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* ''{{Dumb and Dumber}}'', after they inadvertently kill someone (they get away, too).

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnH5rRPY5hI&t=8m10s at the end of a conversation]] by the "WebVideo/GameGrumps" that started about a girl who died by drinking too much water that eventually turns into a bit about a girl who who will only talk about cats.

* An ''Series/InLivingColor!'' skit has a businessman say it after his blind date Grace Jones cut an alligator's tail off.

'''Brian:''' [[InvokedTrope I know.]] [[LampshadeHanging It's what you say after restaurant weirdness.]]
-->--''Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram''

* In the ''SesameStreet'' 4D film seen at Busch Gardens (among other locals), Grover utters the phrase as a [[NonSequiturThud Non Sequitur Thud]] when shocked by a malfunctioning film projector.

* ''After the Sunset'' has Creator/PierceBrosnan's character saying "Check!" after he and his [[Creator/SalmaHayek fiancé]] are having dinner with a couple who casually admit that they like to [[{{Polyamory}} swap partners]].

* In the animated film ''TheIronGiant'', after the squirrel Hogarth wants to keep as a pet escapes and causes havoc in the diner.

* In the first ''MajorLeague'' movie, Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn uses this trope at a bar when a beautiful woman makes a very flagrant pass at him, just before taking her back to his hotel room. (Only later does he learn that she's [[spoiler:the wife of one of his teammates]] and slept with Vaughn for [[spoiler:revenge on her husband, provoked by the latter's own infidelity]].)
* ''{{Sneakers}}'', uttered by Liz after her nerdy computer date, Werner, insinuates the predictable follow up to the dinner

* In ''{{Sahara}}'', there's a scene where Dirk and Al are having lunch, and Al just wants to get the check and can't figure out how to say it in French. Dirk eventually wanders off for plot-important reasons (taking the camera's point of view with him), leaving Al to repeatedly call for the check. We never find out whether he gets the check or just leaves, or how long he sits there.
* ''HudsonHawk''. Eddie and Anna Baragli are sitting in a cafe. Eddie has just told her that he was in prison.

* In ''FatalAttraction'', after Alex bluntly acknowledges the sexual tension between them, Dan calmly declares, "Let's get the check". The next scene is of them going at it in her apartment.
* A non-comedic example in ''OurManFlint''. Flint is going to every restaurant in a section of Marseille to find a restaurant that serves bouillabaisse made with a specific recipe. After tasting the bouillabaisse at one restaurant, he immediately calls for the check so he can move onto the next one.
* In ''{{Big}}'', Josh and Billy are at a diner, looking through the classifieds for a job for Josh to support himself until he can find the Zoltar machine. Billy is eating an ice cream sundae, and Josh takes the cherry, puts it in his mouth and rolls it around on his tongue, disgusting the adjacent customers. It goes to show you the things you do at 13 aren't so amusing at 30.
* Nonverbal example: In the film of ''Popeye'', when it becomes obvious that a group of thugs in the local diner are fixing to fight with the titular one-eyed sailor, several people begin signaling for their checks.

* In ''17 Again'', after Ned discovers that the object of his crush speaks fluent Elvish, and they're both turned on by this.

* In ''BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn tries this in a [[WrongGenreSavvy classroom]].

* A regular sketch in the BBC sketch show ''GoodnessGraciousMe'' involved a man in a restaurant who would invariably say something offensive or disturbing to his date. When she stormed out, he would look up at the waiter sadly and say [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wj0wD-X1cc&feature=PlayList&p=501A74F8FCC5311C&index=0&playnext=1 "Cheque, please".]] You can chalk this up to EaglelandOsmosis; it's almost universally called the 'bill' in the UK, but the "check please" punchline is still recognised.

* In ''TheMentalist'', after [[spoiler:Patrick Jane shoots who he believes to be Red John, the man who killed his family, in the mall]]. He then sits back down, and calmly asks for the check. The waitress however fled in terror (along with everyone else in the mall), leaving [[spoiler:Jane]] to simply leave the money on the table, finish his tea, and let himself be arrested.

* RayCharles' ''At The Club:'' *whistle* "Hey barkeep! You better come here and get your bread. This little girl's getting ready to split, and I'm about to go out of my head."

