History LoopholeAbuse / WesternAnimation

** Similarly Jack and Omi had a showdown in which they had to get to the end of an obstacle course with a glass of water "Without spilling a single drop". So Omi held the water in his mouth for the last leg of the course and ran.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "A Head in the Polls", Richard Nixon's head ran for President of the Earth. A reporter asked him about the rule stating that nobody can be elected more than twice as such, he displayed his new robotic body and "admitted" that "no body" can.
** Which is kind of nonsensical anyway, seeing as the 22nd Amendment actually says "no ''person''" and that was the United States Constitution and presumably the Earthican Constitution wouldn't apply.

** In yet another episode, there was a three-legged race and the Really Rottens were running on a treadmill attached to a vehicle driven by Dread Baron, who tried to pass it as a legit strategy because all the rules required was that they runned on three legs during the race course. However, they were disqualified and lost 25 points for it and another 25 points for forging the rule book Dread Baron presented to trick the judges into thinking the trick was legal.

** In "U.S. Acres" episode "Rooster Revenge", Roy's prank victims decided they should play some prank on him and Orson decided the worst thing he could do was "nothing". By NOT pranking Roy, Orson turned Roy's paranoia against him. In the end, Roy was visited by an inspector who looked like Orson with a fake mustache. By the time Orson appeared, making Roy realize the inspector wasn't him, Roy had already thrown the inspector into a mud waller. Enraged, the inspector threatened to transfer Roy to the South Pole. The very idea frightened Roy into running away. The inspector was revealed to be Lanolin playing a prank. Just because Orson said "he" wouldn't do anything, that didn't mean "she" wouldn't.

** In its LiveActionAdaptation, ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'', Timmy is 23, and, according to "Da Rules", he was supposed to had lost his godparents when growing up, but he manages to keep them by [[ManChild living like a child]] (still living with parents, going to school...).

* ''{{Toonsylvania}}'': In an episode of the "Night of the Living Fred" segment, the principal, during a yearly visit to Fred Deadman's classroom, he figured out Fred is, as his surname suggests, dead and decided to expell him for that. After he was told there's no rule against dead kids attending school, he simply establish the rule, subverting the trope.

** Even worse was that Ron wasn't coming on necessarily as a male cheerleader, but as the ''mascot''. Their issue? They think Ron's routine looks dumb. After Ron shows it off onscreen, one wonders if any of these girls have ever actually ''seen'' a high school (or college, for that matter) sports mascot before.

** You can't get away with saying "shit" on television once according to standards and practices. Use it [[ClusterFBomb 162 times]] and you can [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar get shit past the radar]] via RefugeInVulgarity.

** But perhaps the funniest example occurred in an early "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween episode, where Lisa dreams that she and her family purchase a magical Moroccan "monkey's paw" that grants four wishes but also finds some way to screw the wisher over while adhering to the wording of the wish. After the second and third wishes result in unmitigated disasters, Homer declares that he has thought of a completely foolproof wish: "I want a turkey sandwich....on rye bread....with mustard - and - ''and'' - I don't want any zombie-turkeys, and I don't want to turn into a turkey myself, and I don't want any other weird surprises. ''Got it?!''" Homer's sandwich then appears as requested, and he promptly bites into it....and then throws a tantrum because the turkey is a little dry. (See, [[JerkassGenie he said he didn't want any WEIRD surprises]].)

* In the WoodyWoodpecker short ''Ski For Two'', Woody attempts to enter a lodge owned by Wally Walrus, only to be rejected due to the lodge only allowing those with reservations to stay there. So Woody promptly gives him lots of reservations...or rather, reservations Woody has made to other resorts and lodges.

* ''TheBotsMaster'' had a robot playing children's baseball since each team was allowed one robot. (for carrying equipment but the rule didn't specify)

* Similar to the above example, in an episode of ''TheProudFamily'', Penny wants to try out for the football team. Subverted, when she tells the coach there's no rule saying she can't play, he still refuses due to his "girl's can't play sports" viewpoint, despite the fact she is clearly better than any of the guys on the team. Double subverted when her friend's mother is a lawyer who forces the coach to let her on the team. And shockingly triple subverted when the Couch allows her on the team, but states there was no rule that made him have to let her actually participate in the game.

* Kinda falls under RealLife, too: Bruce Timm and Paul Dini were asked to do a "{{Batman}} in high school" show by WB executives. Their response? [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Take advantage of the fact that nowhere did the pitch specifically mention Bruce Wayne.]]

* Kinda falls under RealLife, too: Bruce Timm and Paul Dini were asked to do a "{{Batman}} in high school" show by WB executives. Their response? [[BatmanBeyond Take advantage of the fact that nowhere did the pitch specifically mention Bruce Wayne.]]

