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* In ''Megamind'', the main villain is in prison so often that he has turned his prison cell into this, complete with pictures, painting on the walls, sinister chair, TV and so forth.
** He ''grew up'' in that prison. First he just landed there, but then the fucked-up logic of the setting meant that as a three-year-old participating in a prison break, he was sentenced to jail time instead of being put into the foster care system.
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** Taurus Bulba in the pilot episode of who connives behind the guards' backs instead of bribing them. He takes this trope [[Up to Eleven]]. His cell is capable of transforming into an executive office, complete with secretary and outside phone line. Then later on you find out he's turned the entire prison into his own flying fortress.
** Also done in one episode where Darkwing spies on a villain in a minimum security prison. There's literally no fences or walls, only a loudspeaker thanking the prisoners for not leaving.
** The super-maximum-security prison that other super-villains are sent to isn't like this, but Quackerjack seems to enjoy being there anyway. As Megavolt remarks to Liquidator and Bushroot when they're all on work duty, "Someone should tell Quackerjack that prison isn't supposed to be fun."
* ''[[Ricochet Rabbit]]'' had one episode where he has to evict a cowboy prisoner who is quite happy right where he is, in the county prison. "Where else can I get a room and three square meals a day, for free?"
* Guitierrez in ''[[Freakazoid!]]'' gets away with this. Except for his toilet. He bullies the warden into giving him everything he wants, including an internet connection.
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{{quote|'''Bonaparte Beagle:''' Oh, guard! Go pack our bags and tell the warden we've escaped for a week or so.}}
* In one episode of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', his Dad wouldn't hire cable tv, which prompted Dex into building a satellite that (illegally) brought extra channels. When the authorities learned about the fact, they blamed and arrested Dad. When Dexter's Mom went to the Precinct where Dad was taken to, she was told he could have left hours ago. Dad was then shown enjoying his cell's tv.
* [[DC Animated Universe]] examples:
** John Corbin (before becoming Metallo) has this, a "reward" from Lex Luthor for not turning stool pigeon. Unfortunately for him, this also makes Luthor think his loyalty makes him [[Unwilling Roboticisation| the perfect recipient]] [[What Have I Become?| of a procedure that]] [[Blessed With Suck| Corbin eventually regrets...]]
** When Superman needed the Parasite's help to find a bomb, the Parasite was offered a TV inside his cell (with cable, including the premium channels) in exchange for his cooperation.
** In the episode "Where There's Smoke", Volcana was spared a regular prison and instead isolated on an island, where Superman brought her supplies (this was both for extenuating circumstances and for the protection of other inmates, given her powers); it seemed a tropical paradise, so long as she stayed put, but she clearly did not. She was later seen fighting Supergirl, and later sent to a high-security section of Stryker's Island Penitentiary.
** The Ultrahumanite has one of these in ''[[Justice League]]'', albeit it's relatively small. Gourmet food, classical music, TV, books, he has to be heavily bribed by Lex to even consider escaping. {{spoiler| And then he agrees to betray Lex and go back anyway in return for Batman doubling Luthor's price... in the form of a charitable "generous donation" to his favorite classical music television channel in the Humanite's name. [[Viewers Like You| The channel even thanks him for it on air.}}
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