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* Amy's intro cutscene in ''[[SonicAdventureSeries Sonic Adventure]]''.

* A variation is observed in ''Manga/CellsAtWork'', a series that [[CastOfPersonifications personifies]] human cells as if human living in a big cities. In this universe, Red Blood Cells [[ArtisticLicenseBiology also transport nutrients (which in real life is dissolved in blood, not carried by cells)]], which is represented by they occasionally [[{{courier}} carrying]] a food basket that without fail contains at least one baguette sandwich.

** Played straight, however, in "For Evil's Sake": Duncan, temporarily living in Paris while Tess curates an exhibit there, returns from grocery shopping with an inevitable baguette sticking out of his paper sack. (It all gets chucked at a [[EnemyMime murderous street mime]], but this time Duncan is able to retrieve his foodstuffs and leaves at the end of the scene with bag in hand, baguette and all.)

** Played straight, however, in "For Evil's Sake": Duncan, temporarily living in Paris while Tess curates an exhibit there, returns from grocery shopping with an inevitable baguette sticking out of his paper sack. (It all gets chucked at a [[EnemyMime murdering street mime]], though.)

* Averted in ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' 'Deadly Medicine'-Duncan was getting items for an Italian meal, so there were tomatoes, among other things. There was some bread, though, probably for garlic bread. It got knocked to the ground when Duncan was hit by the car.

Because commodity foodstuffs are often sold loose or unlabeled, this trope may have its origins in avoiding BrandX or ProductPlacement issues. See also BaguetteBeatdown. [[IThoughtItMeant May or may not]] be related to VillainsOutShopping. Has nothing to do with [[Film/TronLegacy the other ISOs]].

* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' with the item [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Stale_baguette "Stale baguette"]]. Eating one results in a minor [[GlobalCurrency Meat]] loss, since anybody with the aforementioned baguette is bound to get robbed in a dark alley shortly after purchase.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', a paper grocery bag with a baguette shows up in [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1097 this strip]]. In this case, the baguette is justified as the panel depicts something that happened in France.

* LouisCK must be aware of this trope. After being told by a driver he cut off to "Go suck a bag of dicks!", he proceeds to wonder what a bag of dicks would look like, and whether the dicks would stick out the top like baguettes.

* In ''F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu'', [[strike:Captain Fa-]] Bart is seen, twice in the same episode, carrying a grocery bag with a baguette in.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', a paper grocery bag with a baguette shows up in [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1097 this strip]]. In this case, the baguette is justified as the panel depicts something that happened in France.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'' features maybe the best known aversion: A very smart little girl marches down the street, constantly reciting, "A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter..." all the way to the store.

* In the 2010 Eddie Lebron fan film of Megaman, Dr. Wily, before planning his revenge removes bran flakes and a roll of paper towels from a paper bag, sets them on his kitchen counter, and then sits down to think up his evil scheme...

* Dana Barret's shopping in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', although it also includes a bag of [[{{Foreshadowing}} Stay-Puft Marshmallows]].

* April O'Neil is seen with one with a visible baguette when arriving back to her apartment in ''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze]]''.

* A baguette is poking out of a bag of groceries brought home by Inspector Clouseau in ''Film/ReturnOfThePinkPanther''. When caught inspecting the front page of a neighbor's newspaper, he is whomped on the head with said bread.

* At the end of ''TheDeparted'', Sullivan carries one of these bags into his apartment. [[spoiler: He gets shot by Dignam, and the groceries do end up all over the floor. The original script even called for the rat that comes out to start nibbling on a fallen bagel.]]

* A baguette is poking out of a bag of groceries brought home by Inspector Clouseau in ''Return of the Pink Panther''. When caught inspecting the front page of a neighbor's newspaper, he is whomped on the head with said bread.

* Exaggerated in ''MichaelClayton'': Michael finds Arthur walking with a paper grocery bag filled with nothing BUT baguettes.

* In ''SpacePrecinct'', we see that three-eyed aliens in the future still fill their shopping bags with that mandatory baguette.
* Turns up in ''{{Lovejoy}}'' tv series, the episode "The Axeman Cometh"; possibly the french loaf sticking out of the bag was to hammer home to the audience that the character holding it [[OohMeAccentsSlipping was meant]] to be French.

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* Yuuki carries a bag with a baguette in the opening of the ''SilentMobius'' TV series.

* Dana Barret's shopping in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.

The trope name plays with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization International Organization for Standardization]]'s tendency to establish consistent standards. 'Cause, dammit, it's NOT RIGHT to see someone walking down a city street with a bag filled with [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Twinkies, Mountain Dew, beer and pasteurized process sandwich spread that's good for at least 20 years]]. It'll break the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief since, hell, [[ImprobableFoodBudget that's a really terrible diet]].

* Seen played straight in ''Film/TheGodfather'', at least for the oranges part. Except in this case, while the Don is buying said oranges from the fruit vendor, a bunch of thugs show up and shoot him a few times, inevitably causing him to drop the oranges.
** This is a trope in itself; the producer used oranges to 'brighten up' otherwise grim scenes and dark sets -- therefore, you can find oranges in many scenes where someone dies.
*** Which is also a bit of a GeniusBonus referencing the Mafia's original role running protection rackets on Sicilian orange-growers.

* ''SesameStreet'' features maybe the best known aversion: A very smart little girl marches down the street, constantly reciting, "A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter..." all the way to the store.

* In the ''ModernFamily'' episode "Baby On Board," Haley comes home with a paper shopping bag full of groceries so she can cook a special dinner for the family. Guess what's in the bag.