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** The great sorceror Tim. Stage direction calls for the strings holding him up to be visible from the back of the theater. King Arthur loudly states his amazement that Tim is flying without any method of support whatsoever.
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'': "You'd never get away / With all this in a play / But if it's loudly sung / And in a foreign tongue / It's just the sort of story / Audiences adore / In fact, a perfect opera!"
* Which was both pointed out in-character and basically became a plot point in Terry Pratchett's ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''Maskerade'' that gave its own spin to the ''The Phantom of the Opera'' plot by [[Subverted Trope|subverting]], [[Double Subversion|double subverting]], [[Deconstruction|deconstructing]] and [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|parodying]] the hell out of it.
* If this trope didn't exist, the musical ''[[Urinetown]]'' would be about two seconds long.
* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' consists almost entirely of lampshade hangings. Ever heard the song 'Comedy Tonight'?
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