History Main / CardboardPal

* On ''{{Animaniacs}}'', the Warner Brothers (and Dot) create nodding dummies of themselves to allow them to sneak of a boring chat show they hosting.

* In ''NerimaDaikonBrothers''. Whenever the three main characters need to sing to Nabeshin for his assistance and are missing a member, they always fill them in with a crude looking cardboard cut out with a HiraganaFace.

* On ''{{Animaniacs}}, the Warner Brothers (and Dot) create nodding dummies of themselves to allow them to sneak of a boring chat show they hosting.

* In an episode of ''WesterAnimationTheSimpsons'', Homer creates a new Marge by sticking a paper face on a potted plant.

* In ''{{Happy Lesson}}'', Kanna Togakushi kidnaps the protagonist and replaces him with a crudely made robot programmed to speak a handful of abusive stock phrases. The ruse fools every other cast member for the duration of a hot springs trip.

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* In ''TheGoodies'' epsiode "Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms", Graeme creates a dummy of himself out of a frying pan, a mop and some other odds and ends to fool the others while he sneaks away to register the cream claim. Tim and Bill converse with it for some time before they notice anything is amiss.

* In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', Homer creates a new Marge by sticking a paper face on a potted plant.

* In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', Homer creates a new Marge by sticking a paper face on a potted tplant.

* In the anime seires ''NerimaDaikonBrothers''. Whenever the three main characters need to sing to Nabeshine for his assistance and are missing a member they always fill them in with a crude looking cardboard cut out picture of him.

* In an episode of "The Proud Family", Penny's cousin wants to take her driving, so they make a cardboard copy of Oscar. It works... until his head gets knocked off by a passing car.

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* Similarly, "Bowser-On-A-Stik" from ''[[YoshisIsland Yoshi Topsy-Turvy.]]''

* In the anime seires ''Nerima Daikon Brothers''. Whenever the three main characters need to sing to Nabeshine for his assistance and are missing a member they always fill them in with a crude looking cardboard cut out picture of him.
* In {{Grenadier}}, Mikan Kurenai often evades captivity by creating a balloon sculpture of herself, which always fools the captor for exactly the length of time it takes her to escape.
* In {{Happy Lesson}}, Kanna Togakushi kidnaps the protagonist and replaces him with a crudely made robot programmed to speak a handful of abusive stock phrases. The ruse fools every other cast member for the duration of a hot springs trip.

* Similarly, "Bowser-On-A-Stik" from [[YoshisIsland Yoshi Topsy-Turvy.]]
* {{Octodad}}'s main objective is building one for himself.

* Occurred in the last event of AkumaTH's "Last Chance" Arc. The Event was a four-on-four cage match between some of the strongest fighters in the series, with each fighter entering one at a time. WHen the BigBad enters the ring, he immediately walks over to the ref, causing everyone to worry about foul play... until he nudges the ref, revealing him to be a cardboard prop ("Are you seriously telling me that no one noticed this?"). As it turns out, the referee is watching the match through a live feed from outside the arena, as he was nearly killed while refereeing the first event.

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* When Max, in the ''SamAndMax'' animation episode "Max's Big Day", refuses to leave a primitive tribe, Sam makes an effigy of his "little buddy" and takes it away with him.

* In ''Giants: Citizen Kabuto'', a trap uses cardboard versions of missing [=NPCs=] as a bait.
* In a mission in Hitman 2, you are paid to assassinate a general in an Eastern European country. If you go to the suggested snipers-perch, you can see him clearly through a window - but if you shoot at him, he doesn't fall, and alarms goes off. If you sneak into the building, however, you'll be able to see him from behind and realize that he's a propped-up cardboard cutout. The whole thing is a trap, and a counter-sniper is waiting to kill you.

* In [[http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/ this strip]] of ''{{Loserz}}'', Jodie's part is played by a broomstick, for no apparent reason.

* I remember one of the missions in ''Hitman... 2'', I think it was. Not sure. You were paid to assassinate some general or similar, in an eastern-europe city. If you go to the suggested snipers-perch, you can see him clearly through a window - but if you shoot at him, he doesn't fall, and alarms goes off. If you sneak into the building, however, you'll be able to see him from behind... and realize that he's a propped-up cardboard cutout! The whole thing is a trap, and a counter-sniper is waiting to kill you...

* In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', Homer creates a new Marge by sticking a paper face on a potplant.

** I think at that point they'd stolen Mr. Herriman's glasses. They probably could've put a potted plant in front of him and he'd have fallen for it.

* King Kutt-Out in ''[[DonkeyKongCountry Donkey Kong 64]]''.