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It's for a Book

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It's for a Book	comment	Some questions raise eyebrows and suspicions when asked. Questions like "What's the best knife for slitting someone's throat?", "What do you need to make a pipebomb?" or "How would you go about hacking into the FBI's database?". Occasionally these are things that characters in fiction need to know how to do in order to do what they do. Which means the writers need to consult experts, otherwise overly picky geeks will go onto websites and wikis and complain about how they got their facts wrong. Luckily this works for characters in fiction too. Bob can ask for suggestion how someone could hide the bodies in his trunk by telling Alice that he's writing a book about a murderer with several bodies in his trunk. Occasionally, she will Pull the Thread on this, and Bob will either come up with a story or have the plot be what actually happened. Similarly, a High School student can get away with just about anything by claiming "it's for a school project" or "it's part of my homework". This includes acquiring dangerous objects for an art or chemistry class. Sometimes. Of course, this can be inverted: Bob really was researching for a murder mystery book and becomes a chief suspect when a former friend of his drops dead. Unfortunately, there are instances in Real Life where people trying to research potentially dangerous or volatile information got investigated, and in some cases arrested, despite the fact that they were actually researching for a book or paper. However, pretending to be researching is also a tried and true Social Engineering tactic, making this an example of Truth in Television (with the variant that information as suspicious as the listed above is usually not requested for obvious reasons: usually Social Engineers ask apparently more harmless tidbits like technical jargon or internal proceedings, so they can impersonate employees more easily). Even authors who hadn't heard about this tactic could probably figure it out since as they did research for their book, people gave them potentially dangerous information without batting an eye. Examples of this can be found in Kevin Mitnick's book The Art Of Deception. A subtrope of the Bavarian Fire Drill, compare I Have This Friend. Comes up a lot because Most Writers Are Writers. See also Film Felons and We Were Rehearsing a Play, compare to Wild Card Excuse. Compare also I Should Write a Book About This, when the unusual experience comes first and gives someone the idea for a book. When the research shows up clearly in the finished book, that's Shown Their Work. To avoid the implications of putting dangerously accurate methods in the work, see And Some Other Stuff. Examples
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It's for a Book / int_111d19bd	comment	A variant in The Overstory: When police discover a true account that he wrote of events that involve committing serious crimes, Douglas claims he was just writing a novel.
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It's for a Book / int_1367b767	comment	In the novel Wilt, by Tom Sharpe, Wilt claims he was researching murder methods which led up to people believing he murdered his wife.
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It's for a Book / int_18025cdf	comment	Project Sunflower (a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfic): When Twilight tries to find out how Sunflower could have been separated from the magic field, she talks to her magical biology professor, claiming to be writing a book.
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It's for a Book / int_1b021fcb	comment	In Tokyo Ghoul, Sen Takatsuki manages to score an interview with Amon when she states that she's gathering information for her next book. Instead, she drops hints to him about CCG being involved in a Government Conspiracy. In the anime, she instead interviews Shinohara and asks whether it would be possible to make a Half-Human Hybrid. Of course, in both cases, her true motives have less to do with her next novel and more to do with screwing with them, since she's really the Big Bad and looking to plant the seeds of future plans.
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It's for a Book / int_1b9ff23f	comment	In Jo, it's for a "play" to be more accurate. Antoine Brisebard (Louis de FunÃ¨s) asks his friend about The Perfect Crime to kill the guy who blackmails him, with the pretense he wants to do "crime plays" and rehearsing it in order to improve it.
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It's for a Book / int_1f0fe64e	comment	Schoolwork variant: In Monster, Johan isolates, Mind Rapes, and ultimately kills Richard Braun by claiming he wants to interview him for an essay.
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It's for a Book / int_23d26ff5	comment	In Bruiser, there was a running-gag sketch where a rather high-strung man (played by Robert Webb) came into shops asking less-than-innocent questions about what sort of, say, poisons you'd have, for rats, a large rat, a woman-sized rat, say....
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It's for a Book / int_23d67c89	comment	Gandalf in The Hobbit gives a variation of this as his initial explanation for why they needed the map to be translated by Elrond.
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It's for a Book / int_250d745	comment	The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull: During Johnny's trip to Vinalhaven Island, Maine, he and his friends stop in the local library to do research, trying to find something that'll lead them to the answers they need so they can find and rescue Professor Childermass. Father Higgins' excuse to the librarian, when he asks her for pamphlets, guidebooks, and pencil and paper to take notes with, is that he's writing a book on the Maine seacoast.
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It's for a Book / int_261c8d3f	comment	The Simpsons: In "Milhouse of Sand and Fog", Homer has painted a face on his belly and shoves a pizza slice into the "mouth". When Homer notices Bart witnessing this, he claims "I'm doing this for work."
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It's for a Book / int_2a6e0136	comment	In Third Girl, author surrogate Ariadne Oliver claims to be researching how easy it is to follow someone when following a suspect on behalf of Poirot. She tells the suspect she's concluded it's quite difficult.
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It's for a Book / int_2cc4abd9	comment	In Monsters, Inc., Sully and Mike are hiding a human child from their fellow employees. When the employees overhear a heated discussion between Sully and Mike about the kid, they explain that they're writing a "company play", and that the phrase which their coworkers had just overheard was actually the title of the play ("Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me"). Oddly, they end up actually writing that play, and the play is performed at a company function during the movie's closing credits.
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It's for a Book / int_2d1537ff	comment	Done well in Home and Away: Belle is kidnapped by Dom, an unstable stalker who thinks she's in love with him. After her boyfriend Drew rescues her, he ends up running Dom over while trying to escape. Weeks later, Dom is in hospital from an infection he received because he didn't get treatment for his injury. Drew panics at the possibility that Dom could press charges, and has his friend Lucas, a writer, consult Morag, a former judge, for legal advice. Lucas gives her the scenario, under the guise of writing a book — "Wolf Creek meets Puberty Blues", — and relays the information to Drew. There is no indication that Morag knows the truth.
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It's for a Book / int_30a5ebfd	comment	Jiraiya from Naruto is always peeking on women in the hot springs in the name of research. Here, this rather perverted "research" really is for a book: Jiraiya is the author of the incredibly popular Makeout Paradise series of erotic novels (the very same that Kakashi enjoys reading).
