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* ''Glee'' falls here with regularity, particularly in tribute and holiday episodes.
* [[Supernatural]]'s Micha Colins has commented on the 'Angel drycleaning' that seems to apply to his constume, which was destroyed every few episodes, and always back to normal by the next week.
* At the end of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'''s treatment of ''[[The Girl in Lovers' Lane]]'', the bots are profoundly depressed by the movie's [[Downer Ending]], specifically the [[Shocking Swerve]] death of lovable waitress Carrie. Joel offers the bots a refreshing epiphany that more or less ''defines'' [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: you don't have to ''accept'' what the movie hands you. The cast promptly begin imagining less depressing endings for the film. This was mentioned in the official episode guide as being based on the universal negative reactions of the writing team upon first viewing the film, and the skit seemed almost psychologically necessary.
** In the episode ''[[Soultaker]]'', Crow and Servo refuse to accept the [[Happily Ever After]] and claim what ''really'' happened was a [[Downer Ending]] where the protagonists' relationship failed and the hero ended up in jail, making bootleg vodka in the toilet. Mike asks if they aren't being a little doom-and-gloom, and they [[Sarcasm Mode|sarcastically]] suggest an ending where everything is [[Tastes Like Diabetes|puppies and sunshine and rainbows]]. Mike asks if it ''has'' to be unrealistically depressing or unrealistically happy with no middle ground, and they say yep, it's either toilet vodka or unicorn giggles.
* Similarly, in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', we learn that Willow always stops watching ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' a few minutes before it ends so she can pretend it has a happy ending. Which means she must not watch [[Foregone Conclusion|the first five minutes either]], unless she wants to be confused.
* On ''[[Friends]]'', Phoebe learns that her mother did this with numerous movies because she didn't want her children being exposed to sad things. Right before she [[Face Palm|killed herself]].
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Marge Simpson]] was shown with a similar attitude, eating a story book about Joan D'Arc to avoid telling Lisa that the French warrior was burned at the stake, commenting it was easier to swallow than the [[Bambi]] video.
* In [[Stephen Colbert]]'s book ''I Am America and So Can You'', he mentions that he couldn't enjoy ''[[The Lion King]]'' Broadway musical because he couldn't turn it off before Mufasa's death.
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