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* ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'': Mr. Miyaki's way of teaching stresses its maxim, that one only uses martial arts to defend oneself or others, by way of its two rules. The first is the aforementioned maxi while the second serves to halt any over-eager student by telling them they ought to lear the previous rule well first.
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* ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'': Mr. Miyaki's way of teaching stresses its maxim, that one only uses martial arts to defend oneself or others, by way of its two rules. The first is the aforementioned maxi while the second serves to halt any over-eager student by telling them they ought to lear learn the previous rule well first.
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* ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'' had a textbook example:
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* ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'' had a textbook example:''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'': Mr. Miyaki's way of teaching stresses its maxim, that one only uses martial arts to defend oneself or others, by way of its two rules. The first is the aforementioned maxi while the second serves to halt any over-eager student by telling them they ought to lear the previous rule well first.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': From the episode [[Recap/FreakazoidSeason2Episode11 "Normadeus"]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': From the episode [[Recap/FreakazoidSeason2Episode11 "Normadeus"]]."[[Recap/FreakazoidS2E11Normadeus Normadeus]]".
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* ''Literature/DontYouJustHateThat'': There is no 13th or 443rd entries.
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* ''Literature/DontYouJustHateThat'': There is This list of everyday annoyances has no 13th or 443rd entries.item #13 ([[HypocriticalHumor immediately following]] item #12's complaint of [[ThirteenIsUnlucky things that skip the number 13 for superstitious reasons]]), and, more bizarrely, leaves item #443 blank, with #444 claiming that you simply have to accept it.
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Compare ThereAreNoRules, and don't see also IWasNeverHere.
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Compare ThereAreNoRules, a suspicious game that has no rules, and don't MissingFloor, a numbered floor is omitted from public listings such as on elevators. Don't see also IWasNeverHere.IWasNeverHere, manipulating evidence and gaslighting to cover for a secret organization's activities.
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* ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': In chapter 19 ("Miss Zarves") of ''Sideways Stories from Wayside School'':
-->There is no Miss Zarves. [[MissingFloor There is no nineteenth]] [[{{Pun}} story]]. Sorry.
-->There is no Miss Zarves. [[MissingFloor There is no nineteenth]] [[{{Pun}} story]]. Sorry.
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* ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': In chapter 19 ("Miss Zarves") of ''Sideways Stories from Wayside School'':
School'', a character stresses that the nineteenth is a MissingFloor.
-->There is no Miss Zarves.[[MissingFloor There is no nineteenth]] nineteenth [[{{Pun}} story]]. Sorry.
-->There is no Miss Zarves.
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-->There is no Miss Zarves. [[MissingFloor There is no nineteenth]] [[IncrediblyLamePun story]]. Sorry.
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* ''Film/FightClub'': "The first rule of [[TitleDrop Fight Club]] is you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club."
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* ''Film/FightClub'': "The Whenever Tyler is introducing new members, he always makes sure to emphasize that the first and second rules of Fight Club are that they do not talk about it. The indoctrination goes to the point that when the confused protagonist asks random members what they are doing, they answer him that they aren't supposed to talk about it and think he is testing them.
-->'''Tyler Durden:''' The first rule of [[TitleDrop Fight Club]] is you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club."
-->'''Tyler Durden:''' The first rule of [[TitleDrop Fight Club]] is you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club.
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* ''Literature/{{My Brother Was an Only Child}}'' by Creator/JackDouglas:
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': The TropeNamer is the Bruces Sketcg, from ''[[Recap/MontyPythonsFlyingCircusS2E9 "How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body"]]''.
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': The TropeNamer is the Bruces Sketcg, Sketch, from ''[[Recap/MontyPythonsFlyingCircusS2E9 "How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body"]]''.
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': The TropeNamer is [[Recap/MontyPythonsFlyingCircusS2E9 "How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body"]], aka the Bruces Sketch.
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': The TropeNamer is [[Recap/MontyPythonsFlyingCircusS2E9 the Bruces Sketcg, from ''[[Recap/MontyPythonsFlyingCircusS2E9 "How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body"]], aka the Bruces Sketch.Body"]]''.
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Rule 2: No member of the faculty is to maltreat the Abos[[labelnote:*]]Derogatory term for Aboriginals[[/labelnote]] in any way... if there is anyone watching.\\
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Rule 2: No member of the faculty is to maltreat the Abos[[labelnote:*]]Derogatory term for Aboriginals[[/labelnote]] Aboriginal people[[/labelnote]] in any way... if there is anyone watching.\\
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* ''Creator/DaveBarry In Cyberspace'':
** The novel includes a parody of advertisements found in computer magazines purportedly offering great discounts on computers. One of the "''incredible'' prices" quoted is: "BAXTER Data[[InherentlyFunnyWords Weasel]] 95949847 -- There is no such computer! Ha ha!"
** The novel includes a parody of advertisements found in computer magazines purportedly offering great discounts on computers. One of the "''incredible'' prices" quoted is: "BAXTER Data[[InherentlyFunnyWords Weasel]] 95949847 -- There is no such computer! Ha ha!"
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* ''Creator/DaveBarry In Cyberspace'':
Creator/DaveBarry:
**The novel ''Dave Barry in Cyberspace'' includes a parody of advertisements found in computer magazines purportedly offering great discounts on computers. One of the "''incredible'' prices" quoted is: "BAXTER Data[[InherentlyFunnyWords Weasel]] 95949847 -- There is no such computer! Ha ha!"
**
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* Found in the rules for the Steve Jackson board game ''Globbo''.
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* Found in the rules for the Steve Jackson board game ''Globbo''.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
** An unusual non-(intentionally)-comedic example once appeared in the game's comprehensive rulebook:
-->Rule 502.9d: Ignore this rule.
** It was originally a rule involving assigning trample damage that became obsolete but kept to avoid renumbering the rest of the rules. It was finally removed when Eighth Edition was released.
** An unusual non-(intentionally)-comedic example once appeared in the game's comprehensive rulebook:
-->Rule 502.9d: Ignore this rule.
