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* Pick any sufficiently large FanConvention, preferably one with an attendance of 10,000 or more. Expect people to do music or dance performances or play games on handhelds to pass the ''hours'' of waiting to pick up their badges. Back when the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS had an active userbase, you could pop into [=PictoChat=] and see all four rooms being used. Not so fun if the convention takes place during the summer and the line is outdoors; Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in the United States, is infamous for cases of people suffering ''heat stroke''.
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* Pick any sufficiently large FanConvention, preferably one with an attendance of 10,000 or more. Expect people to do music or dance performances or play games on handhelds or laptops to pass the ''hours'' of waiting to pick up their badges. Back when the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS had an active userbase, you could pop into [=PictoChat=] and see all four rooms being used. Not so fun if the convention takes place during the summer and the line is outdoors; Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in the United States, is infamous for cases of people suffering ''heat stroke''.
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* Pick any sufficiently large FanConvention, preferably one with an attendance of 10,000 or more. Expect people to do music or dance performances or play games on handhelds to pass the time.''hours'' of waiting to pick up their badges. Back when the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS had an active userbase, you could pop into [=PictoChat=] and see all four rooms being used. Not so fun if the convention takes place during the summer and the line is outdoors; Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in the United States, is infamous for cases of people suffering ''heat stroke''.
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* In episode 42 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Big M. has to use the bathroom because he accidentally swallowed an orange he laced with diarrhea powder. There's a long line of children waiting to have their number called out so they can use the bathroom; Big M.'s number is 108 while the child he sees is number 28.
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* The ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Chhote Rajaji" is about a spiciness epidemic spreading throughout the town of Chatpata Nagar. By the time Samosa has met his friends outside, there's already a long line of townsfolk leading right into the hospital, with some snacks being offered to the waiting patients as well.
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* The ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Chhote Rajaji" is about a spiciness epidemic spreading throughout the town of Chatpata Nagar. By the time Samosa has met his friends outside, there's already a long line of townsfolk leading right into the hospital, with some snacks being offered to the waiting patients as well.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13013869/1/The-last-in-the-bath-line The Last in the Bath Line]]'', [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lincoln Loud]] is sick of being the last one in line to take a shower and the shower water being cold, so he tries waking up early. Initially, this works, but then his sisters try waking up early too and so Lincoln wakes up even earlier, resulting in SleepDeprivation.
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*** In "Schooled!", Lincoln cuts the bathroom line by using a homemade zip-line.
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** In "Mall of Duty", Lincoln and his younger sisters are waiting in line to get one of Lincoln's books signed. The girls are very bored, and Lincoln tries entertaining them with smoothies and [[SomethingBeginningWithBoring games of I Spy]], but they don't find those very interesting. He also tries cutting in line by bribing the man in front of him with a banana milkshake, but [[PlotAllergy the guy is allergic to bananas]].
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* A Sunday strip for ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'' has a line for a book signing. Ed clears out the line by {{spoil|er}}ing who the killer was in the novel.
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* Played for drama in ''VideoGame/{{Obsidian}}'', with the Bureau Realm's "Time Face" holding a long, empty queue line, and several benches around the area, all leading up to a booth marked as the department of "Immediate Action", and you have to go here to get a document approved to fix the bridge to the Bureau Chief's office. But when you hand the form over, you have to fix the Bureau's clock, only to find that after you do this, [[spoiler: a built-up backlog causes the approval to take ''a year'' to go through. And at that point, the [[TVHeadRobot Vidbot]] manning the booth closes it.
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* Played for drama in ''VideoGame/{{Obsidian}}'', with the Bureau Realm's "Time Face" holding a long, empty queue line, and several benches around the area, all leading up to a booth marked as the department of "Immediate Action", and you have to go here to get a document approved to fix the bridge to the Bureau Chief's office. But when you hand the form over, you have to fix the Bureau's clock, only to find that after you do this, [[spoiler: a built-up backlog causes the approval to take ''a year'' to go through. And at that point, the [[TVHeadRobot Vidbot]] manning the booth closes it.]]
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* Played for drama in ''VideoGame/{{Obsidian}}'', with the Bureau Realm's "Time Face" holding a long, empty queue line, and several benches around the area, all leading up to a booth marked as the department of "Immediate Action", and you have to go here to get a document approved to fix the bridge to the Bureau Chief's office. But when you hand the form over, you have to fix the Bureau's clock, only to find that after you do this, [[spoiler: a built-up backlog causes the approval to take ''a year'' to go through. And at that point, the [[TVHeadRobot Vidbot]] manning the booth closes it.
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* One of the first episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' involved Shnitzel and Chowder spending nearly the entire episode waiting on line at the bank. Not only did poor Shnitzel have to deal with long, slow-moving lines and customers who were depositing huge amounts of change, he also had to put up with Chowder's shenanigans.
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* One of the first episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' involved Shnitzel and Chowder spending nearly the entire episode waiting on in line at the bank. Not only did poor Shnitzel have to deal with long, slow-moving lines and customers who were depositing huge amounts of change, he also had to put up with Chowder's shenanigans.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episode "The House Of Tomorrow", has a seemingly short line for a rollercoaster, but it turns out that's the line you have to wait on to get on line for the rollercoaster. And apparently, somebody died on the line and a baby was born on it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episode "The House Of of Tomorrow", has a seemingly short line for a rollercoaster, but it turns out that's the line you have to wait on in to get on in line for the rollercoaster. And apparently, somebody died on in the line and a baby was born on it.in the line for the saucer ride.
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* In the ''Series/BroadCity'' episode "Fattest Asses," Abbi [[PottyEmergency can't wait]] for the long line outside the women's room at a party, uses the men's room instead, and ends up doing cocaine with a guy in a stall.
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* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
** The first episode opened with a sequence wherein a man ignores a line at a hot dog stand. Liz bought all the hot dogs to keep him, and the people who promptly lined up behind him, from having any because ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing. Of course, then she didn't have anything to do with all those hot dogs she had bought. This is Liz's EstablishingCharacterMoment.
** Another good one in "Tracy Does Conan": Kenneth is sent to pick up Tracy's pills from a pharmacy to assuage the apparent psychotic break he's having in time for him to go on TV. During the frantic ramp-up to the moment Tracy has to go on, there's the expected cut to Kenneth anxiously peering over people's heads from the back of a really long line... [[StupidGood and then an old lady comes up and he graciously lets her cut in front of him]].
** The first episode opened with a sequence wherein a man ignores a line at a hot dog stand. Liz bought all the hot dogs to keep him, and the people who promptly lined up behind him, from having any because ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing. Of course, then she didn't have anything to do with all those hot dogs she had bought. This is Liz's EstablishingCharacterMoment.
