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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* During the first season of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', mercenaries Sosuke and Kurz are trapped behind enemy lines with a civilian, Kaname, that [[Escort Mission|they have to protect]]. Low on ammo, Kurz wounded, and enemy forces surrounding them, Kaname mentions ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'', specifically bringing up its [[Bolivian Army Ending]]. Kurz doesn't take it well. Sosuke, with help, [[Take a Third Option|Takes a Third Option]].

== [[Film]] ==

* Near the conclusion of ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'', [[Adult Child|Billy]] and his partner, [[Only Sane Man|Taggart]], find themselves outnumbered and pinned down by enemy gunfire. Despite the gravity of their situation, it's made clear that Billy is having the time of his life, as he gleefully recalls how [[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]] found themeselves in a similar situation when facing the [[Bolivian Army Ending|Bolivian Army.]] Taggart tells Billy, if they make it out alive, he's going to make him pay.

== [[Literature]] ==

* In the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' series, one young cat's spine is broken when a tree falls and she's pinned by the branches. Jayfeather, the medicine cat, tries to encourage her by telling her how ShadowClan once had a cat with a similar injury and had told him about their experiences. Unfortunately, ShadowClan's warrior had ended up dying because of complications with it, which doesn't encourage Jayfeather's patient much.

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* In ''[[Scrubs]]'', Eliot often tries to cheer people up by remembering one of her relatives being in a similar situation. These stories all end with the relative committing suicide.

* Inverted in an episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', in which the gang tell anecdotes within anecdotes within anecdotes all trying to convince Ted not to do something. All of them have bad endings except for one. Barney's. Because he's crazy.

== [[Video Games]] ==

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Kevyn in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' once [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-09-27 reminded] a lieutenant about military anecdotes on how the different branches handle the task at hand. They eventually got their punchline, although they play with it:

{{quote|'''Ebbirnoth''': So when you say you want the building secured...

'''Kevyn''': I don't want a punchline.}}

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'':

** In the episode about the cave of two lovers, the hippie nomad who tells the Gaang about the secret cave, sings to them a song about it. The song ends with "...aaaand death!".

** The "Secret Tunnel" song in "Cave of Two Lovers" actually ends with "and diiiieeeee", as the hippie musician who was singing it finally remembered the last words of said song.

* One of the more famous scenes of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' invokes this; the mysterious tale of ''[[The Ugly Barnacle]]''.

== Other Media ==

* [[Played for Laughs]] in Stephen Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2007 when he compares G.W. Bush's presidency to [[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]:

{{quote|"''... But does he stay down? NO! Like Rocky, he GETS BACK UP and IN THE END HE actually loses in the first movie... um...''"}}

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