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* Book #6 of the ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' series has George and Harold introducing a new joke called Squishies, which consists of putting ketchup packets under toilet seats so that they squirt onto the legs of whoever sits on the toilet. The next book has Captain Underpants use this with crates of oranges and a giant novelty toilet as a method of defeating the [[Villain of the Week|Villains of the Book]].
* ''[[Discworld]]''. ''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]''. "Glod".
* Happens fairly often in the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' books, understandable considering the sheer size of its [[Chekhov's Armory]]. Four plot devices in particular are first introduced as gags; {{spoiler|the Vanishing Cabinet gets this treatment twice, first trashed by Nearly Headless Nick to get Harry out of trouble with Filch in ''[[Harry Potter
* The first book in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' series opens with a monologue describing all the troubles and widespread unhappiness on Earth, and how one London woman suddenly had an epiphany about how all of that could be solved that was tragically cut short by the destruction of Earth. It then goes on to note "This is not her story" and rambles a bit about the titular Hitchhiker's Guide. ''So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish'' opens with a word-for-word repeat of that exact same monologue, but instead ends with the line "This is her story."
* In the first chapter of ''[[Good Omens]]'', it's mentioned that Crowley made changes to the plans for the M25 to make it a demonic sigil. This sets up his character (he likes to do large amounts of low-grade evil), and {{spoiler|once the apocalypse comes it turns into a rather nasty barrier}}.
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