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** When he introduced a new burger as a Krusty imitator, he said, "To audience: I now proclaim this new burger...for sale!"
** Also when Homer reads his script for Angry Dad.

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** When he introduced Homer introduces a new burger as a Krusty imitator, he said, says, "To audience: I now proclaim this new burger...for sale!"
** Also when Homer reads In "The Principal and the Pauper", Skinner/Armin Tamzarian reverts to his script for Angry Dad.former street punk persona and ends up getting a job advertising a strip club in Capitol City. At the same time, he very clearly demonstrates why he stopped being a street punk.
-->[[BadBadActing Oh yes. Oh yes.]] Come see Capitol City's nakedest ladies. They're not even ''wearing'' a smile. Nod suggestively.
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** Biden is a frequent offender when it comes to this. In a speech on April 24, 2024 he said "Four more years. Pause."

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** Biden is a frequent repeat offender when it comes to this. In a speech on April 24, 2024 he said "Four more years. Pause."
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** Biden is a frequent offender when it comes to this. In a speech on March 24, 2024 he said "Four more years. Pause."

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** Biden is a frequent offender when it comes to this. In a speech on March April 24, 2024 he said "Four more years. Pause."
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** Biden is a frequent offender when it comes to this. In a speech on March 24, 2024 he said "Four more years. Pause."
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzeL-vmisCc One commercial]] for Lego's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' line features an InUniverseExample.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzeL-vmisCc One commercial]] for Lego's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' line features an InUniverseExample.InUniverse example.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzeL-vmisCc One commercial]] for Lego's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' line features an InUniverseExample.
-->'''Shadow:''' (reading off a teleprompter, in his usual TheComicallySerious fashion) "Wow! What an absolute pleasure to be here! I don't know what Billund has more of - creativity or cows. (Hold for laughs and/or applause)"
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-->-- ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The One with the Mugging"

[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Hard break;]] [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere begin trope description.]] Oh, sorry.

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-->-- ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The "[[Recap/FriendsS9E15TheOneWithTheMugging The One with the Mugging"

Mugging]]"

[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Hard break;]] break]]; [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere begin trope description.]] description]]. Oh, sorry.



This trope comes into play when a character unfamiliar with script format is unaware that not everything on the page is part of the spoken text. He may well start, Administrivia/WikiWord, [[TitleDrop Reading The Stage Directions Out Loud]]. New... oh.

Can be justified in some cases by nervousness or inexperience, although like most comedy tropes, the real important qualifier here is the, wik-oh, RuleOfFunny. No matter how ludicrous the directions in question may sound, a character who doesn't know any better will read all of them.

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This trope comes into play when a character unfamiliar with script format is unaware that not everything on the page is part of the spoken text. He may well start, Administrivia/WikiWord, [[TitleDrop Reading The the Stage Directions Out Loud]]. New... oh.

Can be justified in some cases by nervousness or inexperience, although like most comedy tropes, the real important qualifier here is the, wik-oh, wik-- oh, RuleOfFunny. No matter how ludicrous the directions in question may sound, a character who doesn't know any better will read all of them.






** Done in "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E9LookWhosPurging Look Who's Purging Now]]" with the lighthouse owner telling Morty to give him opinions about his stage play. The problem is the owner is reading a script, forcing him to constantly read stage directions and names, boring Morty.

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** Done in "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E9LookWhosPurging "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E9LookWhosPurgingNow Look Who's Purging Now]]" with the lighthouse owner telling Morty to give him opinions about his stage play. The problem is the owner is reading a script, forcing him to constantly read stage directions and names, boring Morty.

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