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It's for a Book / int_30d9627b	comment	Ford Prefect is a field correspondent for the latest edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978) who rescues his Earth friend Arthur Dent before the Vogons destroy the Earth. When Ford and Arthur are captured aboard a Vogon ship and are taken to be cast off in space, Ford vehemently protests that they're trying to write a book.
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It's for a Book / int_35e05f2a	comment	RWBY: Weiss manages to get a hold of some sensitive corporate documents from the Schnee Corporation by claiming that she needs them for a school project. The fact that she is, in fact, the company's heiress causes the secretary to release the documents without much fuss.
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It's for a Book / int_3a219aa4	comment	Referenced in Peep Show, when Jeremy is attending an interview for a cleaning job and tries to secure the position by claiming to find cleaning out plug-holes "interesting" (he desperately wants the job so he can stalk his ex-girlfriend). The interviewer seems baffled as to why anyone would seem so enthusiastic about cleaning, and asks if Jeremy is researching for a novel or something. Not wanting to seem over-qualified, Jeremy replies: "What's a novel?"
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It's for a Book / int_3b34143f	comment	Harry Potter: Then there's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, in which Tom Riddle (young Lord Voldemort) learns about Horcruxes from a teacher this way. Of course, it's pretty clear that Slughorn knows on some level that Riddle's story is complete bull: asking for info on Horcruxes for "a project" would be akin to a 6th grader asking for information about anal broomstick rape "for homework"... but he plays along anyway because he doesn't want to think badly of or disappoint his star pupil. And several books earlier, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Hermione pulled the same trick to get Professor Lockhart's permission to get the book with the directions on how to make Polyjuice Potion from the Restricted Section. Ron points out how pointless it was considering Lockhart didn't even read what they were looking for.
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It's for a Book / int_3ccfa555	comment	Used by Dahlia Hawthorne in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney â€“ Trials and Tribulations. When asked what a literature student was doing in the basement of a courthouse she responds that she was doing research for a paper she was writing. Actually she was there being questioned by an attorney on suspicion of a murder, and she used the opportunity to poison him.
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It's for a Book / int_3e847cb0	comment	Part of the plot of Basic Instinct is that author/suspect Catherine Tramell wrote a book with a murder that matched a real one with chilling accuracy; a second murder then occurs that matches one from a second Tramell book.
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It's for a Book / int_3f0d1805	comment	In Spaced, at one point Tim and Daisy get into an argument during which Daisy's procrastination and laziness is brought up. One of the ways that Tim lays into her is by mocking her standing in front of a bedroom mirror "bogling to Aswad!" all weekend instead of doing anything useful, to which Daisy wails in response that it was "research". Later, however, after tempers have cooled and friendships reconciled, Daisy reveals she's sold an article about bogling to a magazine, prompting Tim to remark in surprise that her dancing actually was research.
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It's for a Book / int_420172c7	comment	Used by the main character in Catch Me If You Can, who approaches an airline executive on the pretense of writing a report for school, and in the course of the conversation learns enough pilot jargon to bluff his way through a conversation with actual pilots when riding along in the jump seat.
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It's for a Book / int_43576f5	comment	In Supernatural, Dean and Sam have sometimes gotten information by pretending to be journalists, though have stopped doing it in favor just pretending to be FBI agents.
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It's for a Book / int_468bebb0	comment	Famke Smith-Rhodes-Stibbons is sent on the Vimes Run by an irritated Miss Band. Famke decides to research her subject 'thoroughly''. note She is the daughter of Wizard Ponder Stibbons, after all, and has her father's intellect and attention to detail. The Assassin stuff she gets from her mother. She visits the Land Registry and City Planning Archives at the Patrician's Palace and says she is doing a project at school, and could she look up a few records? I have to do a project on how one street in Ankh Morpork has evolved over time, you see, Miss Band wants me to do it by Thursday... and the schoolgirl in her best and neatest School Uniform is allowed to look at plans of drainage ducts and piping underneath Scoone Avenue. As well as plans of Ramkin Manor - admittedly dating from several centuries ago - which give her a hitherto unguarded approach route to Sam Vimes. note She is still caught long before she gets to Vimes, but he concedes the approach was original and he was impressed. Read more in the Discworld of A.A. Pessimal.
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It's for a Book / int_4aa1a119	comment	In Militia, a Made-for-TV movie starring Dean Cain, a radical racist group plans to launch a nuclear missile at a city where the President is going to be giving a speech. To this end, they send a few men to a nearby silo, watched over by an old soldier, to scout out the defenses. When questioned, they claim to be filming a movie about a military base and want to use realistic props.
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It's for a Book / int_4bedcab2	comment	Elizabeth's weekend meetings with Jennifer for witchcraft training in Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth is passed off to her family as a semester-long school project.
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It's for a Book / int_4f4c36c4	comment	In Issue 8 of the Bravest Warriors comic book, the story "Beth's Secret" has Beth's search history revealed to the rest of the team, including animals wearing clothing, Hunks, and unicorns, all of which she insists is just for research. Beth was telling the truth; she was using them to make a tribute statue that she destroys after they laugh her out of the room for the unicorn.
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It's for a Book / int_50b9086a	comment	In the Ready Jet Go! episode "Solar System Bake-Off", Mitchell sneaks into Jet's house to gather info on Mindy's baking contest entry. He writes down some information in his notebook. When Sydney asks what he's writing in there, Mitchell says its for a cookbook. Or a blog. Or webisodes.
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It's for a Book / int_50ea198	comment	Played with in Bird Box. Charlie comes up with a theory on what the monsters are, and when it's implied he's just an internet conspiracy theorist he admits it's research he did for a post-apocalyptic novel he intended to write. Later when Charlie is 'volunteered' to go on a supply run, it's suggested he think of it as research for his novel.
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It's for a Book / int_547d645a	comment	Five Little Pigs, Hercule Poirot is asked to re-investigate a murder that had happened sixteen years earlier. When speaking with some of the witnesses, he claims he is writing a book about famous murders in order to get them to provide written accounts of what they remember.
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It's for a Book / int_57a3683f	comment	Not Always Right has a story about a woman calling a gas station and asking if the person answering the call knows about guns, as she's writing a novel about them.
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It's for a Book / int_58808436	comment	In Higurashi: When They Cry: Keiichi asks his mother how to go about committing the perfect murder, as he's planning to kill Satoko's abusive uncle. The answer is, "cover it up and have an alibi." You know, the answer that would presumably come to mind immediately. Later, Rika uses a better example of this trope; asking "What would a villain's motivations be and how should the heroine fight back?", claiming that she needs help with the manga she's writing.
