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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:746px-~~Phineas_and_his_Aglet_Awareness_Ribbon_2_3585~~Phineas and his Aglet Awareness Ribbon 2 3585.jpg\|link=Phineas and Ferb ~~(Animation)~~\|~~right~~frame\|''Oh, so'' that's ''what that's called!'']] {{quote\|''"The plastic tips at the end of shoelaces are called 'aglets'. Their true purpose is ''sinister''."''\|'''[[The Question]]''', ''[[Justice League Unlimited]] -- "Question Authority"''}} When a writer needs a particularly [[Little -Known Facts\|obscure fact]], it seems the go-to subject is the aglet, the plastic or metal tip on a shoelace that prevents fraying. It's close friends with [[Antidisestablishmentarianism]]. {{examples\|Examples:}}▼ ▲{{examples~~\|Examples:~~}} == [[Comic Books]] == * One [[Archie Comics\|Archie Comic]] had Jughead carry a bag of aglets and telling Archie about them. Veronica overhears and thinks he said 'eaglet' i.e. baby eagles. Cue her stealing the bag in the name of animal rights, only to discover what they really contain. * Another Archie comic contained a scene where a former prison inmate revealed he had to spend his imprisonment making "those plastic brittle things on the ends of shoelaces" instead of license plates. His sentence was actually extended because he "couldn't come up with a name for them." * In one issue of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', Toad dreams that he dreams that Mario dreams that he dreams that he dreams (and that's revealed after four more [[Dream Within a Dream\|layers]], folks!) that the Princess was being forced to listen to two Fryguys debate about the name for these things. (He tries a few guesses himself, none correct.) == [[Film]] == * In the 1990 Leslie Nielsen comedy ''[[Repossessed]],'' one character (played by Linda Blair) is named Nancy Aglet. {{quote\| Frieda: What does the name 'Aglet' mean anyway?~~<br />~~ Braydon: Well a long time ago 'Aglet' meant 'He who puts those tiny little plastic things on shoelaces' }} * According to the 1988 Tom Cruise film ''[[Cocktail]],'' Aglets are actually known as "fluglebinders." == [[Literature]] == * The titular cat from ''[[The Amazing Maurice and ~~His~~his Educated Rodents]]'' knows that {{spoiler\|the rat catchers in town aren't catching rats because the "rat tails" they show to people have aglets on them, revealing them to be shoelaces}}. == [[Live -Action TV]] == * In one episode of ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'', Maddie helps London fight her shopping addiction by holding on to all her credit cards. At one point, London asks for the cards back, saying that she's just going to buy something small, like a pair of shoes, or only one shoe, or one of "Those things at the end of the shoe lace that nobody knows what it's called." To which Maddie instantly replies, "An aglet?" (Interestingly, Ashley Tisdale (who plays Maddie) also provides the voice of Candace in ''[[Phineas and Ferb]],'' as seen below.) == [[Video Games]] == Line 36 ⟶ 35: == [[Web Original]] == * One sushi-etiquette site points out that the small piece of plastic that looks like fake grass that comes with sushi is called "haran," or "baran." Then it adds: "Of course, knowing the name for it is like knowing that the plastic tips on the end of your shoelaces are called aglets." * Merriam Webster has a top ten list for "Words For Things You Didn't Know Have Names". [https://web.archive.org/web/20121114031723/http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/top-10-words-you-didnt-know/aglet.html Yep.] == [[Western Animation]] == * The subject of one episode of ''[[~~Phineas and Ferb (Animation)\|~~Phineas and Ferb]]''. Of course, since the titular boys do everything [[Up to Eleven]], they even went so far as to hold an awareness concert (with an [[Ear Worm]] song) just for people to remember its real name. ** And in true ironic [[Contrived Coincidence]] form that the show loves so much, the entire world gets hit by a [[Laser -Guided Amnesia\|erase-what-is-on-my-mind-inator]] which makes them all forget what it is. * ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'': During a [[Electric Torture]] sequence, The Question resisted interrogation by only revealing random useless facts, such as the name for those little plastic caps at the end of a shoelace. He then added on [[Crowning Moment of Funny\|"Their true purpose is sinister."]] This being [[The Question]], [[Conspiracy Theorist\|he might have been serious]]. * And, as proven on the show, [[Properly Paranoid\|he might be right]]. * On an episode of ''[[~~Pinky and The Brain (Animation)\|~~Pinky and The Brain]]'', The Brain attempts to use a television broadcast as a means of mass [[Mind Control]]; he chooses a particularly slow television night on which to enact this scheme, secure in the knowledge that people will watch his program (since the only other things on TV are a ''[[Homeboys in Outer Space]]'' rerun, an arena football game, and a boring documentary about shoelaces). After much suffering, he manages in the nick of time to broadcast his mind-control signal... only to have Pinky remark that he just learned what "aglets" are, meaning that Pinky (and by implication, the rest of the viewing public) was watching the documentary about shoelaces. * In ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'', the eponymous character and his friends and family are being held against the wall by magic. "Dave, do something!" "I am... I'm trying to remember what the thing on the end of a shoelace is called, an argle?" When they are let go, but still against the wall, he suddenly remembers something. "That the the on the end of a shoelace is called an aglet?" "No, that [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress\|gravity makes things fall]]." * Shows up as a question in a quiz show that ''[[~~Maya and Miguel (Animation)\|~~Maya and Miguel]]'' are watching. * In ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy ~~(Animation)~~Genius\|Jimmy Neutron]]'', Beautiful Gorgeous' life long dream is to make these. {{reflist}} [[Category:Truth in Television]] [[Category:~~Self Demonstrating Article~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~What~~Self-Demonstrating ~~The Heck Is An Aglet~~Article]] [[Category:~~Trope~~This Index Asked You a Question]]