** It was originally a rule involving assigning trample damage that became obsolete but kept to avoid renumbering the rest of the rules. It was finally removed when Eighth Edition was released.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
**''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': An unusual non-(intentionally)-comedic example once appeared in the game's comprehensive rulebook:
-->Rulerulebook: "Rule 502.9d: Ignore this rule.
**rule". It was originally a rule involving assigning trample damage that became obsolete but kept to avoid renumbering the rest of the rules. It was finally removed when Eighth Edition was released.
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-->Rule
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* Website /{{Usenet}}: An old humor post titled [[http://groups.google.com/group/net.lang.prolog/browse_thread/thread/e181a0750397fa2c/60e03b09967b6a42?hl=en&q=%22There+is+no+feature+6%22#60e03b09967b6a42 "The Australian Fifth Degeneration Project"]] had a numbered list of "features" for a rumored new computer including "Feature number 6: There is no feature 6." The ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch was cited in a subsequent footnote.
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* Website /{{Usenet}}: Website/{{Usenet}}: An old humor post titled [[http://groups.google.com/group/net.lang.prolog/browse_thread/thread/e181a0750397fa2c/60e03b09967b6a42?hl=en&q=%22There+is+no+feature+6%22#60e03b09967b6a42 "The Australian Fifth Degeneration Project"]] had a numbered list of "features" for a rumored new computer including "Feature number 6: There is no feature 6." The ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch was cited in a subsequent footnote.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}''_ The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. There is no rule six.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}''_ ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'': The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. There is no rule six.
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* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': PlayedForDrama in the episode "Sometimes You Hear The Bullet." Hawkeye sees his childhood friend die in O.R. and asks why he's crying for him and not any of the other patients who died in there.
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* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': PlayedForDrama in the episode [[Recap/MashS1E17SometimesYouHearTheBullet "Sometimes You Hear The Bullet." Bullet"]]. Hawkeye sees his childhood friend die in O.R. and asks why he's crying for him and not any of the other patients who died in there.
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative responses.
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* The [[JustForFun/RulesOfAnime Laws of Anime]] include #43- Law of Triscaquadrodecophobia: There is no Law 43.
* An old Website/{{Usenet}} humor post titled [[http://groups.google.com/group/net.lang.prolog/browse_thread/thread/e181a0750397fa2c/60e03b09967b6a42?hl=en&q=%22There+is+no+feature+6%22#60e03b09967b6a42 "The Australian Fifth Degeneration Project"]] had a numbered list of "features" for a rumored new computer including "Feature number 6: There is no feature 6." The ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch was cited in a subsequent footnote.
* An old Website/{{Usenet}} humor post titled [[http://groups.google.com/group/net.lang.prolog/browse_thread/thread/e181a0750397fa2c/60e03b09967b6a42?hl=en&q=%22There+is+no+feature+6%22#60e03b09967b6a42 "The Australian Fifth Degeneration Project"]] had a numbered list of "features" for a rumored new computer including "Feature number 6: There is no feature 6." The ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch was cited in a subsequent footnote.
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* Website/TVTropes: The [[JustForFun/RulesOfAnime Laws of Anime]] include #43- Law of Triscaquadrodecophobia: There is no Law 43.
* Website /{{Usenet}}: An oldWebsite/{{Usenet}} humor post titled [[http://groups.google.com/group/net.lang.prolog/browse_thread/thread/e181a0750397fa2c/60e03b09967b6a42?hl=en&q=%22There+is+no+feature+6%22#60e03b09967b6a42 "The Australian Fifth Degeneration Project"]] had a numbered list of "features" for a rumored new computer including "Feature number 6: There is no feature 6." The ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch was cited in a subsequent footnote.
* Website /{{Usenet}}: An old
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative responses.
[[/folder]]
* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative responses.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': From the episode "Normadeus".
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': From the episode "Normadeus".[[Recap/FreakazoidSeason2Episode11 "Normadeus"]].
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* ''Manga/ABridesStory'': Laila and Leili's mother says this while putting them through housewife bootcamp:
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* ''Manga/ABridesStory'': Laila and Leili's mother says this while putting them through housewife bootcamp:boot camp:
* ''Literature/DontYouJustHateThat'': There is no 13th or 443rd entries.
* ''Literature/{{Unimaa}}'': Eino goes over the list of rules for Frida's Friends Club with Mika:
-->1. You do not talk about Frida's Friends Club.\\
2. Do not go into that forest over there.\\
3. You may be punished with time in the quiet room if you are unruly.\\
4. This list of rules is not all-inclusive.\\
5. There is no rule number 5.\\
6. No talking about Frida's Friends Club.
-->1. You do not talk about Frida's Friends Club.\\
2. Do not go into that forest over there.\\
3. You may be punished with time in the quiet room if you are unruly.\\
4. This list of rules is not all-inclusive.\\
5. There is no rule number 5.\\
6. No talking about Frida's Friends Club.
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': The TropeNamer is the Bruces Sketch:
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': The TropeNamer is [[Recap/MontyPythonsFlyingCircusS2E9 "How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body"]], aka the Bruces Sketch:Sketch.
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* ''Series/TheXFiles'': In the episode "Bad Blood":
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': In [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS1E10ThePainting "The Painting"]], Mr. Small has a five-step program for Gumball and Darwin to focus their energy, but tells them they're done after only four steps.
-->'''Mr. Small:''' [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong The fifth step was within you all along.]] Just be yourselves.\\
'''Gumball:''' ... ''Weak.''
-->'''Mr. Small:''' [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong The fifth step was within you all along.]] Just be yourselves.\\
'''Gumball:''' ... ''Weak.''
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* In the short anime ''Battle Skipper'', the vice president of the Etiquette Club goes to give a recruitment speech, only to discover that her notes are missing (actually stolen by a rival from the Debutante Club), so she improvises a speech on the spot: "In the Etiquette Club, the first rule is strength! The second rule is strength! There are no third or fourth rules, but [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the fifth rule is strength!]]" Cue FacePalm from the club president.
* In the short anime ''Battle Skipper'', the vice president of the Etiquette Club goes to give a recruitment speech, only to discover that her notes are missing (actually stolen by a rival from the Debutante Club), so she improvises a speech on the spot: "In the Etiquette Club, the first rule is strength! The second rule is strength! There are no third or fourth rules, but [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the fifth rule is strength!]]" Cue FacePalm from the club president.
