History BrickJoke / LiveActionTV

* Paul and Jamie on ''Series/MadAboutYou'' once went out to buy a new bathmat. When they stopped for lunch, both of their credit cards were declined because Paul was listed as dead. They later discovered it was [[NamesTheSame another]] Paul Buchman who had died and went to his funeral. While there, another attendee tells them that the deceased died from a fall in the shower and laments "If only he had a bathmat."

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E3MawdrynUndead "Mawdryn Undead"]], a Fifth Doctor adventure from 1984, the Brigadier has retired from the Army and taken up a teaching post at a boys' school, something many fans found unrealistic and out of character. [[note]] This is because the part was written for Ian Chesterton, one of the very first companions, who was actually a teacher, but the actor was unavailable. [[/note]] Thirty-one years later Clara Oswald's boyfriend Danny Pink had also become a teacher after leaving the Army, which the Twelfth Doctor turned into a RunningGag about how he foind that unbelievable.

* In ''Series/YoungSheldon'' S4 E6, near the beginning of the episode, George's old motorcycle seems to serve no purpose other than to demonstrate how dull and uncool George has become. It's not seen or mentioned again until the end of the episode, when we see George taking Pastor Jeff for a ride.

** Taken UpToEleven in [[http://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2756 the Halloween 2008 episode]]: the Jeopardy! round had ordinary categories like "Famous Counts", "Morse Code", and "Just Say No". In the Double Jeopardy! round, they used the exact same board... but with "Re-" added to each category making them '''completely''' different ("Famous '''Re'''counts", "'''Re'''morse Code", "Just Say '''Re'''no", etc.). The Final Jeopardy! category continued with this theme ("Movie Makers and Remakers").

* ''Series/ControlZ'':
** After Luis falsely admits to being the hacker, Gerry wants to beat him up as revenge. In his first attempt, he is foiled by Javier. The second, however, a ''real'' public fight at the school is arranged between them very much later, courtesy of the anonymous hacker, [[AccidentalMurder but it has disastrous results.]]
** Sofía asked Isabela if she was going to attend Raúl's party despite of what everyone thinks about her. Isabela replies "yes" because she doesn't miss out on any party. During nightfall, nevertheless, Isabela backs down at the last minute after a female bully dares her to go by making another innappropiate comment about her transition.

* In one episode of ''Series/MrShow'', Bob and David discover a banana on the floor of the stage, and jokingly ask, "Who wants a banana?" They then tell the studio audience that they're making a [[MissingEpisode "lost episode"]]. They go through the entire show, and at the end, give the tape to a security guard to lose. The guard tosses the tape into the air, and we cut to a spaceship piloted by [[EverythingsbetterWithMonkeys apes]], where they are talking about the artifact they received from Earth. They pop the tape into their display, and the first thing they see is Bob asking, "Who wants a banana?" Cue ape freakout.

* ''Series/Pistvakt'': In the episode "Lusekoftanovan", Olle is about to go to the movies for the first time in his life. Jan-E tells him about the only time he went to the movies; it was a community center screening of Fame - dubbed into Finnish (which neither of the characters understand). When we see Olle at some movie theater later, he is also watching Fame... And his face drops as he realises that this screening is ''also'' dubbed into Finnish.

* ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'':In the season 2 episode 7 episode of the show which aired on November 14,2013 Lance Reddick delivers the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OC5NgvAnVY Levar Burton monologue]]. 3 seasons later on the Season 5 episode 5 of the show which aired almost 7 years later, Levar Burton cameos and says, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAsf9OXSynE I wish I was Lance Reddick]] he even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this.

** When Howard realizes that the toilet he designed for the ISS and just sent to space has a critical flaw that will cause it to fail after about ten flushes. When testing a fix for the system, he uses a brick of his mom's meatloaf to simulate waste. The meatloaf is promptly launched up ta the ceiling and seemingly forgotten, until it drops down and lands on the table without warning while everyone is eating dinner.

* In season 1, episode 14 (The Ebony Falcon) of ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', the cold open revolves around a joke about how nobody in the squad can tell if Kelly is Skulley's wife or dog (the activities he lists doing with her are ambiguous and could apply to either, and when asked directly, he gets offended and storms off, leaving it ambiguous). Six years, multiple season arcs, and a network change later, Skulley reveals the truth angrily during an HR-mandated conflict mediation session: [spoiler: There's two Kellys; one was his wife, one was his dog].

* The third episode of ''Series/{{Watchmen}}'' has a double brick joke. Laurie Blake, the former Silk Spectre, is seen making a call to Dr. Manhattan. She starts the call with a joke about a bricklayer, who after completing a perfect structure, finds one brick left over, which his daughter throws as hard as she can into the air. Laurie appears to lose her train of thought and starts a second joke, about God judging three heroes (barely-veiled versions of Nite Owl, Ozymandias and Dr. Manhattan himself) at the Pearly Gates. At the end of the that joke, one last person comes to God: the girl who threw the brick, which suddenly falls out of the sky and hits God square in the head, killing him. After this call, Laurie leaves the booth, and is nearly hit by a car falling from the sky - specifically, Angela's car that was stolen at the end of the previous episode and hadn't been mentioned since.

** In "The Rye," complications in a plot to replace a distinctive loaf of rye bread include an elderly woman in the bakery line in front of Jerry buying the last loaf. After she refuses all monetary offers for it, Jerry, with a limited amount of time to enact the plan, [[CuttingTheKnot just grabs it from her and runs]]. It's never followed up on in the episode. Cue three episodes later in "The Cadillac," when Jerry's father is on the verge of being impeached as president of his condo, and the woman who has to cast the undecided vote looks [[OhCrap really familiar...]]

** In "The Rye," complications in a plot to replace a distinctive loaf of rye bread include an elderly woman in the bakery line in front of Jerry buying the last loaf. After she refuses all monetary offers for it, and with a limited amount of time to enact the plan, Jerry [[CuttingTheKnot just grabs it from her and runs]]. It's never followed up on in the episode. Cue three episodes later in "The Cadillac," when Jerry's father is on the verge of being impeached as president of his condo, and the woman who has to cast the undecided vote looks [[OhCrap really familiar...]]