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*** When Angel bites Buffy in season 3, we see her crushing a helmet with one hand, as well as hearing her panting -- another example of "biting as sex" within the Buffyverse.
*** When Angel bites Buffy in season 3, we see her crushing a helmet with one hand, as well as hearing her panting -- another example of "biting as sex" within the Buffyverse.
*** Another "biting as sex" example in the Buffyverse is during the Season 5 premiere, when Dracula shapeshifts himself into Buffy's room by turning into mist that floats in through her window (like a secret lover sneaking in), remarking on Buffy's scar from where Angel bit her, and then biting her on the other side, after which he tells her to take a taste of him. The next day, she ''really'' doesn't want anyone, especially Riley, to see her scar, like it's evidence of a shameful one-night stand.
*** Another "biting as sex" example in the Buffyverse is during the Season 5 premiere, when Dracula shapeshifts himself into Buffy's room by turning into mist that floats in through her window (like a secret lover sneaking in), remarking on Buffy's scar from where Angel bit her, and then biting her on the other side, after which he tells her to take a taste of him. The next day, she ''really'' doesn't want anyone, especially Riley, to see her scar, like it's evidence of a shameful one-night stand.
** In the season six episode "Wrecked" Willow get addicted to visiting an extremely powerful wizard by the name of Rack. He's referred to as "dealing" and Willow's experiences are more than a little trippy. The people in the lobby are all strung-out and when Willow leaves with Dawn, her eyes are dark and she's a little "off." To make matters worse, Willow treats the demon as a hallucination.
** In the season six episode "Wrecked" Willow get addicted to visiting an extremely powerful wizard by the name of Rack. He's referred to as "dealing" and Willow's experiences are more than a little trippy. The people in the lobby are all strung-out and when Willow leaves with Dawn, her eyes are dark and she's a little "off." To make matters worse, Willow treats the demon as a hallucination.
*** Magic is also treated as sex in the same episode, with Willow writhing with her shirt open.
*** Magic is also treated as sex in the same episode, with Willow writhing with her shirt open.
*** And combining the awakening lesbianism = magic and drugs = magic metaphors makes for some [[Unfortunate Implications]].
*** And combining the awakening lesbianism = magic and drugs = magic metaphors makes for some [[Unfortunate Implications]].
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** Spike's [[Enemy Mine]] alliance with Buffy is treated like infidelity.
** Spike's [[Enemy Mine]] alliance with Buffy is treated like infidelity.
{{quote|'''Spike:''' I told her [Drusilla] it didn't mean anything, I was thinking of her the whole time, but she didn't care.}}
{{quote|'''Spike:''' I told her [Drusilla] it didn't mean anything, I was thinking of her the whole time, but she didn't care.}}
* ''[[Angel]]'' 2x06: Angel: "Were you in Virginia?" Wesley: "That's besides the point."
* ''[[Angel]]'' 2x06: Angel: "Were you in Virginia?" Wesley: "That's besides the point."
** In 2x17, "Disharmony", Harmony tries to explain to Cordelia that she's a vampire. Instead it sounds like she's coming out as a lesbian and expressing a crush on Cordelia.
** In 2x17, "Disharmony", Harmony tries to explain to Cordelia that she's a vampire. Instead it sounds like she's coming out as a lesbian and expressing a crush on Cordelia.
** In the episode "The Vision-Thing" Wesley mentions a Chinese herbal shop called Wang Ho Dong, getting a long look from Gunn.
** In the episode "The Vision-Thing" Wesley mentions a Chinese herbal shop called Wang Ho Dong, getting a long look from Gunn.
** In "Spin the Bottle" amnesiac Fred thinks she may have been abducted by aliens, and rambles about how they must have done terrible things to her naked, helpless body. In response Wesley's wrist-blade pops out spontaneously.
** In "Spin the Bottle" amnesiac Fred thinks she may have been abducted by aliens, and rambles about how they must have done terrible things to her naked, helpless body. In response Wesley's wrist-blade pops out spontaneously.
