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'''Norma''': I ''am'' big. It's the pictures that got small.|''[[Sunset Boulevard]]''}}

 

* Mr. Incredible from ''[[The Incredibles]]'' exemplifies this trope. After a forced retirement from his career as a super-hero, he settles down and becomes a typical cubicle dweller. While his wife has adapted to their new circumstances, he is stuck re-living his past glories, {{spoiler|a fact which the villain exploits to get Mr. Incredible to unknowingly help him.}}

** He is even on the cover of a [[Lampshade Hanging|''Glory Days''' magazine]].

'''Bob:''' Well, reliving the glory days is better than acting like they didn't happen! }}

** Actually, the central theme of the entire movie is adapting to new circumstances without losing your sense of identity. So, in a way, it both embraces and disregards the idea of [[Glory Days]].

* In ''[[NCIS]]'', it's amazing that Ducky has even had the time to experience all the things he's always rambling on about. He's not ''that'' old...

* A running gag in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' with the [[Vestigial Empire|Centauri Republic]] in general and Londo Mollari in particular, leading to an in-universe [[Light Bulb Joke]]:

A: Just one... but in the [[Glory Days]] of the Republic, ''hundreds'' of servants would change ''thousands'' of lightbulbs '''at our every whim'''! }}

* The main theme of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine", in which aging actress Barbara Jean Trenton longs for the days when she and her friends were young, beautiful stars.