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It's for a Book / int_5a25fa85	comment	In Letters to Juliet, Sophie asks if she can tag along to write an article.
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It's for a Book / int_5dd1609f	comment	Family Skeleton Mysteries: In book 1, Georgia calls a former student of Joshua Tay University to ask for information about Allen Reece, another former student, under the pretense that it's for a journalism class assignment. The information she gets confirms what she suspected: Sid is Allen.
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It's for a Book / int_5ee57a01	comment	In Journeyman, Dan calls a physics professor to ask about Time Travel, saying it's for a book he's writing. The professor obviously knew more about Dan's predicament than he was letting on but the series was canceled before it was revealed.
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It's for a Book / int_61b1bd67	comment	In Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-, Syaoran uses this excuse in one of the worlds to gather information of legends. He got the idea from his father, an archeologist, who used it all the time.
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It's for a Book / int_625e571	comment	Inverted in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. The guy in question really was an actor trying to get into the head of his character, a serial killer, but he turned out to have some repressed trauma in his past relating to his own mother's murder, and his "character research" pushed him over the edge to where he became a killer for real.
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It's for a Book / int_6289ea7c	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_6289ea7c	comment	Subverted in Kevin Smith's Mallrats, where there is a high-school-aged character who has sex with older men (and films it) for a book she is writing. The book is actually published and becomes a best seller.
It's for a Book / int_6289ea7c	featureApplicability	-0.3
It's for a Book / int_6289ea7c	featureConfidence	1.0
Mallrats	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_6289ea7c
It's for a Book / int_656a52a9	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_656a52a9	comment	In Fahrenheit, Lucas claims to be a reporter writing a story about Mayan antiques and their relation to ritual sacrifice to get information out of a visiting expert. It's seen through almost instantly, though.
It's for a Book / int_656a52a9	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_656a52a9	featureConfidence	1.0
Fahrenheit (Video Game)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_656a52a9
It's for a Book / int_6afce7a4	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_6afce7a4	comment	The Umbrella Academy (2019): In episode 8, Allison convinces a cop to let her tag along on a police investigation by claiming she's researching the role of a small-town cop. Slightly more believable than most examples since she is a famous actress, but the officer is still skeptical about why she'd be doing her research in such a quiet town.
It's for a Book / int_6afce7a4	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_6afce7a4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Umbrella Academy (2019)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_6afce7a4
It's for a Book / int_72e7d7f6	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_72e7d7f6	comment	Lord Peter Wimsey: The novel Strong Poison uses the inverted version: Harriet really is writing a murder mystery, and purchases arsenic to see how hard she should make it for her poisoner to get some. Then her ex-lover turns up dead of arsenic poisoning, for completely unrelated reasons, so naturally she's Wrongly Accused of killing him. Before that, in the earlier novel Unnatural Death, Lord Peter Wimsey bugs his friend, Home Office pathologist Sir James Lubbock, for the name of a Perfect Poison.
It's for a Book / int_72e7d7f6	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_72e7d7f6	featureConfidence	1.0
Lord Peter Wimsey	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_72e7d7f6
It's for a Book / int_75c31694	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_75c31694	comment	Face and Triple A used this tactic to obtain some ridiculous props (such as a small airplane) and funding from the Mexican Film Bureau in an episode of The A-Team.
It's for a Book / int_75c31694	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_75c31694	featureConfidence	1.0
The A-Team	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_75c31694
It's for a Book / int_769c365b	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_769c365b	comment	On MythQuest, Alex and Cleo use "it's for a school project" excuse anytime they need information about a myth from someone who isn't in on their secret.
It's for a Book / int_769c365b	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_769c365b	featureConfidence	1.0
MythQuest	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_769c365b
It's for a Book / int_7a14d99b	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_7a14d99b	comment	In one episode of Car Talk, one of the calls was from a novelist asking the hosts for advice on how a heroine could temporarily disable the villains' car such that she could later put it back together. Presumably she was telling the truth, since it's not clear why anyone would need that information in real life, at least not with enough advance notice to call in to a talk show.
It's for a Book / int_7a14d99b	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_7a14d99b	featureConfidence	1.0
Car Talk (Radio)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_7a14d99b
It's for a Book / int_7c8c042a	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_7c8c042a	comment	On Mr & Mrs Murder Charlie and Nicola pass off their interest in the dose at which ketamine becomes fatal as being for a book.
It's for a Book / int_7c8c042a	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_7c8c042a	featureConfidence	1.0
Mr & Mrs Murder	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_7c8c042a
It's for a Book / int_7e5c4c76	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_7e5c4c76	comment	In Intercom, Riley accidentally lets her knowledge of the Mind World slip but covers it up by saying it's a school project on psychology she's working on.
It's for a Book / int_7e5c4c76	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_7e5c4c76	featureConfidence	1.0
Intercom (Fanfic)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_7e5c4c76
It's for a Book / int_7f9f892f	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_7f9f892f	comment	Inverted with the War Thunder fandom, who have repeatedly leaked classified military information to win arguments on the game's forums.
It's for a Book / int_7f9f892f	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_7f9f892f	featureConfidence	1.0
War Thunder (Video Game)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_7f9f892f
It's for a Book / int_7fc78282	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_7fc78282	comment	This trope even shows up in The Lord of the Rings. When Frodo and his companions arrive at the inn in Bree, they realize they're going to need a plausible explanation for their wandering out of the Shire — so Frodo claims to be a historian who's thinking of writing a book about the relationship between the Shire and Bree. Two volumes later, as they're returning home through Bree, Frodo is asked if he's written his book yet. He says he's still getting his notes in order. He wasn't completely lying - like Bilbo before him, Frodo recorded the story of the characters in the Red Book, which was then passed down through generations of hobbits.
It's for a Book / int_7fc78282	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_7fc78282	featureConfidence	1.0
The Lord of the Rings	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_7fc78282
It's for a Book / int_84e1f890	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_84e1f890	comment	According to legend, in the early 1950s Japanese police arrested two men who were in a restaurant discussing how to destroy Tokyo. They were the director and producer of what would become the original Gojira movie. The commentary track on the Gojira DVD says that the police showed up when some of the production team were up on top of a building in downtown Tokyo, discussing which of the other buildings in sight they wanted to "destroy", but no one actually got arrested (the book Japan's Favorite Mon-Star cites that they were allowed to go after they showed the police their Toho business cards).
