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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt

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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })If aliens are marching into Times Square, or a garishly-costumed superhero is fighting a bad guy atop the Empire State Building, most onlookers will take the event at face value. But others, even if they live in a world where strange things are known to happen on a regular basis, will dismiss it as "some nutty Publicity Stunt," an advertising campaign, or perhaps location shooting for a science-fiction movie. Frequently observed as an aspect of living in a Quirky Town. Occasionally, characters might intentionally invoke the trope as a way of maintaining the Masquerade, but in most cases, people don't need any "help" to dismiss the weird stuff. Sister trope to Is This a Joke?, but in that trope, the character believes the strange events to be a joke directed specifically at her, or perhaps at a smallish group of people. The effects in Some Nutty Publicity Stunt are usually too widespread, elaborate, or large to be written off as mere pranks. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The inverse of You Just Ruined the Shot, in which actors are mistaken for the real thing. See also All Part of the Show, in which the strange events are thought to be part of some specific public performance, and Your Costume Needs Work, which is when a person thinks a particular character is wearing a costume but isn't (includes everything from monsters to celebrities). Examples:
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_13d2e7c3	comment	In The Adventures of Superman episode "The Human Bomb", Clark pretends that he believes the Hostage Situation is a publicity stunt so he can go change.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_1484a16e	comment	This is what Vernon Dursley thinks in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone when he sees wizards running in wizard dress while celebrating the defeat of Voldemort.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_15c6ea11	comment	Wonder Woman: A passerby wonders if the Adjudicator's appearance next to the Washington Monument in #291 is some kind of publicity thing for the new Star Wars movie, but he's not terribly convinced.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_1a12bbee	comment	Occasionally, even the hero, who should know better, puts forth the theory. Thor, in Journey into Mystery #91 (1963), had already seen plenty of weird stuff by the time he saw a bank float into the sky, only to say "What's happening below? Some kind of advertising stunt?"
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_237a86c	comment	Happens at first in Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger when the battles start leaving the delusion world.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_23d8b6e6	comment	In A Very Brady Sequel, Jan tries to show off her imaginary boyfriend, George Glass, by carrying a mannequin into the cafe. It falls apart more easily than she expects, resulting in onlookers reacting to the date as a performance arts piece.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_398cc823	comment	In the series premiere of Under the Dome, Norrie and her parents are driving through Chester's Mill when a warning comes on the radio about the dome. Norrie dismisses it as "some sort of viral marketing", but she reconsiders when a truck in front of them crashes into the invisible dome at high speed and is crushed by the impact.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_5541e604	comment	In One Touch of Venus, when Venus enters a dress shop by magically dissolving the window and proceeds to clothe herself, a crowd begins to gather around her (to say nothing of the irate manager). One man surmises it's Truth or Consequences. A second man says, "Nah, it's a plug for brassieres!"
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_5690420f	comment	In one DuckTales (1987) cartoon, the police refuse to help Uncle Scrooge get King Kong off his money bin. Instead, they give him "one hour to remove that unauthorized balloon ad or whatever it is."
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_5b6bf864	comment	In Uncanny X-Men #200, a rumor spreads throughout Paris that George Lucas is filming a big budget sci-fi movie in the city after a crowd witnesses Rachel Summers using her powers. As a Brick Joke, when Sentinels attack San Francisco in Uncanny X-Men #202, a confused civilian can be heard asking if George Lucas is shooting a movie.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_5c600b17	comment	A first season episode of Digimon uses this, when one of the kids falls into the river and his Digimon has to save him and the crowd from an evil squid-Digimon.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_5ca2f3f9	comment	One episode of Wizards of Waverly Place had Justin use this excuse on a crowd after a group of aliens land on Waverly Place and demand Jerry's new delicious milkshake machine (It Makes Sense in Context...sorta). The crowd buys it hook-line-and-sinker, and Zeke even comments that Their Costumes Need Work.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_5ec0f48	comment	Used briefly in ∀ Gundam. When Queen Dianna unseals The Dark History, huge holograms showing the wars of past eras pop up in cities across the Moon, causing confusion and panic in the citizens. Except for the Fat Bastard leader of the Goldfish Poop Gang, who just glances at the holograms and goes "Eh, must be some sort of movie-promotion." His team eventually manages to convince him otherwise...
