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* In ''[[All in The Family]]'' Archie & Mike ("Meathead") have a bet as to who can hold out longer: Archie without a cigar or Mike without food. Archie starts to tempt Mike by eating in front of him; Mike counters by smoking cigars in front of Archie. They finally decide to end in a draw, with Mike eating and Archie lighting up on the count of three. On "3" Mike puts food in his mouth but Archie draws the match away from his cigar, with a "Ha!"

** Also, when Mike finds several cigars Archie stashed:

'''Mike:''' Don't say "honey", Gloria. }}

* In "[[Three's Company]]" Janet talks Chrissy and Jack into a bet that Chrissy could go longer without food than Jack could go without girls. What Jack didn't know (because he wouldn't let Janet tell him) was that {{spoiler|one of his (many) old flames had just arrived in town.}}

* In the ''[[M*A*S*H|Mash]]'' episode "No Laughing Matter", Hawkeye makes a bet with B.J. that he can go a full day without joking about anything. Naturally, the episode has him being presented with an unusually large number of openings for wisecracks, all of which he lets loose on the PA system at 12:01 AM the next day.

* A starving Lister in the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode ''Marooned'' suffers from this - Rimmer's library consists of the likes of Charles Lamb, Herman Wok, Francis Bacon and Eric Van Lustbader.

'''Lister:''' Van. Bread van. Meat van. FOOD! }}

* In ''[[Reaper]]'', Alan Townsend escapes from his deal with the devil by winning a poker game. The condition of his release is that he is forbidden to sin again or he goes directly back to Hell. The problem with this is that he's a [[The Gambling Addict|gambling addict]] and gambling is a sin. He eventually ends up back in Hell when the devil arranges for his plane to be grounded in Las Vegas.

* The wife of Reba's ex-husband goes on a diet in one episode of ''[[Reba]]''. The fact that she was tempted by a basket of potpourri enough to ask if it was real fruit or if it was "fresh" is proof of her struggle.

* ''[[The Office]]'': Invoked by Jim when corporate announces that all [[Double Entendres]] in the office are to stop including Michael's favorite joke "Thats what she said."

'''Michael: (blurts out)''' ''Thats what she said.'' }}

* In an episode of ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'', Jerry, the office [[Butt Monkey]], is mugged. When Jerry comes back to work, Leslie decides, to the annoyance of everyone else, that it's [[Too Soon]] to make fun of Jerry like normal. Cue Jerry doing a million snark-worthy things.

'''Leslie''': Tom, Muncie is a lovely city. }}

* In ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' episode "Be My Baby Tonight", Ashley asks Will about sex. Will tries not to think about it, but then he suddenly hears double entendres everywhere. When Ashley's boyfriend comes in for their date, he asks if she's ready ("NO MAN SHE'S ONLY 13!"). Then, on the TV, the game announcer asks "Where is the most unusual place you've made whoopee?" Then, when Will turns on the radio, all that comes on is the song "I Wanna Sex You Up" (which is a real song). Carlton comes in and says he's late for his date with his girlfriend who can "tie a knot with her tongue". Then Hilary walks in asking where all the whipped cream went. Will finally yells "What is it with your preoccupation with sex!"

* ''[[Bobwhite]]''. Cleo is infatuated with Ben and doesn't know whether or not to act on it. She starts seeing Ben everywhere... [http://www.bobwhitecomics.com/?webcomic_post=20090403 because his picture is on all the college's promotional material.]

* Jacob from ''[[Shortpacked]]'' is a recovering sex addict...and unwilling [[Chick Magnet]]. This being Shortpacked, it's turned [[Up to Eleven]]: during the "Ultracar meets his creator" arc, he stumbles onto an eccentric millionaire's [[Hot Librarian]] collection and has to fend off their advances. The arc after that, he ends up being propositioned for a threesome by two beautiful women without saying a word himself. {{spoiler|And after all that, he ends up sleeping with Amber's mom, causing him to briefly retreat into his apartment out of shame.}}

* In ''[[Sinfest]]'' Squigley had combined [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2255 porn/pot/alcohol] withdrawal. Going outside [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2257 doesn't help]. [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2258 Though one might have a few doubt when he starts to say there's no escape.]

** In one episode Homer orders a gun. He has to wait an entire week before getting his gun, and all he can see during the week are targets (a truck bearing the Target logo, a row of ducks, his sisters-in-law, Ned Flanders... Ned Flanders again...).

** ''[[The Simpsons]]'' also uses it when Lisa turns vegetarian and when Homer gives up beer (including literally bombarding him with beer cans)

** Lisa was addicted to the "Cory Hotline" and is forced to never call it from home. She cheats and uses the school's phone. With Marge's help she resolves to spend a whole day without calling, made incredibly difficult because of withdrawal-like symptoms and Maggie playing with a toy phone. Although it seems that she fell asleep dialing the hotline, Marge finds out she succeeded after all, and only dialed information to know the time and prove she went the whole day.

** In "The City of New York versus Homer Simpson", town drunk Barney Gumble is declared the evening's designated driver. Of course, that's the night that Duff Beer spokeman "Duffman" shows up to put on the party that Barney won (but obviously can't take part in).

** In a comic book, Marge makes Homer agree to eat only one donut a day. As he drives to work, he sees a donut-shaped cloud. Then more such clouds. And then a cloud shaped like an open box full of donuts, with the words "EAT US, HOMER" written on it. Naturally, he does not stick to the plan for long.

*** That was the first issue. He does sort of stick to the plan, but cheats.

** In the episode "The Last Temptation of Homer", Homer is attracted to his co-worker, Mindy, and tries to watch television to take his mind off her:

''(Homer changes channels to a nature documentary)''<br />

'''Narrator:''' The Burmese Melon Fly has over a thousand sex partners, and suffers virtually no guilt-<br />

* On an episode of ''[[Moral Orel]]'', Orel was grounded from church for a month. He started seeing churches everywhere, thought everyone was saying the word "church", had very weird dreams and even dressed like a church.

* ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' have a 'no laughing' vow forced on them (on threat of being transferred to the school on the tough side of town), just in time for Buzzcut's starting up Sex Ed class.

* One episode of ''[[Dennis the Menace UK]]'' featured an [[Eccentric Millionaire]] who challenged Dennis' town not to watch the telly for a whole month and promised to give the town one million if they win. At the last day, Dennis and his friends convinced him to watch TV (which he claimed he never did before during his whole life). The millionaire decided to give the money anyway.

* One ''[[House of Mouse]]'' era short had Daisy getting fed up with Donald's anger issues, and betting that he couldn't go through their date without flying into rage. Goofy ends up being their waiter. You can see where this is going... {{spoiler|but it's a subversion. Daisy's the one who gets mad. Donald remains perfectly fine during the date. That is, [[Double Subversion|until he gets the bill]].}}