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The Magazine Rule

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63 feature instances
27 referencing feature instances

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The Magazine Rule	comment	There's a magazine for everything. A character subscribes to a weirdly specific fandom magazine or trade publication you would never expect to stay in business, or that speaks volumes about their character. This is usually either a joke about how they have such a niche hobby, or shows that something is Serious Business to them. If it's a trade publication, they probably belong to a Weird Trade Union. The magazine will usually be named "[subject] Digest/Monthly/Gazette" so that the audience quickly understands it. As the magazine industry declines in many parts of the world (particularly the niche magazines that this trope parodies), this trope is becoming increasingly less common, but still maintains some ground. A more modern version might be "There's a forum/SNS group for everything." Named after The Wiki Rule, its online equivalent. Related to Collector of the Strange and Pastimes Prove Personality. If a Manly Man subscribes to Cross-stitch Quarterly, it's Real Men Wear Pink, and if a Nightmare Fetishist has managed to find a publication of Cross-stitch Bondage Babes, it's Rule Thirty Six. See also Severely Specialized Store, Niche Network, Specific Situation Books.
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The Magazine Rule / int_18b7605a	comment	In Mercenaries, Mei-Lin reads a publication called Cold War Architectural Digest.
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The Magazine Rule / int_1afbf6c5	comment	Transformers: Rescue Bots has Emergency Rescue Illustrated.
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The Magazine Rule / int_1c1d7608	comment	Franken Fran: Fran apparently subscribes to Science Blood magazine.
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The Magazine Rule / int_20336460	comment	Jagged Alliance. Never shown, but it's mentioned that Fox appeared in an issue of Babes & Bullets both as the centerfold and the author of a four-page article on treating hemorrhaging under battlefield conditions, and received glowing feedback from the readers on both.
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The Magazine Rule / int_22e860f4	comment	Psych has Gus, the uptight one of the pair who is more concerned with breaking the law, subscribing to Safe-crackers Monthly or something along those lines. He's fascinated by locks and quite adept at opening them.
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The Magazine Rule / int_261c8d3f	comment	In The Simpsons: Marge gets several magazines devoted to cleaning with titles like Sponge & Vacuum. There is also a whole selection of "death sports" magazines Marge was looking at with titles like Glass Eater, Bear Baiter, and Danger Liker. Homer Simpson is once shown napping on the couch with a copy of Modern Fart Denier on his stomach. Homer is also an avid reader of Blue Pants Monthly. And in The Movie, Grandpa is seen reading an issue of Oatmeal Enthusiast. Sherri & Terri subscribe to First Born Twin and Second Born Twin magazines. The comics at one point had Bart perusing the mature section at the Kwik-E-Mart, containing Sensuous Single Moms, Barely Senile and, most bizarrely, Hemp-Made Hot Rods. In one episode Ralph Wiggum hid behind a copy of Booger Aficionado. He is on the cover. Picking his nose.
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The Magazine Rule / int_2a8943c0	comment	In an episode of Miraculous Ladybug, Plagg is seen reading a magazine called Gentlemen's Camembert.
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The Magazine Rule / int_2e80e66f	comment	A Diplomatic Visit: In chapter 23, Rainbow Dash mentions an incident with an annoying magazine salesman who kept trying to get her to buy a subscription to Sponge Illustrated. Pinkie Pie chimes in and says she has a ten-year subscription.
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The Magazine Rule / int_341a1fd2	comment	In Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Fred reads Traps Illustrated (just for the articles).
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The Magazine Rule / int_3558eaa2	comment	Parodied in Community with Dean Magazine, which at one point plans to do a cover feature about Dean Pelton. Subverted, however, in that it's canceled after two issues (before the aforementioned cover feature can appear), presumably because, as Jeff points out, it's "the worst idea for a magazine ever". Double subverted in that the publication which informs us of the cancellation of Dean Magazine is none other than Magazine Monthly.
