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* ''Series/BreakingBad'': This happens in "Gliding Over All" after Walt orchestrates the murders of the ten witnesses that could've testified against him. After eliminating the last people that could threaten his drug empire, we're treated to several months of him cooking meth and collecting money with Todd uninterrupted to the tune of "Crystal Blue Persuasion", getting more fatigued as it goes on. [[VictoryIsBoring With nobody left to test his mettle against]], running his "empire" has gotten as dull and monotonous as a regular job. He finally calls it quits after Skyler shows him the ''mountain'' of money he's earned.
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* After the ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' second season premiere returns Josh and Melissa to their own world, they suffer several months of monotony with their respective jobs and Mel's failed pregnancy tests, until the couple begins wondering if they can willingly visit Schmigadoon again.

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* After the ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' second season premiere returns Josh and Melissa to their own world, they suffer several months two years of monotony with their respective jobs and Mel's failed pregnancy tests, until the couple begins wondering if they can willingly visit Schmigadoon again.
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** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E6GrandmasKissesSquidville Squidville]]": Squidward moves into a new neighborhood where everyone has the same interests and hobbies as he does, and gradually gets sick of doing the same things every day, as shown in the page image.

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** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E6GrandmasKissesSquidville Squidville]]": Squidward moves into a new neighborhood where everyone has the same interests and hobbies as he does, and gradually gets sick of doing the same things every day, as shown in the page image.day.
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* After the ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' second season premiere returns Josh and Melissa to their own world, they suffer several months of monotony with their respective jobs and Mel's failed pregnancy tests, until the couple begins wondering if they can willingly visit Schmigadoon again.
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* In ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' the titular character gets bored being cooped up in a garage all day and goes to explore the rest of the Watsons house but due to his large size and strength he ends up destroying most of the contents inside and gave away his location by sticking his finger in an electric socket.


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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' where Eggman's given up on villainy, Sonic gets bored out of his mind with nothing to do and starts nagging his friends to play with him - but his friends all have their own hobbies and interests (Tails inventing gadgets, Knuckles making birdhouses, Amy painting art). Sonic just gets in the way of their leisure activities and so his friends decide to re-entice Eggman back into villainy so that Sonic can have a purpose in being a hero again.
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Compare WritersBlockMontage. Can sometimes overlap with TimePassesMontage.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' has one when after defeating the superhero defending the city he wreaked havoc of, Megamind ran out of ideas on what to do after looting the city's banks and taking over not really sure of what else to do so he starts staring bored at a dipping bird.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' has one when after defeating the superhero defending the city city. After looting all the banks, he wreaked havoc of, Megamind ran runs out of ideas on what to do after looting the city's banks next, and taking over not really sure of what else to do so he starts ends up just staring bored at a dipping bird.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "Laugh Ed Laugh", the Eds have one when they can't pull off scams to make money as the Cul-de-sac is sick with chickenpox with Ed even drawing circles in the ground and later on they settle for a mundane, boring game of "Kick the Can".

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* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "Laugh Ed Laugh", the Eds have one when they can't pull off scams to make money as the Cul-de-sac is sick with chickenpox with Ed even drawing circles in the ground and later on they settle for a mundane, boring game of "Kick the Can". Eventually, the lack of kids to scam becomes too much for Eddy to handle and he goes insane.
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* ''Series/TheCrystalMaze'': Contestants who completely messed up a challenge would be locked in. When the team had to decide whether to free them or not, there would be shot of the imprisoned contestants looking bored.
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* At the far, far end of ''Webcomic/KidRadd'', [[spoiler:Bogey, a bottom-level enemy from Kid Radd's video game, is relegated to walking back and forth in a tiny two-dimensional grid. He seems to like it a lot until he doesn't; fortunately, it also turns out that he can just turn to one side and hop out.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "Laugh Ed Laugh", the Eds have one when they can't pull off scams to make money as the Cul-de-sac is sick with chickenpox with Ed even drawing circles in the ground and later on they settle for a mundane, boring game of "Kick the Can".
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* In ''Film/TheMartian'', astronaut Mark Watney who is stuck on Mars quickly gets bored with his isolation and starts hunting for the most fun he can have on an empty, barren planet such as by driving his Rover and filling up his station with 1980s tunes to keep his mind occupied.

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* In ''Film/TheMartian'', astronaut Mark Watney who is stuck on Mars quickly gets bored with his isolation and starts hunting for the most fun he can have on an empty, barren planet such as by driving his Rover and filling up his station with 1980s 1970s tunes to keep his mind occupied.
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* In campaign 2 of WebVideo/CriticalRole, the Mighty Nein have to pursue some bad guys through an underground tunnel into another country, which is a several days long journey. Needless to say, the monotony makes them a little loopy. Methods used to pass the time include singing ’99 bottles of beer’, (attempting to) trip on shrooms, teaching the wizard’s cat familiar to dance, and reading a smutty novel aloud.
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* In campaign 2 of WebVideo/CriticalRole, the Mighty Nein have to pursue some bad guys through an underground tunnel into another country, which is a several days long journey. Needless to say, the monotony makes them a little loopy. Methods used to pass the time include singing ’99 bottles of beer’, (attempting to) trip on shrooms, teaching the wizard’s cat familiar to dance, and reading a smutty novel aloud.
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* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Battletoads (2020)]]'', after the toads are pulled out of the simulation bunker, they're left to get jobs. Zitz and Pimple handle theirs with ease, while Rash is shown handing out stamped papers with a smile that drops down after it's shown his job is handing the papers to a celebrity doing autographs.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Battletoads (2020)]]'', ''VideoGame/BattleToads2020'', after the toads are pulled out of the simulation bunker, they're left to get jobs. Zitz and Pimple handle theirs with ease, while Rash is shown handing out stamped papers with a smile that drops down after it's shown his job is handing the papers to a celebrity doing autographs.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Battletoads (2020)]]'', after the toads are pulled out of the simulation bunker, they're left to get jobs. Zitz and Pimple handle theirs with ease, while Rash is shown handing out stamped papers with a smile that drops down after it's shown his job is handing the papers to a celebrity doing autographs.
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** "Dee Dee and the Man"; after Dexter "fires" Dee Dee, we see him repeatedly going through his routine in the lab with manic glee that gradually fades to despair when he starts to miss Dee Dee's antics.