* In ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'', episode ''Dollhouse'', [[Brother-Sister Incest|Justin and Alex]] fight again. Then, she suddenly jumps, laughs like a little kid and hugs him tightly. The conversation goes like this:
* In ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'', episode ''Dollhouse'', [[Brother-Sister Incest|Justin and Alex]] fight again. Then, she suddenly jumps, laughs like a little kid and hugs him tightly. The conversation goes like this:
{{quote|'''Alex:''' There you go, there's the fight I was looking for! ''(pause)'' Now you feel better? ''(she hugs him)''
{{quote|'''Alex:''' There you go, there's the fight I was looking for! ''(pause)'' Now you feel better? ''(she hugs him)''
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** This may be a legitimate interpretation given that Geoffrey was always portrayed as resenting everything the family makes him put up with, and, more generally, American culture has always tended to feel that using a household servant comes uncomfortably close to using a slave.
** This may be a legitimate interpretation given that Geoffrey was always portrayed as resenting everything the family makes him put up with, and, more generally, American culture has always tended to feel that using a household servant comes uncomfortably close to using a slave.
** Also consider that Geoffrey is working for his citizenship, which Will and Carlton hid and denied him, the show alludes to not only slavery but indentured servants, who often worked for the right to live in the United States (one way to raise the funds needed for your passage was to agree to a period of indentured servitude in exchange).
** Also consider that Geoffrey is working for his citizenship, which Will and Carlton hid and denied him, the show alludes to not only slavery but indentured servants, who often worked for the right to live in the United States (one way to raise the funds needed for your passage was to agree to a period of indentured servitude in exchange).
* In ''[[The Tick]]'' episode "Arthur, Interrupted", coming out as a superhero is described the same way as homosexuality, and later as a drug addiction. They even stage an intervention.
* In ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' episode "Arthur, Interrupted", coming out as a superhero is described the same way as homosexuality, and later as a drug addiction. They even stage an intervention.
* In ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'':
* In ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'':
** One episode treated Dick's obsession with collecting a brand of plush animals curiously similar to Beanie Babies as a drinking addiction, culminating with an "intervention" from the other characters. Subverted at the end of the episode where Dick explains that he's given up on the collecting and taken up drinking instead.
** One episode treated Dick's obsession with collecting a brand of plush animals curiously similar to Beanie Babies as a drinking addiction, culminating with an "intervention" from the other characters. Subverted at the end of the episode where Dick explains that he's given up on the collecting and taken up drinking instead.
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* ''[[Dharma and Greg]]'' had an episode where the title characters decided that they needed "couple friends", i.e. other married couples to hang out with. They then went to the bookstore and tried to "pick up" other couples. After befriending a couple, Dharma found that couple with ''another'' couple and accused them of "cheating" on her and Greg.
* ''[[Dharma and Greg]]'' had an episode where the title characters decided that they needed "couple friends", i.e. other married couples to hang out with. They then went to the bookstore and tried to "pick up" other couples. After befriending a couple, Dharma found that couple with ''another'' couple and accused them of "cheating" on her and Greg.
** A similar thing happened in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' when Marshall and Lily found a new couple to hang out with after Barney and Robin dumped them. It even has a [[Redemption in the Rain]] scene.
** A similar thing happened in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' when Marshall and Lily found a new couple to hang out with after Barney and Robin dumped them. It even has a [[Redemption in the Rain]] scene.
** The same happens with Helen and Joe in ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]''.
** The same happens with Helen and Joe in ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]''.
* A ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' episode had Liz stressing out over a co-op board failing to call her. This is played out as though it's about a date ignoring her. Eventually, she tells them "You know what, I've moved on. I bought a whole bunch of apartments! I bought a black apartment."
* A ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' episode had Liz stressing out over a co-op board failing to call her. This is played out as though it's about a date ignoring her. Eventually, she tells them "You know what, I've moved on. I bought a whole bunch of apartments! I bought a black apartment."
* The opening of ''[[Dexter]]'' shows Dexter's morning routine. Or is it his murder routine? Wait, what are you planning on doing with that dental floss?
* The opening of ''[[Dexter]]'' shows Dexter's morning routine. Or is it his murder routine? Wait, what are you planning on doing with that dental floss?
