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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has the episode "Company Picnic" where Mr. Krabs takes his employees on a nice--if not [[CuttingCorners very cheap]]--picnic.

** In "Duck, Baby Sitter", Emily goes on a picnic to meet Little Bear's friends. Duck has brought her mischievous ducklings. But when one of her ducklings Little Peep goes missing, they form a search party to look for him.

** "Picnic on Pudding Hill" has the snake No Feet hitching a ride onto Emily's hat as the gang heads to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Pudding Hill for a picnic]] and he surprises Little Bear by popping out of his sandwich.
** "Little Bear's Sweet Tooth" has Little Bear, his family, and friends throwing a Harvest Day picnic party where he finds out that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he has a sweet tooth.]] As everyone else plays some picnic games, Little Bear can't help but try some tasty desserts on the table. [[spoiler:But as the pie eating contest is about to begin, he ends up getting a tummy ache and has to go rest in bed at home, thus missing the rest of the Harvest Day picnic.]]

** "Little Bear's Sweet Tooth" has Little Bear, his family, and friends putting on a Harvest Day picnic party where he finds out that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he has a sweet tooth.]] As everyone else plays some picnic games, Little Bear can't help but try some tasty desserts on the table. [[spoiler:But as the pie eating contest is about to begin, he ends up getting a tummy ache and has to go rest in bed at home, thus missing the rest of the Harvest Day picnic.]]

** "Little Bear's Sweet Tooth" has Little Bear, his family, and friends putting on a Harvest Day picnic party where he finds out that he has a sweet tooth. As everyone else plays some picnic games, Little Bear can't help but try some tasty desserts on the table. [[spoiler:But as the pie eating contest is about to begin, he ends up having a tummy ache and has to go rest in bed at home, missing the rest of the Harvest Day picnic.]]

* Once there was a Vietnam War veteran named [[ThePunisher Frank Castle]] who decided to take his family out for a nice picnic at Central Park. [[LeaveNoWitnesses It didn't]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge end well...]]

* ''Series/PunkyBrewster'': In season three, a neighborhood picnic is suddenly disrupted as Allen's parents start squabbling. It comes to a boil when the parents announce they're divorcing.

** The episode "The Picnic Panic" combined this with MusicalEpisode. Jon and Garfield sang about the misfortune that befell them during the picnic, due to a colony of ants that kept stealing their food. The ants even got their own EarWorm chorus during the song.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "S20E17: The Good, The Sad and the Drugly" has Bart taking a Retirement Castle volunteer out on a picnic, where they eat Bart's [[SatiatingSandwich PB&J sandwiches]] (his secret recipe: "No PB, Double J"). During said picnic, they attempt to ignore [[BumblingDad Homer]] being "mugged" by his own reflection.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode, "The American Dad After School Special", Steve Smith and his goth girlfriend, Debbie, go on a picnic at a cemetery during a funeral proceeding after Steve finally confesses, pressured by the time bob his dad strapped to him, which could only be disabled by finally asking the question.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "It's No Picnic" sees Isabella trying to invoke this. The other members of the FiveManBand, Ferb included, all have other plans, giving her the chance for time alone with Phineas, and she's eager to make her move by setting up a picnic for the two of them. Naturally, things don't quite go according to plan.

* ''WesternAnimation/JeanLucAndDondoozat'' has one in which Jean-Luc is using a net to catch frogs. Jean-Luc put a frog he caught in a sandwhich, which Dondoozat took umbridge to.

* The final chapter of the ''Series/{{Fudge}}'' series book, ''Superfudge'', has Fudge's older brother Peter and his friend Alex going on a picnic by a lake to watch the Princeton rowing team practice on it. Fudge, upset that he is not allowed to go, rides bikes with his friend Daniel to a local bakery without telling anyone to try to prove that he's old enough to go to the lake. That worries the parents of both younger boys and Fudge and Daniel are punished by having their bikes taken away.

* The final chapter of the book, ''Literature/Superfudge'', has Fudge's older brother Peter and his friend Alex going on a picnic by a lake to watch the Princeton rowing team practice on it. Fudge, upset that he is not allowed to go, rides bikes with his friend Daniel to a local bakery without telling anyone to try to prove that he's old enough to go to the lake. That worries the parents of both younger boys and Fudge and Daniel are punished by having their bikes taken away.

* The final chapter of the book, ''Literature/Superfudge'', has Farley going on a picnic with a friend of his after Peter Parker takes Mary Jane out in an Spider-Man television episode. It doesn't go smoothly, as they go missing and worry their families sick.

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins 3-2-1 Penguins!]]'' episode "Lazy Daze", the Rockhopper crew, save for Fidgel and Michelle, goes on a picnic on Rigel 13. And then giant ants come and ruin it.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'' episode "Lazy Daze", the Rockhopper crew, save for Fidgel and Michelle, goes on a picnic on Rigel 13. And then giant ants come and ruin it.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "S20E17: The Good, The Sad and the Drugly" has Bart taking a Retirement Castle volunteer out on a picnic, where they eat Bart's PB&J sandwiches (his secret recipe: "No PB, Double J"). During said picnic, they attempt to ignore Homer being supposedly mugged by his own reflection.

* In ''Manga/SonicX'''s 5th Episode, Chris Thorndyke, Tails, and Amy have a picnic, searching for a supposedly sighted Chaos Emerald. It's interrupted when Eggman snatches them and a duel between Sonic and Knuckles ensues, with Knuckles having been convinced by Eggman that Sonic intentionally trapped him and everyone else in the real world for his own selfish intentions.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "Grandpa's Teeth", a veteran's picnic is held. When Grandpa Lou's [[FalseTeethTomfoolery false teeth]] go missing after he takes them out to eat some potato salad, Tommy and Chuckie go on an adventure to find them in time for the brass band Lou is participating in, as he can't play his trumpet without his false teeth.