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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In the Very Special [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[Happy Days]]'', Ritchie's [[Brother Chuck]] (who is going to college on a basketball scholarship) gets [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2j1Ror7ahQ#t=3m24s a round object covered in paper.]
{{quote| '''Joanie:''' Here's a present from Richie to you. What do you think it is? ''bounces it to Chuck''<br />
'''Chuck:''' Hey, watch it. ''shakes'' It might be something breakable. }}
* In the Season 2 [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', Sabrina is suffering from a condition called "egotitis", due to the fact that she still has a somewhat childish and selfish view of Christmas. Because she suffers this, she's forbidden to receive presents on Christmas. When her presents disappear as she was about to open one, she gives the following lament:
{{quote| "Awww, I shook that one last night. It was good."}}
** Sabrina's roommate, Morgan, has the ability to determine the contents of any gift by shaking it.
* A quick gag on ''[[Roseanne]]'' was that the Conner kids would test their presents this way "for the good stuff", so Dan and Roseanne started wrapping the toys in cloths.
* The boys in ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' shook their presents but heard nothing and concluded that they were clothes.
* ''[[Red Green]]'' did a Christmas episode in which Harold attempts to demonstrate proper package-shaking technique and of course sends the (breakable) present flying.
 
== [[Magazines]] ==
* A gag in ''[[Mad (Magazine)|Mad]]'' has this, where a dad shakes the gift from his son, opens it... and discovers that it's a ship in a bottle, which has been pulverized by the shaking.
 
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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