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* Two torture sessions with a water theme or metaphor. A tiny nation invaded by a vast empire for uncertain reasons fights back with suicide bombers. And oh yeah, a surprise attack on an unsuspecting country that changes their entire political and cultural outlook. Watch ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' long enough and it will remind you of something in contemporary American politics.
* Two torture sessions with a water theme or metaphor. A tiny nation invaded by a vast empire for uncertain reasons fights back with suicide bombers. And oh yeah, a surprise attack on an unsuspecting country that changes their entire political and cultural outlook. Watch ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' long enough and it will remind you of something in contemporary American politics.
* The HBO series ''[[True Blood]]'' contains so much subtext about vampire rights that some might find the not-so-subtle parallels a bit tiresome. "God Hates Fangs"? Even vampire puns are still [[A Worldwide Punomenon|bad puns]]. Besides, everyone knows that [[Harry Potter (novel)|werewolves]] [[Fanon|are actually gay]], while our favorite bloodsuckers prefer beautiful women.
* The HBO series ''[[True Blood]]'' contains so much subtext about vampire rights that some might find the not-so-subtle parallels a bit tiresome. "God Hates Fangs"? Even vampire puns are still [[A Worldwide Punomenon|bad puns]]. Besides, everyone knows that [[Harry Potter (novel)|werewolves]] [[Fanon|are actually gay]], while our favorite bloodsuckers prefer beautiful women.
** Not to mention every feeding being a very obvious allusion to sex, cluminating in one very particular episode. Both Bill and Eric were burned and needed healing. Follow, a frame of Sookie sitting between them, with a very meaningful expression on her face, while each vampire is sucking at a different wrist of hers. Fans had a lot to think about that night.
** Not to mention every feeding being a very obvious allusion to sex, cluminating in one very particular episode. Both Bill and Eric were burned and needed healing. Follow, a frame of Sookie sitting between them, with a very meaningful expression on her face, while each vampire is sucking at a different wrist of hers. Fans had a lot to think about that night.
* [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=185177&title=daily/colbert-just-a-quickie This] clip from ''[[The Daily Show]]'', as if there wasn't enough Jon/Stephen [[Ho Yay]] already.
* [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=185177&title=daily/colbert-just-a-quickie This] clip from ''[[The Daily Show]]'', as if there wasn't enough Jon/Stephen [[Ho Yay]] already.
* Very much dramatic rather than comedic, but in season 3 of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' {{spoiler|Sylar breaks into Claire's house and succeeds in stealing her [[Healing Factor|power]], but does it without killing her unlike his previous victims. The experience visibly shakes Claire and she describes Sylar as "taking something that was hers." She then wants to learn how to fight so she can "help people", but after her biological mother Meredith puts her through [[Training From Hell]], Claire finally breaks and admits she doesn't want to fight so she can help people, but to find Sylar and "hurt him for hurting me!" The whole thing plays out as if Claire was a rape victim instead of somebody who had her superpower stolen (or copied, whatever).}}
* Very much dramatic rather than comedic, but in season 3 of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' {{spoiler|Sylar breaks into Claire's house and succeeds in stealing her [[Healing Factor|power]], but does it without killing her unlike his previous victims. The experience visibly shakes Claire and she describes Sylar as "taking something that was hers." She then wants to learn how to fight so she can "help people", but after her biological mother Meredith puts her through [[Training From Hell]], Claire finally breaks and admits she doesn't want to fight so she can help people, but to find Sylar and "hurt him for hurting me!" The whole thing plays out as if Claire was a rape victim instead of somebody who had her superpower stolen (or copied, whatever).}}
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*** "Stealing a woman's power" took on a whole new meaning.
*** "Stealing a woman's power" took on a whole new meaning.
** In Volume 4 (the second half of Season 3), the Gitmo imagery strays close to the line between this and a [[Take That]] directed at the Bush administration.
** In Volume 4 (the second half of Season 3), the Gitmo imagery strays close to the line between this and a [[Take That]] directed at the Bush administration.
*** Also Sylar's very creepy shapeshifting into his adoptive mother (aunt by marriage) and having conversations with her, having killed her in Volume 1, disturbingly resembles [[Psycho|Hitchcock's film about a mama's boy who impersonates his mother.]]
