History Main / ScoutOut

* ''Series/MurdochMysteries: The episode "A Cottage in the Woods" has a troop of Young Adventurettes, who were formed after a number of girls demanded to join the Young Adventurers.

* An early episode of ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' had Wally and Eddie joining the Boy Scouts and going camping, leaving the too young Beaver behind.

* In the episode of ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', when Mork was learning to say 'No', a "Girl scout" (implied but not specified) asks him if he wants to buy some cookies. He emphatically says "No!" and slams the door in her face. When Mindy chastises him for it, he says he didn't want to buy them. Mindy replies, "''Nobody'' wants to buy those cookies, but you don't slam a door in a little girl's face." The girl comes busting back in and intimidates him into buying enough cookies to send her to summer camp.
* On ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', when Earl is in {{Prison}}, a man named Glen from Earl's childhood is in with him, ever since Earl framed him for stealing. Glen was a proud member of the Camden Scouts, and Earl helps him earn two merit badges. [[CrossesTheLineTwice There were even plenty of Scout Masters in there to give Glen that recognition!]]

There's another problem too: in a fantasy setting, it might not make sense to have Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, but it might make sense to have the Bug Scouts.

However, there's a problem: The Scouts are trademarked.[[note]]In the U.S., "Scout" has been trademarked by the Boy Scouts of America. The Girl Scouts also cannot call themselves "Scouts" because it violates the Boy Scout trademark.[[/note]]

Thus, rather than bother with obtaining permission, writers make a [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name]] version of the Scouts (which also makes them their respective [[TheThemeParkVersion theme park versions]]).

The Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts (or "Scouts" and "Girl Guides" in most of the world outside the United States) are ubiquitous institutions around the world. Almost everyone knows someone who's in them (or was in them during childhood or adolescence). So, it is no surprise that in the land of fiction that they would appear.

Not to be confused with ShoutOut, which this trope's name [[JustForPun is a pun on]], or the colloquial term for reconnaissance.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has the [[http://www.mantaengie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mannco1.jpg Saxonettes.]]

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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'', she is also a member of the Buttercups, who wear a bizarre combination of Girl Scout uniform and princess dress. In the same episode, Baileywick is revealed to be a member of the Groundhog Scouts when he was younger.

* On ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell'' Balthazar excitedly says, "Maybe the girls from the Cookie Army will come back again!"

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'', she is also a member of the Buttercups, who wear a bizarre combination of Girl Scout uniform and princess dress.

Not to be confused with ShoutOut, which this trope's name is a pun on, or the colloquial term for reconnaissance.

* Some episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'' show Sebastian leading a pack of "crab scouts".

The scouts may go on a camping trip at CampWackyname to canoe and roast marshmallows. To add drama, a rainstorm may turn it into a HorribleCampingTrip.

** The Wilderness Explorers apparently weren't satisfied with having just ''one'' [[ILoveNuclearPower Nuclear Science]] badge - two different ones (adorned with a radiation symbol and mushroom cloud, respectively) appear in the New Adventure Book. [[note]]This may or may not be a reference to the real-life BSA, where there ''are'' two different nuclear-power related badges (though in this case, one of them ("Nuclear Science") was created as a replacement for the other ("Atomic Energy"), with Atomic Energy no longer being awarded)[[/note]]

Not to be confused with ShoutOut, which this trope's name is a pun on, or the colloqial term for reconnaissance.