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'''Dr. Kelso:''' Would you look at that...|''[[Scrubs]]''}}

 

== Fan Works ==

* [[Dungeon Keeper Ami]]: Features a hilarious one from Eline, immeadiately following her capture by [[Sailor Moon|Mercury]].

{{spoiler|''Eline dared opened her eyes. Keepers rarely healed their prisoners out of the goodness of their heart, in her experience, which meant that Mercury needed her strong enough to survive whatever tortures she had planned. A quick glance around revealed that she was alone in a barred cell, which was bare except for a bucket in the corner. The dark elf sat up silently, keeping her breathing even in order to avoid drawing attention, and tried to remember what she knew about the Keeper. Mercury's main claim to fame was defeating a horned reaper in single combat, even if Morrigan ranted often about how she had to have cheated. In Eline's head, the indistinct, blue-haired mental picture of the Keeper grew and gained bulging muscles, until it was nearly the equal of the reaper. What else did she know? Mercury had, according to rumours, had her way with the red-skinned beast against his will, which made her a terrifying and suicidal deviant. The red-eyed mental picture in the prisoner's mind gained a demented, lecherous grin. The Keeper's reported exhibitionist tendencies hardly mattered in comparison. Eline pinched the bridge of her nose as the brute in her imagination lost her clothes. Just great. She's basically a female clone of Morrigan.}}'' }}

* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', after Kyon phoned Yuki in chapter 13 he imagines her in her apartment, kneeling by the phone, her cheeks pink-tinged as she daydreamed about him... But he dismissed that thought. This was Yuki, after all. As much as he might wish that...

* In ''[[Progress]]'', [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Princess Luna]] has increasingly bizarre daydreams about the various awkward situations in which she finds herself.

* In ''[[Turnabout Storm]]'', [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix]] has one of these before the trial starts when he wonders what would [[The Stoic|Edge]][[Closet Geek|worth]] do if he was in his shoes (that is, stuck in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Equestria]]), [[Crowning Moment of Funny|it's crazy hilarious]].

* In ''[[With Strings Attached]]'', during the New Zork chapter, Beagle John tells Ringo that the government is looking for the first “A-plus Plus” (i.e., someone with more than one magical Ability) and such a man will be milked for his sperm so all the women can be artificially inseminated. Ringo, who easily qualifies, pictures “himself hooked up to a sperm-pumping machine, surrounded by thousands of big-nosed, blue-eyed [[Mind Over Matter|telekinetic]] kids.”

* Calvin has a few in ''[[Calvin at Camp]]''. Since it's directly based on [[Calvin and Hobbes]], this is to be expected.

* This is probably the central comedic tool of ''[[Scrubs]]'', which uses it to great effect. Usually J.D. does this, to the point where other characters [[Lampshade]] it increasingly as the series goes on, mentioning how one was really long, messing with him while he is in his head, triggering one on purpose to get him to zone out, and so on. Usually after his fantasy he says something that sounds completely weird if we weren't to be shown the [[Imagine Spot]]. And his propensity to do this is apparently infectious, as his friends occasionally indulge in it as well, though far less regularly.

** Of course, during episodes where it isn't centered on J.D.'s this trope happens ''without'' the cut, so all we see is J.D. staring off into space and saying something weird.

* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' frequently uses it.

* ''[[iCarly]]'': In ''iFind Lewbert's Lost Love'' Carly and Freddie have a synchronous daydream on how life in the Bushwell will be much better if the irate doorman Lewbert is "a happy man". Carly, Freddie and Lewbert dance around as balloons fall. [[Deadpan Snarker|Sam breaks them out of their over-the-top fantasy]].

** All the times his dead foster father Harry shows up to remind him of The Code count, as Dexter converses with him. In the sixth season, when a short arc in which Dexter's dead serial killer brother replaces his father in these Imagine Spots (and temporarily convinces Dexter to go [[Axe Crazy]]) is used to foreshadow the reveal that {{spoiler|Edward James Olmos' [[Evil Mentor]] / [[Big Bad]] is really a figment of the real villain's Imagine Spots.}}

** At the end of the Ice Truck Killer arc, where he's walking up to the office Hollywood style -- red carpet walkway flanked with adoring fans.

** One time he tried to imagine what Deb would do if he told her that he was a serial killer, with four hilarious conclusions. Namely, 1) her choking on a bite of food; 2) her pulling her gun and demanding he get down; 3) her breaking down in hysterical crying; and finally 4) her summarily [[Pretty Little Headshots|blowing him away]].

** Dexter has just found out that {{spoiler|Miguel Prado}} lied to him. He lets out {{spoiler|"[[Large Ham|MIGUEL]]!!!"}} and throws the computer through his office's window, and then he's shown at the computer, and he walks out noticeably angry. It would have been Narm had Michael C. Hall not been as brilliant an actor as he is.

* Subverted and/or [[Lampshaded]] in an episode of ''[[30 Rock]]'' where Liz and Jack are discussing some of Tracy Jordan's more outrageous antics. Instead of cutting away with clips to illustrate them, however, the scene stays on Liz and Jack who have this exchange:

'''Jack:''' So am I. }}

* ''[[Dead Like Me]]'': George lets Mason take care of her dog. She then wonders if he's taking care of it properly or merely using it for some harebrained scheme. Like, say, attracting women, then sitting in a hot tub with the women and the dog. And then she forgets it never actually happened, so she scolds him for bringing her dog into a hot tub.

== Web Animation ==

* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]: Recreation'' has an amusing scene in its first chapter when Sarge has a flashback to the events of Reconstruction. The scene is radically different in that Sarge kills Grif (natch), Simmons turns into a motorcycle and Sarge rides him (no, not like that) out of the base. Grif engages in some [[Imagine Spotting]] and calls him out.

'''Sarge:''' I ask myself that question every day. Moto-Simmons! Run him over. }}

 

* In ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', after [[Chaotic Good|Jimmy]] predictably messes something up for [[Louis Cypher|Lucius]], Samy worries about what he'll do to them...leading to them imagining a bunch of horrible ([[Amusing Injuries|and amusing]]) punishments.

* ''[[Family Guy]]'' employs these with some of their cutaway gags. In one episode, Peter pulls onto the runway staging area of the airport with his new truck. As he watches them fuel the planes, he fantasizes about filling his truck with jet fuel and then flying it through the sky to the theme to ''[[Top Gun]]''.

* Owen's song "Oh, My Izzy!" in ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama World Tour]]'' slips into this, since he was really too injured to dance and was thinking about all his times with Izzy during the song, complete with a crayon-drawn [[Art Shift]].

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' features this prominently in "The Ticket Master", with each of Twilight's friends imagining what they'd do if they could attend the Grand Galloping Gala: Applejack hopes to set up a stand and drum up business for her family's apple farm, Rainbow Dash wants to show off for the Wonderbolts, Rarity hopes to meet the stallion of her dreams, Fluttershy wants to see the royal gardens, and Pinkie Pie just wants to enjoy the festivities.