Point out
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- A somewhat meta-example in Gunnerkrigg Court: In one page the readers didn't recognize Eglamore, so whenever he now appears, Tom will always point out to them that it's Eglamore.
Source: Never Live It Down / Other Media -
Blunt Metaphors Trauma: Usually averted, as KITT can recognize sayings and sometimes uses them himself, often prefaced by "as they say." But sometimes he does need Michael to point out that a phrase was just a figure of speech.
Source: Series / Knight Rider -
The second Next Generation episode The Naked Now had the computer point out that it was almost exactly the same thing that happened to Kirk and company in The Naked Time, only for nobody to recognize the name.
Source: Legendary in the Sequel
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