As if
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Can provoke Fridge Logic when aliens who plainly evolved in an environment similar to Earth call it thisas if their homeworlds were any different.
Source: Insignificant Little Blue Planet -
Though it takes place in Japan in The '70s, with modern technology plainly visible, the characters all dress and act as if they were in The Wild West.
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Averted right at the end of Ocarina of Time when the final boss rears up in front of you and the bold letters plainly and simply state "GANON", as if the game itself were incapable of describing the horrendous monster in front of you as anything else.
Source: Boss Subtitles
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