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* On an episode of ''Series/{{Voyagers}}'' , Phineas Bogg tries to play Poker, but continually gets it confused with Bridge and Gin.
* On ''[[Series/ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'': Tracy thinks he's playing Go Fish when everyone else is playing poker. But he's [[CloudCuckooLander just like that.]]
* Jazz falls for that in an episode of [[FreshPrinceOfBelAir Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]], causing him and Will to lose all of their money.

* On an episode of ''Series{{Voyagers}}'' , Phineas Bogg tries to play Poker, but continually gets it confused with Bridge and Gin.

* In a Western {{Homage}} episode of ''The New Adventures of WinnieThePooh'', the "horse thieves" (who are actual horses) play Go Fish. The player who's told to "Go fish" starts a BarBrawl over it.

* Averted in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', where the game of choice for the series' villains in the episode "Almost Got Him" was quite clearly poker, with a pot involved.

* On ''[[Series/ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'': Tracy thinks he's playing Go Fish when everyone else is playing poker. But he's just like that.

* ''TheTenthKingdom'': it wasn't villains but the casino plays some rather unusual card games, Anthony starts by playing Happy Families then moves to the high rollers table and proceeds to play Snap against stereotypically dressed aristocrats.

* Averted in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', where the game of choice for the series' villains in the episode "Almost Got Him" was quite clearly poker, with a pot involved.
** Likewise, the ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers'' play poker, a StealthPun.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' #50, Durkon and Hilgya seem to play it.
* In a Western {{Homage}} episode of ''The New Adventures of WinnieThePooh'', the "horse thieves" (who are actual horses) play Go Fish. The player who's told to "Go fish" starts a BarBrawl over it.
* Go Fish has been declared the official card game of ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'', in which it is occasionally used to replace combat scenes (which the artist admits she is bad at drawing).

* They're good guys, but this should still count: In one ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' episode, it looks as if Genie, Iago and Carpet are playing a game of poker, complete with chips and Iago wearing a little visor on his head. Until Genie says "Got any ''nines''?" Especially absurd since neither poker, nor go fish, nor ''playing cards themselves'' should [[AnachronismStew have been invented yet]].
* This [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpqayaEuyiI musical number]] from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.
* The GreatLakesAvengers are constantly playing poker, mostly because there's nothing to do in Wisconsin. During the GLA miniseries, their enemies, Batroc's Brigade, also take up cards to stave off the boredom of being supervillains in Wisconsin. They prefer Go Fish (possibly a VisualPun as well, as they were in an underwater lair at the time).
** There's also a long-running floating poker game between the Avengers, X-Men and other Marvel heroes, which was turned into a massive tournament for the Thing's Bar Mitzvah.

* Averted by the villainous Genei Ryodan in ''HunterXHunter''; they play a cardgame fittingly known as 'Cheat' while one of their number is [[ConservationOfNinjutsu fighting first a small army, then four superpowered enemies at once]] to show how insignificant the threat is to them. Neon also plays this with her bodyguards.
* ''{{Fillmore}}'' did this.

* In an episode of ''GarfieldAndFriends'', Garfield is in a stereotypical Old West card game, as he and his opponent keep upping the ante to ridiculous degrees. Finally, Garfield reveals his hand: "You got the Old Maid. I win."
* This has to be related: in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the various demons and vampires are known to play kitten poker. Yes, it's just like poker, but with tiny tabbies instead of chips.

* In one SonicTheHedgehog comic strip, Shadow and the rest of Team Dark are shown playing cards. When asked if he has any threes, E-123 Omega responds, "pursue aquatic life."
* A famous M&M's ad: "These cards are marked." "They're a mess." "Yeah...a chocolate mess." "Yeah, a chocolate mess" was actually a pretty popular catchphrase for a while. The rough and tough card players pull guns on the dealer, but Plain and Peanut calm things down ("The dirty dealer meant no harm...") and at the end, they're revealed to have been playing Go Fish, with one of the baddies downcast when his request for threes is rejected.

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* On an episode of ''Voyagers!'' , Phineas Bogg tries to play Poker, but continually gets it confused with Bridge and Gin.
* On ''[[Series/ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'': Tracy thinks he's playing Go Fish when everyone else is playing poker. But he's just like that.
* Jazz falls for that in an episode of [[FreshPrinceOfBelAir Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]], causing him and Will to lose all of their money.
-->'''Will:''' Jazz, I thought you said you knew how to play poker!
-->'''Jazz:''' Poker? You mean this isn't Go Fish?
* In the Non-Canon Spy Spoof storyline of ''DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'', the Dan insert-character [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_454.php doesn't quite understand poker]].
* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'': Tiger calls "rummy" on a poker game.
* Similarly, in the non-movie connected Spiderman game, Rhino calls "rummy" on a poker game, then takes about a minute to gloat how he "outsmarted" Doc Ock and Mysterio. Then he realizes his mistake and sits down.
* Tangentially related; in ''BlackBooks'', Bernard tries to cheat at poker with a card up his sleeve. When he takes it out, he notices it's a "Mr. Bun the Baker" ''Happy Families'' card.
* ''FairlyOddParents'', Timmy and Cosmo make a cockroach sentient and the cockroach builds an army and a nuclear missile all in the name of "WORLD DOMI'''NA'''TION!" while Wanda is at a spa. When Wanda gets home, Timmy and Cosmo are in Timmy's room, seemingly untouched by the apocalypse going on (and the only thing that is untouched by the apocalypse), playing Go Fish, with this line:
-->'''Timmy:''' ''Got any threes?''
-->'''Cosmo:''' ''What's a three?''