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[[folder:Anime and & Manga]]
*In the short anime ''Battle Skipper'', the ''Anime/BattleSkipper'': The vice president of the Etiquette Club goes to give a recruitment speech, only to discover that her notes are missing (actually stolen by a rival from the Debutante Club), so she improvises a speech on the spot: "In the Etiquette Club, the first rule is strength! The second rule is strength! There are no third or fourth rules, but [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the fifth rule is strength!]]" Cue FacePalm from the club president.
*
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* Found in the rules for the Steve Jackson board game ''Globbo.''
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* Found in the rules for the Steve Jackson board game ''Globbo.''''Globbo''.
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* ''Film/FightClub'': "The first rule of [[TitleDrop Fight Club]] is you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club."
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* Chapter 19 ("Miss Zarves") of ''Sideways Stories from Literature/WaysideSchool'':
-->There is no Miss Zarves. [[MissingFloor There is no nineteenth]] [[IncrediblyLamePun story]]. Sorry.
* ''Creator/DaveBarry In Cyberspace'' includes a parody of advertisements found in computer magazines purportedly offering great discounts on computers. One of the "''incredible'' prices" quoted is: "BAXTER Data[[InherentlyFunnyWords Weasel]] 95949847 -- There is no such computer! Ha ha!"
** ''Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway'' had a double-layered use of the trope: in the American Constitution, Article I Section 8 reads "Section 8 has been intentionally left blank." This becomes doubly funny if you know that [[LateToThePunchline Section 8 is the part of the Constitution that gives Congress all of its legal power]].
* The book ''My Brother Was an Only Child'' by Jack Douglas has, as the entire contents of Chapter Nineteen:
-->There is no Miss Zarves. [[MissingFloor There is no nineteenth]] [[IncrediblyLamePun story]]. Sorry.
* ''Creator/DaveBarry In Cyberspace'' includes a parody of advertisements found in computer magazines purportedly offering great discounts on computers. One of the "''incredible'' prices" quoted is: "BAXTER Data[[InherentlyFunnyWords Weasel]] 95949847 -- There is no such computer! Ha ha!"
** ''Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway'' had a double-layered use of the trope: in the American Constitution, Article I Section 8 reads "Section 8 has been intentionally left blank." This becomes doubly funny if you know that [[LateToThePunchline Section 8 is the part of the Constitution that gives Congress all of its legal power]].
* The book ''My Brother Was an Only Child'' by Jack Douglas has, as the entire contents of Chapter Nineteen:
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-->There is no Miss Zarves. [[MissingFloor There is no nineteenth]] [[IncrediblyLamePun story]]. Sorry.
** The novel includes a parody of advertisements found in computer magazines purportedly offering great discounts on computers. One of the "''incredible'' prices" quoted is: "BAXTER Data[[InherentlyFunnyWords Weasel]] 95949847 -- There is no such computer! Ha ha!"
** ''Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway''
*
* ''Literature/{{My Brother Was an Only
** It has, as the entire contents of Chapter Nineteen:
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* In ''Literature/EndersGame'', Rose tells Ender that there are only three rules, "Do what I tell you and don't piss in the bed." When Ender asks what the third rule is, as he was clearly meant to, Rose replies that that ''was'' three rules - "We don't do too good in math, here."
* ''Literature/TheVorGame'': Implied in Vorkosigan's rules for space warfare:
* ''Literature/TheVorGame'': Implied in Vorkosigan's rules for space warfare:
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* An old Usenet humor post titled [[http://groups.google.com/group/net.lang.prolog/browse_thread/thread/e181a0750397fa2c/60e03b09967b6a42?hl=en&q=%22There+is+no+feature+6%22#60e03b09967b6a42 "The Australian Fifth Degeneration Project"]] had a numbered list of "features" for a rumored new computer including "Feature number 6: There is no feature 6." The ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch was cited in a subsequent footnote.
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* An old Usenet humor post titled [[http://groups.google.com/group/net.lang.prolog/browse_thread/thread/e181a0750397fa2c/60e03b09967b6a42?hl=en&q=%22There+is+no+feature+6%22#60e03b09967b6a42 "The Australian Fifth Degeneration Project"]] had a numbered list ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': In chapter 19 ("Miss Zarves") of "features" for a rumored new computer including "Feature number 6: ''Sideways Stories from Wayside School'':
-->There is no Miss Zarves. [[MissingFloor There is nofeature 6." The ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch was cited in a subsequent footnote.nineteenth]] [[IncrediblyLamePun story]]. Sorry.
-->There is no Miss Zarves. [[MissingFloor There is no
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* The TropeNamer is the Bruces Sketch from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'':
-->'''Bruce:''' I'll just remind you of the faculty rules:
-->Rule 1: [[HeteronormativeCrusader No poofters.]]\\
-->'''Bruce:''' I'll just remind you of the faculty rules:
-->Rule 1: [[HeteronormativeCrusader No poofters.]]\\
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* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': PlayedForDrama in the episode "Sometimes You Hear The Bullet." Hawkeye sees his childhood friend die in O.R. and asks why he's crying for him and not any of the other patients who died in there.
-->'''Henry:''' Look, all I know is what they taught me in command school. There are certain rules about a war. And RuleNumberOne is that young men die. And Rule #2 is that doctors can't change Rule #1.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': The TropeNamer is the BrucesSketch from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'':
Sketch:
-->'''Bruce:''' I'll just remind you of the facultyrules:
-->Rulerules:\\
Rule 1: [[HeteronormativeCrusader No poofters.]]\\
-->'''Henry:''' Look, all I know is what they taught me in command school. There are certain rules about a war. And RuleNumberOne is that young men die. And Rule #2 is that doctors can't change Rule #1.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': The TropeNamer is the Bruces
-->'''Bruce:''' I'll just remind you of the faculty
-->Rule
Rule 1: [[HeteronormativeCrusader No poofters.]]\\
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-->'''Henry:''' Look, all I know is what they taught me in command school. There are certain rules about a war. And RuleNumberOne is that young men die. And Rule #2 is that doctors can't change Rule #1.
