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* In ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', Jack Skellington plays <s>Santa Claus</s> Sandy Claws and distributes Christmas gifts to the children of the world - stuff like shrunken heads, carnivorous toys, etc. He is horrified to find that not only ''don't'' they like their gifts, but they shoot down his sleigh.
* Buddy, having been raised as an ''[[Elf]]'', doesn't really know what lingerie is, but sees it advertised as "the perfect gift". He buys it as a present for his dad, who, needless to say, isn't thrilled about it.
* ''[[Father of the Bride]]''- Brian gives Annie a blender as a wedding present and she almost calls the wedding off because she thinks he's telling her to [[Stay in
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== Live Action TV ==
* Pretty much anything ''[[
* Inverted in ''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]'': If you give flowers to the Tenctonese make sure the roots are intact. Dying flowers are unpleasant.
** In one of the movies, a Purist poisons Emily and Susan with infected flowers, and he's shown buying them at a stand and asking specifically for live flowers as a gift for Newcomers. The cut flowers Matt brought to the hospital were especially inappropriate because of the Tenctonese practice of surrounding a sick person with living things, even animals.
* ''[[Everwood]]'': While cleaning out Nina's attic, 8-year-old Delia finds an issue of Penthouse. Caught off-guard, Nina says it's an artistic photography magazine. Delia keeps it and gives it to her classmate as a birthday present. Awkwardness ensues.
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== Music Videos ==
* The music video for [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s "Close But No Cigar", where a cat tries to woo a human woman with gifts of dead mice.
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'''Van Gogh''': Oh, you want kids? Oh, yikes. Uh, I wish you'd told me that before I got you this.<br />
(It's a box shaped like a penis.) }}
* On ''[[My Gym
* In one episode of ''[[Sushi Pack]]'', the Pack is chosen to greet a group of delegates [[Title Drop|From The Planet Citrus]], and present them with gifts. However, because they were too busy to read up on Citrusian culture, their gifts of cut flowers, chocolates, and a painting titled "Making Applesauce" don't go over well with the delegates, who are essentially living fruits.
* Once on ''[[
** Not to mention Spongebob's sweater that he gave to Squidward ("Do you ''love'' it??"), which was a little itchy because it'd been made out of eyelashes.
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