** Another good one in "Tracy Does Conan": Kenneth is sent to pick up Tracy's pills from a pharmacy to assuage the apparent psychotic break he's having in time for him to go on TV. During the frantic ramp-up to the moment Tracy has to go on, there's the expected cut to Kenneth anxiously peering over people's heads from the back of a really long line... [[StupidGood and then an old lady comes up and he graciously lets her cut in front of him]].
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* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
** The first episode opened with a sequence wherein a man ignores a line at a hot dog stand. Liz bought all the hot dogs to keep him, and the people who promptly lined up behind him, from having any because ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing. Of course, then she didn't have anything to do with all those hot dogs she had bought. This is Liz's EstablishingCharacterMoment.
** Another good one in "Tracy Does Conan": Kenneth is sent to pick up Tracy's pills from a pharmacy to assuage the apparent psychotic break he's having in time for him to go on TV. During the frantic ramp-up to the moment Tracy has to go on, there's the expected cut to Kenneth anxiously peering over people's heads from the back of a really long line... [[StupidGood and then an old lady comes up and he graciously lets her cut in front of him]].
** The first episode opened with a sequence wherein a man ignores a line at a hot dog stand. Liz bought all the hot dogs to keep him, and the people who promptly lined up behind him, from having any because ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing. Of course, then she didn't have anything to do with all those hot dogs she had bought. This is Liz's EstablishingCharacterMoment.
** Another good one in "Tracy Does Conan": Kenneth is sent to pick up Tracy's pills from a pharmacy to assuage the apparent psychotic break he's having in time for him to go on TV. During the frantic ramp-up to the moment Tracy has to go on, there's the expected cut to Kenneth anxiously peering over people's heads from the back of a really long line... [[StupidGood and then an old lady comes up and he graciously lets her cut in front of him]].
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* A ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' Sunday strip had the majority of the strip devoted to a ridiculously long airline check-in queue, with the final panel having Andy remark that she thinks she has forgotten the tickets.
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* A ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' Sunday strip had the majority of the strip devoted to a ridiculously long airline check-in queue, with the final panel having Andy remark that she thinks she has forgotten the tickets.
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* Arthur and co. in the film version of ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', queuing to petition for Trillian's release from their jail.
* Arthur and co. in the film version of ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', queuing to petition for Trillian's release from their jail.
* One joke involves a teenage boy getting ready to take his girlfriend to the prom and finding a long "tux line", "flower line", and "limo line" when he buys the things, but when he goes to get some punch, there's ''no punch line''.
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* In Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Literature/ShadowPuppets'': "The Dutch were trying to beat the English for queuing, but that's silly because everyone knows that standing cheerfully in line is the English national sport."
* In one of the ''Literature/NateTheGreat'' books, Nate is waiting in line but decides to give up because he thinks that it might take years for it to be his turn.
-->'''Nate''': "I could get older. Pancakes could disappear!".
* In ''Literature/OhThePlacesYoullGo'', the Waiting Place is a place where everyone is waiting. In the background, there can be seen a comically-long line for an outhouse.
* In Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Literature/ShadowPuppets'': "The Dutch were trying to beat the English for queuing, but that's silly because everyone knows that standing cheerfully in line is the English national sport."
-->'''Nate''': "I could get older. Pancakes could disappear!".
* In ''Literature/OhThePlacesYoullGo'', the Waiting Place is a place where everyone is waiting. In the background, there can be seen a comically-long line for an outhouse.
* In Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Literature/ShadowPuppets'': "The Dutch were trying to beat the English for queuing, but that's silly because everyone knows that standing cheerfully in line is the English national sport."
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* One episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace'' revolved around Will waiting in line for Barry Manilow tickets, and a little later waiting in line at a coffee house to get the key to the men's room. In order to do the second thing he gets Grace to hold his place in line, and for various reasons she delegates to Karen.
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* One An episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace'' revolved around Will ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' showed Rube in a queue at the Post Office when a woman cut in front of him because she had seen her friend there. Rube called her out for it, especially after she tried to excuse her behaviour by claiming her kids were waiting in the car. When he sent her to the end of the queue everybody gave him a round of applause.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Gridlock" people are in their "cars" for years and decades on end, but that is because [[spoiler:the entire city above them had died]].
* There is an episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' where most of the episode is about the brothers (and Megan) waiting in line forBarry Manilow tickets, a rollercoaster. [[spoiler: They finally get to ride,]] but beforehand, they are sent to the back of the line (if memory serves, twice -- once for cutting in line, once for fighting), get into a fight with the mascot, and get stuck by a little later waiting bratty kid with a mom who won't do anything about her child's behavior.
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted and Marshall go to a concert and get high on... [[UnusualEuphemism sandwiches]], then leave their seats to go buy nachos. They get lost, and keep mistaking the line to the women's restroom for the nacho line.
* Anybody remember the slow-moving queues in ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' who were entertained by The Flying Pig? "Hey, hey, hey! Look at meeee!"
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In the "New Cooker Sketch", a series of gas men arrive outside Mrs. Pinnet's flat, eventually forming a huge line that stretches down the street.
* One invention exchange on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' involved a fold-up mirror you could hang on someone's neck so that you can primp whilst standing in lineat for a coffee house to movie etc. "Don't get the key ready to go until you're already there!"
* In ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Hilda and Zelda go to themen's room. In Magical Emergency Department in order to do save Harvey from the second thing he gets Grace [[IAmAHumanitarian Wicked Witch]] only to hold his place in line, be met with a line. They inquire an elderly woman as to how long the wait is and for are told (in a rather senile tone) that the woman's son is 58 years old. When Hilda points out that doesn't answer her question, the old woman informs her that said son was born in the line. Cue various reasons she delegates asundry waiting and bureaucratic jokes.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' used the gag when the hospital opened a BlandNameProduct version of Starbucks. When it's revealed that the line is so long the back end of it is in front of ''another'' coffee shop, and half the line turns around, the series ButtMonkey Ted is distraught toKaren.find out he's now at the end of both lines.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Gridlock" people are in their "cars" for years and decades on end, but that is because [[spoiler:the entire city above them had died]].
* There is an episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' where most of the episode is about the brothers (and Megan) waiting in line for
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted and Marshall go to a concert and get high on... [[UnusualEuphemism sandwiches]], then leave their seats to go buy nachos. They get lost, and keep mistaking the line to the women's restroom for the nacho line.
* Anybody remember the slow-moving queues in ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' who were entertained by The Flying Pig? "Hey, hey, hey! Look at meeee!"
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In the "New Cooker Sketch", a series of gas men arrive outside Mrs. Pinnet's flat, eventually forming a huge line that stretches down the street.
