Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Main / ImagineSpot

Go To

OR

Added: 268

Changed: 418

Removed: 192

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has Isabella of all people seemingly quite often breaking off into an Imagine Spot where she imagines Phineas as a centaur. It's just as weird as it sounds.
** Specifically, he turns into a centaur and flies away with Isabella ''after'' suddenly having given her a dramatic declaration of love. Yeah.
** Also one with Ferb, answering the question of how he managed to pick up the wrong blueprints by going into a brief fantasy about his meeting with [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Vanessa]].

to:

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has Isabella of all people seemingly quite often breaking off into an Imagine Spot where she imagines Phineas as a centaur. It's just as weird as it sounds.
''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
** Specifically, he turns into a centaur and flies away with Isabella ''after'' suddenly having given her a dramatic declaration of love. Yeah.
** Also one with
In "I Scream, You Scream" Ferb, answering the question of how he managed to pick up the wrong blueprints by going blueprints, goes into a brief fantasy flashback about his meeting with [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Vanessa]].Vanessa]], and simply says "I was weak."


Added DiffLines:

** "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" reveals that Isabella, of all people, seemingly has a bad habit of imagining Phineas confessing his love for her and turning into a centaur.
--->'''Isabella:''' (''to the other Fireside Girls'') I'm sorry, I was off in "Phineasland"!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Trope was cut/disambiguated due to cleanup


*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts and Hooves Day]]", Apple Bloom imagines that the love-poisoned Cheerilee and Big Mac's neglect of their duties of teaching and apple harvesting [[ForWantOfANail will lead to]] [[SugarApocalypse Ponyville being destroyed by famine and lack of education]].

to:

*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts and Hooves Day]]", Apple Bloom imagines that the love-poisoned Cheerilee and Big Mac's neglect of their duties of teaching and apple harvesting [[ForWantOfANail will lead to]] to [[SugarApocalypse Ponyville being destroyed by famine and lack of education]].

Added: 179

Changed: 1118

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Namco from ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'' has one after the Yakuza offers to help him and make him "the most powerful company in the industry". He starts imagining himself as [[Videogame/KatamariDamacy The King of All Cosmos]], being much more powerful than all the other companies.

to:

* ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'': Namco from ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'' has one after the Yakuza offers to help him and make him "the most powerful company in the industry". He starts imagining himself as [[Videogame/KatamariDamacy The King of All Cosmos]], being much more powerful than all the other companies.



* In ''Webcomic/TheDreadful'', [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2011/06/17/the-dreadful-032/ Liz fantasizes about]] a BoomHeadshot in response to a HurricaneOfPuns from Kit and Boozloaf.
* Webcomic/DominicDeegan has a small, yet hilarious one [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-01-08 here]], where he imagines the AxeCrazy Infernomancer as... well. Out of Character is putting it mildly.
* Dan Shive of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' occasionally delves into this (and cites ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' as a good example of how to do it) and his comic occasionally features one.

to:

* In ''Webcomic/TheDreadful'', [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2011/06/17/the-dreadful-032/ Liz fantasizes about]] a BoomHeadshot in response to a HurricaneOfPuns from Kit and Boozloaf.
* Webcomic/DominicDeegan
''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'': Dominic has a small, yet hilarious small one [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-01-08 here]], where he imagines the AxeCrazy Infernomancer as... well. Out of Character is putting it mildly.
* ''Webcomic/TheDreadful'': [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2011/06/17/the-dreadful-032/ Liz fantasizes about]] a BoomHeadshot in response to a HurricaneOfPuns from Kit and Boozloaf.
* ''Webcomic/DungeonsAndDoodlesTalesFromTheTables'': When Angela's boyfriend Mark joins the party with his new character, [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/dungeons-doodles-tales-from-the-tables/expectations/viewer?title_no=682646&episode_no=26 she daydreams a colourful in-game scenario]] where an exact lookalike of him, dressed as a KnightInShiningArmor, approaches her and extends his hand toward her like a PrinceCharming that she views him as. [[spoiler:And then her world shatters when Mark's ''actual'' character turns out to be a firbolg barbarian.]]
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
Dan Shive of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' occasionally delves into this (and cites ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' as a good example of how to do it) and his comic occasionally features one.

Added: 61

Changed: 34

Removed: 50053

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

[[index]]
*ImagineSpot/AnimeAndManga
*ImagineSpot/LiveActionTV
[[/index]]






[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* In ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'', Yaku has several in Chapter 76, while trying to remember what Kusuri told her about the other girls. Every single one of them is wrong - e.g. the one for [[TooKinkyToTorture masochist]] Iku shows her as tiny and weak, while the one for [[GentleGiant Yamame]] shows her as a {{Tsundere}}.
* Played '''with''' and played '''straight''' in the second episode of the ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' TV series -- when Keiichi mulls over what wish of his Belldandy should grant, he first imagines [[IfIWereARichMan life as a wealthy man]], then Belldandy, who's reading his mind the entire time, says she would gladly "give him more money than he could hope to spend in his lifetime". Then Belldandy says she could also grant the wish of wanting to destroy the entire world, "although [she] would prefer to not do business with that type of client." Cue Keiichi imagining a giant explosion leveling a city, with him off to the side, laughing evilly, in a monocle, a wiry mustache, and what suspiciously looks like a [[ThoseWackyNazis Schutzstaffel uniform]].
* ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'':
** Mayu fantasizes about being an ''uh-MAZING'' cook so that Kaoru falls for her unconditionally. In reality, [[LethalChef the complete opposite is true]].
** Later on, we witness Kaoru's imaginings of marriage to Aoi, who ''is'' [[SupremeChef an amazing cook]]. They tend toward [[HadakaApron the perverse]], sometimes.
* ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'':
** In a part of the twenty-fourth chapter that is not adapted into anime, Mari "[[Creator/MarilynMonroe Monroe]]" Morino teaches Mai several things about photography, including "exposure compensation". Mai imagines Mari having a MarilynManeuver causing an "exposure" (as in a PantyShot), and "compensated" by putting a CensorBox over her eyes.
** In an unanimated bit of the twenty-eighth chapter, Ao reminds herself she ''needs'' to tell her mother how she feels about [[spoiler:having to move away]]. She recalls Mikage's suggestion that she should throw a tantrum at her parents...and then imagines herself doing just that. She then flails her arms in the air to stop herself from imagining this. Shiori is confused.
** The thirty-first chapter, animated as part of the ninth episode:
*** Mira and Ao [[FeudEpisode have a minor quarrel]] because [[spoiler:Mira unpacks Ao's moving boxes without permission]]. Since both of them refuses to give a reason, [[GoodWithNumbers Misa]], seeing them as astronomy enthusiasts, decides they are arguing about the origins of the moon, and imagines of their arguments out loud.
*** After the above, Ao starts to worry about Mira's lack of the sense of privacy, and imagines a few scenario of this: using her stationery, reading her ScienceFiction (''{{Literature/The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy|1}}'', no less), moving to doing laundry ''for'' her. This part is not animated.
** During the thirty-fifth chapter, Shiho tells [[spoiler:Ao]] she finds the latter's brain interesting due to the latter's being both a ShyBlueHairedGirl and TheDeterminator. The latter freaks out and imagines Shiho {{Mind Prob|e}}ing her.
** In the fourty-first chapter, the cast have a brief discussion on Dobsonian telescopes. Chikage mentions they look like human cannons in circuses. Mira promptly imagines launching herself into the space a la HumanCannonball to find asteroids. Ao reminds her it's not possible.
* ''Anime/AyanesHighKick'': We get to see one of these from Ayane when Kunimitsu makes a pitch to get her to join his dojo, declaring that she can become a champion. She sees herself in the middle of a ring with a pro-wrestling world title belt and a cheering crowd, unaware that Kunimitsu is actually referring to her becoming a champion ''kick-boxer''.
* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' uses several imagine spots throughout the course of the series, many of which involve (unsurprisingly) {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Osaka.
* ''Manga/BGataHKei'' makes frequent use of these, most commonly by main character Yamada, whose random, erotically-oriented fantasies approach ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' levels of frequency and, much like JD, are frequently followed by in-character outbursts that sometimes get her in trouble.
* Isaac and Miria of ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' have a ''joint'' one (fitting, considering their [[TheDitz ditzy duo]] status) complete with ArtShift when they speculate with horror on Jacuzzi's fate at the hands of the mythical Rail Tracer. Which, by the way, they visualize as a giant green worm with fangs.
* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Chad tries to remember what Ichigo's little sister Karin looks like. We end up with Squick as he sees Ichigo with a black wig, Karin's red hat, and lipstick.
* Used so heavily in ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan'' that it's a bit confusing at first. Marin's imagination usually involves violent death.
* ''Manga/BunnyDrop'': When talking with his parents, Daikichi has frequent Flashbacks to his childhood (often accompanied by the informative caption "Showa-era child rearing!")
* Used in a ''Anime/CodeGeass'' [[{{Omake}} sound episode]] where Shirley is imagining all kinds of insane things that could go wrong if she asks Lelouch out to a concert. It starts with him just saying that he will take his sister to the entire student council admitting their undying love for him, even [[{{Squick}} Arthur]]. That's almost [[Series/{{Scrubs}} JD]] level weirdness.
** Also used in the PictureDrama in which Sayoko first meets Suzaku when he comes over for tea with Lelouch and Nunally. She happens to overhear part of a conversation between Suzaku and Lelouch at the end and somehow interprets it to mean they are [[HoYay secretly in love]]... and her imagination runs away on her a little.
* Kappei and Seiichiro from ''Manga/DashKappei''. Every time their fantasies concern a romantic relationship with Akane.
* ''Manga/{{Debusen}}'': Mitsuru has several about the horrible things that people might do to him if they learned that he was actually a man pretending to be a woman.
* Taichi's anxiety over Zeromaru leads to him having these in ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01''. It's later revealed Gabo had many of the same feelings, leading them to share an imagine spot.
* ''Anime/DigimonTamers'':
** Takato has one when he can't find his partner Guilmon, imagining Guilmon being shot to death by police.
** Takato gets a few lighthearted ones in a row when he first meets Culumon. Thinking Culumon would be safer with a human Tamer, he imagines how various of his acquaintances would go about taking care of Culumon; none of them work out very well.
* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': The infamous sequence in the BeachEpisode "Beastie Girl", wherein Izumi/Zoe pictures herself wearing several of the swimsuit options she has.
* Akina of ''Manga/DontBecomeAnOtakuShinozakiSan'' is prone to these. Most often her fantasies of "saving" Kaede from an otaku's life devolve into a yuri fantasy, which often cause her to freak out and makes her classmates regard ''her'' as the oddball of the classroom.
* The characters in ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' do this sometimes. Usually they imagine themselves pulling of a spectacular play (in Monta's case, it's always followed with Mamori fussing happily over him).
* This is occasionally used in ''Manga/FairyTail'', most often when the {{Yandere}} Juvia imagines Gray falling in love with her.
* Used once to great effect in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', during the fight between Rei and Raoh: realizing that Raoh is far stronger than him, Rei decides to [[TakingYouWithMe use a suicide attack to take Raoh down]], we see it landing... And then it cuts to Raoh still alive and thinking "He plans to use this kind of attack with me?!", revealing it was simply Raoh guessing how it would go if he fought Rei normally before deciding for a more unorthodox counterattack - one that distracts Rei just long enough for Raoh to strike the decisive blow unimpeded.
* May Chang in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is prone to daydreaming about the Elrics (first Ed, then upon [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller finding him insufficiently tall]], Al) with copious BishieSparkle. Already funny, it becomes downright HilariousInHindsight when Creator/MonicaRial was cast as her English voice actress, leading to ''many'' Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub jokes among fans.
* Masamune of ''Manga/Gate7'' get lose in his own Imagine Spot of CatGirl Hana ''at the middle of a battle''.
* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' has a short scene in the second volume where a Rhea scout is caught out during his promotion exam by Guild Girl for helping himself to the treasure that by rights belonged to the rest of his party, with not even Goblin Slayer having any pity for the guy because he is an adventurer too. Following his demotion and banishment, the scout has a brief Imagine Spot about pulling his knife and attacking Guild Girl only to be smashed down by Goblin Slayer, resulting in him backing down. It definitely didn't help that his thoughts during the imagine spot were very, ''very'' goblin-like. [[spoiler:When the scout finally does decide to attack them in revenge for this humiliation in the third volume, his death at Goblin Slayer's hands is [[GuttedLikeAFish anything but pretty]].]]
* In chapter 13 and episode 11 of ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'', it was revealed [[spoiler:Ryou's parents wanted to get Ryou a bodyguard when they went overseas, but was refused by her Grandmother]]. Kirin briefly thought about how [[SpoiledBrat Ryou would be different]] if she had a live-in bodyguard.
* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' anime constantly switch between real world and the titular Onizuka's [[LovableSexManiac "fantasy"]].
* In ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'', Sei and Mao got lost in an Imagine Spot battle as they try to gauge how strong the Build Strike Full Package and the Gundam X Maoh are between each other. The "battle" is interrupted by Mr. Ral, who doesn't want their fight to be wasted on such a thing.
* Switzerland in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' is a surly, gun-toting miser, but Japan imagines him as a [[YodelLand befrocked, beribboned Heidi]] who engages in song and dance.
* The fifth episode of ''Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'' has a few of these, for the idols who are imagining what their debut would be like.
* Imagine Spots are ''incredibly'' common in ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit'', with at least one instance per episode as the characters start imagining things in response to something another said.
** A couple happen in the first episode, such as when Cocoa thought Rabbit House was literally a place to play with rabbits, and Rize imagining herself wearing a PlayboyBunny outfit.
** Rize does this ''again'' in episode 3, imagining herself in a PlayboyBunny costume, except this time with a floppy-eared headband like the one worn by Sharo. She decides that it works equally well.
* In ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'', Ayumu constantly imagines [[TheVoiceless Eucliwood]] talking to him, usually praising him and acting sexy. In each imagine spot, she is voiced by a different actress.
* A RunningGag of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is Shirogane envisioning Kaguya looking down upon him with a sarcastic smile and muttering "''How Cute''." The one time she did make the face, she was actually being sincere, but was attempting to maintain a stoic expression in place of a wide smile, resulting in the aforementioned sarcastic smile. [[spoiler:And when she finally does say the line in a sarcastic tone, it's because he ''isn't'' acting on his feelings for her.]]
* Manabe from ''Manga/KotouraSan'' is so perverted so he often has perverted Imagine Spots about his girlfriend Haruka. Haruka, however, is a {{telepath|y}}, so this and the DirtyMindReading that always ensues becomes a RunningGag. In fact, he ''deliberately'' dreams them up [[TheGadfly solely to tease her]]; when Haruka caught a cold that temporarily blocked her telepathy, Manabe found it was no fun to fantasize about her unless she could see it.
* Unavoidable ''Manga/LuckyStar'' example: [[YaoiFangirl Hiy]][[YuriFan ori]] would often falls into fantasies about portraying her classmates Yutaka and Minami as lesbians, but immediate cut short by chastising herself about thinking her friends that way. Said friends are clueless as to what she's freaking out over.
* In ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', Luca's brain [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slavehime.JPG goes to town in not entirely worksafe ways]] when Sheryl casually declares Alto her slave. Makes you wonder [[CovertPervert what else goes on in his head]], considering Sheryl obviously meant slave in the menial labor-drone sense.
* ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'': Godai often imagines himself getting intimate with Kyoko.
* ''Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion'' has a rather grim example of this trope in its first chapter. Rei imagines himself beating his adoptive father to death while Rei's paralleling beating his father in a professional shogi match to a news story of a man murdering his father with blunt force. Yikes.
* ''Manga/MinamiKe'''s Hosaka gets really caught up in his fantasies, usually starring Haruka, to the point of acting them out. Everyone else thinks he's weird and a little sick in the head.
* ''Manga/MissKoizumiLovesRamenNoodles'':
** In Chapter 8, Yuu imagines she and Koizumi happily chatting together.
** In Chapter 13, Yuu gets one of Koizumi being taken away by a suave older guy.
* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': In Chapter 76, Moran has a few pages of fantasizing about an island paradise and being naked in bed after tasting Albert's creme brulee.
* ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'': Lorem tends to have this while thinking about Gospel's future. She dreams of having a close relationship with him where he'll always be happy to see her even as he gets older, but also imagines him as a terrible delinquent should she somehow fail as a parent.
* ''Manga/MyCluelessFirstFriend'': While Nishimura and Takada are out getting cake for a Christmas Party, they spot one of Takada's sister's friends on a date. [[DatePeepers After witnessing her and her boyfriend kissing]], an embarrassed and [[LuminescentBlush furiously blushing]] Takada and Nishimura simultaneously imagine older versions of themselves doing the same.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Early on in the anime, Naruto fantasizes about becoming Hokage and beating [[TheRival Sasuke]]. There's more than that:
** In the "what's under Kakashi's mask?" episode, Sasuke, thanks to Naruto's goading, imagines an unmasked Kakashi with [[GagLips big red lips]], and then big buck teeth; he quickly agrees to help Naruto and Sakura try to see Kakashi's face.
** In that same episode, our [[PowerTrio trio]] treat Kakashi to lunch at Ramen Ichiraku as part of their first attempt. Kakashi is suspicious and has three imagine spots in a row: first, getting buried under a big pile of snow (ironically, after he says "[[TemptingFate I wouldn't be surprised if it snowed on me]],"), then, his order of ramen [[StuffBlowingUp exploding in his face]], and finally, him getting bopped by a giant ExtendoBoxingGlove and SquashedFlat against a wall. At the end of each one, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura triumphantly flash the peace sign and declare, "He fell for it!!"
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has quite a few, as well as a few Imagine Sketches from Haruna (or Nodoka's magic diary). In one notable instance, after Nodoka confesses to him, Negi imagines himself marrying her... ''without'' losing the BlankWhiteEyes he got from the revelation.
* In episode 3 of ''Manga/NewGame'', While Aoba is on the train, anxious after having overslept, she imagines a situation where Kou punishes her for being late by forcing her to stay overnight in her underwear.
* In ''Manga/NightmareInspector'', [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Kairi]] spends a lot of his time fantasizing and daydreaming. We get to see a few of said fantasies, which are... strange, to say the least.
* Onsokumaru of ''Manga/NinjaNonsense'' does these a lot, usually involving FanService images of Kaede and Shinobu, or of himself surrounded by women or doing something awesome.
* The main character from ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular~'', Tomoko, being the anime and DatingSim-obsessed introvert that she is, has plenty of these, mostly about how the newest tactic she has is going to make her popular. Naturally, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption none of these work out the way she hoped]].
* ''Manga/OnaniMasterKurosawa'': Kurosawa has these as twisted {{Sadist}} fantasies about girls he knows for his [[UnusualEuphemism daily routine]]. Being unable go through with it serves as a LoveEpiphany.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' employs this often enough, usually for romance/perverse fantasies (Sanji and Boa Hancock being two favorites). Oddly [[TheStoic Nico Robin]] gets a few quite whimsical ones.
* Wakaba Kumura of ''Manga/OtasukeMikoMikoChan'' has these frequently.
* Misaki in ''Literature/OurHomesFoxDeity'' is prone to sudden and overthought fantasy sequences about Noboru, her crush. Usually these fantasy sequences involve Kuugen or Kou, his family's resident PrettyFreeloaders.
* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' has "Tamaki's Inner Mind Theatre", usually with Tamaki fantasizing about Haruhi.
* Often used in ''Manga/ParadiseKiss''. In one instance, Yukari pictures a LoveTriangle as a DuelToTheDeath between [[spoiler: Tokumori]] as a samurai and [[spoiler: Arashi]] as a ''Franchise/LupinIII'' pastiche, for the love of [[spoiler: Miwako]] as a schoolgirl in SailorFuku. She notes it's only natural [[spoiler: Arashi]] won, after all, he had a gun.
* In the second episode of ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'', Yuichi has these more frequently (and they become more indulgent/fantastical) as things continually get worse for him.
* ''Manga/{{Plica}}'' has several, though some of the other characters also get in on it.
* Happens a few times in ''Manga/PoisonBerryInMyBrain''; the sequences are appropriately labeled "Imagination".
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** Meowth of Team Rocket has done this about OncePerEpisode since Hoenn, thinking about what Giovanni would do with the Pokémon of the day. More often than not, the imagery is pretty weird. Everything from said Boss spontaneously performing a SuperDeformed Creator/GeneKelly dance routine, to said Boss [[FlungClothing stripping]] to a LoinCloth for almost ''no friggin' reason''. It helps that said Boss is TheComicallySerious, and the occasions with Meowth's accented voice filling in for what he imagines would be what Giovanni would say help even more. What makes it even more imaginative is that the three were probably the most pathetic excuses for Team Rocket members ever seen on the show, at least until they TookALevelInBadass in Unova, and that Giovanni mostly despises them.
** Who's an even more ComicallySerious than Giovanni? Why, [[KnightTemplar Cyrus]], of course. But that only serves to make [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/BlackjackGabbiani/Scans/dpa7bossfantasyclose.jpg this scene]] more hilarious, as the ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure'' heroes ponder where he could have gone after the Spear Pillar.
** There's Connoiseusse Burgundy, who has one involving Cilan mocking her and her Oshawott in a particularly cruel manner while Pansage just cackles viciously. [[NiceGuy Considering what Cilan's really like]], plus her evaluation of Ash's Pokemon in a negative light, it just shows how wacked out she really is.
** Piplup in "Piplup, Up, and Away!" kept imagining Dawn praising him and himself being a total badass.
** In the Johto episode ''Turning Over A New Bayleef'', at the beginning of the episode, the stew is prepared and Ash attempts to serve it. While Ash tries to keep Totodile at bay under the fear that Totodile might cause Ash to spill the stew, Bayleef is beginning to rush over to Ash, but halfway through, due to being too big to jump into Ash's arms because of the fact that she evolved from a Chikorita in the previous episode and that she caused Ash to be sent flying during a game of fetch, factored by the mention of the potential stew spillage, she stops running and looks up at a thought bubble above her head that the camera pans up to consisting of her (in a different style where her eyes are black dots) continuing to run up to Ash (who is in the same style), which sends him flying and causes the stew to spill on Ash, and Ash angrily yells, "Bayleef! I told you before, no Tackling!" After the camera pans back down on Bayleef, the thought bubble disappears, and Bayleef, shaking her head upon realizing that it might end badly, decides to simply walk.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** Every character indulges in this regularly. If there are any other people in the room, [[ImagineSpotting they usually comment on the scene]].
** Ranma is figuring out the best way to approach Akane while she's in the hospital bed. All of his imaginations ends up with them kissing, which makes him snap back to reality like he woke up from a nightmare.
* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'':
** PlayedForDrama more often than not with Sheryl imagining Akira executing her, drowning her, but most importantly, in one {{Foreshadowing}} a bloody future LoveTriangle, Sheryl sees Akira abandoning her forever after witnessing her HoldingHands with TheRival Katsuya. She also has a few erotic fantasies.
** Akira has a childish fantasy about using two assault rifles in GunsAkimbo that makes Alpha scold him how it'd wreck his arms if he wasn't wearing PoweredArmor as RequiredSecondaryPowers for it.
** Akira and Nojima each have one as part of a RunningGag about maid outfits. Due to Alpha and Shirakabe suggesting it, they both imagine buff male soldiers like Kurosawa fighting in maid uniforms since they provide better protection due to LostTechnology, leading to the desire for BrainBleach.
* Used several times in a row in an episode of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', when Nanami is trying to embarrass Anthy (and win Miki's affection) by planting weird stuff in her room. She envisions each ploy going off without a hitch, only to have them fail because Anthy is ''already'' keeping weird stuff in her room. And Miki finds it cute.
* Saitou Hajime of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': MemeticBadass, InspectorJavert, TheComicallySerious... and master of the trope. He makes the "If Kaoru → Tanuki and Megumi → Fox, then Misao → Weasel" in one and images a broom shooing away a rooster when Chou and Sanosuke get into an argument.
** In the anime, after Saitou casually drops the fact that he's married (and the manga has to add a NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer), there's an Imagine Spot of Saitou reclining on the statue of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva Bodhisattva]].
* We see Haruka's fantasies fairly often in ''Manga/SakuraTrick''.
* ''Manga/TheSecretRecipe'': In chapter 15, right after Wakatsuki had a brief daydream of Yuuko in a Naked Apron, one of the Cooking Club members bring up the upcoming cultural festival and asked what should their aprons be like. Cue immense blushing from Wakatsuki.
* In ''Manga/ASilentVoice'', Shouko has one of the TearJerker variety. [[spoiler: When she sees her grade school classroom, she starts imagining what those days would have been like if she not only had friends, but also if her family was together. This includes her grandma still being alive, her mother being more caring and less stressed, and her father actually being present in her life.]]
* ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'': Zen's fantasizing of riding with his girlfriend Shirayuki on his horse for a trip is shown right before she rides out on a horse on her own and reveals that since the last time they traveled together she's learned to ride. He then has to school his expression and congratulate her even though he'd been looking forward to a situation where he got to ride with her for months.
* In ''Manga/SoulEaterNot'', new student Tsugumi imagines herself surrounded by [[{{Bishonen}} pretty boys]] at the academy, but she snaps out of her thoughts once she sees [[IdiotHero Black Star]] punching a guy in the face. She also imagines the aforementioned pretty boys all clamoring to be her partner, but instead finds herself being fought over by two ''female'' classmates.
* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'':
** Yor tends to imagine herself brutally murdering her way through her problems, only to hastily remind herself that she can't kill innocent people. Overlaps with ImagineSpotting, since Anya is a telepath and can see these fantasies.
** Since Yor is worried Loid will leave her if he finds out that she's an assassin, Anya picked up on this, and tends to have the exact same terror. She keeps imagining what will happen if she fails to keep Loid from noticing Yor's suspicious combat skills.
--->'''Loid:''' Y-You're a hired killer? I want a divorce. The Forger family is no more! [-[[NonSequitur Also, let's abandon Anya.]]-]
* ''Anime/StarDriver'' has Wako doing almost exactly the same thing, complete with ''Ouran''-style captions. [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi style]]!
* ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'':
** In he manga, while Nobue is filling out a job application for one of the "zillions of 7-Elevens" in the area, the other girls contemplate what sorts of jobs they would want to get. The question is posed to Matsuri, and Miu imagines Matsuri in a few different kinds of jobs, coming up with the conclusion that Matsuri is not employable. When they consider the job of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue-pack_marketing handing out promotional tissues]], Miu remarks that "Matsuri wasn't able to do it at all just now," and imagines herself in the position, sneaking them into people's pockets and bags even if they refuse, and offering entire boxes at once.
** This also happens in the corresponding anime sequence, except with Miu imagining a single job for Matsuri and Ana (Matsuri as a sweet potato woman (like an ice cream woman, but with sweet potatoes) and Ana as a ball girl at a tennis court.) As for tissue pack marketing, Miu and Chika acted it out in real life with the same level of success as Matsuri.
* Junpei in ''Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent'' often has fantasies about {{panty shot}}s.
** A memorable example has Junpei, after discovered that Aya (his {{Meganekko}} schoolmates) is the mysterious girl with the strawberry panties, imagining of hug and grope both the nerdy-Aya and normal-Aya...in the middle of an exam!
* Used frequently in the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'', usually in hexagonal speech balloons, to show how Aya feels inside despite appearances.
* ''Manga/ToLoveRu Darkness'':
** Momo has one of the heavily censored kind when she thinks of Rito. And multiple somewhat less censored ones of how she hopes things will turn out during Rito's time alone with various individual harem-candidates. The actual events are invariably tamer than what Momo is hoping for (though still very much NSFW thanks to his Accidental Pervert nature).
** Many of the girls seem to be developing powerful fantasies based around Rito. Yui, for example, is constantly imagining herself in the role of wife and mother.
** The first series has Rito imagine Haruna in a bikini in the first chapter.
* ''Anime/UsagichanDeCue'': Miku imagines herself and Haru as naked newlyweds. Later, Miku learns that Mimika has "slept with" Haru (just sleeping, no hanky-panky) and imagines Mimika and Haru as a naked couple.
* ''Manga/WithTheLight'': In the first chapter, Sachiko has a few in which Hikaru is a neurotypical young boy who's happily willing to be held in his mother's arms, being read to on her lap, and being taught and speaking words.
[[/folder]]



