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The Magazine Rule
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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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In Mercenaries, Mei-Lin reads a publication called Cold War Architectural Digest. | |
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Transformers: Rescue Bots has Emergency Rescue Illustrated. | |
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Franken Fran: Fran apparently subscribes to Science Blood magazine. | |
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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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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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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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In an episode of Miraculous Ladybug, Plagg is seen reading a magazine called Gentlemen's Camembert. | |
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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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In Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Fred reads Traps Illustrated (just for the articles). | |
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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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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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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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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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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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In The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the local priest has a subscription to a magazine about nun wrestling. | |
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Dilbert's Wally is once seen speculating on the content of his Sitting There magazine. | |
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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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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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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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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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In one episode of Making Fiends, Vendetta reads Evil Magazine. | |
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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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Homestuck: Dad subscribes to The Serious Jester. | |
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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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Trolls World Tour: Barb got her list of bounty hunters from a Bounty Hunter Weekly. | |
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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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Rocky from Rocky once saw a man check out a new magazine for people who are into hermit crabs. | |
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The American Dad! episode "Joint Custody" has a brief shot of a convenience store clerk reading Magazine Enthusiast. | |
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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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Going Postal has various publications for pin collectors (or "pin heads" as they call themselves). Then, they invented stamps... | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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In Lords and Ladies, Hodgesaargh the falconer reads Beaks & Talons, while Shawn Ogg reads Bows & Ammo. | |
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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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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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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 | |
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In Questionable Content, May reads Prolapse Monthly. | |
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The Magazine Rule | |
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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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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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Duckman is a reader of Bitter Crazed Loner Monthly. | |
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The Magazine Rule | |
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In El Goonish Shive, Tedd reads Cat Chicks. | |
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The Magazine Rule | |
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In the Doctor Who comedy-special The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, three Dalek prop-operators can be seen reading copies of Dalek Operator's Gazette. | |
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Doctor Who | hasFeature |
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The Magazine Rule | |
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Obscure Sports Quarterly in DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story. | |
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DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | hasFeature |
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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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In South Park Cartman's mother apparently appeared on the cover of Crack Whore Magazine. | |
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South Park | hasFeature |
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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 | |
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In Family Guy, we learn that Cleveland subscribes to black-guy magazines like Grape Soda Today. | |
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Family Guy | hasFeature |
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The Magazine Rule | |
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In one Bob & Ray interview, they're discussing hobbies with the editor of Wasting Time Magazine. | |
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The Magazine Rule | |
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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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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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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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Gravity Falls has several of these, starting with Grunkle Stan's Gold Chains for Old Men Magazine, and later Fully Clothed Women. In a later episode, Wendy tries to avoid answering an uncomfortable question by burying her face in a copy of Avoiding Eye Contact Monthly. |
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Gravity Falls | hasFeature |
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One of the findable items in Evil Dead: Hail to the King is a magazine specialized for Hillbilly Moonshiners, which provides tips to repurpose any undrinkable results (namely how to create fuel and healing items with mushrooms). | |
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