* One invention exchange on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' involved a fold-up mirror you could hang on someone's neck so that you can primp whilst standing in line
* In ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Hilda and Zelda go to the
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' used the gag when the hospital opened a BlandNameProduct version of Starbucks. When it's revealed that the line is so long the back end of it is in front of ''another'' coffee shop, and half the line turns around, the series ButtMonkey Ted is distraught to
* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** In one skit, Kermit tries to interview some people who are waiting in line to watch a game. He talks to the woman in the back, but she assumes that he's also waiting to watch the game so she can't be last. A similar thing happens when Kermit tries to interview the man at the front of the line but this time it's a woman in the middle of the line who believes Kermit is first. To add to the confusion, the man who's second in line believes he ought to be first because initially, he was, but he went off somewhere.
** One song is about some [[CluckingFunny chickens]] being taught how to wait in line.
* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', when Crowley becomes the new King of Hell, he dispenses with the traditional FireandBrimstoneHell and instead turns it into an endless queue where condemned souls wait in line for eternity. Many people who end up in Hell are sadomasochists who are TooKinkyToTorture with the usual methods, but ''no-one'' likes waiting in line.
-->'''Castiel:''' What happens when they reach the front?\\
'''Crowley:''' Nothing. They go right back to the end again. That's efficiency.
** In one skit, Kermit tries to interview some people who are waiting in line to watch a game. He talks to the woman in the back, but she assumes that he's also waiting to watch the game so she can't be last. A similar thing happens when Kermit tries to interview the man at the front of the line but this time it's a woman in the middle of the line who believes Kermit is first. To add to the confusion, the man who's second in line believes he ought to be first because initially, he was, but he went off somewhere.
** One song is about some [[CluckingFunny chickens]] being taught how to wait in line.
* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', when Crowley becomes the new King of Hell, he dispenses with the traditional FireandBrimstoneHell and instead turns it into an endless queue where condemned souls wait in line for eternity. Many people who end up in Hell are sadomasochists who are TooKinkyToTorture with the usual methods, but ''no-one'' likes waiting in line.
-->'''Castiel:''' What happens when they reach the front?\\
'''Crowley:''' Nothing. They go right back to the end again. That's efficiency.
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* One invention exchange on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' involved a fold-up mirror you could hang on someone's neck so that you can primp whilst standing in line for a movie etc. "Don't get ready to go until you're already there!"
* Anybody remember the slow-moving queues in ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' who were entertained by The Flying Pig? "Hey, hey, hey! Look at meeee!"
* Anybody remember the slow-moving queues in ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' who were entertained by The Flying Pig? "Hey, hey, hey! Look at meeee!"
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* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' used the gag when the hospital opened a BlandNameProduct version of Starbucks. When it's revealed that the line is so long the back end of it is in front of ''another'' coffee shop, and half the line turns around, the series ButtMonkey Ted is distraught to find out he's now at the end of both lines.
* In ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Hilda and Zelda go to the Magical Emergency Department in order to save Harvey from the [[IAmAHumanitarian Wicked Witch]] only to be met with a line. They inquire an elderly woman as to how long the wait is and are told (in a rather senile tone) that the woman's son is 58 years old. When Hilda points out that doesn't answer her question, the old woman informs her that said son was born in the line. Cue various asundry waiting and bureaucratic jokes.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In the "New Cooker Sketch", a series of gas men arrive outside Mrs. Pinnet's flat, eventually forming a huge line that stretches down the street.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Gridlock" people are in their "cars" for years and decades on end, but that is because [[spoiler:the entire city above them had died]].
* There is an episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' where most of the episode is about the brothers (and Megan) waiting in line for a rollercoaster. [[spoiler: They finally get to ride,]] but beforehand, they are sent to the back of the line (if memory serves, twice -- once for cutting in line, once for fighting), get into a fight with the mascot, and get stuck by a bratty kid with a mom who won't do anything about her child's behavior.
* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', when Crowley becomes the new King of Hell, he dispenses with the traditional FireandBrimstoneHell and instead turns it into an endless queue where condemned souls wait in line for eternity. Many people who end up in Hell are sadomasochists who are TooKinkyToTorture with the usual methods, but ''no-one'' likes waiting in line.
-->'''Castiel:''' What happens when they reach the front?\\
'''Crowley:''' Nothing. They go right back to the end again. That's efficiency.
* An episode of ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' showed Rube in a queue at the Post Office when a woman cut in front of him because she had seen her friend there. Rube called her out for it, especially after she tried to excuse her behaviour by claiming her kids were waiting in the car. When he sent her to the end of the queue everybody gave him a round of applause.
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted and Marshall go to a concert and get high on... [[UnusualEuphemism sandwiches]], then leave their seats to go buy nachos. They get lost, and keep mistaking the line to the women's restroom for the nacho line.
* In ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Hilda and Zelda go to the Magical Emergency Department in order to save Harvey from the [[IAmAHumanitarian Wicked Witch]] only to be met with a line. They inquire an elderly woman as to how long the wait is and are told (in a rather senile tone) that the woman's son is 58 years old. When Hilda points out that doesn't answer her question, the old woman informs her that said son was born in the line. Cue various asundry waiting and bureaucratic jokes.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In the "New Cooker Sketch", a series of gas men arrive outside Mrs. Pinnet's flat, eventually forming a huge line that stretches down the street.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Gridlock" people are in their "cars" for years and decades on end, but that is because [[spoiler:the entire city above them had died]].
* There is an episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' where most of the episode is about the brothers (and Megan) waiting in line for a rollercoaster. [[spoiler: They finally get to ride,]] but beforehand, they are sent to the back of the line (if memory serves, twice -- once for cutting in line, once for fighting), get into a fight with the mascot, and get stuck by a bratty kid with a mom who won't do anything about her child's behavior.
* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', when Crowley becomes the new King of Hell, he dispenses with the traditional FireandBrimstoneHell and instead turns it into an endless queue where condemned souls wait in line for eternity. Many people who end up in Hell are sadomasochists who are TooKinkyToTorture with the usual methods, but ''no-one'' likes waiting in line.
-->'''Castiel:''' What happens when they reach the front?\\
'''Crowley:''' Nothing. They go right back to the end again. That's efficiency.
* An episode of ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' showed Rube in a queue at the Post Office when a woman cut in front of him because she had seen her friend there. Rube called her out for it, especially after she tried to excuse her behaviour by claiming her kids were waiting in the car. When he sent her to the end of the queue everybody gave him a round of applause.
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted and Marshall go to a concert and get high on... [[UnusualEuphemism sandwiches]], then leave their seats to go buy nachos. They get lost, and keep mistaking the line to the women's restroom for the nacho line.
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* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' used the gag when the hospital opened a BlandNameProduct version of Starbucks. When it's revealed that the line is so long the back end of it is in front of ''another'' coffee shop, and half the line turns around, the series ButtMonkey Ted is distraught to find out he's now at the end of both lines.