[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Subverted and/or {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' where Liz and Jack are discussing some of Tracy Jordan's more outrageous antics. Instead of cutting away with clips to illustrate them, however, the scene stays on Liz and Jack who have this exchange:
-->'''Liz:''' And I am thinking of some of them right now.\\
'''Jack:''' So am I.
* Australian TV series ''30 Seconds'' has a slight variation on this; the main character, who works in commercials, sometimes has delusions that he's watching a commercial in real life. These seem to be [[PaintingTheMedium superimposed]] over what's actually in front of his eyes rather than actual full ''Scrubs'' style daydreams. Also, they tend to have swear words.
* ''Series/AllInTheFamily'': very early episode from the first season, "Archie Writes the President," sees Archie have his own Imagine Spot – he reads his letter to [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon President Nixon]] in praise for his performance, with the entire family gathered around, nodding in approval as a patriotic hymn plays as background music. (The letter, by the way, was inspired after Archie learns that Mike had written Nixon, critical of his policies.)
* ''Series/AllyMcBeal'': Part of the show's SignatureStyle. Ally has them on a regular basis. It becomes a problem when she cannot distinguish them from reality. For example, one episode she kept seeing a famous singer, and she nearly attacked a real one who by chance appeared in their favourite bar. And she kicks a child attorney in the back because she thought she was hallucinating about her "dancing baby".
* ''Series/AndyRichterControlsTheUniverse'' used it as a central theme, often with voiceover commentary by Andy. Example: "I was thinking about what it would be like if I had wheels for feet. In case you were wondering, here's what it would look like!"
* Austin out of ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' has a spot where he imagines his voice being changed to a chipmunk voice after a vocal surgery to remove nodules from his throat.
* ''Series/TheBoys2019''
** When offered a $45,000 hush money in 'compensation' for the accidental death of his girlfriend due to a superhero running into her at superspeed, Hughie Campbell loses his temper and demands to know why no-one will actually say to his face that they're sorry. Cut to him sitting quietly telling the Vought lawyer that he'll think about it. The scene becomes a MeaningfulEcho when he uses the words for real when pretending he's accepting the money, after Butcher recruits him for The Boys.
** In "[[Recap/TheBoysS0205WeGottaGoNow We Gotta Go Now]]", faced with a crowd of hostile protesters, Homelander imagines using his eyebeams to massacre them before he snaps out of it, shocked at how close he came to throwing away the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity public image that he holds so dear.]]
* Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}:
** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
*** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody The Body]]" managed to do the most depressing use of this trope ever when [[spoiler: Joyce is rushed to the hospital and saved-- cut to the paramedics declaring her dead from an aneurysm]].
*** Faith has one in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou Who Are You]]", where after Willow says something derogatory about Faith, imagines stabbing her in the stomach. The scene immediately cuts back to Faith-in-Buffy telling an unharmed Willow she will always be safe with he around.
*** Later, in the season 7 episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E16Storyteller Storyteller]]", [[spoiler: Andrew]] has a few of these, in the present as well as in his flashback.
** ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
*** Possibly the funniest thirty seconds in the show's five seasons involved [[SociallyAwkwardHero Angel]] in "[[Recap/AngelS01E13She She]]", at a party, being asked if he wanted to dance. The ensuing Imagine Spot is brilliance.
*** Another hilarious imagine spot, in a DeletedScene from "[[Recap/AngelS03E13WaitingInTheWings Waiting in the Wings]]", involved Wesley imagining himself and Fred starring in a ballet. Creator/AmyAcker was actually trained as a dancer, so Fred was pretty good. Wesley... not so much.
*** "[[Recap/AngelS01E19Sanctuary Sanctuary]]" has much more serious one, continuing the trend from ''Buffy'', that sees Faith, now back in her own body, and having suffered a serious mental breakdown and very much suicidal, being led to Angel's bed. Angel leaves a barely even functioning Faith, when she calls his name. Angel turns around only to be stabbed in the face by an enraged Faith. Only for the scene to cut back to Faith, still lying in the bed, where she says nothing, and Angel walks out.
* Used frequently in ''Series/CornerGas'', to the extent that it's been described as "[[JustForFun/XMeetsY Seinfeld meets Family Guy]] [[RecycledInSpace in rural Canada]]."
* ''Series/{{Coupling}}'': The episode "Naked" has two in quick succession. When Julia explains to the girls what was going through her head during an AlmostKiss with her coworker Jeff, we see the kiss play out followed by him insulting her breath, her teeth, etc. We then see Jeff's own ImagineSpot of this, which is rather more extreme:
-->'''Patrick''': That's what you thought would happen if you kissed her?\\
'''Steve''': You think if you kiss a woman, your mother will emasculate you with a miniature guillotine?
* ''Series/DeadLikeMe'': George lets Mason take care of her dog. She then wonders if he's taking care of it properly or merely using it for some harebrained scheme. Like, say, attracting women, then sitting in a hot tub with the women and the dog. And then she forgets it never actually happened, so she scolds him for bringing her dog into a hot tub.
* One day Manny of ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'' imagines herself as Cinderella with Craig as her Prince. Her dream begins to take reality when they go on their first date in that episode.
* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'':
** All the times his dead foster father Harry shows up to remind him of The Code count, as Dexter converses with him. In the sixth season, when a short arc in which Dexter's dead serial killer brother replaces his father in these Imagine Spots (and temporarily convinces Dexter to go AxeCrazy) is used to foreshadow the reveal that [[spoiler: Edward James Olmos' EvilMentor / BigBad is really a figment of the real villain's Imagine Spots.]]
** At the end of the Ice Truck Killer arc, where he's walking up to the office Hollywood style -- red carpet walkway flanked with adoring fans.
--->"Hey Dex, way to take out the trash!"
* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters Love And Monsters]]" similarly had the main character flash to clips, including one of Elton John.
* The early-90s {{Creator/HBO}} series ''Series/DreamOn'' used a variation on the Imagine Spot as its primary gimmick. But instead of segments featuring the ''Dream On'' cast, clips from old movies and TV shows were used for the Imagine Spots of its main character, Martin Tupper.
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' has this as a main gimmick. You can expect a few of these per episode. Most of them are from Chris's point of view, but every character has one occasionally.
* ''Series/EverythingNow'': Alex gives an angry TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to his family during therapy, then it's revealed he'd just imagined this and gives only a mild reply in reality.
* An early television example featured on ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin''. Every time his wife mentioned her mother, the screen showed a hippopotamus. It even got to the point where we knew the WIFE was thinking of a hippopotamus.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', episode "Scratch 'n Sniff", though some question exists as to whether they were Imagine Spots or flashbacks.
** And any sequence with Harvey, the Scorpius neuro-clone. Harvey "lives" in Crichton's mind and the two regularly converse. Their conversations usually take place in Imagine Spots - some of them based on Crichton's memories and some of them not -- usually humorous movie {{Shout Out}}s.
* Common in ''Series/FatherTed''. To the point where [[TheDitz Dougal]] needed a chart to tell the difference between dreams and reality.
* Roz finds out that the woman ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' made out with on air is their station manager Kate Costas. While Frasier is explaining why he did it Roz imagines a scene of Frasier unbuckling his pants, reaching out for Kate and clumsily tripping over as he walks towards her. When Frasier gets Roz's attention again she snaps out of the spot with a muttered "Boy, I'll never do ''that'' again".
* Happens a few times on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', like a Season 1 episode where disabled Artie imagines himself getting out of his wheelchair and dancing around the mall in a flashmob, and in Season 2 where all the characters go to the dentist, get put to sleep, and imagine themselves hanging out with Britney Spears. Also, Tina has had ''two'' that were induced by hitting her head. The first time she imagines herself turning into Rachel and all of the other characters switching, and the second time she imagines her and her friends' lives like the show ''Series/{{Friends}}''. A lot of the songs and performances are also dream sequences.
* ''Series/HappyDays'': In "They Call It Potsie Love," Joanie develops a crush on Potsie. At home Joanie falls asleep and fantasizes that she and Potsie get married--and that Potsie is cool and Fonzie is a nerd!
* This is the central trope of ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'', in which a {{Sentai}} team battles imaginary threats.
* ''Series/TheHoganFamily'': The Season 2 episode "Leave It To Willie," where Willie imagines himself explaining his predicament – causing a hit-and-run accident while stealing his father's car for a joy ride – and basically getting away with it. The moral in this Imagine Spot is supposedly, "Tell the truth and you'll be absolved." Of course, reality doesn't work out that way – he admits his deed to his mother and gets punished, learning instead that actions do have consequences that aren't always good.
* Used frequently in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Given the flashback format of the show, the imagine spots will be told as if they were what actually happened, and then be interrupted by [[TheNarrator Future Ted]] saying something along the lines of "That's what [[HonoraryUncle Uncle Marshall]] should have said," or "But unfortunately, that's not what happened."
** The episode [[spoiler: The Time Travelers]] is one. The realization is quite surprising and leads to the DarkestHour for Ted before he meets The Mother.
* ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' "Conning the Artists". The team are being held prisoner by a katana-wielding Japanese man seeking revenge for one of their cons. Danny, realising that taking on the position of leader means that IKnowKarate, gets to his feet and takes him on (including BringIt and ExplodingFishTanks) ending with Stacie throwing herself into his arms, praising his bravery and [[SmoochOfVictory kissing him]]. Cut to Danny with puckered lips as he's curtly told to sit down by Katana Man.
* ''Series/ICarly'': In "iFind Lewbert's Lost Love" Carly and Freddie have a synchronous daydream on how life in the Bushwell will be much better if the irate doorman Lewbert is "a happy man". Carly, Freddie and Lewbert dance around as balloons fall. [[DeadpanSnarker Sam breaks them out of their over-the-top fantasy]].
* On ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' Mac gets a chance to hit a possible goal shot at a Flyers game. We see him hit the ice, get to center rink, hit a goal that rips the net, the announcers hailing it as the best shot they've ever seen and the crowd chanting his name. The chanting turns out to be Charlie calling Mac's name as Mac (who's never skated in his life) took one step on the ice, fell and knocked himself unconscious to massive laughter.
** Feeling put down by rivals at a high school reunion, the gang put on a fantastic dance routine set to George Michael's "Freedom." The camera then cuts back to show the reality, that the dance is a complete mess of flaying limbs and stumbling (and the song, coming from a tiny boombox in a big auditorium, is inaudible). Leaving, the gang mutter about no one liking their dance.
** The Season 9 episode "The Gang Saves The Day" is entirely made of this trope. The gang goes into a convenience store. Someone holds up the cashier at gunpoint. Each member fantasizes about what they would do to ([[HeroicComedicSociopath for the most part]]) foil the robbery. The humor mainly comes from how self-centered and delusional the heroes are. (One of the fantasies is ''[[MediumShiftGag animated]]''.)
* ''Series/JandaKembang'':
** When Seli claims that her skincare product will make RT leader looks like a Korean artist, he imagines himself and Sri acting out a K-Drama style scene.
** In episode 8, Seli and Neneng take turns imagining how they would not forget each other if they become famous. Humorously, Neneng would always be Seli's assistant in both Imagine Spots that are shown.
** After discovering a lot of money in his missing passenger's bag, Rais imagines having Seli and Neneng fawning over him and his money, before the scene switch back to reality where he is ActingOutADaydream.
* In the ''Series/LasVegas'' episode "And Here's Mike with the Weather", Danny and Mike have two pretty funny ones of these when they think Ed may have had an affair with the deranged Monica Mancuso, a previous owner of the casino. The first involves Monica being dominant and Ed submissive behind closed doors, and the second the other way around.
* In the ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' episode "The Scheherezade Job", Nate has a meeting with the woman who is blackmailing them. After telling him what he needs to know about their current mark, she explains that Nate messed up her date and offers to have dinner with him. Cue to Nate imagining a nice, romantic dinner with her, interrupted by one of her {{Mooks}} choking him with a garrote, while she is drinking wine. Nate makes up a lame excuse and, once she leaves, feels his neck uncomfortably.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' frequently uses it.
* Wendy of ''Series/TheMiddleMan'' often drops into Imagine Spot sequences when people ask her questions she needs to answer, or when she has a "Eureka!" moment.
* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'':
** In episode 10, Prima imagines how he would attract many women if he has a CoolCar. After seeing Bambang's bland new car, Prima has a similiar Imagine Spot, except this time with Bambang's car and only one ugly woman wants him.
** Pipin, Alan and Prima has one in episode 21, imagining the then-famous Bambang promoting Pipin's ''gado-gado'' with a song and a dance.
** When substituting for Pipin as Mami Bibir's cleaning person in episode 33, Alan briefly imagines Pipin being there and making him a sandwich.
** In episode 43, Akbar tells Prima how Prima could be an artist like he wishes if he puts all his effort. Prima then imagines how he would be in Alexi's place (being crowded by women) if he actually put the effort.
** In episode 61, Bambang begins to consider giving Melani [[CoordinatedClothes matching hats]] and imagines what would happen if he does it. One Imagine Spot later, he realizes Melani would find it tacky and chew him out for it.
* ''Series/MohawkGirls'': Characters frequently imagine others' reactions to what they're saying or doing (and even occasionally their own), then the actual reaction is shown that's often different from this entirely.
%%* Used liberally in ''Series/{{Mongrels}}''.
* In ''Series/TheMonkees'' this is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d and combined with BreakingTheFourthWall in "Monstrous Monkee Mash" when the episode's villain intrudes on a fantasy scene that Micky and Davy are having. "Hey, what are you doing? This is our fantasy scene!"
* In ''Series/{{Mortified}}'', Taylor frequently imagines that she SpeaksFluentAnimal.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': At a crucial point during each episode, Murdoch will have an Imagine Spot that shows him "witnessing" the crime as it's taking place. In "The Murdoch Identity", he dreams one of these while having a nap on Anna Fulford's sofa as well as having small ones rather like fragments of memory [[spoiler: in part since he's suffering the after-effects of a brain injury]]. Jasper Linney, Brackenreid and Dr. Ogden have each shared the Imagine Spot with him once, Brackenreid and Murdoch each have their own (solving the same case by different routes) in "Murdoch at the Opera", and in the Season 7 finale Brackenreid takes Murdoch's place in the Imagine Spot while solving the B-plot case.
* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': In daydreams, Ned has a few of these. "Stress" also has a few with both Ned and Moze. One of the more jarring for Ned was when he imagined he was seeing Suzie and another boy in a football uniform getting married. In fact, Suzie was in a white dress standing next to a practice football tackle with a helmet on top. After someone tried to get his attention, he looked back only for someone to come and take the helmet off. Cue Ned looking shocked and confused.
* In the ITV adaptation of ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey'', Catherine Morland has two before the opening credits, involving being in IHaveYouNowMyPretty situations with ruffians who strangely resemble people she will meet in Bath. The second one reoccurs when Catherine is at the Abbey, with Henry riding in on a white horse to rescue her from the villains.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
** This is probably the series' central comedic tool, and it's used to great effect. Usually J.D. does this, to the point where other characters {{lampshade|Hanging}} it increasingly as the series goes on, mentioning how one was really long, messing with him while he is in his head, triggering one on purpose to get him to zone out, and so on. Usually after his fantasy he says something that would sound completely weird if we weren't shown the Imagine Spot, and sometimes it does in fact provoke InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement. And his propensity to do this is apparently infectious, as his friends occasionally indulge in it as well, though far less regularly.
** Several episodes aren't centered on J.D.'s point of view, so in those episodes this trope happens ''without'' the cut, so all we see is J.D. staring off into space and saying something weird when he comes out of it.
--->"We're gonna need a lot of gnomes..."
* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode, "The Baby Shower", when Kramer hooks Jerry up with illegal free cable, Jerry has a nightmare where the government arrests him and shoots him multiple times. This is one of the points of the series that the cast clearly does not remember fondly, because it was out-of-character for a show that was supposed to be about nothing.
* In ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'', the president Vasiliy, a former history teacher, frequently imagines receiving advice from historical figures when he is in a dilemma.
%%* Used frequently on ''Series/SesameStreet''.
* ''Series/SharpObjects'': As part of its central style, the show frequently intercuts brief images to show what Camilla is remembering or imagining. The show opens with Camille imagining Marian and her younger self sneaking into her apartment and touching her hand as she sleeps.
* Played straight in nearly every episode of ''Series/SonOfTheBeach'', but subverted in one in which Notch Johnson was informed that one of his lifeguards once won a preteen breast size contest. Intrigued by what such a contest would be like, the Imagine Spot begins to take form, when suddenly the scene cuts to pornographer Larry Flynt saying that, while he is all for free speech, some things are just obscene. Afterwards, Notch clarified that he meant what those girls would look like ''now''.
* Used a lot in ''Series/{{Spaced}}'', usually as pop-culture references or scenes from movies done with a fraction of the budget.
* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "200" includes memorable segments such as "Children of the Gods" done with marionettes, Teal'c as a private investigator, ''SG-1'' [[YoungerAndHipper cast with teenagers]], and [[ShipTease a Sam/Jack wedding]] with a nod to [[HoYay Jack/Daniel]].
* The titular protagonist of ''Series/SunesJul'', being a very imaginative and mildly odd kid, has a tendency toward this. He is shown imagining anything from his dad setting fire to a carpet, to someone plotting to steal his girlfriend Sophie from him hiding in her closet, to ending up in court over illegally cutting down a pine tree.
%%* ''Series/That70sShow'' used a lot of these.
* In ''Series/{{Titus}}'', we have Christopher's 'Negative Space', where he reflects upon events in his own mind, which can include flashbacks AND flashforwards. Subverted in 'The Trial' where Christopher insults the judge in the Negative Space, and is apparently heard by those in the courtroom.
* On ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' a captive priest is given the chance to gain his freedom by carrying a red hot sword across a village to the Viking queen. He sees himself protected by his Catholic faith, easily handling the sword and putting it at the Queen's feet to great awe. Then the sword is put into his hands, he screams in agony and only makes it halfway before collapsing in tears as the Vikings laugh.
* ''Series/{{Vinyl}}'' has several scenes devoted to characters listening to music on records and radio, and imagining the actual singers of the song in their presence as they hear it. For instance, Devon Finestra (Creator/OliviaWilde) listens to Karen Carpenter on the radio and the camera shows via a dreamy filter and unusual lighting, "Karen Carpenter" sitting next to her in the car and singing the same song. This is meant to reflect the self-absorption and identification with music people experience in their daily lives.
** A sadder example is Lester, a once promising singer until an altercation with the mob had his throat crushed, ruining his voice. Listening to old recordings, he imagines himself as a singing star with his wife and children, living in a great home with bright light. It then turns to today as he can barely croak out the words as he sits in a run-down apartment by himself.
* ''Series/WeAreLadyParts'': Episodes occasionally swerve into Amina's imagination as she either launches into musical numbers in her head or delves into fantasies about what's going on around her.
[[/folder]]