* ''{{Garfield}}'' comics have been doing this for years, practically every time Garfield and Jon visit Irma's diner. The hijinks range from cheese that has been aged in the back of Irma's pickup truck, ice cream cones with scoops of mashed potatoes on top, and lobster so fresh that it grabs the chef's nose (off-panel). Out of those comics, a few use the phrase word-for-word.
* In ''PearlsBeforeSwine'', it's practically Goat's CatchPhrase. [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/11 One example]]. And another [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/01/08 example here]].
* In ''GetFuzzy'', after Bucky bites another restaurant-goer on the arm for talking loudly on a cell phone, Rob says this word for word.

-->--''TheSarahSilvermanProgram''

** In the sequel series ''GirlMeetsWorld'', Riley is trying to figure out why Shawn doesn't come around very much if he and her dad are best friends. She asks if she can ask something a little scary. Shawn is doubtful that a 12 year old can say anything that would scare him. Riley asks if Shawn doesn't come around because seeing her makes him think of what he doesn't have, to which Shawn responds by yelling "CHECK!"
* In one episode of ''SexAndTheCity'', Samantha and another woman have fought for the attentions of a man in a restaurant. Samantha then corners the other woman and tells her, bluntly, that she doesn't have a chance with the guy in question. The woman concedes, whereupon Samantha triumphantly declares, "''Check!''"
* The page quote is from ''TheSarahSilvermanProgram'', in which Laura, Jay and {{Sarah|Silverman}} have a discussion about [[spoiler:Laura's marriage to Jay.]] Jay compares [[spoiler:the marriage]] to Sarah living with her dog Doug. "Sarah!" "Laura!" "Check, please!" It comes up later, when Steve demonstrates his understanding of it, although they're no longer in a restaurant.

* ''After the Sunset'' has Pierce Brosnan's character saying "Check!" after he and his [[SalmaHayek fiancé]] are having dinner with a couple who casually admit that they like to [[{{Polyamory}} swap partners]].

* ''[[TheBachelor The Bachelorette]]'' season where Trista Rehn chose Ryan Sutter. In each season the remaining 3 men have a one-on-one date with the Bachelorette. At the end of the dinner, the pair receive a message saying they can spend the night together. During Trista and Ryan's date, after the message arrived, in a CrowningMomentOfFunny Trista says "Waiter!" and Ryan says "Check please!". Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj_fgIevLu0 here starting at 4:20]].

* In the first ''MajorLeague'' movie, Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn uses this trope at a bar when a beautiful woman makes a very flagrant pass at him, just before taking her back to his hotel room. (Only later does he learn that she's [[spoiler:the wife of one of his teammates]] and slept with Vaughn for [[spoiler:revenge on her husband, provoked by his own infidelity]].)

-->You, shh don't ruin it! Wow!

Usually restricted to comedies and those dramas which are not afraid of the occasional lighter touch.

* ''{{Dinosaurs}}'': Robbie invented a device that'd allow people to draw energy from a volcano. Fearing the financial loss [[MegaCorp Wesayso Corporation]] would suffer, Mr. Richfield invited the Sinclairs for dinner and tried to buy all rights to the device. When Earl unwittingly gave Richfield the idea to buy the volcano instead, Richfield quickly left the scene and Earl asked for the check.

* In [[http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/3 an early]] ''{{MegaTokyo}}'' comic, Piro says this when Dom pulls out a pistol.
* Used at the end of a TerribleIntervieweesMontage in ''LasLindas'' [[http://laslindas.katbox.net/index.php?strip_id=226 as seen here]].

* In a guest comic in [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/ Nip and Tuck]], local [[SmugSnake throwback]] Gus Gunthrie [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00814.html makes a nasty comment about a favorite lady fighter]] of Bandit Ringtail, which just presses the little guy's BerserkButton REALLY HARD, [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00815.html hops up on a table, and knocks the tar]] out of the miserable jerk. [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00816.html Nip says it in the third panel.]]
* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/3/25/ This]] PennyArcade strip.

* ''StarWars IV: ANewHope,'' when Han Solo tosses a few coins to the bartender saying "Sorry about the mess" after killing Greedo.

* One episode of ''TheGoldenGirls'' deals with Rose dating a man who is impotent. After a raunchy discussion over dinner, he tells her it's time. "Check, please!" Rose cries.

* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' did a ''Series/GoldenGirls'' / ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' mashup with Bea Arthur and her friends discussing [[TooMuchInformation their torrid, explicit love affairs]]. A man in the booth next to theirs immediately asked for the check when they started... and kept pleading for the check when it was not delivered promptly after tale after tale. He just left money on the table in the end.

* The page quote is from ''TheSarahSilvermanProgram'', in which Laura, Jay and {{Sarah|Silverman}} have a discussion about [[spoiler:Laura's marriage to Jay.]] Jay alludes [[spoiler:the marriage]] to Sarah living with her dog Doug. "Sarah!" "Laura!" "Check, please!"

* In ''17 Again'', after Ned discovers that the object of his crush speaks fluent Elvish, and they're both turned on by this.
* Also used in ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' when Dean [[SquirrelsInMyPants discover's Holgarth's newest pet]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' - Hank and Dean pull it off, even while unknown to them, Dr. Orpheus, who was following the boys incognito, [[MindRape mind raped]] two foul-mouthed rednecks and imprisoned their souls in a little plastic action figure.
** Not just ''any'' action figure, but a "Homiez" action figure.

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* In {{RENT}}, during the wild song ''La Vie Boheme'', the "straight man" Benny calls anxiously for the waiter after the lines "to sodomy/it's between God and me/to S&M". Of course, he ''also'' actually yells "CHECK!" in the Broadway version, later on after the waiter-calling.

* In ''LegallyBlondeTheMusical'', after Elle and Warner have an awkward breakup during their dinner date, Warner utters this line.

* In the 5th episode of season 1 of ''{{WesternAnimation/Dilbert}}'' , Dilbert is at a dinner party in another country where it is revealed that he is left handed (being left handed makes you a member of the oppressed minority.) The guards raise their guns at Dilbert, who replies with the trope.
* ''FamilyGuy'' once featured a cut-away gag with "Check Please" as one of the many cliche lines on the CD "Sitcom Punchlines of the 80's".

* Also used in TheIronGiant when Dean [[SquirrelsInMyPants discover's Holgarth's newest pet]].
* ''RobotChicken'' did a ''GoldenGirls'' / ''SexAndTheCity'' mashup with Bea Arthur and her friends discussing [[TooMuchInformation their torrid, explicit love affairs]]. A man in the booth next to theirs immediately asked for the check when they started... and kept pleading for the check when it was not delivered promptly after tale after tale.
** He just left money on the table in the end.

* Said by Shego to Drakken after she got soundly beat by KimPossible in a restaurant.
* ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': After he and the Sinister Six have finished their meal, Doc Ock says this to a nearby waiter. The [[GenreSavvy waiter stammers out that it's on the house]], which is only natural, considering it's a party of six {{supervillain}}s. Presumably, [[PokeThePoodle he wasn't planning to pay either way]], and [[EvilIsPetty it was just part of the power trip he's been on all episode]].
** "How kind of you... and wise."
* Said in a HouseOfMouse episode by Red Riding Hood when the Big Bad Wolf comes on stage for his musical performance.

* Said by [[RockosModernLife Rocko]] after he accidentally knocks out his date while cutting some meat.

* A series of coincidences once mislead ''JohnnyBravo'' into believing time stopped for everyone except for him and he decided to take advantage in every possible way. One was eating at a restaurant for free. Nobody paid attention to Johnny asking for the check because everyone was distracted.

* In ''PearlsBeforeSwine'', it's practically Goat's CatchPhrase. [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/09/11 One example]].

* In the movie ''RobinHoodMenInTights'', Prince John says this when the fight that's broken out at the big banquet scene lands on his table.

Further drama and hijinks can be milked out of the scene as those around the table now starts to fight over who is going to pay/not pay/looks like he wants to pay but is not actually going to pay/wants everyone to notice that he is paying...

* A regular sketch in the BBC sketch show ''GoodnessGraciousMe'' involved a man in a restaurant who would invariably say something offensive or disturbing to his date. When she stormed out, he would look up at the waiter sadly and say [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wj0wD-X1cc&feature=PlayList&p=501A74F8FCC5311C&index=0&playnext=1 "Cheque, please".]]
** Which you can put down to PopculturalOsmosis; it's almost universally called the 'bill' in the UK, but the "check please" punchline is still recognised.