History Main / BeachBury

* In ''TalesOfSymphonia'', you can do this with Regal if he comes along with you to the beach event.

* Bertie gets one in an episode of ''JeevesAndWooster''. One can only assume that he ''asked'' Jeeves to bury him.

* In one Butterfinger commercial, Bart Simpson buries Homer in the sand at the beach so firmly that Homer can't move. Bart takes this opportunity to steal Homer's candy bar, while in the background Homer is being menaced by crabs... and then the tide starts coming in...

* Happens in an episode of ''GreatTeacherOnizuka''... to the title character, in revenge for taking his students on a treasure hunt they wanted no part of.
* In a ''FullmetalAlchemist'' {{Omake}}, Ed has apparently buried Al in the sand, makes a female body with GagBoobs out of the sand and starts laughing at him. Then [[SubvertedTrope Al's body drop-kicks Ed]], since it was just [[AnimatedArmor his detached head that was buried.]]

* In the [[BeachEpisode Beach Chapter]] of ''{{Free Collars Kingdom}}'', this is done to Amesho, complete with a sand body...of a ''woman''. But [[DirtyOldMan seeing who it is]], he doesn't seem to mind.
* In the BeachEpisode of ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'', the admiral of the ship is left buried up to his neck and is utterly left behind after the crew dealt with an abandoned Jovian weapon. When the girl who had it found him, she attempted to keep him around to complete a demented love suicide pact she attempted with Akito earlier!

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* On an episode of the short-lived FOX sitcom ''{{Titus}}'', there is an ImagineSpot showing Titus and his dad Ken enjoying a day at the beach, which ends with Ken playfully burying Titus in the sand and putting a pirate hat on his head (it was a fantasy Titus had when, after Ken congratulates him on designing his truck, Titus realized that maybe his dad does love him underneath all the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snarking]] and [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood hilarious abuse during his childhood]]). When Ken gets in trouble with the police over his car, Titus then has another ImagineSpot, showing Ken trying to drown Titus in the ocean (in the first fantasy, they were splashing each other playfully), Ken shoving ice cream cones in Titus's eyes (in the first fantasy, they were doing that intertwined arm share so they can lick each other's ice cream cones), and --in a perverse mirror of the first fantasy--Ken is shown burying Titus in the sand, only this time, Titus's is buried headfirst with his feet sticking out. Ken then puts the pirate hat on Titus's feet, sneers, and leaves Titus in the sand.

* Both Tory and Grant were buried up to their necks in ''MythBusters'' to test whether you could dig yourself out before the tide came in and drowned. Tory was able to dig himself out but only because they were good distance away from the waterline and the process took him over an hour for the "dry bury". Grant, on the flip side, had to attempt the "wet bury" under controlled conditions and couldn't because the water would loosen the sand and fill in any gaps he would've made. Another danger besides drowning was the sand's weight compressing on the chest, preventing you from being able to breathe.

* Appears in the music video for KatyPerry's song "California Gurls".

* This was the basis for a ''SesameStreet'' sketch with Ernie, Bert and Sherlock Hemlock.

* In ''TheSimpsons'', Ned is buried like this and Homer parks his car on where Ned should be.
* In ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', [=SpongeBob=] buries a beachgoer, Scooter, and then asks Bubble Buddy, his [[CompanionCube inanimate friend]], to unbury him before the tide rises. We later see him as an angel.

* ''{{X-Men Evolution}}'' has Quicksilver doing this to Spyke... in combat, but the reference is clear.

* On ''{{Friends}}'', Joey falls asleep at the beach, and gets buried, including sand boobs.
** Actually he falls asleep in a beach ''house'' with a ''lot'' of sand on the floor.

* In ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', Bob buries a beachgoer and then asks Bubble, his [[CompanionCube inanimate friend]], to unbury him before the tide rises. We later see him as a ghost.

* ''Series/YoungJustice'''s [[BeachEpisode Beach Cold Open]] has the heroes burying Superboy this way.

* The last the viewer sees of the titular corpse in ''WeekendAtBernies'', [[spoiler: he's just 'agreed' to let a little kid bury him in this fashion]].

* The last the viewer sees of the titular corpse in ''[[{{ptitlec2bovk1y}} Weekend At Bernie's]]'', [[spoiler: he's just 'agreed' to let a little kid bury him in this fashion]].

* In the ''DoctorWho'' [[VirginNewAdventures New Adventures]] novel ''The Also People'', there's an epilogue in which the Doctor and his companions manage to grab an uninterrupted day at the beach. The Doctor dozes off, and wakes to find himself buried up the neck. He remains trapped for four pages; the first passerby is an alien who doesn't recognise his predicament, the next pair claim to believe that he got himself buried deliberately as part of some Cunning Plan, and finally his companion Benny makes it clear that she knows he wants to be dug out and that she's not going to until he gives her a proper explanation of the kind that he always claims [[NoTimeToExplain there's no time for]].

* A non-malicious example, in ''TheMonkees'' pilot "Here Comes the Monkees'', the boys (except Davy) are buried side by side up to their necks at the beach. Each has a bucket over his head, and Davy lifts the bucket off so each can sing a tune (to help the girl of the week study for her history test).

It's the BeachEpisode! What could possibly go wrong this time? Well, for one, GenreBlind characters will let themselves be buried in the sand, HilarityEnsues when the gravediggers forget they're supposed to dig him out as well, or they forget where he is, or something prevents them from finding him again, or... well, you get the idea.

* ''YoungJustice'''s [[BeachEpisode Beach Cold Open]] has the heroes burying Superboy this way.

* Both Tory and Grant were buried up to their necks in ''MythBusters'' to test whether you could dig yourself out before the tide came in and drowned. Tory was able to dig himself out but only because they were good distance away from the waterline and the process took him over an hour. Grant, on the flip side, had to attempt it under controlled conditions and couldn't because the water would loosen the sand and fill in any gaps he would've made. Another danger besides drowning was the sand's weight compressing on the chest, preventing you from being able to breathe.

* On ''{{Friends}}'', Joey falls asleep at the beach, and gets buried, including sand boobs.

* In a ''FullmetalAlchemist'' {{Omake}}, Ed has apparently buried Al in the sand, makes a female body with GagBoobs out of the sand and starts laughing at him. Then [[SubvertedTrope Al's body drop-kicks Ed.]]

* Used in ''{{Creepshow}}'', when LeslieNielsen buries his wife and her lover in the sand. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel It is a lot scarier than it sounds.]]

* This was the basis for a ''SesameStreet'' sketch with Ernie, Bert and Sherlock Hemlock.

* In ''TheSimpsons'', Ned is buried like this and Homer parks his car on where he should be.

* In a beach vacation episode of HeyArnold, Ernie spends most of it buried from the neck down hidden by a pail and later a fat beach goer.

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* {{Garfield}} once buried Odie [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1980/ga800814.gif up to his knees]].

* In the ''DoctorWho'' spin-off novel ''The Also People'', there's an epilogue in which the Doctor and his companions manage to grab an uninterrupted day at the beach. The Doctor dozes off, and wakes to find himself buried up the neck. He remains trapped for four pages; the first passerby is an alien who doesn't recognise his predicament, the next pair claim to believe that he got himself buried deliberately as part of some Cunning Plan, and finally his companion Benny makes it clear that she knows he wants to be dug out and that she's not going to until he gives her a proper explanation of the kind that he always claims [[NoTimeToExplain there's no time for]].

* In a "Beach Spring Break" episode of HeyArnold, Ernie spends most of it buried from the neck down hidden by a pail and later a fat beach goer.