to:

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Subverted and/or {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' where Liz and Jack are discussing some of Tracy Jordan's more outrageous antics. Instead of cutting away with clips to illustrate them, however, the scene stays on Liz and Jack who have this exchange:
-->'''Liz:''' And I am thinking of some of them right now.\\
'''Jack:''' So am I.
* Australian TV series ''30 Seconds'' has a slight variation on this; the main character, who works in commercials, sometimes has delusions that he's watching a commercial in real life. These seem to be [[PaintingTheMedium superimposed]] over what's actually in front of his eyes rather than actual full ''Scrubs'' style daydreams. Also, they tend to have swear words.
* ''Series/AllInTheFamily'': very early episode from the first season, "Archie Writes the President," sees Archie have his own Imagine Spot – he reads his letter to [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon President Nixon]] in praise for his performance, with the entire family gathered around, nodding in approval as a patriotic hymn plays as background music. (The letter, by the way, was inspired after Archie learns that Mike had written Nixon, critical of his policies.)
* ''Series/AllyMcBeal'': Part of the show's SignatureStyle. Ally has them on a regular basis. It becomes a problem when she cannot distinguish them from reality. For example, one episode she kept seeing a famous singer, and she nearly attacked a real one who by chance appeared in their favourite bar. And she kicks a child attorney in the back because she thought she was hallucinating about her "dancing baby".
* ''Series/AndyRichterControlsTheUniverse'' used it as a central theme, often with voiceover commentary by Andy. Example: "I was thinking about what it would be like if I had wheels for feet. In case you were wondering, here's what it would look like!"
* Austin out of ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' has a spot where he imagines his voice being changed to a chipmunk voice after a vocal surgery to remove nodules from his throat.
* ''Series/TheBoys2019''
** When offered a $45,000 hush money in 'compensation' for the accidental death of his girlfriend due to a superhero running into her at superspeed, Hughie Campbell loses his temper and demands to know why no-one will actually say to his face that they're sorry. Cut to him sitting quietly telling the Vought lawyer that he'll think about it. The scene becomes a MeaningfulEcho when he uses the words for real when pretending he's accepting the money, after Butcher recruits him for The Boys.
** In "[[Recap/TheBoysS0205WeGottaGoNow We Gotta Go Now]]", faced with a crowd of hostile protesters, Homelander imagines using his eyebeams to massacre them before he snaps out of it, shocked at how close he came to throwing away the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity public image that he holds so dear.]]
* Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}:
** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
*** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody The Body]]" managed to do the most depressing use of this trope ever when [[spoiler: Joyce is rushed to the hospital and saved-- cut to the paramedics declaring her dead from an aneurysm]].
*** Faith has one in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou Who Are You]]", where after Willow says something derogatory about Faith, imagines stabbing her in the stomach. The scene immediately cuts back to Faith-in-Buffy telling an unharmed Willow she will always be safe with he around.
*** Later, in the season 7 episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E16Storyteller Storyteller]]", [[spoiler: Andrew]] has a few of these, in the present as well as in his flashback.
** ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
*** Possibly the funniest thirty seconds in the show's five seasons involved [[SociallyAwkwardHero Angel]] in "[[Recap/AngelS01E13She She]]", at a party, being asked if he wanted to dance. The ensuing Imagine Spot is brilliance.
*** Another hilarious imagine spot, in a DeletedScene from "[[Recap/AngelS03E13WaitingInTheWings Waiting in the Wings]]", involved Wesley imagining himself and Fred starring in a ballet. Creator/AmyAcker was actually trained as a dancer, so Fred was pretty good. Wesley... not so much.
*** "[[Recap/AngelS01E19Sanctuary Sanctuary]]" has much more serious one, continuing the trend from ''Buffy'', that sees Faith, now back in her own body, and having suffered a serious mental breakdown and very much suicidal, being led to Angel's bed. Angel leaves a barely even functioning Faith, when she calls his name. Angel turns around only to be stabbed in the face by an enraged Faith. Only for the scene to cut back to Faith, still lying in the bed, where she says nothing, and Angel walks out.
* Used frequently in ''Series/CornerGas'', to the extent that it's been described as "[[JustForFun/XMeetsY Seinfeld meets Family Guy]] [[RecycledInSpace in rural Canada]]."
* ''Series/{{Coupling}}'': The episode "Naked" has two in quick succession. When Julia explains to the girls what was going through her head during an AlmostKiss with her coworker Jeff, we see the kiss play out followed by him insulting her breath, her teeth, etc. We then see Jeff's own ImagineSpot of this, which is rather more extreme:
-->'''Patrick''': That's what you thought would happen if you kissed her?\\
'''Steve''': You think if you kiss a woman, your mother will emasculate you with a miniature guillotine?
* ''Series/DeadLikeMe'': George lets Mason take care of her dog. She then wonders if he's taking care of it properly or merely using it for some harebrained scheme. Like, say, attracting women, then sitting in a hot tub with the women and the dog. And then she forgets it never actually happened, so she scolds him for bringing her dog into a hot tub.
* One day Manny of ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'' imagines herself as Cinderella with Craig as her Prince. Her dream begins to take reality when they go on their first date in that episode.
* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'':
** All the times his dead foster father Harry shows up to remind him of The Code count, as Dexter converses with him. In the sixth season, when a short arc in which Dexter's dead serial killer brother replaces his father in these Imagine Spots (and temporarily convinces Dexter to go AxeCrazy) is used to foreshadow the reveal that [[spoiler: Edward James Olmos' EvilMentor / BigBad is really a figment of the real villain's Imagine Spots.]]
** At the end of the Ice Truck Killer arc, where he's walking up to the office Hollywood style -- red carpet walkway flanked with adoring fans.
--->"Hey Dex, way to take out the trash!"
* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters Love And Monsters]]" similarly had the main character flash to clips, including one of Elton John.
* The early-90s {{Creator/HBO}} series ''Series/DreamOn'' used a variation on the Imagine Spot as its primary gimmick. But instead of segments featuring the ''Dream On'' cast, clips from old movies and TV shows were used for the Imagine Spots of its main character, Martin Tupper.
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' has this as a main gimmick. You can expect a few of these per episode. Most of them are from Chris's point of view, but every character has one occasionally.
* ''Series/EverythingNow'': Alex gives an angry TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to his family during therapy, then it's revealed he'd just imagined this and gives only a mild reply in reality.
* An early television example featured on ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin''. Every time his wife mentioned her mother, the screen showed a hippopotamus. It even got to the point where we knew the WIFE was thinking of a hippopotamus.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', episode "Scratch 'n Sniff", though some question exists as to whether they were Imagine Spots or flashbacks.
** And any sequence with Harvey, the Scorpius neuro-clone. Harvey "lives" in Crichton's mind and the two regularly converse. Their conversations usually take place in Imagine Spots - some of them based on Crichton's memories and some of them not -- usually humorous movie {{Shout Out}}s.
* Common in ''Series/FatherTed''. To the point where [[TheDitz Dougal]] needed a chart to tell the difference between dreams and reality.
* Roz finds out that the woman ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' made out with on air is their station manager Kate Costas. While Frasier is explaining why he did it Roz imagines a scene of Frasier unbuckling his pants, reaching out for Kate and clumsily tripping over as he walks towards her. When Frasier gets Roz's attention again she snaps out of the spot with a muttered "Boy, I'll never do ''that'' again".
* Happens a few times on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', like a Season 1 episode where disabled Artie imagines himself getting out of his wheelchair and dancing around the mall in a flashmob, and in Season 2 where all the characters go to the dentist, get put to sleep, and imagine themselves hanging out with Britney Spears. Also, Tina has had ''two'' that were induced by hitting her head. The first time she imagines herself turning into Rachel and all of the other characters switching, and the second time she imagines her and her friends' lives like the show ''Series/{{Friends}}''. A lot of the songs and performances are also dream sequences.
* ''Series/HappyDays'': In "They Call It Potsie Love," Joanie develops a crush on Potsie. At home Joanie falls asleep and fantasizes that she and Potsie get married--and that Potsie is cool and Fonzie is a nerd!
* This is the central trope of ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'', in which a {{Sentai}} team battles imaginary threats.
* ''Series/TheHoganFamily'': The Season 2 episode "Leave It To Willie," where Willie imagines himself explaining his predicament – causing a hit-and-run accident while stealing his father's car for a joy ride – and basically getting away with it. The moral in this Imagine Spot is supposedly, "Tell the truth and you'll be absolved." Of course, reality doesn't work out that way – he admits his deed to his mother and gets punished, learning instead that actions do have consequences that aren't always good.
* Used frequently in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Given the flashback format of the show, the imagine spots will be told as if they were what actually happened, and then be interrupted by [[TheNarrator Future Ted]] saying something along the lines of "That's what [[HonoraryUncle Uncle Marshall]] should have said," or "But unfortunately, that's not what happened."
** The episode [[spoiler: The Time Travelers]] is one. The realization is quite surprising and leads to the DarkestHour for Ted before he meets The Mother.
* ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' "Conning the Artists". The team are being held prisoner by a katana-wielding Japanese man seeking revenge for one of their cons. Danny, realising that taking on the position of leader means that IKnowKarate, gets to his feet and takes him on (including BringIt and ExplodingFishTanks) ending with Stacie throwing herself into his arms, praising his bravery and [[SmoochOfVictory kissing him]]. Cut to Danny with puckered lips as he's curtly told to sit down by Katana Man.
* ''Series/ICarly'': In "iFind Lewbert's Lost Love" Carly and Freddie have a synchronous daydream on how life in the Bushwell will be much better if the irate doorman Lewbert is "a happy man". Carly, Freddie and Lewbert dance around as balloons fall. [[DeadpanSnarker Sam breaks them out of their over-the-top fantasy]].
* On ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' Mac gets a chance to hit a possible goal shot at a Flyers game. We see him hit the ice, get to center rink, hit a goal that rips the net, the announcers hailing it as the best shot they've ever seen and the crowd chanting his name. The chanting turns out to be Charlie calling Mac's name as Mac (who's never skated in his life) took one step on the ice, fell and knocked himself unconscious to massive laughter.
** Feeling put down by rivals at a high school reunion, the gang put on a fantastic dance routine set to George Michael's "Freedom." The camera then cuts back to show the reality, that the dance is a complete mess of flaying limbs and stumbling (and the song, coming from a tiny boombox in a big auditorium, is inaudible). Leaving, the gang mutter about no one liking their dance.
** The Season 9 episode "The Gang Saves The Day" is entirely made of this trope. The gang goes into a convenience store. Someone holds up the cashier at gunpoint. Each member fantasizes about what they would do to ([[HeroicComedicSociopath for the most part]]) foil the robbery. The humor mainly comes from how self-centered and delusional the heroes are. (One of the fantasies is ''[[MediumShiftGag animated]]''.)
* ''Series/JandaKembang'':
** When Seli claims that her skincare product will make RT leader looks like a Korean artist, he imagines himself and Sri acting out a K-Drama style scene.
** In episode 8, Seli and Neneng take turns imagining how they would not forget each other if they become famous. Humorously, Neneng would always be Seli's assistant in both Imagine Spots that are shown.
** After discovering a lot of money in his missing passenger's bag, Rais imagines having Seli and Neneng fawning over him and his money, before the scene switch back to reality where he is ActingOutADaydream.
* In the ''Series/LasVegas'' episode "And Here's Mike with the Weather", Danny and Mike have two pretty funny ones of these when they think Ed may have had an affair with the deranged Monica Mancuso, a previous owner of the casino. The first involves Monica being dominant and Ed submissive behind closed doors, and the second the other way around.
* In the ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' episode "The Scheherezade Job", Nate has a meeting with the woman who is blackmailing them. After telling him what he needs to know about their current mark, she explains that Nate messed up her date and offers to have dinner with him. Cue to Nate imagining a nice, romantic dinner with her, interrupted by one of her {{Mooks}} choking him with a garrote, while she is drinking wine. Nate makes up a lame excuse and, once she leaves, feels his neck uncomfortably.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' frequently uses it.
* Wendy of ''Series/TheMiddleMan'' often drops into Imagine Spot sequences when people ask her questions she needs to answer, or when she has a "Eureka!" moment.
* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'':
** In episode 10, Prima imagines how he would attract many women if he has a CoolCar. After seeing Bambang's bland new car, Prima has a similiar Imagine Spot, except this time with Bambang's car and only one ugly woman wants him.
** Pipin, Alan and Prima has one in episode 21, imagining the then-famous Bambang promoting Pipin's ''gado-gado'' with a song and a dance.
** When substituting for Pipin as Mami Bibir's cleaning person in episode 33, Alan briefly imagines Pipin being there and making him a sandwich.
** In episode 43, Akbar tells Prima how Prima could be an artist like he wishes if he puts all his effort. Prima then imagines how he would be in Alexi's place (being crowded by women) if he actually put the effort.
** In episode 61, Bambang begins to consider giving Melani [[CoordinatedClothes matching hats]] and imagines what would happen if he does it. One Imagine Spot later, he realizes Melani would find it tacky and chew him out for it.
* ''Series/MohawkGirls'': Characters frequently imagine others' reactions to what they're saying or doing (and even occasionally their own), then the actual reaction is shown that's often different from this entirely.
%%* Used liberally in ''Series/{{Mongrels}}''.
* In ''Series/TheMonkees'' this is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d and combined with BreakingTheFourthWall in "Monstrous Monkee Mash" when the episode's villain intrudes on a fantasy scene that Micky and Davy are having. "Hey, what are you doing? This is our fantasy scene!"
* In ''Series/{{Mortified}}'', Taylor frequently imagines that she SpeaksFluentAnimal.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': At a crucial point during each episode, Murdoch will have an Imagine Spot that shows him "witnessing" the crime as it's taking place. In "The Murdoch Identity", he dreams one of these while having a nap on Anna Fulford's sofa as well as having small ones rather like fragments of memory [[spoiler: in part since he's suffering the after-effects of a brain injury]]. Jasper Linney, Brackenreid and Dr. Ogden have each shared the Imagine Spot with him once, Brackenreid and Murdoch each have their own (solving the same case by different routes) in "Murdoch at the Opera", and in the Season 7 finale Brackenreid takes Murdoch's place in the Imagine Spot while solving the B-plot case.
* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': In daydreams, Ned has a few of these. "Stress" also has a few with both Ned and Moze. One of the more jarring for Ned was when he imagined he was seeing Suzie and another boy in a football uniform getting married. In fact, Suzie was in a white dress standing next to a practice football tackle with a helmet on top. After someone tried to get his attention, he looked back only for someone to come and take the helmet off. Cue Ned looking shocked and confused.
* In the ITV adaptation of ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey'', Catherine Morland has two before the opening credits, involving being in IHaveYouNowMyPretty situations with ruffians who strangely resemble people she will meet in Bath. The second one reoccurs when Catherine is at the Abbey, with Henry riding in on a white horse to rescue her from the villains.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
** This is probably the series' central comedic tool, and it's used to great effect. Usually J.D. does this, to the point where other characters {{lampshade|Hanging}} it increasingly as the series goes on, mentioning how one was really long, messing with him while he is in his head, triggering one on purpose to get him to zone out, and so on. Usually after his fantasy he says something that would sound completely weird if we weren't shown the Imagine Spot, and sometimes it does in fact provoke InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement. And his propensity to do this is apparently infectious, as his friends occasionally indulge in it as well, though far less regularly.
** Several episodes aren't centered on J.D.'s point of view, so in those episodes this trope happens ''without'' the cut, so all we see is J.D. staring off into space and saying something weird when he comes out of it.
--->"We're gonna need a lot of gnomes..."
* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode, "The Baby Shower", when Kramer hooks Jerry up with illegal free cable, Jerry has a nightmare where the government arrests him and shoots him multiple times. This is one of the points of the series that the cast clearly does not remember fondly, because it was out-of-character for a show that was supposed to be about nothing.
* In ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'', the president Vasiliy, a former history teacher, frequently imagines receiving advice from historical figures when he is in a dilemma.
%%* Used frequently on ''Series/SesameStreet''.
* ''Series/SharpObjects'': As part of its central style, the show frequently intercuts brief images to show what Camilla is remembering or imagining. The show opens with Camille imagining Marian and her younger self sneaking into her apartment and touching her hand as she sleeps.
* Played straight in nearly every episode of ''Series/SonOfTheBeach'', but subverted in one in which Notch Johnson was informed that one of his lifeguards once won a preteen breast size contest. Intrigued by what such a contest would be like, the Imagine Spot begins to take form, when suddenly the scene cuts to pornographer Larry Flynt saying that, while he is all for free speech, some things are just obscene. Afterwards, Notch clarified that he meant what those girls would look like ''now''.
* Used a lot in ''Series/{{Spaced}}'', usually as pop-culture references or scenes from movies done with a fraction of the budget.
* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "200" includes memorable segments such as "Children of the Gods" done with marionettes, Teal'c as a private investigator, ''SG-1'' [[YoungerAndHipper cast with teenagers]], and [[ShipTease a Sam/Jack wedding]] with a nod to [[HoYay Jack/Daniel]].
* The titular protagonist of ''Series/SunesJul'', being a very imaginative and mildly odd kid, has a tendency toward this. He is shown imagining anything from his dad setting fire to a carpet, to someone plotting to steal his girlfriend Sophie from him hiding in her closet, to ending up in court over illegally cutting down a pine tree.
%%* ''Series/That70sShow'' used a lot of these.
* In ''Series/{{Titus}}'', we have Christopher's 'Negative Space', where he reflects upon events in his own mind, which can include flashbacks AND flashforwards. Subverted in 'The Trial' where Christopher insults the judge in the Negative Space, and is apparently heard by those in the courtroom.
* On ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' a captive priest is given the chance to gain his freedom by carrying a red hot sword across a village to the Viking queen. He sees himself protected by his Catholic faith, easily handling the sword and putting it at the Queen's feet to great awe. Then the sword is put into his hands, he screams in agony and only makes it halfway before collapsing in tears as the Vikings laugh.
* ''Series/{{Vinyl}}'' has several scenes devoted to characters listening to music on records and radio, and imagining the actual singers of the song in their presence as they hear it. For instance, Devon Finestra (Creator/OliviaWilde) listens to Karen Carpenter on the radio and the camera shows via a dreamy filter and unusual lighting, "Karen Carpenter" sitting next to her in the car and singing the same song. This is meant to reflect the self-absorption and identification with music people experience in their daily lives.
** A sadder example is Lester, a once promising singer until an altercation with the mob had his throat crushed, ruining his voice. Listening to old recordings, he imagines himself as a singing star with his wife and children, living in a great home with bright light. It then turns to today as he can barely croak out the words as he sits in a run-down apartment by himself.
* ''Series/WeAreLadyParts'': Episodes occasionally swerve into Amina's imagination as she either launches into musical numbers in her head or delves into fantasies about what's going on around her.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added example(s)