* ''TheZetaProject'': When Zeta and Ro took refuge within a "No-Tech" village, the Agents couldn't go there without a court order. As Bennet went to the nearest town to get one, he told the other Agents to keep watching and not to set foot inside the village. Agent West then took a flying module to enter the village without setting foot inside it. To his misfortune, the villagers had catapults and rocks to defend themselves.

->[[TheFairlyOddparents Yay! Loopholes rock!]]

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' had an example similair to the ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' example above, Rolf held a no rules race to see who would get a jawbreaker to solve an arguement while carrying an egg. Eddy cheated, as per usual, Double D [[GadgeteerGenius made a 2X4 gocart]], Ed just hobbled (Eddy had tied his shoes together at the start) to the finish, which was right by the start, and won (Ed's egg broke, but Rolf never said the egg had to make it).
* The Disney short ''The Art Of Self Defense'' has Goofy attempting to exploit the "No hitting below the belt" rule twice in a row against his opponent by hitching his pants up to his armpits (which gets him punched in the face) and eventually up to where only the top of his head is exposed (his opponent merely pounds him there.)

** There's also "Christian Rock Hard," where Cartman makes a bet with Kyle that the first to make an album that sells 1,000,000 copies and goes Platinum has to pay the other money. Cartman forms a Christian Rock band and manages to sell 1,000,000 copies first and it seems like he's won... until he learns that Christian Rock doesn't give out Platinum albums and instead gives out myrrh instead. Since the bet specified Platinum, Cartman is dejected to learn that he won't be able to win it.

** You can't get away with saying "shit" on television once according to standards and practices. Use it [[ClusterFBomb 162 times]] and you can GetShitPastTheRadar via RefugeInVulgarity.

** There's also "Christian Rock Hard," where Cartman makes a bet with Kyle that the first to make an album that sells 1,000,000 copies and goes Platinum has to pay the other money. Cartman forms a Christian Rock band and manages to sell 1,000,000 copies first and it seems like he's won... until he learns that Christian Rock doesn't give out Platinum albums and instead gives out Muir instead. Since the bet specified Platinum, Cartman is dejected to learn that he won't be able to win it.
** "The Red Badge of Gayness," has Cartman make a bet with Kyle and Stan that in their re-enactment of the Civil War the Confederacy (whose side Cartman is on) can actually beat the Union (whose side Stan and Kyle are on), and the loser has to be the other's slave(s). After a lot of trouble, Stan and Kyle are eventually able to thwart him and make him lose... however, Cartman then reminds them that since the Union won, slavery is abolished, so he ''can't'' be Stan and Kyle's slave.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': There also ain't no rule that a peewee hockey team can't stand in for the Colorado Avalanche against the Detroit Red Wings.

** How they got away with Muhammad in episodes 200 and 201 by using various costumed and concealing methods in script, all PLayedForLaughs. Then they [[ScrewedByTheNetwork just censored his name and the entire "I learned something" speech]]. Cue several episodes of [[TakeThat retribution]].

** There's also the "Red Badge of Gayness," where Cartman makes a bet with Kyle and Stan make that in their re-enactment of the Civil War the Confederacy (whose side Cartman is on) can actually beat the Union (whose side Stan and Kyle are on), and the loser has to be the other's slave(s). After a lot of trouble, Stan and Kyle are eventually able to thwart him and make him lose... however, Cartman then reminds them that since the Union one, slavery is abolished, so he ''can't'' be the Stan and Kyle's slave.

** The "Imaginationland" 3-parter is practically made up of this trope when it involves Cartman and Kyle's subplot. Kyle and Cartman make a bet about whether a leprechaun is real or not, and if it is then Kyle has to give Cartman a blowjob. Ultimately, part of the story involves proving whether Imaginary characters are real or not, and if so then Kyle would have to live up to the wager. Ultimately, [[spoiler: Cartman creates Imaginary versions of himself and Kyle, who proceeds to happily start blowing the former. Cartman states that Kyle still had to suck his dick, but Kyle states that he isn't really doing it so it doesn't count. Cartman proceeds to counter that since Kyle won the petition that Imaginary characters are real, their counterparts are just as real as anyone else, so Kyle technically really is sucking his dick.]]

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** In "Wish Fixers" HP puts shock collars on Cosmo and Wanda which electrifies them if Timmy grants a wish that's not approved and the only wish approved is that he hands control of Fairy World to the pixies. Timmy wishes Cosmo and Wanda were made of rubber, a material which doesn't conduct electricity, and the contract stated that Timmy would be let loose if he broke his bad wish habit, which he technically did.

* ''The Bots Master'' had a robot playing children's baseball since each team was allowed one robot. (for carrying equipment but the rule didn't specify)

* Invoked by Kuzco in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', after he has been turned into a llama and goes back on a deal sealed with a handshake: "The funny thing about shaking hands.. you need hands!" (Cheerfully waves his hooves.)