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== Film ==
== Film ==
* ''[[Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs]]'' features this in every news report scene, the best being when the food raining is first announced, and a standard crawl of weather in various cities changes to "Whaaaat the heck is that cheeseburgers raining right now?! Sorry, back to the ticker."
* ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'' features this in every news report scene, the best being when the food raining is first announced, and a standard crawl of weather in various cities changes to "Whaaaat the heck is that cheeseburgers raining right now?! Sorry, back to the ticker."
** An earlier crawl includes "Stay tuned for 'Wet Pets': 2 hours of puppies caught in the rain" and "Tsunami warning in Wichita confuses many."
** An earlier crawl includes "Stay tuned for 'Wet Pets': 2 hours of puppies caught in the rain" and "Tsunami warning in Wichita confuses many."
* ''[[The Simpsons Movie (Film)|The Simpsons Movie]]'':
* ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'':
{{quote| '''WATCH "ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A CELEBRITY?" - WEDNESDAYS ON FOX. [[Lampshade Hanging|THAT'S RIGHT, WE EVEN ADVERTISE SHOWS DURING MOVIES NOW]].'''}}
{{quote| '''WATCH "ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A CELEBRITY?" - WEDNESDAYS ON FOX. [[Lampshade Hanging|THAT'S RIGHT, WE EVEN ADVERTISE SHOWS DURING MOVIES NOW]].'''}}




== Live Action TV ==
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]'' has featured a fake news crawl with headlines such as "Panda Murder-Suicide Shocks China"; "Wolf Blitzer Injured In Wolf Blitz"; "Mysterious Visitor From Future Wins Lottery Again"; "Anne Heche Leaves Husband For Pony."
* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' has featured a fake news crawl with headlines such as "Panda Murder-Suicide Shocks China"; "Wolf Blitzer Injured In Wolf Blitz"; "Mysterious Visitor From Future Wins Lottery Again"; "Anne Heche Leaves Husband For Pony."
* The Australian comedy series ''CNNNN'' featured a fake news crawl during every episode. One episode even had a news crawl that summarised the original news crawl, and one had a news crawl for the vision impaired which basically filled the entire screen (in other words, you only saw three or four letters of the crawl at a time). You can view every one of these crawls [http://www2b.abc.net.au/cnnnn/gbk/newsbar/default0210.shtm here], y'know, if you're bored.
* The Australian comedy series ''CNNNN'' featured a fake news crawl during every episode. One episode even had a news crawl that summarised the original news crawl, and one had a news crawl for the vision impaired which basically filled the entire screen (in other words, you only saw three or four letters of the crawl at a time). You can view every one of these crawls [http://www2b.abc.net.au/cnnnn/gbk/newsbar/default0210.shtm here], y'know, if you're bored.
* Used on ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' and its spinoffs, whenever footage from BBC News or the fictional AMNN news channels appear.
* Used on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and its spinoffs, whenever footage from BBC News or the fictional AMNN news channels appear.




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* Chamillionaire's video for ''Hip Hop Police'' runs the names of rappers wanted by police on a fake news program's crawl.
* Chamillionaire's video for ''Hip Hop Police'' runs the names of rappers wanted by police on a fake news program's crawl.
* The video for A Perfect Circle's [[The Cover Changes the Meaning|creepy cover of "Imagine"]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dunKAwRN3P8 has a fake news crawl].
* The video for A Perfect Circle's [[The Cover Changes the Meaning|creepy cover of "Imagine"]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dunKAwRN3P8 has a fake news crawl].
* The song "Bad Day" by [[REM]] has a video that spoofs news reports, complete with a crawl filled with spoof news items such as "[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] was born in 1937, could be expected to live for many more years even if he was captured".
* The song "Bad Day" by [[REM]] has a video that spoofs news reports, complete with a crawl filled with spoof news items such as "[[Doctor Who]] was born in 1937, could be expected to live for many more years even if he was captured".
* The lyric video of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYVHZFukzc Another Way to Die]" by [[Disturbed (Music)|Disturbed]] does this with the lyrics crawling across the bottom of the screen.
* The lyric video of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYVHZFukzc Another Way to Die]" by [[Disturbed]] does this with the lyrics crawling across the bottom of the screen.




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== Webcomics ==
== Webcomics ==
* In the ''[[Ozy and Millie (Webcomic)|Ozy and Millie]]'' series about Isolde becoming a reporter, the news story she's covering features in its crawl "A public service announcement followed me home the other day" (a reference to [[REM (Music)|REM]]'s song "Bad Day" and possibly the music video for the same; see above) and "Help me I'm shrinking."
* In the ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'' series about Isolde becoming a reporter, the news story she's covering features in its crawl "A public service announcement followed me home the other day" (a reference to [[REM]]'s song "Bad Day" and possibly the music video for the same; see above) and "Help me I'm shrinking."




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== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Pixar Shorts|George & A.J.]]'', a short film by [[Pixar]] related to ''[[Up (Film)|Up]]'', has this during the news report, and it makes humorous references to the feature film, among other things.
* ''[[Pixar Shorts|George & A.J.]]'', a short film by [[Pixar]] related to ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]'', has this during the news report, and it makes humorous references to the feature film, among other things.
* In one episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law]]'', which parodied the War on Terror, Phil Ken Sebben installed a news crawl in the cafeteria.
* In one episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', which parodied the War on Terror, Phil Ken Sebben installed a news crawl in the cafeteria.
** The news crawl actually appears at the beginning of the obligatory court scene as well, where Mentok tries to predict what it's going to say next before finally just shutting it off.
** The news crawl actually appears at the beginning of the obligatory court scene as well, where Mentok tries to predict what it's going to say next before finally just shutting it off.
* On ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'', one episode showed the Krusty the Clown appearing on Fox News, with an identical news ticker that lampooned Fox News' conservative bias (featuring headlines like "Do Democrats cause cancer?" and "Rupert Murdoch: Terrific Dancer"). [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/oct/29/tvnews.internationalnews Fox News was not amused]
* On ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', one episode showed the Krusty the Clown appearing on Fox News, with an identical news ticker that lampooned Fox News' conservative bias (featuring headlines like "Do Democrats cause cancer?" and "Rupert Murdoch: Terrific Dancer"). [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/oct/29/tvnews.internationalnews Fox News was not amused]
* The into to Karl's "Monkey News" segment on ''[[The Ricky Gervais Show]]'' features a monkey newscaster with a crawl reading "EEEP... SCREECH... OOOH..."
* The into to Karl's "Monkey News" segment on ''[[The Ricky Gervais Show]]'' features a monkey newscaster with a crawl reading "EEEP... SCREECH... OOOH..."