* ''AnAmericanTail'': Tiger calls "rummy" on a poker game.

--->'''Jaden:''' "Oh, well, okay, then I want to [[{{Monopoly}} buy Mayfair]]."

* This has to be related: in BuffyTheVampireSlayer, the various demons and vampires are known to play kitten poker. Yes, it's just like poker, but with tiny tabbies instead of chips.

No, it's not [[{{Yu-Gi-Oh}} Duel Monsters]]. [[SeriousBusiness This is just for relaxation]]. But it can be any ''other'' children's card game.

No, it's not [[{{Yu-Gi-Oh}} Duel Monsters]]. This is for relaxation. But it can be any ''other'' children's card game.

* In the final episode of ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' "What You Leave Behind", Quark and Vic Fontaine play Go Fish while waiting to hear news of the outcome of The Second Battle for Cardassia.

Children's card games get taught early, so any children who want to act out the scene in question can. For slightly older viewers, these games look like poker if you can't see the table.

Sometimes, it will turn out that the game ''is'' {{poker}} (or maybe gin rummy), and that the villain who just asked for threes is so clueless that he thought it was.

* In ''OrderOfTheStick'' #50, Durkon and Hilgya seem to play it.

* They're good guys, but this should still count: In one ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'' episode, it looks as if Genie, Iago and Carpet are playing a game of poker, complete with chips and Iago wearing a little visor on his head. Until Genie says "Got any ''nines''?" Especially absurd since neither poker, nor go fish, nor ''playing cards themselves'' should [[AnachronismStew have been invented yet]].

* In one {{Sonic the Hedgehog}} comic strip, Shadow and the rest of Team Dark are shown playing cards. When asked if he has any threes, E-123 Omega responds, "pursue aquatic life."

* Tangentially related; in ''BlackBooks'', Bernard tries to cheat at poker with a card up his sleeve. When he takes it out, he notices it's a "Mr. Bun the Baker" ''Happy Families'' card.

-->--''TheSimpsons''

* On ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'': Tracy thinks he's playing Go Fish when everyone else is playing poker. But he's just like that.

* In ''{{UHF}}'', the bad guys guarding Stanley Spadowski spend their time playing jacks and making string figures.

->'''[[RalphWiggum Ralph]]''': "''Go fish!''"

** Likewise, the ''RoadRovers'' play poker, a StealthPun.
* In the ''{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My Lucky Charm", J.D. and Turk play Go Fish in a bar when told to go out and start living life.

* On an episode of ''Voyagers!'' (Does anyone remember that show but me?), Phineas Bogg tries to play Poker, but continually gets it confused with Bridge and Gin.

* ''FairlyOddParents'', Timmy and Cosmo make a cockroach sentient and the cockroach builds an army AND a nuclear missile all in the name of "WORLD DOMI'''NA'''TION!" while Wanda is at a spa. When Wanda gets home, Timmy and Cosmo are in Timmy's room, seemingly untouched by the apocalypse going on (and the ONLY thing that is untouched by the apocalypse), playing Go Fish, with this line:

->--'''TheSimpsons'''

* {{FairlyOddParents}}, Timmy and Cosmo make a cockroach sentient and the cockroach builds an army AND a nuclear missile all in the name of "WORLD DOMI'''NA'''TION!" while Wanda is at a spa. When Wanda gets home, Timmy and Cosmo are in Timmy's room, seemingly untouched by the apocalypse going on (and the ONLY thing that is untouched by the apocalypse), playing Go Fish, with this line:

* In one {{Sonic the Hedgehog}} comic strip, Shadow and the rest of Team Dark are shown playing cards. When asked if he has any threes, the team's robot responds, "pursue aquatic life."

* Go Fish has been declared the official card game of ''AndShineHeavenNow'', in which it is occasionally used to replace combat scenes (which the artist admits she is bad at drawing).

** Don't forget this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpqayaEuyiI musical number]] from TheHunchbackOfNotreDame

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* In ''UHF'', the bad guys guarding Stanley Spadowski spend their time playing jacks and making string figures.

* A famous M&M's ad (are ads alright?): "These cards are marked." "They're a mess." "Yeah...a chocolate mess." "Yeah, a chocolate mess" was actually a pretty popular catchphrase for a while. The rough and tough card players pull guns on the dealer, but Plain and Peanut calm things down ("The dirty dealer meant no harm...") and at the end, they're revealed to have been playing Go Fish, with one of the baddies downcast when his request for threes is rejected.

* In [[{{Kriegsmesser}} this troper]]'s high school, and many other, Go Fish has been wholly replaced by "Speed" as the MostCommonCardGame.
** Egyptian Ratscrew and Bullshit are also popular {{Most Common Card Game}}s at the high school and college levels, at least in the US.

The largest and most visually imposing player rumbles, "Got any threes?"