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-->Did you ever sit straight up in bed with something circling around your head? You swat at it as it whizzes by and it's just one pesky little fly. You shake your head and twitch your nose and settle down to sweep your nose. And when you're just about to dose, fly trouble.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "Stressed To Kill," a fly interrupts DW's attempt to relax, and he goes after it in a manner that destroys the room and renders him even more stressed.

* The whole point of Freddy the Fly in ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyWorldOfTexAvery''.

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Of course, what generally causes the most trouble isn't the bug itself, but the character's increasingly extreme attempts to get rid of it, unless the bug itself is a trickster. Generally, the character will only hurt themselves with their angry attempts to rid themselves of the pest, or, at the worst, end up destroying their perfect afternoon, while the fly gets away scott free.

[[TruthInTelevision This has happened to everyone.]][-[[note]] Well, everyone who is willing to murder flies.[[/note]]-]

* The ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} short ''Flies Ain't Human'' (1941, remade in 1949 as ''The Fly's Last Flight'') uses this as the plot. The fly eventually gets into Popeye's spinach and, well, HilarityEnsues.
* WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther had a lot of trouble with both a hungry fly (who eats up all his food) and a flea (who itches him like crazy, ''then'' eats up all his food). In the first case, he sends the fly away by mail, only for it to return with a StampGag.
** There was also a fly that he tried to kill with karate, wrecking some of his own furniture ... before it turned out the fly ''also'' knew martial arts, flipped him a time or three, and then twisted his arm and threw him out of the house.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' had an episode where a fly got into the tower, with Numbuh 1 and 4 trying to get rid of it (Numbuh 4 in the textbook overly violent self-destructive way), Numbuh 2 wanting to make a machine based off it, and Numbuh #3 trying to have a tea party with it. Things get increasingly weird as they each try to get to it, until it lands on Numbuh #5, [[WomenAreWiser who catches it effortlessly and then gently releases it out the window]]. Too bad the fly [[TwistEnding was a spy-machine all along]].

* The presence of a bee causes a lot of havoc in the classic ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' cartoon ''Disney/TheBandConcert''.

* In ''CountryBuzzin'', a Creator/{{Laurel and Hardy}} cartoon, the boys go to the country to relax, but a mosquito torments them.

* The whole point of Freddy the Fly in ''TheWackyWorldOfTexAvery''.

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Nothing like a nice relaxing day at home. Sitting around, with a book, no distractions, no annoyances, just a nice, quiet-[[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound BZZZZZZZZZZZ!]]

[[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound BZZZZZZZZZZZ!]]

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': When this happens to Londo Mollari, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2AXASQPFQo does]] ''not'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments screw around]].

* In one ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' episode adaptation of ''Murder in Mesopotamia'', during one night when Literature/HerculePoirot is asleep, he gets woken up by a buzzing sound from a mosquito out to bite him. He tries many ways of catching it. Also counts as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

Nothing like a nice relaxing day at home. Sitting around, with a book, no distractions, no annoyances, just a nice, quiet-[[MostAnnoyingSound BZZZZZZZZZZZ!]]

[[MostAnnoyingSound BZZZZZZZZZZZ!]]

* In the first episode of ''Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume'', the title character tries to swat a bug with her CombatTentacles, but ends up punching a hole in the wall of the Lemon Beach House, thus kicking of the plot by [[WorkOffTheDebt indebting her]] to the Aizawa sisters.

* There was an ad for Tabasco sauce where a man was eating pizza on his porch, putting a good dollop of Tabasco sauce on each bite. A mosquito landed on him, bit him, flew off, and [[StuffBlowingUp blew up]], engendering a satisfied nod & smile from the man. One might surmise that he did this on purpose to get back at them.
* An online advert for Schick - "ridding the world of irritation" - depicted a lab technician angrily shooing away a fly... until it lands on a mirror. The technician smugly pulls out a can of shaving foam and sprays the fly into oblivion.

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* There was an ''[[Franchise/{{Archie comic|s}} Archie]]'' comic where a fly kept bothering Archie in school, with his attempts to swat it getting him in bigger and bigger trouble.
* In the Franchise/{{Tintin}} book ''Recap/TintinLandOfBlackGold'', Dr Müller swats away a wasp and in the process, accidentally knocks off everything on his desk - including a box of sneezing powder, which causes Tintin (in disguise) to [[SneezeOfDoom blow his cover]].

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* One of LaFontaine's fables has a man become good friends with a bear. One day, the bear notices a fly buzzing around the sleeping man's head, and ''will not go away'' no matter how many times he swats at it. So he grabs a brick and hurls it at the fly, obliterating it (along with the guy's head. The fable's moral? 'Better a wise enemy than an ignorant friend.'

