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* ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'': In the second Seuss story in "A Bird's Guide to Health", Horton the Elephant is shown to be afraid of spiders, though he gets over it when he helps take care of Sid the Spider, whose left legs were crushed by a fallen tree.
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* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', Neelix is revealed to have "Nihiliphobia'', the fear of nothingness
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* ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Tim]] doesn't like insects, being grossed out by the [[BigCreepyCrawlies Endoswarmers]]' shed shells when he goes to the Kazakhstan abandoned power plant where the creatures hatched 56 years ago.
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* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': According to "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS3E2ThatCreepingFeeling That Creeping Feeling]]", Carole has a fear of spiders, which comes as a deadly tarantula is roaming the centre, at one point even hanging on the back of an unaware Carole.

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* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': According to "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS3E2ThatCreepingFeeling That Creeping Feeling]]", Carole has a fear of spiders, which comes as a deadly tarantula is roaming the centre, at one point even briefly hanging on the her back of an unaware Carole.unbeknownst to her.



* In "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS6E7SnapHappy Snap Happy]]", it is revealed that Helen has a fear of heights thanks to an unfortunate incident on her and Brittas' honeymoon where Brittas tripped on a very high diving board and was sent hurtling towards a group of synchronised swimmers. She tries to overcome this by doing a skydiving session, but panics and a poor choice of words from Brittas (who she had called in an attempt to calm down) causes her to skydive too early.
** In "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS7E1TheElephantsChild The Elephant's Child]]", it's revealed that both Tim and Gavin are afraid of heights, a problem since they are expected to do a bungee jump and by the fact that neither has told the other.

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* ** In "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS6E7SnapHappy Snap Happy]]", it is revealed that Helen has a fear of heights thanks to an unfortunate incident on her and Brittas' honeymoon where Brittas tripped on a very high diving board and was sent hurtling towards a group of synchronised swimmers. She tries to overcome this by doing a skydiving session, but panics her nerves and a poor choice of words from Brittas (who she had called in an attempt to calm down) causes her to skydive too early.
** In "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS7E1TheElephantsChild The Elephant's Child]]", it's revealed that both Tim and Gavin are afraid of heights, a problem since they are both expected to do a bungee jump and by the fact that neither has have not told the other.each other this.
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* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': According to "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS3E2ThatCreepingFeeling That Creeping Feeling]]", Carole has a fear of spiders, which comes as a deadly tarantula is roaming the centre, at one point even hanging on the back of an unaware Carole.


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* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': In "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E3BrusselsCalling Brussels Calling]]", it is revealed that Carole has a fear of rats. Unfortunately for her, this comes as the centre faces a rat infestation, and she ends up learning that her young son Ben is capable of luring rats near him with his tin whistle playing after the rats start coming into reception and in front of her.


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* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'':
* In "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS6E7SnapHappy Snap Happy]]", it is revealed that Helen has a fear of heights thanks to an unfortunate incident on her and Brittas' honeymoon where Brittas tripped on a very high diving board and was sent hurtling towards a group of synchronised swimmers. She tries to overcome this by doing a skydiving session, but panics and a poor choice of words from Brittas (who she had called in an attempt to calm down) causes her to skydive too early.
** In "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS7E1TheElephantsChild The Elephant's Child]]", it's revealed that both Tim and Gavin are afraid of heights, a problem since they are expected to do a bungee jump and by the fact that neither has told the other.
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* Brennan in ''Series/{{Bones}}''. It went back and forth, as she handled a snake in one episode. Later, they did some LampshadeHanging regarding the slip with her asking “why am I only afraid of snakes when Booth is not around to be jumped upon?”
* An episode of ''Series/{{Cops}}'' showed two policemen afraid to respond to a call from a resident who found a snake in his closet. The guy from animal control, on the other hand, had snake tattoos and couldn't believe the resident didn't want to keep such a pretty snake.