* In ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Hilda and Zelda go to the Magical Emergency Department in order to save Harvey from the [[IAmAHumanitarian Wicked Witch]] only to be met with a line. They inquire an elderly woman as to how long the wait is and are told (in a rather senile tone) that the woman's son is 58 years old. When Hilda points out that doesn't answer her question, the old woman informs her that said son was born in the line. Cue various asundry waiting and bureaucratic jokes.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In the "New Cooker Sketch", a series of gas men arrive outside Mrs. Pinnet's flat, eventually forming a huge line that stretches down the street.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Gridlock" people are in their "cars" for years and decades on end, but that is because [[spoiler:the entire city above them had died]].
* There is anOne episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' where most of the episode is about the brothers (and Megan) ''Series/WillAndGrace'' revolved around Will waiting in line for a rollercoaster. [[spoiler: They finally get to ride,]] but beforehand, they are sent to the back of the line (if memory serves, twice -- once for cutting in line, once for fighting), get into a fight with the mascot, Barry Manilow tickets, and get stuck by a bratty kid with a mom who won't do anything about her child's behavior.
* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', when Crowley becomes the new King of Hell, he dispenses with the traditional FireandBrimstoneHell and instead turns it into an endless queue where condemned souls wait in line for eternity. Many people who end up in Hell are sadomasochists who are TooKinkyToTorture with the usual methods, but ''no-one'' likeslittle later waiting in line.
-->'''Castiel:''' What happens when they reachline at a coffee house to get the front?\\
'''Crowley:''' Nothing. They go right backkey to the end again. That's efficiency.
* An episode of ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' showed Rube in a queue atmen's room. In order to do the Post Office when a woman cut second thing he gets Grace to hold his place in front of him because line, and for various reasons she had seen her friend there. Rube called her out for it, especially after she tried delegates to excuse her behaviour by claiming her kids were waiting in the car. When he sent her to the end of the queue everybody gave him a round of applause.
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted and Marshall go to a concert and get high on... [[UnusualEuphemism sandwiches]], then leave their seats to go buy nachos. They get lost, and keep mistaking the line to the women's restroom for the nacho line.Karen.
* In ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Hilda and Zelda go to the Magical Emergency Department in order to save Harvey from the [[IAmAHumanitarian Wicked Witch]] only to be met with a line. They inquire an elderly woman as to how long the wait is and are told (in a rather senile tone) that the woman's son is 58 years old. When Hilda points out that doesn't answer her question, the old woman informs her that said son was born in the line. Cue various asundry waiting and bureaucratic jokes.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In the "New Cooker Sketch", a series of gas men arrive outside Mrs. Pinnet's flat, eventually forming a huge line that stretches down the street.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Gridlock" people are in their "cars" for years and decades on end, but that is because [[spoiler:the entire city above them had died]].
* There is an
* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', when Crowley becomes the new King of Hell, he dispenses with the traditional FireandBrimstoneHell and instead turns it into an endless queue where condemned souls wait in line for eternity. Many people who end up in Hell are sadomasochists who are TooKinkyToTorture with the usual methods, but ''no-one'' likes
-->'''Castiel:''' What happens when they reach
'''Crowley:''' Nothing. They go right back
* An episode of ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' showed Rube in a queue at
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted and Marshall go to a concert and get high on... [[UnusualEuphemism sandwiches]], then leave their seats to go buy nachos. They get lost, and keep mistaking the line to the women's restroom for the nacho line.
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* The line for Worlebury-juxta-Mare in ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' is ''absurdly'' long. If you actually choose to wait in line instead of bribing your way past, it takes multiple days before you're admitted. However, those pale in from of the queues seen in [[CelestialBureaucracy the Blue Kingdom]], which have been described as extended to multiple streets and ''the rooftops''.
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* The line for Worlebury-juxta-Mare In ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia'', a store in ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' is ''absurdly'' long. If Euro has a queue, which you actually choose to must wait in line instead of bribing your way past, it takes multiple days before you're admitted. However, those pale in from of the queues seen in [[CelestialBureaucracy the Blue Kingdom]], which have been described as extended to multiple streets and ''the rooftops''.gain entry.
* The line for Worlebury-juxta-Mare in ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' is ''absurdly'' long. If you actually choose to wait in line instead of bribing your way past, it takes multiple days before you're admitted. However, those pale in from of the queues seen in [[CelestialBureaucracy the Blue Kingdom]], which have been described as extended to multiple streets and ''the rooftops''.
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* In ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia'', a store in Euro has a queue, which you must wait in to gain entry.
* ''Webcomic/ConventionalWisdom'' is about anime conventions. [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028401/otakon-08-page-3/ Long]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028740/otakon-09-page-10/ lines]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1266826/otakon-2011-page-8/ are]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1471989/anime-boston-2012-page-2/ a]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1658532/magfest-2013-page-5/ fact]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1747568/animazement-13-page-5/ of]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1902497/katsucon-2014-page-4/ life]].
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* ''[[http://debbieohi.com/waitingforfrodo/ Waiting for Frodo]]'' is all about how a group of friends queue up months in advance to watch the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies. A ''[[http://debbieohi.com/waitingforbilbo/ Waiting for Bilbo]]'' comic was also started but the queue seems to be moving veeeery slowly.
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* ''Webcomic/ConventionalWisdom'' is about anime conventions. [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028401/otakon-08-page-3/ Long]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028740/otakon-09-page-10/ lines]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1266826/otakon-2011-page-8/ are]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1471989/anime-boston-2012-page-2/ a]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1658532/magfest-2013-page-5/ fact]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1747568/animazement-13-page-5/ of]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1902497/katsucon-2014-page-4/ life]].
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* ''Webcomic/ConventionalWisdom'' ''[[http://debbieohi.com/waitingforfrodo/ Waiting for Frodo]]'' is all about anime conventions. [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028401/otakon-08-page-3/ Long]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1028740/otakon-09-page-10/ lines]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1266826/otakon-2011-page-8/ are]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1471989/anime-boston-2012-page-2/ a]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1658532/magfest-2013-page-5/ fact]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1747568/animazement-13-page-5/ of]] [[http://conventionalwisdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/1902497/katsucon-2014-page-4/ life]].how a group of friends queue up months in advance to watch the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies. A ''[[http://debbieohi.com/waitingforbilbo/ Waiting for Bilbo]]'' comic was also started but the queue seems to be moving veeeery slowly.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Moe goes to register as a sex offender and complains "There's always a line."
** Patty and Selma work at the DMV and comment, "Some days, we don't let the line move at all. We call those weekdays."
** Also used in "Selma's Choice"; Bart tells Lisa a mammoth Duff Gardens queue has to be for something fun. It's actually for the complaints department.
