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* ''[[Toy Story]]'' includes the claw-game worshiping Little Green Men, who hold "the claaaaaaaw" in high regard because it will choose and deliver them to a better place. Fast forward to Toy Story 3, near the end {{spoiler|when the entire group is holding hands as they await their inevitable death in an incinerator- only to look up as see a gigantic crane claw scoop them up}}.
* ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]'': "Squirrel!"
* For a series with a lot of [[Continuity Nod
{{quote|'''Marty:''' "Better get used to those bars, kid."}}
* ''[[Rock and Roll High School]]'' loves this trope. While the heroine skips school for three days to stand in line for [[The Ramones|Ramones]] tickets, her best friend delivers fake notes to the principal to excuse her absence. The first says the heroine's father died, the second says her mother died, and third says [[Murder Arson and Jaywalking|her goldfish died]]. Later, the principal calls the heroine in with proof that the notes were fake; the goldfish, alive and well! Later we see the principal's two idiot assistants eat the goldfish.
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* ''[[Home Improvement]]'' was rather fond of these:
** In the episode "Quest for Fire", the [[Cold Open]] shows Tim Taylor trying to use rocket fuel to light a barbecue grill. This results in Tim [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csFmM1xsaTQ launching the grill into low orbit], in a gag that's seemingly unrelated to the rest of the episode. Later, the Taylors are on vacation at a lake, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZOxRRYQM7E at the end of the episode], right before the ending credits, Tim and Jill are walking away from the lake when the barbecue grill splashes down.
** "'Twas the Flight Before Christmas" has several jokes early on about Tim using [[Absurdly Bright Light
* In one episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', [[It Makes Sense in Context|Shawn stops Cory from giving Topanga flowers]] by snatching them from him and handing them to a jock who happens to walk by in the school hallway. It's a brief gag that isn't given much attention. Then, several scenes later, Cory and Shawn are alone in a classroom doing [[Comic Role Play]] that involves Cory saying "I love you" to Shawn. They look up and see that same jock standing in the doorway holding the flowers and watching them, who then throws the flowers on the floor and walks away in anger.
* A third season episode of [[3rd Rock from the Sun]] had Dick and Mary engaging in an ever-escalating prank war, where Dick has Mary's desk removed, sends her a fake letter from then-president [[Bill Clinton]], and gets a garage to add massive speakers and flame decals to her Volvo. In response, Mary gets Dick's hands (and face) stuck to his desk with thermal bond epoxy. While Dick is slowly, and painfully, removed, they finally come to a truce. Mere seconds afterward, they hear a loud, booming noise from outside.
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