEra, expressing confusion about a BizarroEpisode, etc.etc.
** The first episode of Season 2 has Gwimbly, a former video game mascot from the [=PS1=] era who has fallen on hard times. Many fans acted like he was an actual video game character in real life; a successful series of games, a cameo in ''The Simpsons'', being in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', and even a more modern redesign/reboot.
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One of his standup bits in ''New in Town'' is about how he was bullied as a child for being Asian-American (which he is not) and was also often mistaken for a woman, capping with him calling himself a "proud Asian-American woman." As such, fans will often jokingly celebrate John as an example of female Asian-American representation in comedy.

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** One of his standup bits in ''New in Town'' is about how he was bullied as a child for being Asian-American (which he is not) and was also often mistaken for a woman, capping with him calling himself a "proud Asian-American woman." As such, fans will often jokingly celebrate John as an example of female Asian-American representation in comedy.

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* One of Creator/JohnMulaney's standup bits in ''New in Town'' is about how he was bullied as a child for being Asian-American (which he is not) and was also often mistaken for a woman, capping with him calling himself a "proud Asian-American woman." As such, fans will often jokingly celebrate John as an example of female Asian-American representation in comedy.

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* Creator/JohnMulaney:
One of Creator/JohnMulaney's his standup bits in ''New in Town'' is about how he was bullied as a child for being Asian-American (which he is not) and was also often mistaken for a woman, capping with him calling himself a "proud Asian-American woman." As such, fans will often jokingly celebrate John as an example of female Asian-American representation in comedy.

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