History StatusQuoIsGod / WesternAnimation

** One plot involved Baloo being granted a large, specific sum of money. Various hijinks ensue as he tries to get this money to Rebecca to buy back his plane, but by the end he causes so much property damage that the city fines him the EXACT AMOUNT of money he recieved, leaving him with nothing. Amazingly, this happened more than once.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Talespin}}'' is fiercly protective of its status quo, wherein Baloo bregrudgingly works for Rebecca's air cargo service so he can earn enough money to buy back his beloved plane, the Sea Duck, which she bought after the bank foreclosed on him. Baloo actually manages to buy, win, or otherwise regain ownership of the Duck several times, but Rebecca always regains ownership by the end of the episode.

** Season 15 ''did'' this. After the DramaBomb episode, "[[Recap/SouthParkS15E7YoureGettingOld You're Getting Old]]", it looked like there was going to be some sort of change in terms of the boys' relationships (Mainly in Stan's cynicism is affecting his life). [[HeterosexualLifePartners Kyle and Stan]] have a falling out, [[FoeYay Kyle and Cartman]] are shown being together of their own volition and getting along. The episode ends with Randy and Sharon[[note]]With Sharon [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall realized this during their talk about their future relationship]][[/note]] separating and moving from the Marsh family home into an apartment. When the next episode, "Ass Burgers", features a SnapBack, this is invoked in end. As just Stan is about to embrace the new changes, the status quo comes back with Randy & Sharon getting back together off-screen, Kyle & Cartman bickering once again, and Stan going back to the life he once had, though he now secretly drinks to keep off his cynical levels. Sharon even says that [[{{Anvilicious}} sometimes it's best to stick with what you know]].

** Whenever Brian or Meg leave the Griffin household don't expect it to last beyond the episode for the latter, or two or three episodes at most for the former. Especially jarring in Meg's case because she's angrily pointed out how she [[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty doesn't want to be there]] and either gets [[YankTheDogsChain dragged back]] or ([[Recap/FamilyGuyS18E18BetterOffMeg in one case]]) choose to go back for no real reason other than to maintain the status quo.

** Whenever Brian or Meg leave the Griffin household don't expect it to last beyond the episode for the latter, or two or three episodes at most for the former. Especially jarring in Meg's case because she's angrily pointed out how she [[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty doesn't want to be there]] and either gets [[YankTheDogsChain dragged back]] or ([[Recap/FamilyGuyS18E18BetterOffMeg in one case]]) choose to go back for no real reason other to maintain the status quo.

** Whenever Brian or Meg leave the Griffin household don't expect it to last beyond the episode for the latter, or two or three episodes at most for the former.

** Also Bill is never going to have a lasting relationship, it always goes wrong or he messes up.
*** This becomes an invoked example with his relationship with Laoma; WordOfGod says the only reason why she's never seen again is because they prefer Bill single and miserable.

* Regularly DoubleSubverted in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', where some episodes end with what would seem like a drastic change, which end up being mostly or entirely reversed within another few episodes:

** The 2015 mini-series, "Stakes", features Marceline the Vampire Queen losing her vampire curse and powers. Of course, she has them back by the end of the arc, but she does sense that a change did in fact take place inside of her. The [[ArcWords Arc Melody]] of the miniseries, "Everything Stays", can be interpreted as basically one huge lampshade of this trope, although a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu_oJR2psGY beautifully pulled off one]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''

* The hero's primary quest in ''WesternAnimation/ConanTheAdventurer'' is to steal the [[{{MacGuffin}} Black Ring]] from [[TheDragon Wrath-Amon]]. Conan and his friends actually manage to do this several times. But since completing the quest would end the series, Wrath-Amon always manages to get it back before the end of the episode, at least until their final confrontation in the penultimate episode.