It's for a Book / int_84e1f890	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_84e1f890	featureConfidence	1.0
Gojira	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_84e1f890
It's for a Book / int_85698529	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_85698529	comment	In Paper Mario 64, in the 7th-chapter murder mystery, this trope is inverted, with one of the suspects being a suspect in part because he writes murder mysteries (he's a penguin called Herringway).
It's for a Book / int_85698529	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_85698529	featureConfidence	1.0
Paper Mario 64 (Video Game)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_85698529
It's for a Book / int_86772227	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_86772227	comment	That was actually parodied in a late 2011 issue of Knights of the Dinner Table when the main group is running a Call of Cthulhu game with themselves in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Lampshaded when the Homeland Security agent in charge of that night's shift recognizes the IP address as coming from gamer-heavy Muncie, Indiana and calls off the team.
It's for a Book / int_86772227	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_86772227	featureConfidence	1.0
Knights of the Dinner Table (Comic Strip)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_86772227
It's for a Book / int_86ac9c99	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_86ac9c99	comment	It's been commented that the internet search history for any good, detail-oriented Game Master, especially ones running games like Shadowrun or The World of Darkness, should instantly land said Game Masters on government watch lists. That was actually parodied in a late 2011 issue of Knights of the Dinner Table when the main group is running a Call of Cthulhu game with themselves in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Lampshaded when the Homeland Security agent in charge of that night's shift recognizes the IP address as coming from gamer-heavy Muncie, Indiana and calls off the team.
It's for a Book / int_86ac9c99	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_86ac9c99	featureConfidence	1.0
Game Master	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_86ac9c99
It's for a Book / int_89bf8ce	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_89bf8ce	comment	On 30 Rock, Liz Lemon allows someone to use her personal computer, adding "Okay, but if you look at my internet history, I'm researching a movie about two male centaurs kissing."
It's for a Book / int_89bf8ce	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_89bf8ce	featureConfidence	1.0
30 Rock	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_89bf8ce
It's for a Book / int_8c4b4de	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_8c4b4de	comment	Cragne Manor: If you ask Bethany why she has the "lion sex book", she tells you it might give her a hint as to the history of the author's disappearance, even though she feels it's unlikely. But she does admit that the lion sex is well-written. If you read it, too, you can have a conversation with her about it.
It's for a Book / int_8c4b4de	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_8c4b4de	featureConfidence	1.0
Cragne Manor (Video Game)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_8c4b4de
It's for a Book / int_8fdcd0ac	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_8fdcd0ac	comment	I Want To Be A Cute Anime Girl: Delilah, worried about Cheryl's situation with trying to come out as trans, asks her friends a hypothetical question about how they'd react if she said she wanted to be a boy. When confronted about it, she responds with this as she doesn't want to out Cheryl to them.
It's for a Book / int_8fdcd0ac	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_8fdcd0ac	featureConfidence	1.0
I Want to Be a Cute Anime Girl (Webcomic)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_8fdcd0ac
It's for a Book / int_905cf99c	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_905cf99c	comment	In The Fifth Element, General Munro gets his first look at the reconstructed "Supreme Being" (in the form of a Naked on Arrival Milla Jovovich), and mentions wanting to take some pictures.
It's for a Book / int_905cf99c	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_905cf99c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Fifth Element	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_905cf99c
It's for a Book / int_90c73dda	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_90c73dda	comment	Animorphs: In a book (#6, The Capture), the Animorphs are attempting to prevent the Yeerks from taking a politician when he has surgery at a hospital they control. To find out when he'll be there, Marco calls his office and gets his schedule by claiming to be from the press. This kind of thing happened in real life when writing the books too (mostly by ghostwriters). Laura Battyanyi-Weiss had to look up limited information on Giant Squids when writing #27 The Exposed. Lisa Harkrader, for book #44 The Unexpected, had to research planes, amputation, non-returning (hunting) boomerangs, and Aboriginal life. For the airplane research, she talked to a retired TWA mechanic "to find out how Cassie could get from the cargo hold to the passenger area of a jet." In #51 The Absolute, Lisa also had trouble researching tanks (how to steal and board them), arousing suspicion (and getting nowhere) when she called the army. Eventually a retired Army tank commander named Art Alphin provided Lisa with the info she needed and read over details in the book for accuracy. In book 29, The Sickness, Cassie knows that someone must perform brain surgery on Ax (an alien) to remove his Tria gland. She runs inside her house and tells her veterinarian mom that she's doing a school report on animal brain surgery. "Any books you think might help?"
It's for a Book / int_90c73dda	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_90c73dda	featureConfidence	1.0
Animorphs	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_90c73dda
It's for a Book / int_91a099da	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_91a099da	comment	One episode of the show Cheaters featured a man who used this excuse after being caught with a hooker.
It's for a Book / int_91a099da	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_91a099da	featureConfidence	1.0
Cheaters	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_91a099da
It's for a Book / int_9908ca47	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_9908ca47	comment	And several books earlier, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Hermione pulled the same trick to get Professor Lockhart's permission to get the book with the directions on how to make Polyjuice Potion from the Restricted Section. Ron points out how pointless it was considering Lockhart didn't even read what they were looking for.
It's for a Book / int_9908ca47	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_9908ca47	featureConfidence	1.0
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_9908ca47
It's for a Book / int_999e5e75	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_999e5e75	comment	In Scratches, the protagonist tries to get information about the mystery he is investigating by calling the retired police officer responsible for the case and pretending to be a reporter writing about famous murder cases.
It's for a Book / int_999e5e75	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_999e5e75	featureConfidence	1.0
Scratches (Video Game)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_999e5e75
It's for a Book / int_9ad7adc8	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_9ad7adc8	comment	Similarly, Pete Townshend of The Who claimed he was doing research for a book after being caught accessing a site that provided links to child pornography (although he apparently cancelled his access immediately afterwards, and thus never downloaded any actual porn). The main problem was that it was a pay site, and he'd used his credit card to access it. The officials basically said "It's not a question of whether he was doing this for a book or not, so much that he gave these people money."
