History Main / ExtremelyOverdueLibraryBook

* There is a [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Donald Duck comic]] in which Donald's nephews discover that Donald has a couple of library books in the attic that are ten years overdue. After having calculated the overdue fee and concluding that he will never be able to pay it, Donald desperately attempts to get rid of the books, but due to his perennial bad luck, the books keep finding their way back to him. After breaking into the library at night to return the books unseen and nearly getting caught by the police, he discovers the very next day that the library has decided to waive all fees for overdue books.
* A bonus story in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan2022'' had Peter taking advantage of New York removing late fees on library books to return his books. However, since most of them had damage as they were used to help deal with super-villains, he ''still'' had to pay.

'''Calvin:''' [[ScaryLibrarian The way some of those librarians look at you,]] I naturally assumed the consequences would be more dire.

* One ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'' storyline had his neighbor Lillian discover a decade-overdue book, and expect to have to pay an enormous fine.

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* In Creator/AAPessimal's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' and ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheManyWorldsInterpretation'', some astute detective work solves the Roundworld mystery of the Voynich Manuscript. [[note]]A several hundred years old anomaly on Earth, concerning a book written in a seemingly alien language and depicting plants that are bizarrely unfamiliar to Earth botany[[/note]]. It turns out to be a several-hundred-years overdue book belonging to a library on the Discworld. How it got to Earth remains a mystery.

But I can't pay the fine--\\

* One episode of ''Series/ICarly'' has Spencer stressed out due to receiving a letter about an extremely overdue video rental. Unable to find the offending video, he goes to the rental store to clear it up. The woman behind the counter tells him that her boss just sends the letters out the scare people and clears the overdue rental from his record.

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--> This library book is so overdue that if it weren't for the bookplate, you'd have thought it predated the invention of the library.

* The remake of ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' has you go to Curan Abbey to find the De La Metallica, an extremely rare book on alchemy. The book they have is only a copy of the original and the abbey's librarian says it is way overdue. She gives you the student's ID card. [[spoiler: It says Z. Roughnight, indicating Rudy's late grandfather borrowed the book and never returned it.]] Extremely overdue indeed.

* In one ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' episode, the team is visited by elderly versions of themselves from the future. They were meant to warn them about something, but due to senility, they can't remember what it was. At the end of the episode, they finally remember that they wanted to warn the present team about a library book that they should return because the financial penalty for it being several decades overdue is ''astronomical''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode, "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS2E23ReadAloudNotALoud Read Aloud]]", [[ChildProdigy Lisa]] has racked up over $50,000.00 worth of late fees from books she never returned to the library. When she goes to the library with the rest of her family, she wears [[PaperThinDisguise a cowboy hat and mustache]] to avoid being recognized by the librarian.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', it's revealed that Shaggy has one of these--apparently when he was in preschool or Kindergarten, Shaggy had checked out a book called "Pizza Parrot and the Butterbean Bunnies" from the old Coolsville Library, but one day, when he ran to his house to grab a snack, the book fell out of Shaggy's backpack and Scooby accidentally buried with a bunch of his bones. Though in Shaggy's defense, he was ultimately never able to return the book because the library ended up shutting down not long after that.[[spoiler: The villain of the episode was portraying the ghost of the old librarian and wanted to get the book that Shaggy checked out because it's a very rare book, and thus very valuable.]]
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'', Angela finds a library book in her collection of books that is a few years overdue. Fearing that her parents may be slapped with a big fine for not returning the book, Angela tries to sneak it back into the library without anybody noticing, only to find out that it was a used library book that her mother bought for her when it was on sale.

'''Daddy Pig:''' Sorry Miss Rabbit.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/IGotARocket'' involves Vinnie finding a set of library books in his backpack that he borrowed years earlier. Because they're "special extended deep storage cryogenic loans" the books are only just barely coming due, but he doesn't reach the library in time and is charged $2.75 in late fees, which he can't pay. Rocket tries to fly the books back in time in order to avoid the late fees, but this backfires and Vinnie now owes $4,000,000,000.46 in late fees.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Friends of Peter G.", during the "[[Film/RobinAndTheSevenHoods Mr. Booze]]" musical number, Bruce claims that he had a book checked out from the library that he forgot about for three-and-a-half years. He was going to take it back on Amnesty Day, but on that day, he had a sip of Rosé wine and never made it out of the house.
* Discussed in the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode, "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E56DuckmanOfAquatraz Duckman of Aquatraz]]"; when Scrooge is arrested at the beginning of the episode, Louie believes it's because of a library book he borrowed but didn't return because it got lost, and promises to return it as soon as he he finds it. The officer assures Louie that Scrooge's crime was much worse than an overdue library book; it was the theft of a valuable painting.[[note]]In the end, it is revealed that Glomgold stole the painting and framed Scrooge.[[/note]]

* George Washington checked out a book that was not returned until ''over 200 years later.''

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Extra! Extra! Late fees pay off national debt!"'']]

* In Creator/ShelSilverstein's book ''LiteratureALightInTheAttic'', the poem "Overdues" is about someone who finds a book that is 42 years overdue, admits that it is theirs, and does not know what to do.

* In Creator/ShelSilverstein's book ''A Light in the Attic'', there is a poem about someone who finds a book that is 42 years overdue, admits that it is theirs, and does not know what to do.