Added DiffLines:

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1235011/6/Go-With-the-Tide Go With the Tide]]'':
-->Harry swallowed nervously. Remus added, almost too low to hear, but still crystal to Harry's now-sensitized ears: "I believe in you, and so does Snape, even if he won't admit it."\\
\\
The image of Snape in black pon pons and cheerleader's skirt was amusing enough to make Harry smile and nod.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** In the sequel set in 1973 ''Film/AChristmasStoryChristmas'', Ralphie still does this as an adult with his visions of being a cowboy now influenced by 1960s/70s spaghetti Westerns and imagining himself going to prison for 10 years being visited by his wife and kids in period-correct 1983 fashions.

Changed: 37

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
trope was cut/disambiguated due to cleanup


'''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk:''' [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Bah! Fireboy bother Hulk! Go smash puny machine, fireboy]]! \\

to:

'''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk:''' [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Bah! Fireboy bother Hulk! Go smash puny machine, fireboy]]! fireboy! \\
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Series/EverythingNow'': Alex gives an angry TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to his family during therapy, then it's revealed he'd just imagined this and gives only a mild reply in reality.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Film/AChristmasStory'' has quite a few these, as Ralphie imagines quite a few things, not just life with his prized Red Ryder BB gun as the Page Image up top demonstrates. Here are the other spots:
** He imagines his teacher being wowed by his essay about getting a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas.
** Later, when he gets a C+, he sees the Wicked Witch of the West and an elf gloating about it.
** After the "fudge" incident, and getting his mouth washed out with soap, he imagines going blind because of it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Film/GetCarter2000'': Jack's fight with Con in the elevator. Before throwing down, Jack works out several scenarios in his head, estimating whether Con has enough time to draw his gun and shoot him at point blank range before Jack can fight back, or the likelihood that he'll just put the gun to Jack's head if Jack tries to go for the other guy.

to:

* ''Film/GetCarter2000'': Jack's fight with Con in the elevator. Before throwing down, Jack works out several scenarios in his head, estimating trying to estimate whether Con has enough time to draw his gun and shoot him at point blank range before Jack can fight back, or the likelihood that he'll just put the gun to Jack's head if Jack tries to go for the other guy.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Film/GetCarter2000'': Jack's fight with Con in the elevator. Before throwing down, Jack works out several scenarios in his head, estimating whether Con has enough time to draw his gun and shoot him at point blank range before Jack can fight back, or the likelihood that he'll just put the gun to Jack's head if Jack tries to go for the other guy.

Added: 6588

Changed: 444

Removed: 6680

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
alphabetizing


* In ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina: The Next Steps'', Angelina gets so caught up in hers that somebody usually has to shout her name a couple times to snap her out of it.



* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] these along with [[FramingDevice Framing Devices]] in [[spoiler: "Ruthie". After a particularly bad day, Princess Carolyn reveals to [=BoJack=] that she likes to pretend she has a great-great-great granddaughter who tells stories about her for school. This also happens to be the framing device for the episode, and because it's revealed Carolyn's had another miscarriage, Ruthie (the great-great-great granddaughter in question) doesn't necessarily exist. This all suggests that Carolyn will never be pregnant.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'': Muttley has an Imagine Spot once a week on his ''Magnificent Muttley'' segments.
-->''Wake up there, Muttley! You're dreaming again!''\\
''You're not Robin Hood and you're not Gunga Din!''\\
''You're not a brave knight, or a king who's been crowned!''\\
''You're just plain Muttley, the snickering hound!''



* MTV's ''WesternAnimation/{{Downtown}}'' had at least one per episode. More often than not, they would be Mecca's romantic fantasies or Jen's vivid plots of petty vengeance against the vapid and hip.



* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "Mac Daddy", Bloo finally ditches Cheese, but his guilty conscience leads to a series of [[ArtShift crudely-drawn]] fantasy sequences that involve Cheese getting himself hurt.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futz}}'': Whenever the titular character is facing a problem, he has one of these detailing how he would solve it.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** In "Legend of the Gobblewonker", Mabel imagines spending her half of the prize money for a monster photo contest on a human-sized hamster ball. Later, Dipper imagines himself becoming famous and getting interviewed on TV for catching the Gobblewonker on film... only for Mabel (still in her hamster-ball) to barge onto the set and demand an interview.
** In "Double Dipper", Dipper imagines himself winning Wendy over with [[ComplexityAddiction his twenty-step plan to ask her to dance]]. Later, he has a jealous fantasy in which [[SitcomArchNemesis Robbie]] steals Wendy away, and she ends up punching Dipper in the gut.
--->'''Tyrone:''' Hey buddy, it's me, you. [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike I just had the same jealous fantasy.]]
** In "The Golf War", Mabel imagines finally being able to have something to brag about over her rival [[AlphaBitch Pacifica]] after beating her at mini-golf; after she tells Pacifica off, Xyler and Kraz from "Dreamscaperers" come in dressed as paramedics and quip "We heard a little girl got seriously ''burned''!"



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'':
** In the BabysittingEpisode, Stumpy suggests to Kaeloo that she and Mr. Cat should have a baby. Quack Quack overhears this and imagines what the offspring of a frog and an orange cat would look like: [[PatchworkKids orange tadpoles with whiskers]].
** In another episode, when Kaeloo talks to her friends about growing up, Mr. Cat imagines Quack Quack turning into a giant and squashing him.
** In Episode 105, Mr. Cat has one about his ideal version of the world which involves himself being massaged by several clones of Kaeloo.



* The show bible for the animated ''Literature/LlamaLlama'' series indicates that these are a part of it. It states of Llama Llama that "...he knows how he feels, is not afraid to show his emotions and can connect with others to build meaningful and joyous relationships. (We visualize from time to time what he is imagining.)" It goes on to describe these fantasies as being ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''-ian," and that he "sometimes transports himself to wild places and sees exotic creatures there but these experiences are just products of his creative imagination - the way he processes and dissipates his fears."
* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In "Molly Oodi' Heekha," Molly and Tooey imagine that they are the captains of a super fast boat. It gets interrupted by Auntie Midge.



* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'': Every single episode had the babies imagining one fantastic adventure or another, where they often learned important [[{{AnAesop}} lessons]] along the way. These adventures could be all manner of things from original content to frequent pop culture references, particularly the other works of ''Creator/JimHenson'', and his friends, ''Creator/GeorgeLucas'' and ''Creator/StevenSpielberg''.



* On ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', this was the usual method of presenting the ideas that the characters got from doing a "Noodle Dance."



* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' episode "Can't Buy Love", Princess Morbucks has a few about her crush and her having a romantic time. After she thinks he's dating Blossom, she imagines the red powerpuff as a siren hypnotising the crush.
* Occasionally in ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''. Led by [[MsImagination Sydney]], there are several imagine spots in "Backyard Moon Base" where the characters make various tools out of ordinary items.
* ''WesternAnimation/RichieRich'' has his dog Dollar having Imagine Spots, which usually lead him to doing disastrous things.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'' episode "Maxum Man Mark 2", when Eric, Vana, Kitty and Trevor are discussing where the titular superhero could be, Kitty mentions that she saw him, only for Vana to shoot her down with a "Dreams don't count, Kitty." It's then revealed Kitty had fantasised about getting married to Eric with Maxum Man as the minister and bizarrely, Trevor as the bridesmaid and Vana as the best man, both [[{{Crossdresser}} wearing the expected outfits]].



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' WeddingEpisode "Smurfily Ever After" has Smurfette imagining her marriages to various Smurfs, each of them ending in some sort of disaster: Greedy loves food too much, Vanity loves himself too much, Hefty loves exercising too much, Farmer loves farming too much, Handy loves fixing things too much, Jokey loves playing pranks too much, and Clumsy is just...Clumsy.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwxX3GjPiE Such as this one from "Squid's Day Off"]].

to:

** In "Squid's Day Off", Squidward [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwxX3GjPiE Such as this one from "Squid's Day Off"]].imagines]] a drooling, droopy Patrick asking for change for a quarter, and a cross-eyed [=SpongeBob=] with a tongue sticking out and a very exaggerated SimpletonVoice [[PercussiveMaintenance banging on the cash register]] and giving him loads of money. He later imagines a burning Krusty Krab caused by [=SpongeBob=] [[MadeOfExplodium sleeping on the cash register]].



* Since Season 22 (the ''Big World! Big Adventures!'' era), ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' features one as a gimmick for each episode, often to showcase something [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]].
* In "It's OK To Lose Your Mittens" from ''WesternAnimation/ToddWorld'', Todd's talking dog Benny has a couple in which he imagines Todd yelling at him for losing his favorite mittens and replacing him with a new dog.




* ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'': Muttley has an Imagine Spot once a week on his ''Magnificent Muttley'' segments.
-->''Wake up there, Muttley! You're dreaming again!''\\
''You're not Robin Hood and you're not Gunga Din!''\\
''You're not a brave knight, or a king who's been crowned!''\\
''You're just plain Muttley, the snickering hound!''
* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "Mac Daddy", Bloo finally ditches Cheese, but his guilty conscience leads to a series of [[ArtShift crudely-drawn]] fantasy sequences that involve Cheese getting himself hurt.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** In "Legend of the Gobblewonker", Mabel imagines spending her half of the prize money for a monster photo contest on a human-sized hamster ball. Later, Dipper imagines himself becoming famous and getting interviewed on TV for catching the Gobblewonker on film... only for Mabel (still in her hamster-ball) to barge onto the set and demand an interview.
** In "Double Dipper", Dipper imagines himself winning Wendy over with [[ComplexityAddiction his twenty-step plan to ask her to dance]]. Later, he has a jealous fantasy in which [[SitcomArchNemesis Robbie]] steals Wendy away, and she ends up punching Dipper in the gut.
--->'''Tyrone:''' Hey buddy, it's me, you. [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike I just had the same jealous fantasy.]]
** In "The Golf War", Mabel imagines finally being able to have something to brag about over her rival [[AlphaBitch Pacifica]] after beating her at mini-golf; after she tells Pacifica off, Xyler and Kraz from "Dreamscaperers" come in dressed as paramedics and quip "We heard a little girl got seriously ''burned''!"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' WeddingEpisode "Smurfily Ever After" has Smurfette imagining her marriages to various Smurfs, each of them ending in some sort of disaster: Greedy loves food too much, Vanity loves himself too much, Hefty loves exercising too much, Farmer loves farming too much, Handy loves fixing things too much, Jokey loves playing pranks too much, and Clumsy is just...Clumsy.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina: The Next Steps'', Angelina gets so caught up in hers that somebody usually has to shout her name a couple times to snap her out of it.
* On ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', this was the usual method of presenting the ideas that the characters got from doing a "Noodle Dance."
* ''WesternAnimation/RichieRich'' has his dog Dollar having Imagine Spots, which usually lead him to doing disastrous things.
* MTV's ''WesternAnimation/{{Downtown}}'' had at least one per episode. More often than not, they would be Mecca's romantic fantasies or Jen's vivid plots of petty vengeance against the vapid and hip.

to:

\n* ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'': Muttley %%* ''WesternAnimation/WhatAboutMimi'' has an Imagine Spot once a week on his ''Magnificent Muttley'' segments.
-->''Wake up there, Muttley! You're dreaming again!''\\
''You're not Robin Hood and you're not Gunga Din!''\\
''You're not a brave knight, or a king who's been crowned!''\\
''You're just plain Muttley, the snickering hound!''
* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "Mac Daddy", Bloo finally ditches Cheese, but his guilty conscience leads to a series of [[ArtShift crudely-drawn]] fantasy sequences that involve Cheese getting himself hurt.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** In "Legend of the Gobblewonker", Mabel imagines spending her half of the prize money for a monster photo contest on a human-sized hamster ball. Later, Dipper imagines himself becoming famous and getting interviewed on TV for catching the Gobblewonker on film... only for Mabel (still in her hamster-ball) to barge onto the set and demand an interview.
** In "Double Dipper", Dipper imagines himself winning Wendy over with [[ComplexityAddiction his twenty-step plan to ask her to dance]]. Later, he has a jealous fantasy in which [[SitcomArchNemesis Robbie]] steals Wendy away, and she ends up punching Dipper in the gut.
--->'''Tyrone:''' Hey buddy, it's me, you. [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike I just had the same jealous fantasy.]]
** In "The Golf War", Mabel imagines finally being able to have something to brag about over her rival [[AlphaBitch Pacifica]] after beating her at mini-golf; after she tells Pacifica off, Xyler and Kraz from "Dreamscaperers" come in dressed as paramedics and quip "We heard a little girl got seriously ''burned''!"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' WeddingEpisode "Smurfily Ever After" has Smurfette imagining her marriages to various Smurfs, each of them ending in some sort of disaster: Greedy loves food too much, Vanity loves himself too much, Hefty loves exercising too much, Farmer loves farming too much, Handy loves fixing things too much, Jokey loves playing pranks too much, and Clumsy is just...Clumsy.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina: The Next Steps'', Angelina gets so caught up in hers that somebody usually has to shout her name a couple times to snap her out of it.
* On ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', this was the usual method of presenting the ideas that the characters got from doing a "Noodle Dance."
* ''WesternAnimation/RichieRich'' has his dog Dollar having Imagine Spots, which usually lead him to doing disastrous things.
* MTV's ''WesternAnimation/{{Downtown}}'' had at least one per episode. More often than not, they would be Mecca's romantic fantasies or Jen's vivid plots of petty vengeance against the vapid and hip.
its share.



* In "It's OK To Lose Your Mittens" from ''WesternAnimation/ToddWorld'', Todd's talking dog Benny has a couple in which he imagines Todd yelling at him for losing his favorite mittens and replacing him with a new dog.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'':
** In the BabysittingEpisode, Stumpy suggests to Kaeloo that she and Mr. Cat should have a baby. Quack Quack overhears this and imagines what the offspring of a frog and an orange cat would look like: [[PatchworkKids orange tadpoles with whiskers]].
** In another episode, when Kaeloo talks to her friends about growing up, Mr. Cat imagines Quack Quack turning into a giant and squashing him.
** In Episode 105, Mr. Cat has one about his ideal version of the world which involves himself being massaged by several clones of Kaeloo.
* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] these along with [[FramingDevice Framing Devices]] in [[spoiler: "Ruthie". After a particularly bad day, Princess Carolyn reveals to [=BoJack=] that she likes to pretend she has a great-great-great granddaughter who tells stories about her for school. This also happens to be the framing device for the entire episode, and because it's revealed Carolyn's had another miscarriage, Ruthie (the great-great-great granddaughter in question) doesn't necessarily exist. This all suggests that Carolyn will never be pregnant.]]
* The show bible for the animated ''Literature/LlamaLlama'' series indicates that these are a part of it. It states of Llama Llama that "...he knows how he feels, is not afraid to show his emotions and can connect with others to build meaningful and joyous relationships. (We visualize from time to time what he is imagining.)" It goes on to describe these fantasies as being ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''-ian," and that he "sometimes transports himself to wild places and sees exotic creatures there but these experiences are just products of his creative imagination - the way he processes and dissipates his fears."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'' episode "Maxum Man Mark 2", when Eric, Vana, Kitty and Trevor are discussing where the titular superhero could be, Kitty mentions that she saw him, only for Vana to shoot her down with a "Dreams don't count, Kitty." It's then revealed Kitty had fantasised about getting married to Eric with Maxum Man as the minister and bizarrely, Trevor as the bridesmaid and Vana as the best man, both [[{{Crossdresser}} wearing the expected outfits]].
* Occasionally in ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''. Led by [[MsImagination Sydney]], there are several imagine spots in "Backyard Moon Base" where the characters make various tools out of ordinary items.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatAboutMimi'' has its share.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futz}}'': Whenever the titular character is facing a problem, he has one of these detailing how he would solve it.
* Since Season 22 (the ''Big World! Big Adventures!'' era), ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' features one as a gimmick for each episode, often to showcase something [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' was literally built on this trope. Every single episode had the babies imagining one fantastic adventure or another, where they often learned important [[{{AnAesop}} lessons]] along the way. These adventures could be all manner of things from original content to frequent pop culture references, particularly the other works of ''Creator/JimHenson'', and his friends, ''Creator/GeorgeLucas'' and ''Creator/StevenSpielberg''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' episode "Can't Buy Love", Princess Morbucks has a few about her crush and her having a romantic time. After she thinks he's dating Blossom, she imagines the red powerpuff as a siren hypnotising the crush.
* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In "Molly Oodi' Heekha," Molly and Tooey imagine that they are the captains of a super fast boat. It gets interrupted by Auntie Midge.

Added: 12625

Changed: 1904

Removed: 12291

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
alphabetizing


* In the music video to "Gonna Get Over You," Music/SaraBareilles is a leather jacket-clad badass who literally dances into a Mexican supermarket, [[TheVirus transforming various shoppers]] into her outfit-clone backup dancers. At the end of the video, she's revealed to actually be an Adorkable nerdgirl rocking out to a song inside her head, and scaring the other customers.



* In the music video to "Gonna Get Over You," Music/SaraBareilles is a leather jacket-clad badass who literally dances into a Mexican supermarket, [[TheVirus transforming various shoppers]] into her outfit-clone backup dancers. At the end of the video, she's revealed to actually be an Adorkable nerdgirl rocking out to a song inside her head, and scaring the other customers.
* In Music/{{Juniel}}'s "Pretty Boy" music video, we see her briefly daydream about marrying the cute guy she spots at the coffee shop.