-->'''Henry:''' Look, all I know is what they taught me in command school. There are certain rules about a war. And RuleNumberOne is that young men die. And Rule #2 is that doctors can't change Rule #1.
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* The Traveling Wilburys have two albums: "Vol. 1" and "Vol. 3".
* That's similar to Music/JohannSebastianBach's Brandenburg Concerto No.3, which has only first and third movements -- no second movement (apart from a two-chord cadence - though the third movement is sometimes wrongly called the "second", even though it's definitely in the style of a third movement rather than a second).
* That's similar to Music/JohannSebastianBach's Brandenburg Concerto No.3, which has only first and third movements -- no second movement (apart from a two-chord cadence - though the third movement is sometimes wrongly called the "second", even though it's definitely in the style of a third movement rather than a second).
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* The Traveling Wilburys Music/TravelingWilburys have two albums: "Vol. 1" and "Vol. 3".
*That's similar to Music/JohannSebastianBach's Brandenburg "Brandenburg Concerto No.3, which 3" has only first and third movements -- no second movement (apart from a two-chord cadence - -- though the third movement is sometimes wrongly called the "second", even though it's definitely in the style of a third movement rather than a second).
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* An unusual non-(intentionally)-comedic example once appeared in TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering's comprehensive rulebook:
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Page 128 of the 3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide has a list of traits to flesh out [=NPCs=]. Number 26 is [[strike: blank]] missing entirely, and Number 100 reads "No sense of humor (See #26)".
* ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}''_ The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. There is no rule six.
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
** An unusual non-(intentionally)-comedic example once appeared inTabletopGame/MagicTheGathering's the game's comprehensive rulebook:
* ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}''_ The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. There is no rule six.
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** It was originally a rule involving assigning trample damage that became obsolete, but kept to avoid renumbering the rest of the rules. It was finally removed when Eighth Edition was released.
* Page 128 of the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide]] has a list of traits to flesh out [=NPCs=]. Number 26 is [[strike: blank]] ''missing entirely'', and Number 100 reads "No sense of humor (See #26)".
* The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'' has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. There is no rule six.
* Page 128 of the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide]] has a list of traits to flesh out [=NPCs=]. Number 26 is [[strike: blank]] ''missing entirely'', and Number 100 reads "No sense of humor (See #26)".
* The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'' has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. There is no rule six.
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** It was originally a rule involving assigning trample damage that became obsolete, obsolete but kept to avoid renumbering the rest of the rules. It was finally removed when Eighth Edition was released.
* Page 128 of the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide]] has a list of traits to flesh out [=NPCs=]. Number 26 is [[strike: blank]] ''missing entirely'', and Number 100 reads "No sense of humor (See #26)".
* The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'' has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. There is no rule six.released.
* Page 128 of the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide]] has a list of traits to flesh out [=NPCs=]. Number 26 is [[strike: blank]] ''missing entirely'', and Number 100 reads "No sense of humor (See #26)".
* The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'' has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. There is no rule six.
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* A minor variation from ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' Live, when Richie contemplated the following “What have [I] got to live for? […] Everyone would prefer it if [I] were dead!”:
--> '''Richie''': What a ridiculous suggestion – first of all…\\
--> '''Richie''': What a ridiculous suggestion – first of all…\\
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* A minor variation from ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' Live, when ''Series/{{Bottom}} Live'': When Richie contemplated the following “What have [I] got to live for? […] Everyone would prefer it if [I] were dead!”:
--> '''Richie''': What a ridiculous suggestion– –- first of all…\\
--> '''Richie''': What a ridiculous suggestion
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* Dramatic example from ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', when Tevye is mulling over whether to accept Chava marrying a non-Jew: "On the other hand... there ''is'' no other hand!"
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* Dramatic example from ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'': PlayedForDrama when Tevye is mulling over whether to accept Chava marrying a non-Jew: "On the other hand... there ''is'' no other hand!"
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* The manual for ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' paid homage to Monty Python in the Hints and Tips section with "6. There is no tip number 6."
* The first track of the soundtrack for ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' has the {{narrator}} saying this:
* The first track of the soundtrack for ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' has the {{narrator}} saying this:
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* The manual for ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' paid homage to Monty Python in the Hints and Tips section with "6. There is no tip number 6."
*''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'': The first track of the soundtrack for ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' has the {{narrator}} saying this:
*
* ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'': The manual pays [[ShoutOut homage]] to Creator/MontyPython in the Hints and Tips section with "6. There is no tip number 6."
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative response.
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there An old Website/{{Usenet}} humor post titled [[http://groups.google.com/group/net.lang.prolog/browse_thread/thread/e181a0750397fa2c/60e03b09967b6a42?hl=en&q=%22There+is+no+feature+6%22#60e03b09967b6a42 "The Australian Fifth Degeneration Project"]] had a numbered list of "features" for a rumored new computer including "Feature number 6: There is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation feature 6." The ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with cited in a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative response.subsequent footnote.
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative responses.
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative responses.
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* From the ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' episode "Normadeus":
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* ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'': The episode "Night of the Ed!" has Cow reading about what to do when their pet jackal turns vicious. Step one is "Panic". Step two is "There is no step two".
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In "Demons Aren't Dull," DM saved him and Penfold from the Demon of the Fourth Dimension by invoking a clause in the by-laws of the Union of Devious, Diabolical and Dimensional Demons [[note]]Affiliated with Gremlins, Ghouls, Ghosts and Things That Go "Waaaaooooh!" In the Dark[[/note]] that states any victim not destroyed by the end of episode four has to be returned to their own dimension or have his powers revoked by the Boss Demon. Once returned, DM lets on that there isn't any such clause. He made it up. (Just as well...the Demon planted DM and Penfold thousands of feet in the air, causing them to plummet earthwards.)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': From the''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' episode "Normadeus":"Normadeus".
