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* ''Powball'' has a boss key, but it instead puts a message in the middle of the screen saying not to play games at work.
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Has been [[TropeBreaker rendered pretty much obsolete]] with multitasking operating systems that allow the user to quickly switch active windows (such as the ALT-TAB command in [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] and the CMD-TAB command in UsefulNotes/MacOS), Platform/MacOS), but the feature is still used on a few websites.
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* An UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh version of ''VideoGame/{{Arkanoid}}'' has a "Boss" feature that brings up some fake correspondence that refers at one point to "Arkaholics Anonymous."
* ''VideoGame/{{Bezare}}'' for the UsefulNotes/AppleII is the UrExample, from 1981 - pressing Ctrl-B would bring up a fake spreadsheet.
* The ''Friendlyware'' set of software for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer from 1983 is one of the earliest well-known examples - pressing F10 would bring up a fake bar chart, and pressing F10 again would return to the program.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bezare}}'' for the UsefulNotes/AppleII is the UrExample, from 1981 - pressing Ctrl-B would bring up a fake spreadsheet.
* The ''Friendlyware'' set of software for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer from 1983 is one of the earliest well-known examples - pressing F10 would bring up a fake bar chart, and pressing F10 again would return to the program.
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* An UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Platform/AppleMacintosh version of ''VideoGame/{{Arkanoid}}'' has a "Boss" feature that brings up some fake correspondence that refers at one point to "Arkaholics Anonymous."
* ''VideoGame/{{Bezare}}'' for theUsefulNotes/AppleII Platform/AppleII is the UrExample, from 1981 - pressing Ctrl-B would bring up a fake spreadsheet.
* The ''Friendlyware'' set of software for theUsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Platform/IBMPersonalComputer from 1983 is one of the earliest well-known examples - pressing F10 would bring up a fake bar chart, and pressing F10 again would return to the program.
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* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIII'' had a Boss Button available from one of the menus. However, upon selecting it, the screen would cut to black and say that the player's boss wouldn't be happy if they knew how long the player had been playing the game, showing the total time the player had been playing up to that point.
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* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIII'' had ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon'' has a Boss Button available from one of the menus. However, upon selecting it, the screen would cut cuts to black and say says that the player's boss wouldn't be happy if they knew how long the player had has been playing the game, showing the total time the player had has been playing up to that point.
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* The web version of the dating app Tinder features a "work mode" button, which, upon clicking, displays a Google Docs-like interface with fake "meeting notes", a serious-looking plot, and a "meeting recap". Better hope your boss doesn't look too closely, however, or he'll see that all the information in the doc is related to dating.
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** One arc where Jason tries to develop his own game for [=iFruit=] systems sees him implement this as a feature. In this case, the idea isn't to hide that he's playing a game at all, but to make the presumably mature-rated game look more family-friendly than it actually is so that kids don't get in trouble for playing it.
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Has been [[TropeBreaker rendered pretty much obsolete obsolete]] with multitasking operating systems that allow the user to quickly switch active windows (such as the ALT-TAB command in [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] and the CMD-TAB command in UsefulNotes/MacOS), but the feature is still used on a few websites.
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* ''Bezare'' for the UsefulNotes/AppleII is the UrExample, from 1981 - pressing Ctrl-B would bring up a fake spreadsheet.
* The ''Friendlyware'' set of software for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer from 1983 is one of the earliest well-known examples - pressing F10 would bring up a fake bar chart, and pressing F10 again would return to the program.
* The ''Friendlyware'' set of software for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer from 1983 is one of the earliest well-known examples - pressing F10 would bring up a fake bar chart, and pressing F10 again would return to the program.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Bezare}}'' for the UsefulNotes/AppleII is the UrExample, from 1981 - pressing Ctrl-B would bring up a fake spreadsheet.
* The ''Friendlyware'' set of software for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer from 1983 is one of the earliest well-known examples - pressing F10 would bring up a fake bar chart, and pressing F10 again would return to the program.
* The ''Friendlyware'' set of software for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer from 1983 is one of the earliest well-known examples - pressing F10 would bring up a fake bar chart, and pressing F10 again would return to the program.
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* ''VideoGame/GalGun'' has a variation: there's a panic button/"mom arrived screen" which changes the game from an {{Ecchi}}-themed shooter to a {{Retraux}} RPG, which is much less embarrassing to be caught playing than the lustful, moaning schoolgirls that the game normally has.
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* ''VideoGame/GalGun'' has a variation: there's a panic button/"mom arrived screen" which changes the game from an {{Ecchi}}-themed shooter to a {{Retraux}} RPG, which RPG via a HeartSymbol-shaped FightWoosh, [[https://youtu.be/4ZSup5s0R6o?t=93 which]] is much less embarrassing to be caught playing "playing". The {{Cute Slime Mook}}s can't actually be fought, but still, better than the lustful, moaning schoolgirls that the game normally has.
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* Martin Gardner, in the addendums to his articles about VideoGame/TheGameOfLife, mentions a computer expert who put a switch under his table in case one of the bosses walked in (the original articles are from 1970, the book with the addendums is 1983).
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* Martin Gardner, in the addendums to his articles about VideoGame/TheGameOfLife, VideoGame/ConwaysGameOfLife, mentions a computer expert who put a switch under his table in case one of the bosses walked in (the original articles are from 1970, the book with the addendums is 1983).
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A specific way of LookingBusy. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not]] a button or key that allows you to summon, encounter or defeat a boss character.
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A specific way of for a ProfessionalSlacker who is aiming at LookingBusy. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not]] a button or key that allows you to summon, encounter or defeat a boss character.
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* The ''Webcomic/{{Phd}}'' website features an "emergency button" that replaces the page with a scientific-looking paper.
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* The ''Webcomic/{{Phd}}'' ''Webcomic/PhD'' website features an "emergency button" that replaces the page with a scientific-looking paper.
