History Main / BeachBury

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' Chaz is covered up to his neck in sand by Angelica. When Chuckie sees him in his and Tommy's attempt to liberate their sea monkeys, Chuckie freaks out and proclaims that he's been "decaffeinated."

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''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': A photo on Sunspot's tablet from "Endless Summer" shows Jet being buried in the sand, and in the comic-book montage in "The Tide is High", Mindy is shown with a sand mermaid tail.
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''WesternAnimation/Stoked'': Reef buries Lo in the sand up to her neck. Then a pacific storm happens. Wrong time buddy. [[/folder]]

''WesternAnimated/Stoked'': Reef buries Lo in the sand up to her neck. Then a pacific storm happens. Wrong time buddy. [[/folder]]

''WesternAnimated/Stōked'': Reef buries Lo in the sand up to her neck. Then a pacific storm happens. Wrong time buddy. [[/folder]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': A photo on Sunspot's tablet from "Endless Summer" shows Jet being buried in the sand, and in the comic-book montage in "The Tide is High", Mindy is shown with a sand mermaid tail.
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* In ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'', the nagging admiral of the ship is buried up to his neck in the sand and left behind.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Nothing could go wrong...other than big waves...or children...or a weird {{tan line|s}}.]]

It's the BeachEpisode! WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong Well, for one, {{Genre Blind|ness}} 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 angry crabs pass by, or something prevents them from finding him again, or... well, you get the idea.

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* In ''[[Anime/FLCLProgressiveAndAlternative FLCL Progressive]]'' Haruko exploits this trope during the BeachEpisode to incapacitate Jinyu by mixing the sand she's burying her with with concrete, leaving Jinyu stuck in a concrete cocoon while Haruko kidnaps Hidomi.

-->'''Kevin:''' [three feet away] Never try to pull that with a burrowing species.

[[caption-width-right:350:Nothing could go wrong...other than big waves...or children...or a weird tan line.]]

* In ''[[Anime/FLCLProgressiveAndAlternative FLCL Progressive]]'' Haruko exploits this trope to incapacitate Jinyu by mixing the sand she's burying her with with concrete, leaving Jinyu stuck in a concrete cocoon while Haruko kidnaps Hidomi.

* In ''[[Anime/FLCLProgressiveAndAlternative FLCL Progressive'' Haruko exploits this trope to incapacitate Jinyu by mixing the sand she's burying her with with concrete, leaving Jinyu stuck in a concrete cocoon while Haruko kidnaps Hidomi.

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

* In the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures 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]].

* One ''ChoppingBlock'' comic has Butch come across a dad buried by his kids and decide to finish the job...

* [[http://bash.org/?287414 This]] classic ''[[Website/BashOrg bash]]'' quote.

* Happens once in ''RocketPower''.

* At the start of ''ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'' episode "The Boardwalk Booby Trap", the Ant Hill Mob are burying Penelope in the sand. They soon become aware that the Bully Brothers are about to run over her with a steamroller.

* Similar thing happens in an Alltell commercial, with the nerdy personifications of Alltell's competitors stuck in the sand, buried by frustrated customers. "Chad" (Alltell's personification) offers to help get them out but they refuse his help. Then the actual product offer gets shown. Cut to a 2 second stinger of sorts of the four, still buried, at night, surrounded by crabs, and screaming.

It's the BeachEpisode! WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong 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 angry crabs pass by, or something prevents them from finding him again, or... well, you get the idea.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rq7NrFEfPs 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...

* On ''Series/CougarTown'', this is Bobby's favorite thing, since it lets him imagine that he's just a head on a beach. Jules and Grayson use this to their advantage, since a buried Bobby won't run away when they tell him [[spoiler:that they are now a couple, leaving Bobby as the only single in the group.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', [=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.
** Later, Bubble Buddy was shown to be both sentient and fully capable of movement, [[FridgeHorror which implies he willingly let Scooter drown]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'': When Jay Sherman attends the Cannes film festival, he marvels at the view from atop a sand dune. It turns out to be a buried MarlonBrando.

* The 1940 [[LooneyTunes Warner Bros.]] cartoon "Malibu Beach Party" has a scene where Ned Sparks resignedly lets Baby Shnooks bury him in sand. She unloads a dump truck full of sand on him.

* 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.

* One of the ''HaveIGotNewsForYou'' "in the news this week" jokes had a close-up photograph of a boy buried up to his neck, with a line about [[OffWithHisHead unexpectedly sharp frisbees]].

* In a ''Manga/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.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor:'' Numbuh Four prefers this to swimming. He even sings a song.

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* One ''FarSide'' cartoon has a kid burying his father with the following (paraphrased) caption: "Billy, the tide's coming in... Billy, unbury Daddy now... You don't want Daddy to get angry..."
* In ''{{Zits}}'', Jeremy and Sara bury Pierce on the beach, giving him a sand suit and tie and just about driving him into shock.
* {{Garfield}} once [[LoopholeAbuse buried Odie]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1980/ga800814.gif up to his knees]].
* In ''DykesToWatchOutFor'', Mo's friends stage a political "intervention" for her -- they bury her in sand, then force her to listen to Lois live from the RNC protests, telling her not to vote for Nader again.

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