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== Film ==
* At the end of ''[[Fun Withwith Dick and Jane]]'', the protagonists have duped the evil CEO into [[Involuntary Charity Donation|reimbursing all of his employees' stolen pensions]], are wealthy again and are happily driving towards the sunset... until a former colleague of Dick's drives next to him and tells him he got a great job at a company called Enron...and the credits roll.
* Near the end of ''[[Grease]]'', the principal announces over the intercom that the graduating seniors may go on to greatness. One possible glorious future (this scene being set in the late spring of 1959) she speculates they might look forward to? Being the next Vice-President [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]].
* In ''[[Shanghai Knights]]'', [[Owen Wilson|Roy O'Bannon]] wastes most of his money writing false biographies of himself under a pen name. When [[Jackie Chan|Chon Wang]] finds out, he is disgusted with Roy, but Roy claims he has invested the rest into something that will revolutionize travel - zeppelining. When Chon is still not convinced, Roy claims that it's at least more likely to happen than some crazy invention called an "[[It Will Never Catch On|automobile]]".
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== Live-Action TV ==
* Done in ''[[Cold Case (TV)|Cold Case]]'' in a brilliant example of [[Fridge Logic]] paved with Black Humour. A '70s Disco dancer's reason to break with his conservative Jewish father is that without his strict supervision he "will live forever, like Disco". ''An hour later'', [[Deader Than Disco|he is dead]].
* In an episode of ''[[Teen Angel]]'' where the titular character travels back in time, we learn that shortly prior to his death, he had made a huge investment in "[[Anyone Remember Pogs|Planet Macarena]]" stock. After his future self warns him about this mistake, he then announces to "present" Steve that he will sell all his stock...and [[Comically Missing the Point|invest it in Tony Danza T-shirts]].
 
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'':
** Disco Stu does this, trying to recruit for his disco record label:
{{quote| '''Stu:''' ''Did you know that sales of disco were up 400% in the year ending 1978? If these trends continue... ayyyyy!''}}
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