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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The Planetary Chance Machine from an early story of the [[Legion of Super -Heroes]], also crossed with [[Decision Darts]] in that the spinning wheel tosses off parts of itself--the person they strike is the one chosen.
* One ''[[Richie Rich]]'' cover from the 1980s shows Richie about to spin one of these in deciding which of his girlfriends to ask out.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[UHF (Film)|UHF]]'' plays with the trope: the game show "Wheel of Fish", where the contestant can choose to win the type of fish the wheel lands on.
* There was something like this in ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' when Scott is trying to figure out what to say. As you can see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvoJio7WCtY here], it didn't quite work out as planned.
* ''[[Mad Max (Film)|Mad Max]]: Beyond Thunderdome'': Bust a deal, face the wheel!
 
== [[Literature]] ==
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* In teen sitcoms, some girls have the Wheel of Excuses for what they'll say to turn down a boy they don't want to date.
* Played with on ''[[Late Night]]'', where Jimmy Fallon has the wheel of carpet samples. The carpet sample names are often very descriptive (for example "hotel lobby"). There are supposedly "points" awarded based on the carpet sample the wheel lands on, but these are arbitrary. The wheel only chooses the carpet sample the audience member/player may get if he/she "wins".
* In [[FOXFox]]'s pseudo-reality show ''My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss'' (a parody of ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]''), the [[Man Behind the Man]], who makes the decisions on who gets fired, is a monkey with a decision wheel.
* In [[WWE]] and [[WCW]], Eric Bishoff instigated a Wheel of Fortune which would decide the [[Gimmick Matches]] wrestlers would be involved in. "Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal" in WCW, "WWE Roulette" in WWE.
* ''[[Lexx]]'': Episode 1.3, "Eating Pattern". The people controlled by the Satellite Worms incorporated a spinning wheel in their sadistic pattern-making ritual.
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* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has the Wheel of Punishment in "Avatar Day" to determine what sentence someone gets from their screwy justice system.
* ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' has this in one episode. In order to decide which fairy will host the next fairy convention, Jorgen spins [[Butt Monkey|Binky]] while the latter is tied to a carnival wheel with every fairy's name on it.
* ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' has a wheel which the robot devil spins, with every robot's name on it. He uses it to pick which robot will have his hands exchanged with Fry's hands.
* ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon "It's Hummer Time" has a dog using one to pick punishments for a cat.
* ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (Animationanimation)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'': Spidey's imagination has Wheel of Excuses for what he'll tell his [[Muggle]] friends when his superhero life intrudes on his regular life.
 
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