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* In ''WesternAnimation/BillyAndMandysBigBoogieAdventure" one of the charges the Boogey Man levies against Billy, Mandy and Grim is that they are "mean to baby animals". The end credits has a disclaimer saying "no one was mean to baby animals during the making of this cartoon".

* Befitting the anti-authoritive leanings of [[Creator/MichaelMoore its director]] and [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine its stars]], part of the video for "Sleep Now In The Fire" was illegally filmed outside the New York Stock Exchange. Captions at the end inform us that because of the ruckus that began when the NYPD tried to halt the performance, the exchange was forced to halt trading an hour before closing, but "No money was harmed."

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Dog of Death"

* ''Film/TheWaterHorse'': "No [[StockNessMonster Sea Monsters]] were harmed during the making of this film."

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Dog Of Death" has this at the end.
--> No dogs were harmed in the filming of this episode. A cat got sick, and somebody shot a duck, but that's it.

* Parodied in ''FanFic/CodeWings30'', where Odd proclaims that "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall No guitars were harmed in the making of this fanfic]]" after William groggily asks "Who threw a guitar?"

* Episode 5 of ''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy: The Hexagonal Phase'' features a herd of Ameglian Major Cows (the species the Dish of the Day belongs to), all determined to be eaten. TheStinger states "For those concerned that any animals were mistreated in this episode, please note that the Amelgian Major Cows refused to have their scenes supervised by any animal welfare group. And very delicious they were, too."

* In the credits of WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity's first episode there is this message:

* WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill: In "Serves Me Right for Giving General George S. Patton the Bathroom Key", Hank announces to the audience at the end of the episode, "No pipes were harmed in the making of this episode.
* WesternAnimation/LittleDogsOnThePrairie has “no animals were harmed in the making of this program, however there were a few times we wanted to roll up a newspaper and give a few executives a whack on the nose”.

* At least two horses died during the filming of ''MissouriBreaks'', and several more were injured. (One was drowned, and the other one had to be put down after being crippled by a tripwire.)

* The closing credits of both ''Film/{{Paddington}}'' and ''Film/Paddington2'' state that "No bears were harmed in the making of this film" despite the fact that the bears in both are [=CGI=] creations.

[[ADateWithRosiePalms Just gently loved]].]]

** This seems to be a common occurrence in cannibal exploitation films, such as ''Film/CannibalFerox'', where they killed several animals on-camera for the movie. Though Giovanni Lombardo Rodice DIDN'T do so (and in fact hated making the movie), and when told that [[Creator/RobertDeNiro De Niro]] would have done it by director Umberto Lenzi, said, "De Niro would have kicked your ass all the way back to Rome!"

* The infamous 1903 film ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocuting_an_Elephant Electrocuting an Elephant]] contains actual footage of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an elephant being killed by electrocution]]. This was done because the elephant, a female named Topsy, had such a bad reputation that, when the owners of the amusement park where she was being kept at the time tried to move her on after they dismissed her handler and were left with no-one capable of controlling her, no zoos or circuses were prepared to accept her, so she had to be killed.

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' has "no raccoons or tree creatures were harmed in the making of this film."

* [[{{Creator/StuartAshen}} Dr Ashen's]] guide to [[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ashen1/ashen/menu/build/intro.htm building a computer for next to nothing]] involves a rabbit.

* The Creator/{{Rooster Teeth}} Short ''Secret Door'' ends with the disclaimer, [[spoiler:"No clones were harmed during the making of this short. Except Gavin 3. He's dead now.]]

* ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/cheyenne89pictures/gallery/80507349/cheyenne89-pictures-stories-movies-and-series Cheyenne89 Pictures]]'' has two examples: The first one being the normal one, but it says, [[https://www.deviantart.com/cheyenne89pictures/art/Cheyenneverse-Technical-Difficulties-915717256 "Note: No-one from the Cheyenneverse was harmed in the making of this story! (Despite that what was happening would've gotten us killed!)"]], and the second one was during the end credits of ''[[https://www.wattpad.com/story/325408590-the-frozen-heart%27s-star The Frozen Heart's Star]]'', where it states, "No Waddle Dees, Cappies, or puffballs were harmed in the making of this story.(but some were frozen by the curse)".

* ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/cheyenne89pictures/gallery/80507349/cheyenne89-pictures-stories-movies-and-series Cheyenne89 Pictures]]'' has two examples: The first one being the normal one, but it says, [[https://www.deviantart.com/cheyenne89pictures/art/Cheyenneverse-Technical-Difficulties-915717256 "Note: No-one from the Cheyenneverse was harmed in the making of this story! (Despite that what was happening would've gotten us killed!)"]], and the second one was during the end credits of [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/325408590-the-frozen-heart%27s-star The Frozen Heart's Star]], where it states, "No Waddle Dees, Cappies, or puffballs were harmed in the making of this story.(but some were frozen by the curse)".

* ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/cheyenne89pictures/gallery/80507349/cheyenne89-pictures-stories-movies-and-series Cheyenne89 Pictures]]'' has two examples: The first one being the normal one, but it says, "Note: No-one from the Cheyenneverse was harmed in the making of this story! (Despite that what was happening would've gotten us killed!)", and the second one was during the end credits of [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/325408590-the-frozen-heart%27s-star The Frozen Heart's Star]], where it states, "No Waddle Dees, Cappies, or puffballs were harmed in the making of this story.".

* ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/cheyenne89pictures/gallery/80507349/cheyenne89-pictures-stories-movies-and-series Cheyenne89 Pictures'']] has two examples: The first one being the normal one, but it says, "Note: No-one from the Cheyenneverse was harmed in the making of this story! (Despite that what was happening would've gotten us killed!)", and the second one was during the end credits of [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/325408590-the-frozen-heart%27s-star The Frozen Heart's Star]], where it states, "No Waddle Dees, Cappies, or puffballs were harmed in the making of this story.".

* ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/cheyenne89pictures/gallery/80507349/cheyenne89-pictures-stories-movies-and-series Cheyenne89 Pictures'' has two examples: The first one being the normal one, but it says, "Note: No-one from the Cheyenneverse was harmed in the making of this story! (Despite that what was happening would've gotten us killed!)", and the second one was during the end credits of [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/325408590-the-frozen-heart%27s-star The Frozen Heart's Star]], where it states, "No Waddle Dees, Cappies, or puffballs were harmed in the making of this story.".

* The infamous 1903 film ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocuting_an_Elephant Electrocuting an Elephant]] contains actual footage of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an elephant being killed by electrocution]]. This was done because the elephant, a female named Topsy, was known to have been responsible for the deaths of three people. Consequently, she had such a bad reputation that, when the owners of the amusement park where she was being kept at the time tried to move her on after they dismissed her handler and were left with no-one capable of controlling her, no zoos or circuses were prepared to accept her, so she had to be killed.

* The infamous 1903 film ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocuting_an_Elephant Electrocuting an Elephant]] contains actual footage of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an elephant being killed by electrocution]].

* The end credits of the first ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' game features the disclaimer "No sheep were harmed during the making of this game. A few Gnorcs, but no sheep."
* From ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'':
** ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]'', the game that features the Sheepinator, gives us:

* Used out of universe as a joke by Creator/IwanRheon, aka [[spoiler:Ramsay Snow]] in Series/GameOfThrones. When doing some media work to promote the series, Iwan joked "No Alfie Allens were harmed in the making of the show. He still has [[spoiler:his penis]]".

* A disclaimer at the end of Music/MichaelJackson's music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7z_w83fSjM Earth Song]]" says that no animals were harmed during the making of the video, though an unnamed poacher had killed an elephant within a mile of the shot.

* The VEVO video for Music/TaylorSwift's song "Blank Space" had in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg description]], "No animals, trees, automobiles or actors were harmed in the making of this video."

* The end credits for Bad Boys' Love in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' states that no birds were harmed in the making of this game [[spoiler: although many of the bird characters seriously were.]] It may have been because one bird is a Luzon Bleeding-Heart, a species with plumage that makes it look like they've been shot in the chest.

* The Creator/{{Rooster Teeth}} Short ''Secret Door'' ends with the disclaimer, [[spoiler: "No clones were harmed during the making of this short. Except Gavin 3. He's dead now.]]

* After the end credits for ''[[VideoGame/ClayFighter ClayFighter 63 1/3]]'' a message appears saying that [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lockjaw.png "This animal was severely hurt in the making of this game. Rest in peace Lockjaw."]]

* ''VideoGame/RandalsMonday'': PlayedWith. You have to poison some pigeons to solve a puzzle later, and the game does clarify that they are dead. But they were also drawings, [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/randalsmonday/randalsmonday-17.png so whatever]].

* The infamous pseudo-nature film ''White Wilderness'' created the Lemming Suicide myth by driving lemmings off a cliff from a rotating turntable and into a river.