** In "Brush with Greatness", there's a long line for the [=H2Whoa=] water slide. Bart and Lisa cut to the front by claiming she's a lost child and he's helping her; Homer cuts by claiming to be a "line inspector".
** There's yet ''another'', from one of the latest season's episodes: Marge and Homer are waiting in line for a new marriage certificate, when they both decide to get married ''properly'', they both go to leave, when they're accosted by a security guard, telling them that ''that's'' the line to leave (cut to a line as long as the rest).
** Moe goes to register as a sex offender and complains "There's always a line."
** Patty and Selma work at the DMV and comment, "Some days, we don't let the line move at all. We call those weekdays."
** Also used in "Selma's Choice"; Bart tells Lisa a mammoth Duff Gardens queue has to be for something fun. It's actually for the complaints department.
** In "Brush with Greatness", there's a long line for the [=H2Whoa=] water slide. Bart and Lisa cut to the front by claiming she's a lost child and he's helping her; Homer cuts by claiming to be a "line inspector".
** There's yet ''another'', from one of the latest season's episodes: Marge and Homer are waiting in line for a new marriage certificate, when they both decide to get married ''properly'', they both go to leave, when they're accosted by a security guard, telling them that ''that's'' the line to leave (cut to a line as long as the rest).
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Moe goes to register as a sex offender and complains "There's always a line."
** Patty and Selma work at the DMV and comment, "Some days, we don't let the line move at all. We call those weekdays."
** Also used in "Selma's Choice"; Bart tells Lisa a mammoth Duff Gardens queue has to be for something fun. It's actually for the complaints department.
''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
** In"Brush with Greatness", the episode "Return to the Nightosphere", [[{{Hell}} the Nightosphere]] has a lot of lines. Finn and Jake wait in one line for 13 days.
** Also, it turns out that Princess Bubblegum has a lengthy line of suitors. One of them, Braco, apparently took his father's place in line when the older man died.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', there's not only a very long line to the bathroom, there's a long line to get into ''that'' line. (And unfortunately for Lazlo, [[PottyEmergency right at the[=H2Whoa=] water slide. Bart and Lisa cut time he really has to the front by claiming she's a lost child and he's helping her; Homer cuts by claiming to be a "line inspector".
** There's yet ''another'', from onego.]])
* One of thelatest season's episodes: Marge first episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' involved Shnitzel and Homer are Chowder spending nearly the entire episode waiting in on line for a new marriage certificate, when they both decide to get married ''properly'', they both go to leave, when they're accosted by a security guard, telling them that ''that's'' at the line bank. Not only did poor Shnitzel have to leave (cut deal with long, slow-moving lines and customers who were depositing huge amounts of change, he also had to a line as long as the rest).put up with Chowder's shenanigans.
** Moe goes to register as a sex offender and complains "There's always a line."
** Patty and Selma work at the DMV and comment, "Some days, we don't let the line move at all. We call those weekdays."
** Also used in "Selma's Choice"; Bart tells Lisa a mammoth Duff Gardens queue has to be for something fun. It's actually for the complaints department.
** In
** Also, it turns out that Princess Bubblegum has a lengthy line of suitors. One of them, Braco, apparently took his father's place in line when the older man died.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', there's not only a very long line to the bathroom, there's a long line to get into ''that'' line. (And unfortunately for Lazlo, [[PottyEmergency right at the
** There's yet ''another'', from one
* One of the
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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Rock Bottom", has [=SpongeBob=] in line at the bus station in Rock Bottom, when one of the locals spits out ''an egg'' onto his head, which quickly hatches three little critters that cut ahead of him in line.
* One of the first episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' involved Shnitzel and Chowder spending nearly the entire episode waiting on line at the bank. Not only did poor Shnitzel have to deal with long, slow-moving lines and customers who were depositing huge amounts of change, he also had to put up with Chowder's shenanigans.
* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Cow Days" has the boys wait in line for an interminable length of time to go on a ride of an unidentified nature. They finally make it to the head of the line to discover no ride waiting for them; it turns out that the line itself was the "ride".
%%** ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'' had a similar 'ride' in one epiosde.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is about Lucky and Luanne waiting in line for several days to get the first tickets to see Brownsville Station (of "Smokin in the Boy's Room" fame.) When the box office opens, not a single person has gotten in line behind them. Then Lucky starts waiting at the door.
-->'''Lucky:''' I want to be sure they don't run out of my shirt size, Women's Medium.
* One of the first episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' involved Shnitzel and Chowder spending nearly the entire episode waiting on line at the bank. Not only did poor Shnitzel have to deal with long, slow-moving lines and customers who were depositing huge amounts of change, he also had to put up with Chowder's shenanigans.
* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Cow Days" has the boys wait in line for an interminable length of time to go on a ride of an unidentified nature. They finally make it to the head of the line to discover no ride waiting for them; it turns out that the line itself was the "ride".
%%** ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'' had a similar 'ride' in one epiosde.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is about Lucky and Luanne waiting in line for several days to get the first tickets to see Brownsville Station (of "Smokin in the Boy's Room" fame.) When the box office opens, not a single person has gotten in line behind them. Then Lucky starts waiting at the door.
-->'''Lucky:''' I want to be sure they don't run out of my shirt size, Women's Medium.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
** In the episode "Return to the Nightosphere", [[{{Hell}} the Nightosphere]] has a lot of lines. Finn and Jake wait in one line for 13 days.
** Also, it turns out that Princess Bubblegum has a lengthy line of suitors. One of them, Braco, apparently took his father's place in line when the older man died.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Nice Guy", Wander goes into a convenience store to buy Sylvia a drink, but every time he turns to the register to pay, there is a long line waiting for him. This becomes a RunningGag throughout the episode, to the point where Wander is reluctant to turn around and face yet another queue. He does, and finds that the way is clear for once, only for him to trip over [[ChekhovsGag the loose mat in front]] and spill the drink.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', there's not only a very long line to the bathroom, there's a long line to get into ''that'' line. (And unfortunately for Lazlo, [[PottyEmergency right at the time he really has to go.]])
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' episode 4: in the flashback showing the backstory of the Ugly Princesses, there is such a long line of princes waiting to woo them that they use a "TakeANumber" device.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Goblin Dogs", much of the episode involves Star, Marco, Princess Pony Head, and Pony Head's new friend Kelly waiting in a ridiculously long line for "the best hot dogs in the universe".
** In the episode "Return to the Nightosphere", [[{{Hell}} the Nightosphere]] has a lot of lines. Finn and Jake wait in one line for 13 days.