** The heroes being able to properly use the Encryptor Chip to cure [[BigGood Motherboard]] of the virus that [[BigBad The Hacker]] has placed inside of her. The Encryptor Chip is stated to be the only thing to cure Motherboard and once that happens, The Hacker would no longer be a threat to her. Naturally, whenever the heroes get the Encryptor Chip, it is usually lost not too long later (most infamously an one episode, the Cybergang had to give it to a random frog that was eating [[PluckyComicRelief Digit]] who wanted it for some reason). It was even destroyed meaning that Motherboard truly can never be cured allowing The Hacker to constantly try to take over Cyberspace allowing the series to go on.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' uses it some of the time, with the more notable instances being the end of "Reality Trip", where [[spoiler:Danny [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mindwipes]] everyone except the people who knew prior to the start of the episode]]. For that matter, he bounced back ''[[AngstWhatAngst unusually quickly]]'' from the extremely-intense encounter with his [[BadFuture future]] [[FutureMeScaresMe self]].
** It actually averts in on occasion: from Jazz learning Danny's secret, ghosts becoming a recognized threat, Valerie remaining stuck in poverty, but growing as a human being, etc.

*** WordOfGod stated that the Hercules parody character Storkules [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would've actually stayed Donald's roomate]] at the end of the episode ''Storkules in Duckburg!'' Unfortunately, due to the large amount of problems Storkules would cause to many plots (not only would he be too accessible and too overpowered to make most conflicts have any logical tension, [[spoiler: but Della would also be joining the main cast the very same season, which would make Storkules's AscendedExtra status make the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters already large main cast]] feel too bloated]]), they decided to ultimately make Storkules becoming Donald's roomate a one-episode plot, and Donald would just help him go find an apartment instead. Even ''that'' didn't hold up since we see him back in Ithiquack in the Season 2 finale. As it turns out, just having a demigod in Duckburg would make the problem too easy to fix.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''

** How many times has Joe regained the use of his legs only to lose them again at the end of the episode? Played especially darkly in one episode. Joe gets his legs permanently fixed and start being too aggressive and active for his more sedentary buddies to keep up with to the point where he's disgusted with them. They decide they want the old Joe back, so hatch a plan to ''break his back again to put him back in the chair.'' [[spoiler:It doesn't work because Joe completely outclasses them in a stand-up fight, though eventually Bonnie comes in with a gun to cripple him... or at least put several holes in him attempting to, before [[CrossesTheLineTwice he tells her to give him the gun and let him cripple himself]].]]

** Any time Meg, Chris, Stewie, Brian or Quagmire has a LoveInterest don't expect it to last beyond the episode, or in some cases before the episode is even over (particularly with Meg). The latter four tend to mess things up or pull a IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy, while Meg suffers from sheer misfortune. In general, if someone appears to actually like Meg, expect them to [[DroppedABridgeOnHim die]], suddenly dump her (often because she's "[[InformedDeformity ugly]]"), end up with someone else or just simply never be mentioned again.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''

** Strangely, what with the above examples, there was a bit of continuity. In one episode Peggy and Dale end up blowing Hank's shed up (long story), 8 episodes later in [[spoiler:Death Picks Cotton]] Hank's busy rebuilding it. When he finally does finish it in the end of the episode Dale destroys it again [[spoiler:which was Cotton's dying wish]].

** "Oblivio": Our [[LaserGuidedAmnesia amnesiac]] heroes mistakenly believe they were already a BattleCouple pre-amnesia, and fall in love with each other again over the course of the episode. [[spoiler:Ladybug's ResetButton power restores their original memories, but erases all of their memories from the time they had amnesia]].
** "Desperada": Adrien confesses to Ladybug that he's actually Cat Noir and [[LoveAtFirstSight has been madly in love with her since they first met]]. [[spoiler:This is almost immediately undone by the SaveScumming power of the Snake Miraculous, and Adrien only confessed because he knew she would not remember]].
** "Cat Blanc": Our heroes learn each others' identities and realize they've been in love with each other all along, and happily get together. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong [[spoiler:It starts [[ForWantOfANail a chain of events]] leading to ''[[ApocalypseHow all of Paris being destroyed and everyone in it being killed]]'', and has to be undone with time travel]].
** "Ephemeral": [[spoiler:Similarly to "Cat Blanc", the heroes learn each other's secret identities, and time travel has to undo it to prevent a catastrophe.]]
** A different relationship involving Marinette is also broken up in this manner when [[spoiler:she hooks up with Luka, whom has feelings for her and is the wielder of the aforementioned Snake Miraculous, at the end of the third season. But rather than any time being reset, she finds herself unable to trust him with her secret identity as Ladybug, which is why she keeps leaving their dates. She calls off their relationship at the start of the fourth season as a result of this.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
** This trope is turned UpToEleven in every episode. No matter what nigh-impossible project the boys create, it will always disappear within a matter of seconds as a result of Perry and Doofenshmirtz. Like every other trope that the show revolves around, it's been {{lampshade|Hanging}}d. Some of the characters now believe there's a mysterious sentient force protecting them ([[NoFourthWall which is technically true]]).