It's for a Book / int_9ad7adc8	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_9ad7adc8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Who (Music)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_9ad7adc8
It's for a Book / int_9b530c26	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_9b530c26	comment	In Archie Comics, Archie is taking multiple girls at once and getting treated like a king at the fanciest places in town, all because he claims he's writing a book on the best places to have dates and everybody wants to get on his good side. Reggie is responsible for Pulling the Thread by raising the question of who is publishing the book. Archie admits that he can't afford a publisher and will be using a mimeograph machine in his basement. This gets Archie knocked off his pedestal rather unceremoniously, although Betty still considers a night washing dishes to Work Off the Debt and running the mimeograph romantic.
It's for a Book / int_9b530c26	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_9b530c26	featureConfidence	1.0
Archie Comics (Comic Book)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_9b530c26
It's for a Book / int_9c2dce7b	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_9c2dce7b	comment	Jo actually does research poisons for her horror stories in Little Women, and it's mentioned that she makes librarians suspicious.
It's for a Book / int_9c2dce7b	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_9c2dce7b	featureConfidence	1.0
Little Women	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_9c2dce7b
It's for a Book / int_9f78fda3	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_9f78fda3	comment	Jessica Fletcher will sometimes use this trope, or let people think she's using it, to get closer to murder investigations in Murder, She Wrote.
It's for a Book / int_9f78fda3	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_9f78fda3	featureConfidence	1.0
Murder, She Wrote	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_9f78fda3
It's for a Book / int_a103a2c9	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_a103a2c9	comment	A surprising number of men on Dateline: To Catch A Predator have claimed that their intention was not to have sex with the girl or boy but to teach them about the dangers of talking to strangers online, or that they walked into a stranger's house in the middle of the night to research the housing market. Of course, their story is Swiss cheese once the host reveals he has a copy of the chat logs and that is definitely not what the suspect talked about.
It's for a Book / int_a103a2c9	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_a103a2c9	featureConfidence	1.0
Dateline	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_a103a2c9
It's for a Book / int_a1936d77	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_a1936d77	comment	The Impossible Us: Nick uses the justification legitimately to get Petrus to put him in a chokehold, and as an excuse for both moving into Becca's part of the country and trying out Tweedy's shotgun.
It's for a Book / int_a1936d77	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_a1936d77	featureConfidence	1.0
The Impossible Us	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_a1936d77
It's for a Book / int_a346e791	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_a346e791	comment	Used by the villains in the episode "Dirty Bomb" of NUMB3RS. They contacted a researcher for a nuclear company for information about a particular radioactive isotope, claiming they were doing research for a movie script. Because the series takes place in LA, the researcher didn't give it much thought until she saw an internal Department Of Energy alert warning that three caskets of the isotope had been stolen, suddenly providing a very different reason why some random citizens would have been looking for information on how to handle it. Her cooperation was a key component in finding the identities of the criminals.
It's for a Book / int_a346e791	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_a346e791	featureConfidence	1.0
NUMB3RS	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_a346e791
It's for a Book / int_a3c14f85	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_a3c14f85	comment	Don't Look Up: In response to a worried pedestrian on the street who overheard Kate telling her boyfriend about the impending doom by the comet, Kate tells her they were talking about a video game.
It's for a Book / int_a3c14f85	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_a3c14f85	featureConfidence	1.0
Don't Look Up	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_a3c14f85
It's for a Book / int_a6394d1c	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_a6394d1c	comment	Played straight in How to Murder Your Wife, where Jack Lemmon's character is accused of killing his missing wife after people who've sold him gadgets for the comic-strip murder go to the police, who then find the photographs he used to create the strip.
It's for a Book / int_a6394d1c	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_a6394d1c	featureConfidence	1.0
How to Murder Your Wife	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_a6394d1c
It's for a Book / int_a725fd30	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_a725fd30	comment	In For Your Eyes Only, James Bond claims he's writing a novel about smugglers.
It's for a Book / int_a725fd30	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_a725fd30	featureConfidence	1.0
For Your Eyes Only	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_a725fd30
It's for a Book / int_a879dda3	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_a879dda3	comment	Odyssey 5. The protagonists consult a cantankerous sci-fi writer (an obvious Harlan Ellison expy) on the events of the series, claiming it's for a sci-fi novel. He criticizes the numerous scientific errors in statements clearly based on internet fan criticism of the pilot episode.
It's for a Book / int_a879dda3	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_a879dda3	featureConfidence	1.0
Odyssey 5	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_a879dda3
It's for a Book / int_b0fc9724	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_b0fc9724	comment	Saturday Night Live has this gem from fictional presidential candidate Tim Calhoun: "I have touched many pages in my life... because I am a voracious reader... of child pornography... studies. Illustrated studies."
It's for a Book / int_b0fc9724	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_b0fc9724	featureConfidence	1.0
Saturday Night Live	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_b0fc9724
It's for a Book / int_b1afff36	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_b1afff36	comment	On an episode of Worlds Worst Tenants, a landlord was caught peeping through spy cameras he'd installed in female tenants' bathrooms. When he was busted for it on camera, he claimed (out of desperation) that it was this trope. Unsurprisingly, nobody fell for it.
It's for a Book / int_b1afff36	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_b1afff36	featureConfidence	1.0
Worlds Worst Tenants	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_b1afff36
It's for a Book / int_b1b65c75	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_b1b65c75	comment	Behind The Veil has an interesting version combined with a cover-up; to hide the fact that a wererat was seen bursting through several university walls and the side of a trailer (not to mention running over any student in the way), the Technocracy ended up creating an elaborate cover-up to pass it off as a marketing stunt gone wrong for an upcoming film. Then again the story was boosted with magic specifically to kill the idea that it was an actual wererat.
It's for a Book / int_b1b65c75	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_b1b65c75	featureConfidence	1.0
Behind The Veil (Roleplay)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_b1b65c75
It's for a Book / int_b3419386	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_b3419386	comment	In the book Aquila, the main characters told an archaeologist they were talking to someone in Latin online so they could get help with translating the interface on their spaceship. Later on, when they were trying to figure out how much water was needed to fully refuel the ship, one of them got his dad to do the maths for them, claiming it was for school. Also, one of them keeps the scrapbook on the ship by claiming it for something they're writing. Eventually one of the boys' parents finds the log of everything they have been doing and while the boys think they have been caught out, everybody just thinks that it is a book and bring the trope back to basics.
It's for a Book / int_b3419386	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_b3419386	featureConfidence	1.0
Aquila	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_b3419386
It's for a Book / int_b3704ffa	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_b3704ffa	comment	On the commentary track for Saw, Leigh Whannell mentions how, early in the scriptwriting, he asked a doctor which drug was best to use if you wanted a person to be unable to move, but still be conscious and able to feel pain.
