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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' does this a couple of times:

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' revolved around Stu doing this with their group of friends after the family's awful vacation to the Grand Canyon, which [[ContinuityNod had happened over the course of one episode earlier in the show's run.]] The audience is predictably bored though various issues prevent him from continuing and at the end of the episode, by the time he's fixed the issues, everyone else is engrossed in the crayon art that the kids have drawn, including, eventually, Stu himself.

* Weaponized in ''[[https://www.bobandgeorge.com/comics/ramnesis Jailhouse Blues]]'', a ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' fancomic featuring the adventures of Mega Man sharing the same jail as Doctor Wily. At one point, Mega Man X has to stop Mega Man from engaging Doctor Wily too quickly ([[ItMakesSenseeInContext long story]]). Rather than fighting Mega Man, X instead elects to [[https://www.bobandgeorge.com/comics/ramnesis/21/10 creatively combine multiple weapons]], [[NotTheIntendedUse far outside their intended purpose]]:

* On ''Series/QueerAsFolk,'' Michael subjects his family and friends to one of these when returning from a Paris vacation with David. Ted naps on Emmett's shoulder. Debbie, Vic, and Melanie strain to pay attention. Brian and Justin [[MakeOutKids make out]] on the couch. Lindsay is somehow riveted.

* In one episode of ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'', Foggy is about to put on a slideshow [[note]]it being of the lousy Christmas he, Compo, and Cleggy had due to Compo convincing them to wait until the last minute to do their shopping, only for Christmas Eve to fall on a Sunday when all the shops were shut[[/note]], leading Compo to complain if he was going to show his holiday snaps again.

* ''Machinima/FreemansMind:'' Gordon has apparently dealt with this before; he laments not bringing a camera to document his survival and everything he did through it, ''especially'' because he could spring it on any family members trying to show vacation pictures and immediately shut them up.
-->'''Gordon Freeman:''' If I had been taking pictures, I'd be ready when I had to sit through some family member's slideshow. I could whip it out and be like, "Fuck you! Your pictures ''suck'', look at mine! There's me blowing up some bipedal alien the size of a dump truck. Here's me shooting some troops because I'm hardcore. Yeah, I think we're done here. You brought this on yourself."

* In a [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oKGN/progressive-jamie-abroad television ad]] for the Progressive Insurance Company, an employee named Jamie is showing his co-workers slides of his trip abroad. A bored young woman asks if he has any "interesting" slides for them. Jamie quickly runs through several intriguing pictures (calling them "boring") before stopping to discuss his Swedish client Steve and the point of the advertisement.

* On ''Series/QueerAsFolk,'' Michael subjects his family and friends to one of these when returning from a Paris vacation with David. Emmett naps. Debbie, Vic, and Ted strain to pay attention. Brian and Justin [[MakeOutKids make out]] on the couch.

* One of the punishments in Astfgl's new Hell is shown to be this in ''Literature/{{Eric}}'':

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In "Somber Vacation" Strong Sad shows some of the other characters some slides from his trip to the beach (it's the only way he can remain miserable, since summer is generally a happy time and thus his least favorite time of year). Bubs and Strong Bad (who were expecting [[TheCakeIsALie free casserole and the opportunity to see a dead body, respectively]]) react with disappointment, while [[KindheartedSimpleton Homestar]] was the only one there willingly ("You're welcome!"). They react listlessly to many of the pictures he shows, which included burying himself alive in the sand (and winning third place in a sand sculpture contest), making little people out of bits of Styrofoam coolers (who then somehow beat him at beach volleyball), and tripping over couples making out while going for a midnight walk on the beach. They're all rather amused when they learn Strong Sad [[EmbarrassinglyPainfulSunburn got a nasty]] {{moonburn}} that [[TanLines makes him look like he was wearing a bikini top]].
-->'''Strong Sad:''' Shut up! It's a skin condition! This is just how I tan, I can't help it.