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In "Demons Aren't Dull," DM saved him and Penfold from the Demon of the Fourth Dimension by invoking a clause in the by-laws of the Union of Devious, Diabolical and Dimensional Demons [[note]]Affiliated with Gremlins, Ghouls, Ghosts and Things That Go "Waaaaooooh!" In the Dark[[/note]] that states any victim not destroyed by the end of episode four has to be returned to their own dimension or have his powers revoked by the Boss Demon. Once returned, DM lets on that there isn't any such clause. He made it up. (Just as well...the Demon planted DM and Penfold thousands of feet in the air, causing them to plummet earthwards.)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': From the
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* From ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
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* From ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
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* The ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' episode "Night of the Ed!" has Cow reading about what to do when their pet jackal turns vicious. Step one is "Panic". Step two is "There is no step two".
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In "Demons Aren't Dull," DM saved him and Penfold from the Demon of the Fourth Dimension by invoking a clause in the by-laws of the Union of Devious, Diabolical and Dimensional Demons [[note]]Affiliated with Gremlins, Ghouls, Ghosts and Things That Go "Waaaaooooh!" In the Dark[[/note]] that states any victim not destroyed by the end of episode four has to be returned to their own dimension or have his powers revoked by the Boss Demon. Once returned, DM lets on that there isn't any such clause. He made it up. (Just as well...the Demon planted DM and Penfold thousands of feet in the air, causing them to plummet earthwards.)
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In "Demons Aren't Dull," DM saved him and Penfold from the Demon of the Fourth Dimension by invoking a clause in the by-laws of the Union of Devious, Diabolical and Dimensional Demons [[note]]Affiliated with Gremlins, Ghouls, Ghosts and Things That Go "Waaaaooooh!" In the Dark[[/note]] that states any victim not destroyed by the end of episode four has to be returned to their own dimension or have his powers revoked by the Boss Demon. Once returned, DM lets on that there isn't any such clause. He made it up. (Just as well...the Demon planted DM and Penfold thousands of feet in the air, causing them to plummet earthwards.)
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* Very common in real life codes of law. Laws are generally always referred to by number, so labels always have to be kept consistent. This will often extend to leaving sections reserved for future laws, so that new statutes can be slotted in where they would logically go. This leads to a lot of lines saying nothing beyond the fact that the line doesn't exist or isn't valid.
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* Very common in real life real-life codes of law. Laws are generally always referred to by number, so labels always have to be kept consistent. This will often extend to leaving sections reserved for future laws, laws so that new statutes can be slotted in where they would logically go. This leads to a lot of lines saying nothing beyond the fact that the line doesn't exist or isn't valid.
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** A similar joke has been put up in German work-places at least since the 1960s: "Rule 1: The boss is always right. Rule 2: Should the boss not be right for once, then rule 1 comes into force."
* With live-cast showing of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', this is often used by the stage manager when explaining the general "rules of behavior" in the theater.
* With live-cast showing of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', this is often used by the stage manager when explaining the general "rules of behavior" in the theater.
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** A similar joke has been put up in German work-places workplaces at least since the 1960s: "Rule 1: The boss is always right. Rule 2: Should the boss not be right for once, then rule 1 comes into force."
* With a live-cast showing of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', this is often used by the stage manager when explaining the general "rules of behavior" in the theater.
* With a live-cast showing of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', this is often used by the stage manager when explaining the general "rules of behavior" in the theater.
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* ''Manga/ABridesStory'': Laila and Leili's mother says this while putting them through housewife bootcamp:
--> Rule One: Physical strength! Rule Two: Physical strength! There are no rules three or four, but rule five is physical strength! If the time comes and you can't run at full speed while carrying two or three children, then that's as bad as sacrificing those children to the wolves!
--> Rule One: Physical strength! Rule Two: Physical strength! There are no rules three or four, but rule five is physical strength! If the time comes and you can't run at full speed while carrying two or three children, then that's as bad as sacrificing those children to the wolves!
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative response.
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative response.
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* The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'' has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. ThereIsNoRuleSix.
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* The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'' has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. ThereIsNoRuleSix.There is no rule six.
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* Very common in real life codes of law. Laws are generally always referred to by number, so labels always have to be kept consistent. Thus, whenever a law or section of a law is repealed, the text is replaced by something along the lines of "There is no section X."
** As a practical matter, sections within a title or chapter are often "reserved" so that entire chapters don't need to be re-numbered when a new section is added. Normally, the hundreds digits and up within a section number indicate the chapter, while the tens digit of a section indicates a particular topic within a chapter. Thus, §521 might deal with 1st degree murder, §522 with second degree murder, §523 with felony-murder, and then §524-530 are "reserved", with §531 being, say, voluntary manslaughter. If a new degree of murder is added (capital murder, perhaps), it would be §524, rather than having to renumber everything, having to make it §523A (which is ''really'' confusing), or having to put it at the end of the chapter, which may be several hundred sections later (which is just as bad). This does result in there being no §524....for the time being, at least. In this case, the missing sections are simply labeled as "§§524-530: Reserved"
** This is the same reason old BASIC programs would space line numbers by 10. If you had to add lines in between two existing lines, say 10 and 20, you'd just pick a number between the two, like 15, and so on. Otherwise, the line numbers would all have to be changed when you added a line between two others.
** As a practical matter, sections within a title or chapter are often "reserved" so that entire chapters don't need to be re-numbered when a new section is added. Normally, the hundreds digits and up within a section number indicate the chapter, while the tens digit of a section indicates a particular topic within a chapter. Thus, §521 might deal with 1st degree murder, §522 with second degree murder, §523 with felony-murder, and then §524-530 are "reserved", with §531 being, say, voluntary manslaughter. If a new degree of murder is added (capital murder, perhaps), it would be §524, rather than having to renumber everything, having to make it §523A (which is ''really'' confusing), or having to put it at the end of the chapter, which may be several hundred sections later (which is just as bad). This does result in there being no §524....for the time being, at least. In this case, the missing sections are simply labeled as "§§524-530: Reserved"
** This is the same reason old BASIC programs would space line numbers by 10. If you had to add lines in between two existing lines, say 10 and 20, you'd just pick a number between the two, like 15, and so on. Otherwise, the line numbers would all have to be changed when you added a line between two others.
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* Very common in real life codes of law. Laws are generally always referred to by number, so labels always have to be kept consistent. Thus, whenever a law or section of a law is repealed, the text is replaced by something along the lines of "There is no section X."