*** Also Sylar's very creepy shapeshifting into his adoptive mother (aunt by marriage) and having conversations with her, having killed her in Volume 1, disturbingly resembles [[Psycho|Hitchcock's film about a mama's boy who impersonates his mother.]]
* One episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' has Jordan telling Dr. Cox they're not going to fight anymore now that they have a baby. Dr. Cox ends up going a little crazy because Jordan won't fight with him anymore and it plays like as if she won't have sex with him anymore. This especially shows when he tells Carla about it.
* One episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' has Jordan telling Dr. Cox they're not going to fight anymore now that they have a baby. Dr. Cox ends up going a little crazy because Jordan won't fight with him anymore and it plays like as if she won't have sex with him anymore. This especially shows when he tells Carla about it.
{{quote|'''Carla:''' What's going on with you?
{{quote|'''Carla:''' What's going on with you?
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** The Spirit of Jazz has huge amounts of this trope when talking about how he plans to possess Howard. Repeatedly growling about how he's going to "Get inside him" and "Wear him like a glove". Howard even lampshades it by telling him to stop using terms which are such huge innuendos. The Spirit of Jazz has no idea what he means, of course.
** The Spirit of Jazz has huge amounts of this trope when talking about how he plans to possess Howard. Repeatedly growling about how he's going to "Get inside him" and "Wear him like a glove". Howard even lampshades it by telling him to stop using terms which are such huge innuendos. The Spirit of Jazz has no idea what he means, of course.
** Add to this the fact that when the Spirit of Jazz is trying to get inside Howard, the Spirit of Jazz is trapped in a hoover bag and is pointing the (rather phallic) nozzle at Howard's bottom.
** Add to this the fact that when the Spirit of Jazz is trying to get inside Howard, the Spirit of Jazz is trapped in a hoover bag and is pointing the (rather phallic) nozzle at Howard's bottom.
* One episode of ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' ends with a breakup between one of the main characters and a physicist he was falling in love with. They had already begun discussing having kids and everything, only it turns out that the breaking point was... one of them believes in string theory and the other in Loop Quantum Gravity, both different theories that attempt to solve the major modern problems in physics. To him, it doesn't seem like such a big deal, but to her, it was "How would we raise the children?!" The entire scene was played as of a strong religious disjoint between the couple that could not be reconciled. This parodies many real physicists' attitudes regarding String Theory -- which makes absolutely no testable predictions and is so mathematically complex and diverse that it takes decades to be able to contribute -- and any competitors.
* One episode of ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' ends with a breakup between one of the main characters and a physicist he was falling in love with. They had already begun discussing having kids and everything, only it turns out that the breaking point was... one of them believes in string theory and the other in Loop Quantum Gravity, both different theories that attempt to solve the major modern problems in physics. To him, it doesn't seem like such a big deal, but to her, it was "How would we raise the children?!" The entire scene was played as of a strong religious disjoint between the couple that could not be reconciled. This parodies many real physicists' attitudes regarding String Theory -- which makes absolutely no testable predictions and is so mathematically complex and diverse that it takes decades to be able to contribute -- and any competitors.
** A later episode involves an "intervention", staged to convince Sheldon that he needs to learn to drive.
** A later episode involves an "intervention", staged to convince Sheldon that he needs to learn to drive.
* In most episodes where Leonard and Penny fight Sheldon is often portrayed like the child of a dysfunctional family, with the previous two fulfilling the roles of argumentative parents.
* In most episodes where Leonard and Penny fight Sheldon is often portrayed like the child of a dysfunctional family, with the previous two fulfilling the roles of argumentative parents.
* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Barney refuses to support that his gay, black brother is going to marry a white guy. Not because of the gay marriage thing, but because it is a ''marriage''. He tells everyone how it is going to destroy singles everywhere, and he ends up telling his nephew that "Just because you are being raised by married people doesn't mean that you got to choose that lifestyle."
* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Barney refuses to support that his gay, black brother is going to marry a white guy. Not because of the gay marriage thing, but because it is a ''marriage''. He tells everyone how it is going to destroy singles everywhere, and he ends up telling his nephew that "Just because you are being raised by married people doesn't mean that you got to choose that lifestyle."
