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== Western Animation ==

* ''[[~~Western Animaiton/Avatar The Last Airbender|~~Avatar The Last Airbender]]'': A portion of Prince Zuko's [[A Day in the Limelight]] is a blatant pastiche of the Western showdown—in a world resembling ancient China, as far from the Wild West as one could get. The very next episode goes as far to feature a ghost town, a [[Mexican Standoff]], and a three-way showdown that once more takes place at high noon.

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': A portion of Prince Zuko's [[A Day in the Limelight]] is a blatant pastiche of the Western showdown—in a world resembling ancient China, as far from the Wild West as one could get. The very next episode goes as far to feature a ghost town, a [[Mexican Standoff]], and a three-way showdown that once more takes place at high noon.

* Spoofed in the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon ''Drip-Along Daffy'': Daffy and Nasty Canasta do version A, but before a single shot is fired, Porky defeats Canasta with a wind-up toy soldier... with a ridiculously powerful musket. The crowd already has Porky up on their shoulders when Daffy, still walking towards the showdown, realizes what happened.

* [[Bugs Bunny]] ''literally'' expands the town for Yosemite Sam in the cartoon ''Bugs Bunny Rides Again''. Sam doesn't care.

* Featured in a ''[[~~Western~~ ~~Animaiton/Sponge Bob Square Pants|Sponge Bob Square Pants~~]]'' Western-themed episode, where SpongeBob's [[Identical Grandson|look-alike ancestor]] SpongeBuck has a showdown with outlaw Dead Eye Plankon. It ends before it even begins, when SpongeBuck accidentally steps on Dead Eye.

* Featured in a ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' Western-themed episode, where SpongeBob's [[Identical Grandson|look-alike ancestor]] SpongeBuck has a showdown with outlaw Dead Eye Plankon. It ends before it even begins, when SpongeBuck accidentally steps on Dead Eye.

* ''[[An American Tail]]: Fievel Goes West'' had one, though it was at sunset and not at noon.

* One episode of ''[[~~Western Animaiton/The Simpsons|~~The Simpsons]]'' featured Homer slapping people everywhere he went challenging them to duels to avoid having to pay for things. Unfortunately when he challenges an old fashioned Texas cowboy to a duel, the man naturally accepted. At the end of the episode they finally duel with the customary ten steps when the Texan is distracted by a pie Marge cooked. Homer, in a move that was idiotic even for him, reminded the man that the duel was not over. The Texan apologized for his rudeness and promptly shot Homer in the shoulder.

* One episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' featured Homer slapping people everywhere he went challenging them to duels to avoid having to pay for things. Unfortunately when he challenges an old fashioned Texas cowboy to a duel, the man naturally accepted. At the end of the episode they finally duel with the customary ten steps when the Texan is distracted by a pie Marge cooked. Homer, in a move that was idiotic even for him, reminded the man that the duel was not over. The Texan apologized for his rudeness and promptly shot Homer in the shoulder.

* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'': The year: [[Present Day]]. The place: a forest in [[Trapped in TV Land|TV-land]]. The time: right now. A water ski and life jacket-wearing [[Batman|Robin]] squares off with the [[Space Western|Off-World Outlaw]]. On the sidelines a grizzly and a [[Crocodile Hunter|Steve Irwin]] [[Expy]] hold their breath in rapt attention. The trope collapses like a starcruiser from [[Reverse Polarity]]-induced temporal feedback when Robin socks his opponent in the face while he's distracted by the cheering bear.

* Played nasty and played straight in ''[[Adventures of the ~~Galaxy Rangers|~~Galaxy Rangers]]'' episode "Galaxy Stranger" where Shane and Singray “settle things” on the main street of Frontier. The show was a [[Space Western]], and the writers played it for all it was worth.

* Played nasty and played straight in the ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'' episode "Galaxy Stranger" where Shane and Singray “settle things” on the main street of Frontier. The show was a [[Space Western]], and the writers played it for all it was worth.

* ''[[The Backyardigans]]'', being the kid-friendly show it is, played this relatively straight, replacing the shootout with a ping-pong match.

* In the ''[[~~Western Animaiton/Re Boot|Re Boot~~]]'' episode 'The Episode With No Name' Andraia and a nameless female Guardian have a showdown in the streets. Slightly modified since Andraia uses projectile spikes, instead of a gun. She still wins.

* In the ''[[ReBoot]]'' episode 'The Episode With No Name' Andraia and a nameless female Guardian have a showdown in the streets. Slightly modified since Andraia uses projectile spikes, instead of a gun. She still wins.

* An episode of ''[[~~Western Animaiton/Rugrats|~~Rugrats]]'' plays with this with 'Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch' in which Tommy and Chuckie deal with a bully named "The Junk Food Kid", who always comes to the park at noon, or "No Shadow Time." Their first encounter ends badly, but Tommy prevails the second time.

* An episode of ''[[Rugrats]]'' plays with this with 'Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch' in which Tommy and Chuckie deal with a bully named "The Junk Food Kid", who always comes to the park at noon, or "No Shadow Time." Their first encounter ends badly, but Tommy prevails the second time.

* ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'': [[The Teaser]] to "Night of the Batmen!" involves one.