** Overall, Phineas and Ferb [[ZigZaggedTrope tends to mix it up a lot]] with this trope. While the situation generally remains the same and follows [[StrictlyFormula the same pattern]], the characters themselves remember what happens and develop over the course of the seasons. This means they sometimes trade positions, try to manipulate the formula for their own purposes, or outright refuse their usual role on occasion. And then there are cases where they have to handle a more important situation and put their usual pattern on hold entirely.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' has this all the time.

** Oh yeah, whenever the city is in ruins, its back to normal the next episode. Few things remain destroyed, an example being a bridge in a nearby city.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' plays this straight near the end "Rick Potion No. 9", as Rick seems to have found a tidy solution to a world-altering problem. This is then {{Subverted}} explosively. The titular duo has dissonant attitudes: as far as Rick is concerned everything is back to normal, while from Morty's perspective nothing will be normal again. It is a turning point for the show, as we see through Morty's horrified eyes what seems the status quo but is not.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' is on a constant quest to find a way to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong time-travel back to the past]] and destroy his {{arch nemesis}} [[BigBad Aku]]. However he never gets any closer to his goal; with every [[TimeTravel time portal]] getting destroyed or falling out of his reach, and Aku surviving every encounter with him. {{Lampshaded}} by Aku himself in "Jack vs. Aku", who sees his ongoing battle with Jack as more a game than a life's goal as Jack does, a game that has gotten long and tedious to him.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''

** The first time, in the episode "Mecha Streisand", a reporter appears, saying that the town had managed to rebuild itself "just weeks after the devastating attack of mutant genetic creatures, zombies, and Thanksgiving turkeys". Then Mecha Streisand shows up and begins to wreck the town, prompting a "not again" comment from the reporter.
*** Another episode has a reporter describing South Park as "a sleepy mountain town where nothing ever happens" followed by a faster and quieter line "except the occasional destruction of the entire town".

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Oh God, every single episode that was not a part of the story arc (Like [[spoiler: Robin becoming Slade's apprentice, the whole Terra storyline, Cyborg with Brother Blood, Raven with the prophecy of ending the world, and all of Season 5, which focused on the Brotherhood of Evil and a lot of characters we have never heard of before unless we read [[Comicbook/TeenTitans the original comics]]]]). Even with [[spoiler: Terra]], after the Titans [[spoiler: were convinced to let her become a member of the Titans]], she only made a split-second appearance in the next episode. The episode after that had to do with her though but of course the events of that episode restore status quo of the team. Most episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' will always end where it began, but there are a few exceptions.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' would usually flip back to status quo whenever Clover, Alex or Sam got a boyfriend. Clover's longest relationship was a long-distance relationship with a fellow WOOHP agent who was reassigned to WOOHP's Australian division, afterwhich he was never seen or mentioned again until they officially broke up in Season 6, and while they were together Clover still fawned over and flirted with other guys like usual.

** [[spoiler:There's an aversion at the end of Season 2 where the existence of mutants is revealed to the world, changing the way the characters are perceived forever.]]

** The status quo gets shaken up something fierce in TheMovie, with the cast learning about Perry being a secret agent. [[spoiler: They end up voluntarily pushing the ResetButton at the end, and no one but the OWCA remembers the events of the film. To be fair, Major Monogram let them choose whether or not to keep the new status quo, but since that meant Perry would have to leave them, they decided it wasn't worth it.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug:'' The [[TwoPersonLoveTriangle Two-Person Love Square]] between our two heroes has resolved itself several times over, only to be undone.