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The Magazine Rule / int_35a060cc	comment	Airplane!. A nun is shown reading the Real Life magazine Boys' Life, while a boy is reading a copy of Nuns' Life.
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The Magazine Rule / int_3b34143f	comment	In Harry Potter, there is Which Broomstick?, a magazine devoted to Flying Broomstick reviews. Although it is not a niche topic in-universe, since broomsticks both are a common means of transportation and used in a popular sport.
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The Magazine Rule / int_3bc91429	comment	Many non-fans (or even fans who don't read the mag) find it hard to understand how Doctor Who Magazine, (the longest-running publication devoted to a single sci-fi franchise) remained in business for the more than a decade that the show was off the air, or what it found to publish in that time.
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The Magazine Rule / int_3ce03501	comment	Seen in Time Squad, Buck Tuddrussel partakes in a few different magazine subscriptions, most of them focusing on "guns" and one in particular that featured a woman in a bikini on the cover with the title being Just Pictures.
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The Magazine Rule / int_3e5afb68	comment	In The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the local priest has a subscription to a magazine about nun wrestling.
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The Magazine Rule / int_3f4a104b	comment	Dilbert's Wally is once seen speculating on the content of his Sitting There magazine.
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The Magazine Rule / int_400469e	comment	In Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin subscribes to Chewing, a magazine devoted entirely to chewing gum. Calvin describes it as "high-gloss, literate, and sophisticated" in comparison to Gum Action, targeted more to the "Gonzo" demographic, and Chewers Illustrated which targets vintage gum collectors. Word of God says that these were direct parodies of the half-dozen biking magazines Watterson himself subscribed to, and his thoughts on the matter were pretty clear, judging by Hobbes' reaction:
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The Magazine Rule / int_44e0b783	comment	Garfield: Garfield is reading a magazine until he gets too tired to stay awake. Jon says, "He can never make it through an entire issue of Napping Gazette."
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The Magazine Rule / int_46518682	comment	Bert from Sesame Street reads books such as Boring Stories, Pigeons of the World, The Pigeon Whisperer (and several other pigeon-themed works), and The Wonderful World of Paper Clips.
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The Magazine Rule / int_468bebb0	comment	Discworld: Going Postal has various publications for pin collectors (or "pin heads" as they call themselves). Then, they invented stamps... In Lords and Ladies, Hodgesaargh the falconer reads Beaks & Talons, while Shawn Ogg reads Bows & Ammo. Inverted Trope in The Truth, where William finds it hard to believe there's a market for a magazine about cats.
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The Magazine Rule / int_4eb65d32	comment	In one episode of Making Fiends, Vendetta reads Evil Magazine.
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The Magazine Rule / int_4fa3f3eb	type	The Magazine Rule
The Magazine Rule / int_4fa3f3eb	comment	Similarly, Good News Week featured an occasional round called "Magazine Mastermind", where two celebrities would be given a obscure magazine to study and then be quizzed on its contents. A particular favourite was Bacon Busters, a magazine for people who go bow hunting for feral pigs.
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The Magazine Rule / int_50bcf7a6	comment	Homestuck: Dad subscribes to The Serious Jester.
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The Magazine Rule / int_546876cb	comment	Sonic Boom: In "Do Not Disturb", Sonic finds an issue of Sidekick Monthly in Tails' house. Knuckles mentions in "Nominatus Rising" to be a reader of Hulking Brute Magazine.
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The Magazine Rule / int_5b77d01c	comment	Trolls World Tour: Barb got her list of bounty hunters from a Bounty Hunter Weekly.
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The Magazine Rule / int_5d354f8	type	The Magazine Rule
The Magazine Rule / int_5d354f8	comment	Rimmer in Red Dwarf subscribes to Fascist Dictator Monthly. Hitler was the Mr. October centerfold, apparently. Also, when trying to break Lister, Cat, and Kryten's spirits during a period of Quarantine, Rimmer supplies them with one Knitting magazine as almost their only form of entertainment. Then, in the episode "Krytie TV", there's the issue of Morris Dancer Monthly ("That's mine!") that they plant in Ackerman's quarters.
