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* The 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, episode "Scion of the Shredder". The Turtles and Splinter are chilling in their lair, and Michelangelo is building a house of cards. ''Right after'' he places the last two cards, the perimeter alarm goes off. After Donatello hurries to check his computer systems, something starts beating on the front door. The Turtles go for their weapons, and the house of cards gets its very own falling-down shot before it cuts back to the door finally breaking in.
* Happens on an episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. SpongeBob is making a snail-shaped house of cards modeled after Gary, when Patrick comes barreling in and knocks it down.
* At the end of one episode of ''[[Care Bears|Adventures in Care-a-Lot]]'', it's revealed that [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Grizzle]] didn't appear because he spent the day building a house of cards, complete with [[Evil Laugh|Evil Laughter]]ter when it's finished. He promptly sneezes, and the whole thing falls over.
* Miss Bitters of ''[[Invader Zim]]'' uses this as an object lesson:
{{quote|"Now, add all the dead weight of students like you..."
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