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* ''AquaTeenHungerforce'' had Meatwad inadvertently sign the titular trio up for the Marines while trying to buy gum. Shake decides to blow his face off with a shotgun reasoning that there's no way they'll take him in that condition. Cue IronicEchoCut.

* ''TotalDramaIsland'' had one of these.

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* One of the Warner Siblings shorts in ''{{Animaniacs}}'' has them discovering boot camp (They all think it's summer camp, Dot thinks it has to do with fashionable footwear). HilarityEnsues.

* ''Seires/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' had her get sent there by her aunts for crashing a train into the living room.

* ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' had her get sent there by her aunts for crashing a train into the living room.

* ''TheMask'' The Animated Series: The season two episode "The Green Marine" showed how The Mask accidentally enlisted himself in the Marines.

* On ''PhineasAndFerb'', the titular boys are sent to a boot camp after Candace actually manages to bust them. The camp (run by an [[DrillSergeantNasty evil drill sergeant]]) is [[BreakTheCutie designed to smother and stifle their creativity.]] It works. [[IGotBetter They get better]]. And [[AllJustADream then]]...

* In ''TheProudFamily'', Penny becomes a bad girl and is sent to a boot camp style reformatory.

* TwoStupidDogs were sent to a "cartoon boot camp".

* An episode of ''Disney's {{Hercules}}'' has Herc and Icarus infiltrate Spartan Military Academy to save Adonis, who has to go through basic training in accordance to family tradition. Ironically, CloudCuckoolander Icarus warms up to the military lifestyle.

* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Fry and Bender enlist in order to take advantage of a discount for recruits in "War is the H-Word". [[NotMyLuckyDay War were declared]].

* ''The {{Little Lulu}} Show'' episode "Iggy's New Leaf" had Iggy faced with the threat of getting sent to military school if he does one more bad thing, prompting Lulu, Tubby, and Willy to help him stay out of trouble. In the end, however, the three wind up getting sent to military school instead, because of the troubles that they got caught up in while they were trying to keep Iggy from committing, while Iggy gets off the hook.

* ''The {{Little Lulu}} Show'' episode "Iggy's New Leaf" had Iggy faced with the threat of getting sent to military school if he does one more bad thing, prompting Lulu, Tubby, and Willy to help him stay out of trouble. In the end, however, the three wind up getting sent to military school instead, because of the troubles that they caught up in while they were trying to keep Iggy from committing, while Iggy gets off the hook.

** The trope is mostly averted however when Cotton discovers the camp has been turned into more of a military-themed summer camp for young boys. [[BreakTheCutie Then Cotton takes over as headmaster]], but utterly fails ([[spoiler:ironically, [[HoistedByHisOwnPetard his own bragging]] on the wall of "the box" is what gives Bobby the resolve to perservere]]).

* ''AquaTeenHungerforce'' had Meatwad inadvertantly sign the titular trio up for the Marines while trying to buy gum. Shake decides to blow his face off with a shotgun reasoning that there's no way they'll take him in that condition. Cue IronicEchoCut.

* In ''FullMetalPanic: Fumoffu'', it is the protagonist who organizes a boot camp on two occasions, playing the DrillSergeantNasty in it.

* DonaldDuck had a number of boot camp episodes all while under [[DrillSergeantNasty Sergent Pete.]] There was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwjeBL01tz0 Donald Gets Drafted,]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQ32XGavR8 The Vanishing Private,]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmz_YveSsf4 Sky Trooper,]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIN0sViNhqA Fall Out Fall In]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiZmgMTkVHo The Old Army Game.]]
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