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Compare [[Compressed Vice]] and [[Compressed Abstinence]].
 
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Bridget Jones]]' Diary''
{{quote| '''Bridget:''' New Year's resolution: drink less... and quit smoking... and quit talking total nonsense to strangers... actually, quit talking, full stop.}}
* ''[[Alfie]]''
{{quote| '''Alfie:''' In a flash I have my New Year's resolution: Aim higher.}}
* ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]''
{{quote| '''Pauline Parker:''' My New Year's resolution is a far more selfish one than last year. It is to make my motto, eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow, you may be dead.}}
* ''[[The Thin Man (Filmfilm)|After the Thin Man]]''
{{quote| '''Nick Charles:''' Have you made any New Year's resolutions?<br />
'''Nora Charles:''' Not yet. Any complaints or suggestions? [snip]<br />
'''Nick:''' Well, you don't scold, you don't nag, and you look far too pretty in the mornings.<br />
'''Nora:''' All right, I'll remember: Must scold, must nag, mustn't be too pretty in the mornings. }}
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Frasier]]'' episode "The Fight Before Christmas"
{{quote| '''Gil Chesterson:''' My wife and I made a New Year's resolution: Deb and I have joined a gym to slim down and buff up.}}
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air]]'' episode "Hilary Gets a Life"
{{quote| '''Hilary Banks:''' I'm making a New Year's resolution to find a job... right after Easter.}}
* ''[[Friends]]'': "The One With All the Resolutions"
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Batman the Animated Series (Animation)|The New Batman Adventures]]'' episode "Holiday Knights"
{{quote| '''[[The Joker]]:''' I'm interrupting the Toilet Bowl to bring you my very special New Year's resolution: Ahem, starting tonight at midnight, I, your loving uncle Joker, do solemnly vow not to kill anyone for a whole year. Which means I'm going to have to work extra fast to bump off a few more of you today.}}
* ''[[Peanuts|Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!]]''
{{quote| '''Peppermint Patty:''' Have you made any New Year's resolutions, Chuck?<br />
'''Charlie Brown:''' Yes. You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I'm only going to dread one day at a time. }}
 
== [[Literature]] ==
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== Music ==
* [[Five Iron Frenzy]]'s "New Year's Eve".
{{quote| It's New Year's Eve and I'm full of empty promises<br />
I half pretend to keep this time<br />
just like last year. }}
 
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The practice of making New Year's Resolutions for ''other'' people is discussed in [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=227 this] ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'' strip.
* The cast of ''[[Sequential Art (Webcomicwebcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=225 tend to amend their lists quickly] (see the next two comics).
* ''[[Cyanide and& Happiness]]'' presents... hmm... [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1905/ maybe next year].
* ''[[The Optimist]]'' resolves to do or not do things every 365 days or so [http://the-opt.com/?p=1229 here] and [http://the-opt.com/?p=107 here].
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'' "[[Devil in Plain Sight|Big D]]" also [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140209162356/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=721 has one]. [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140209184421/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1439 Monique's] just keeps the status quo.
* ''Snafu'' reminds us: [http://snafu-comics.com/swmcomic/daaaaaaah/ bunnies aren't good at New Years resolutions].
* ''[[Devil Bear]]'' has [http://www.thedevilbear.com/b/comic/dog-training/ one of those] shredded [[A Dog Ate My Homework|by Cerbutt]], which [[Sloth|Helle Belle]] approves.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|The New Batman Adventures]]'' episode "Holiday Knights"
{{quote| '''[[The Joker]]:''' I'm interrupting the Toilet Bowl to bring you my very special New Year's resolution: Ahem, starting tonight at midnight, I, your loving uncle Joker, do solemnly vow not to kill anyone for a whole year. Which means I'm going to have to work extra fast to bump off a few more of you today.}}
* ''[[Peanuts|Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!]]''
{{quote| '''Peppermint Patty:''' Have you made any New Year's resolutions, Chuck?<br />
'''Charlie Brown:''' Yes. You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I'm only going to dread one day at a time. }}
 
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