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* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' fancomic [[https://www.deviantart.com/markmak/art/Dream-crusher-549732443 Dream Crusher]], Ford dismisses Fiddleford's ideas of personal computers, the internet, and next gen music players. A dejected Fiddleford concedes his point and decides to focus on his music career. Cut to him as Old Man [=McGucket=] angrily glaring at a newspaper praising his would-be inventions.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' fancomic [[https://www.deviantart.com/markmak/art/Dream-crusher-549732443 Dream Crusher]], Ford dismisses Fiddleford's ideas of personal computers, the internet, and next gen music players.players as just a massive waste of time. A dejected Fiddleford concedes his point and decides to focus on his music career. Cut to him as Old Man [=McGucket=] angrily glaring at a newspaper praising his would-be inventions.
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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Fiddleford's attempt to make personal computers is something Ford Pines dismissed as a waste of time.

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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Fiddleford's attempt to make personal computers in the 60's is something Ford Pines dismissed as a waste of time.
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* ''Film/{{Capote}}'': The community of upper-class New York intellectuals that comprise most of Truman's social circle scoff at Nelle's upcoming book, thinking that she's doing herself a disservice by writing a children's book and having so little faith in it that Nelle has to remind them of the novel's title several times. [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Said novel]], of course, became one of the most famous pieces of 20th-century literature and sold so well that Nelle would end up living off on its royalties for the rest of her life.
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* Creator/{{EMI}} were initially reluctant to adopt LP records, under the assumption that they'd quickly be swept away by the already established 78 rpm market. Likewise, they were [[https://youtu.be/lkyKNa3L0mY hesitant]] to enter the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc market on the same grounds, with their tone only changing after a CD reissue of ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' became enough of a KillerApp to require its own dedicated pressing plant (at a time when there were only two in the world).

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* Creator/{{EMI}} were initially reluctant to adopt LP records, under the assumption that they'd quickly be swept away by the already established 78 rpm market. Likewise, they were [[https://youtu.be/lkyKNa3L0mY hesitant]] to enter the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc Platform/CompactDisc market on the same grounds, with their tone only changing after a CD reissue of ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' became enough of a KillerApp to require its own dedicated pressing plant (at a time when there were only two in the world).



* Case 5 of ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' has a juror who claims that stereoscopes, devices that let people see images in 3D, have no future. The game was originally released on UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, a device that can be seen as a modern version of the old-timey stereoscopes featured in the game, so merely by playing the game, you were proving her wrong. Unfortunately, this gag's context was lost on non-Japanese players, since they [[LateExportForYou only got the game several years later on consoles that lack 3D functionality]], making all the talk about stereoscopic images TheArtifact.

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* Case 5 of ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' has a juror who claims that stereoscopes, devices that let people see images in 3D, have no future. The game was originally released on UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, Platform/Nintendo3DS, a device that can be seen as a modern version of the old-timey stereoscopes featured in the game, so merely by playing the game, you were proving her wrong. Unfortunately, this gag's context was lost on non-Japanese players, since they [[LateExportForYou only got the game several years later on consoles that lack 3D functionality]], making all the talk about stereoscopic images TheArtifact.



* The ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' TwoGamersOnACouch parody ''Gunnerkrigg Gamerz Comicz'' has [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2691 one strip]] where Kat doesn't see the need to upgrade her UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum because why would you need more than four colours, and [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2698 another]] in which Annie says it word-for-word about ''VideoGame/SimCity'' being online, because "Do they expect us to keep our modem on just to play the game?! What if I need to make a phone call! Or I could be waiting for an important fax to come in!"

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* The ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' TwoGamersOnACouch parody ''Gunnerkrigg Gamerz Comicz'' has [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2691 one strip]] where Kat doesn't see the need to upgrade her UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum Platform/ZXSpectrum because why would you need more than four colours, and [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2698 another]] in which Annie says it word-for-word about ''VideoGame/SimCity'' being online, because "Do they expect us to keep our modem on just to play the game?! What if I need to make a phone call! Or I could be waiting for an important fax to come in!"



'''George Lucas:''' ...sure, Steve. Yeah, I'm going to invest in your super-duper phone, that's where the future's at. Listen, I don't want to keep you from your hemp-tasting contest or whatever it is you're into, so I'm gonna let you go and get back to working on my speeches for all the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] I'm about to win, okay?