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E10InTheForestOfTheNight "In the Forest of the Night"]] has troubled little girl Maebh Arden waving away creatures only she can sense.
* In the ''Series/{{House}}'' episode "The Itch," House is bugged by a mosquito bite all day. That evening he chases the bug around his house with a rolled up magazine, accidentally breaking off a propane tanks valve and lighting his gas stove. The obligatory explosion is revealed to be all just a dream.

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* A few ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} strips had Garfield either getting bothered by flies or trying to swat flies that enter the house.

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* The entire premise of the game Fly in the House.
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* * ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/304212 Shoo Fly]]''

* Google "20 bug bombs house" and you'll find countless stories similar to this one; homeowner has bug infestation. Homeowner uses bug bombs - more than they need. This usually turns out okay as long as they read the ''rest'' of the instructions beforehand; specifically, to eliminate all heat sources such as electricity and pilot lights. Most do. [[StuffBlowingUp The ones that don't]]...

* PhilCollins' "Don't Lose My Number" has a scene in which Phil's face is superimposed on a computer-animated cartoon fly's body. As the music fades out, we see the real Phil, whose eyes are following the "fly." Eventually, it lands on the back of his neck; he swats it with his hand and asks, "So, how does it end?"

* Done in ''Manga/OnePiece'', where the kaiju-sized Yonkou Big Mom groggily detects a fly in her sleeping chamber. Her reaction? [[NoKillLikeOverkill Attempting to use her SuperStrength to smash said fly, followed by shooting it with a lighting bolt, then a blast of fire, (from a miniature sun!), and hurling a BFS at it.]]

[[TruthInTelevision This has happened to everyone.]]

* Done in ''Manga/OnePiece'', where the kanji-sized Yonkou Big Mom groggily detects a fly in her sleeping chamber. Her reaction? [[NoKillLikeOverkill Attempting to use her SuperStrength to smash said fly, followed by shooting it with a lighting bolt, a blast of fire, (from a miniature sun!), and hurling a BFS at it.]]

* Done in ''Manga/OnePiece'', where the kanji-sized Yonkou Big Mom groggily detects a fly in her sleeping chamber. Her reaction? Attempting to use her SuperStrength to smash said fly into oblivion, followed by shooting it with a lighting bolt, a blast of fire, "from a miniature sun," and hurling a BFS at it.

* In the Creator/RobinWilliams movie ''Film/{{Toys}}'', Colonel Leland Zevo shoots himself in the foot trying to end this. As in he literally draws a handgun and ''starts [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace shooting at the fly]].'' Then the fly lands [[HoistByHisOwnPetard on his foot]]...
-->'''''MEDIC!!!'''''

* In ''Film/CaddyShack'', Carl the groundskeeper is attempting to eradicate one gopher, and ends up blowing up the club's golf course.
* ''Film/MouseHunt'' is an entire movie of this. It ends happily.

* One of the early episodes of ''Series/SportsNight'' featured Casey being plagued by this on the air, resulting in a noticeable flinch. Nobody else sees the fly (including his co-host sitting two feet away) and he is mocked relentlessly for appearing nuts. Later, after a SorkinRelationshipMoment with Dana, [[FauxSymbolism she sees it too]].
* When this happens to [[Series/BabylonFive Londo Mollari]], he [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2AXASQPFQo does]] ''not'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments screw around]].
* Happened in one ''Series/MrBean'' episode. And in a couple others too.
* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al enters full combat with a rabbit, with predictable results.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' has a rather famously ludicrous episode based entirely around catching a fly that got into their meth lab.
* ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' has a variant, where one MonsterOfTheWeek is a {{Sizeshifter}} who manages to get into the HumongousMecha. When he gets into the cockpit, the more HotBlooded Gokaiger pull out their guns and start shooting at him, damaging the equipment. Shortly thereafter he manages to get inside Gokai Yellow's costume, and Gokai Pink's use of bug spray to get him out causes him to punch a giant hole in the fuselage during his escape.

* In one ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' episode adaptation of ''Murder in Mesopotamia'', during one night when Literature/HerculePoirot is asleep, he gets woken up by a buzzing sound from a mosquito out to bite him. He tries many ways of catching it. Also counts as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* BarackObama once swatted a fly during a TV interview, earning him the ire of [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]].

* In an effort to get rid of some bugs, a homeowner used twenty bug bombs. The directions say to use 1. The result is the homeowner's home was destroyed, but the bugs were no worse for the wear.

* In the Creator/RobinWilliams movie ''Film/{{Toys}}'', Colonel Leland Zevo shoots himself in the foot trying to end this.