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_67347399	comment	Kakos Industries: One of the reasons a Zombie Apocalypse unleashed by the company gets out of control in "Wake the Dead" is because, on top of various acts of incompetence by the people that let it loose, none of the directions for any of their stored zombie viruses mention that if a virus is used on Halloween it will spread like wildfire because no one will believe it is real.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_699c1e80	comment	An early She-Hulk story has newly introduced villain the Man-Elephant holding forth on the streets of New York while some onlookers theorize that it's a promotion for The Elephant Man.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_69fa7496	comment	Common in the Disney Ducks Comic Universe. One story has Donald and Fethry Duck fleeing down the street from a demon before sucking it into a ghost trap-like device. The onlookers decide that they're watching an advertisement for a new vacuum cleaner.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_70b26f38	comment	Fate/strange fake: A few civilians witness True Rider in action, but assume from her outfit and horse that she is a performer promoting a store.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_78eff4e1	comment	One bystander reacts to the first appearance of Ms. Marvel in Ms. Marvel #1 (1977) by saying "It's an act! A publicity stunt! Like that gag at the World Trade Center with the styrofoam King Kong!" Ms. Marvel's thought balloon lampshades the trope a bit: "Can she believe that? Are people really so cynical — or is such an attitude peculiar to New York?"
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_7d923b6f	comment	Rebuild World: When Akira is defending Sheryl’s relic shop from the Cyborg Zelmo, Zelmo realizes that Akira’s Powered Armor is being manipulated by a third party as People Puppets. Zelmo not realizing the Virtual Sidekick Alpha’s existence, believes this must be because the company that made Akira’s armor has a veteran hunter remote controlling Akira’s as part of a sales boosting stunt, and pops jamming smoke that would have disabled such a link.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_8658213a	comment	After the first appearance (and then disappearance) of Galactus in Fantastic Four #50 (1966), this is J. Jonah Jameson's theory of the event. A bystander remarks, however, "I've learned that the best thing to do is read Jameson's editorials and then believe exactly the opposite!"
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_90c73dda	comment	Invoked in Animorphs #27. The Animorphs smuggle Erek the android out of a crowded mall by claiming that he's a new kitchen robot, and that the gorilla stealing him (Marco) is a guy in a gorilla suit promoting a new King Kong movie.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_996edf24	comment	Wonder Woman provoked what may have been the first comic book appearance of this trope in Sensation Comics #2 (1942). Stealing a car from some Axis agents, they start shooting at her. As Wonder Woman deflects the bullets of one bad guy's tommy gun (with one hand) while driving off, the other says "I saw her on the stage! Let her go, she's probably doing some publicity stunt!" Which shows you how they lost the war. Makes more sense than most since Wonder Woman's first public appearance, in the previous story, was on the stage, showing off her "Bullets and Bracelets" trick.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_a0e1af96	comment	A Martian Manhunter story in Detective Comics #306 (August 1962) involved a gigantic bear menacing the city. An unimpressed bystander says "Relax... It's probably a publicity stunt for the circus!"
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_a134c04a	comment	Considered the go-to standard rationalization for normal humans in The World of Darkness setting.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_a96d35b2	comment	Josh's initial reaction to the town's hotel being haunted in A to Z Mysteries is this. His friends are quick to point out the owner of the hotel's lack of humor.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_bdb0a080	comment	In Last Action Hero, some of the characters from the "Jack Slater" film universe have escaped into the real world, including Jack himself, who's played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Jack and an old villain wind up having a fight at the premiere of the latest Slater film, and the real Arnold remarks that he didn't know the producers were planning a stunt. He is impressed by the quality of his "lookalike", though.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_c43df4d8	comment	Doctor Who: "The Bells of Saint John": The TARDIS appears in front of a crowd, and the Doctor collects money in a fez from civilians who think it is some sort of magic trick. "The Day of the Doctor": The TARDIS is flown in by helicopter to the middle of London, attracting huge crowds. Osgood tells Kate that their cover story is English conjuror Derren Brown, "again".
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_ec28245c	comment	In Dragon Ball Z the characters once summoned Porunga in the middle of a city, knowing that most people would just assume it was some experimental hologram from Bulma's Mad Scientist dad.
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Some Nutty Publicity Stunt / int_ee221a4e	comment	In The Transformers (Marvel) during the Starscream Triumphant story, Scorponok and the Dinobots go to Tokyo to fight Starscream. They're immediately mistaken for props for a new monster movie, much to Grimlock's irritation.
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