It's for a Book / int_b3704ffa	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_b3704ffa	featureConfidence	1.0
Saw	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_b3704ffa
It's for a Book / int_b3e0e2e0	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_b3e0e2e0	comment	When writing books about warfare and nuclear subs and such, Clancy often asked for info. He was once stunned when he was sent piles of information and parts bordering on classified, expecting instead to be brushed off. He even mentions, in the afterword for The Sum of All Fears, being able to get manuals for the equipment used by the US government for manufacturing nuclear weapons, just by writing requests.
It's for a Book / int_b3e0e2e0	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_b3e0e2e0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Sum of All Fears	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_b3e0e2e0
It's for a Book / int_b712435c	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_b712435c	comment	John Rogers, showrunner and co-creator of Leverage, recently wrote in a post-game of an episode:
It's for a Book / int_b712435c	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_b712435c	featureConfidence	1.0
Leverage	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_b712435c
It's for a Book / int_b859e0e1	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_b859e0e1	comment	In The Door into Summer when Dan talks to Dr. Twitchell he claims to be doing research for a book called Unsung Geniuses.
It's for a Book / int_b859e0e1	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_b859e0e1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Door into Summer	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_b859e0e1
It's for a Book / int_ba99ace0	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_ba99ace0	comment	Inverted in Saw 3D, where, after seeing people explaining their own experiences in Jigsaw traps, Bobby uses them to make up his own experience as the theme for a book, down to scarring his own pectorals like the scars of said victims to make it seem more real. The success of the book kickstarts the film's main game, where Bobby is put in an actual trial by Hoffman long after Jigsaw took notice of him.
It's for a Book / int_ba99ace0	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_ba99ace0	featureConfidence	1.0
Saw 3D	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_ba99ace0
It's for a Book / int_bd310eaa	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_bd310eaa	comment	In an early EGS:NP storyline, Susan and Sarah are in a bookstore and Susan hears Sarah comment on wanting a book with naked people in common poses. When confronted, Sarah explains that she wants to improve the quality of her art, and that in order to draw a clothed human figure accurately, you first have to learn to draw a nude human figure. In another EGS:NP storyline, "Marked" Pandora disguised herself as a college student doing a survey for a psychology project as a means of detecting what kind of spells she could secretly give them with magic marks. Results were mixed, including whether or not she could give them what they asked for.
It's for a Book / int_bd310eaa	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_bd310eaa	featureConfidence	1.0
El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_bd310eaa
It's for a Book / int_bee7dcfe	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_bee7dcfe	comment	Jojo Rabbit: When Imaginary Hitler calls Jojo out for spending so much time with Elsa, the latter claims it's for his book about how to recognize a jew. He does the same schtick at the swimming hall when Klenzendorf gets suspicious of him showing interest in the topic of jews.
It's for a Book / int_bee7dcfe	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_bee7dcfe	featureConfidence	1.0
Jojo Rabbit	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_bee7dcfe
It's for a Book / int_bfa1d565	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_bfa1d565	comment	One episode of Boston Legal had a woman ask for details on how to commit a crime, then added the phrase "for a book" after Alan Shore said he'd have to call the cops.
It's for a Book / int_bfa1d565	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_bfa1d565	featureConfidence	1.0
Boston Legal	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_bfa1d565
It's for a Book / int_c2e48301	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_c2e48301	comment	When The Hunt for Red October was published, he was asked who had given him classified information. The subsequent investigation revealed that a lot of the "classified technology" was primarily extrapolation from non-classified sources that was, for the government, uncomfortably close to accurate.note It's worth noting that it's entirely possible that the aggregated information he had received might have technically been classified as a whole. Unclassified information in sufficient quantities, and the right kind, can be aggregated into something that is sensitive or classified, for precisely this reason: A clever individual or organization, given enough unclassified information, can extrapolate some very dangerous information.
It's for a Book / int_c2e48301	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_c2e48301	featureConfidence	1.0
The Hunt for Red October	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_c2e48301
It's for a Book / int_c5d0768d	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_c5d0768d	comment	In the Aunt Dimity books, Lori sometimes uses this excuse as an excuse to question people: In Aunt Dimity Digs In, a pamphlet is stolen from the vicarage, and The Vicar and his wife are deeply distressed by the theft. Hoping they may have seen something, Lori questions the owners of the neighbouring cottages by claiming to be doing research for Lilian Bunting's book on the village's history. When Lori and Bree visit a series of large estates in Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince, they pose as journalists to interview the homeowners. Bree subsequently writes a couple of actual articles and shops them around to make amends for harbouring suspicions about them.
It's for a Book / int_c5d0768d	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_c5d0768d	featureConfidence	1.0
Aunt Dimity	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_c5d0768d
It's for a Book / int_c5e69cfa	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_c5e69cfa	comment	In Lolita when Mrs. Haze is staying with Humbert Humbert and discovers his diary, he claims that it is actually a fictional account, and he was merely using their names for the characters. She doesn't buy it, but "fortunately" she gets hit by a truck before she can act on her discovery.
It's for a Book / int_c5e69cfa	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_c5e69cfa	featureConfidence	1.0
Lolita	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_c5e69cfa
It's for a Book / int_c93e12f5	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_c93e12f5	comment	Simon used "It's for a school paper" to get information on baby safe haven laws on 7th Heaven (which didn't fool anyone).
It's for a Book / int_c93e12f5	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_c93e12f5	featureConfidence	1.0
7th Heaven	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_c93e12f5
It's for a Book / int_c9b854c4	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_c9b854c4	comment	There's a Nancy Drew book where a crook is using this as cover for casing peoples' houses.
It's for a Book / int_c9b854c4	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_c9b854c4	featureConfidence	1.0
Nancy Drew	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_c9b854c4
It's for a Book / int_c9d6c480	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_c9d6c480	comment	Hercule Poirot: Five Little Pigs, Hercule Poirot is asked to re-investigate a murder that had happened sixteen years earlier. When speaking with some of the witnesses, he claims he is writing a book about famous murders in order to get them to provide written accounts of what they remember. In Third Girl, author surrogate Ariadne Oliver claims to be researching how easy it is to follow someone when following a suspect on behalf of Poirot. She tells the suspect she's concluded it's quite difficult.
