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* In ''TheDarkKnight'', Batman finds various impostors dressed as him trying to take down drug dealers [[ComicallyMissingThePoint with]] [[DoesNotLikeGuns guns]]. He's less than thrilled, and warns them to stop. One of them winds up a victim of the Joker.

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* ''KimPossible'': Kim's mission outfit becomes a fashion fad in "Kimitation Nation".

* Dexter, of ''DextersLaboratory'', accidentally cracked his glasses in the episode "Framed", and cracked glasses promptly became all the rage around school.

* ''KimPossible'': Kim's mission look

* Spoofed in ''MeanGirls'', when Cady and Janice damage Regina's shirt and she successfully turns this ClothingDamage into a fashion fad.

* ''{{Doug}}'':

* The credit sequence of ''CapcomVsSnk2]] shows an Asian kid dressed up as Terry Bogard. Okei!

* In the ''CowAndChicken'' episode "Supermodel Cow", Cow becomes a new fashion icon and starts a craze for udder bags. Of course, like all fads, It does not last.

* In [[PokemonRubyAndSapphire the 3rd Generation]] ''{{Pokemon}}'' games, the small island community of Dewford enjoys following trends, that the player can directly influence using a combination of pre-defined key words.[[hottip:*:Doing so changes the random water tiles on another route from which a rare Water-type Pokémon can only be fished from]] Even though the player can't type in their own words for this, it is still rather easy to make crude jokes with it (such as 'ADULT TOYS', or 'YOUR MOTHER').

* ''AmericanDad'': [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by GeorgeClooney. He starts smoking pipes and wearing muttonchop sideburns, saying he's "bringing them back". Sure enough, later in the episode a bunch of other people are shown with pipes and muttonchops

* In ''TheDarkKnight'', Batman finds various impostors dressed as him trying to take down drug dealers with guns. He's less than thrilled, and warns them to stop. One of them winds up a victim of the Joker.

* R. Crumb's ''FritzTheCat'' ends a story fleeing from a pot party busted by the police -- he spots a drunk rich guy in top hat and tails, and mugs him to take his clothes for a disguise. He meets up with his friends in his park, where other hipsters spot him, and the next day they're all dressed the same way.

* ''OzyAndMillie'': A variation occurs in one arc. She accidentally dyes her head black ([[ItMakesSenseInContext don't ask]]), and for some reason that's never really explained (Millie is not remotely a trendsetter or popular), Felicia takes this as a cue that dying one's head is "the latest thing" and copies it. This eventually leads into her and her friends copying Millie's LimitedWardrobe and hanging out with her, before abandoning her again when she predictably fails to move on to the next new fad.

Everybody is following the latest trends, even if it means hourly clothing changes to stay updated. Thanks to the power of the plot, for some reason, you are the new trend!

* R. Crumb's ''FritzTheCat'' ends a story fleeing from a pot party busted by the police - he spots a drunk rich guy in top hat and tails, and mugs him to take his clothes for a disguise. He meets up with his friends in his park, where other hipsters spot him, and the next day they're all dressed the same way.

* Played with in ''AHardDaysNight'' - George takes a wrong turn in a tv studio and finds himself at the office of a "with it" producer who doesn't recognize him and takes him for another poser with a phony accent. He tries to get George to appear in an advertisement for trendy clothes, warning him that he'll be an unhip pariah if he doesn't play the game.

** Angeline comes to school with a beret to cover some missing hair. The next day everybody's wearing berets - causing the protagonist to wonder where all those berets came from. (By the time ''she'' could acquire one, Angeline had stopped.)

* ''MissionHill'': Jim comes back from a trip to Japan with the newest thing over there - little shorts with HelloKitty style decorations. Andy thinks they're ridiculous, but soon becomes unhip when he's the only one not wearing them. By the time he comes around they're out, since middle-aged folks have taken them up.

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* Similarly, in ''{{Transmetropolitan}}'', Spider Jerusalem is miffed to discover he's been turned into a celebrity, complete with a minor cult dedicated to him. Then he starts exploiting it.

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* ''JohnTuckerMustDie'' is probably [[FollowTheLeader imitating]] the ''MeanGirls'' example above; the girls play a prank on [[JerkJock basketball jock]] John Tucker so that he will be caught in public wearing only a thong. John Tucker doesn't lose his cool, and in fact is able to convince all the rest of the basketball team that wearing a thong is the way to go.
** And several of the male faculty members (some who had no business wearing a thong)
*** Well it does prevent riding up...
* In TheDarkKnight, Batman finds various impostors dressed as him trying to take down drug dealers with guns. He's less than thrilled, and warns them to stop. One of them winds up a victim of the Joker.