** Since Ted's narrating the series to his kids in the future, he occasionally censors the more adult things, but leaves the context completely unchanged. Hence the main characters' experiments with "sandwiches" in college, and the upstairs neighbours who wouldn't stop "playing the bagpipes" and Ted calling Lily a "[[Country Matters|grinch]]"
** Since Ted's narrating the series to his kids in the future, he occasionally censors the more adult things, but leaves the context completely unchanged. Hence the main characters' experiments with "sandwiches" in college, and the upstairs neighbours who wouldn't stop "playing the bagpipes" and Ted calling Lily a "[[Country Matters|grinch]]"
** In one episode Ted is with a date and after a series of events you get this.
** In one episode Ted is with a date and after a series of events you get this.
{{quote|Barney: Kiss him! Kiss him! Kiss him!
{{quote|Barney: Kiss him! Kiss him! Kiss him!
Ted (Narrating): Yeah, he's not saying kiss.
Ted (Narrating): Yeah, he's not saying kiss.
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** In a Season 3 episode, "Fresh Blood", a lonely male vampire who wants to build a new nest of vamps lurks around nightclubs and picks out pretty blondes and tries to interest them in a new (thick, red, liquid) recreational drug (in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' [[Our Vampires Are Different|either digestion or direct blood contact turns a person into a vampire]]). They wake up back in his basement lair and have no idea where they are or what happened to them, not unlike rape victims who were given "roofies" like rohypnol, which cause blackouts.
** In a Season 3 episode, "Fresh Blood", a lonely male vampire who wants to build a new nest of vamps lurks around nightclubs and picks out pretty blondes and tries to interest them in a new (thick, red, liquid) recreational drug (in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' [[Our Vampires Are Different|either digestion or direct blood contact turns a person into a vampire]]). They wake up back in his basement lair and have no idea where they are or what happened to them, not unlike rape victims who were given "roofies" like rohypnol, which cause blackouts.
** Speaking of rape subtext in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', [[Our Angels Are Different|Michael]] in the Season 5 episode "The Song Remains the Same" attempts to justify his possession of John and his intent to possess Dean as if he were a date-rapist, including claiming that his intention to avoid causing unnecessary damage while inside Dean and John makes him morally superior to Raphael who left his victim catatonic.
** Speaking of rape subtext in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', [[Our Angels Are Different|Michael]] in the Season 5 episode "The Song Remains the Same" attempts to justify his possession of John and his intent to possess Dean as if he were a date-rapist, including claiming that his intention to avoid causing unnecessary damage while inside Dean and John makes him morally superior to Raphael who left his victim catatonic.
** Hell, pretty much all of Lucifer's dialogue with Sam in season 5 ''screams'' "rape."
** Hell, pretty much all of Lucifer's dialogue with Sam in season 5 ''screams'' "rape."
{{quote|'''Lucifer''': I will find you. And when I do, you will let me in. I'm sure of it.
{{quote|'''Lucifer''': I will find you. And when I do, you will let me in. I'm sure of it.
'''Sam''': You'll need my consent. }}
'''Sam''': You'll need my consent. }}
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** [[Truth in Television]].
** [[Truth in Television]].
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has had this over the years, but the best --and most horrifying-- example comes from "Turn Left", in which the UK government collapses and [[Putting on the Reich|puts on the Reich]]. Including the internment of foreign nationals. When one of Donna's housemates and friends is interned, Donna is oblivious to the parallel. Wilfred isn't, and he's absolutely horrified by it. And, coupled with Bernard Cribbins' emotive acting, it's enough to [[Tear Jerker|make the viewer cry]].
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has had this over the years, but the best --and most horrifying-- example comes from "Turn Left", in which the UK government collapses and [[Putting on the Reich|puts on the Reich]]. Including the internment of foreign nationals. When one of Donna's housemates and friends is interned, Donna is oblivious to the parallel. Wilfred isn't, and he's absolutely horrified by it. And, coupled with Bernard Cribbins' emotive acting, it's enough to [[Tear Jerker|make the viewer cry]].