** On that subject, The Hacker himself trying to successfully conqueror Cyberspace. Early on in the series, The Hacker was a constant threat who's plans nearly come close to taking down Motherboard (as he was actually [[TheBadGuyWins successful]] in doing so in a few episodes). He is also often the one that tries to stop the Cybergang from using the Encryptor Chip to cure Motherboard of his virus knowing if she is cured, he could no longer succeed in his goal. However, even when he wins, The Hacker always gets stopped by the heroes at the end of the day. As of the later seasons, The Hacker when through a lot of [[Villain Decay]] as no one, not the Cybergang, Motherboard, or even ordinary citizens views him as a threat to Cyberspace anymore due to his plans constantly being foiled. As a result, it's very likely that The Hacker will never conquer Cyberchase just as the Cybergang being able to cure Motherboard of her virus.

** On that subject, The Hacker himself trying to successfully conqueror Cyberspace. Early on in the series, The Hacker was a constant threat who's plans nearly come close to taking down Motherboard (as he was actually [[TheBadGuyWins successful]] in doing so in a few episodes). He is also often the one that tries to stop the Cybergang from using the Encryptor Chip to cure Motherboard of his virus knowing if she is cured, he could no longer succeed in his goal. However, even when he wins, The Hacker always gets stopped by the heroes at the end of the day. As of the later seasons, The Hacker when through a lot of [[VillainDecay]] as no one, not the Cybergang, Motherboard, or even ordinary citizens views him as a threat to Cyberspace anymore due to his plans constantly being foiled. As a result, it's very likely that The Hacker will never conquer Cyberchase just as the Cybergang being able to cure Motherboard of her virus.

** Perhaps the most blatant example of this trope is in the episode "Change of Heart," in which Clyde seeks help from Leni on how to act 'normal' around Lori. While her advice seems to work, Lori comes to realize she liked the attention Clyde had given her previously and convinces him to return to being a [[StalkerWithACrush creeper who gets nosebleeds and passes out at the sight of her]] by episode's end.
*** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in later seasons, though, as Clyde sheds his infatuation towards Lori. In the Season 4 episode "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS4E18SingledOutBraveTheLastDance Brave The Last Dance]]", he even gets a crush on a girl his age named Chloe.

** There are a few exceptions though such as the [[ADayInTheSpotlight spotlight episode]] which focused on Linclon's kinda rival/crush/friend Ronnie Anne and her family as they move in with her grandmother so Ronnie's mother can take up a nursing job in the city. Ronnie is initially against the idea but seeing how her mother and brother (who's also Lori's boyfriend) are onboard for it and the fact that the extended family likewise gave Ronnie her own room. Ronnie relents and moves away from Lincoln's neighborhood, keeping in touch with him via internet calls. Likewise Lincoln starts to come around to the fact he might like ''like'' her.
** Perhaps the most blatant example of this trope is in the episode "Change of Heart," in which Clyde seeks help from Leni on how to act 'normal' around Lori. While her advice seems to work, Lori comes to realize she liked the attention Clyde had given her previously and convinces him to return to being a [[StalkerWithACrush creeper who gets nosebleeds and passes out at the sight of her]] by episode's end. But by Season 3 Clyde stops being like this to Lori and gets a crush on a girl his age named Chloe, beginning in "Brave the last dance".

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** At the end of the season two finale, Princess Bubblegum is reverted to a 13 year old. The very next episode she appears in, [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Lemongrab takes over the kingdom]] because she's too young to rule, and PB has to change back to get rid of him.

** A long running plot thread in the show was Finn somehow losing his arm. There were many hints that this would happen, with alternate versions of himself shown to have a prosthetic of some kind. The end of the season 6 premiere finally sees this come to pass, with Finn's arm being replaced by a flower. Four episodes later, Finn's arm is restored to normal. [[spoiler:However, Finn eventually loses his arm again in the season 7 finale, and permanently replaces it with a robotic one.]]

