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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[The Matrix]]'', Morpheus feeds Neo a line about how nobody can ''explain'' the Matrix -- but doesn't exactly try very hard before [[Red Pill, B LueBlue Pill|giving Neo the choice of which pill to take]]. (Later, Cipher complains about Morpheus having done this when recruiting him, citing it as one of the reasons for his {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]}}.)
** Justified, as trying to do this when you're in the Matrix itself is one of those things that the Machines' search programs tend to pick up on (which generally means the Agents will be after you -- and before Neo became the One, [[Implacable Man|you did NOT want to mess with the Agents]]). Besides, any explanation of the reality (or lack thereof) of the Matrix is a lot more believable once the person in question is actually ''out'' of the Matrix.
** Parodied by ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' [http://xkcd.com/566/ here].
 
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* This often happened in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade (Tabletop Game)|Vampire: The Masquerade]]'', with people being Embraced (turned into a vampire) without being asked first, then being taught how to act in their new lives.
** It was a standard procedure of the Sabbat, which performed mass Embraces, with the victims being buried and those who dug themselves out being brought into the group.
** The adventure "Blood Nativity" was about a group of people being Embraced simultaneously and being forced to fend for themselves without any training. Those who survived could join vampire society.