It's for a Book / int_c9d6c480	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_c9d6c480	featureConfidence	1.0
HerculePoirot	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_c9d6c480
It's for a Book / int_ca4949d1	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_ca4949d1	comment	Villains by Necessity: After suffering through intense Clothing Damage throughout the adventure, Sam is forced to have his Assassin's Guild uniform mended by a tailor. When the conspicuously villainous outfit naturally attracts questions, he claims it's a costume for a play (specifically this world's version of Hamlet).
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Villains by Necessity	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_ca4949d1
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It's for a Book / int_d48cd93	comment	The acknowledgements page of To Be or Not To Be: That Is the Adventure has Ryan North thanking Metafilter for giving him advice on how to dispose of a dead body, and then also thanking the Canadian Security Intelligence Service for not getting him in trouble for making searches like 'gross dead body +how to hide it' and 'what if I committed the murder act, how do I ditch the body & not go to jail IT'S AN EMERGENCY??'
It's for a Book / int_d48cd93	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_d48cd93	featureConfidence	1.0
To Be or Not To Be: That Is the Adventure	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_d48cd93
It's for a Book / int_da861da1	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_da861da1	comment	Veronica Mars Veronica used "it's an assignment for health class" (or some variant thereof) to cover all kinds of activities, including collecting a DNA sample from her dad. Somewhat justified in that she's a good actress and usually plans out her requests beforehand instead of making them up on the spot. The series actually inverts it in the third season. The final assignment from Veronica's former FBI agent criminology professor? A paper on how you'd commit the perfect murder. When the Dean ends up dead in a manner that copies elements from Veronica's paper, she is seriously wigged.
It's for a Book / int_da861da1	featureApplicability	1.0
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Veronica Mars	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_da861da1
It's for a Book / int_df49367d	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_df49367d	comment	You (2018): In season 4 Joe finds himself in the middle of a murder mystery and tries to familiarize himself with the genre. When discussing whodunnits with a student he justifies his interest as a writing project. He has a better excuse than most due to being a literature professor.
It's for a Book / int_df49367d	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_df49367d	featureConfidence	1.0
You (2018)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_df49367d
It's for a Book / int_e05ef82a	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_e05ef82a	comment	In The Darkside Detective, McQueen has watched the movie Ghost a lot, which he insists was research for professional reasons.
It's for a Book / int_e05ef82a	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_e05ef82a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Darkside Detective (Video Game)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_e05ef82a
It's for a Book / int_e104bac7	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_e104bac7	comment	In You Might Be the Killer, when one of the customers in Chuck's store overhears her talking about the murders at Camp Clear Vista, she claims that she's talking about a creative writing assignment for school.
It's for a Book / int_e104bac7	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_e104bac7	featureConfidence	1.0
You Might Be the Killer	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_e104bac7
It's for a Book / int_e293455a	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_e293455a	comment	Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In "Earshot", the Scooby Gang pretend to interview teachers and students for the yearbook at Sunnydale High to find out the identity of a potential gunman. "Hi, Mr. Beach. I was just wondering if you were planning on killing a bunch of people tomorrow? Oh, it's for the yearbook." And the profiles turn out so interesting that they end up actually being used in the yearbook. And they also claim to be in the school "archaeology club" to explain their sudden interest in Incan mummies to someone that they assume is a muggle. ( Turns out she's the mummy.) "Rehearsing a play" tends to be used if a Muggle catches the Buffy heroes talking about demons and monsters.
It's for a Book / int_e293455a	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_e293455a	featureConfidence	1.0
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_e293455a
It's for a Book / int_e64f31ef	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_e64f31ef	comment	In Hollywood Homicide, we briefly see the acting equivalent; a plummy actor (played by Eric Idle) is marched through a police station vehemently insisting that he wasn't soliciting a prostitute, but was doing research for a role. He then briefly says hi to Tina, a lady of the night he presumably has some acquaintance with.
It's for a Book / int_e64f31ef	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_e64f31ef	featureConfidence	1.0
Hollywood Homicide	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_e64f31ef
It's for a Book / int_e873f2d5	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_e873f2d5	comment	In Open Heart, Dylan walks in on her father frantically searching through newspaper clippings and "looking for patterns". He claims it's for his novel.
It's for a Book / int_e873f2d5	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_e873f2d5	featureConfidence	1.0
Open Heart	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_e873f2d5
It's for a Book / int_ea4f62db	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_ea4f62db	comment	In one episode of Family Guy, Stewie (using mind control) tries to use Chris to buy a "hand-operated buzzsaw capable of cutting through a human sternum". The store clerk gives him a funny look and Stewie makes Chris say, "It's for a...school project! I need it for...blast, what the devil do these kids study...Latin class!"
It's for a Book / int_ea4f62db	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_ea4f62db	featureConfidence	1.0
Family Guy	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_ea4f62db
It's for a Book / int_ebdd382d	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_ebdd382d	comment	In Fangirls, Edna gets her online friend Salty to help her plot Harry's abduction by telling him it's for a fanfic she is writing.
It's for a Book / int_ebdd382d	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_ebdd382d	featureConfidence	1.0
Fangirls (Theatre)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_ebdd382d
It's for a Book / int_ec52a5b9	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_ec52a5b9	comment	In Transformers, Sam gives this to a school jock as the excuse for why he tried out for the football team (to which he failed hard). He makes it a Stealth Insult by saying the book is filled with big pictures and colouring sections.
It's for a Book / int_ec52a5b9	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_ec52a5b9	featureConfidence	1.0
Transformers (2007)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_ec52a5b9
It's for a Book / int_ee7da84d	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_ee7da84d	comment	Marble Hornets season 2: When a passerby at the hotel Jay woke up in asks why he has a camera strapped to his body, he explains that he's shooting a documentary...about hotels. Turns out later she didn't really believe him.
It's for a Book / int_ee7da84d	featureApplicability	1.0
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Marble Hornets (Web Video)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_ee7da84d
It's for a Book / int_ef177c11	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_ef177c11	comment	In Monkey Dust, the Paedofinder General is in one episode caught with an extremely large amount of child pornography on his own computer. He brushes it off as being "for research".
It's for a Book / int_ef177c11	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_ef177c11	featureConfidence	1.0
Monkey Dust	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_ef177c11
It's for a Book / int_f0c816fb	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_f0c816fb	comment	In Breaking Bad, when Skyler thinks that Walt is smoking pot, she asks Marie about how could it affect someone, claiming that it's for a short story she's writing. Marie doesn't fall for it, but she thinks it's Walt Jr. who is smoking pot.
