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* In ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' Miss Piggy imagines what it would have been like if she and the other Muppets [[Franchise/MuppetBabies had known each other as babies.]] She ends up lying down with her head [[LapPillow in Kermit's lap]] and sucking her thumb just like her baby self in her daydream.

* Rupert from ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' does this in the first episode. When he imagines he's a juggler in a circus, he's actually juggling the candles he's supposed to be sorting. Then he daydreams about being a musketeer and accidentally bumps into his boss while swinging his wooden sword about. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome This gets him fired.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{Lackadaisy}}'' begins as the curtain rises on a violin-accompanied PurpleProse poem by [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub speakeasy]] violinist Rocky, who recites an ode to the Mississippi River on a golden ArtDeco bridge with a treble staff for a deck, while his violin emits [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkles]], and glowing daisies fill the sky. As he finishes, these filigrees fade away, and fellow [[VenturousSmuggler booze runner]] Ivy waves a flashlight in his startled face and mockingly imitates him, to scold him for being off in his own head, rather than acting as team lookout.

* In the first ''Film/MajorLeague'' film, aging baseball player Jake Taylor, who knows that he's probably playing his last season in the majors, goes to the stadium when it's empty before the first game of the year and imagines himself [[CallingYourShots calling a game winning home run]] the way Babe Ruth did. After imagining hitting the home run, Taylor jogs around the bases, getting into his daydream, including giving out high fives to imaginary teammates and such. Unknown to Taylor, a couple of his actual rookie teammates also came out to the stadium and proceed to tease Taylor about the whole thing when he meets them at home plate.

* In the climax of the ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' episode "Mages & Mazes", Cricket, Tilly and Kiki decide to have a lifelike M&M adventure to reach Remy's room and apologize for shooing him off; once they enter Remy's room, they are seen as illusions of the characters they played (Bufflegs, Shmalfo and Diamondbow, respectively) as they convince Remy to come back to the game.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Devil Wears Nada", Mr. Burns announces that a new power plant supervisor will be needed to replace the one that retired, and Homer asks if the employees can supervise themselves. He, Lenny and Carl collectively imagine a scenario where they race each other in cars through the plant, ending with Homer and Carl crashing and blowing up in a mushroom cloud, prompting Lenny in reality to shout "I win!", which annoys Burns.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Cuddle E. Hugs", a rotten krabby patty causes [=SpongeBob=] to hallucinate the titular hamster; at one point, he gives Cuddle a hug, then Patrick arrives and he only sees [=SpongeBob=] hugging on air.

* Rupert from ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' does this in the first episode. When he imagines he's a juggler in a circus, he's actually juggling the candles he's supposed to be sorting. Then he daydreams about being a musketeer and accidently bumps into his boss while swinging his wooden sword about. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome This gets him fired.]]