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* In an episode of ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn helps Cory to both go to the dance with Topanga and see a wrestling match by imitating an episode of ''TheFlintstones'' where Fred shuttled back and forth between two places, always coming up with a quick excuse. He points out that Fred never spent more than a minute at either location, and Cory tried to explain that cartoons use condensed time for storytelling.

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* In ''{{Film/Apocalypse}}'', the Antichrist outlaws Christianity and instates a one-world government within a ''week'' of the Rapture. Basically, NoDelaysForTheWicked TurnedUpToEleven.

* In an episode of ''MadAboutYou'', Paul is talked into doing a (moderately big-budget) TV commercial for the city, does preproduction, shoots the footage, does postproduction, gets the commercial on the air, and is horrified by the reaction, all in less than a week.

* In an episode of ''BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn helps Cory to both go to the dance with Topanga and see a wrestling match by imitating an episode of ''TheFlintstones'' where Fred shuttled back and forth between two places, always coming up with a quick excuse. He points out that Fred never spent more than a minute at either location, and Cory tried to explain that cartoons use condensed time for storytelling.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', In the episode entitled 'A Clockwork Origin', this trope is made fun of in two construction projects. While the construction of a working spaceship 'took almost two hours', as if that was a particularly long time, the construction of an extremely simple slingshot takes 'almost twelve hours.'

* In an episode of ''TheRealGhostbusters'', a couple of ghosts set up a phony ghosthunting business that becomes more popular than the Ghostbusters - ''in less than a day.''
* Then there's the ability to mix a cake, bake it in the oven, and assemble its layers with frosting in mere seconds to throw into a pursuing antagonist's face.
* ''PhineasAndFerb'': ''Everything'' the titular characters do happens in one day. They build beaches, become [[OneHitWonder one-hit wonders]], go into outer space and visit a star, everything. Even Doofenshmirtz schemes seem to be implemented and foiled in a day. But whatever craziness ensues that episode, everything is cleaned up and returned to normal by the end of the day. Of course, it all [[RuleOfFunny just adds to the joke]].

* ''KimPossible'' [[TravellingAtTheSpeedOfPlot roams the world]] [[FreeRangeChildren at will]], even to the deep oceans and outer space, battling villains and possibly spending time as their captive but is still back by dinner time, even if she goes from, say, home in the US to Greece, back to the US, and back to Greece again.
* "Futurama", In the episode entitled 'A Clockwork Origin', this trope is made fun of in two construction projects. While the construction of a working spaceship 'took almost two hours', as if that was a particularly long time, the construction of an extremely simple slingshot takes 'almost twelve hours.'

* In an episode of ''BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn helps Corey to both go to the dance with Topanga and see a wrestling match by imitating an episode of ''TheFlintstones'' where Fred shuttled back and forth between two places, always coming up with a quick excuse. He points out that Fred never spent more than a minute at either location, and Corey tried to explain that cartoons use condensed time for storytelling.

** They invited way more people than could reasonably fit in the castle, in such a way that only a tiny fraction of them would attend. It worked out perfectly.

* The ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series of games is built off this trope: all the trials in the series have a three-day time limit, with no regards to how long a forensic test would actually be in real time.

** They invited way more people than could reasonably fit in the caste, in such a way that only a tiny fraction of them would attend. It worked out perfectly.

!!!Examples:

* In ''{{Disney/Cinderella}}'', the king proclaims that a ball will be held ''that night'' and that ''every'' eligible maiden in the ''entire kingdom'' is to attend. Not only would making out the invitations alone take more than a day, and not only is it completely unreasonable to expect anyone to just drop whatever they're doing and rush to the castle, even if they have suitable ballgowns ready, but the kingdom is strongly implied to be France, which isn't exactly tiny.

* The ''AceAttorney'' series of games is built off this trope: all the trials in the series have a three-day time limit, with no regards to how long a forensic test would actually be in real time.

* In ''{{Disney/Cinderella}}'', the king proclaims that a ball will be held ''that night'' and that ''every'' eligible maiden in the ''entire kingdom'' is to attend. Not only would making out the invitations alone take more than a day, and not only is it completely unreasonable to expect anyone to just drop whatever they're doing and rush to the castle, but the kingdom is strongly implied to be France, which isn't exactly tiny.

--> '''Baljeet:''' You can build a rollercoaster in a day, but it takes you ''20 minutes'' to fix a flat tire?

It is often the reason for InstantHomeDelivery.

* ''PhineasAndFerb'': ''Everything'' the titular characters do happens in one day. They build beaches, become one-hit wonders, go into outer space and visit a star, everything. Even Doofenschmirtz schemes seem to be implemented and foiled in a day. But whatever craziness ensues that episode, everything is cleaned up and returned to normal by the end of the day. Of course, it all just adds to the joke.
* ''KimPossible'' [[TravellingAtTheSpeedOfPlot roams the world at will]], even to the deep oceans and outer space, battling villains and possibly spending time as their captive but is still back by dinner time, even if she goes from, say, home in the US to Greece, back to the US, and back to Greece again.

If you pay attention in cartoons, you might notice something a little peculiar about everyone's schedule. Projects and undertakings that would realistically take weeks or months are compressed into days - if even that. There is usually no good reason for this whatsoever, since the amount of time that passes is typically stated in dialog, which could have easily been rewritten to reflect a more realistic timescale. It is often invoked by RuleOfFunny.

** It ''could'' have been realistic if it happened in [[TheLegendOfZelda Hyrule]] or [[{{Discworld}} Lancre]], however.

* In an episode of MadAboutYou, Paul is talked into doing a (moderately big-budget) TV commercial for the city, does preproduction, shoots the footage, does postproduction, gets the commercial on the air, and is horrified by the reaction, all in less than a week.

* ''PhineasAndFerb'': ''Everything'' the titular characters do happens in one day. They build beaches, become one-hit wonders, go into outer space and visit a star, everything. Even Doofenschmirtz schemes seem to be implemented and foiled in a day. But whatever craziness ensues that episode, everything is cleaned up and returned to normal by the end of the day.

* In an episode of ''BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn helps Corey to both go to the dance with Topanga and see a wrestling match by imitating an episode of ''TheFlintstones'' where Fred shuttled back and forth between two places, always coming up with a quick excuse. He points out that Fred never spent more than a minute at either location, and Corey tried to explain that cartoons use condensed time for storytelling.
-->'''Shawn:''' [[BreakingTheFourthWall It's the same thing.]]

*In Disney's ''[[{{Disney/Cinderella}} Cinderella]]'', the king proclaims that a ball will be held ''that night'' and that ''every'' eligible maiden in the ''entire kingdom'' is to attend. Not only would making out the invitations alone take more than a day, and not only is it completely unreasonable to expect anyone to just drop whatever they're doing and rush to the castle, but the kingdom is strongly implied to be France, which isn't exactly tiny.

*In an episode of ''TheRealGhostbusters'' cartoon, a couple of ghosts set up a phony ghosthunting business that becomes more popular than the Ghostbusters - ''in less than a day.''

*In an episode of ''BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn helps Corey to both go to the dance with Topanga and see a wrestling match by imitating an episode of ''TheFlintstones'' where Fred shuttled back and forth between two places, always coming up with a quick excuse. He points out that Fred never spent more than a minute at either location, and Corey tried to explain that cartoons use condensed time for storytelling.

* In WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner shorts (and homages thereto), when ordering an [[AcmeProducts Acme Product]] all it takes is to put a letter in a mailbox; the post will arrive with the product in seconds.