* In Music/{{Juniel}}'s "Pretty Boy" music video, we see her briefly daydream about marrying the cute guy she spots at the coffee shop.



* In ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' ''Pocket Camp'', at the start of the game, you get to choose between Goldie, Rosie, Jay, or Apollo depending on the category chosen. After going through the tutorial with Isabelle, the villager you just invited over will approach you and explain that it would be better if you hosted a lot of visitors, before stating that they have a vision about the future campsite (though Rosie says nothing about a vision, starting it without warning, and if Jay is chosen, Jay will say that he is not sure if it is a vision or if he is super dehydrated, but he nevertheless tells you to strap in). The vision itself consists of a campsite with a merry-go-round and a tree swing, several tables and chairs, drinks and flowers. In hopes of making the vision come true, the villager will tell you to go to Saltwater Shores and the adventure begins.



* In ''Homescapes'' when Austin states that if he had to work at a job he hated he'd run away and join the circus, he briefly imagines himself spinning plates.



* In ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' ''Pocket Camp'', at the start of the game, you get to choose between Goldie, Rosie, Jay, or Apollo depending on the category chosen. After going through the tutorial with Isabelle, the villager you just invited over will approach you and explain that it would be better if you hosted a lot of visitors, before stating that they have a vision about the future campsite (though Rosie says nothing about a vision, starting it without warning, and if Jay is chosen, Jay will say that he is not sure if it is a vision or if he is super dehydrated, but he nevertheless tells you to strap in). The vision itself consists of a campsite with a merry-go-round and a tree swing, several tables and chairs, drinks and flowers. In hopes of making the vision come true, the villager will tell you to go to Saltwater Shores and the adventure begins.



* In ''Homescapes'' when Austin states that if he had to work at a job he hated he'd run away and join the circus, he briefly imagines himself spinning plates.



* Kareha in ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' has a tendency to go into these whenever thrilled about something possibly romantic. It unnerves the rest of the class, who refer to them as hallucinations. We never get to see what she is actually thinking at these times, [[CovertPervert perhaps for the best]].



* Kareha in ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' has a tendency to go into these whenever thrilled about something possibly romantic. It unnerves the rest of the class, who refer to them as hallucinations. We never get to see what she is actually thinking at these times, [[CovertPervert perhaps for the best]].



* Dan Shive of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' occasionally delves into this (and cites ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' as a good example of how to do it) and his comic occasionally features one.
** [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-04-23 For example]].
** [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-12-12 Another strip]] also references ''Scrubs'', but this time without the scene showing. However, it's possible to make a link between the original statement and the after-comment.
** [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1302 Subverted again]] for humor. Both girls spend a BeatPanel clearly imagining ''something'', but we don't see it. However, from the context and their reluctance to talk about it, [[AThreesomeIsHot the nature of their fantasy]] can be inferred.
* Used liberally throughout ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}''.



* ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'': "To the [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1891129/traveling-in-style/ Mighty-Mobile!]]"
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': "To the [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0562.html Ninjamobile!]]"
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'': Jean [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/195/ imagines the consequences]] of unveiling [[CuteMonsterGirl Molly]] to the scientific community.
* What happens when you [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1776 mix tea and coffee]] in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''.
* A rather amusing one in ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' involves [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/bjarnionice/ seasonally inept Vikings.]]
* ''Webcomic/SquidRow'' [[http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=178 Of course a squirt gun will make you a Space Opera hero!]]
* Suzanne of Webcomic/SurprisingOcteal briefly [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/surprising-octeal/page-95-existential/viewer?title_no=189198&episode_no=98 imagines her life]] if she had settled for comfort and normalcy before admitting she never would have been satisfied with that.
* In ''Webcomic/TheDreadful'', [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2011/06/17/the-dreadful-032/ Liz fantasizes about]] a BoomHeadshot in response to a HurricaneOfPuns from Kit and Boozloaf.
* ''Webcomic/MacHall'': [[http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2006-06-19 "My spleen!"]]



* Lazarus gets one in [[http://underlingcomic.com/page-fifty-eight/ page 58]] of ''Webcomic/{{Underling}}''.
* Webcomic/DominicDeegan has a small, yet hilarious one [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-01-08 here]], where he imagines the AxeCrazy Infernomancer as... well. Out of Character is putting it mildly.

to:

* Lazarus Elly gets quite a few of these in ''Webcomic/BloodStain'' due to having a brain hooked on fantasy and video games. These are mostly her imagining the creepy-looking and intimidating Dr. Stein as a dragon, a MadScientist or, on one occasion, a murderer who bathes in [[http://underlingcomic.com/page-fifty-eight/ page 58]] of ''Webcomic/{{Underling}}''.
* Webcomic/DominicDeegan has a small, yet hilarious one [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-01-08 here]], where he imagines the AxeCrazy Infernomancer as... well. Out of Character
blood. In reality, Stein is putting it mildly.simply an AbsentMindedProfessor with a spectacularly creepy voice.



* In ''Webcomic/FauxPas'', Myrtle locked in her room [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?206 imagines herself as Maid Myrtle]], wondering where Myth/RobinHood is when she needs rescue.
* ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'' has "Red" freaking out here do to (spoilers) [[http://twokinds.keenspot.com/archive.php?p=721 this revelation.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' features Doc Scratch, who narrates the story for a brief while. We find out partway into his arc, though, that a good chunk of his story is merely a doomed timeline that is being told, and as time passes, with an increasing amount of speculation.
* Elly gets quite a few of these in ''Webcomic/BloodStain'' due to having a brain hooked on fantasy and video games. These are mostly her imagining the creepy-looking and intimidating Dr. Stein as a dragon, a MadScientist or, on one occasion, a murderer who bathes in blood. In reality, Stein is simply an AbsentMindedProfessor with a spectacularly creepy voice.



* ''Webcomic/LilGotham'': When Batman is explaining the history of Halloween to Damian (who grew up in a secret society that didn't celebrate American holidays), Damian has a one-panel imagine spot in which Batman is a university lecturer in an old-fashioned tweedy outfit (but still wearing his cowl).
* In ''Webcomic/WelcomeToThePharmacy'', a good deal of the humor comes from the downright bizarre things the characters think of, which is quite a feat considering how strange some of the things in their [[BodyHorror actual]] day-to-day [[ComicallyMissingThePoint encounters]] are.
* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Yokoka wonders how Yin knows Betel (a [[MegaNeko giant]] [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore]] who can't really move around without wrecking her forest), and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-10/ mentally pictures a younger Betel]] as a bipedal, sword-and-shield-wielding, famous explorer (who is still a [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore]]).



* In ''Webcomic/TheDreadful'', [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2011/06/17/the-dreadful-032/ Liz fantasizes about]] a BoomHeadshot in response to a HurricaneOfPuns from Kit and Boozloaf.
* Webcomic/DominicDeegan has a small, yet hilarious one [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-01-08 here]], where he imagines the AxeCrazy Infernomancer as... well. Out of Character is putting it mildly.
* Dan Shive of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' occasionally delves into this (and cites ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' as a good example of how to do it) and his comic occasionally features one.
** [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-04-23 For example]].
** [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-12-12 Another strip]] also references ''Scrubs'', but this time without the scene showing. However, it's possible to make a link between the original statement and the after-comment.
** [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1302 Subverted again]] for humor. Both girls spend a BeatPanel clearly imagining ''something'', but we don't see it. However, from the context and their reluctance to talk about it, [[AThreesomeIsHot the nature of their fantasy]] can be inferred.
* ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'': "To the [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1891129/traveling-in-style/ Mighty-Mobile!]]"
* In ''Webcomic/FauxPas'', Myrtle locked in her room [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?206 imagines herself as Maid Myrtle]], wondering where Myth/RobinHood is when she needs rescue.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' features Doc Scratch, who narrates the story for a brief while. We find out partway into his arc, though, that a good chunk of his story is merely a doomed timeline that is being told, and as time passes, with an increasing amount of speculation.
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'': Jean [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/195/ imagines the consequences]] of unveiling [[CuteMonsterGirl Molly]] to the scientific community.
* ''Webcomic/LilGotham'': When Batman is explaining the history of Halloween to Damian (who grew up in a secret society that didn't celebrate American holidays), Damian has a one-panel imagine spot in which Batman is a university lecturer in an old-fashioned tweedy outfit (but still wearing his cowl).
* ''Webcomic/MacHall'': [[http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2006-06-19 "My spleen!"]]
%%* Used liberally throughout ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}''.



* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': "To the [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0562.html Ninjamobile!]]"
* What happens when you [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1776 mix tea and coffee]] in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''.
* ''Webcomic/SquidRow'' [[http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=178 Of course a squirt gun will make you a Space Opera hero!]]
* Suzanne of ''Webcomic/SurprisingOcteal'' briefly [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/surprising-octeal/page-95-existential/viewer?title_no=189198&episode_no=98 imagines her life]] if she had settled for comfort and normalcy before admitting she never would have been satisfied with that.
* ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'' has "Red" freaking out here do to (spoilers) [[http://twokinds.keenspot.com/archive.php?p=721 this revelation.]]
* Lazarus gets one in [[http://underlingcomic.com/page-fifty-eight/ page 58]] of ''Webcomic/{{Underling}}''.
* A rather amusing one in ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' involves [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/bjarnionice/ seasonally inept Vikings.]]
* In ''Webcomic/WelcomeToThePharmacy'', a good deal of the humor comes from the downright bizarre things the characters think of, which is quite a feat considering how strange some of the things in their [[BodyHorror actual]] day-to-day [[ComicallyMissingThePoint encounters]] are.
* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Yokoka wonders how Yin knows Betel (a [[MegaNeko giant]] [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore]] who can't really move around without wrecking her forest), and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-10/ mentally pictures a younger Betel]] as a bipedal, sword-and-shield-wielding, famous explorer (who is still a [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore]]).



* The second half of ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda''[[note]]with the exception of the ClipShow episode "Childhood for Sale"[[/note]] includes an Imagine Spot of Angela dreaming about disgracing (sometimes, even ''killing'') other characters, most often her [[AlphaBitch snooty rival]] Nanette Manoir, in steadily more [[HumiliationConga ludicrous]] ways.
* ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsStella'': Gale has one in "A Fork in the Friendship", where she imagines being Queen.
* If ''Doug'' holds the record, ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' is the contender, or maybe even a competitor for the record. There was almost always at least [[OncePerEpisode one of these per episode]], sometimes as many as three. Many of them featured characters thinking about exaggerated outcomes of their actions, good or bad, and they are often known as one of the show's most memorable parts (partly due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2I4yAqTG38 the distinctive visual and sound effect]]).



%% ZCE * This is a recurring theme in ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'': Bobby often goes into one of these after he's misinterpreted something and he imagines what he thinks the thing might be or he imagines what he would do in a situation in a movie or book.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' might hold the record for most time per episode spent in fantasy sequences. Often these would feature lengthy trips to the comic-book universe Doug created around his MartyStu superhero Quailman, whose outcomes ultimately led to Doug figuring out a solution to the problems in his own life. By the end of the Disney run, they started abandoning the wrapper story altogether and just making whole episodes that were Quailman cartoons.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' employs these with some of their cutaway gags. In one episode, Peter pulls onto the runway staging area of the airport with his new truck[[labelnote:Explanation]]Peter drove Quagmire to work after the former crashed into the latter's car (Peter spraypainted the back window). This is how Peter got onto the runway legally.[[/labelnote]]. As he watches them fuel the planes, he fantasizes about filling his truck with jet fuel and then flying it through the sky to the theme to ''Film/TopGun''.
-->'''Peter:''' Well, that's all the convincing I needed to actually do this!
* In the ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' episode "Scent of a Heinous", after Jimmy places fart-inducing beans in Lucius' growth serum (though the latter remains unaware for most of the episode), Samy worries about what he'll do to them for the humiliation... leading to them imagining a bunch of horrible ([[AmusingInjuries and amusing]]) punishments including being cooked, fed to monster fish, and dangled over an erupting volcano. Also used in "There will be Chocolate" when Heloise tries chocolate for the first time. She has a brief sequence of her running around a chocolate world taking a bite out of various objects and then licking a chocolate Jimmy. It then switches back to the real world to show her licking the real Jimmy.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''/''Justice League Unlimited'':
** "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream Only a Dream]]" begins with a scene of John Dee defeating the Justice League and being congratulated by several of their [[RoguesGallery enemies]]. The scene is then revealed to be a daydream he's having while he's in prison.
** In "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E3TheDoomsdaySanction The Doomsday Sanction]]", Dr. Milo, an EvilutionaryBiologist whose funding has been cut by Cadmus, imagining himself taking out a laser gun and wildly shooting at the people responsible.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''
** At the end of "Partners", [=DNAmy=] breaks the news to Drakken (who has become infatuated with her) that she's in love with someone else as the scene shifts to Monkey Fist gazing longingly at her picture. Given that the later episode of "Gorilla Fist" shows [=DNAmy=] [[UnwittingPawn tricking Team Possible]] into tracking Monkey Fist down after he flees her [[StalkerWithACrush unwanted attentions]], this is almost certainly a fantasy on her part.
** Ron Stoppable has one of these during "Ill Suited" when he figures out wearing Kim's battle-suit will make him awesome at football. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d seconds later when Monique asks how long he's had that goofy look on his face while imagining his victory.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittleElvisJonesAndTheTruckstoppers'' has [[OncePerEpisode at least one of these per episode]], as Lil' Elvis speculates on who was responsible for his status as a DoorstopBaby. (They went all the way up to "UFO" level.)
* ''WesternAnimation/MonaTheVampire'' has a lot of this. There's a very clear visual effect to let you know when things are transferring between reality and imagination.
* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'':
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'': "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE30LittlePieceOfMagic Little Piece of Magic]]" consists chiefly of the baby ponies imagining what kind of outlandish things they'd do with a toy that could turn into anything they wanted it to.
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
*** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]" features this prominently, with each of Twilight's friends imagining what they'd do if they could attend the Grand Galloping Gala: Applejack hopes to set up a stand and drum up business for her family's apple farm, Rainbow Dash wants to show off for the Wonderbolts, Rarity hopes to meet the stallion of her dreams, Fluttershy wants to see the royal gardens, and Pinkie Pie just wants to enjoy the festivities.
*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]", after Rarity gets kidnapped by the Diamond Dogs, the rest of the girls have a spot where they imagine Rarity freaking out over her captivity in a filthy cell, then one with her being threatened by the Diamond Dogs. Later, ''Spike'' gets an imagine spot where he's a brave, muscular knight rushing to save Rarity (who is inexplicably dressed like a princess) and getting a SmoochOfVictory.
*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts and Hooves Day]]", Apple Bloom imagines that the love-poisoned Cheerilee and Big Mac's neglect of their duties of teaching and apple harvesting [[ForWantOfANail will lead to]] [[SugarApocalypse Ponyville being destroyed by famine and lack of education]].
*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]", Pinkie Pie has one as she runs down her mental checklist of friend-making tasks. Apparently, Pinkie imagines in felt.



* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', when asked to try out for the football team with his friend Harry, Peter has a brief, absurdist fantasy of making touchdowns while in costume as Spider-Man, wearing a football helmet.
** Pre-Doc Ock Otto Octavious has one of "taking care" of his abusive employer, Norman Osborn.
* The second half of ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda''[[note]]with the exception of the ClipShow episode "Childhood for Sale"[[/note]] includes an Imagine Spot of Angela dreaming about disgracing (sometimes, even ''killing'') other characters, most often her [[AlphaBitch snooty rival]] Nanette Manoir, in steadily more [[HumiliationConga ludicrous]] ways.
* ''WesternAnimation/StickinAround'' is ''built'' from this.

to:

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', when asked to try out for the football team with his friend Harry, Peter ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' has a brief, absurdist large number of fantasy of making touchdowns while in costume as Spider-Man, wearing a football helmet.
** Pre-Doc Ock Otto Octavious has one of "taking care" of his abusive employer, Norman Osborn.
* The second half of ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda''[[note]]with the exception of the ClipShow episode "Childhood for Sale"[[/note]] includes an Imagine Spot of Angela dreaming about disgracing (sometimes, even ''killing'') other characters, most often her [[AlphaBitch snooty rival]] Nanette Manoir, in steadily more [[HumiliationConga ludicrous]] ways.
* ''WesternAnimation/StickinAround'' is ''built''
sequence episodes from this.being pirates to being superheroes.



* ''WesternAnimation/MonaTheVampire'' has a lot of this. There's a very clear visual effect to let you know when things are transferring between reality and imagination.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittleElvisJonesAndTheTruckstoppers'' has [[OncePerEpisode at least one of these per episode]], as Lil' Elvis speculates on who was responsible for his status as a DoorstopBaby. (They went all the way up to "UFO" level.)
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''/''Justice League Unlimited'':
** "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream Only a Dream]]" begins with a scene of John Dee defeating the Justice League and being congratulated by several of their [[RoguesGallery enemies]]. The scene is then revealed to be a daydream he's having while he's in prison.
** In "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E3TheDoomsdaySanction The Doomsday Sanction]]", Dr. Milo, an EvilutionaryBiologist whose funding has been cut by Cadmus, imagining himself taking out a laser gun and wildly shooting at the people responsible.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' might hold the record for most time per episode spent in fantasy sequences. Often these would feature lengthy trips to the comic-book universe Doug created around his MartyStu superhero Quailman, whose outcomes ultimately led to Doug figuring out a solution to the problems in his own life.
** By the end of the Disney run, they started abandoning the wrapper story altogether and just making whole episodes that were Quailman cartoons.
** Parodied by Nostalgia Critic wondering "What is everyone doing while Doug is fantasizing" in which he shows Skeeter concerned about Doug who is frozen in place staring into space for who knows how long.
--->'''Skeeter:''' [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Why do you go where I can't follow]]?
* If ''Doug'' holds the record, ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' is the contender, or maybe even a competitor for the record. There was almost always at least [[OncePerEpisode one of these per episode]], sometimes as many as three. Many of them featured characters thinking about exaggerated outcomes of their actions, good or bad, and they are often known as one of the show's most memorable parts (partly due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2I4yAqTG38 the distinctive visual and sound effect]]).
* Another mention, ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', which has a large number of fantasy sequence episodes from being pirates to being superheroes.
%% ZCE * This is a recurring theme in ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''
** At the end of "Partners", [=DNAmy=] breaks the news to Drakken (who has become infatuated with her) that she's in love with someone else as the scene shifts to Monkey Fist gazing longingly at her picture. Given that the later episode of "Gorilla Fist" shows [=DNAmy=] [[UnwittingPawn tricking Team Possible]] into tracking Monkey Fist down after he flees her [[StalkerWithACrush unwanted attentions]], this is almost certainly a fantasy on her part.
** Ron Stoppable has one of these during "Ill Suited" when he figures out wearing Kim's battle-suit will make him awesome at football. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d seconds later when Monique asks how long he's had that goofy look on his face while imagining his victory.

to:

* ''WesternAnimation/MonaTheVampire'' In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', when asked to try out for the football team with his friend Harry, Peter has a lot of this. There's a very clear visual effect to let you know when things are transferring between reality and imagination.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittleElvisJonesAndTheTruckstoppers'' has [[OncePerEpisode at least one of these per episode]], as Lil' Elvis speculates on who was responsible for his status as a DoorstopBaby. (They went all the way up to "UFO" level.)
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''/''Justice League Unlimited'':
** "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream Only a Dream]]" begins with a scene of John Dee defeating the Justice League and being congratulated by several of their [[RoguesGallery enemies]]. The scene is then revealed to be a daydream he's having while he's in prison.
** In "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E3TheDoomsdaySanction The Doomsday Sanction]]", Dr. Milo, an EvilutionaryBiologist whose funding has been cut by Cadmus, imagining himself taking out a laser gun and wildly shooting at the people responsible.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' might hold the record for most time per episode spent in
brief, absurdist fantasy sequences. Often these would feature lengthy trips to the comic-book universe Doug created around his MartyStu superhero Quailman, whose outcomes ultimately led to Doug figuring out a solution to the problems in his own life.
** By the end
of the Disney run, they started abandoning the wrapper story altogether and just making whole episodes that were Quailman cartoons.
** Parodied by Nostalgia Critic wondering "What is everyone doing
touchdowns while Doug is fantasizing" in which he shows Skeeter concerned about Doug who is frozen in place staring into space for who knows how long.
--->'''Skeeter:''' [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Why do you go where I can't follow]]?
* If ''Doug'' holds the record, ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' is the contender, or maybe even a competitor for the record. There was almost always at least [[OncePerEpisode one of these per episode]], sometimes
costume as many as three. Many of them featured characters thinking about exaggerated outcomes of their actions, good or bad, and they are often known as one of the show's most memorable parts (partly due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2I4yAqTG38 the distinctive visual and sound effect]]).
* Another mention, ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', which has
Spider-Man, wearing a large number of fantasy sequence episodes from being pirates to being superheroes.
%% ZCE * This is a recurring theme in ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''
football helmet.
** At the end of "Partners", [=DNAmy=] breaks the news to Drakken (who has become infatuated with her) that she's in love with someone else as the scene shifts to Monkey Fist gazing longingly at her picture. Given that the later episode of "Gorilla Fist" shows [=DNAmy=] [[UnwittingPawn tricking Team Possible]] into tracking Monkey Fist down after he flees her [[StalkerWithACrush unwanted attentions]], this is almost certainly a fantasy on her part.
** Ron Stoppable
Pre-Doc Ock Otto Octavious has one of these during "Ill Suited" when he figures out wearing Kim's battle-suit will make him awesome at football. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d seconds later when Monique asks how long he's had that goofy look on "taking care" of his face while imagining his victory.abusive employer, Norman Osborn.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' episode "Scent of a Heinous", after Jimmy places fart-inducing beans in Lucius' growth serum (though the latter remains unaware for most of the episode), Samy worries about what he'll do to them for the humiliation... leading to them imagining a bunch of horrible ([[AmusingInjuries and amusing]]) punishments including being cooked, fed to monster fish, and dangled over an erupting volcano. Also used in "There will be Chocolate" when Heloise tries chocolate for the first time. She has a brief sequence of her running around a chocolate world taking a bite out of various objects and then licking a chocolate Jimmy. It then switches back to the real world to show her licking the real Jimmy.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' employs these with some of their cutaway gags. In one episode, Peter pulls onto the runway staging area of the airport with his new truck[[labelnote:Explanation]]Peter drove Quagmire to work after the former crashed into the latter's car (Peter spraypainted the back window). This is how Peter got onto the runway legally.[[/labelnote]]. As he watches them fuel the planes, he fantasizes about filling his truck with jet fuel and then flying it through the sky to the theme to ''Film/TopGun''.
-->'''Peter:''' Well, that's all the convincing I needed to actually do this!

to:

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' episode "Scent of a Heinous", after Jimmy places fart-inducing beans in Lucius' growth serum (though the latter remains unaware for most of the episode), Samy worries about what he'll do to them for the humiliation... leading to them imagining a bunch of horrible ([[AmusingInjuries and amusing]]) punishments including being cooked, fed to monster fish, and dangled over an erupting volcano. Also used in "There will be Chocolate" when Heloise tries chocolate for the first time. She has a brief sequence of her running around a chocolate world taking a bite out of various objects and then licking a chocolate Jimmy. It then switches back to the real world to show her licking the real Jimmy.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' employs these with some of their cutaway gags. In one episode, Peter pulls onto the runway staging area of the airport with his new truck[[labelnote:Explanation]]Peter drove Quagmire to work after the former crashed into the latter's car (Peter spraypainted the back window). This
%%* ''WesternAnimation/StickinAround'' is how Peter got onto the runway legally.[[/labelnote]]. As he watches them fuel the planes, he fantasizes about filling his truck with jet fuel and then flying it through the sky to the theme to ''Film/TopGun''.
-->'''Peter:''' Well, that's all the convincing I needed to actually do this!
''built'' from this.



* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'':
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'': "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE30LittlePieceOfMagic Little Piece of Magic]]" consists chiefly of the baby ponies imagining what kind of outlandish things they'd do with a toy that could turn into anything they wanted it to.
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
*** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]" features this prominently, with each of Twilight's friends imagining what they'd do if they could attend the Grand Galloping Gala: Applejack hopes to set up a stand and drum up business for her family's apple farm, Rainbow Dash wants to show off for the Wonderbolts, Rarity hopes to meet the stallion of her dreams, Fluttershy wants to see the royal gardens, and Pinkie Pie just wants to enjoy the festivities.
*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]", after Rarity gets kidnapped by the Diamond Dogs, the rest of the girls have a spot where they imagine Rarity freaking out over her captivity in a filthy cell, then one with her being threatened by the Diamond Dogs. Later, ''Spike'' gets an imagine spot where he's a brave, muscular knight rushing to save Rarity (who is inexplicably dressed like a princess) and getting a SmoochOfVictory.
*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts and Hooves Day]]", Apple Bloom imagines that the love-poisoned Cheerilee and Big Mac's neglect of their duties of teaching and apple harvesting [[ForWantOfANail will lead to]] [[SugarApocalypse Ponyville being destroyed by famine and lack of education]].
*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]", Pinkie Pie has one as she runs down her mental checklist of friend-making tasks. Apparently, Pinkie imagines in felt.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'': Bobby often goes into one of these after he's misinterpreted something and he imagines what he thinks the thing might be or he imagines what he would do in a situation in a movie or book.

to:

* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'':
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'': "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE30LittlePieceOfMagic Little Piece of Magic]]" consists chiefly of the baby ponies imagining what kind of outlandish things they'd do with a toy that could turn into anything they wanted it to.
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
*** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]" features this prominently, with each of Twilight's friends imagining what they'd do if they could attend the Grand Galloping Gala: Applejack hopes to set up a stand and drum up business for her family's apple farm, Rainbow Dash wants to show off for the Wonderbolts, Rarity hopes to meet the stallion of her dreams, Fluttershy wants to see the royal gardens, and Pinkie Pie just wants to enjoy the festivities.
*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]", after Rarity gets kidnapped by the Diamond Dogs, the rest of the girls have a spot where they imagine Rarity freaking out over her captivity in a filthy cell, then one with her being threatened by the Diamond Dogs. Later, ''Spike'' gets an imagine spot where he's a brave, muscular knight rushing to save Rarity (who is inexplicably dressed like a princess) and getting a SmoochOfVictory.
*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts and Hooves Day]]", Apple Bloom imagines that the love-poisoned Cheerilee and Big Mac's neglect of their duties of teaching and apple harvesting [[ForWantOfANail will lead to]] [[SugarApocalypse Ponyville being destroyed by famine and lack of education]].
*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]", Pinkie Pie has one as she runs down her mental checklist of friend-making tasks. Apparently, Pinkie imagines in felt.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'': Bobby often goes into one of these after he's misinterpreted something and he imagines what he thinks the thing might be or he imagines what he would do in a situation in a movie or book.



* ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsStella'': Gale has one in "A Fork in the Friendship", where she imagines being Queen.

Added: 9877

Removed: 10024

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
alphabetizing


* Australian TV series ''30 Seconds'' has a slight variation on this; the main character, who works in commercials, sometimes has delusions that he's watching a commercial in real life. These seem to be [[PaintingTheMedium superimposed]] over what's actually in front of his eyes rather than actual full ''Scrubs'' style daydreams. Also, they tend to have swear words.



* Austin out of ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' has a spot where he imagines his voice being changed to a chipmunk voice after a vocal surgery to remove nodules from his throat.
* ''Series/TheBoys2019''
** When offered a $45,000 hush money in 'compensation' for the accidental death of his girlfriend due to a superhero running into her at superspeed, Hughie Campbell loses his temper and demands to know why no-one will actually say to his face that they're sorry. Cut to him sitting quietly telling the Vought lawyer that he'll think about it. The scene becomes a MeaningfulEcho when he uses the words for real when pretending he's accepting the money, after Butcher recruits him for The Boys.
** In "[[Recap/TheBoysS0205WeGottaGoNow We Gotta Go Now]]", faced with a crowd of hostile protesters, Homelander imagines using his eyebeams to massacre them before he snaps out of it, shocked at how close he came to throwing away the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity public image that he holds so dear.]]



* ''Series/{{Coupling}}'': The episode "Naked" has two in quick succession. When Julia explains to the girls what was going through her head during an AlmostKiss with her coworker Jeff, we see the kiss play out followed by him insulting her breath, her teeth, etc. We then see Jeff's own ImagineSpot of this, which is rather more extreme:
-->'''Patrick''': That's what you thought would happen if you kissed her?\\
'''Steve''': You think if you kiss a woman, your mother will emasculate you with a miniature guillotine?
* ''Series/DeadLikeMe'': George lets Mason take care of her dog. She then wonders if he's taking care of it properly or merely using it for some harebrained scheme. Like, say, attracting women, then sitting in a hot tub with the women and the dog. And then she forgets it never actually happened, so she scolds him for bringing her dog into a hot tub.
* One day Manny of ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'' imagines herself as Cinderella with Craig as her Prince. Her dream begins to take reality when they go on their first date in that episode.



* Roz finds out that the woman ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' made out with on air is their station manager Kate Costas. While Frasier is explaining why he did it Roz imagines a scene of Frasier unbuckling his pants, reaching out for Kate and clumsily tripping over as he walks towards her. When Frasier gets Roz's attention again she snaps out of the spot with a muttered "Boy, I'll never do ''that'' again".
* Happens a few times on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', like a Season 1 episode where disabled Artie imagines himself getting out of his wheelchair and dancing around the mall in a flashmob, and in Season 2 where all the characters go to the dentist, get put to sleep, and imagine themselves hanging out with Britney Spears. Also, Tina has had ''two'' that were induced by hitting her head. The first time she imagines herself turning into Rachel and all of the other characters switching, and the second time she imagines her and her friends' lives like the show ''Series/{{Friends}}''. A lot of the songs and performances are also dream sequences.
* ''Series/HappyDays'': In "They Call It Potsie Love," Joanie develops a crush on Potsie. At home Joanie falls asleep and fantasizes that she and Potsie get married--and that Potsie is cool and Fonzie is a nerd!
* This is the central trope of ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'', in which a {{Sentai}} team battles imaginary threats.



* Used frequently in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Given the flashback format of the show, the imagine spots will be told as if they were what actually happened, and then be interrupted by [[TheNarrator Future Ted]] saying something along the lines of "That's what [[HonoraryUncle Uncle Marshall]] should have said," or "But unfortunately, that's not what happened."
** The episode [[spoiler: The Time Travelers]] is one. The realization is quite surprising and leads to the DarkestHour for Ted before he meets The Mother.
* ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' "Conning the Artists". The team are being held prisoner by a katana-wielding Japanese man seeking revenge for one of their cons. Danny, realising that taking on the position of leader means that IKnowKarate, gets to his feet and takes him on (including BringIt and ExplodingFishTanks) ending with Stacie throwing herself into his arms, praising his bravery and [[SmoochOfVictory kissing him]]. Cut to Danny with puckered lips as he's curtly told to sit down by Katana Man.



* ''Series/JandaKembang'':
** When Seli claims that her skincare product will make RT leader looks like a Korean artist, he imagines himself and Sri acting out a K-Drama style scene.
** In episode 8, Seli and Neneng take turns imagining how they would not forget each other if they become famous. Humorously, Neneng would always be Seli's assistant in both Imagine Spots that are shown.
** After discovering a lot of money in his missing passenger's bag, Rais imagines having Seli and Neneng fawning over him and his money, before the scene switch back to reality where he is ActingOutADaydream.
* In the ''Series/LasVegas'' episode "And Here's Mike with the Weather", Danny and Mike have two pretty funny ones of these when they think Ed may have had an affair with the deranged Monica Mancuso, a previous owner of the casino. The first involves Monica being dominant and Ed submissive behind closed doors, and the second the other way around.
* In the ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' episode "The Scheherezade Job", Nate has a meeting with the woman who is blackmailing them. After telling him what he needs to know about their current mark, she explains that Nate messed up her date and offers to have dinner with him. Cue to Nate imagining a nice, romantic dinner with her, interrupted by one of her {{Mooks}} choking him with a garrote, while she is drinking wine. Nate makes up a lame excuse and, once she leaves, feels his neck uncomfortably.



* ''Series/MohawkGirls'': Characters frequently imagine others' reactions to what they're saying or doing (and even occasionally their own), then the actual reaction is shown that's often different from this entirely.
%%* Used liberally in ''Series/{{Mongrels}}''.
* In ''Series/TheMonkees'' this is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d and combined with BreakingTheFourthWall in "Monstrous Monkee Mash" when the episode's villain intrudes on a fantasy scene that Micky and Davy are having. "Hey, what are you doing? This is our fantasy scene!"
* In ''Series/{{Mortified}}'', Taylor frequently imagines that she SpeaksFluentAnimal.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': At a crucial point during each episode, Murdoch will have an Imagine Spot that shows him "witnessing" the crime as it's taking place. In "The Murdoch Identity", he dreams one of these while having a nap on Anna Fulford's sofa as well as having small ones rather like fragments of memory [[spoiler: in part since he's suffering the after-effects of a brain injury]]. Jasper Linney, Brackenreid and Dr. Ogden have each shared the Imagine Spot with him once, Brackenreid and Murdoch each have their own (solving the same case by different routes) in "Murdoch at the Opera", and in the Season 7 finale Brackenreid takes Murdoch's place in the Imagine Spot while solving the B-plot case.
* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': In daydreams, Ned has a few of these. "Stress" also has a few with both Ned and Moze. One of the more jarring for Ned was when he imagined he was seeing Suzie and another boy in a football uniform getting married. In fact, Suzie was in a white dress standing next to a practice football tackle with a helmet on top. After someone tried to get his attention, he looked back only for someone to come and take the helmet off. Cue Ned looking shocked and confused.
* In the ITV adaptation of ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey'', Catherine Morland has two before the opening credits, involving being in IHaveYouNowMyPretty situations with ruffians who strangely resemble people she will meet in Bath. The second one reoccurs when Catherine is at the Abbey, with Henry riding in on a white horse to rescue her from the villains.



* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode, "The Baby Shower", when Kramer hooks Jerry up with illegal free cable, Jerry has a nightmare where the government arrests him and shoots him multiple times. This is one of the points of the series that the cast clearly does not remember fondly, because it was out-of-character for a show that was supposed to be about nothing.
* In ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'', the president Vasiliy, a former history teacher, frequently imagines receiving advice from historical figures when he is in a dilemma.



* ''Series/SharpObjects'': As part of its central style, the show frequently intercuts brief images to show what Camilla is remembering or imagining. The show opens with Camille imagining Marian and her younger self sneaking into her apartment and touching her hand as she sleeps.



* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "200" includes memorable segments such as "Children of the Gods" done with marionettes, Teal'c as a private investigator, ''SG-1'' [[YoungerAndHipper cast with teenagers]], and [[ShipTease a Sam/Jack wedding]] with a nod to [[HoYay Jack/Daniel]].
* The titular protagonist of ''Series/SunesJul'', being a very imaginative and mildly odd kid, has a tendency toward this. He is shown imagining anything from his dad setting fire to a carpet, to someone plotting to steal his girlfriend Sophie from him hiding in her closet, to ending up in court over illegally cutting down a pine tree.



* ''Series/DeadLikeMe'': George lets Mason take care of her dog. She then wonders if he's taking care of it properly or merely using it for some harebrained scheme. Like, say, attracting women, then sitting in a hot tub with the women and the dog. And then she forgets it never actually happened, so she scolds him for bringing her dog into a hot tub.
* Australian TV series ''30 Seconds'' has a slight variation on this; the main character, who works in commercials, sometimes has delusions that he's watching a commercial in real life. These seem to be [[PaintingTheMedium superimposed]] over what's actually in front of his eyes rather than actual full ''Scrubs'' style daydreams. Also, they tend to have swear words.
* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "200" is basically built out of this trope, including memorable segments such as "Children of the Gods" done with marionettes, Teal'c as a private investigator, ''SG-1'' [[YoungerAndHipper cast with teenagers]], and [[ShipTease a Sam/Jack wedding]] with a nod to [[HoYay Jack/Daniel]].
* Used liberally in ''Series/{{Mongrels}}'', for example [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXpSPeECCA here at the 7-minute mark]].
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': At a crucial point during each episode, Murdoch will have an Imagine Spot that shows him "witnessing" the crime as it's taking place. In "The Murdoch Identity", he dreams one of these while having a nap on Anna Fulford's sofa as well as having small ones rather like fragments of memory [[spoiler: in part since he's suffering the after-effects of a brain injury]]. Jasper Linney, Brackenreid and Dr. Ogden have each shared the Imagine Spot with him once, Brackenreid and Murdoch each have their own (solving the same case by different routes) in "Murdoch at the Opera", and in the Season 7 finale Brackenreid takes Murdoch's place in the Imagine Spot while solving the B-plot case.
* Happens a few times on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', most notably a Season 1 episode where disabled Artie imagines himself getting out of his wheelchair and dancing around the mall in a flashmob, and in Season 2 where all the characters go to the dentist, get put to sleep, and imagine themselves hanging out with Britney Spears. Also, Tina has had ''two'' that were induced by hitting her head. The first time she imagines herself turning into Rachel and all of the other characters switching, and the second time she imagines her and her friends' lives like the show ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
** Also, a lot of the songs and performances are dream sequences.
* In the ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' episode "The Scheherezade Job", Nate has a meeting with the woman who is blackmailing them. After telling him what he needs to know about their current mark, she explains that Nate messed up her date and offers to have dinner with him. Cue to Nate imagining a nice, romantic dinner with her, interrupted by one of her {{Mooks}} choking him with a garrote, while she is drinking wine. Nate makes up a lame excuse and, once she leaves, feels his neck uncomfortably.
* In ''Series/TheMonkees'' this is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d and combined with BreakingTheFourthWall in "Monstrous Monkee Mash" when the episode's villain intrudes on a fantasy scene that Micky and Davy are having. "Hey, what are you doing? This is our fantasy scene!"
* ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' "Conning the Artists". The team are being held prisoner by a katana-wielding Japanese man seeking revenge for one of their cons. Danny, realising that taking on the position of leader means that IKnowKarate, gets to his feet and takes him on (including BringIt and ExplodingFishTanks) ending with Stacie throwing herself into his arms, praising his bravery and [[SmoochOfVictory kissing him]]. Cut to Danny with puckered lips as he's curtly told to sit down by Katana Man.



* This is the central trope of ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'', in which a {{Sentai}} team battles imaginary threats.
* ''Series/HappyDays'': In "They Call It Potsie Love," Joanie develops a crush on Potsie. At home Joanie falls asleep and fantasizes that she and Potsie get married--and that Potsie is cool and Fonzie is a nerd!
* Used frequently in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Given the flashback format of the show, the imagine spots will be told as if they were what actually happened, and then be interrupted by [[TheNarrator Future Ted]] saying something along the lines of "That's what [[HonoraryUncle Uncle Marshall]] should have said," or "But unfortunately, that's not what happened."
** The entirety of the episode [[spoiler: The Time Travelers]] is one. The realization is quite surprising and leads to the DarkestHour for Ted before he meets The Mother.
* One day Manny of ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'' imagines herself as Cinderella with Craig as her Prince. Her dream begins to take reality when they go on their first date in that episode.
* Austin out of ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' has a spot where he imagines his voice being changed to a chipmunk voice after a vocal surgery to remove nodules from his throat.
* In the ''Series/LasVegas'' episode "And Here's Mike with the Weather", Danny and Mike have two pretty funny ones of these when they think Ed may have had an affair with the deranged Monica Mancuso, a previous owner of the casino. The first involves Monica being dominant and Ed submissive behind closed doors, and the second the other way around.
* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': In daydreams, Ned has a few of these. "Stress" also has a few with both Ned and Moze. One of the more jarring for Ned was when he imagined he was seeing Suzie and another boy in a football uniform getting married. In fact, Suzie was in a white dress standing next to a practice football tackle with a helmet on top. After someone tried to get his attention, he looked back only for someone to come and take the helmet off. Cue Ned looking shocked and confused.
* In ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'', the president Vasiliy, a former history teacher, frequently imagines receiving advice from historical figures when he is in a dilemma.



* In ''Series/{{Mortified}}'', Taylor frequently imagines that she SpeaksFluentAnimal.
* In the ITV adaptation of ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey'', Catherine Morland has two before the opening credits, involving being in IHaveYouNowMyPretty situations with ruffians who strangely resemble people she will meet in Bath. The second one reoccurs when Catherine is at the Abbey, with Henry riding in on a white horse to rescue her from the villains.
* ''Series/SharpObjects'': As part of its central style, the show frequently intercuts brief images to show what Camilla is remembering or imagining. The show opens with Camille imagining Marian and her younger self sneaking into her apartment and touching her hand as she sleeps.
* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode, "The Baby Shower", when Kramer hooks Jerry up with illegal free cable, Jerry has a nightmare where the government arrests him and shoots him multiple times. This is one of the points of the series that the cast clearly does not remember fondly, because it was out-of-character for a show that was supposed to be about nothing.
* ''Series/TheBoys2019''
** When offered a $45,000 hush money in 'compensation' for the accidental death of his girlfriend due to a superhero running into her at superspeed, Hughie Campbell loses his temper and demands to know why no-one will actually say to his face that they're sorry. Cut to him sitting quietly telling the Vought lawyer that he'll think about it. The scene becomes a MeaningfulEcho when he uses the words for real when pretending he's accepting the money, after Butcher recruits him for The Boys.
** In "[[Recap/TheBoysS0205WeGottaGoNow We Gotta Go Now]]", faced with a crowd of hostile protesters, Homelander imagines using his eyebeams to massacre them before he snaps out of it, shocked at how close he came to throwing away the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity public image that he holds so dear.]]
* Roz finds out that the woman Series/{{Frasier}} made out with on air is their station manager Kate Costas. While Frasier is explaining why he did it Roz imagines a scene of Frasier unbuckling his pants, reaching out for Kate and clumsily tripping over as he walks towards her. When Frasier gets Roz's attention again she snaps out of the spot with a muttered "Boy, I'll never do ''that'' again".
* The titular protagonist of ''Series/SunesJul'', being a very imaginative and mildly odd kid, has a tendency toward this. He is shown imagining anything from his dad setting fire to a carpet, to someone plotting to steal his girlfriend Sophie from him hiding in her closet, to ending up in court over illegally cutting down a pine tree.