** [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 The 2017 reboot]] averts this on a regular basis, with the last moments of the very first episode showing that there will be an overarching mystery, and many large changes happen over the course of the series. [[spoiler: The show not only breaks the status quo of its own series, but it also breaks the entire Disney Duck status quo quite drastically. This is the first time in animated series that the nephews' mother, Della Duck, is introduced as a character, and the first time in general that she was made into a mainstay character halfway through season 2.]] That being said, while the status quo is regularly changed, there are some factors that are always kept.

*** WordOfGod stated that the Hercules parody character Storkules [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would've actually stayed Donald's roomate]] at the end of the episode ''Storkules in Duckburg!'' Unfortunately, due to the large amount of problems Storkules would cause to many plots (not only would he be too accessible and too overpowered to make most conflicts have any logical tension, [[spoiler: but Della would also be joining the main cast the very same season, which would make Storkules's AscendedExtra status make the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters already large main cast]] feel too bloated]]), they decided to ultimately make Storkules becoming Donald's roomate a one-episode plot, and Donald would just help him go find an apartment instead. Even ''that'' didn't hold up since we see him back in Ithiquack in the season 2 finale. As it turns out, just having a demigod in Duckburg would make the problem too easy to fix.

** Then played straight (to the point of parody) in the opening episode of season six, going to great (and circuitous!) lengths to restore the status quo. [[spoiler: Seems Fry and Leela are still together though.]]

** Perhaps the most blatant example of this trope is in the episode "Change of Heart," in which Clyde seeks help from Leni on how to act 'normal' around Lori. While her advice seems to work, Lori comes to realize she liked the attention Clyde had given her previously and convinces him to return to being a [[StalkerWithACrush creeper who gets nosebleeds and passes out at the sight of her]] by episode's end. But by season 3 Clyde stops being like this to Lori and gets a crush on a girl his age named Chloe, beginning in "Brave the last dance".

** In one episode, the girls travel so fast that they are warped to the future, [[BadFuture where for 30 years evil has reigned]]. Out of complete stress and confusion, they try to escape from it all by traveling so fast they warp back to the present time, thus achieving Status Quo. This, like the Superman example above, was more or less why the Powerpuff Girls never take a vacation - as they're now too paranoid to leave the city for even a few days, lest the entire city fall to evil.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' season 1 finale, "Commander Mom", [[spoiler: Sydney's mom rebuilds Jet 2 into Jet 3]]. However, in season 2, he's back to his normal form.

** Principal Skinner and Edna Krabappel have had an on-and-off relationship since season 8. 12 seasons later, Edna married Ned Flanders. This lasted until Edna's death two seasons afterwards.
** Apu [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E7TheTwoMrsNahasapeemapetilons got married]] in season 9; in season 13 [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E19TheSweetestApu he cheated]], and ever since then every appearance by him or his wife references it, usually by having them [[CringeComedy act frustrated or angry at one another]].

** Speaking of Barney, he stopped drinking in the eleventh season episode "Days of Wine and D'oheses" and remained a sober, clean-cut compulsive coffee drinker after the end of the episode and for several seasons. Like the Luanne and Kirk example, he reverted to his original state in season fourteen's "I'm Spelling As Fast as I Can". Later on he would have fewer roles, aside from being passed out on the ground.

** Other lampshades pop up with the page quote, another from Principal Skinner ("Well I guess we all learned something important today... there's no thing like the status quo!") and a season 22 episode, that ends with Marge (after [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption once again failing]] to get a social life outside of the house) reading a book called "The Joy of the Status Quo".

** In fact, Kenny died "permanently" at the end of season 5, and stayed dead for a year, however, he was brought back in the season 6 finale, "Red Sleigh Down". Previously, Cartman was possessed by Kenny's spirit in "Ladder to Heaven", however, his actual return was by simply walking into the frame and saying hi to his friends. Kyle even mentioned how everything seems back to normal.

