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** This is how Tomjon gets his name in ''Literature/WyrdSisters''.

* In ''Not Just a Witch'' by Creator/EvaIbbotson, when the main character Heckie (who has the power to [[BalefulPolymorph change people into animals]]) and her friend Dora (who has the power to [[TakenForGranite turn creatures to stone]]) have just discovered that [[ManipulativeBastard Mr. Knacksap]], whom they thought was their friend, had secretly been leading them both on and tricking them into abusing their powers for his own benefit:

* ''Literature/ClassicSingaporeHororStories'' has a short titled "Stepchild", whose protagonist, sixteen year old Kathy, would talk like this every now and then.

* ''How to Invent Everything'' by Creator/RyanNorth says, "While the spoken word is great, it still suffers from significant limitations. It frees ideas from their original host, but it allows ideas to be transmitted only as far as the speaker can travel, or can shout, or can travel while shouting."

* In the non-fiction book ''How to Make the World Add Up'', Tim Harford questions forger Han van Meegeren's claim that he didn't do it for the money, noting that "his mansions were decorated with prostitutes, jewellery, and prostitutes draped in jewellery".

* In the non-fiction book ''How to Make the World Add Up'', Tim Harford questions forger Han van Meergan's claim that he didn't do it for the money, noting that "his mansions were decorated with prostitutes, jewellery, and prostitutes draped in jewellery".

* In the non-fiction book ''How to Make Your World Add Up'', Tim Harford questions forger Han van Meergan's claim that he didn't do it for the money, noting that "his mansions were decorated with prostitutes, jewellery, and prostitutes draped in jewellery".

-->''It seemed to be everywhere: birdsong, Covey song, bird-and-Covey song.''

* From ''The Bad Book'' by Australian author Andy Griffiths:

-->'''A:''' [[IAteWhat Monkey vomit]] [[XOnAStick on a stick.]]

* The ''World of Thedas'' books are expansions on the lore of the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' video games. In the second volume, the in-universe dominant religion offers a scathing commentary on the works of the resident popular author, party member Varric Tethras. They generally feel that he's a terrible writer, and describe the bulk of his work as being "by and large, little more than smut, pulp, or, at times, smutty pulp."

* The ''World of Thedas'' books are expansions on the lore of the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' video games. In the second volume, the in-universe dominant religion offers a scathing commentary on the works of the resident popular author, party member Varric Tethras. They generally feel that he's a terrible writer, and describe the bulk of his work as being "by and large smut, pulp, or at times, smutty pulp."

* The ''World of Thedas'' books are expansions on the lore of the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' video games. In the second volume, the in-universe dominant religion offers a scathing commentary on the works of the resident popular author, party member Varric Tethras. They generally feel that he's a terrible writer, and describe the bulk of his work as being "smut, pulp, or occasionally, smutty pulp."

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* In the ''Literature/FrannyKStein'' book ''The Fran With Four Brains'', Igor's methods of getting his owner Franny to laugh include juggling chainsaws, alligator wrestling, and wrestling alligators with chainsaws.

** This is how Tomjon gets his name in ''Discworld/WyrdSisters''.
** In ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', when [[spoiler:Teach]] dies, the barbarian heroes suggest giving him a variety of different [[VikingFuneral warriors' funerals]], like being on a boat set on fire, being under a burial mound, or on top of a pile of the corpses of all of his enemies. They eventually settle on "''In'' a boat set on fire, ''on'' top of a pile of his enemies, ''under'' a burial mound."
** According to ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'', the Nac Mac Feegle are infamous for stealing, fighting, drinking, drinking and fighting, and stealing and drinking and fighting.
** ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' has "the smell of pipe smoke and old socks, and since the wizards are lax about knocking out their pipes, smoking socks as well."

-->'''Q:''' What's brown and sticky?
-->'''A:''' A stick.
-->'''Q:''' What's yellow and smells like bananas?

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* In Literature/{{Unique}}, Helga's past is mentioned to include fighting demons, vampires, Nazis and demonic Nazi vampires.

-->'''Drover''': She had pretty brown eyes...
-->'''Hank''': Were they pretty and brown or pretty brown? This could be important!
-->'''Drover''': Both. They were pretty and brown. And pretty brown.

* ''Literature/StarWarRazorsEdge'': Sneaking around an {{Asteroid Min|ers}}ing facility converted into a SpacePirate base, Sian points out that there's probably a former mine detention center repurposed as a slave pen, and Han agrees that that would make sense. The narration from his POV:

* In ''Literature/EleanorAndPark'', when she hears gunshots near her house at night: "gang members, she thought. Drug dealers. Rapists. Gang members who were also drug-dealing rapists."

* In ''Literature/EleanorAndPark'', when she hears gunshots outside her house at night: "gang members, she thought. Drug dealers. Rapists. Gang members who were also drug-dealing rapists."