* ''Series/JandaKembang'':
** When Seli claims that her skincare product will make RT leader looks like a Korean artist, he imagines himself and Sri acting out a K-Drama style scene.
** In episode 8, Seli and Neneng take turns imagining how they would not forget each other if they become famous. Humorously, Neneng would always be Seli's assistant in both Imagine Spots that are shown.
** After discovering a lot of money in his missing passenger's bag, Rais imagines having Seli and Neneng fawning over him and his money, before the scene switch back to reality where he is ActingOutADaydream.
* ''Series/MohawkGirls'': Characters frequently imagine others' reactions to what they're saying or doing (and even occasionally their own), then the actual reaction is shown that's often different from this entirely.
* ''Series/{{Coupling}}'': The episode "Naked" has two in quick succession. When Julia explains to the girls what was going through her head during an AlmostKiss with her coworker Jeff, we see the kiss play out followed by him insulting her breath, her teeth, etc. We then see Jeff's own ImagineSpot of this, which is rather more extreme:
-->'''Patrick''': That's what you thought would happen if you kissed her?\\
'''Steve''': You think if you kiss a woman, your mother will emasculate you with a miniature guillotine?

Added: 5964

Changed: 5141

Removed: 5243

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
alphabetizing, removing word cruft, and adding context to some ZC Es


* ''Literature/PublicSchoolSuperhero'': Kenny has plenty of these throughout the book, mainly about himself being Stainlezz Steel.
* Michael, the narrator of ''Literature/TheRepublicOfTrees'' is established as a notorious daydreamer in the first chapter. His visions in the book get quite bizarre (such as Liberty from Delacroix's "Art/LibertyLeadingThePeople" [[spoiler: giving him a handjob)]].

to:

* ''Literature/PublicSchoolSuperhero'': Kenny has plenty of these throughout At the book, mainly about himself being Stainlezz Steel.
* Michael,
beginning of ''Literature/ApolloAutism'', Max spaces out during his son's autism evaluation as he imagines the narrator launch of ''Literature/TheRepublicOfTrees'' Apollo 1, whwich is established as a notorious daydreamer in the first chapter. His visions in the book get quite bizarre (such as Liberty from Delacroix's "Art/LibertyLeadingThePeople" [[spoiler: giving him a handjob)]].planned for next month.



** Also used to even darker effect in [[Literature/MrMonster the second book]] when John leaves the embalming room, normally his favorite place, because the body on the table has been brutally tortured and he can't stop picturing himself inflicting the same things on his neighbor/crush, Brooke.

to:

** Also used Used to even darker effect in [[Literature/MrMonster the second book]] when John leaves the embalming room, normally his favorite place, because the body on the table has been brutally tortured and he can't stop picturing himself inflicting the same things on his neighbor/crush, Brooke.



* At the beginning of ''Literature/ApolloAutism'', Max spaces out during his son's autism evaluation as he imagines the launch of Apollo 1, whwich is planned for next month.

to:

* At ''Literature/PublicSchoolSuperhero'': Kenny has plenty of these throughout the beginning of ''Literature/ApolloAutism'', Max spaces out during his son's autism evaluation as he imagines book, mainly about himself being Stainlezz Steel.
* Michael,
the launch narrator of Apollo 1, whwich ''Literature/TheRepublicOfTrees'' is planned for next month.established as a notorious daydreamer in the first chapter. His visions in the book get quite bizarre (such as Liberty from Delacroix's "Art/LibertyLeadingThePeople" [[spoiler: giving him a handjob)]].



* Subverted and/or {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' where Liz and Jack are discussing some of Tracy Jordan's more outrageous antics. Instead of cutting away with clips to illustrate them, however, the scene stays on Liz and Jack who have this exchange:
-->'''Liz:''' And I am thinking of some of them right now.\\
'''Jack:''' So am I.



* ''Series/TheHoganFamily'': The Season 2 episode "Leave It To Willie," where Willie imagines himself explaining his predicament – causing a hit-and-run accident while stealing his father's car for a joy ride – and basically getting away with it. The moral in this Imagine Spot is supposedly, "Tell the truth and you'll be absolved." Of course, reality doesn't work out that way – he admits his deed to his mother and gets punished, learning instead that actions do have consequences that aren't always good.
* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'':
** In episode 10, Prima imagines how he would attract many women if he has a CoolCar. After seeing Bambang's bland new car, Prima has a similiar Imagine Spot, except this time with Bambang's car and only one ugly woman wants him.
** Pipin, Alan and Prima has one in episode 21, imagining the then-famous Bambang promoting Pipin's ''gado-gado'' with a song and a dance.
** When substituting for Pipin as Mami Bibir's cleaning person in episode 33, Alan briefly imagines Pipin being there and making him a sandwich.
** In episode 43, Akbar tells Prima how Prima could be an artist like he wishes if he puts all his effort. Prima then imagines how he would be in Alexi's place (being crowded by women) if he actually put the effort.
** In episode 61, Bambang begins to consider giving Melani [[CoordinatedClothes matching hats]] and imagines what would happen if he does it. One Imagine Spot later, he realizes Melani would find it tacky and chew him out for it.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
** This is probably the series' central comedic tool, and it's used to great effect. Usually J.D. does this, to the point where other characters {{lampshade|Hanging}} it increasingly as the series goes on, mentioning how one was really long, messing with him while he is in his head, triggering one on purpose to get him to zone out, and so on. Usually after his fantasy he says something that would sound completely weird if we weren't shown the Imagine Spot, and sometimes it does in fact provoke InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement. And his propensity to do this is apparently infectious, as his friends occasionally indulge in it as well, though far less regularly.
** Of course, several episodes aren't centered on J.D.'s point of view, so in those episodes this trope happens ''without'' the cut, so all we see is J.D. staring off into space and saying something weird when he comes out of it.
--->"We're gonna need a lot of gnomes..."
* On ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' Mac gets a chance to hit a possible goal shot at a Flyers game. We see him hit the ice, get to center rink, hit a goal that rips the net, the announcers hailing it as the best shot they've ever seen and the crowd chanting his name. The chanting turns out to be Charlie calling Mac's name as Mac (who's never skated in his life) took one step on the ice, fell and knocked himself unconscious to massive laughter.
** Feeling put down by rivals at a high school reunion, the gang put on a fantastic dance routine set to George Michael's "Freedom." The camera then cuts back to show the reality, that the dance is a complete mess of flaying limbs and stumbling (and the song, coming from a tiny boombox in a big auditorium, is inaudible). Leaving, the gang mutter about no one liking their dance.
** The Season 9 episode "The Gang Saves The Day" is entirely made of this trope. The gang goes into a convenience store. Someone holds up the cashier at gunpoint. Each member fantasizes about what they would do to ([[HeroicComedicSociopath for the most part]]) foil the robbery. The humor mainly comes from how self-centered and delusional the heroes are. (One of the fantasies is ''[[MediumShiftGag animated]]''.)
* An early television example featured on ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin''. Every time his wife mentioned her mother, the screen showed a hippopotamus. It even got to the point where we knew the WIFE was thinking of a hippopotamus.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' frequently uses it.
* ''Series/ICarly'': In "iFind Lewbert's Lost Love" Carly and Freddie have a synchronous daydream on how life in the Bushwell will be much better if the irate doorman Lewbert is "a happy man". Carly, Freddie and Lewbert dance around as balloons fall. [[DeadpanSnarker Sam breaks them out of their over-the-top fantasy]].
* ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' and ''Series/{{Teachers}}'' used it occasionally.

to:

* ''Series/TheHoganFamily'': The Season 2 ''Series/AllyMcBeal'': Part of the show's SignatureStyle. Ally has them on a regular basis. It becomes a problem when she cannot distinguish them from reality. For example, one episode "Leave It To Willie," where Willie imagines himself explaining his predicament – causing a hit-and-run accident while stealing his father's car for a joy ride – and basically getting away with it. The moral in this Imagine Spot is supposedly, "Tell the truth and you'll be absolved." Of course, reality doesn't work out that way – he admits his deed to his mother and gets punished, learning instead that actions do have consequences that aren't always good.
* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'':
** In episode 10, Prima imagines how he would attract many women if he has a CoolCar. After
she kept seeing Bambang's bland new car, Prima has a similiar Imagine Spot, except this time with Bambang's car famous singer, and only she nearly attacked a real one ugly woman wants him.
** Pipin, Alan and Prima has one in episode 21, imagining the then-famous Bambang promoting Pipin's ''gado-gado'' with a song and a dance.
** When substituting for Pipin as Mami Bibir's cleaning person in episode 33, Alan briefly imagines Pipin being there and making him a sandwich.
** In episode 43, Akbar tells Prima how Prima could be an artist like he wishes if he puts all his effort. Prima then imagines how he would be in Alexi's place (being crowded
who by women) if he actually put the effort.
** In episode 61, Bambang begins to consider giving Melani [[CoordinatedClothes matching hats]] and imagines what would happen if he does it. One Imagine Spot later, he realizes Melani would find it tacky and chew him out for it.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
** This is probably the series' central comedic tool, and it's used to great effect. Usually J.D. does this, to the point where other characters {{lampshade|Hanging}} it increasingly as the series goes on, mentioning how one was really long, messing with him while he is in his head, triggering one on purpose to get him to zone out, and so on. Usually after his fantasy he says something that would sound completely weird if we weren't shown the Imagine Spot, and sometimes it does in fact provoke InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement. And his propensity to do this is apparently infectious, as his friends occasionally indulge in it as well, though far less regularly.
** Of course, several episodes aren't centered on J.D.'s point of view, so in those episodes this trope happens ''without'' the cut, so all we see is J.D. staring off into space and saying something weird when he comes out of it.
--->"We're gonna need a lot of gnomes..."
* On ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' Mac gets a
chance to hit a possible goal shot at a Flyers game. We see him hit the ice, get to center rink, hit a goal that rips the net, the announcers hailing it as the best shot they've ever seen and the crowd chanting his name. The chanting turns out to be Charlie calling Mac's name as Mac (who's never skated appeared in his life) took one step on the ice, fell and knocked himself unconscious to massive laughter.
** Feeling put down by rivals at a high school reunion, the gang put on a fantastic dance routine set to George Michael's "Freedom." The camera then cuts back to show the reality, that the dance is a complete mess of flaying limbs and stumbling (and the song, coming from a tiny boombox in a big auditorium, is inaudible). Leaving, the gang mutter about no one liking
their dance.
** The Season 9 episode "The Gang Saves The Day" is entirely made of this trope. The gang goes into
favourite bar. And she kicks a convenience store. Someone holds up the cashier at gunpoint. Each member fantasizes about what they would do to ([[HeroicComedicSociopath for the most part]]) foil the robbery. The humor mainly comes from how self-centered and delusional the heroes are. (One of the fantasies is ''[[MediumShiftGag animated]]''.)
* An early television example featured on ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin''. Every time his wife mentioned her mother, the screen showed a hippopotamus. It even got to the point where we knew the WIFE was thinking of a hippopotamus.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' frequently uses it.
* ''Series/ICarly'': In "iFind Lewbert's Lost Love" Carly and Freddie have a synchronous daydream on how life
child attorney in the Bushwell will be much better if the irate doorman Lewbert is "a happy man". Carly, Freddie and Lewbert dance around as balloons fall. [[DeadpanSnarker Sam breaks them out of their over-the-top fantasy]].
* ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' and ''Series/{{Teachers}}'' used it occasionally.
back because she thought she was hallucinating about her "dancing baby".



* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** Possibly the funniest thirty seconds in the show's five seasons involved [[SociallyAwkwardHero Angel]] in "[[Recap/AngelS01E13She She]]", at a party, being asked if he wanted to dance. The ensuing Imagine Spot is brilliance.
** Another hilarious imagine spot, in a DeletedScene from "[[Recap/AngelS03E13WaitingInTheWings Waiting in the Wings]]", involved Wesley imagining himself and Fred starring in a ballet. Creator/AmyAcker was actually trained as a dancer, so Fred was pretty good. Wesley... not so much.
** "[[Recap/AngelS01E19Sanctuary Sanctuary]]" has much more serious one, continuing the trend from ''Buffy'', that sees Faith, now back in her own body, and having suffered a serious mental breakdown and very much suicidal, being led to Angel's bed. Angel leaves a barely even functioning Faith, when she calls his name. Angel turns around only to be stabbed in the face by an enraged Faith. Only for the scene to cut back to Faith, still lying in the bed, where she says nothing, and Angel walks out.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody The Body]]" managed to do the most depressing use of this trope ever when [[spoiler: Joyce is rushed to the hospital and saved-- cut to the paramedics declaring her dead from an aneurysm]].
** Faith has one in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou Who Are You]]", where after Willow says something derogatory about Faith, imagines stabbing her in the stomach. The scene immediately cuts back to Faith-in-Buffy telling an unharmed Willow she will always be safe with he around.
** Later, in the season 7 episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E16Storyteller Storyteller]]", [[spoiler: Andrew]] has a few of these, in the present as well as in his flashback.
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' has this as a main gimmick. You can pretty much expect a few of these per episode.

to:

* Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}:
** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
*** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody The Body]]" managed to do the most depressing use of this trope ever when [[spoiler: Joyce is rushed to the hospital and saved-- cut to the paramedics declaring her dead from an aneurysm]].
*** Faith has one in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou Who Are You]]", where after Willow says something derogatory about Faith, imagines stabbing her in the stomach. The scene immediately cuts back to Faith-in-Buffy telling an unharmed Willow she will always be safe with he around.
*** Later, in the season 7 episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E16Storyteller Storyteller]]", [[spoiler: Andrew]] has a few of these, in the present as well as in his flashback.
**
''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** *** Possibly the funniest thirty seconds in the show's five seasons involved [[SociallyAwkwardHero Angel]] in "[[Recap/AngelS01E13She She]]", at a party, being asked if he wanted to dance. The ensuing Imagine Spot is brilliance.
** *** Another hilarious imagine spot, in a DeletedScene from "[[Recap/AngelS03E13WaitingInTheWings Waiting in the Wings]]", involved Wesley imagining himself and Fred starring in a ballet. Creator/AmyAcker was actually trained as a dancer, so Fred was pretty good. Wesley... not so much.
** *** "[[Recap/AngelS01E19Sanctuary Sanctuary]]" has much more serious one, continuing the trend from ''Buffy'', that sees Faith, now back in her own body, and having suffered a serious mental breakdown and very much suicidal, being led to Angel's bed. Angel leaves a barely even functioning Faith, when she calls his name. Angel turns around only to be stabbed in the face by an enraged Faith. Only for the scene to cut back to Faith, still lying in the bed, where she says nothing, and Angel walks out.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
Used frequently in ''Series/CornerGas'', to the extent that it's been described as "[[JustForFun/XMeetsY Seinfeld meets Family Guy]] [[RecycledInSpace in rural Canada]]."
* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'':
** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody All the times his dead foster father Harry shows up to remind him of The Body]]" managed to do Code count, as Dexter converses with him. In the most depressing use of this trope ever sixth season, when a short arc in which Dexter's dead serial killer brother replaces his father in these Imagine Spots (and temporarily convinces Dexter to go AxeCrazy) is used to foreshadow the reveal that [[spoiler: Joyce Edward James Olmos' EvilMentor / BigBad is rushed really a figment of the real villain's Imagine Spots.]]
** At the end of the Ice Truck Killer arc, where he's walking up
to the hospital and saved-- cut to the paramedics declaring her dead from an aneurysm]].
** Faith has one in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou Who Are You]]", where after Willow says something derogatory about Faith, imagines stabbing her in the stomach. The scene immediately cuts back to Faith-in-Buffy telling an unharmed Willow she will always be safe
office Hollywood style -- red carpet walkway flanked with he around.
** Later, in
adoring fans.
--->"Hey Dex, way to take out
the season 7 trash!"
* The ''Series/DoctorWho''
episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E16Storyteller Storyteller]]", [[spoiler: Andrew]] has a few of these, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters Love And Monsters]]" similarly had the present as well as in his flashback.
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' has this as a
main gimmick. You can pretty much expect a few character flash to clips, including one of these per episode.Elton John.



* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters Love And Monsters]]" similarly had the main character flash to clips, including one of Elton John.

to:

* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters Love And Monsters]]" similarly had the ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' has this as a main gimmick. You can expect a few of these per episode. Most of them are from Chris's point of view, but every character flash to clips, including has one occasionally.
* An early television example featured on ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin''. Every time his wife mentioned her mother, the screen showed a hippopotamus. It even got to the point where we knew the WIFE was thinking
of Elton John.a hippopotamus.



** And just about any sequence with Harvey, the Scorpius neuro-clone. Harvey "lives" in Crichton's mind and the two regularly converse. Their conversations usually take place in Imagine Spots - some of them based on Crichton's memories and some of them not -- usually humorous movie {{Shout Out}}s.

to:

** And just about any sequence with Harvey, the Scorpius neuro-clone. Harvey "lives" in Crichton's mind and the two regularly converse. Their conversations usually take place in Imagine Spots - some of them based on Crichton's memories and some of them not -- usually humorous movie {{Shout Out}}s.



* Played straight in nearly every episode of ''Series/SonOfTheBeach'', but subverted in one in which Notch Johnson was informed that one of his lifeguards once won a preteen breast size contest. Intrigued by what such a contest would be like, the Imagine Spot begins to take form, when suddenly the scene cuts to pornographer Larry Flynt saying that, while he is all for free speech, some things are just obscene. Afterwards, Notch clarified that he meant what those girls would look like ''now''.

to:

* Played straight in nearly every ''Series/TheHoganFamily'': The Season 2 episode of ''Series/SonOfTheBeach'', but subverted in one in which Notch Johnson was informed that one of "Leave It To Willie," where Willie imagines himself explaining his lifeguards once won predicament – causing a preteen breast size contest. Intrigued by what such hit-and-run accident while stealing his father's car for a contest would be like, the joy ride – and basically getting away with it. The moral in this Imagine Spot begins to take form, when suddenly is supposedly, "Tell the scene truth and you'll be absolved." Of course, reality doesn't work out that way – he admits his deed to his mother and gets punished, learning instead that actions do have consequences that aren't always good.
* ''Series/ICarly'': In "iFind Lewbert's Lost Love" Carly and Freddie have a synchronous daydream on how life in the Bushwell will be much better if the irate doorman Lewbert is "a happy man". Carly, Freddie and Lewbert dance around as balloons fall. [[DeadpanSnarker Sam breaks them out of their over-the-top fantasy]].
* On ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' Mac gets a chance to hit a possible goal shot at a Flyers game. We see him hit the ice, get to center rink, hit a goal that rips the net, the announcers hailing it as the best shot they've ever seen and the crowd chanting his name. The chanting turns out to be Charlie calling Mac's name as Mac (who's never skated in his life) took one step on the ice, fell and knocked himself unconscious to massive laughter.
** Feeling put down by rivals at a high school reunion, the gang put on a fantastic dance routine set to George Michael's "Freedom." The camera then
cuts back to pornographer Larry Flynt saying that, while he is all for free speech, some things are just obscene. Afterwards, Notch clarified show the reality, that he meant the dance is a complete mess of flaying limbs and stumbling (and the song, coming from a tiny boombox in a big auditorium, is inaudible). Leaving, the gang mutter about no one liking their dance.
** The Season 9 episode "The Gang Saves The Day" is entirely made of this trope. The gang goes into a convenience store. Someone holds up the cashier at gunpoint. Each member fantasizes about
what those girls they would look like ''now''.do to ([[HeroicComedicSociopath for the most part]]) foil the robbery. The humor mainly comes from how self-centered and delusional the heroes are. (One of the fantasies is ''[[MediumShiftGag animated]]''.)
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' frequently uses it.



