Examples: Itchy & Scratchy from The Simpsons, The Scary Door from Futurama, or The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky.

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    18 days ago

    The Princess Bride is one of my favorite examples of this, especially because the “story within the story” is the main story, which is unusual.