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** In "The Lesser of Two Evils", the main characters visit a theme park modeled on 2000s New York. There's a brief scene where the stock market drops from about 11,000 to 7,200, similar numbers to the real-life 2008 crash. (Fortunately, it jumps right back up to 11,000, and all the stock brokers who jumped to their apparent deaths float back up into the building via jetpack.) Considering that the scene was supposed to be a "distorted history" take on the crash that started the Great Depression; that makes this a sort of bizarre life imitating art imitating life.
** Given the flooding, "The Long-lost City of Atlanta" as seen on the episode "The Deep South" doesn't seem too out of place anymore.
** In the episode "Insane in the Membrane", Richard Nixon on a $1000 bill urges a cop to shoot Fry in the back. After the January 2009 BART incident, this is a lot less funny.
** On the very first episode, Fry's last line before tumbling into the cryogenic freezer was, "Here's to another lousy millennium." Fry doesn't know how right he is: 2000 to 2010 has had scandals, invasions, a major terrorist attack on American soil, economic failure, and natural disasters (and there's plenty more where that came from from 2011 on...)
** There was an episode that involved the entire world turning British, 2 cops threaten Fry, Leela and Bender to stop running or they'll have to continue chasing them, since they don't have a gun. 2 weeks later a gun was used by a cop in London, which resulted in a riot.
** In [[The Movie|The Beast With a Billion Backs,]] Colleen, voiced by [[Brittany Murphy]], is {{spoiler|the only person in the universe to stay in heaven.}} Yeesh.
** [[It Got Worse]]: ''Beast With A Billion Backs'' was the last time Brittany Murphy did voicework on an animated show (besides her role as Luanne on ''[[King of the Hill]]'')
Guess who died in 2011?
* ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' - Being a show within a show, the crew of ''Lily Mu'' frequently lampshades the bad points of the television and outsourced animation industry. Looking back, it's amazing how close Ozu's tendency to fire his employees and close the studio reflects what happened to Animation Collective in 2008!
* A less tragic example, or an ironic [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm|reverse]] example, occurs in ''[[Freakazoid!]]!''. Roddy MacStew is teaching Freakazoid telekinesis, saying that his speed and strength will only get him so far. Freakazoid brags that it got the show a second season, prompting Roddy to shout, "You can't count on that! Networks are fickle!" The show only lasted two more episodes.
** It's entirely possible, considering the '''''massive''''' [[Executive Meddling]] that was happening in [[Warner Bros]].' cartoons at that point in time, that this is a veiled [[Take That]] at someone's boss.
** Part of the theme itself could be considered a Funny Aneurysm Moment, given the show turned out to be [[Too Good to Last]]:
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* ''[[Muppet Babies]]'', of all things, also has an awkward episode involving Princess Diana. And a plot to kidnap all the Nannies in England by aliens who turn out to have ships that run on the power of green striped socks, but that's neither here nor there.
* The ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' episode "Fools Die on Friday", originally aired in 1997, is about ''a terrorist who hijacks an aircraft and almost crashes it into a tall structure in New York City''. Of course, the aircraft is a blimp, the terrorist is just a mildly insane loser, and the crash (into the Statue of Liberty) is averted. But the overall plot and dialogue still parallel 9/11 enough that it makes the episode harder to laugh at. The episode was not shown on Gametap when they began streaming the series in 2006, but it is fully present on the DVD release.
* From ''[[Family Guy]]'': the episode "Road to Rhode Island" originally had a scene that depicted Osama Bin Laden getting past airport security by singing showtunes. Amazingly enough, this episode was produced and broadcast ''before'' September 11th, 2001, when few people knew who Osama Bin Laden was and even fewer knew he would orchestrate an attack using commercial airplanes. The scene was removed from future airings of the episode and even from the DVD release, although it showed up on a later "best-of" DVD. (One could also interpret this as [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]; but given the removal of the scene, it seems to belong here.) The worst part is that the show's creator, Seth MacFarlane, was supposed to ''be'' on one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center, but was lucky enough to miss it due to oversleeping from a hangover and deciding to wait for another flight (until he saw the crash on the news).
** The above point about Macfarlane being supposed to board the plane is made worse by the episode ''Back to the Woods'', in which he, as Peter, jokes about a film he is (jokingly) planning to wait called '9/11, Two-Thousand FUN!'. It appears he has dealt with the trauma of nearly going on a doomed flight rather well.
** Adult Swim aired an episode where Mayor West laughs uncontrollably for about a minute straight at the name of the character [[Embarrassing Nickname|Boner]] from [[Growing Pains]]. That's all fine and good, until you realize that they aired said episode 2 days after Andrew Koenig, the actor who played Boner hanged himself from a tree in Stanley Park.