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'''George Lucas:''' ...sure, Steve. Yeah, I'm going to invest in your super-duper phone, that's where the future's at. Listen, I don't want to keep you from your hemp-tasting contest or whatever it is you're into, so I'm gonna let you go and get back to working on my speeches for all the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] I'm about to win, okay?
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* In ''Anime/LuminousWitches'', Grace Maitland Steward tries convincing the League of Nations Air Force to form a musical unit to improve morale on the front lines. Her superiors are initially unconvinced.
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*** And, of course, Doc's hilarious tirade after Marty informs him who the president of the U.S. will be in 1985. ("UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan?! The ''actor''?! Ha! Then who's ''vice''-president, Creator/JerryLewis?! And I suppose Creator/JaneWyman is the First Lady! And Creator/JackBenny is Secretary of the Treasury!")

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*** And, of course, Doc's hilarious tirade after Marty informs him who the president of the U.S. will be in 1985. ("UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan?! The ''actor''?! ''actor''? Ha! Then who's ''vice''-president, Creator/JerryLewis?! And I suppose Creator/JaneWyman is the First Lady! And Creator/JackBenny is Secretary of the Treasury!")
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* In ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Big Bird from ''Series/SesameStreet'' cameos during the "Movin' Right Along". Fozzie offers him a ride, but Big Bird politely declines the offer, saying that he is on his way to New York City to try and break into public television. Fozzie and Kermit exchange weary looks, and Fozzie wishes Big Bird good luck.

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* In ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Big Bird from ''Series/SesameStreet'' cameos during the "Movin' Right Along".Along" scene. Fozzie offers him a ride, but Big Bird politely declines the offer, saying that he is on his way to New York City to try and break into public television. Fozzie and Kermit exchange weary wary looks, and Fozzie wishes Big Bird good luck.
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*** And, of course, Doc's hilarious tirade after Marty informs him who the president of the U.S. will be in 1985. ("UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan?! The ''actor''?! Ha! Then who's ''vice''-president, Creator/JerryLewis?! And I suppose Creator/JackBenny is Secretary of the Treasury!")

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*** And, of course, Doc's hilarious tirade after Marty informs him who the president of the U.S. will be in 1985. ("UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan?! The ''actor''?! Ha! Then who's ''vice''-president, Creator/JerryLewis?! And I suppose Creator/JaneWyman is the First Lady! And Creator/JackBenny is Secretary of the Treasury!")
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*** And, of course, Doc's hilarious tirade after Marty informs him who the president of the U.S. will be in 1985. ("UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan?! The ''actor''?! Ha! Then who's ''vice''-president, Creator/JerryLewis?")

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*** And, of course, Doc's hilarious tirade after Marty informs him who the president of the U.S. will be in 1985. ("UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan?! The ''actor''?! Ha! Then who's ''vice''-president, Creator/JerryLewis?")Creator/JerryLewis?! And I suppose Creator/JackBenny is Secretary of the Treasury!")
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* Happens InUniverse in the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' book ''[[Recap/HorusHeresyKnowNoFear Know No Fear]]''. The Ultramarine Sergeant Aeonid Thiel is about to be punished (with the issue possibly being brought as high as the Primarch himself) because his simulated combat scenarios included Astartes fighting other Astartes. By the time anyone high enough actually gets around to fuguring out the punishment, the Heresy is in full swing, and Astartes to Astartes casualties are in the tens of thousands.
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** In a ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' parody, Brain doesn't believe the miniaturization of electronics in the lab where he and Pinky are residing will catch on, claiming that big things are the wave of the future.

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** In a ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' parody, Brain doesn't believe the miniaturization of electronics in the lab where he and Pinky are residing will catch on, claiming that big things are the wave of the future. Although, considering he's actually talking about the resident {{Kaiju}} when he says this, Brain's not wrong either.
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* "Brother" Dave Garner: "All them cavemen sittin' in them caves beatin' on their drums sayin'. 'We ain't never gonna have radio.'l

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* "Brother" Dave Garner: "All them cavemen sittin' in them caves beatin' on their drums sayin'. 'We ain't never gonna have radio.'l'"
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