** Also, it turns out that Princess Bubblegum has a lengthy line of suitors. One of them, Braco, apparently took his father's place in line when the older man died.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Nice Guy", Wander goes into a convenience store to buy Sylvia a drink, but every time he turns to the register to pay, there is a long line waiting for him. This becomes a RunningGag throughout the episode, to the point where Wander is reluctant to turn around and face yet another queue. He does, and finds that the way is clear for once, only for him to trip over [[ChekhovsGag the loose mat in front]] and spill the drink.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', there's not only a very long line to the bathroom, there's a long line to get into ''that'' line. (And unfortunately for Lazlo, [[PottyEmergency right at the time he really has to go.]])
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' episode 4: in the flashback showing the backstory of the Ugly Princesses, there is such a long line of princes waiting to woo them that they use a "TakeANumber" device.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Goblin Dogs", much of the episode involves Star, Marco, Princess Pony Head, and Pony Head's new friend Kelly waiting in a ridiculously long line for "the best hot dogs in the universe".
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is about Lucky and Luanne waiting in line for several days to get the first tickets to see Brownsville Station (of "Smokin in the Boy's Room" fame.) When the box office opens, not a single person has gotten in line behind them. Then Lucky starts waiting at the door.
-->'''Lucky:''' I want to be sure they don't run out of my shirt size, Women's Medium.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
** Waiting in line for the bathroom is a RunningGag:
*** One lyric in the EndingTheme is "Stand in line to take a pee."
*** In "In Tents Debate", Lori, Leni, Lola, Lucy, and Lily try to convince Lincoln that Dairyland (a milk-themed amusement park) is worse than the beach by having him wait in line to go to the bathroom and then putting a sign saying, "This ride is temporarily closed" on the toilet.
*** In "The Mad Scientist", Lisa is impressed that the bathroom at the science institute has no lines.
*** In "Pipe Dreams", the parents get fed up with the bathroom lines and build a second, secret bathroom.
** In "Kick the Bucket List", Lincoln wants to ride a roller coaster called 'Fly Me to the Moo', but the line is ridiculously long.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Moe goes to register as a sex offender and complains "There's always a line."
** Patty and Selma work at the DMV and comment, "Some days, we don't let the line move at all. We call those weekdays."
** Also used in "Selma's Choice"; Bart tells Lisa a mammoth Duff Gardens queue has to be for something fun. It's actually for the complaints department.
** In "Brush with Greatness", there's a long line for the [=H2Whoa=] water slide. Bart and Lisa cut to the front by claiming she's a lost child and he's helping her; Homer cuts by claiming to be a "line inspector".
** There's yet ''another'', from one of the latest season's episodes: Marge and Homer are waiting in line for a new marriage certificate, when they both decide to get married ''properly'', they both go to leave, when they're accosted by a security guard, telling them that ''that's'' the line to leave (cut to a line as long as the rest).
* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Cow Days" has the boys wait in line for an interminable length of time to go on a ride of an unidentified nature. They finally make it to the head of the line to discover no ride waiting for them; it turns out that the line itself was the "ride".
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** "Rock Bottom", has [=SpongeBob=] in line at the bus station in Rock Bottom, when one of the locals spits out ''an egg'' onto his head, which quickly hatches three little critters that cut ahead of him in line.
** In "Roller Cowards", Spongebob and Patrick use the long line for the roller coaster as a stalling tactic because they're both scared to go on it. They also accidentally get in line for the bathroom at one point.
** In "Bubble Buddy", some fish complain that they were made to wait in line while Spongebob's man-shaped bubble was in the bathroom.
** In "The Abrasive Side", Spongebob is established as a doormat by letting everyone cut in line for the bus despite promising Patrick he'll be first in line.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Goblin Dogs", much of the episode involves Star, Marco, Princess Pony Head, and Pony Head's new friend Kelly waiting in a ridiculously long line for "the best hot dogs in the universe".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' episode 4: in the flashback showing the backstory of the Ugly Princesses, there is such a long line of princes waiting to woo them that they use a "TakeANumber" device.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Nice Guy", Wander goes into a convenience store to buy Sylvia a drink, but every time he turns to the register to pay, there is a long line waiting for him. This becomes a RunningGag throughout the episode, to the point where Wander is reluctant to turn around and face yet another queue. He does, and finds that the way is clear for once, only for him to trip over [[ChekhovsGag the loose mat in front]] and spill the drink.
-->'''Lucky:''' I want to be sure they don't run out of my shirt size, Women's Medium.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
** Waiting in line for the bathroom is a RunningGag:
*** One lyric in the EndingTheme is "Stand in line to take a pee."
*** In "In Tents Debate", Lori, Leni, Lola, Lucy, and Lily try to convince Lincoln that Dairyland (a milk-themed amusement park) is worse than the beach by having him wait in line to go to the bathroom and then putting a sign saying, "This ride is temporarily closed" on the toilet.
*** In "The Mad Scientist", Lisa is impressed that the bathroom at the science institute has no lines.
*** In "Pipe Dreams", the parents get fed up with the bathroom lines and build a second, secret bathroom.
** In "Kick the Bucket List", Lincoln wants to ride a roller coaster called 'Fly Me to the Moo', but the line is ridiculously long.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Moe goes to register as a sex offender and complains "There's always a line."
** Patty and Selma work at the DMV and comment, "Some days, we don't let the line move at all. We call those weekdays."
** Also used in "Selma's Choice"; Bart tells Lisa a mammoth Duff Gardens queue has to be for something fun. It's actually for the complaints department.
** In "Brush with Greatness", there's a long line for the [=H2Whoa=] water slide. Bart and Lisa cut to the front by claiming she's a lost child and he's helping her; Homer cuts by claiming to be a "line inspector".
** There's yet ''another'', from one of the latest season's episodes: Marge and Homer are waiting in line for a new marriage certificate, when they both decide to get married ''properly'', they both go to leave, when they're accosted by a security guard, telling them that ''that's'' the line to leave (cut to a line as long as the rest).
* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Cow Days" has the boys wait in line for an interminable length of time to go on a ride of an unidentified nature. They finally make it to the head of the line to discover no ride waiting for them; it turns out that the line itself was the "ride".
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** "Rock Bottom", has [=SpongeBob=] in line at the bus station in Rock Bottom, when one of the locals spits out ''an egg'' onto his head, which quickly hatches three little critters that cut ahead of him in line.
** In "Roller Cowards", Spongebob and Patrick use the long line for the roller coaster as a stalling tactic because they're both scared to go on it. They also accidentally get in line for the bathroom at one point.
** In "Bubble Buddy", some fish complain that they were made to wait in line while Spongebob's man-shaped bubble was in the bathroom.
