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8->'''Hayate:''' Stop hitting me!\
9'''Ayana:''' Then stop projecting your stupid fantasies where everyone can see!
10-->-- ''Manga/HayateCrossBlade''
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12A [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall-breaking]] gag in which one character is inexplicably able to see another character's ImagineSpot or other FantasySequence, taking the perspective of the audience and reacting to specific details that they shouldn't be able to guess. {{Telepath|y}}s are cheaters, so they don't count. MediumAwareness helps.
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14See also DidIJustSayThatOutLoud, StrangeMindsThinkAlike, DirtyMindReading. Contrast InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement, where a character can't see another character's ImagineSpot or InnerMonologue, but ''does'' see that they're weirdly spaced out and acting weird because of it.
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22* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': In "Boss'stache", the Boss remembers [[spoiler:he made a secret formula to grow his mustache]] and that it's at the laboratory. Lamput sees the lab in the Boss's thought bubble and confirms if that's where he wants to go.
23* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Joys of Seasons'' episode 52, Mr. Slowy tells the goat kids the story of how some lazy, gluttonous goats invented porridge, with his flashback to the occasion featuring goats that look exactly like Paddi. When Slowy finishes his story, Paddi angrily objects and demands to know why the goats in the flashback look like him.
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27* In the 41st chapter of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', Ao notices Mira having an ImagineSpot of launching herself into the space a la HumanCannonball and tells her that's not possible.
28* ''Anime/CrayonShinChan'' had an episode where the titular Shin's babysitter kept launching into bizarre/perverted fantasy spots about destroying the annoying toddler or hooking up with her boyfriend, immediately followed by an inner narration about how glad she is nobody could see or hear her thoughts. Of course, her boyfriend happens to be secretly psychic and ''can'' hear and see exactly what she keeps imagining (including how embarrassed she would be if anyone could read her thoughts).
29* In the first episode of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', Excel is in an ambulance after being hit by a truck. We see scenes from her life, and one of the [=EMTs=] in the ambulance says something like, "Uh oh. Her life is flashing before her eyes. That's a bad sign." The Japanese dub was something along the lines of "You've got so much more to live for, like love -- oh wait, you've already done that. Never mind." after he notices the flashback.
30* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'': In Chapter 55, "The 60-Yard Legend", Monta has another of his fantasies about helping the team that ends with Mamori fawning over him and Sena throwing confetti, and Sena comments "Why am I always the one throwing confetti?"
31* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', Juvia often pictures a LoveDodecahedron in her ImagineSpot, and characters around her comment on the absurdness of her thoughts.
32* Chapter 8 of ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' has several girls looking up at the Imagine Spot depicting Saito's sexy dream of Louise. In the next panel, Louise frantically waves her arms to dissipate it.
33* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', when May Chang goes into an ImagineSpot about Edward Elric (whom she assumes is tall, suave, and handsome), Yoki (who met Ed in the first volume) looks at her thought balloon and wonders who ''that'' is supposed to be.
34* In the ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' manga, Haru wonders aloud what Yuki would look like dressed in a girl's uniform. We see Haru's ImagineSpot and Yuki tells him to stop picturing it. Although it could be justified as a lucky guess.
35* In ''Manga/HayateCrossBlade''; [[{{Tsundere}} Ayana]] has a tendency to see Hayate's imagine spots; and tends to hit her for them.
36* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', which pulls off FourthWall gags all the time, does this.
37* Ryuko spots her friend Mako's ImagineSpot of Ryuko's father [[spoiler:when he was revealed to be the founder of [[LaResistance Nudist Beach]]]] in ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
38* In ''Manga/LoveLab'', Riko often gets annoyed by Maki's imagine spots, as they tend to be ridiculous and share Maki's [[TerribleArtist art-style]].
39* Early in ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'', Yurika remarks that when they were kids, Akito was always chasing her around. This is followed by an imagine spot of ''Yurika'' chasing ''Akito'' around, which Akito physically points to and says "''That's'' how I remember it."
40* Kimihito from ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' remarks about Miia's fantasy with him. An earlier scene they had together is reinterpreted by Miia with her crush being more badass than it actually was.
41* Several jokes in Chapter 99 of ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' rely on most of the cast being able to see the quickly-evolving [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel romantic interpretations]] of mundane interactions in the mind of Rei Kashima, who's very uninformed about co-ed relations due to going to an [[OneGenderSchool all-girls' school]] and has more imagination than sense.
42* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
43** At one point in the manga, Konoka has a brief thought about how bishonen Negi will be when he's 18. Negi looks up and is shocked, asking who ''that'' is.
44** Happens again when Yue and Nodoka request instruction in magic. The image is of how they would look as mages, with an [[MagicalGirl alternative possibility supplied on the next page in the manga]]. The funny thing is that [[spoiler:during the Magic World arc, when they both start [[TookALevelInBadass becoming legitimate mages]], it turns out that their imaginations were spot on.]]
45* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
46** During the Thriller Bark arc, after Franky's second call for the crew to do [[AllYourPowersCombined Tactics 15]], [[DarkActionGirl Robin]] angrily declared that she would never do such a thing, and [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji]] agreed with her, until he imagined what she would look like in the combo attack (hint: it involved her being held upside-down while she wore her miniskirt). Robin saw inside and gave him an icy glare of death.
47** During the Punk Hazard arc, it was Robin's ImagineSpot and Usopp doing the spotting, where Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Robin were debating how to get across a lake, with Luffy and Robin [[SuperDrowningSkills unable to swim]], Robin imagined Usopp and Zoro bearing them across the lake, and Usopp calling her out on it.
48* Occasionally occurs in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', usually with characters commenting on Tamaki's daydreams about Haruhi.
49-->'''Kyouya:''' I have no idea what you're talking about, but it's evident that your fantasies are completely incoherent.
50* ''Anime/PleaseTwins'': "Miss Mina, that fantasy of yours is getting awfully close to breaching Love Alliance rule #1."
51* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
52** Croagunk performs his [[RunningGag usual stint]] of attacking Brock while flirting with a girl, except the flirting occurred in Brock's ''daydream''. A downplayed example, where Brock could have just been saying things out loud, but still.
53--->'''Brock:''' ''Imagination is against the law?!''
54** When Meowth used to fantasize about their Boss Giovanni in weird and crazy situations with the MonsterOfTheWeek, the rest of Team Rocket can sometimes be fully aware of all the things that happen in the aforementioned fantasy.
55* ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'' has a subversion at ''"Want to wipe the tears from that kid"'': Akihiko, an {{Otaku}} of the {{Sentai}} [[ShowWithinAShow Star Rangers]] series, is a DayDreamBeliever who CannotTellFictionFromReality, thinks of himself as the Red Ranger when he is fighting against an AngryGuardDog to protect a child. In that moment, IdiotHero Kankuro sees him as Akihiko thinks of himself, and acts very surprised:
56-->'''Kankuro:''' ''Eh, what happened? For just a moment, I saw Akihiko as Star Ranger, nya!''
57* A frequent gag of the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' manga. "You actually have the gall to picture yourself like THAT?" "Leave me OUT of your sick fantasies!"
58* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Justified example due to Akira being connected to his VirtualSidekick Alpha via BioAugmentation wireless BrainComputerInterface. Akira imagines running around fighting GunsAkimbo with two assault rifles, leading to Alpha scolding him that it'd break his arms without the strength of PoweredArmor as RequiredSecondaryPowers. This foreshadows a later scene when Akira has armor and it's down for reprogramming mid-battle, making him resort to doing so and it causing him excruciating pain.
59* In an early chapter of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Fuyuki realizes that their mother, who doesn't like animals, is probably going to be angry about Keroro's presence, and imagines her as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA-01]]. The next panel has Natsumi [[MediumAwareness glancing back at the last panel]] and saying "That visual might have been a bit exaggerated, but..."
60* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': Thanks to being a mind-reading telepath, Anya is more than adept at spotting someone else's ImagineSpot.
61* ''Anime/StarDriver'': "Wako! [[http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/wakosfantasy.jpg That fantasy]] was ''tres bien!''"
62* This happens to Ken from ''Literature/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'', who follows the same rules in life [[WrongGenreSavvy that he does in an H-game]]. At one point, he visualises a conversation with Kurimu as a selection of options, and wonders how each will affect the "ending" he gets. Kurimu not only cuts it short by taking out a floppy disk, but pulls it off the screen, and wonders how it has any relation to reality.
