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* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': "[[Recap/MollyOfDenaliS4E3MeteoriteOutOfSightNotAMascot Not a Mascot]]" centers around a basketball team with an offensive name and mascot to indigenous people. This is obviously inspired by the numerous real-life Native American mascot/name controversies in sports.
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** ''RippedFromTheHeadlines/NineOneOne''
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* The episode "Not Equal" from ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' involves Section 9 investigating the mysterious sighting of the daughter of a high profile businessman who had been kidnapped by a terrorist organization many years ago. They eventually find out that the girl is the leader of the faction. This mirrors the disappearance of Patty Hearst, daughter of a media mogul who was kidnapped by a terrorist group and was later seen working with them back in TheSeventies.

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* The episode "Not Equal" from ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' involves Section 9 investigating the mysterious sighting of the daughter of a high profile businessman who had been kidnapped by a terrorist organization many years ago. They eventually find out that the girl is the leader of the faction. This mirrors the disappearance of Patty Hearst, daughter of a media mogul who was kidnapped by a terrorist group and was later seen working with them back in TheSeventies.The70s.



* WordOfGod is that the classic ''VideoGame/{{Choplifter}}'' was inspired by the Iranian Hostage Crisis of TheSeventies.

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* WordOfGod is that the classic ''VideoGame/{{Choplifter}}'' was inspired by the Iranian Hostage Crisis of TheSeventies.The70s.
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-->-- '''{{WebVideo/SCXCR}}''', regarding ''Heatseeker'' on [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]]

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-->-- '''{{WebVideo/SCXCR}}''', regarding ''Heatseeker'' on [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 the [[Platform/PlayStation2 PS2]]
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* ''WebOriginal/HabitualLineCrosser'': Consists of skits where personified countries and their military equipment argue over recent geopolitical events.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}:'' In Dead Letters and the Mail Room, several documents describe an AWE taking place at the US Embassy in Havana, in which several members of diplomatic staff experience symptoms such as eardrums popping. Tommasi's propaganda spins it to put the blame on sonic weaponry. This is based on an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome actual incident which occurred in late 2017]].
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Often seen on ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' and its various spinoffs (in fact, their commercials provide the {{Trope Namer|s}}), though it is used in many CrimeAndPunishmentSeries, {{Lifetime Original Movie}}s and the like. However, the original inspiration behind the title was the stock Warner Brothers film studio's tagline "Torn from today's headlines!"; Warners used this catchphrase often beginning in the 1930s to promote the gritty realism of their "social problem" films.

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Often seen on ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' and its various spinoffs (in fact, their commercials provide the {{Trope Namer|s}}), though it is used in many CrimeAndPunishmentSeries, {{Lifetime Original Movie}}s (who literally use the phrase in their press releases) and the like. However, the original inspiration behind the title was the stock Warner Brothers film studio's tagline "Torn from today's headlines!"; Warners used this catchphrase often beginning in the 1930s to promote the gritty realism of their "social problem" films.
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** In the wake of the controversy surrounding the United States' use of drones in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, Nick Spencer did a storyline about Iron Patriot drones [[AIIsACrapShoot running amok]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything and killing innocent civilians in a Middle Eastern nation]]. Unlike the real world situation, [[Characters/IronManHeroes War Machine]] and [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner the Incredible Hulk]] stepped in to save the day.

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** In the wake of the controversy surrounding the United States' use of drones in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, Nick Spencer did a storyline about Iron Patriot drones [[AIIsACrapShoot running amok]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything and killing innocent civilians in a Middle Eastern nation]]. Unlike the real world situation, [[Characters/IronManHeroes War Machine]] and [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner the Incredible Hulk]] stepped in to save the day.
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* Elizabeth Thatch's [[https://elizthacharchives.tumblr.com/post/725682024364556288/twintails-comic-by-elizabeth-thach "Twintails"]], a short comic in which an aspiring artist's idea [[PlagiarismInFiction is stolen and aired on TV without her involvement]], has heavy similarities to the incident involving Creator/{{CINAR}} stealing a proposal from animator Claude Robinson to create ''WesternAnimation/RobinsonSucroe''.
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** The story "Let's Get To Work" has an in-universe example. After dealing with the VillainOfTheWeek on a movie set, he asks what the plot of the film is. When told, he notes that it was exactly what happened with an old case of his from twenty years prior.
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It's that mostly familiar, spiffed up and neatly tied off version of the [[IfItBleedsItLeads sensationally violent yet true story]] you didn't want to read in the papers anyway. Double points if the real crime sounds like something fictional. Sometimes murder is added to the real story to make it work as an episode.

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It's that mostly familiar, spiffed up and neatly tied off version of the [[IfItBleedsItLeads sensationally violent yet true story]] you didn't want to read in the papers anyway. Double points if the real crime sounds like something fictional. Sometimes Sometimes, murder is added to the real story to make it work as an episode.
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