It's for a Book / int_f0c816fb	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_f0c816fb	featureConfidence	1.0
Breaking Bad	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_f0c816fb
It's for a Book / int_f3e1f424	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_f3e1f424	comment	Merlin: The title character once claimed that he needed a book for "homework"... and appears to be believed, despite this being both illogical and anachronistic (though also rather amusing). It's inverted in a later episode, after Merlin gives Arthur some startlingly good advice, and on being asked how he's so knowledgeable, tells him "I read a book."
It's for a Book / int_f3e1f424	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_f3e1f424	featureConfidence	1.0
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It's for a Book / int_f57a6f43	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_f57a6f43	comment	J. Eifie Nichols, author of The Radiant Dawn, sent an email to Northrop-Grumman, the manufacturer of the Nimitz class carrier, inquiring about the diameter of the hangar lift cables for the hangar lifts to the flight deck. The answer from Northrop-Grumman? "That's classified."
It's for a Book / int_f57a6f43	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_f57a6f43	featureConfidence	1.0
The Radiant Dawn	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_f57a6f43
It's for a Book / int_f6216c2d	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_f6216c2d	comment	The Dark Half, where protagonist Thad Beaumont uses this excuse when asking his coworker Rawlie DeLesseps if sparrows play a role in any kind of American folklore. He even lampshades that one of the benefits of being a professional writer is that you can always rely on this excuse if people want to know why you want certain information.
It's for a Book / int_f6216c2d	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_f6216c2d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Dark Half	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_f6216c2d
It's for a Book / int_f6c05e8e	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_f6c05e8e	comment	In Friends, Chandler leaves Ross's baby on the bus and has to call the Transportation Department to get it back. Rather than admit he left the baby behind, however, he tells the operator it's for his book. "Yes, that would be a stupid character."
It's for a Book / int_f6c05e8e	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_f6c05e8e	featureConfidence	1.0
Friends	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_f6c05e8e
It's for a Book / int_f91de837	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_f91de837	comment	Then there's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, in which Tom Riddle (young Lord Voldemort) learns about Horcruxes from a teacher this way.
It's for a Book / int_f91de837	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_f91de837	featureConfidence	1.0
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_f91de837
It's for a Book / int_f99f6e4d	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_f99f6e4d	comment	In the writer's commentary on The Sum of All Fears, Clancy describes how he was allowed by the air force to see a Stealth bomber, but not to touch it, since "Maybe they were afraid I could tell how the stealth worked by feeling it?" note The real reason is more mundane: The skin is very fragile, where a wrong touch can damage the very expensive material and negatively impact the radar signature of the aircraft.
It's for a Book / int_f99f6e4d	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_f99f6e4d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Sum of All Fears	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_f99f6e4d
It's for a Book / int_fb26bc2e	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_fb26bc2e	comment	In The Sentinel, Blair is supposedly following Jim around because he's doing a dissertation on the applications of social anthropology to police work.
It's for a Book / int_fb26bc2e	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_fb26bc2e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Sentinel	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_fb26bc2e
It's for a Book / int_fc7ad314	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_fc7ad314	comment	Throw Momma from the Train: Pinsky's book is called 100 Women I'd Like to Pork. His excuse for "whacking material"? "It's a coffee table book."
It's for a Book / int_fc7ad314	featureApplicability	1.0
It's for a Book / int_fc7ad314	featureConfidence	1.0
Throw Momma from the Train	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_fc7ad314
It's for a Book / int_ff57743f	type	It's for a Book
It's for a Book / int_ff57743f	comment	In the Brian Michael Bendis run of Superman, Daily Planet reporter Robinson Goode, secretly also a supervillain, gets her hands on a chunk of Kryptonite as insurance in case Superman corners her. Clark Kent soon uses his X-Ray vision to spot it in her purse (becoming violently ill around her was a pretty big give-away) and asks Batman to swing by to steal it from her. When Batman "asks" her why she's carrying Kryptonite, she claims "It's for an article."
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It's for a Book / int_ff57743f	featureConfidence	1.0
Superman (Brian Michael Bendis) (Comic Book)	hasFeature	It's for a Book / int_ff57743f

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It's for a Book	processingCategory2	Truth and Lies
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Intercom (Fanfic) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Project Sunflower (Fanfic) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Carry On Loving / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Catch Me If You Can / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Don't Look Up / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
For Your Eyes Only / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Jo / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Jojo Rabbit / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Mallrats / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Militia / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Saw 3D / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Sisters (1973) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Amazing Spider-Man / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Fifth Element / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Naked Truth / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Hercule Poirot (Franchise) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Testament of Sister New Devil / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
A Coffin for Dimitrios / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Albert Campion / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Aquila / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Aunt Dimity / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Dumb Witness / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
11/22/63 / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Family Skeleton Mysteries / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Five Little Pigs / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Fool Moon / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
I Hate Fridays / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Johnny Maxwell Trilogy / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Little Women / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Nightmares & Dreamscapes / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Curse of the Blue Figurine / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Dark Half / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Impossible Us / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Overstory / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Sum of All Fears / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Testament of Sister New Devil / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Three Investigators / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Third Girl / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
To Be or Not To Be: That Is the Adventure / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Villains by Necessity / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
FireWalk	seeAlso	It's for a Book
PCVsConsole	seeAlso	It's for a Book
StalkThis	seeAlso	It's for a Book
TheGoldenAge	seeAlso	It's for a Book
Monster (Manga) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Slash Report (Podcast) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Behind The Veil (Roleplay) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Blood & Water / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
House / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Justified / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Kevin Can F**k Himself / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
MonkTropesF-J	seeAlso	It's for a Book
Mr & Mrs Murder / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Murder, She Wrote / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Open Heart / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Veronica Mars / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Cymbeline (Theatre) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
On the Town (Theatre) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Cragne Manor (Video Game) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Gabriel Knight (Video Game) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Saints Row IV (Video Game) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Scratches (Video Game) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Hashihime of the Old Book Town (Visual Novel) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Higurashi: When They Cry (Visual Novel) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Cinematic Excrement (Web Video) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Dark Harvest (Web Video) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Marble Hornets (Web Video) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
I Want to Be a Cute Anime Girl (Webcomic) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Misfile (Webcomic) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Script Frenzy (Website) / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Monkey Dust / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book
Atomic Robo / Comicbook / int_a0390164	type	It's for a Book

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