** As a practical matter,This will often extend to leaving sections within a title or chapter are often "reserved" reserved for future laws, so that entire chapters don't need to be re-numbered when a new section is added. Normally, the hundreds digits and up within a section number indicate the chapter, while the tens digit of a section indicates a particular topic within a chapter. Thus, §521 might deal with 1st degree murder, §522 with second degree murder, §523 with felony-murder, and then §524-530 are "reserved", with §531 being, say, voluntary manslaughter. If a new degree of murder is added (capital murder, perhaps), it statutes can be slotted in where they would be §524, rather than having to renumber everything, having to make it §523A (which is ''really'' confusing), or having to put it at the end of the chapter, which may be several hundred sections later (which is just as bad). logically go. This does result in there being no §524....for the time being, at least. In this case, the missing sections are simply labeled as "§§524-530: Reserved"
** This is the same reason old BASIC programs would space line numbers by 10. If you hadleads to add a lot of lines in between two existing lines, say 10 and 20, you'd just pick a number between saying nothing beyond the two, like 15, and so on. Otherwise, fact that the line numbers would all have to be changed when you added a line between two others.doesn't exist or isn't valid.
** As a practical matter,
** This is the same reason old BASIC programs would space line numbers by 10. If you had
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Rule 193 isn't an example.
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-->201. Thou shall not point out there is no 175 commandment.\\
193. By order of the Inquisition: There is no such thing as the Inquisition, questioning this will have thou deemed heretic by the Inquisition.
193. By order of the Inquisition: There is no such thing as the Inquisition, questioning this will have thou deemed heretic by the Inquisition.
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-->201. Thou shall not point out there is no 175 commandment.\\
193. By order of the Inquisition: There is no such thing as the Inquisition, questioning this will have thou deemed heretic by the Inquisition.
193. By order of the Inquisition: There is no such thing as the Inquisition, questioning this will have thou deemed heretic by the Inquisition.
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** Except ''Sideways Stories from Literature/WaysideSchool''.
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** Except ''Sideways Stories from Literature/WaysideSchool''. The entire Chapter 19 consists of this: "There is no Miss Zarves. There is no nineteenth story. Sorry."
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* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'': PlayedWith by the 18th Sermon of the [[FictionalDocument 36 Lessons of Vivec]]. Like the other 35 sermons, it contains an allegorical story explaining the Tribunal faith, but unlike all the others, it ends with the words "This sermon is forbidden." and "This sermon is untrue.", indicating that although it is a legitimate part of the religious canon, it should never be taught to lay people (presumably because [[spoiler:it links the Tribunal's godhood to Dagoth Ur's and suggests that unmaking the former can defeat the latter]]). To an outsider examining Vivec's teachings, Sermon 18 thus basically says "There is no Sermon 18." Fittingly, unlike the other sermons, the in-game book containing it can only be found in and around the endgame area of the Ghostgate, meaning that if you try to collect all sermons, you will be missing the 18th item on the list for the longest time.
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Commenting out empty folders that only have a sentence blantly stating that there's no examples for this folder (which I deleted since it comes off as redunant)
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*
-->'''Mr. Miyagi:''' Aha... here are
Rule Number One: "Karate for defense only."\\
Rule Number Two: "First learn Rule Number One."
* "The first rule of Film/FightClub is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club."
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* ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'' had a textbook example:
-->'''Mr. Miyagi:''' Aha... here are the two rules of Miyagi-Ryu Karate.\\
Rule Number One: "Karate for defense only."\\
Rule Number Two: "First learn Rule Number One."
* "The first rule of Film/FightClub is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club."
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* ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'' had a textbook example:
-->'''Mr. Miyagi:''' Aha... here are the two rules of Miyagi-Ryu Karate.\\
Rule Number One: "Karate for defense only."\\
Rule Number Two: "First learn Rule Number One."
* "The first rule of Film/FightClub is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club."
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-->'''Full list of things that fit a ridiculously narrow definition'''\\
1. The only example.\\
2. Er...\\
3. That's it.
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*
-->Rule 502.9d: Ignore this
** It was originally a rule involving assigning trample damage that became obsolete, but kept to avoid renumbering the rest of the rules. It was finally removed when Eighth Edition was released.
* Page 128 of the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide]] has a list of traits to flesh out [=NPCs=]. Number 26 is [[strike: blank]] ''missing entirely'', and Number 100 reads "No sense of humor (See #26)".
* The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'' has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. ThereIsNoRuleSix.
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* A RunningGag in ''Magazine/PrivateEye'':
-->'''Full list of things that fit a ridiculously narrow definition'''\\
1. The only example.\\
2. Er...\\
3. That's it.
* A RunningGag in ''Magazine/PrivateEye'':
-->'''Full list of things that fit a ridiculously narrow definition'''\\
1. The only example.\\
2. Er...\\
3. That's it.
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* A
-->'''Full list
--> '''Richie''': What a ridiculous suggestion – first of
Ⓐ BOLLOCKS❗\\
& Ⓑ … Well I don't need a
1. The only example.\\
2. Er...\\
3. That's it.
* Dramatic example from ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', when Tevye is mulling over whether to accept Chava marrying a non-Jew: "On the other hand... there ''is'' no other hand!"
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* An unusual non-(intentionally)-comedic example once appeared in TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering's comprehensive rulebook:
-->Rule 502.9d: Ignore this rule.
** It was originally a rule involving assigning trample damage that became obsolete, but kept to avoid renumbering the rest of the rules. It was finally removed when Eighth Edition was released.
* Page 128 of the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide]] has a list of traits to flesh out [=NPCs=]. Number 26 is [[strike: blank]] ''missing entirely'', and Number 100 reads "No sense of humor (See #26)".
* The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'' has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. ThereIsNoRuleSix.
* An unusual non-(intentionally)-comedic example once appeared in TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering's comprehensive rulebook:
-->Rule 502.9d: Ignore this rule.
** It was originally a rule involving assigning trample damage that became obsolete, but kept to avoid renumbering the rest of the rules. It was finally removed when Eighth Edition was released.
* Page 128 of the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide]] has a list of traits to flesh out [=NPCs=]. Number 26 is [[strike: blank]] ''missing entirely'', and Number 100 reads "No sense of humor (See #26)".