** Incidentally, [[The Master]] ''likes it'' when the Doctor [[Foe Yay|uses his name]].
** Incidentally, [[The Master]] ''likes it'' when the Doctor [[Foe Yay|uses his name]].
*** And the Doctor's jaw drops when he sees the Master with a wife. And later refers to her as [[The Beard|his beard.]]
*** And the Doctor's jaw drops when he sees the Master with a wife. And later refers to her as [[The Beard|his beard.]]
** Try taking "dances" out of "The Doctor Dances."
** Try taking "dances" out of "The Doctor Dances."
** Before Gallifrey was destroyed, the Time Lords had a secret organization operating outside their own non-interventionist laws to pursue their political ends. It was named the ''Celestial Intervention Agency''.
** Before Gallifrey was destroyed, the Time Lords had a secret organization operating outside their own non-interventionist laws to pursue their political ends. It was named the ''Celestial Intervention Agency''.
** Similarly, when the fake Prime Minister tries to persuade the UN to give him nuclear launch codes, he fibs about aliens poised to invade Earth, who have ''massive weapons of destruction'' capable of being launched within ''forty-five seconds''...
** Similarly, when the fake Prime Minister tries to persuade the UN to give him nuclear launch codes, he fibs about aliens poised to invade Earth, who have ''massive weapons of destruction'' capable of being launched within ''forty-five seconds''...
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* An episode of ''[[The Nanny]]'' has Fran and Maxwell play a rather, ''spirited'', game of table tennis.
* An episode of ''[[The Nanny]]'' has Fran and Maxwell play a rather, ''spirited'', game of table tennis.
* In ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', the knife scene between The Reaper and Hotch. It might actually have extended to out-and-out rape. Either way, the dialogue is highly sexualized. The Reaper strips off his shirt, goes up ''very'' close to Hotch on top of him, and slowly cuts him with a knife. Eventually, he tells Hotch that he's horribly wrong about how [[Serial Killer|Serial Killers]] who use knives are impotent, and is going to change the way Hotch profiles. Cue The Reaper slowly moving his hand further down on Hotch's body, and Hotch moaning in pain. At the very least, it was pseudo-rape.
* In ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', the knife scene between The Reaper and Hotch. It might actually have extended to out-and-out rape. Either way, the dialogue is highly sexualized. The Reaper strips off his shirt, goes up ''very'' close to Hotch on top of him, and slowly cuts him with a knife. Eventually, he tells Hotch that he's horribly wrong about how [[Serial Killer|Serial Killers]] who use knives are impotent, and is going to change the way Hotch profiles. Cue The Reaper slowly moving his hand further down on Hotch's body, and Hotch moaning in pain. At the very least, it was pseudo-rape.
* ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' has another less than comedic example, wherein {{spoiler|Tully}}'s interactions with {{spoiler|George}} near the end of {{spoiler|Series 1, Episode 2}} has the feel of a rape scene. The fact that {{spoiler|Tully}} had sexually assaulted {{spoiler|Annie}} earlier that episode did ''not'' help.
* ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' has another less than comedic example, wherein {{spoiler|Tully}}'s interactions with {{spoiler|George}} near the end of {{spoiler|Series 1, Episode 2}} has the feel of a rape scene. The fact that {{spoiler|Tully}} had sexually assaulted {{spoiler|Annie}} earlier that episode did ''not'' help.
* An episode of ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' revolves around Jen taking up smoking and being forced to smoke outside, where the smoking area keeps getting moved further and further away from the office, eventually forcing the smokers to walk across a motorway and bleak, wind-swept terrain. The whole thing gets treated like the smokers are a bunch of Soviet dissidents being forced into a Stalinist gulag in Siberia.
* An episode of ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' revolves around Jen taking up smoking and being forced to smoke outside, where the smoking area keeps getting moved further and further away from the office, eventually forcing the smokers to walk across a motorway and bleak, wind-swept terrain. The whole thing gets treated like the smokers are a bunch of Soviet dissidents being forced into a Stalinist gulag in Siberia.
