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** Remember Blinky, the three-eyed fish that Bart and Lisa found near the nuclear plant on the season two episode "Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish"? [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/31/3-eyed-fish-found-near-argentinean-nuclear-power-plant_n_1067679.html Turns out he's real] (at least in another country).
** It's either this or [[Harsher in Hindsight]], but the plot of the episode "The PTA Disbands", where the school faculty are commencing a long strike period over low pay, even when Skinner made it clear that the lack of funds is because of the local economy and a raise in pay would mean higher taxes, is even less funny after the Wyoming Teacher's Union Strike and Britain's teacher's strike (both in 2011).
** In "Lisa's Date With Density", Lisa asks Milhouse to send Nelson a love note from her, but Nelson is led to think the note's from Milhouse himself, since he's waving at him. Cut to Milhouse being led away in a stretcher to an ambulance (with the paramedics telling Lisa that Milhouse can't hear her -- not because he's dead, but because his ears are packed with gauze). After the highly publicized rash of suicides from anti-gay bullying, the murder of Lawrence King, as well as the "gay panic defense", it's turned into this trope and/or [[Dude, Not Funny]].
*** The same thing applies to the flashback of "Bye, Bye Nerdie" where a school-aged Homer is shown beating up a school-aged Smithers (who, in later episodes, was established to be gay and not just have a man-crush on his boss like in the early episodes) who's wearing a pink shirt and shorts to the tune of "Kung-Fu Fighting." [[Values Dissonance|These days, Homer would have been expelled for doing that]].
** In the audio commentary for "Bart Gets Famous", former writer [[Conan O Brien]] expressed fear that his appearance on the show as a late night host would turn into a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] if his struggling talk show was cancelled before the episode made it through production and onto the air.
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** Remember how Kenny's deaths used to be hilarious, if somewhat disturbing? "Coon vs Coon and Friends" erases all of the hilarity from any of his deaths {{spoiler|when you learn that Kenny's super power as Mysterion is immortality and that he can't stand seeing his friends forget him being shot, stabbed or torn apart.}}
** "Butters' Very Own Episode" ends with Gary Condit, JonBenet Ramsey's parents, and O.J. Simpson being called out for being murderers who lie through their teeth and (in the second case) are playing the victims on top of that. Not ''nearly'' as funny and biting now that all but O.J. Simpson have been confirmed to be innocent people [[Convicted By Public Opinion]], and too late for Patsy Ramsey (who died of ovarian cancer) at that.
** When the episode, "It's a Jersey Thing", the residents of South Park calling in Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden to assist against the encroachment of Jerseyites, the episode ending with special forces dropping in and shooting Bin Laden in the head and proclaiming "We got im!". At the time, many people argued that it was a [[Dude, Not Funny]] moment. About 7 months later, special forces actually did get him, resulting in this trope.
** The episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die", aired in 2001, has a scene where Scott finds a human finger in his bowl of chili (that {{spoiler|turns out to be the finger of one of his parents, whom had been used as the secret ingredient of the chili Cartman cooked}}). Four years later, a woman named Anna Alaya claimed that a human finger was found in her bowl of Wendy's chili, but it turned out to be a hoax.
*** And for an in-universe example of this trope, the revelation in the [[Wham Episode]] "201" completely twists the climax of "Scott Tenorman Must Die" around in a new light. For those who wonder: {{spoiler|Cartman's true father and Scott Tenorman's father are the same. Meaning that Cartman killed his own dad and thus that his his victory in "Scott Tenorman Must Die" was a retroactive [[Pyrrhic Victory]].}}
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*** I'm not sure that counts, as the Muslim threats in "Cartoon Wars" were already based on real life occurrences revolving around a news publication the published [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy cartoons featuring Mohamed].
** In "Death", Cartman tells Kyle "Just because your mom is a bitch doesn't miss the whole world has to suffer". Fast-forward to [[The Movie]] and...
** Also in "Cartoon Wars," Matt and Trey give [[Seth Macfarlane]] a "no hard feelings" shout-out in the form of a trucker who gives Kyle a ride to the television studio, and who happens to like ''[[Family Guy]]''. Why does he like it? Because [[Self
** In 2004's "Passion of the Jew," Mel Gibson is shown as a deranged man who goes after Stan and Kenny for hating ''Passion of the Christ'' and ends up making a fool of himself in front of everyone in town (even going so far as to act like Daffy Duck, back when he was a screwball). In 2006, Gibson was pulled over for drunk driving, and while being arrested he made anti-Semitic remarks and insulted a female officer by calling her a misogynistic name. Now in 2010, he's been taped making racial and sexist slurs and screamed at his wife while threatening her, in a way that is scarily similar to his insane depiction. Though this probably actually makes this episode even funnier, but it makes you wonder if the South Park creators knew something we didn't at the time...
*** No, but they did know something that was common knowledge. The film he had made was widely criticised for being anti-Semitic at the time (pretty much the basis for this episode) and Mel Gibson was already getting a lot of attention for his and his father's choice of church which was also know to espouse anti-Semitic views, particularly regarding the death of Christ. Guessing that he might have some unpleasant views about the Jewish faith wasn't exactly a stretch for anyone at that point.