* The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'' has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing the game must each choose a number between one and four. One is subtracted from the sum of those two numbers, and a rule corresponding to that resulting number must be followed. ThereIsNoRuleSix.
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-->Rule 502.9d: Ignore this rule.
** It was originally a rule involving assigning trample damage that became obsolete, but kept to avoid renumbering
* The first track of the
* Page 128 of
--> There's three things I'll always miss, though.\\
One: not havin' to
* The Creator/MontyPython [[ThemedStockBoardGame version]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Fluxx}}'' has a card called "MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels." Two people playing
Two: ah... forget about two.\\
And three: I miss the
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* A minor variation from ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' Live, when Richie contemplated the following “What have [I] got to live for? […] Everyone would prefer it if [I] were dead!”:
--> '''Richie''': What a ridiculous suggestion – first of all…\\
Ⓐ BOLLOCKS❗\\
& Ⓑ … Well I don't need a Ⓑ because the Ⓐ was so great!
* Dramatic example from ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', when Tevye is mulling over whether to accept Chava marrying a non-Jew: "On the other hand... there ''is'' no other hand!"
* A minor variation from ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' Live, when Richie contemplated the following “What have [I] got to live for? […] Everyone would prefer it if [I] were dead!”:
--> '''Richie''': What a ridiculous suggestion – first of all…\\
Ⓐ BOLLOCKS❗\\
& Ⓑ … Well I don't need a Ⓑ because the Ⓐ was so great!
* Dramatic example from ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', when Tevye is mulling over whether to accept Chava marrying a non-Jew: "On the other hand... there ''is'' no other hand!"
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* A
--> '''Richie''': What a ridiculous suggestion – first of all…\\
Ⓐ BOLLOCKS❗\\
& Ⓑ … Well I don't need a Ⓑ because the Ⓐ was so great!
* Dramatic example from ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', when Tevye is mulling over whether to accept Chava marrying a non-Jew: "On the other hand...
-->201. Thou shall not point out there
193. By order of the Inquisition: There is no such thing as the Inquisition, questioning this will have thou deemed heretic by the Inquisition.
* The [[JustForFun/RulesOfAnime Laws of Anime]] include #43- Law of Triscaquadrodecophobia: There is no Law 43.
* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative response.
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* The manual for ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' paid homage to Monty Python in the Hints and Tips section with "6. There is no tip number 6."
* The first track of the soundtrack for ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' has the {{narrator}} saying this:
--> There's three things I'll always miss, though.\\
One: not havin' to watch my step all the time.\\
Two: ah... forget about two.\\
And three: I miss the songs.
* The manual for ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' paid homage to Monty Python in the Hints and Tips section with "6. There is no tip number 6."
* The first track of the soundtrack for ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' has the {{narrator}} saying this:
--> There's three things I'll always miss, though.\\
One: not havin' to watch my step all the time.\\
Two: ah... forget about two.\\
And three: I miss the songs.
to:
*
-->'''Freakazoid:''' One: Norm Abram is
'''Cosgrove:''' "We don't have a two."
*
--> There's three things I'll always miss, though.
-->Step 1: Collect Underpants.\\
[[MissingStepsPlan Step 3:]] [[MemeticMutation Profit!]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' episode "Night of the
Two: ah... forget
And three: I miss
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In "Demons Aren't Dull," DM saved him and Penfold from the
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* There are no Web Animation examples at this time.
* There are no Web Animation examples at this time.
to:
*
** As a practical matter, sections within a title or chapter are often "reserved" so that entire chapters don't need to be re-numbered when a new section is added. Normally, the hundreds digits and up within a section number indicate the chapter, while the tens digit of a section indicates a particular topic within a chapter. Thus, §521 might deal with 1st degree murder, §522 with second degree murder, §523 with felony-murder, and then §524-530 are "reserved", with §531 being, say, voluntary manslaughter. If a new degree of murder is added (capital murder, perhaps), it would be §524, rather than having to renumber everything, having to make it §523A (which is ''really'' confusing), or having to put it at the end of the chapter, which may be several hundred sections later (which is just as bad). This does result in there being no §524....for the time being, at least. In this case, the missing sections are simply labeled as "§§524-530: Reserved"
** This is the same reason old BASIC programs would space line numbers by 10. If you had to add lines in between two existing lines, say 10 and 20, you'd just pick a number between the two, like 15, and so on. Otherwise, the line numbers would all have to be changed when you added a line between two others.
* Question 17 of the 2011 British Census: "This question is intentionally blank"[[note]]In England only. In the Scottish and Welsh Censuses, Question 17 asked about proficiency in Scots/Gaelic/Welsh languages.[[/note]]
* There's a joke that goes "Rule 1: I am always right. Rule 2: If I am ever wrong, see rule 1."
** A similar joke has been put up in German work-places at least since the 1960s: "Rule 1: The boss is always right. Rule 2: Should the boss not be right for once, then rule 1 comes into force."
* With live-cast showing of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', this is often used by the stage manager when explaining the general "rules of behavior" in the theater.
* IBM manuals are infamous for pages stating "This page intentionally left blank". Similar to the other examples
** Military field manuals are also well known for this and the subject of much derision among service members. The truth is that chapters conventionally start on an odd-numbered page; therefore, if the preceding chapter happens to have an odd number of pages, a blank page is inserted at the end. Classified documents are also accounted for by the number of pages; this practice ensures that blank pages are not accidentally discarded.
* Common in IT. When automated, regular reports are generated and sent to distribution lists, a "No report was created / No data in the report" message is the best way to avoid users calling the helpdesk to say "they didn't receive the report".
* During one of the debates between candidates for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination, Governor Rick Perry declared, "And I will tell you, it is three agencies of government when I get there that are gone. Commerce, Education, and the... what's the third one there?" After an awkward pause (during which a few of the other candidates and the debate moderator tried to prompt him), he finally concluded, "I can't. The third one, I can't. Sorry. Oops."[[labelnote:*]]He was reaching for the Department of Energy.[[/labelnote]]
* Until 2019, highway exits in Massachusetts were numbered sequentially. After the Central Artery Tunnel (aka Big Dig) project was done, the new design removed some exits, and the remaining exits were not (then) renumbered. As a result, the state DOT added signs to the highway e.g. "There is no Exit 11. Next exit is 12" after exit 10.
