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* The [[UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface OpenGL Pipes]] screensaver introduced in [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows NT 4.0]]. Windows Vista removed it, but you can still copy the .SCR file from an older version for that retro feel. The more screens you have, the better the effect. [=XScreensaver=] has a version with improved graphics, including valves and gauges.

* In ''VideoGame/TweetyAndTheMagicGems'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, one of the mini games is "Pipe Maze", which involves [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin going through a maze of pipes]] to find the exit, and there's another mini-game called "Mushroom Trampoline" that plays similarly. Since the game was developed by Kemco, who also developed the ''[[VideoGame/TheBugsBunnyCrazyCastle Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle]]'' games, it features similar gameplay mechanics.

* The back areas in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' where Randall carries out his evil experiments are practically made of complicated plumbing. They even made custom software for creating the piping.

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** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2'': Whereas most game styles have a selectable [[TheLostWoods Forest theme]] (which was absent in the first game), the one based on ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' has instead this setting (it's still called "Forest", as it technically still takes place in one). The floor tiles, including the slopes, are all shaped like minuscule green pipes, and all semi-solid platforms are industrial setpieces instead of forest flora. It has a body water whose level can be adjusted, like in the forest theme of the other game styles). And accordingly, said water becomes toxic and lethal during night.

** ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog28Bit Sonic 2]]'' for the UsefulNotes/GameGear and UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem has the oddly named Scrambled Egg zone, which is basically a mass of pipes, and you have to very quickly choose ways to go sometimes. Often, you'll get it wrong and get flung into spikes. Trial and error at it's purest.

* One of the puzzles in ''VideoGame/Asteroid 5251'''s Alpha Hub is a pipe maze.

* Level 5 in Episode 1 of ''VideoGame/CosmosCosmicAdventure'', as well as Level 5 in Episode 3, both have of teleporting green tubes that take the eponymous character through different portions of the playable area. They're one-way only, though it's not a problem since it's impossible to get stuck (at worst, you'll have to do some extensive backtracking if you flub your route).

** ''VideoGame/MarioKartTour'': Piranha Plant Pipeline is a pipe network build within a canyon, and serves as a racetrack that takes drives through the interior of a pipeline overrun by Fuzzies. At one point, drivers can glide to one of two possible pipelines in a fork located past a chasm.

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* The back areas in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.'' where Randall carries out his evil experiments are practically made of complicated plumbing. They even made custom software for creating the piping.

* Parodied in the retro design of Terry Gilliam's ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', which has exposed ductwork everywhere. It even lampshades the fact by having somebody advertise ducts on TV.
%%* ''Film/TheThreeStooges''
* An underground area in ''Film/TheGoonies'' has one. Sloth pushes on a pipe and causes a traffic accident above.

* ''Literature/TheCityOfEmber'' has the Pipeworks workers, whose job is to patch up the incredibly intricate network of pipes that brings water to the citizens. Or rather, they patch up the patches over other patches that someone else, a long time ago, put on some more patches.

** In ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', Launch Base Zone has some TubeTravel sections to confuse the player.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog28Bit Sonic 2]]'' for the UsefulNotes/GameGear and UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem has the oddly named Scrambled Egg zone, which is basically a mass of pipes, and you have to very quickly choose ways to go sometimes. Often, you'll get it wrong and get flung into spikes. Trial and error at it's purest.

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