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* 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 lying on top of the sand.]]

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

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

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''

** In the episode "Ripped Pants", a whale claims to be "the biggest loser on the beach" because his friends buried him in the sand and forgot about him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' Chaz is covered up to his neck in sand by Angelica while he's taking a nap. 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."

* Happens to [[ShirtlessScene a shirtless Walky]] in ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' when part of the gang [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-2/01-pajama-jeans/gross/ goes to the beach]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Guardian}}'', Yuna does this to a [[https://guardian.mintywolf.net/comic/page-35/ sleeping Kimahri]] as a child. When he rushes in to rescue her from a fiend in a cave a few pages later, he is still sandy.

* In ''WebComic/KevinAndKell'', Kevin's family try to do this to him. They forgot, however, that he's a rabbit.

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

* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey falls asleep at a beach house which got flooded and to which sand was dragged, and gets buried in an elaborately-sculpted mermaid-shaped mound, including sand boobs. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Of which he definitely approves]].
** The following episode, he digs up a hole he dug at the beach, right where the waves collapse. When water enters the hole, he gets trapped in there, and Monica and Chandler have to help him get out, which sets their B-plot.

* In Chapter 110 of ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'', Shinomi completely buries Eikichi in sand after he gropes Nagisa.

* In ''Film/BeachParty'', Ken buries Deadhead under a sand body that's meant to look like Ava, with huge breasts and seaweed hair. When the real Ava shows up, Ken jumps up in embarrassment.

* Happens in an episode of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka''... to the title character, in revenge for taking his students on a treasure hunt they wanted no part of.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Brass dragons are loquacious, extroverted, and as they'll assure you, great conversationalists. They're ''so'' keen on engaging passersby in conversation, in fact, that some brasses will use their ''sleep'' gas BreathWeapon to knock out anyone who tries to leave before they're done talking, then bury them up to their necks in sand and, as soon as the gas wears off, continue talking as if they hadn't been interrupted. Their audiences will be freed when the dragon decides he's is done talking their ears off.

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', brass dragons are loquacious, extroverted, and as they'll assure you, great conversationalists. They're ''so'' keen on engaging passersby in conversation, in fact, that some brasses will use their ''sleep'' gas BreathWeapon to knock out anyone who tries to leave before they're done talking, then bury them up to their necks in sand and, as soon as the gas wears off, continue talking as if they hadn't been interrupted.

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.

* ''Manga/StoryOfADumbPrefectAndHighSchoolGirlWithInappropriateSkirtLength'': Tsukishima is subjected to one in the BeachEpisode. Of course, at the end of the chapter [[SomethingWeForgot they forget he's still there...]]

* In the BeachEpisode of ''Manga/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!

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

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

** [=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]].

* Happens once in ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower''.

* This is done in the WesternAnimation/YogiBear short "Gleesome Threesome".

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

* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey falls asleep at the beach, and gets buried in an elaborately-sculpted mermaid-shaped mound, including sand boobs. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Of which he definitely approves]].

* In ''Anime/{{FLCL Progressive|AndAlternative}}'' 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.

* The 1940 [[WesternAnimation/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.

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

* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey falls asleep at the beach, and gets buried in an elaborately-sculpted mermaid-shaped mound, including sand boobs. Of which he definitely approves.