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-->'''Voice #2:''' ''Newsflash!'' Machine-Gun Butch just shot his way out of jail! He may be in your neighborhood! Be careful! He is armed and dangerous! Lock your doors! Remember, ''he's a killer!''

* In the WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse cartoon ''Mickey's Parrot'', Mickey and Pluto are by the radio listening to [[SickeninglySweet an overly-sweet story]] that gets interrupted by a news flash about an escaped killer. The titular parrot then wanders into the basement and makes a ruckus, causing the two to believe that the killer is in their house.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode "Broadcast Nuisance", Dot interrupts Newstime Live to ask her brother Yakko for his opinions on the news anchor they are trying to annoy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlestLightOnTheChristmasTree'' had a small scene where a weather report about a winter storm warning interrupted the music station Timothy's mother was listening to.

* In the WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse cartoon ''Mickey's Parrot'', Mickey and Pluto are by the radio listening to [[TastesLikeDiabetes an overly-sweet story]] that gets interrupted by a news flash about an escaped killer. The titular parrot then wanders into the basement and makes a ruckus, causing the two to believe that the killer is in their house.

* Two ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' instances:

-->-- '''''[[UsefulNotes/United States]] [[EmergencyBroadcast Emergency Alert System]]'''''

-->-- '''''[[RealLife United States]] [[EmergencyBroadcast Emergency Alert System]]'''''

-->-- '''''[[RealLife United States]] [[EmergencyBroadcast Emergency Alert System]][[labelnote:note]][[only used for Emergency Action Notifications.[[/labelnote]]'''''

-->-- '''''[[RealLife United States]] [[EmergencyBroadcast Emergency Alert System]]'''''

-->-- '''''[[EmergencyBroadcast United States Emergency Alert System]]'''''

-->-- '''''[[EmergencyBroadcast United States Emergency Alert System'''''

--->"We interrupt this cancan to bring you this newsflash. Be on the lookout for a man that's been passing himself off as a health inspector in order to obtain free food. That is all."

* In ''Series/CoryInTheHouse'', one character had her disastrous[[note]]she acted like a [[SpoiledBrat Spoilt]] BrattyTeenageDaughter, and even yelled at a horse[[/note]] 16th birthday party filmed for a TV show, and knew if it were to air, she'd be the laughing stock of her country. Just as the episode was beginning, the President of the United States interrupts it for a 60 minute special [[ItMakesSenseInContext on cheese]], having accepted Cory's request to protect his friend's dignity. [[FridgeLogic But there's still the matter of reruns and the amount of controversy the POTUS will get for interrupting a popular show for no apparent reason]].

* In ''Series/CoryInTheHouse'', one character had her disastrous[[note]]she acted like a [[SpoiltBrat Spoilt]] BrattyTeenageDaughter, and even yelled at a horse[[/note]] 16th birthday party filmed for a TV show, and knew if it were to air, she'd be the laughing stock of her country. Just as the episode was beginning, the President of the United States interrupts it for a 60 minute special [[ItMakesSenseInContext on cheese]], having accepted Cory's request to protect his friend's dignity. [[FridgeLogic But there's still the matter of reruns and the amount of controversy the POTUS will get for interrupting a popular show for no apparent reason]].

* ''Series/TheRatPatrol'' episode "[[Recap/TheRatPatrolS1E20TheLastChanceRaid The Last Chance Raid]]" [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this trope]]. The Rats have to send an emergency warning to the British, but their radio is damaged. What can they do? Break into the studio of the local TokyoRose -- British traitor "Colonel Windsor", whose pro-Nazi broadcasts are monitored by Creator/TheBBC -- and commandeer his show, that's what! It turns out the Rats' nemesis Captain Dietrich has anticipated this move and captures them before Windsor goes on the air. However, our heroes escape, take over Windsor's show in progress, and successfully send their message, to the astonishment of the BBC monitors.

* ''Series/TheRatPatrol'' episode "[[Recap/TheRatPatrolS1E20TheLastChanceRaid The Last Chance Raid]]" [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this trope]]. The Rats have to send an emergency warning to the British, but their radio is damaged. What can they do? Break into the studio of the local TokyoRose -- British traitor "Colonel Windsor", whose pro-Nazi broadcasts are monitored by Creator/TheBBC -- and commandeer his show, that's what! It turns out the Rats' nemesis Captain Dietrich has anticipated this move and captures the Rats before Windsor goes on the air. However, our heroes escape, take over Windsor's show in progress, and successfully send their message, to the astonishment of the BBC monitors.

* Frequently done on ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' to allow April O'Neil to deliver plot-relevant information to the Turtles. On one occasion, a commercial was interrupted, and the characters mentioned that it must be ''really'' serious if they were interrupting ''commercials''.

* Right before the Champion battle against Leon in ''Videogame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', Chairman Rose appears on the jumbotron to tell everyone [[spoiler:he's triggered the Darkest Day, Galar's version of the apocalypse]].

* WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants has done this quite a few times.

** A 2014 skit featured Creator/MikeMeyers reprising his role as [[Franchise/AustinPowers Dr. Evil]], in which he hijacks a Christmas special in the cold open to call out Sony and North Korea over the controversy surrounding ''Film/TheInterview''.

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* [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Weird Al]]'s "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" begins with a news report of a devastating earthquake which interrupts the show our narrator is watching. He sighs about the cruelty of fate -- because he was recording it and everything.

See also ThisJustIn, where it's a news program that interrupts itself for this purpose. When the villain hacks into TV programming to deliver an evil message, it's DoNotAdjustYourSet. See EmergencyBroadcast for a common way this happens in RealLife.

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