** In "The Abrasive Side", Spongebob is established as a doormat by letting everyone cut in line for the bus despite promising Patrick he'll be first in line.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Goblin Dogs", much of the episode involves Star, Marco, Princess Pony Head, and Pony Head's new friend Kelly waiting in a ridiculously long line for "the best hot dogs in the universe".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' episode 4: in the flashback showing the backstory of the Ugly Princesses, there is such a long line of princes waiting to woo them that they use a "TakeANumber" device.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Nice Guy", Wander goes into a convenience store to buy Sylvia a drink, but every time he turns to the register to pay, there is a long line waiting for him. This becomes a RunningGag throughout the episode, to the point where Wander is reluctant to turn around and face yet another queue. He does, and finds that the way is clear for once, only for him to trip over [[ChekhovsGag the loose mat in front]] and spill the drink.
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%%** ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'' had a similar 'ride' in one epiosde.
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** Related, Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving, Traditionally the first shopping day of the US Christmas season) in the United States will often seen large lines forming outside of a mall or big box store. It has gotten to the point that local news looking for the person who has waited in line the longest (usually days to weeks) is as much a part of the holiday tradition as the Turkey feast. Given that it's cold across most of the country, expect to see a tent or two. Given the event's reputation, the line is the only orderly part of the entire event. Recently many stores have taken measures to avoid queues such as opening early or never closing at all.
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* In one episode of ''Series/CampLazlo'', there's not only a very long line to the bathroom, there's a long line to get into ''that'' line. (And unfortunately for Lazlo, [[PottyEmergency right at the time he really has to go.]])
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* In one episode of ''Series/CampLazlo'', ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', there's not only a very long line to the bathroom, there's a long line to get into ''that'' line. (And unfortunately for Lazlo, [[PottyEmergency right at the time he really has to go.]])
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* ''ComicStrip/RobotmanAndMonty'': Moondoggie gets a job in a bank (temporarily) - he amuses himself by moving the velvet ropes around to get the customers to line up to a blank wall, creating "the Series/TwilightZone bank".
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* ''ComicStrip/RobotmanAndMonty'': Moondoggie gets a job in a bank (temporarily) - he amuses himself by moving the velvet ropes around to get the customers to line up to a blank wall, creating "the Series/TwilightZone "Franchise/TheTwilightZone bank".
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* TruthInTelevision: These are, of course, endemic at theme parks. The Ride/DisneyThemeParks handle them the best; a lot of effort goes into making the lines entertaining (because, of course, Disney knows you're going to be there for an hour or so). Short movies to explain the plot are common. Other examples include GraveHumor at ''The Haunted Mansion'', decodable hieroglyphs at the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' stunt show, and ''Series/TwilightZone'' memorabilia at ''Tower of Terror''. And the queue for ''Expedition Everest'' is a startlingly realistic Himalayan base camp.
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* TruthInTelevision: These are, of course, endemic at theme parks. The Ride/DisneyThemeParks handle them the best; a lot of effort goes into making the lines entertaining (because, of course, Disney knows you're going to be there for an hour or so). Short movies to explain the plot are common. Other examples include GraveHumor at ''The Haunted Mansion'', decodable hieroglyphs at the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' stunt show, and ''Series/TwilightZone'' ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'' memorabilia at ''Tower ''[[Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror Tower of Terror''.Terror]]''. And the queue for ''Expedition Everest'' is a startlingly realistic Himalayan base camp.
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* The line for Worlebury-juxta-Mare in ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' is ''absurdly'' long. If you actually choose to wait in line instead of bribing your way past, it takes multiple days before you're admitted
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* The line for Worlebury-juxta-Mare in ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' is ''absurdly'' long. If you actually choose to wait in line instead of bribing your way past, it takes multiple days before you're admittedadmitted. However, those pale in from of the queues seen in [[CelestialBureaucracy the Blue Kingdom]], which have been described as extended to multiple streets and ''the rooftops''.
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* The line for Worlebury-juxta-Mare in ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' is ''absurdly'' long. If you actually choose to wait in line instead of bribing your way past, it takes multiple days before you're admitted
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* In one ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon, we see Homestar, Marzipan, and the King of Town standing in line at Bubs' Concession Stand... in front of a sign that says "Wait In Line: $5". Homestar turns to Marzipan and remarks "Best five bucks I ever spent."
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* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In one ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon, the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "local news", we see Homestar, Marzipan, and the King of Town standing in line at Bubs' Concession Stand... in front of a sign that says "Wait In Line: $5". Homestar turns to Marzipan and remarks "Best five bucks I ever spent."
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* Creator/JohnPinette has a routine where he rails against the people in front of him at buffets or restaurants, specifically for slowing down the line with inane banter or dithering when it comes time to order. This leads to one of his {{Catch Phrase}}s: a shrill "''Get outta the line!''" directed at the offender.
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* Creator/JohnPinette has a routine where he rails against the people in front of him at buffets or restaurants, specifically for slowing down the line with inane banter or dithering when it comes time to order. This leads to one of his {{Catch Phrase}}s: a shrill "''Get outta the line!''" directed at the offender.
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* Creator/JohnPinette has a routine where he rails against the people in front of him at buffets or restaurants, specifically for slowing down the line with inane banter or dithering when it comes time to order. This leads to one of his {{Catch Phrase}}s: a shrill "''Get outta the line!''" directed at the offender.
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* Creator/JohnPinette has a routine where he rails against the people in front of him at buffets or restaurants, specifically for slowing down the line with inane banter or dithering when it comes time to order. This leads to one of his {{Catch Phrase}}s: a shrill "''Get outta the line!''" directed at the offender.
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-->-- '''Arthur Dent''', '''''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'''''
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* Creator/KeithLaumer's short story "In the Queue". Nominated for the HugoAward and UsefulNotes/NebulaAward. A story about a man in a society where people stand in queue for generations, with mobile "quebanas" to live in on the line.
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* Creator/KeithLaumer's short story "In the Queue". Nominated for the HugoAward UsefulNotes/HugoAward and UsefulNotes/NebulaAward. A story about a man in a society where people stand in queue for generations, with mobile "quebanas" to live in on the line.
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* A classic ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip shows Charlie Brown waiting in line at the theater, hoping to be one of the first 1,500 children to get free candy bars. He lets Lucy go in front of him, and she becomes the 1,500th candy bar winner. According to Charles Schultz, this really happened to him.
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* A classic ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip shows Charlie Brown waiting in line at the theater, hoping to be one of the first 1,500 children to get free candy bars. He lets Lucy go in front of him, and she becomes the 1,500th candy bar winner. According to Charles Schultz, Schulz, this really happened to him.
