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** None of this is helped by the fact that each episode is a self-contained story that is clearly already in progress, with no recap and zero exposition. That or a Yungian nightmare, take your pick, either one is both valid and complete bullshit.
* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'' is more or less constructed from this trope. The various episodes follow vague premises with more Mind Screw moments and [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|Big Lipped Alligator Moments]] then virtually any other show. A particularly memorable one though, is at the end of an episode where they unmask a villain (bare in mind he's adult-sized) to reveal... an earthworm.
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Mandy: "Billy, if you had been [[Insane Troll Logic|paying attention the whole time you would have figured out he was obviously an Earthworm]]." }}
* In ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', the first episode where you see Pearl does not seem weird... [[Fridge Logic]] ensues, as you ask yourself, "How the heck can a crab father a whale?!"
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* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'': in "One Plus One Equals Ed", the titular trio try and know everything so they can become super-smart and famous. In their quest for knowledge, however, all of reality breaks down- trees are flat as cardboard, Eddy eats the sun, Nazz turns into a dinosaur, and on and on. The madness only ends when the Eds are flying on a balloon that gets popped by the animator's giant pencil. [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|And they never speak of it again.]]
* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', where an advertising company produces a TV advert for Homer's plowing service, featuring a opera-singing woman screaming at a snow-globe before smashing it on the pavement. In black and white. The family's response sums it up well.
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'''Homer:''' ...I don't know. }}
** Pictured above is the Itchy-and-Scratchy replacement "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR7m-4Vc3MU Worker and Parasite]" from "Krusty Gets Kancelled". Krusty's reaction [[Lampshade Hanging|("What the hell was that?!")]] [[Audience Surrogate|is dead on.]]
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* ''[[The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat]]'' is probably one of the most [[Mind Screw|Mind Screwiest]] western animation films ever. And unlike [[Fritz the Cat (animation)|the film it's a sequel to]], [[Ralph Bakshi]] had absolutely nothing to do with it.
* One in the Time Travel episode of ''[[Gargoyles]]'', to quote [[The Nostalgia Critic]]:
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* At the end of the ''[[Super Mario World (animation)|Super Mario World]]'' episode "The Yoshi Shuffle", Luigi's brain is apparently melted (giving rise to the [[Fan Nickname]] "Retard Luigi") following this exchange:
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'''Mario:''' Whaddaya mean, ''catch'' the ball? [[Baleful Polymorph|You]] ''[[Baleful Polymorph|were]]'' [[Baleful Polymorph|the ball!]] }}
* ''[[The Matrix|The Animatrix]]'' is an animated series inspired by ''[[The Matrix]]'', but "half of it couldn't even be understood unless you were crazy or an art major."
* Parodied in ''[[Family Guy]]'' in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B64mI-FfT7w&feature=related "Oceans Three and a half]
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'''Stewie:''' Shut up. }}
* The Canadian short ''[http://www.nfb.ca/film/La_Salla La Salla]''. 15 seconds in, the main character is shooting replica cows at paintings for no obvious reason.
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