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{{quote|'''Lucy''': If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud formation...What do you think you see, Linus?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Lucy''': If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud formation...What do you think you see, Linus?

'''Linus''': Well, those clouds up there look to me like the map of the British Honduras in the Caribbean....That cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor...and that group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the stoning of Stephen...I can see the Apostle Paul standing there to one side....~~ ~~

'''Linus''': Well, those clouds up there look to me like the map of the British Honduras in the Caribbean....That cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor...and that group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the stoning of Stephen...I can see the Apostle Paul standing there to one side....

'''Lucy''': Uh huh...That's very good... What do you see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?~~ ~~

'''Lucy''': Uh huh...That's very good... What do you see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?

'''Charlie Brown''': Well, I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsie, but I changed my mind.|''[[Peanuts]]''}}

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* This is how Shute and Captain start to bond in [[SD Gundam Force]].

{{quote| '''Shute:''' That cloud looks like you!~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Shute:''' That cloud looks like you!

'''Captain:''' Am I really that fat?~~ ~~

'''Captain:''' Am I really that fat?

'''Shute:''' Don't worry, the sky adds ten pounds. }}

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', "Imaginary Friend":

{{quote| '''Data''': I believe what you are seeing is the effect of the fluid dynamic processes inherent in the large-scale motion of rarefied gas.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Data''': I believe what you are seeing is the effect of the fluid dynamic processes inherent in the large-scale motion of rarefied gas.

'''Guinan''': No, no. First it was a fish, and now it's a Mentonian sailing ship.~~ ~~

'''Guinan''': No, no. First it was a fish, and now it's a Mentonian sailing ship.

'''Data''': Where?~~ ~~

'''Data''': Where?

'''Guinan''': Right there. Don't you see the two swirls coming together to form the mast?~~ ~~

'''Guinan''': Right there. Don't you see the two swirls coming together to form the mast?

'''Data''': I do not see it. It is interesting that people try to find meaningful patterns in things that are essentially random. I have noticed that the images they perceive sometimes suggest what they are thinking about at that particular moment. ''(pause)'' [[Out-of-Character Moment|Besides, it is clearly a bunny rabbit]]. }}

* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "This Side of Paradise". Spock and his girlfriend Leila Kalomi are looking at clouds.

{{quote| '''Spock''': That one looks like a dragon. You see the tail and the dorsal spines?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Spock''': That one looks like a dragon. You see the tail and the dorsal spines?

'''Leila''': I've never seen a dragon.~~ ~~

'''Leila''': I've never seen a dragon.

'''Spock''': I have. On Berengaria Seven. But I've never stopped to look at clouds before. }}

* On [[The Golden Girls]], Rose said she saw a cloud that looked just like a cotton ball.

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* ''[[BC]]'' did a few, such as "all the ills suffered by mankind" (a mushroom cloud) and "the dust cloud raised by a herd of stampeding mammoths" (cue stomping as it turns out it is, indeed, the dust cloud raised by a herd of stampeding mammoths).

* ''[[Garfield]]'' also had a few clouds, such as one that resembled Odie, the same ears, the same stupid expression...

** Another time, Jon observed that one cloud looked "just like a cloud." After a [[Beat Panel]], Garfield asked, "which one?"

== [[Theater]] ==

* [[Older Than Steam]], because [[William Shakespeare]] [[The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples|did it]]:

{{quote| '''[[Hamlet]]''': Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''[[Hamlet]]''': Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel?

'''Polonius''': By th' Mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed.~~ ~~

'''Polonius''': By th' Mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed.

'''Hamlet''': Methinks it is [[Like a Weasel]].~~ ~~

'''Hamlet''': Methinks it is [[Like a Weasel]].

'''Polonius''': It is backed like a weasel.~~ ~~

'''Polonius''': It is backed like a weasel.

'''Hamlet''': Or like a whale.~~ ~~

'''Hamlet''': Or like a whale.

'''Polonius''': Very like a whale. }}

** Of course, Hamlet is just doing this to [[Troll|mess with Polonius' head]].

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* ''[[Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' naturally [http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF069-Not_Today_Little_One.jpg has one.]

* In ''Absurd Notions'', a cloud is [http://www.absurdnotions.org/page127.html remarkably cloud-shaped.] Also,

{{quote| '''Jag''': What about that one?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Jag''': What about that one?

'''Jay''': Gene Wilder holding a hammer between his teeth.~~ ~~

'''Jay''': Gene Wilder holding a hammer between his teeth.

'''Jag''': Hey, yeah! }}

* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3260 this starts in that direction -- to veer off and talk of seeing pollution.]