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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* On ''[[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]]'', in the Strong Bad Email "coloring", Marzipan teaches a kindergarten-like, [[Political Correctness Gone Mad|unsettlingly politically correct]] learning program where students are called "life-blossoms". The program is called L.U.R.N., which stands for '''L'''ife-Blossoms '''U'''ndergoing '''R'''e-programming '''N'''aturally.▼
** ''[[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]]'' also has Strong Bad's space program, SBASAF (pronounced something like "sbace-aff"): The '''S'''trong '''B'''adian '''A'''dministration of '''S'''ome '''A'''luminum '''F'''oil. And in the Cheat Commandos cartoon "2 Part Episode Part 1," Flashfight appears on behalf of BEEF, the '''B'''ureau of '''E'''lite '''F'''ighting '''F'''orces. When Silent Rip points out that it spells "BEFF," Flashfight changed it to '''B'''ureau of '''E'''very '''E'''lite '''F'''ighting '''F'''orce. When Silent Rip pronounces it "Beef-fuh," Flashfight fires him.▼
▲* On ''[[
** And let's not forget ''[[Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People (Video Game)|Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People]]'', "Or if you want to get in on the ground floor of the cool abbreviations: [[SBCG 4 AP]]!"▼
▲** ''[[
▲** And let's not forget ''[[Strong
* Parodied in ''Bonus Stage'' with the robot MALCOLM: '''M'''achine '''A'''utomated '''L'''eadership ... '''[[They Just Didn't Care|COLM]]'''.
* ''[[The Decline of Videogaming]]'' shows the three protagonists invited to e3 (the Electronically Exaggerated Entertainment Show) by the '''G'''aming '''O'''rdinators '''N'''ational '''A'''ssociation of '''D'''eveloping '''S'''ystems.
* TOME centers around a MMORPG universe called the '''T'''errain '''O'''f '''M'''agical '''E'''xpertise.
* ''[[RWBY]]'': Team naming at Beacon Academy (and possibly elsewhere) takes the first initials of the four members of a team and puts them in an order (usually with the team leader's initial first) that can be pronounced as -- or is just similar enough to justify pronunciation as -- a word that is or evokes a color: RWBY (ruby), JNPR (juniper), NDGO (indigo), CRDL (cardinal) and so on.
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