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** The season five episode "Proper Condom Use" has parents pushing for sex ed to be taught to the younger grades. How young? Try "kindergarten" (which Chef finds appalling, as he believes that kids should be kids and not worry about sexual matters until they find out about it for themselves). It was just a joke about how insane the need for teaching sex ed to younger children can be pushed...until some schools actually ''proposed'' having sex ed classes for 1st and 2nd graders.
*** Arguable. The sex-ed proposed for grade schoolers is more about preventing sexual abuse, not condom application.
** In [[The Movie]], there is a bombing of an American actor after Terrance and Phillip are arrested and [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] sending the troops to war with Canada. [[The War on Terror|Two years later...]]
** Steve Irwin is killed in ''Prehistoric Ice Man''.
** The episode "You're Getting Old" reveals that {{spoiler|all of Randy's [[Crazy Awesome]] antics in the later episodes were literally nothing but the antics of a bored, bitter family man trying desperately to give his joke of a life some substantial meaning}}.
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** And then there was the subsequent downward spiral that led to Rob Pilatus's overdose death.
* An episode of ''[[Taz-Mania]]'' called "Taz Babies" was a [[Take That]] against [[Executive Meddling]]; the producer said that a proposed [[Spinoff Babies]] show was ahead of its time. Then came ''Baby [[Looney Tunes]]''. Depending on what you think of that show, this can be either a FAM or a [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] moment.
* An episode of ''Sealab2021'' features a disease that causes people to look and act funny. In a monitor in the background, in one scene, one of the victims has dark hair and is wearing a Michael Jackson "Thriller" jacket.
* In an episode of MTV's ''Downtown'', which came out in 1999, Chaka accuses Mecca of copying her style and declares that she's going to do something so completely bizarre, absurd and outrageous that Mecca would never, ever follow suit: shave off all her pubic hair.
* In ''[[The Incredibles]]'', Mirage's encouraging message, "The supers aren't gone, Mr. Incredible. You're still here!" becomes ''very'' sinister {{spoiler|once Bob discovers the list of supers the Omnidroid has killed.}}
* In the 1998 ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode ''Meet the Manger Babies,'' Hank backs out of performing in Luanne's Christian puppet show because its live debut is scheduled opposite the Super Bowl. Hank tries to cheer up Luanne by saying the game could end early due to injuries or "a terrorist attack." King of the Hill entered syndication in 2001, and this very episode -- with the line intact -- aired a couple weeks after 9/11.
** The last season or so dealt with Luanne's new motherhood. Guess who just died!
*** In one of her last public appearances, Brittany Murphy said that [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/22/2778225.htm?section=entertainment her resolution for 2010 was to to become a mother.] So yeah, [[Tear Jerker|it qualifies.]]
** The episode "After the Mold Rush" has the family pushed out of their house because the insurance company discovers mold. Hank proves that the insurance company is in a lucrative deal with the mold removers and that mold is common and nothing to panic about. Some reports are now saying that the pneumonia that killed Brittany Murphy and her husband was caused by mold in the house . . .
** In "Bill, Bulk, and the Body Buddies" one of the body builders flexes and has a pulsing vein in his arm, causing Luanne to scream that the guy's arm is having a heart attack. Said body builder was voiced by Macho Man Randy Savage, who died of a heart attack (well, a car accident caused by him having one, but it still counts).
* In one episode of ''Men in Black: The Series'', Agent Kay loses his memory of everything past the age of 16. Trying to convince Kay of what's happened, Jay asks, "What's the tallest building in New York?". Kay responds with "Empire State Building", thinks Jay is lying about this 'World Trade Center' and runs outside...where the Twin Towers dominate the skyline. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy1HJ0nb4Yw Later, the agents are on an out-of-control airship...]
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* Christy Carlson Romano (aka [[Kim Possible]]) plays...well...a jerk of a officer in ''[[Cadet Kelly]]'' who spends much of the film trying to break Hillary Duff's spirit. In ''A Sitch in Time'', the villains nearly succeed in doing this to Kim. Bonus points if you saw ASiT first.
** In the episode where the cheerleading squad is forced to stay at Camp Wannaweep, Ron has a flashback to Lake Wannaweep. In the end of the flashback, he tells Gil Moss, a fellow camper, "Wait until the end of camp when you're as wrinkly as a prune and I've made a lot of lanyards."<ref>To put it in context, Ron and Gil ended up switching courses in regards to swim time and Arts and Crafts, respectively</ref> Let's just say that Gil ended up getting a LOT more than simply being as wrinkly as a prune by the end of camp, and hates Ron now for that.
