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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' half {{avert|edTrope}}s this, half plays it straight -- you can understand all the happenings in the plot without having any knowledge of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', but many of the non-punchline jokes will be completely nonsensical. In fact, they're used so often, and so consistently and savvily, that people who didn't have a knowledge of D&D when they started reading the comic can acquire an understanding of the vernacular over the course of 750+ strips without once searching for D&D information elsewhere, in the manner of the dialect in ''Literature/AClockworkOrange''.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' makes accurate statements about biological structures and Darwin's natural selection theory when talking about the alien's artificial evolution and their DNA database system. Psychological issues, such as StockholmSyndrome and personality disorders, are also current, though in a much lighter way due to the TV ratings. The series also references characters and lines from Greek and Hebrew myths, H.P. Lovercraft's books, and Richard Lovelace's poems, alongside other pop culture elements, the most (in)famous being the character Will Harangue, a journalist whose show is a FrankensteinsMonster of various Fox News programs and a spoof of "Steven Colbert's Colbert Nation".

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': It purposely leaves clues for its viewers to solve, sometimes years in advance. Some of the clues include [[CreativeClosingCredits cryptograms in the credits,]] backwards messages, and [[FreezeFrameBonus details hidden in the background.]] Creator Alex Hirsch has said that he did this so that if anyone was as weird as him, they would find what they're looking for. Regarding the cryptograms, Season 2's is written in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigen%C3%A8re_cipher Vigenère cipher]], an encoding process regarded as impenetrable for hundreds of years and which remains extremely difficult to break even in the present day without a key or a computer decryption program. Thankfully, said key is hidden within the episode, both as a word or phrase spoken by the characters and as text hidden within the background.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' has a few points where outside knowledge is required to point out a contradiction, such as the fact that a baseball glove is worn on the non-dominant hand, or that the driver's seat is on the right in a British car, or the general concepts of double jeopardy and extraterritoriality. Other times, the game does provide the information necessary to point out a contradiction, but the time between the information being presented and it becoming relevant makes it difficult for the player to remember it, especially with all the other information flying around. For example, one deduction in case 5 of the third game requires the player to remember a specific moment from case 3 which lasts all of 5 seconds.

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* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'' deals with fairly obscure western history on a pretty regular basis... much of it ''[shudder]'' '''[[CanadaEh Canadian]]''' history, which even [[ButNotTooForeign those of us who are Canadian]] aren't too familiar with.