63* Elsee spots Keima's grandiose imaginings in ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' all the time.
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67* ''[[Creator/JhonenVasquez I Feel Sick]]'': Tenna takes exception to Devi's imaginary portrayal of herself. "That's BULLSHIT! And why the fuck am I wearing a bear suit?!!"
68* Invoked and exploited to cross the language barrier in ''ComicBook/{{Marsupilami}}''. Backalive realizes that Tapamilastiko doesn't understand what he is saying, so he chooses to go for something more visual and imagine what he would do once the Marsupilami is captured: bringing it to a museum. Tapamilastiko sees the ImagineSpot but disagrees and uses the same method to show what he wants to do: bring the marsu to his tribe to eat it. They start a fight over it.
69* In the ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'' [[https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2019/07/24 comic for 24th of July 2019]], an applicant is asked by the King where the applicant might see himself in five years' time. The applicant has a thought bubble of himself as the king on the throne, which the King sees and is shocked by. The applicant is then seen in the dungeon in irons muttering, "Stupid thought bubble."
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73* ''Fanfic/HalfPastAdventure'' (''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''): [[ComboPlatterPowers Robin]] uses zhir DreamWalker powers to do this to Macy during her frequent [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]].
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77* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': During Olaf's song "In Summer", there's a brief moment when Anna, Kristoff, and Sven are present in his fantasy. Anna and Kristoff both look a little disconcerted to be there. It's not clear if they're actually perceiving Olaf's fantasy (and weirded out by being ''in'' it), or if their off-kilter looks are just how Olaf imagines them.
78* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsMagicalMovieNight'': In the "Dance Magic" segment, during each of the {{Imagine Spot}}s, the girls other than the one narrating seem to be perfectly able to see what's going on and react accordingly. Notably, Rarity being aghast at her clothes in Applejack's scene, all of them panicking from the danger in Rainbow Dash's romp or looking around in confusion from Pinkie Pie's rambling.
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82* In ''Film/FindingNeverland'', most of the {{Imagine Spot}}s seem to be only in James' head, but the final one of Neverland is shared with [[spoiler:the boys, Sylvia, Emma, and the actors putting on ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan|1904}}'']].
83* In ''Film/HowHigh'', Jamal is participating in the rowing meet when he has a marijuana-induced hallucination of his mother yelling at him from a large projection in the sky. For absolutely no explicable reason, everyone else at the meet can see her too.
84* In ''Film/UpstreamColor'', the Sampler can observe his subjects remotely through the use of a parasite that connects minds to each other. While he's doing so, we see him walking around his subject and observing them. In the end, Kris figures out what he's doing. During his ImagineSpot, she abruptly turns to face him and delivers a DeathGlare.
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88* Richmond did this in his introductory ep of ''Series/TheITCrowd''. He even points things out as if he's actually showing them.
89* In ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' [[SixthRanger Gai]]'s plea to join the team includes him remarking on how he'd make it better. This leads to an ImagineSpot where the team acts like a LighterAndSofter Sentai team, telling the kiddies to brush their teeth and such. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Marvelous, Joe, and Luka]] are put off, [[TheOjou Ahim]] remarks that she didn't change all that much, and [[ButtMonkey Don]] complains about the fact that Gai didn't even include him in it.
90* In ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', Ryotaro states outright that he likes [[AllYourPowersCombined Climax Form]] even though it's strenuous for his body, and for some reason [[ImagineSpot imagines]] it as a ''dancing sensation''. [[{{Beat}} The Taros all stare at him in disbelief]], before saying these lines:
91-->'''Momotaros:''' Ryotaro... your sense...\
92'''Kintaros:''' ...it makes me cry!
93* ''Series/MyWorldAndWelcomeToIt'': In "Rules for a Happy Marriage," the various men who work at ''The Manhattanite'' present brief cutaways of recent fictional and non-fictional discussions with their wives. Their co-workers act as if they can see them and react accordingly.
94* In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' some characters can accurately guess what someone, usually J.D., is thinking about. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eB_EAz5WAQ Such as this.]]
95* Shotaro, half of ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'', has a series of web-episodes called "[[HardboiledDetective Hardboiled]] [[ImagineSpot Delusion]] Diary". In the last episode, [[TheSmartGuy Philip]], [[TheMcCoy Akiko]] and [[TheStoic Ryuu]] all notice Shotaro's been having delusions, so they try having one of their own: "What If [[SwappedRoles Everyone]] Was [[HardboiledDetective Hardboiled]]?" This consists of the three of them doing [[LargeHam Shotaro impressions]].