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The Magazine Rule / int_5fb37118	comment	Rocky from Rocky once saw a man check out a new magazine for people who are into hermit crabs.
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The Magazine Rule / int_60f02ddb	comment	The American Dad! episode "Joint Custody" has a brief shot of a convenience store clerk reading Magazine Enthusiast.
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The Magazine Rule / int_69daf29	comment	Grrl Power: Dabbler the Succubus is seen reading the Pornews Journal at several points. There is apparently an A-Cup Aficionado Quarterly publication, which voted Sydney "Sexiest Superheroine". Though given that she's the only non-Badass Normal heroine in the series who doesn't have the Most Common Superpower, that sort of makes winning an Overly Narrow Superlative for the magazine's demographic.
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The Magazine Rule / int_74365738	comment	Going Postal has various publications for pin collectors (or "pin heads" as they call themselves). Then, they invented stamps...
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The Magazine Rule / int_7460eec3	type	The Magazine Rule
The Magazine Rule / int_7460eec3	comment	New Avengers (2015) gives us "CHTTT!!! weekly". Squirrel Girl reads it, we can't imagine anybody else being interested in it. Except for squirrels. Maybe.
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The Magazine Rule / int_7668653a	type	The Magazine Rule
The Magazine Rule / int_7668653a	comment	Mass Effect 2 allows you to purchase an issue of Fornax, a titillating alien magazine. Featuring a hanar on the cover.
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The Magazine Rule / int_7c4f1adb	comment	Our Miss Brooks: In "Miss Brooks Writes About a Hobo", Miss Brooks seeks out a hobo to write an article about "The Vanishing Hobo" to submit to a schoolteacher's magazine. It so turns out the titular hobo is also writing a magazine article. The hobo's article is entitled "The Vanishing Schoolteacher" and he is paid handsomely by a hobo magazine for its publication.
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The Magazine Rule / int_7d0cd638	type	The Magazine Rule
The Magazine Rule / int_7d0cd638	comment	On The Ricky Gervais Show, Karl mentions in his diary that he saw someone reading a magazine called Carp. Specifically, a "Carp of the Month" article. Later, he searches London for "UFO Data" but keeps getting distracted by gay pornography on the newsstand.
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The Magazine Rule / int_7ec0cdab	comment	Vince in The Mighty Boosh subscribes to hyper-cutting-edge fashion magazine Cheekbone, which has to be delivered by ninjas to avoid being obsolete by the time it's read.
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The Magazine Rule / int_7ff3216c	comment	An episode of Garfield and Friends has Jon harassed by a magazine salesman, who forces him to purchase a subscription of Sponge Illustrated. Then the salesman starts following Jon to get him to renew (despite the issues having not even arrived yet!)...
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The Magazine Rule / int_84823809	comment	In a few episodes of Kaeloo, the male characters (especially Mr. Cat) are seen reading the magazine "Oh La La", which has pictures of girls in skimpy costumes.
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The Magazine Rule / int_8966a34	comment	The Medabots anime episode "Welcome to Ninja World!" has the title theme park apparently being "recently rated 1# by Ninja Theme Park Magazine."
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The Magazine Rule / int_89bf8ce	comment	At one point on 30 Rock, when Jack has a major business meeting coming up, he stresses to Liz its importance by mentioning its coverage in a magazine exclusively about meetings. The second time he does it, Liz is baffled to note that there's more than one magazine about meetings.
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The Magazine Rule / int_8e193f0b	comment	In one episode of Boy Meets World, Eric subscribes to 26 different magazines, each one's title beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, as part of poorly thought-out attempt to game the Publisher's Clearing House contest. Among these magazines is Chester, a magazine for people named Chester (Eric had to lie about his name to get the subscription).