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* Brennan in ''Series/{{Bones}}''. It went goes back and forth, as she handled handles a snake in one episode. Later, they did do some LampshadeHanging regarding the slip slip, with her asking “why "Why am I only afraid of snakes when Booth is not around to be jumped upon?”
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* An episode of ''Series/{{Cops}}'' showed ''Series/Cops1989'' shows two policemen afraid to respond to a call from a resident who found a snake in his closet. The guy from animal control, on the other hand, had has snake tattoos and couldn't can't believe the resident didn't want to keep such a pretty snake.
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* Molly from "Series/TheBigComfyCouch" is afraid of fireworks, as seen in "The Big Bang Boom"

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* Molly from "Series/TheBigComfyCouch" ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'' is afraid of fireworks, as seen in "The Big Bang Boom"
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* Molly from "Series/TheBigComfyCouch" is afraid of fireworks, as seen in "The Big Bang Boom"
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* Rogelio in ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' is terrified of heights and won't even set foot on the balcony to help Alma in the decorations. When he had to stand on a platform with Xiomara to shoot a scene for his movie, Xiomara had to pretend ''she'' was afraid of heights to save him the embarrassment.

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* Rogelio in ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' is terrified of heights and won't even set foot on the balcony to help Alma in the decorations.decorations for Jane's baby shower. When he had to stand on a platform with Xiomara to shoot a scene for his movie, Xiomara had to pretend ''she'' was afraid of heights to save him the embarrassment.
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* Rogelio in ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' is terrified of heights and won't even set foot on the balcony to help Alma in the decorations. When he had to stand on a platform with Xiomara to shoot a scene for his movie, Xiomara had to pretend ''she'' was afraid of heights to save him the embarrassment.
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* In the ''Series/ICarly2021'' episode "iCause A Cat-Astrophe", Freddie reveals he's terrified of cats since [[Recap/ICarlyS03E08IQuitICarly a cat got stuck in the walls of their building when he was a kid.]] Spencer spends the whole B-plot trying to make Freddie face his fear.

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* In the ''Series/ICarly2021'' episode "iCause A Cat-Astrophe", Freddie reveals he's terrified of cats since [[Recap/ICarlyS03E08IQuitICarly since a cat got stuck in the walls of their building when he was a kid.]] kid. Spencer spends the whole B-plot trying to make Freddie face his fear.
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* In the ''Series/ICarly2021'' episode "iCause A Cat-Astrophe", Freddie reveals he's terrified of cats since [[Recap/ICarlyS03E08IQuitICarly a cat got stuck in the walls of their building when he was a kid.]] Spencer spends the whole B-plot trying to make Freddie face his fear.


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* In the ''Series/ShakeItUp'' special ''Made In Japan'', Rocky had to take hypnotherapy to overcome her fear of flying when the ''Shake it Up, Chicago!'' cast wins a trip to Japan.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor, at least in his third incarnation.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor, at least in his third incarnation. Watching a parallel Earth destroyed in flames does a number on him.
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* In ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Rachel mentions in one episode that fish freak her out.

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* In ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Rachel mentions in one episode that claims to be afraid of fish freak after Phoebe tries to scare her out.out of living with Joey by buying him a tarantula (which he is terrified of, but Rachel loves). This is never mentioned either before or since.
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* ''Series/DontEatTheNeighbours'': In the first episode, Rabbit confides to Terrapin that he has a deep fear of wolves, and it's fortunate that he lives in Britain where there are no wolves. Unfortunately, a family of wolves move in next door from Canada later that day.
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** Nate of ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' is terrified of spiders. A few episodes deal with him facing one in some form. Unlike Devon's fear of dogs, which was brought about my Evox's tampering, Nate's fear is natural.

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** Nate of ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' is terrified of spiders. A few episodes deal with him facing one in some form. Unlike Devon's fear of dogs, which was brought about my by Evox's tampering, Nate's fear is natural.
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* Carlos Sandoval of ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' is terrified of heights, but it's not until he, Trent and the titular ranger confront the gunman who tried to kill him does he eventually conquer his fear after he and Trent save Walker from falling to his death.

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