96* Done a couple of times in ''Series/ThirtyRock'' with Liz and Jack. In one, Liz has a flashback scene in which she has blonde hair, and Jack remarks "You're blonde in your fantasies, I knew it." The show also did a live episode, which required different actors to be used for Imagine Spots. Liz is played by Julia Louise Dreyfus, and Jack notices and observes that Liz is more attractive in her own head.
97* It appears to be the norm on ''Series/That70sShow''; even though this show has no other forms of BreakingTheFourthWall, other characters will still comment on someone else's ImagineSpot fantasy, or make one of their own with modifications, talking as if they are seeing the same ImagineSpot that we the viewers saw. (This seems to be a feature of [[EverybodyMustGetStoned their times hanging out in the circle]]; [[WildMassGuessing maybe it's an effect of smoking weed]]?)
98* In the ''Series/ICarly'' episode "[=iFind=] Lewbert's Lost Love", Carly and Freddie imagine what would happen if they brought Lewbert back to his long-lost wife, daydreaming a happy sequence where Lewbert is happy instead of being an irate doorman and they dance around in a shower of balloons. After the sequence ends, Sam [[DeadpanSnarker remarks]] "I really doubt ''balloons'' would rain down."
99* In the ''Series/OddSquad'' episode "License to Science", Oona imagines Otis as a FlyingFace when taking her Lab Director's test. True to the wacky nature of the show, Odelia can see the face and tells it that there's no outside help allowed during the test, only for Oona to inform her that it's imaginary, at which point Odelia says that imaginary help is fine.
100* In an episode of ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'', London gives Maddie some advice. Later, at a point when Maddie is recalling the advice, London's face appears in a pink bubble, which annoys Maddie to the point that she tells London to go away and then pops the bubble.
101* In the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' Christmas special "The Abominable Bride", when Lestrade recounts the events of the reported shootings, Sherlock, John and Mary seem to be viewing the events with him. Played with by having the Baker Street room appear to be transplanted into both scenes. [[spoiler: Subverted when the events in 1895 are revealed to be entirely within Sherlock's mind.]]
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105* ''Series/FraggleRock'' has an episode where Boober warns Wembley about "the greatest evil the world has ever known" with the song "Talkin' Bout Germs." As he sings, he and Wembley see MonstrousGerms flying about, darting at the two terrified Fraggles.
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109* ''TabletopGame/ChuubosMarvelousWishGrantingEngine'': there is a power quite early along the Reality Syndrome arc that allows you to let people see your daydreams, or whatever Experience you choose for the Arc.
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113* Creator/TomStoppard's play ''Travesties'' is presented to the audience through the recollections of an UnreliableNarrator, Henry Carr. In one scene, as his HotLibrarian love interest gives a long lecture on politics, she accuses him of tuning out and imagining her naked. He denies this, but as she continues lecturing the lighting changes, music plays, and she starts performing a striptease. A minute later, Carr sheepishly [[NoFourthWall asks the audience]] if they "noticed anything" in that last scene...
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117* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''
118** In the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE88CouchPatch couch patch]]", Homestar claims that he knows where the patch on Strong Bad's couch came from, but has an unrelated flashback of himself lying on the couch, spitting Teddy Grahams on the ceiling. Strong Bad points out that the patch is clearly visible in Homestar's flashback.
119** In "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE169FromWork from work]]", Strong Bad is unable to have an ImagineSpot because "the suits" firewalled his imagination. Homestar walks in, however, and has an ImagineSpot just fine. When Strong Bad complains, Homestar explains that he has "admin privileges".
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123* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
124** In the early strip [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0013.html "Plot, Ahoy!"]], Elan uses the spell ''Summon Plot Exposition'' to produce this effect.
125** Used and lampshaded in a FourthWallMailSlot [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0121.html comic]]. Though with Belkar's [[FailedASpotCheck low spot check]], he fails to see the ninja panel.
126** Later, Haley [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud forgets how to use thought bubbles]], [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0395.html producing a similar effect]].
127* Goes somewhat farther than usual in [[http://xkcd.com/248/ a strip from]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''.
