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| rdfs:label | - The Television Talks Back
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| rdfs:comment | - It turns out that the people in the television can see and hear you, too, and talk back when you insult them. Usually Played for Laughs, but sometimes used for pure Paranoia Fuel. A variant is when somebody just pretends to be this, or the television turns out to be fake and the other person is in the same room. The prerecorded form of this is The Tape Knew You Would Say That. When children's television tries to do this, it's Non Interactivity. There may be some overlap with The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You. Examples of The Television Talks Back include:
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| abstract | - It turns out that the people in the television can see and hear you, too, and talk back when you insult them. Usually Played for Laughs, but sometimes used for pure Paranoia Fuel. A variant is when somebody just pretends to be this, or the television turns out to be fake and the other person is in the same room. The prerecorded form of this is The Tape Knew You Would Say That. When children's television tries to do this, it's Non Interactivity. There may be some overlap with The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You. Examples of The Television Talks Back include:
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