History ChekhovsSkill / WesternAnimation

** The episode "Pipe Down!" has Mr. Turner's charades career, which Timmy uses to unwish the Wish of the Week.

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' takes this to its usual ridiculous extremes in "The Power": Rigby claims "[[SeriousBusiness Hamboning will save your life someday!]]", and is proven correct when he uses hamboning to distract a giant monster.

** Asami's defense training, [[spoiler:which allows her to quickly subdue her father and The Lieutenant.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[TheMovie Movie]], Homer has to do a stunt with a motorcycle inside of a spherical cage in order to win a new car. He then uses this same stunt at the end of the movie with the glass sphere surrounding Springfield in order to save the city from a bomb.

* Part Two of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' TV movie trilogy "Wishology", Baby Poof is seen watching a ninja film based ''very'' loosely on what happened in Part One. Wanda proceeds to turn it off, as it is "too violent for him." During the next few minutes, Poof kicks, punches, and generally bounces around the room. Later, Timmy's friends, family and godparents have all been captured by [[spoiler:the Eliminators, who came back from the Darkness, which apparently was only slowed down after Part One]]. Poof is the only one who can go through the bars of their cell, and when threatened by [[spoiler:the Eliminators]], he dons a blanket around his head and body, smears eyeliner on his face for a shadow, and proceeds to kick ass big time.
** The episode "Pipe Down!" has Mr. Turner's charades career, which Timmy uses to unwish the Wish of the Week.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
** Subverted (hilariously, by the way), where Stan goes through the TrainingMontage, only to win his climactic ski race with the same two skills he learned near the beginning: pizza, french fries. The actual difference is made when the {{Meganekko}} flashes the JerkJock and stuns him for more than enough time for Stan to cross the finish line first.
** Played straight in a later episode where Randy becomes obsessed with Creator/FoodNetwork and Sharon ends up getting a Shake Weight. Her use of it culminates with her giving a handjob to Randy at the end of the episode, curing him of his Food Network fixation.
** Parodied in the episode "You Have 0 Friends" with Stan's ability to... roll Yahtzee?
* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' TheMovie, ''WesternAnimation/OperationZERO'', Number One has learned a new fighting style which allows him to take down four enemies at once. Each time he is about to use it, he is interrupted. He does eventually get to use it in the finale to take down his agified zombie friends.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', this is done in reverse with Red Hood cutting the line before it goes taut, and Jason Todd as Robin doing the same thing in a flashback.
* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' takes this to its usual ridiculous extremes in "The Power": Rigby claims "[[SeriousBusiness Hamboning will save your life someday!]]", and is proven correct when he uses hamboning to distract a giant monster.
* In ''Disney/TheTiggerMovie'', Tigger teaches Roo the "whoopty-dooper loopty looper alley-ooper bounce" (essentially a bounce, but BIGGER), which comes up again near the end when they have to escape from an avalanche.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'' any discussed animal ability gets used to achieve that episode's goal, whether it's to free the animals from Zach Varmitech or just getting their gear back.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "With Friends Like Steve's", Steve expresses utter boredom with all of Stan's CIA tricks like speaking Dolphin and [[MuggedForDisguise stealing uniforms]]. After he gets shipped off to a prison camp on an oil rig, Steve uses all these skills to escape.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "A Little Piece Of Home", ComicBook/LoisLane throws scrunched up paper balls into a wastepaper basket early in the episode and claims it helps her think. Later on, she has to throw a chunk of Kryptonite into a [[ItMakesSenseInContext lead goblet so that Superman can fight a mechanical T-Rex.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'', Young {{Hero}} Lion-O is introduced as a hobbyist CollectorOfTheStrange, acquiring and tinkering with BlackMarket LostTechnology. Though rudimentary, his familiarity with it helps him figure the user interface of a BlackBox that he uses to blow up {{Walking Tank}}s invading his city, and, as time goes on, gives him a leg up on his companions when they encounter SchizoTech.
* Christy's marble skills in ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsMovieIIANewGeneration'' are used to save the Care Bears from their CrystalPrison.

* In any episode of ''WesternAnimation/CyberSix'' if Julian shows off a trick of any kind, he ''will'' use it to help save the day later on.
* ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'': In the pilot, Hector orders Doctor Ghasty to create a mechanical body so he'll no longer need to use Boskov. Ghasty tries to convince Hector to give Boskov another chance by showing him the skills Boskov developed during his time as a circus bear. Hector sees no use for them but they later become what enables Boskov to save Hector's life.

