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Calvin And Hobbes isn't a comic book.


* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''. Several Spaceman Spiff strips have Spiff complaining that he just paid off / washed and waxed his spaceship as it goes down in flames, or regretting not taking a better insurance policy.


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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''. Several Spaceman Spiff strips have Spiff complaining that he just paid off / washed and waxed his spaceship as it goes down in flames, or regretting not taking a better insurance policy.
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* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': After being brought back to normal, Louis Tully looks at the wrecked apartment building and says "Boy, the superintendent's gonna be pissed.". ''Film/GhostbustersII'' would reveal that the Ghostbusters were sued over property damages, which forced them into bankruptcy.
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* ''Webcomic/DungeonsAndDoodlesTalesFromTheTables'': The Session Zero Tavern & Inn where the party regularly hung out since the first episode finds itself getting destroyed now and then by a destructive patron. Fortunately, the tavernkeeper who runs it receives insurance every time it happens -- half his income comes from insurance claims.
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* ''Webcomic/DungeonsAndDoodlesTalesFromTheTables'': The Session Zero Tavern & Inn where the party regularly hung out since the first episode finds itself getting destroyed now and then by a destructive patron. Fortunately, the tavernkeeper who runs it receives insurance every time it happens.
--> '''Tavernkeeper:''' Ha ha no worries, lass. Half this tavern's income comes from insurance.
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** In ''[[VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty Wings of Liberty]]'', when the Odin comes under fire offscreen, Tychus quips "Ah hope this thing's insured."

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** In ''[[VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty Wings of Liberty]]'', when the Odin comes under fire offscreen, Tychus quips "Ah hope "Hope this thing's insured."
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* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' the very first time a spaceship crashes into his roof (which would become a central RunningGag of the comic), Bob reflects, "I'll just bet my insurance doesn't cover this." Ironically, when a ''blimp'' once crashed into his roof, the insurance ''did'' cover it.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Sing2'', Ms. Crawly rents an expensive car to go to Clay Calloway's house. Between her reckless driving and Calloway's hostility, the car is completely trashed. As she hands the keys over to the attendant, she says he'll be happy to know that she did purchase the insurance.
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* Variant in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls.'' Their battles with supervillains and giant monsters routinely leave the city in shambles, and outside a few rare instances, this isn't really commented on. Then in one episode, their class has career day. One of their classmate's father is an insurance agent. He's jaded and weary and mentions how busy an insurance agent in Townsville is.

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* Variant in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls.'' ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' Their battles with supervillains and giant monsters routinely leave the city in shambles, and outside a few rare instances, this isn't really commented on. Then in one episode, their class has career day. One of their classmate's father is an insurance agent. He's jaded and weary and mentions how busy an insurance agent in Townsville is.
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* ''WebAnimation/DorklyOriginals'' has the short "[[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] Can't Get Insurance", following a poor insurance agent having to keep up with the Captain's ''many'' crashes on the race track. As in, [[CaptainCrash 160 crashes a day for the past 6 months]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:"It never fails. I just washed and waxed this thing."]]
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*** Bond goes to Valentin Zukovsky's caviar factory to interrogate him about his connection to the BigBad, only to be ambushed by some {{Mooks}} piloting a helicopter with a saw-blade attachment; Bond and Zukovsky manage to fight them off, but the factory is almost completely destroyed in the fight. As the scene ends, Zukovsky can be heard angrily bellowing that "The insurance company is never going to believe this!"

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*** Bond goes to Valentin Zukovsky's caviar factory to interrogate him about his connection to the BigBad, only to be ambushed by some {{Mooks}} piloting a helicopter with a saw-blade attachment; Bond and Zukovsky manage to fight them off, but the factory is almost completely destroyed in the fight. As the scene ends, Zukovsky can be heard angrily bellowing lamenting that "The insurance company is never going to believe this!"
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* In ''Videogame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', shortly after Dante's shop is destroyed in a demon attack on the city, he taunts the demons involved in the attack by shouting "I hope you all have enough to cover all of this!"

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* In ''Videogame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', shortly after Dante's shop is destroyed in a ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'': When the demon attack on the city, city destroys Dante's shop at the start of the game, he taunts the demons involved in the attack demons by shouting "I hope you all have enough to cover all of this!"
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* Variant in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls.'' Their battles with supervillains and giant monsters routinely leave the city in shambles, and outside a few rare instances, this isn't really commented on. Then in one episode, their class has career day. One of their classmate's father is an insurance agent. He's jaded and weary and mentions how busy an insurance agent in Townsville is.

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