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The Magazine Rule / int_8f06307a	comment	In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Fred subscribes to a variety of conspiracy theorist magazines, the National Exaggerator apparently being one of his favorites.
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The Magazine Rule / int_99f8c7fb	comment	The final round of Have I Got News for You is the Missing Words round, where the panellists are shown newspaper headlines with words blanked out and have to fill in the gaps. Some of the headlines are taken from that week's "Guest Publication", which is almost invariably a little-known magazine on an extremely specialist issue. Examples include Llama Link, The Doorknob Collector and The Barbed Wire Collector (the last of which team captain Paul Merton loudly insisted, for the entire round, couldn't possibly be a real magazine).
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The Magazine Rule / int_9b20c46e	comment	In Lords and Ladies, Hodgesaargh the falconer reads Beaks & Talons, while Shawn Ogg reads Bows & Ammo.
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The Magazine Rule / int_a609791a	comment	Scooby-Doo: In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Fred subscribes to a variety of conspiracy theorist magazines, the National Exaggerator apparently being one of his favorites. In Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Fred reads Traps Illustrated (just for the articles).
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The Magazine Rule / int_a7bb24f5	comment	Mega Man 11 has a magazine publication called "Boom Monthly" that talks about explosions around the world. Blast Man, one of the Robot Masters you fight, is a regular writer for the magazine, and "not a month goes by where his articles don't blow the pages to bits".
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The Magazine Rule / int_a7e631ec	comment	In The Areas of My Expertise, John Hodgman provides a list of (mostly) fake periodicals where writers of short stories can submit their work for a variety of increasingly esoteric literary genres.
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The Magazine Rule / int_ac4b6a62	comment	In Questionable Content, May reads Prolapse Monthly.
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The Magazine Rule / int_b94ae31e	comment	Wallace & Gromit: Wallace is a devotee of many cheese connoisseur mags. In The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the local priest has a subscription to a magazine about nun wrestling.
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The Magazine Rule / int_babc3924	comment	Mario & Luigi: Dream Team: Mario, Luigi, and Prince Dreambert collect ancient Pi'illo artifacts and show them to a Pi'illo history fanatic named Pi'illoper. Upon seeing each item, he is completely overwhelmed, relating it to the exact issue and page of one of many Pi'illo magazines he's subscribed to. Additionally, Pi'illoper's Dream World version writes articles for one of the magazines he reads.
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The Magazine Rule / int_d46cc708	comment	Ed, Edd n Eddy: Ed owns a copy of Chicks Galore... which is about baby chickens, not girls, much to Eddy's dismay. Another episode features the Kanker Sisters reading Tire Iron Weekly.
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The Magazine Rule / int_d9c602eb	comment	In South Park Cartman's mother apparently appeared on the cover of Crack Whore Magazine.
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The Magazine Rule / int_e034f402	comment	Bruno the Bandit: Uncle Lucius was once seen reading Hypochondriac Monthly, while Bruno himself favored Pilfer! The Thieves' Magazine. Shub-Megawrath once appeared on the cover of Pregnant Shambling Horror Magazine.
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The Magazine Rule / int_f9f23633	comment	In Knight and Squire #2, Beryl picks up a copy of Total Castle for Cyril, who does in fact live in a castle. Who buys the other copies on the shelf, since even in Britain few locations run to more than one castle, is unexplored.
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The Magazine Rule / int_fc658ed1	comment	Mountain Time: At least one character has a subscription to Tumbleweed Enthusiast magazine. A stranger example is Are You Thinking About Cows? magazine.
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The Magazine Rule / int_fd8ef85e	comment	Used for a joke in Left 4 Dead: when passing by a magazine stand, Zoey may teasingly tell Francis that they have the latest issue of Hating Everything Magazine. Francis' reply? "I hate latest issues!"
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