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* There was an episode of ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' wherein in order to undo the wacky spell-gone-awry of the week, Sabrina had to get someone to say a certain phrase -- but of course, Sabrina wasn't able to actually say it herself, because that would make things too easy. So instead, she initiated a game of charades and tried to get the person to say the phrase that way.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp," the Doctor has been poisoned with cyanide, but can cleanse his system with only a few ingredients. Unfortunately, his mouth is full when he needs to tell Donna what he needs and a hilarious game of charades ensues:

'''The Doctor:''' How is "Harvey Wallbanger" one word?! }}

* Two games of Charades were played in a courtroom sketch in a Monty Python episode. Go [http://orangecow.org/pythonet/scripts/Episode15-The%20Spanish%20Inquisition.txt here] and search for "We have, m'lud."

* Michael on ''[[The Office]]'' plays Charades in "Dinner Party," but he can't resist cheating. "Rhymes with Parnold Schporzenegger."

* The ''[[Three's Company]]'' episode "Jack Bares All (aka Oh Nurse), Part 2" has Mr. Furley introducing a game where each player makes up a question one word at a time. They don't like it, so they play a game in which everybody has to imitate another partygoer. Hilarity Ensues.

* Nephew Fred and his party play Twenty Questions in the 1951 version of [[A Christmas Carol|Scrooge]].

* In ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'', Frankenstein is strangled by the monster, and tries use charades to tell Igor and Inga to administer a "sedative". Their guesses include "said-a-give" and "said a dirty word".

* ''[[Demolition Man]]'': [[Big Bad]] Simon Phoenix references Simon Says as a sort of [[Catch Phrase]]:

'''Phoenix''': Simon says die! }}

* Mozart and his wife play Musical Chairs at a party in the film version of ''[[Amadeus]]''.