* The ''[[Star Trek TOS]]'' episode "Metamorphosis" features Zefram Cochrane being looked after by a powerful energy being. When he realises that the energy being wants a physical relationship with him, he's repulsed, but Kirk, Spock and McCoy don't see what the problem is. Given Cochrane's actual words, the episode can be read as a metaphor against homophobia, or, given the time period, possibly against opposition to interracial relationships.
* The ''[[Star Trek TOS]]'' episode "Metamorphosis" features Zefram Cochrane being looked after by a powerful energy being. When he realises that the energy being wants a physical relationship with him, he's repulsed, but Kirk, Spock and McCoy don't see what the problem is. Given Cochrane's actual words, the episode can be read as a metaphor against homophobia, or, given the time period, possibly against opposition to interracial relationships.
{{quote|'''Cochrane:''' Is this what the future holds? Men who have no notion of decency or morality? Maybe I'm a hundred and fifty years out of style, but I'm not going to be fodder for any inhuman monster. (He leaves in disgust.)
{{quote|'''Cochrane:''' Is this what the future holds? Men who have no notion of decency or morality? Maybe I'm a hundred and fifty years out of style, but I'm not going to be fodder for any inhuman monster. (He leaves in disgust.)
'''Spock:''' Fascinating. A totally parochial attitude. }}
'''Spock:''' Fascinating. A totally parochial attitude. }}
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* In experiment 703 "Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell" on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', a character is shown with snow matted in his beard and a doofy expression on his face. Servo's response? "[[The Stoner|GUESS WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING!]]"
* In experiment 703 "Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell" on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', a character is shown with snow matted in his beard and a doofy expression on his face. Servo's response? "[[The Stoner|GUESS WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING!]]"
* [[Nigella Lawson]] in every one of her cookery programmes manages to make cooking sound like foreplay.
* [[Nigella Lawson]] in every one of her cookery programmes manages to make cooking sound like foreplay.
* This bit from ''[[NCIS]]'':
* This bit from ''[[NCIS]]'':
{{quote|'''Abby''': (to Gibbs, who has just walked in) McGee is rewiring my hotbox.
{{quote|'''Abby''': (to Gibbs, who has just walked in) McGee is rewiring my hotbox.
'''McGee''': That’s er, er, a nickname for a bundle of receptors in the firewall. That regulates the flow of energy throughout the system. See when stimulated correctly it sends waves and waves of rhythmic pulses (Gibbs can't even look at McGee at this point) waves, waves that er that hypercrank the er transfer speed, er, that digitised infor- Abby? }}
'''McGee''': That’s er, er, a nickname for a bundle of receptors in the firewall. That regulates the flow of energy throughout the system. See when stimulated correctly it sends waves and waves of rhythmic pulses (Gibbs can't even look at McGee at this point) waves, waves that er that hypercrank the er transfer speed, er, that digitised infor- Abby? }}
* ''[[Glee]]'': Kurt's subsequent reactions to Karofsky "taking" his first kiss strongly evoke the feel of a rape victim.
* ''[[Glee]]'': Kurt's subsequent reactions to Karofsky "taking" his first kiss strongly evoke the feel of a rape victim.
* On ''[[Smallville]]'', Clark and other Kryptonians emit fire beams from their eyes when aroused. He first discovered this in "Heat".
* On ''[[Smallville]]'', Clark and other Kryptonians emit fire beams from their eyes when aroused. He first discovered this in "Heat".
* During the Invasion storyline, Alliance member Torrie Wilson began dating WWF (and Japanese) wrestler Tajiri. Announcer Paul Heyman regularly mentioned how he didn't approve of such "interpromotional relationships".
* During the Invasion storyline, Alliance member Torrie Wilson began dating WWF (and Japanese) wrestler Tajiri. Announcer Paul Heyman regularly mentioned how he didn't approve of such "interpromotional relationships".
* The suntan lotion incident within the first five seconds of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_NWw3-MWUM this promo] for ''Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures.''
* The suntan lotion incident within the first five seconds of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_NWw3-MWUM this promo] for ''Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures.''
* In one episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Eric discovering his mentor Mr. Feeny tutoring another student is played like Mr. Feeny is cheating on him:
* In one episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Eric discovering his mentor Mr. Feeny tutoring another student is played like Mr. Feeny is cheating on him:
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