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* In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', Anathema Device is descended from the man who invented the device. She has an entire rant about forgotten inventors, who also include Humphrey Gadget, Pieter Gizmo, Cyrus T. Doodad, and Ella Reader Widget. When she subsequently mentions that she's also a descendent of Agnes Nutter, Newt Pulsifer's response is, "Let me guess, she invented the crazy person."

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* In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', Anathema Device Device[[note]]whose last name ''is'' real, albeit pronounced "DUH-viss"[[/note]] is descended from the man who invented the device. She has an entire rant about forgotten inventors, who also include Humphrey Gadget, Pieter Gizmo, Cyrus T. Doodad, and Ella Reader Widget. When she subsequently mentions that she's also a descendent of Agnes Nutter, Newt Pulsifer's response is, "Let me guess, she invented the crazy person."



* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': At one point in campaign 2, Beau asks Nott if she knows what StockholmSyndrome is. [[GameMaster Matt]] decides to riff on this and chimes in that this isn't an OrphanedEtymology, and the phrase has the same meaning in Exandria as it does in the real world thanks to an incident involving a man named Gerald Stockholm.

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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': At one point in campaign 2, Beau asks Nott if she knows what StockholmSyndrome UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome is. [[GameMaster Matt]] decides to riff on this and chimes in that this isn't an OrphanedEtymology, and the phrase has the same meaning in Exandria as it does in the real world thanks to an incident involving a man named Gerald Stockholm.
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** Inverted in "O.T. The Outside Toilet. It's revealed that [[LiteralMinded Teddy thought Bob's name was "Bob Burger"]]. It's "Belcher".
** Played straight in the episode "The Ring (But Not Scary)": the owner of the Wetty Set Go water park is named "Eddie Wetty".

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** Inverted in "O.''[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E15OTTheOutsideToilet O.T. : The Outside Toilet.Toilet]]''. It's revealed that [[LiteralMinded Teddy thought Bob's name was "Bob Burger"]]. It's "Belcher".
** Played straight in the episode "The in ''[[Recap/BobsBurgersS10E1TheRingButNotScary The Ring (But Not Scary)": Scary)]]''; the owner of the Wetty Set Go water park is named "Eddie Wetty".
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** Subverted in "O.T. The Outside Toilet. It's revealed that [[LiteralMinded Teddy thought Bob's name was "Bob Burger"]]. It's "Bob Belcher".
** Played straight in the episode "The Ring (but not scary)", the owner of Wetty Set Go is named "Eddie Wetty".

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** Subverted Inverted in "O.T. The Outside Toilet. It's revealed that [[LiteralMinded Teddy thought Bob's name was "Bob Burger"]]. It's "Bob Belcher".
"Belcher".
** Played straight in the episode "The Ring (but not scary)", (But Not Scary)": the owner of the Wetty Set Go water park is named "Eddie Wetty".
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* One ''ComicStrip/Herman'' strip features a caveman named Charlie Innertube attempting to invent a flotation device. Despite his current prototype being a giant stone disk with pillows around the edges, his wife assures him that he'll be a household name one day.

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* One ''ComicStrip/Herman'' ''ComicStrip/{{Herman}}'' strip features a caveman named Charlie Innertube attempting to invent a flotation device. Despite his current prototype being a giant stone disk with pillows around the edges, his wife assures him that he'll be a household name one day.
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* One ''ComicStrip/Herman'' strip features a caveman named Charlie Innertube attempting to invent a flotation device. Despite his current prototype being a giant stone disk with pillows around the edges, his wife assures him that he'll be a household name one day.
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** ''Literature/MakingMoney'' attributes the term "lavish" to the [[OldMoney infamously wealthy]] (and [[BigScrewedUpFamily simply infamous) Lavish family.

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** ''Literature/MakingMoney'' attributes the term "lavish" to the [[OldMoney infamously wealthy]] (and [[BigScrewedUpFamily simply infamous) generally infamous]]) Lavish family.
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** ''Literature/MakingMoney'' attributes the term "lavish" to the [[OldMoney infamously wealthy]] (and [[BigScrewedUpFamily simply infamous) Lavish family.
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* HomestarRunner has a minor one in their short "Donut Unto Others", where Bubs can legally advertise his donuts as "homemade" because they're outsourced from a third-world country called Homemáde.
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* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'': The Frittte sells pale-aged booze, which initially seems to refer to the real-life "pale ale". However, the "pale" in the context of the game universe is a feature of the world and as the name implies, pale-aged alcohol is made by aging it in the pale, while real-life "pale ale" refers to the type of malt it's made from.

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