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* ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'': Sam intends to sell his great-grandfather's glasses on eBay (thanks to a [[Product Placement]] deal for the film). |
* ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'': Sam intends to sell his great-grandfather's glasses on eBay (thanks to a [[Product Placement]] deal for the film). |
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⚫ | * In the British panel game show ''[[Would I Lie to You?]]'', panelists sometimes have a "Possession" which they must claim as their own (and convincingly argue that it really is theirs when it is not, or vice versa). A common justification is that this was a [[What Did I Do Last Night?|late-night drunken]] eBay purchase. |
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* In ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' the aquarium fish list where they came from. For the Starfish, that's eBay. Except that live animals aren't allowed to be sold on eBay, making this a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]] |
* In ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' the aquarium fish list where they came from. For the Starfish, that's eBay. Except that live animals aren't allowed to be sold on eBay, making this a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]] |
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* In ''[[Toy Story 3]]'', Hamm suggests to the group that they look up what they're going for on eBay, because, after all, Andy doesn't want them anymore. |
* In ''[[Toy Story 3]]'', Hamm suggests to the group that they look up what they're going for on eBay, because, after all, Andy doesn't want them anymore. |
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== Literature == |
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* ''[[Posleen War Series|Yellow Eyes]]'' has something of a [[Running Gag]] about how it's amazing what you can find on eBay, including an alien medical device used to build a physical body for an [[AI]] and a mate for a [[Heel Face Turn|formerly hostile]] [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Posleen]] advising the humans after the war. |
* ''[[Posleen War Series|Yellow Eyes]]'' has something of a [[Running Gag]] about how it's amazing what you can find on eBay, including an alien medical device used to build a physical body for an [[AI]] and a mate for a [[Heel Face Turn|formerly hostile]] [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Posleen]] advising the humans after the war. |
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== Live-Action TV == |
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== Music == |
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== Web Comics == |
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* An early ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' storyline had [[Funny Animal|Pip]] getting carried away in an auction for a rare comic book issue, getting a winning bid of several thousand dollars that he couldn't afford to pay. In a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]], to pay for it he auctioned off Scarlet, a squirrel living with them, on eBay. |
* An early ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' storyline had [[Funny Animal|Pip]] getting carried away in an auction for a rare comic book issue, getting a winning bid of several thousand dollars that he couldn't afford to pay. In a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]], to pay for it he auctioned off Scarlet, a squirrel living with them, on eBay. |
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== Western Animation == |
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* ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' features [https://web.archive.org/web/20130113084152/http://twitpic.com/6720u0/full JUNK] |
* ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' features [https://web.archive.org/web/20130113084152/http://twitpic.com/6720u0/full JUNK] |
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