* Used frequently in ''Series/CornerGas'', to the extent that it's been described as "[[JustForFun/XMeetsY Seinfeld meets Family Guy]] [[RecycledInSpace in rural Canada]]."

to:

* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'':
** In episode 10, Prima imagines how he would attract many women if he has a CoolCar. After seeing Bambang's bland new car, Prima has a similiar Imagine Spot, except this time with Bambang's car and only one ugly woman wants him.
** Pipin, Alan and Prima has one in episode 21, imagining the then-famous Bambang promoting Pipin's ''gado-gado'' with a song and a dance.
** When substituting for Pipin as Mami Bibir's cleaning person in episode 33, Alan briefly imagines Pipin being there and making him a sandwich.
** In episode 43, Akbar tells Prima how Prima could be an artist like he wishes if he puts all his effort. Prima then imagines how he would be in Alexi's place (being crowded by women) if he actually put the effort.
** In episode 61, Bambang begins to consider giving Melani [[CoordinatedClothes matching hats]] and imagines what would happen if he does it. One Imagine Spot later, he realizes Melani would find it tacky and chew him out for it.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
** This is probably the series' central comedic tool, and it's used to great effect. Usually J.D. does this, to the point where other characters {{lampshade|Hanging}} it increasingly as the series goes on, mentioning how one was really long, messing with him while he is in his head, triggering one on purpose to get him to zone out, and so on. Usually after his fantasy he says something that would sound completely weird if we weren't shown the Imagine Spot, and sometimes it does in fact provoke InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement. And his propensity to do this is apparently infectious, as his friends occasionally indulge in it as well, though far less regularly.
** Several episodes aren't centered on J.D.'s point of view, so in those episodes this trope happens ''without'' the cut, so all we see is J.D. staring off into space and saying something weird when he comes out of it.
--->"We're gonna need a lot of gnomes..."
%%*
Used frequently on ''Series/SesameStreet''.
* Played straight
in ''Series/CornerGas'', to the extent nearly every episode of ''Series/SonOfTheBeach'', but subverted in one in which Notch Johnson was informed that it's been described as "[[JustForFun/XMeetsY Seinfeld meets Family Guy]] [[RecycledInSpace in rural Canada]]."one of his lifeguards once won a preteen breast size contest. Intrigued by what such a contest would be like, the Imagine Spot begins to take form, when suddenly the scene cuts to pornographer Larry Flynt saying that, while he is all for free speech, some things are just obscene. Afterwards, Notch clarified that he meant what those girls would look like ''now''.



* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'':
** All the times his dead foster father Harry shows up to remind him of The Code count, as Dexter converses with him. In the sixth season, when a short arc in which Dexter's dead serial killer brother replaces his father in these Imagine Spots (and temporarily convinces Dexter to go AxeCrazy) is used to foreshadow the reveal that [[spoiler: Edward James Olmos' EvilMentor / BigBad is really a figment of the real villain's Imagine Spots.]]
** At the end of the Ice Truck Killer arc, where he's walking up to the office Hollywood style -- red carpet walkway flanked with adoring fans.
--->"Hey Dex, way to take out the trash!"
* Used frequently on Series/SesameStreet.
* Subverted and/or {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''[[Series/ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'' where Liz and Jack are discussing some of Tracy Jordan's more outrageous antics. Instead of cutting away with clips to illustrate them, however, the scene stays on Liz and Jack who have this exchange:
-->'''Liz:''' And I am thinking of some of them right now.\\
'''Jack:''' So am I.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* In Lawrence Block's ''Literature/TheBurglarWhoStudiedSpinoza'' a woman from the Museum of the Baltimore Historical Society tells Bernie that they traded a 1913 V-nickel to the Gallery of American and International Numismatics in exchange for a portrait of Charles Carroll.

to:

* ''Literature/BernieRhodenbarr'': In Lawrence Block's ''Literature/TheBurglarWhoStudiedSpinoza'' ''The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza'', a woman from the Museum of the Baltimore Historical Society tells Bernie that they traded a 1913 V-nickel to the Gallery of American and International Numismatics in exchange for a portrait of Charles Carroll.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* In ''WebOriginal/TheNingyo'', Christopher Marlowe has a fantasy about finding the Ningyo. In it, he finds himself training a harpoon gun on it, but just can't bring himself to fire. [[spoiler:This is what makes him decide not to agree to the offer to go hunt it.]]

to:

* In ''WebOriginal/TheNingyo'', ''WebVideo/TheNingyo'', Christopher Marlowe has a fantasy about finding the Ningyo. In it, he finds himself training a harpoon gun on it, but just can't bring himself to fire. [[spoiler:This is what makes him decide not to agree to the offer to go hunt it.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Updating Link


* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

to:

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Disambiguation


* One day Manny of ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' imagines herself as Cinderella with Craig as her Prince. Her dream begins to take reality when they go on their first date in that episode.

to:

* One day Manny of ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'' imagines herself as Cinderella with Craig as her Prince. Her dream begins to take reality when they go on their first date in that episode.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* In ''Webcomic/FauxPas'', Myrtle locked in her room [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?206 imagines herself as Maid Myrtle]], wondering where RobinHood is when she needs rescue.

to:

* In ''Webcomic/FauxPas'', Myrtle locked in her room [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?206 imagines herself as Maid Myrtle]], wondering where RobinHood Myth/RobinHood is when she needs rescue.

Added: 671

Changed: 4501

Removed: 328

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Homer gets these very, ''very'' frequently, and they often devolve into bizarre tangents (such as a fantasy about meeting various junk food spokespersons ending in him accidentally killing a [[CaptainErsatz stand-in for]] [[BlandNameProduct Twinkie the Kid]]). He also tends to comment on these fantasies in real life, as if the other characters have seen them as well (in the same example, the dream cut back to him chanting "Blood For Cream" in front of a bewildered Lisa).
** Homer envisions what would happen if he used his new gun to rob Apu's store. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Somehow]], the logical outcome is that he becomes a Southern senator with a giant mansion and Marge dances the Monkey in a bikini.
** In "Marge on the Lam", when Marge mentions the ballet, Homer somehow imagines it consisting of bears riding around a rink in bumper cars.
** In "Homer vs. Dignity", Marge suggests they see a financial planner. Homer mishears this as "financial ''panther''", and imagines a panther attacking someone who points out Homer's poor finances.
** In "E Pluribus Wiggum", Homer combined this with the SmartBall: Lisa remarked "I feel like I'm in a think tank", and Homer started to fantasize... about a group of intelligent people discussing the issues at hand. When the Imagine Spot ends, the rest of the family is staring at Homer, who responds "What? I'm not allowed to get one right?"
** In "Viva Ned Flanders", Homer accidentally gets married in Las Vegas. He notes that there may be some advantages to having two wives, and imagines both Marge and his Vegas wife doing yard work while he rests on the hammock.
** After Homer is late picking up Bart from soccer practice in "Brother from the Same Planet", an angry Bart imagines Homer turning into a creepy skeleton covered in rotting flesh as Homer says ''"NOW HOW BOUT A HUG?"''
** In "Dog of Death", Homer imagines winning the lottery and getting a giant golden casing to walk around in.

to:

** Homer gets these very, ''very'' frequently, and they often devolve into bizarre tangents (such as a fantasy about meeting various junk food spokespersons ending in him accidentally killing a [[CaptainErsatz stand-in for]] stand-in]] for [[BlandNameProduct Twinkie the Kid]]). He also tends to comment on these fantasies in real life, as if the other characters have seen them as well (in the same example, the dream cut cuts back to him chanting "Blood For Cream" "blood for cream" in front of a bewildered Lisa).
** Homer envisions Strangely enough, it's often subverted by having what would happen if he used his new gun to rob Apu's store. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Somehow]], the logical outcome is that he becomes a Southern senator with a giant mansion and Marge dances the Monkey in a bikini.
** In "Marge on the Lam", when Marge mentions the ballet, Homer somehow imagines it consisting of bears riding around a rink in bumper cars.
** In "Homer vs. Dignity", Marge suggests they see a financial planner. Homer mishears this as "financial ''panther''", and imagines a panther attacking someone who points out Homer's poor finances.
** In "E Pluribus Wiggum", Homer combined this with the SmartBall: Lisa remarked "I feel
seems like I'm in a think tank", and Homer started to fantasize... about a group of intelligent people discussing the issues at hand. When the an Imagine Spot ends, Spot, only for it to be ''real'' (i.e., a GiantSpider appearing for a brief gag in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E16Duffless Duffless]]"). They are [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment never mentioned again]].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E7BartVsThanksgiving Bart vs. Thanksgiving]]", Bart returns home after running away when a fight he had with Lisa ruined Thanksgiving dinner and wonders if
the rest of the family is staring at Homer, who responds "What? I'm not allowed will forgive him for upsetting his sister and ruining her Thanksgiving diorama. We ripple to him going inside and asking Lisa to forgive him, only for Lisa and the rest of the family to force him to get one right?"
down on his hands and knees and beg Lisa for forgiveness, whereupon they simply laugh the apology off and decide to "blame him for everything", from Homer being bald, Maggie not being able to talk, and for "America [losing] its way". Back in reality, Bart decides to simply hide on the roof of the family's house instead until Lisa finally finds him up there.
** In "Viva Ned Flanders", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E19DogOfDeath Dog of Death]]", Homer accidentally gets married in Las Vegas. He notes that there may be some advantages to having two wives, and imagines both winning the lottery and getting a giant golden casing to walk around in.
** When Springfield gets extra money in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail
Marge and his Vegas wife doing yard work vs. the Monorail]]", Lisa imagines it being spent on virtual reality history lessons while he rests Bart imagines it being spent on giant robotic spiders that destroy the hammock.
school.
** After Homer is late picking up Bart from soccer practice in "Brother "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E14BrotherFromTheSamePlanet Brother from the Same Planet", Planet]]", an angry Bart imagines Homer turning into a creepy skeleton covered in rotting flesh as Homer says ''"NOW HOW BOUT 'BOUT A HUG?"''
** In "Dog of Death", Homer imagines winning the lottery and getting a giant golden casing to walk around in.
HUG?"''



** When Bart is expelled in "Whacking Day", he imagines a future as the test subject for a diet soda that mutates him into a beastly being. He similarly finds this cool.
** When Springfield gets extra money in "Marge vs. the Monorail", Lisa imagines it being spent on virtual reality history lessons while Bart imagines it being spent on giant robotic spiders that destroy the school.
** In "Skinner's Sense of Snow", Marge has one at the French circus, where the performers' interesting motions and positions are "giving her ideas". Cue her imagining cleaning various parts of the bathroom at once through clever twisting.
** In "Bart Vs. Thanksgiving", Bart returns home after running away when a fight he had with Lisa ruined Thanksgiving dinner and wonders if the rest of the family will forgive him for upsetting his sister and ruining her Thanksgiving diorama. We ripple to him going inside and asking Lisa to forgive him, only for Lisa and the rest of the family to force him to get down on his hands and knees and beg Lisa for forgiveness, whereupon they simply laugh the apology off and decide to "blame him for everything", from Homer being bald, Maggie not being able to talk, and for "America [losing] its way". Back in reality, Bart decides to simply hide on the roof of the family's house instead until Lisa finally finds him up there.
** Strangely enough, they often subvert this by having what seems like an Imagine Spot, only for it to be ''real'' (i.e. a GiantSpider appearing for a brief gag in "Duffless"). They are [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment never mentioned again.]]

to:

** When Bart is expelled in "Whacking Day", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E20WhackingDay Whacking Day]]", he imagines a future as the test subject for a diet soda that mutates him into a beastly being. He similarly finds this cool.
** When Springfield gets extra money in "Marge vs. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E6MargeOnTheLam Marge on the Monorail", Lisa Lam]]", when Marge mentions the ballet, Homer somehow imagines it being spent on virtual reality history lessons while Bart consisting of bears riding around a rink in bumper cars.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E5TheCartridgeFamily The Cartridge Family]]", Homer envisions what would happen if he used his new gun to rob Apu's store. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Somehow]], the logical outcome is that he becomes a Southern senator with a giant mansion and Marge dances the Monkey in a bikini.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E10VivaNedFlanders Viva Ned Flanders]]", Homer accidentally gets married in Las Vegas. He notes that there may be some advantages to having two wives, and
imagines it being spent both Marge and his Vegas wife doing yard work while he rests on giant robotic spiders that destroy the school.
hammock.
** In "Skinner's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E5HomerVsDignity Homer vs. Dignity]]", Marge suggests they see a financial planner. Homer mishears this as "financial ''panther''", and imagines a panther attacking someone who points out Homer's poor finances.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E8SkinnersSenseOfSnow Skinner's
Sense of Snow", Snow]]", Marge has one at the French circus, where the performers' interesting motions and positions are "giving her ideas". Cue her imagining cleaning various parts of the bathroom at once through clever twisting.
** In "Bart Vs. Thanksgiving", Bart returns home after running away when a fight he had "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E10EPluribusWiggum E Pluribus Wiggum]]", Homer combined this with the SmartBall: Lisa ruined Thanksgiving dinner remarked "I feel like I'm in a think tank", and wonders if Homer started to fantasize... about a group of intelligent people discussing the issues at hand. When the Imagine Spot ends, the rest of the family will forgive him for upsetting his sister and ruining her Thanksgiving diorama. We ripple to him going inside and asking Lisa to forgive him, only for Lisa and the rest of the family to force him is staring at Homer, who responds "What? I'm not allowed to get down on his hands and knees and beg Lisa for forgiveness, whereupon they simply laugh the apology off and decide to "blame him for everything", from Homer being bald, Maggie not being able to talk, and for "America [losing] its way". Back in reality, Bart decides to simply hide on the roof of the family's house instead until Lisa finally finds him up there.
** Strangely enough, they often subvert this by having what seems like an Imagine Spot, only for it to be ''real'' (i.e. a GiantSpider appearing for a brief gag in "Duffless"). They are [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment never mentioned again.]]
one, right?"



* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague / Justice League Unlimited'':
** "Only A Dream" begins with a scene of John Dee defeating the Justice League and being congratulated by several of their [[RoguesGallery enemies]]. The scene is then revealed to be a dream he experienced while testing a psychic-power enhancement device.
** In "The Doomsday Sanction", Dr. Milo, an EvilutionaryBiologist whose funding has been cut by Cadmus, imagining himself taking out a laser gun and wildly shooting at the people responsible.

to:

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague / Justice ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''/''Justice League Unlimited'':
** "Only A Dream" "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream Only a Dream]]" begins with a scene of John Dee defeating the Justice League and being congratulated by several of their [[RoguesGallery enemies]]. The scene is then revealed to be a dream he experienced daydream he's having while testing a psychic-power enhancement device.
he's in prison.
** In "The "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E3TheDoomsdaySanction The Doomsday Sanction", Sanction]]", Dr. Milo, an EvilutionaryBiologist whose funding has been cut by Cadmus, imagining himself taking out a laser gun and wildly shooting at the people responsible.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Crosswicking Bo Boi Boy The Movie.

Added DiffLines:

* ''Animation/BoBoiBoyTheMovie'': Adu Du briefly fantasises about lovingly chasing Kiki Ta across a beach when he first lays eyes on her, with [[CardiovascularLove hearts emitting from the two of them]] in the scenario.

Added: 608

Changed: 50

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Calvin has a few in ''Fanfic/CalvinAtCamp''. Since it's directly based on ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', this is to be expected.
* In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', after Kyon phones Yuki in chapter 13 he imagines her in her apartment, kneeling by the phone, her cheeks pink-tinged as she daydreams about him... But he dismisses that thought. This is Yuki, after all. As much as he might wish that...
* In ''Fanfic/{{Progress}}'', [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Luna]] has increasingly bizarre daydreams about the various awkward situations in which she finds herself.

to:

* ''Fanfic/CalvinAtCamp'': Calvin has ahs a few in ''Fanfic/CalvinAtCamp''.few. Since it's directly based on ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', this is to be expected.
* In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', after ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'': After Kyon phones Yuki in chapter 13 he imagines her in her apartment, kneeling by the phone, her cheeks pink-tinged as she daydreams about him... But he dismisses that thought. This is Yuki, after all. As much as he might wish that...
* In ''Fanfic/{{Progress}}'', ''Fanfic/{{Progress}}'': [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Luna]] has increasingly bizarre daydreams about the various awkward situations in which she finds herself.herself.
* ''WebAnimation/ReturnToKrocodileIsle'': In the ending, it turns out that [[spoiler:the entire song from K. Rool's introduction to him undergoing his plan to set Donkey Kong Island on fire, steal and destroy the banana horde and face off against DK in one final duel was just K. Rool imagining it in his isolation-induced madness before he breaks down into a fit of [[LaughingMad maddened]] and [[CryLaughing sorrowful laughter]]. Midway through the song, dummies of the crew appear in the tavern for no reason and at the end it's implied that K. Rool was only found ''after'' he set the basement on fire.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[quoteright:350:[[Film/AChristmasStory https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/csimaginespot.png]] ]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Okay, Ralphie. You win this time. But, we'll be back.]]

to:

[[quoteright:350:[[Film/AChristmasStory [[quoteright:349:[[Film/AChristmasStory https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/csimaginespot.png]] ]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Okay, [[caption-width-right:349:Okay, Ralphie. You win this time. But, we'll be back.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
quality upgrade


[[quoteright:349:[[Film/AChristmasStory https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/csimaginespot.jpg]] ]]
[[caption-width-right:349:Okay, Ralphie. You win this time. But, we'll be back.]]

->'''Elliot:''' J.D., be sensitive. Don't act like you're at a ping pong match between a ninja and Bigfoot...\\

to:

[[quoteright:349:[[Film/AChristmasStory [[quoteright:350:[[Film/AChristmasStory https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/csimaginespot.jpg]] png]] ]]
[[caption-width-right:349:Okay, [[caption-width-right:350:Okay, Ralphie. You win this time. But, we'll be back.]]

->'''Elliot:''' J.D., be sensitive. Don't act like you're at a ping pong ping-pong match between a ninja and Bigfoot...\\



** In the Johto episode ''Turning Over A New Bayleef'', at the beginning of the episode, the stew is prepared and Ash attempts to serve it. While Ash tries to keep Totodile at bay under the fear that Totodile might cause Ash to spill the stew, Bayleef is beginning to rush over to Ash, but halfway through, due to being too big to jump into Ash’s arms because of the fact that she evolved from a Chikorita in the previous episode and that she caused Ash to be sent flying during a game of fetch, factored by the mention of the potential stew spillage, she stops running and looks up at a thought bubble above her head that the camera pans up to consisting of her (in a different style where her eyes are black dots) continuing to run up to Ash (who is in the same style), which sends him flying and causes the stew to spill on Ash, and Ash angrily yells, “Bayleef! I told you before, no Tackling!” After the camera pans back down on Bayleef, the thought bubble disappears, and Bayleef, shaking her head upon realizing that it might end badly, decides to simply walk.

to:

** In the Johto episode ''Turning Over A New Bayleef'', at the beginning of the episode, the stew is prepared and Ash attempts to serve it. While Ash tries to keep Totodile at bay under the fear that Totodile might cause Ash to spill the stew, Bayleef is beginning to rush over to Ash, but halfway through, due to being too big to jump into Ash’s Ash's arms because of the fact that she evolved from a Chikorita in the previous episode and that she caused Ash to be sent flying during a game of fetch, factored by the mention of the potential stew spillage, she stops running and looks up at a thought bubble above her head that the camera pans up to consisting of her (in a different style where her eyes are black dots) continuing to run up to Ash (who is in the same style), which sends him flying and causes the stew to spill on Ash, and Ash angrily yells, “Bayleef! "Bayleef! I told you before, no Tackling!” Tackling!" After the camera pans back down on Bayleef, the thought bubble disappears, and Bayleef, shaking her head upon realizing that it might end badly, decides to simply walk.



** Akira has a childish fantasy about using two assault rifles in GunsAkimbo that makes Alpha scold him how it’d wreck his arms if he wasn’t wearing PoweredArmor as RequiredSecondaryPowers for it.

to:

** Akira has a childish fantasy about using two assault rifles in GunsAkimbo that makes Alpha scold him how it’d it'd wreck his arms if he wasn’t wasn't wearing PoweredArmor as RequiredSecondaryPowers for it.



* In ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', during the New Zork chapter, Beagle John tells Ringo that the government is looking for the first "A-plus Plus" (i.e., someone with more than one magical Ability) and such a man will be milked for his sperm so all the women can be artificially inseminated. Ringo, who easily qualifies, pictures “himself hooked up to a sperm-pumping machine, surrounded by thousands of big-nosed, blue-eyed [[MindOverMatter telekinetic]] kids.”

to:

* In ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', during the New Zork chapter, Beagle John tells Ringo that the government is looking for the first "A-plus Plus" (i.e., someone with more than one magical Ability) and such a man will be milked for his sperm so all the women can be artificially inseminated. Ringo, who easily qualifies, pictures “himself "himself hooked up to a sperm-pumping machine, surrounded by thousands of big-nosed, blue-eyed [[MindOverMatter telekinetic]] kids."

Top