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* Similarly, ''[[Minami-ke]]'''s Hosaka gets really caught up in his fantasies, usually starring Haruka, to the point of acting them out. Everyone else thinks he's weird and a little sick in the head.

* ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'''s Meowth of Team Rocket has done this about [[Once an Episode]] since Hoenn, thinking about what Giovanni would do with the Pokémon of the day. More often than not, the imagery is pretty weird.

** What makes it even more imaginative is that the three are probably the most pathetic excuses for Team Rocket members ever seen on the show, and that Giovanni despises them with a passion.

** Who's an even more [[Comically Serious]] than Giovanni? Why, [[Knight Templar|Cyrus]], of course. But that only serves to make [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/BlackjackGabbiani/Scans/dpa7bossfantasyclose.jpg this scene] more hilarious, as the [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure]] heroes ponder where he could have gone after the Spear Pillar.

{{quote| {{spoiler|''...Thus, logic stated that she had been captured by Keeper Mercury.''}} <br />

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

* In ''[[Turnabout Storm (Fanfic)|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 (Animation)|Equestria]]), [[Crowning Moment of Funny|it's crazy hilarious]].

** Subverted when Regina George is hit by a moving bus and dies. Turns out she really did get hit by a moving bus, but only got sent to the hospital.

* In ''[[Monster in Law]]'', Jane Fonda imagines smashing [[Jennifer Lopez]]'s face into a cake and later Lopez imagines whacking Fonda's with a pan. During both instances they put up a charade of liking each other.

** Could also be considered an [[Indulgent Fantasy Segue]].

* In ''[[Apollo 13]]'', after they are too damaged to land on the moon and just getting back to Earth will be hard enough, flight commander Jim Lovell imagines himself touching down, leaving perfect tracks, running his fingers through the moon dust, and gazing at the distant Earth. He'd really wanted to be there.

* ''[[Buffy]]'', on the other hand, managed to do the most depressing use of this trope ever when {{spoiler|Joyce is rushed to the hospital and saved-- cut to the paramedics declaring her dead from an aneurysm}}.

* The early-90s HBO series ''[[Dream On]]'' used a variation on the Imagine Spot as its primary gimmick. But instead of segments featuring the ''Dream On'' cast, clips from old movies and TV shows were used for the Imagine Spots of its main character, Martin Tupper.

* ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'', episode "Scratch 'n Sniff", though some question exists as to whether they were Imagine Spots or flashbacks.

** And just about any sequence with Harvey, the Scorpius neuro-clone. Harvey "lives" in Crichton's mind and the two regularly converse. Their conversations usually take place in Imagine Spots - some of them based on Crichton's memories and some of them not.

* A rather amusing one in ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' involves [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/bjarnionice/ seasonally inept Vikings.]

* [[Squid Row]] [http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=178 Of course a squirt gun will make you a Space Opera hero!]

* [[Mac Hall]]: [http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2006-06-19 "My spleen!"]

 

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