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* In the ''Dear Dumb Diary'' series by Jim Benton, popular girl Angeline somehow gets a pair of jeans with huge holes in the knees. Pretty soon everybody has ripped holes in the knees of their pants.
** In the previous book, Angeline comes to school with a beret to cover some missing hair. The next day everybody's wearing berets - causing the protagonist to wonder where all those berets came from. (By the time ''she'' could acquire one, Angeline had stopped.)

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* Spoofed in SavedByTheBell, in an episode where Kelly appears to be dating Screech. Zack panics when Lisa and Jessie comment that nerds might become the new trend, since "If Kelly wore a pizza on her head," people would imitate her. Cue Zack's fantasy sequence involving Kelly wearing a pizza as a hat while dating a James Bond-esque Screech.

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* A variation occurs in one ''OzyAndMillie'' arc. She accidentally dyes her head black ([[ItMakesSenseInContext don't ask]]), and for some reason that's never really explained (Millie is not remotely a trendsetter or popular), Felicia takes this as a cue that dying one's head is "the latest thing" and copies it. This eventually leads into her and her friends copying Millie's LimitedWardrobe and hanging out with her, before abandoning her again when she predictably fails to move on to the next new fad.

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* KimPossible's mission look

* [[{{Doug}} Doug Funnie]] finds that his trademark sweater has become the new trend after a popular TV character starts wearing it.
** Worse still, no one noticed ''beforehand'' that he sported what's being called the "Dylan Farnum Look" before the guy made it popular, so everyone thinks Doug is simply copying the trend; he spends most of the episode either trying to convince everybody it was his look to begin with or bucking trends in general (which fails in ridiculous fashion [[FinaglesLaw as the absurd mix-and-match costume he tries on turns out to be the "Schizo Look"]]). In the end, he learns to accept the situation...just as the Dylan Farnum look goes out of style, and now everyone is dressing like Doug's best friend Skeeter.
** One of the comics has Rufus wearing a [[MeaningfulName Branday]] jacket to school and turning it into the next fad. Doug must settle for a [[BlandNameProduct "Brandexx"]] jacket, but the jackets get switched later, and Doug's jacket becomes the new trend.

* Helga in ''HeyArnold''.

* In the CowAndChicken episode "Supermodel Cow", Cow becomes a new fashion icon and starts a craze for udder bags. Of course, like all fads, It does not last.
* ''MissionHill'' - Jim comes back from a trip to Japan with the newest thing over there - little shorts with HelloKitty style decorations. Andy thinks they're ridiculous, but soon becomes unhip when he's the only one not wearing them. By the time he comes around they're out, since middle-aged folks have taken them up.
* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by GeorgeClooney on ''AmericanDad''. He starts smoking pipes and wearing muttonchop sideburns, saying he's "bringing them back". Sure enough, later in the episode a bunch of other people are shown with pipes and muttonchops

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* Spoofed in SavedByTheBell, in an episode where Kelly appears to be dating Screech. Zack panics when Lisa and Jessie comment that nerds might become the new trend, since "If Kelly wore a pizza on her head," people would imitate her. Cue Zack's fantasy sequence involving Kelly wearing a pizza as a hat dating a James Bond-esque Screech.

Well, you have quite the situation at school, everybody is following the latest trends, even if it means hourly changes of your clothes to stay updated. However, thanks to the power of the plot, for some reason, you are the new trend!

A YourCostumeNeedsWork situation tends to follow this.

* In ''Batman: TheDarkKnightReturns'', there's a gang that follows a series of trends, starting with their "mutant" leader and ending with... Batman himself, after he defeats the mutant. They're young, bored, quick and dangerous, and although Batman is disgusted by the crimes they commit in his name, he manages to many turn them into his own personal army.
* Similarly, in ''{{Transmetropolitan}}'', Spider Jerusalem is miffed to discover he's been turned into a celebrity, apparently complete with a minor cult dedicated to him. Then he starts exploiting it.

* In TheDarkKnight, Batman finds various impostors showing up dressed as him trying to take down drug dealers with guns. He's less than thrilled to discover this, and warns them to stop. One of them winds up being a victim of the Joker.

* In ''{{Transmetropolitan}}'', Spider Jerusalem is miffed to discover he's been turned into a celebrity, apparently complete with a minor cult dedicated to him. Then he starts exploiting it.

** Worse still, no one noticed ''beforehand'' that he sported what's being called the "Dylan Farnum Look" before the guy made it popular, so everyone thinks Doug is simply copying the trend; he spends most of the episode either trying to convince everybody it was his look to begin with or bucking trends in general (which fails in ridiculous fashion [[FinaglesLaw as the absurd mix-and-match costume he tries on turns out to be the "Schizo Look"]]). In the end, he learns to accept the situation...just as the Dylan Farnum look goes out of style, and now everyone is dressing like Doug's best friend Skeeter. SoYeah...