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* ''[[Married... with Children]]'':
{{quote| ''[Al has gone outside to fix the roof]''<br />
'''Peggy:''' You know how you are always complaining that your father never does anything with the family? Well, just watch that window and your father has a big surprise for us. Right about now - three, two, one...<br />
''[Al screams and falls past the window, family laughs and claps]'' }}
* ''[[Sports Night]]'' episode "Quo Vadimus"
{{quote| ''[Isaac has told Dana about a new bid from Quo Vadimus]''<br />
'''Dana Whitaker:''' Isaac doesn't trust that when he tells me something, I can be cool. He thinks it's gonna spread around and the information'll get all twisted and I'm going to show him he's wrong.<br />
'''Isaac Jaffe:''' ''[While in his office]'' Three, two, one...<br />
'''Jeremy Goodwin:''' Isaac, I don't know if you heard. Six this morning there was a bid from an Italian airline called Platypus. }}
* ''[[Out of This World]]'' did it when the uncle had some [[Love Potion]] in the form of cologne on, and when he was about to take a swim, the daughter and mother counted down for when the [[Instant Harem]] would abandon him.
* [[Double Subversion|Double subverted]] in a ''[[Cheers]]'' episode. A beautiful woman walks into the bar while Sam is in his office, and Carla does the countdown. It's as if the show is [[Lampshade Hanging|admitting how predictable it is]], but Sam is two seconds late. He comes out, asking, "Where is she"?
{{quote| '''Carla:''' He's slowing down, but he's still got it.<br />
'''Sam:''' Gimme a break, Carla. There's lead pipes down there. Interferes with the radar. }}
* By [[Community]]'s second Christmas episode, the glee club have become so predictable that Annie can count down to their 'hip-hop remix' of carols.