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* ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]''
** Woogles become this in "Arthur Rides the Bandwagon". Arthur at first scoffs at the idea of Woogles, saying they look "dweeby". Soon enough, however, everyone in his class has a Woogle; by the time Arthur has a nightmare about being ostracized due to not having a Woogle, they're all sold out of the stores. Muffy has the rare ones, and has a guidebook on how much each is worth; the one she offers to sell to Arthur is worth ''thirty dollars''. Grandma Thora tries to explain that it's just a fad, using David's pet rock as an example, but Arthur doesn't understand until he makes bottlecaps the new trend.
** D.W. gets into a not-My Little Pony franchise of unicorns in "D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy." The plot starts when her mother tells her that it would take months for her to save her allowance to
* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' had an episode where Dexter and his friends went to a local comic convention, only to end up in the wrong area. Rather than join a room of space nerds, they end up in a land of doll collectors, who yell at them for ripping a box open. Though Dexter defeats their champion in a fair fight, they have to leave disguised as collectible dolls to enter the space area. And it turns out they look like collectible figures from said space franchise...
* A ''[[Gravity Falls]]'' ad for Journal 3 in real life parodied this. Kristen Schaal, who plays Mabel tried marketing customizable book sweaters for the journals. Jason Ritter, who plays Dipper, asks what kind of "creep" would buy them. [[Answer Cut]] to show creator Alex Hirsch saying, "I'll take ten" before upending a shelf of journals. Kristen grins and says there are a lot of creeps in the world, and she's counting on them.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' showed off DNAmy's Cuddle Buddies. She actually tried to sell life-sized versions legitimately.
* In ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series]]'', "Brina Baby" involves Sabrina's inner child Brina getting loose when she takes an oath to give up magic and becomes a workaholic. Among Brina's pranks include stealing all the Itsy Bitsy Babies in town and piling them in the Spellman household. Even the cop who has been checking on the Spellmans finds his Itsy Bitsy Babies missing, and he had trackers planted in them.
* ''[[Recess]]''
** "The Game" treats Ajimbo pieces as this, because the winner of each match collects the loser's tile pieces. While people can buy more game pieces at Kelso's store, they take pride in collecting the tiles.
** "The Legend of Big Kid" starts with Vince and T.J. comparing baseball cards before kindergarteners ambush them. When the kindergartners turn T.J. into one of them, so he thinks that he is "Big Kid," Vince snaps him out of it by showing him the card of his favorite baseball player.
** "Bonky Fever" shows Mikey having a preteen life crisis after his mother tells him that after he turns ten, she can't walk him to the bus anymore. He starts collecting Bonky the Green Dragon merchandise, which makes him the laughingstock of the school. His friends try to snap him out of it by confiscating the merchandise and handing it over to Miss Finster, but he has to have a talk with his mother about how he's scared of growing up to break the obsession.
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