* In-universe example in the ''[[Daria]]'' episode, "The Misery Chick". Lawndale High is visited by a veteran football superstar, who happens to be the biggest [[Jerkass]] this side of irritating. After a run-in with Daria and Jane, who dole out their usual venomous rhetoric at him (he is unaffected), Daria remarks how it bugs her that that idiot will be treated like a hero all of his life. Jane responds that well, maybe he won't live that long. And Daria says "Come on. You know wishes don't come true." {{spoiler|Cue the abrupt sound of a crash outside; a goalpost in the field falls down and kills him.}}
* In the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Two Face", Bruce quips about stealing Harvey Dent's fiancée. This wasn't particularly funny to begin with, but after watching The Dark Knight one can't help but remember what happened with Rachel, Harvey and Bruce. Even worse, in a comic story based on the animated series, [[The Joker]] actually plants the suspicion in a nearly reformed Two Face that his fiance and Bruce are planning to marry each other and conspiring to keep Two Face locked up in Arkham.
** In the "Holiday Knights" episode, Batman and Robin (now Tim Drake) are watching the Joker deliver a message on TV, to which Robin says "Hysterical!". That becomes much less amusing when you see in ''Return of the Joker'' that {{spoiler|the Joker [[Moral Event Horizon|kidnaps, tortures, and brainwashes Tim into revealing Batman's secrets and believing he's the Joker and Harley Quinn's son]]}}. Coincidentally, the Joker's message was included in ''Return of the Joker'' with an [[Animation Bump]].
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'''Max Gibson:''' Come on. Clinton was the fun one, then came the boring one.
'''Terry McGinnis:''' They're ''all'' boring. }}
** This probably still counts as a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] with maybe a dash of [[Hilarious in Hindsight]], but there were quite a few gags around 1999-2000 about how an incredibly boring president was going to follow Clinton...meaning Al Gore, who most people thought was a shoo-in to take the 2000 election.
* In an episode of ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', the band accidentally destroyed an oil rig, which blew up and killed a lot of people. Fast-foward a few years. Guess what's going on in the Gulf Coast of the USA?
** Also the episode where they visit Norway. Unimpressed by the high quality of life and low murder rate, the band says that "Norway is fucking boring." It certainly stopped being boring come August 2011...
* ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'': special guest voice Mama Cass appears to help the gang solve a mystery in an abandoned candy factory. A majority of the jokes are about her weight. This becomes icky when one recalls that Cass Eliot died of obesity-related causes.
** The gag about her having to eat her way out of a room filling with candy (pretty damn crass in itself) is worse given the persistent rumor that she had died choking on food.
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** Plus anyy time Eddy shouted "I'm a minor! Stop!" when he is getting beaten up or harassed.
* In ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'', Raimundo has a throwaway line in "Chameleon" (season 1, episode 6) - "Maybe I'm missing the point. We're never gonna go after each other!" Talk about [[Tempting Fate]], given the number of {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Revolving Door|betrayals]] he and Omi commit}} in later episodes of the series.
* In an episode of [[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]] where [[The Brady Bunch|Susan Olsen]] was being interviewed (circa 1996), Space Ghost's evil twin Chad asks her if shes related to [[Mary
* In the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'']] episode "Swarm of the Century," Princess Celestia is distracted from the [[Extreme Omnivore|Para]][[Killer Rabbit|sprite]] invasion of Ponyville because she needs to take care of "an [[Inferred Holocaust|infestation]] in [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Phillydelphia]]. Not as funny nowadays if you work for [[Intimidating Revenue Service|a certain government agency]] [http://bedbugger.com/2010/04/22/philadelphia-irs-offices-battling-bed-bugs/ in a similarly-named city].
** In "Bridle Gossip," Spike jokingly refers to Rainbow Dash as "Rainbow Crash" after the supposed curse afflicting her leaves her unable to fly properly. The distinctly angry expression on her face when he says this, compared to those of the other characters, [[Fridge Brilliance|makes much]] [[Fridge Horror|more sense]] when it is revealed in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" that (unbeknownst to Spike) various bullies have been using that name to mock her since her childhood.
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* One scene in [[Beavis and Butthead| Beavis and Butthead Do America]], Beavis's transformation into Cornholio and entering the cockpit may have gotten some laughs in 1996. However, this causes a nose drive, which tossed Butthead into the same area and him laughing when the pilot tells to leave. In a post-9/11 America, it's not so funny anymore.
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