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* ''[[Hellblazer]]''. Subverted in that it quickly turns into [[Nightmare Fuel]]. Luckily it was [[All Just a Dream]].

* Marvel had several Swimsuit Specials in the 90's featuring such exotic locales as Dinosaur Island, Madripoor, and the Dark Side of the Moon.

* A lighter issue of ''Strangers in Paradise'' takes place on the beach following a serious story arc.

* A lighter issue of ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'' takes place on the beach following a serious story arc.

* The main characters of ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' go to the beach in ''Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together''. The sequence is the only coloured part of the otherwise black-and-white series.

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== Films -- Live-Action ==

* Consider the plethora of Beachy movies that came out in the 60's, nearly all, seemingly, starring Annette Funicello and/or Frankie Avalon. The list includes (but is not limited to) ''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'', ''Beach Blanket Bingo'', ''Bikini Beach'', ''Muscle Beach Party'', and the eponymous, ''Beach Party''. Not much fanservice by today's standards, perhaps, but at the time, they were consider passably risqué.

* Consider the plethora of Beachy movies that came out in the 60's, nearly all, seemingly, starring Annette Funicello and/or Frankie Avalon. The list includes (but is not limited to) ''[[How to Stuff a Wild Bikini]]'', ''[[Beach Blanket Bingo]]'', ''[[Bikini Beach]]'', ''[[Muscle Beach Party]]'', and the eponymous, ''[[Beach Party]]''. Not much fanservice by today's standards, perhaps, but at the time, they were consider passably risqué.

* See also ''[[Gidget]]'', its movie sequels, and the subsequent TV series.

* ''[[Into the Blue]]'' has Jessica Alba wearing a bikini, but, as ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' notes, not much of a plot.

* ''Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise''

* ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]] II: Nerds in Paradise''

== Literature ==

* Can a non-visual ''book'' have a Beach Episode? Apparently so! In Larry Bond's ''First Team'' series, the main character, basically a [[Cowboy Cop]] of spies, once refuses to meet his overseer anywhere but on a beach. In a Middle Eastern country where women's swimsuits come in only two sizes: tiny, and microscopic. ''And she does it!'' In another scene, one of his female agents is wearing a tiny [[Product Placement|Wicked Weasel]] bikini.

* Can a non-visual ''book'' have a Beach Episode? Apparently so! In Larry Bond's ''[[First Team]]'' series, the main character, basically a [[Cowboy Cop]] of spies, once refuses to meet his overseer anywhere but on a beach. In a Middle Eastern country where women's swimsuits come in only two sizes: tiny, and microscopic. ''And she does it!'' In another scene, one of his female agents is wearing a tiny [[Product Placement|Wicked Weasel]] bikini.

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== Real Life ==

* The U.S. 2008 Presidential Election had one of these. In between serious debates on Energy Policy, Climate Change, Terrorism, and Healthcare Reform, someone leaked a picture of [http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=5jP&resnum=0&q=barack%20obama%20swimsuit&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi/ ~~President Barack Obama~~ in a swimsuit] and a media storm ensued. All serious discussions were put on hold for the day while every major news network focused on then-Senator Obama's washboard abs. Only in America.

* The U.S. 2008 Presidential Election had one of these. In between serious debates on Energy Policy, Climate Change, Terrorism, and Healthcare Reform, someone leaked a picture of not-yet-President [[Barack Obama]] [http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=5jP&resnum=0&q=barack%20obama%20swimsuit&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi/ in a swimsuit] and a media storm ensued. All serious discussions were put on hold for the day while every major news network focused on then-Senator Obama's washboard abs. Only in America.

** And then, a couple weeks later when Sarah Palin was announced as the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, the media spent another day focused on a clearly faked picture of [http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/palin.asp her in a bikini holding a gun.]