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** "Dee Dee and the Man"; after Dexter "fires" Dee Dee, we see him he repeatedly going goes through his routine in the lab with manic glee that gradually fades to despair when he starts to miss Dee Dee's antics.
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* The opening number of ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' is both this and an IWantSong, showing Rapunzel's frustration after being stuck in a tower for her entire life up to that point.

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* The opening number of ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' is both this and an IWantSong, showing Rapunzel's frustration after being stuck in a tower for her entire life up to that point.
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* In ''Film/GoodBurger'', after the opening of rival neighbor Mondo Burger, the crew of Good Burger become idle from a lack of work to do as nobody wants to buy food from them.

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* In ''Film/GoodBurger'', after the opening of rival neighbor Mondo Burger, the crew of Good Burger become idle from a lack of work to do as nobody wants to buy food from them. Only Ed, the CloudCuckoolander who lives in his own little world, isn't bored since he occupies his mind stacking up good burgers into burger towers and sticking fries up his nose.



** A few Krusty Krab episodes such as "Employee of the Month" and "Can You Spare a Dime?" have Squidward reading magazines or counting the suckers on his tentacles whenever there's no customers.

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** A few Krusty Krab episodes such as "Employee of the Month" and "Can You Spare a Dime?" have Squidward reading magazines magazines, sleeping or counting the suckers on his tentacles whenever there's no customers.

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* In ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', the three employees of Mushnik's flower shop sitting around bored to show a complete lack of business. Then suddenly Audrey gets the idea of Seymour displaying his plant (Audrey 2) out the windows, and cash pours in by customers who feel obligated to fund the store for housing the unique plant, despite how sickly and small the plant was.

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* In ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', the three employees of Mushnik's flower shop sitting around bored to show a complete lack of business. Then suddenly Audrey gets the idea of Seymour displaying his plant (Audrey 2) out the windows, and cash pours in by customers who feel obligated to fund the store for housing the unique plant, despite how sickly and small the plant was.
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* General Zod and his cohorts easily take over the White House with brutal force in ''Film/SupermanII''. They soon realize that VictoryIsBoring and decide to take down Superman in order to escape their boredom.
* In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Peter gets locked in a high-security warehouse and decides to wait until morning and slip out during shift change. Then he [[BlessedWithSuck realizes]] that his [[BulletTime accelerated perception]] makes [[YearInsideHourOutside thirty-seven minutes feel like thirty-seven hours]]. He'd never noticed before because he always had stuff to do.
* In ''Film/GoodBurger'', after the opening of rival neighbor Mondo Burger, the crew of Good Burger become idle from a lack of work to do as nobody wants to buy food from them.

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* General Zod and his cohorts easily take over the White House with brutal force in ''Film/SupermanII''. They soon realize that VictoryIsBoring and decide to take down Superman in order to escape their boredom.
* In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Peter gets locked in a high-security warehouse and decides to wait until morning and slip out during shift change. Then he [[BlessedWithSuck realizes]] that his [[BulletTime accelerated perception]] makes [[YearInsideHourOutside thirty-seven minutes feel like thirty-seven hours]]. He'd never noticed before because he always had stuff to do.
* In ''Film/GoodBurger'',
''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' has one when after defeating the opening of rival neighbor Mondo Burger, superhero defending the crew city he wreaked havoc of, Megamind ran out of Good Burger become idle from a lack of work ideas on what to do as nobody wants after looting the city's banks and taking over not really sure of what else to buy food from them.do so he starts staring bored at a dipping bird.


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* In ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', the three employees of Mushnik's flower shop sitting around bored to show a complete lack of business. Then suddenly Audrey gets the idea of Seymour displaying his plant (Audrey 2) out the windows, and cash pours in by customers who feel obligated to fund the store for housing the unique plant, despite how sickly and small the plant was.
* General Zod and his cohorts easily take over the White House with brutal force in ''Film/SupermanII''. They soon realize that VictoryIsBoring and decide to take down Superman in order to escape their boredom.
* In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Peter gets locked in a high-security warehouse and decides to wait until morning and slip out during shift change. Then he [[BlessedWithSuck realizes]] that his [[BulletTime accelerated perception]] makes [[YearInsideHourOutside thirty-seven minutes feel like thirty-seven hours]]. He'd never noticed before because he always had stuff to do.
* In ''Film/GoodBurger'', after the opening of rival neighbor Mondo Burger, the crew of Good Burger become idle from a lack of work to do as nobody wants to buy food from them.
* In ''Film/TheMartian'', astronaut Mark Watney who is stuck on Mars quickly gets bored with his isolation and starts hunting for the most fun he can have on an empty, barren planet such as by driving his Rover and filling up his station with 1980s tunes to keep his mind occupied.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Squidville": Squidward moves into a new neighborhood where everyone has the same interests and hobbies as he does, and gradually gets sick of it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Squidville": ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E6GrandmasKissesSquidville Squidville]]":
Squidward moves into a new neighborhood where everyone has the same interests and hobbies as he does, and gradually gets sick of it.doing the same things every day, as shown in the page image.

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