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* This is the motto of the Patrol Academy in Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/SpaceCadet''.
* In Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheStand'', the escape of Campion, the security guard at the research facility who spreads Captain Trips beyond hope of containment, is explained thusly:

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* This is the motto of the Patrol Academy in Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/SpaceCadet''.
''Literature/SpaceCadetHeinlein''.
* In Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheStand'', the escape of Campion, the security guard at the research facility who spreads Captain Trips beyond hope of containment, is explained thusly:
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* A very similar question is posed in the title of one of the comics in [[MarvelUniverse Marvel's]] [[ComicBook/WhatIf "What If..." series]]: ''[[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/what-if/34-1.jpg What If No One Was Watching The Watcher?]]'' In this case, though, it's meant more in the "[[WhatYouAreInTheDark people do funny things when they think nobody is looking]]" sense.

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* A very similar question is posed in the title of one of the comics in [[MarvelUniverse [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel's]] [[ComicBook/WhatIf "What If..." series]]: ''[[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/what-if/34-1.jpg What If No One Was Watching The Watcher?]]'' In this case, though, it's meant more in the "[[WhatYouAreInTheDark people do funny things when they think nobody is looking]]" sense.
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* Mentioned by name in [[http://poisonedminds.com/d/20230720.html this]] ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'' strip. The Anarchists don't much like authority but recognize that there has to be some kind of policing force. Watchmen are followed by Inlay droids--both to keep people from harassing Watchmen doing their duty, but also to keep the Watchmen honest. Any Watchman who starts getting ideas about overreaching their deliberately limited authority are bound to have the Inlay droid messily rearrange them--the Anarchists despise many things, but would-be authoritarians are very close to the top of that list.
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* In a ''[[Series/TheDailyShow Daily Show]]'' segment from [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-25-2001/eat-it--with-jon-stewart June 2001]], Jon Stewart highlighted a story about someone who created an edible wrapper for food items (such as sandwiches and other things one might typically order from a delicatessen) with Stewart having to point out that if a wrapper is supposed to protect food from dirt, bacteria, and germs, making it ''edible'' would mean having to ''wrap the wrapper''.

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* In a ''[[Series/TheDailyShow Daily Show]]'' segment from [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-25-2001/eat-it--with-jon-stewart June 2001]], 2001,]] Jon Stewart highlighted a story about someone who created an edible wrapper for food items (such as sandwiches and other things one might typically order from a delicatessen) with Stewart having to point out that if a wrapper is supposed to protect food from dirt, bacteria, and germs, making it ''edible'' would mean having to ''wrap the wrapper''.



* Discussed in the WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun sketch ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcCFw4tYvPU Watchmen Watching]]''. [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} The Watchmen]] are watched by the Neighborhood Watchmen Watching Organization, who are in turn watched by the Watching the Neighborhood Watchmen Watching Organization Organization, who are watched by a guy named Jeff, who is watched by someone in the background.
* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOlYFq_Cd14 Top 10 Worst Cheaters in Sports]]'', #7 is titled Who Refs the Refs. Referring to the incident of Referee of the NBA Tim Donaghy who was giving bad calls as he was betting on the matches.

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* Discussed in the WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun sketch ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcCFw4tYvPU Watchmen Watching]]''. Watching.]]'' [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} The Watchmen]] are watched by the Neighborhood Watchmen Watching Organization, who are in turn watched by the Watching the Neighborhood Watchmen Watching Organization Organization, who are watched by a guy named Jeff, who is watched by someone in the background.
* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOlYFq_Cd14 Top 10 Worst Cheaters in Sports]]'', Sports,]]'' #7 is titled Who Refs the Refs. Referring to the incident of Referee of the NBA Tim Donaghy who was giving bad calls as he was betting on the matches.
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* A Soviet-era joke goes like this:
-->Why do the police always go around in threes? One can read, one can write, and the other is there to keep an eye on the two dangerous intellectuals.
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