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131* In the episode "Born Villain" of ''Series/FlandersCompany, when Damien reveals how he manipulated Nadège, the latter suddenly interrupts and protests that she might have been mind-controlled, but she'd never "stroked his shell" (ItMakesSenseInContext) as just seen in the unreliable flashback.
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135* Taken to extremes in the ''US Acres'' shorts on ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': Orson's literature-inspired fantasies feature himself [[AndYouWereThere and the other cast members]] as characters... except that everyone is experiencing it as vividly as he is. It [[MindScrew may or may not]] be [[YourMindMakesItReal really happening]].
136* Subverted in one example in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' when Celestia is talking about an event from the past for Twilight Sparkle and Spike. Her explanation acts as if everyone can see the associated ImagineSpot and as such she leaves out details that are visible to the viewer, but Spike complains that they can't see what she's talking about and asks for clarification.
137* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
138** In "And Maggie Makes Three", at one point Bart takes over and claims that Homer got so scared his head exploded. After Homer gets back to telling the story himself, Marge notices that he was imagining himself without a head and that he should have weighed a few more pounds.
139** In "E Pluribus Wiggum", Lisa says, "I feel like I'm in a think tank," leading Homer into a surprisingly accurate vision of policy discussion. When he comes out of the reverie, the other Simpsons are staring at him and he says, "What, I'm not allowed to get one right?"
140** And again, Bart imagines having a "Moon Party in Outer Space", complete with a theme song. After he comes out of the daydream, Homer walks into the room and starts singing the song.
141** Subverted in "Kill Gil, Volumes 1 & 2". Marge starts a flashback sequence during a conversation with Homer but when she finishes, Homer is clueless as to what she was thinking, meaning she was only thinking it and not explaining it.
142** In "Throw Grandpa from the Dane", Lisa has an elaborate fantasy sequence about dating the Prince of Denmark and eventually marrying him, only for Bart to show up, dressed as a ninja, and stop an assassin who was taking aim at Lisa.
143--->'''Lisa:''' Bart, get out of my fantasy!\
144'''Bart:''' Aw geez, I saved your life! How about a "you're welcome"?
145** In "Highway to Well", Bart breaks up Homer's thought cloud before his ImagineSpot about working at a liquor store could properly start, wanting Homer to focus on the conversation about Marge becoming a marijuana saleswoman.
146** In "Three Men And A Comic Book", after Bart is told to earn the money to earn the comic, he begins to have an Inner Monologue like Kevin from ''Series/TheWonderYears'' until Homer tells him to stop it.
147** In "Lisa Gets An 'A'", Lisa imagines that [[FelonyMisdemeanor an F in second grade will keep her from getting accepted from every Ivy League school]] ([[TakeThat except for Brown University]]), leaving her to say "No, not Brown, Brown, Brown..." until Miss Hoover interrupts her, saying "Lisa, you're saying 'Brown' an awful lot. Are you okay?".
148* In the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "Her Wacky Highness", Babs is daydreaming about being a queen and Plucky gets annoyed with her thought bubble and pops it.
149* Hilariously Lampshaded by Grumpy Bear in ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'' after Wonderheart does a song number in her head in which she imagines using her belly badge power. "Even had a fantasy sequence and everything."
150* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' adores this trope -- it is not at all unusual for characters to have a good idea of what happened in a character's fantasy sequence or imagine spot, even though there surely wasn't enough time for the character to have described it in that much detail. In one example, when Arthur isn't getting enough sleep because D.W. keeps crying and screaming at night, he fantasizes a show called ''Temper Tantrum 911'' and Binky walks by and comments on how cool such a show would be.
151* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Littlest Pet Shop|2012}}'' episode "Bad Hair Day", a not-amused-by-having-paint-splashed-on-her Blythe makes Minka's art exhibit fantasy disappear with a snap of her fingers.
152* In ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'', Spider-Man and Deadpool engage in a fourth-wall-breaking ImagineSpot duel.
153* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Cheer Up, Star", Marco is having a flashback to how he got Star and himself into the mess they're in. When it gets to the part where Star meets [[DreadfulMusician Oskar Greason]] and starts crushing on him, the flashback suddenly turns into a wacky romantic fantasy. Marco then admonishes Star with "Can you ''please'' keep your fantasies out of my flashback?"
154* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mickey Mouse|2013}}'': In "[[ChristmasEpisode Duck the Halls]]", Mickey triggers a flashback about spending Christmas with his family, which fascinates Donald into wanting to stay for Christmas instead of going south. Daisy gives an "Ahem" to Mickey to alert him he's tempting Donald, so he pops the thought bubble the flashback is in, causing everything in it, including the house and snow, to drop on the floor.
155* Exploited in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'', where, upon seeing that Dog has a completely different ImagineSpot from him, Cat ''pushes his own ImagineSpot'' into Dog's to convince Dog to go alone with his ZanyScheme.
156* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': In "Seasons Change", K.O. insists that nothing out of the ordinary happened to him over the summer, and has a flashback to some of the things he did with his mom. Enid and Rad are able to see his flashback and point out that Mr. Gar was in all of K.O.'s flashbacks. K.O. doesn't get that [[ParentWithNewParamour Carol and Mr. Gar are dating]] until he sees the two kiss.
157* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'', where it looks like Perry is remembering Major Monogram warning him that he'll never see Phineas and Ferb again if his cover is blown, and Doofenshmirtz asks if anyone else hears someone talking. Turns out Monogram was talking through Perry's new hologram communicator. Perry had to turn it off before anyone heard.
158** Combined with MediumAwareness in an episode set in ancient China. Phineas and the others have sought out OldMaster Perry for training so they can save Princess Isabella from Doofus Khan, and ask about Perry's backstory. While they (and the audience) don't see Perry's flashback, they do see a ripple effect spontaneously appear around him. Ferb states that this means that Perry must be having a flashback, while Phineas wonders if they should give him some privacy. When the ripple stops, they know Perry's flashback is done, and that it must’ve been pretty intense given how long he was staring into space.
159** The entire episode "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" is [[FramingDevice a story being told to the kids by their Grandpa Reginald]]. Near the beginning, Candace complains about the fact that the story is in black and white.
160--->'''Candace:''' Can you at least tell the story in color, Grandpa?!
161--->''(Change to bright SugarBowl color scheme with a rainbow in the sky.)''
162--->'''Phineas:''' Perhaps muted color would be better.
163--->''(Shift to RealIsBrown palette.)''
164--->'''Reginald:''' ''(popping up in the frame)'' Who's telling the story anyway?!
165** In "Thaddeus and Thor," Doofenshmirtz takes it for granted that Perry can see his flashback, which contained a performance by the band Love Händel.
166--->'''Doofenshmirtz:''' How do you like that, Perry the Platypus? Love Händel. In ''my'' flashback! I know people.
167* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': In "Dying For Pie", upon hearing that the last thing on [=SpongeBob=]'s list is watching the sunset, Squidward recalls Mr. Krabs saying that's when the bomb hits his lower intestine and kills him. His ImagineSpot doesn't go unnoticed.
168-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Hey, it's Mr. Krabs! Hi, Mr. Krabs! ''[thought bubble-Mr. Krabs runs off crying like the real Mr. Krabs did]'' Okay! See ya later!
169** In "Truth or Square", during the flashback where Mr. Krabs had told [=SpongeBob=] the Krabby Patty secret formula, Plankton interupts the story by trying to get ink for his pen to write down the formula. Just as he gets the pen working, Mr. Krabs in the thought bubble throws Plankton away. After Plankton has been thrown off, the real Mr. Krabs had showed up.
170* In a Boomerang short featuring ''WesternAnimation/WallyGator'', after an AnimalWrongsGroup 'liberates' him from the zoo and takes him to a swamp, Wally thinks about how luxurious his life at the zoo was. This doesn't go unnoticed by a couple of swamp-dwelling gators, who decided to go back to the zoo with Wally while leaving the activists in the swamp.
171* In the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Brainstorm," Lord Hater keeps finding flaws in Commander Peepers' latest EvilPlan that necessitate changes to prevent Wander from interfering. Just when it seems like the scheme is CrazyPrepared enough to go forward, Hater raises the objection "Banjo." Cue shot of Wander [[NoodleImplements with his banjo hoisted triumphantly in the air]] above Hater's wrecked ship and defeated army. Peepers is flabbergasted:
172-->'''Peepers:''' HOW'D ''THAT'' HAPPEN?!
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