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* ''[[Astral Journey: It's Complicated]]'' had a scene where Emma explained how she saved Melanie's life. The latter was choking. The former explained she had watch shows like ''[[Emergency]]'' and learned the Heimlich maneuver.
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* ''[[Dude, Where's My Car?]]'' The pair is saved from the mad French Ostrich farmer because on of the guys saw a documentary on ostriches on [[Animal Planet]]. The question the farmer asked was a homage to ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''.
* Perhaps a more literal example: Jim Carrey's character in ''[[The Cable Guy]]'' is a man whose mother was a prostitute who was never around to teach him anything, and as a result he learned everything he ever knew from television in general (and sitcoms in particular). The plot revolves his brutally extreme measures to keep his life working exactly as he ''thinks'' it should be, following literal live-action television [[
* ''Oldboy''.
{{quote|'''Dae-Su Oh:''' The TV is both a clock and a calendar. It's your school, your home, your church, your friend... and your lover. But... my lover's song is too short.}}
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* ''[[Splash]]'': Madison learns to speak English after watching television for a whole day.
* At multiple points in ''Big Trouble'', one of the two FBI agents comes up with totally obscure information about the topic at hand. When everyone else in the scene looks at him in amazement, he shrugs and says either "Discovery Channel" or "Travel Channel". Justified because it was implied that the agents spent a lot of time in hotel rooms with nothing else to do except watch television.
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