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* ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor'' has people waiting in a queue to be [[FateWorseThanDeath totemized]]. A sign says that messing with the Totemizer's settings will result in being moved to the front of the queue.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' short "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoCeYrRvCSo Panda's Dream]]". Some guy cuts in front of Panda while he's waiting to buy a new video game. Panda takes [[SerialEscalation increasingly extreme action]], which turns out to just be an ImagineSpot each time:
** First, Panda calls him out, and the rest of the line applauds him.
** Panda calls the police, who arrest the line cutter, and ''the president shows up to give Panda a ton of rewards''.
** Panda starts dancing to K-Pop, and a huge shockwave blasts the line cutter into space.
** First, Panda calls him out, and the rest of the line applauds him.
** Panda calls the police, who arrest the line cutter, and ''the president shows up to give Panda a ton of rewards''.
** Panda starts dancing to K-Pop, and a huge shockwave blasts the line cutter into space.
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* AltonTowers offers fastpasses which let you jump to the front of the line, which unlike Disney Theme Parks's, can be used at any time, and also unlike Disney fastpasses, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney which you have to pay for.]]
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* AltonTowers Ride/AltonTowers offers fastpasses which let you jump to the front of the line, which unlike Disney Theme Parks's, can be used at any time, and also unlike Disney fastpasses, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney which you have to pay for.]]
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* On Creator/RobertAHeinlein's utopia world of Tertius, killing someone who cuts in line is considered "justifiable homicide", or rather, "homicide in the public interest" (that is, to be encouraged), as seen in his novel ''The Cat Who Walks Through Walls''.
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* On Creator/RobertAHeinlein's utopia world of Tertius, killing someone who cuts in line is considered "justifiable homicide", or rather, "homicide in the public interest" (that is, to be encouraged), as seen in his novel ''The Cat Who Walks Through Walls''.''Literature/TheCatWhoWalksThroughWalls''.
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* A regular part of player missions in the RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is battling your way through the queue (sometimes literally) to pick up the [[WithThisHerring useless equipment]] you have been assigned.
** If you're lucky. Paranoia [=GMs=] can use the line for much deviltry. Such as: A Troubleshooter is in line at PLC waiting for a piece of equipment. At the desk (eventually) the clerk asks for the Troubleshooter's 386-XM-16 properly filled out. Troubleshooter does not have said form. Back to the end of the line. He gets to the desk again, only to hear that the form is correct, but they don't have the item and to come back the next Daycycle. He returns via the long line, to hear that the equipment is not at his security clearance level and he can't have it without committing treason. Now, the Troubleshooter may do one of two things: 1) the sensible and less-fun alternative, incurring the wrath of Friend Computer by going out unequipped, or 2) the much more fun and interesting way -- sparking a riot in the PLC facility to sneak in and steal or otherwise obtain the item.
** If you're lucky. Paranoia [=GMs=] can use the line for much deviltry. Such as: A Troubleshooter is in line at PLC waiting for a piece of equipment. At the desk (eventually) the clerk asks for the Troubleshooter's 386-XM-16 properly filled out. Troubleshooter does not have said form. Back to the end of the line. He gets to the desk again, only to hear that the form is correct, but they don't have the item and to come back the next Daycycle. He returns via the long line, to hear that the equipment is not at his security clearance level and he can't have it without committing treason. Now, the Troubleshooter may do one of two things: 1) the sensible and less-fun alternative, incurring the wrath of Friend Computer by going out unequipped, or 2) the much more fun and interesting way -- sparking a riot in the PLC facility to sneak in and steal or otherwise obtain the item.
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* A regular part of player missions in the RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is battling your way through the queue (sometimes literally) to pick up the [[WithThisHerring useless equipment]] you have been assigned.
** If you're lucky. Paranoia [=GMs=] can use the line for much deviltry. Such as:assigned. A typical example: A Troubleshooter is in arrives at the PLC to pick up a Left-Handed Oxygen Dihydrogenator, only to find the line reaches out the door. Arriving at PLC waiting for a piece of equipment. At the desk (eventually) the PLC clerk asks for the Troubleshooter's 386-XM-16 form, properly filled out.out in triplicate. Troubleshooter does not have said form. The form is obtained, an [[VastBureaucracy adventure]] in itself. Back to the end of the line. He She gets to the desk again, only to hear that whereupon she is informed the form is correct, but they PLC don't have the item LHOD and to come back the next Daycycle. He returns via She camps out overnight in the long line, only to hear that the equipment LHOD is now in stock, but is not available at his her security clearance level and he she can't have it without committing treason. Now, the Troubleshooter may now do one three things, arranged in decreasing order of two things: 1) the sensible safety and less-fun alternative, increasing order of Fun and Excitement: 1) Potentially incurring the wrath of Friend Computer by going out unequipped, or 2) Going to the much more fun and interesting way -- sparking [[BlackMarket Infrared Market]] or 3) Sparking a riot in the PLC facility to sneak in and steal or otherwise obtain the item.Dihydrogenator, and likely anything else that isn't nailed down.
** If you're lucky. Paranoia [=GMs=] can use the line for much deviltry. Such as:
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* ''TabletopGames/Warhammer40K'': Pilgrims flock to Holy Terra from all over the galaxy just to be in the GodEmperor's presence. This being 40K, we're talking millions of people, with many families having been there for generations and are still no closer to seeing Him.
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* ''TabletopGames/Warhammer40K'': ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Pilgrims flock to Holy Terra from all over the galaxy just to be in the GodEmperor's presence. This being 40K, we're talking millions of people, with many families having been there for generations and are still no closer to seeing Him.
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* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', when Crowley becomes the new King of Hell, he dispenses with the traditional tortures and instead turns Hell into an endless queue where condemned souls wait in line for eternity. FireAndBrimstoneHell doesn't work on the sadomasochists, but no-one likes standing in line.
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* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', when Crowley becomes the new King of Hell, he dispenses with the traditional tortures FireandBrimstoneHell and instead turns Hell it into an endless queue where condemned souls wait in line for eternity. FireAndBrimstoneHell doesn't work on Many people who end up in Hell are sadomasochists who are TooKinkyToTorture with the sadomasochists, usual methods, but no-one ''no-one'' likes standing waiting in line.
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* From ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', holy man/prosecutor Nahyuta Sahdmadhi decided to sample the local cuisine during his first visit to [[ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange Japanifornia]], and went to a burger joint that had been recommended on a local TV show. Of course, ''because'' it was recommended on TV, the line was enormous, and he was waiting in it for well over an hour, but he claims it was child's play compared to his monk training.
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* From ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', holy man/prosecutor Nahyuta Sahdmadhi decided to sample the local cuisine during his first visit to [[ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange Japanifornia]], and went to a burger joint that had been recommended on a local TV show. Of course, ''because'' it was recommended on TV, the line was enormous, and he was waiting in it for well over an hour, but he claims it was child's play compared to his monk training.
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