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* There was an unusual example in ''Sabrina's Secret Life'', an animated series based on the popular live-action series ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''. In the episode "School Spirit" a teacher asks the classroom a question involving the ninth farthest planet from the sun. Sabrina, trying to outperform her rival, fails miserably when she states that there is no ninth planet, there are only eight planets. All the students start laughing at her and to rub salt into the wound, her nasty rival triumphantly lists the ninth planet as Pluto. Several years later, astronomers find out there was an asteroid larger than Pluto, and this, coupled with Pluto's eccentric qualities, demoted it from planet to dwarf planet status. Thus, Sabrina's answer would have unkowningly been right all along.
* In the 1941 [[Donald Duck]] [[Classic Disney Shorts|short]] ''Timber'', Pete forces Donald to work in a lumber camp for stealing food. At one point the duck grumbles, "Doggone it! I might just as well be in a concentration camp!". This was before the term became associated with the Holocaust, and America knew of the true horrors that were going on...
* In an early episode of ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'', Goliath is getting adjusted to New York's geography. When asking Elisa why New York has no walls around it to protect it from invaders, she replies that the greatest dangers to New York come from within the city. Then came 9/11, adding this to the other kajillion-and-a-half Twin-Towers-inspired [[Dude, Not Funny|Unfunny]] [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|Aneurysm Moments]].
* Christy Carlson Romano (aka [[Kim Possible]]) plays...well...a jerk of a officer in ''[[Cadet Kelly]]'' who spends much of the film trying to break Hillary Duff's spirit. In ''A Sitch in Time'', the villains nearly succeed in doing this to Kim. Bonus points if you saw ASiT first.
** In the episode where the cheerleading squad is forced to stay at Camp Wannaweep, Ron has a flashback to Lake Wannaweep. In the end of the flashback, he tells Gil Moss, a fellow camper, "Wait until the end of camp when you're as wrinkly as a prune and I've made a lot of lanyards."<ref>To put it in context, Ron and Gil ended up switching courses in regards to swim time and Arts and Crafts, respectively</ref> Let's just say that Gil ended up getting a LOT more than simply being as wrinkly as a prune by the end of camp, and hates Ron now for that.
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* In one episode of [[Extreme Ghostbusters (Animation)|Extreme Ghostbusters]], there's a fog monster that they're trying to destroy. During their [[Hard Work Montage]], it cuts to clips of the fog monster eating different landmarks of New York. One of which is the World Trade Center. Bonus chill points because the fog monster rises from the ground as a dark roiling mass, making it look like the buildings are being consumed by smoke.
* [[Samurai Jack]] episode 43 begins with Aku having a horrible coughing fit, coughing up a bit of evil that infects Jack and slowly spreads.. When you know what killed Mako...
* In ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|the Mayor]] ends up falling down the stairs of Jack's house trying to get Jack. This is hilarious until you realize that the Mayor's voice actor Gleen Shadix died because of blunt trauma to the head following a fall at his Birmingham condo.
* In "Lilo and Stitch", in the beginning we hear Lilo's story on why she is late to class. She had to make a peanut Butter sandwich for Pudge the fish because she believes he can control the weather. Later on, we find out her parents died in a car accident while it was raining.
* The episode of ''[[Star Wars the Clone Wars]]'' where Ahsoka loses her lightsaber. Her response? "My master's gonna kill me!" Guess what happens to Anakin at the end of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''! (Hint: Ahsoka was neither in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' or ''Revenge of the Sith'')
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* In ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]'', Raimundo has a throwaway line in "Chameleon" (season 1, episode 6) - "Maybe I'm missing the point. We're never gonna go after each other!" Talk about [[Tempting Fate]], given the number of {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Revolving Door|betrayals]] he and Omi commit}} in later episodes of the series.
* In an episode of [[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]] where [[The Brady Bunch|Susan Olsen]] was being interviewed (circa 1996), Space Ghost's evil twin Chad asks her if shes related to [[Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen]]. He then goes on about how freaky-looking they both are. In 2004, Mary Kate entered rehab for anorexia.
* In the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'']] episode "Swarm of the Century," Princess Celestia is distracted from the [[Extreme Omnivore|Para]][[Killer Rabbit|sprite]] invasion of Ponyville because she needs to take care of "an [[Inferred Holocaust|infestation]] in [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Phillydelphia]]. Not as funny nowadays if you work for [[Intimidating Revenue Service|a certain government agency]] [http://bedbugger.com/2010/04/22/philadelphia-irs-offices-battling-bed-bugs/ in a similarly-named city].
** In "Bridle Gossip," Spike jokingly refers to Rainbow Dash as "Rainbow Crash" after the supposed curse afflicting her leaves her unable to fly properly. The distinctly angry expression on her face when he says this, compared to those of the other characters, [[Fridge Brilliance|makes much]] [[Fridge Horror|more sense]] when it is revealed in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" that (unbeknownst to Spike) various bullies have been using that name to mock her since her childhood.
** In "The Last Roundup", Derpy Hooves spoke for the first time. The first line ever said by the character was a comedic "I just don't know what went wrong..." in response to the roof of the town hall collapsing. Soon after the episode premiered, people were offended by Derpy's name and portrayal, a large controversy erupted and the character was (temporarily) censored. These days, Derpy's innocent "I just don't know what went wrong..." seems to eerily foreshadow the controversy, and is decidedly less funny. The censorship has since more or less disappeared with the confirmation of not only her canon name remaining Derpy Hooves, {{spoiler|but she's set to make a return in Season 3, albeit with a new voice at Tabitha St. Germain's request}}
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