* Part Two of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' TV movie trilogy "Wishology", Baby Poof is seen watching a ninja film based ''very'' loosely on what happened in Part One. Wanda proceeds to turn it off, as it is "too violent for him." During the next few minutes, Poof kicks, punches, and generally bounces around the room. Later, Timmy's friends, family and godparents have all been captured by [[spoiler:the Eliminators, who came back from the Darkness, which apparently was only slowed down after Part One]]. Poof is the only one who can go through the bars of their cell, and when threatened by [[spoiler:the Eliminators]], he dons a blanket around his head and body, smears eyeliner on his face for a shadow, and [[BadAss proceeds to kick ass big time.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "A Little Piece Of Home", ComicBook/LoisLane throws scrunched up paper balls into a wastepaper basket early in the episode and claims it helps her think. Later on she has to throw a chunk of Kryptonite into a [[ItMakesSenseInContext lead goblet so that Superman can fight a mechanical T-Rex]]

** In "Bridle Gossip", the Mane Six walk through Poison Joke plants despite Zecora's warning. The effect they have on Fluttershy is causing her to have a deep, manly voice, but it is eventually cured along with the others' ailments. Three seasons later in "Filli Vanilli", Big [=McIntosh=] loses his voice the day before he is supposed to perform with the Ponytones singing group. To save the show (and the group's subsequent appearances), Fluttershy drinks a Poison Joke potion from Zecora so she can sing in Big [=McIntosh=]'s place behind the scenes while he lip-syncs.
** In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom Part 2]]'', Celestia's reason for sending Discord after Tirek was that he could sense the magical disruption caused by Tirek's ManaDrain. When the Princesses transfer their magic to Twilight, Discord is able to sense it, but doesn't tell Tirek. And once Tirek drains Discord of magic, he can pinpoint Twilight's location without trouble.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "A Little Piece Of Home", LoisLane throws scrunched up paper balls into a wastepaper basket early in the episode and claims it helps her think. Later on she has to throw a chunk of Kryptonite into a [[ItMakesSenseInContext lead goblet so that Superman can fight a mechanical T-Rex]]

** In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom Part 2]]'', Celestia's reason for sending Discord after Tirek was that he could sense the magical disruption caused by Tirek's ManaDrain. When the Princesses transfer their magic to Twilight, Discord is able to sense it, but doesn't tell Tirek.

* In ''TheTiggerMovie'', Tigger teaches Roo the "whoopty-dooper loopty looper alley-ooper bounce" (essentially a bounce, but BIGGER), which comes up again near the end when they have to escape from an avalanche.

** ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom Part 2]]'':\\\
Twilight knows from reading the parts of the Friendship Journal highlighted by Discord that her Element of Harmony - "Magic" - would be tested before she receives her [[PlotCoupon Key]]. When Discord subtly reminds her that [[TitleDrop Friendship is Magic]], she knows what she has to do to get her Key.\\\
Celestia's reason for sending Discord after Tirek was that he could sense the magical disruption caused by Tirek's ManaDrain. When the Princesses transfer their magic to Twilight, Discord is able to sense it, but doesn't tell Tirek.

** Celestia's reason for sending Discord after Tirek was that he could sense the magical disruption caused by Tirek's ManaDrain. In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom Part 2]]'', when the Princesses transfer their magic to Twilight, Discord is able to sense it, but doesn't tell Tirek.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Twilight Sparkle is shown as ''very'' organized in "Winter Wrap-Up". It comes in handy when she's not allowed to use her unicorn magic to help [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows clean up the winter weather in preparation for spring]], but eventually learns the clean-up efforts of her friends and neighbors are horribly disorganized.

** In "Bridle Gossip", the Mane Six walk through Poison Joke plants despite Zecora's warning. The effect they have on Fluttershy is causing her to have a deep, manly voice, but it is eventually cured along with the others' ailments. Three seasons later in "Filli Vanilli", Big [=McIntosh=] loses his voice the day before he is supposed to perform with the Ponytones singing group. To save the show (and the group's subsequent appearances), Fluttershy drinks a Poison Joke potion from Zecora so she can sing in Big [=McIntosh=]'s place behind the scenes while he lip-syncs.

** In "Bridle Gossip", the Mane Six walk through Poison Joke plants despite Zecora's warning. The effect they have on Fluttershy is causing her to have a deep, manly voice, but it is eventually cured along with the others' ailments. Three seasons later in "Filli Vanilli", Big McIntosh loses his voice the day before he is supposed to perform with the Ponytones singing group. To save the show (and the group's subsequent appearances), Fluttershy drinks a Poison Joke potion from Zecora so she can sing in Big McIntosh's place behind the scenes while he lip-syncs.

* Subverted (hilariously, by the way) in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', where Stan goes through the TrainingMontage, only to win his climactic ski race with the same two skills he learned near the beginning: pizza, french fries. The actual difference is made when the {{Meganekko}} flashes the JerkJock and stuns him for more than enough time for Stan to cross the finish line first.

* In ''[[WinnieThePooh The Tigger Movie]]'', Tigger teaches Roo the "whoopty-dooper loopty looper alley-ooper bounce" (essentially a bounce, but BIGGER), which comes up again near the end when they have to escape from an avalanche.

** Played straight in a later episode where Randy becomes obsessed with FoodNetwork and Sharon ends up getting a Shake Weight. Her use of it culminates with her giving a handjob to Randy at the end of the episode, curing him of his Food Network fixation.

* In WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Operation Z.E.R.O. Number One has learned a new fighting style which allows him to take down four enemies at once, each time he is about to use it he is interrupted, he does eventually get to use it in the finale to take down his agified zombie friends.