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{{quote|''"I don't understand it. I went trick-or-treating and all I got was a bag full of rocks."''|'''[[Peanuts|Charlie Brown]]''', ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown|Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown]]''}}
{{quote|''"I don't understand it. I went trick-or-treating and all I got was a bag full of rocks."''|'''[[Peanuts|Charlie Brown]]''', ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown|Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown]]''}}


In [[Halloween Episode|Halloween Episodes]], some characters go trick-or-treating. They eagerly open their candy bags and ready themselves for the candy. The adult reaches into a bowl and grabs some ... fruit? This will typically make the children mad, usually resulting in the vandalizing of said adult's house.
In [[Halloween Episode]]s, some characters go trick-or-treating. They eagerly open their candy bags and ready themselves for the candy. The adult reaches into a bowl and grabs some ... fruit? This will typically make the children mad, usually resulting in the vandalizing of said adult's house.


Also can happen from the adult's point of view. If it is in this form, the adult will desperately try to convince the children that the item is tasty ''and'' nutritious. The adult will then be truly and sincerely shocked that their house has been targeted.
Also can happen from the adult's point of view. If it is in this form, the adult will desperately try to convince the children that the item is tasty ''and'' nutritious. The adult will then be truly and sincerely shocked that their house has been targeted.
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* In ''[[Do Over]]'', Joel's parents gave people energy bars.
* In ''[[Do Over]]'', Joel's parents gave people energy bars.
* In an episode of ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'' a depressed man gives young Frank Black a cigarette.
* In an episode of ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'' a depressed man gives young Frank Black a cigarette.
* In the [[Christmas Special]] ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'', there's not only a rock, it's a ''regifted'' rock -- and getting it is regarded as a good thing. The "nice yellow pebble" has been circulated as a gift among the Fraggles thirty-seven times, then is given to Robin the Frog, who gives it to Grover.
* In the [[Christmas Special]] ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'', there's not only a rock, it's a ''regifted'' rock—and getting it is regarded as a good thing. The "nice yellow pebble" has been circulated as a gift among the Fraggles thirty-seven times, then is given to Robin the Frog, who gives it to Grover.
* In an episode of ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', Frank runs out of candy, but starts giving out what he thinks are chocolate coins to keep the neighborhood kids from egging the house. Angry parents soon start to arrive to find out why their kids are being given condoms.
* In an episode of ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', Frank runs out of candy, but starts giving out what he thinks are chocolate coins to keep the neighborhood kids from egging the house. Angry parents soon start to arrive to find out why their kids are being given condoms.
* [[WWE]] [[In Name Only|ECW]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0qxyaBrzO4 Guess what the Boogeyman gives out on Halloween.]
* [[WWE]] [[In Name Only|ECW]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0qxyaBrzO4 Guess what the Boogeyman gives out on Halloween.]