** Starting in 2020 the state is changing all highway exits to milepost numbers, due to a federal mandate.
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* There are no Web Comic examples at this time.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* A [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080409184724/http://www.highbattalion.com/commandments.htm joke list]] of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' Space Marine Commandments features a variation on this:
-->201. Thou shall not point out there is no 175 commandment.\\
193. By order of the Inquisition: There is no such thing as the Inquisition, questioning this will have thou deemed heretic by the Inquisition.
* The [[JustForFun/RulesOfAnime Laws of Anime]] include #43- Law of Triscaquadrodecophobia: There is no Law 43.
* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': SCP-048 is an article detailing that there is no SCP-048. In-universe, the explanation given is that any item given that designation was lost, stolen, destroyed, etc. In reality, several writers attempted to fill that slot with a wide variety of ideas, but they were all removed due to negative response.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* From the ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' episode "Normadeus":
-->'''Freakazoid:''' One: Norm Abram is gone. Two:...\\
'''Cosgrove:''' "We don't have a two."
* From ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
-->Step 1: Collect Underpants.\\
Step 2: ???\\
[[MissingStepsPlan Step 3:]] [[MemeticMutation Profit!]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' episode "Night of the Ed!" has Cow reading about what to do when their pet jackal turns vicious. Step one is "Panic". Step two is "There is no step two".
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In "Demons Aren't Dull," DM saved him and Penfold from the Demon of the Fourth Dimension by invoking a clause in the by-laws of the Union of Devious, Diabolical and Dimensional Demons [[note]]Affiliated with Gremlins, Ghouls, Ghosts and Things That Go "Waaaaooooh!" In the Dark[[/note]] that states any victim not destroyed by the end of episode four has to be returned to their own dimension or have his powers revoked by the Boss Demon. Once returned, DM lets on that there isn't any such clause. He made it up. (Just as well...the Demon planted DM and Penfold thousands of feet in the air, causing them to plummet earthwards.)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Real Life]]
* Very common in real life codes of law. Laws are generally always referred to by number, so labels always have to be kept consistent. Thus, whenever a law or section of a law is repealed, the text is replaced by something along the lines of "There is no section X."
** As a practical matter, sections within a title or chapter are often "reserved" so that entire chapters don't need to be re-numbered when a new section is added. Normally, the hundreds digits and up within a section number indicate the chapter, while the tens digit of a section indicates a particular topic within a chapter. Thus, §521 might deal with 1st degree murder, §522 with second degree murder, §523 with felony-murder, and then §524-530 are "reserved", with §531 being, say, voluntary manslaughter. If a new degree of murder is added (capital murder, perhaps), it would be §524, rather than having to renumber everything, having to make it §523A (which is ''really'' confusing), or having to put it at the end of the chapter, which may be several hundred sections later (which is just as bad). This does result in there being no §524....for the time being, at least. In this case, the missing sections are simply labeled as "§§524-530: Reserved"
** This is the same reason old BASIC programs would space line numbers by 10. If you had to add lines in between two existing lines, say 10 and 20, you'd just pick a number between the two, like 15, and so on. Otherwise, the line numbers would all have to be changed when you added a line between two others.
* Question 17 of the 2011 British Census: "This question is intentionally blank"[[note]]In England only. In the Scottish and Welsh Censuses, Question 17 asked about proficiency in Scots/Gaelic/Welsh languages.[[/note]]
* There's a joke that goes "Rule 1: I am always right. Rule 2: If I am ever wrong, see rule 1."
** A similar joke has been put up in German work-places at least since the 1960s: "Rule 1: The boss is always right. Rule 2: Should the boss not be right for once, then rule 1 comes into force."
* With live-cast showing of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', this is often used by the stage manager when explaining the general "rules of behavior" in the theater.
* IBM manuals are infamous for pages stating "This page intentionally left blank". Similar to the other examples described here, this was done to keep page numbers consistent for cross-referencing even if information was added or removed.
** Military field manuals are also well known for this and the subject of much derision among service members. The truth is that chapters conventionally start on an odd-numbered page; therefore, if the preceding chapter happens to have an odd number of pages, a blank page is inserted at the end. Classified documents are also accounted for by the number of pages; this practice ensures that blank pages are not accidentally discarded.
* Common in IT. When automated, regular reports are generated and sent to distribution lists, a "No report was created / No data in the report" message is the best way to avoid users calling the helpdesk to say "they didn't receive the report".
* During one of the debates between candidates for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination, Governor Rick Perry declared, "And I will tell you, it is three agencies of government when I get there that are gone. Commerce, Education, and the... what's the third one there?" After an awkward pause (during which a few of the other candidates and the debate moderator tried to prompt him), he finally concluded, "I can't. The third one, I can't. Sorry. Oops."[[labelnote:*]]He was reaching for the Department of Energy.[[/labelnote]]
* Until 2019, highway exits in Massachusetts were numbered sequentially. After the Central Artery Tunnel (aka Big Dig) project was done, the new design removed some exits, and the remaining exits were not (then) renumbered. As a result, the state DOT added signs to the highway e.g. "There is no Exit 11. Next exit is 12" after exit 10.
** Starting in 2020 the state is changing all highway exits to milepost numbers, due to a federal mandate.
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* In the short anime ''Battle Skipper'', the vice president of the Etiquette Club goes to give a recruitment speech, only to discover that her notes are missing (actually stolen by a rival from the Debutante Club), so she improvises a speech on the spot: "In the Etiquitte Club, the first rule is strength! The second rule is strength! There are no third or fourth rules, but [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the fifth rule is strength!]]" Cue FacePalm from the club president.
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* In the short anime ''Battle Skipper'', the vice president of the Etiquette Club goes to give a recruitment speech, only to discover that her notes are missing (actually stolen by a rival from the Debutante Club), so she improvises a speech on the spot: "In the Etiquitte Etiquette Club, the first rule is strength! The second rule is strength! There are no third or fourth rules, but [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the fifth rule is strength!]]" Cue FacePalm from the club president.