** The episode before it and after it also played with this. In “Strange Energies”, after an incident that gives Commander Ransom god-like powers, both Mariner and Captain Freeman agree to cut back the autonomy Mariner has on the ship and Mariner is dragged back to the brig while in “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris”, Shax, who was killed at the end of Season One, is resurrected and rejoins the team with no one batting an eye. These are subverted as while Mariner is limited again, her relationship with Freeman is still on good terms and the only person who was concerned about Shax’s return was Rutherford… and he regrets finding out how he came back.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' would usually flip back to status quo whenever Clover, Alex or Sam got a boyfriend. Clover's longest relationship was a long-distance relationship with a fellow WOOHP agent who was reassigned to WOOHP's Australian division, afterwhich he was never seen or mentioned again until they officially broke up in season 6, and while they were together Clover still fawned over and flirted with other guys like usual.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' series was like this for the first two seasons. Then TheMovie came out in 1986. Once season three starts we have an all new cast, with the original characters making cameos, and the Quintessons are introduced. About the only thing that snaps back is Optimus Prime coming back to life and returning to his job as leader of the Autobots at the end of the third season. Bumblebee becomes a more prominent character during the season finale when Prime comes back, but it's as Goldbug, an upgraded form he needed after taking heavy damage fighting a berserk Superion, as well as to shill the new Goldbug toy, because the series, after all, was MerchandiseDriven.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'' movie, Karai's implied HeelFaceTurn at the end of season five after a season-long EnemyMine situation is ignored. It's justified in that during the movie, the Utrom Shredder, her adoptive father and the one living being she dedicated her entire life to, returned. [[spoiler:And even then, when her father went too far, she pulled another HeelFaceTurn.]]

** [[spoiler:There's an aversion at the end of Season 2 where the existence of mutants is revealed to the world, changing the way the characters are perceived forever.]]

** Any time Meg, Chris, Stewie, Brian or Quagmire has a LoveInterest don't expect it to last beyond the episode, or in some cases before the episode is even over (particularly with Meg). The latter four tend to mess things up or pull a IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy, while Meg suffers from sheer misfortune. In general, if someone appears to actually like Meg, expect them to [[DroppedABridgeOnHim die]], suddenly dump her because she's "[[InformedDeformity ugly]]", end up with someone else or just simply never be mentioned again.

** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS17E19GirlInternetted Girl Internetted]]" Meg becomes obese, develops diabetes and eventually ''has her feet cut off''. Of course, she gets a new pair of feet at the end of the episode and looks perfectly normal by the next.

** Any time Meg, Chris, Stewie, Brian or Quagmire has a LoveInterest don't expect it to last beyond the episode, or in some cases before the episode is even over (particularly with Meg). The latter four tend to mess things up or pull a IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy, while Meg suffers from sheer misfortune. In general, if someone appears to actually like Meg, expect them to [[DroppedABridgeOnHim die]], suddenly dump her because she's "[[InformedDeformity ugly]]" or end up with someone else.

** Any time Meg, Chris, Stewie or Brian has a LoveInterest don't expect it to last beyond the episode, or in some cases before the episode is even over (particularly with Meg). The latter three tend to mess things up or pull a IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy, while Meg suffers from sheer misfortune. In general, if someone appears to actually like Meg, expect them to [[DroppedABridgeOnHim die or otherwise end up permanently out of reach]] or end up with someone else.

** ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' has a fairly big one at the end of [[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E02KayshonHisEyesOpen "Kayshon, His Eyes Open"]]. Boimler ends up being transporter duplicated similar to [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E22SecondChances how Riker was]], and since Starfleet apparently doesn't allow clones to serve on the same ship it means that one of them has to be demoted and go back to the ''Cerritos''. Unfortunately, Boimler ends up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard being outwitted by his clone]] and ends up back where he was only two episodes earlier, while Clone!Boimler (now going by the name of "William Boimler") gets to continue living his dream on one of the most prestigious vessels in the fleet. Subverted somewhat in that Boimler is glad to be back with his old friends and be able to continue to "explore", though.

** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS17E19GirlInternetted Girl Internetted]]" Meg becomes obsese, develops diabetes and eventually ''has her feet cut off''. Of course, she gets a new pair of feet at the end of the episode and looks perfectly normal by the next.

** In "Bitzi's Beau", Buster's mom, Bitzi, gets a boyfriend named Harry Mills. He only appeared for one more episode before they broke up in ""Bitzi's Break-up", and Buster's mom went back to being single again (although he would continue to appear as a minor character after that). In this case, Harry hooking up and breaking up with Bitzi were entirely to help kids deal with similar situations.