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-->''EVERY anime has a beach episode, Alex!''
-->--'''Roger Van Der Weide'''

-->'''Art''': Why does every anime series under the sun have to have a fan-service episode? An episode in which the cast all wander around in swimwear or less for no real reason? It's so low-brow.\\
'''Pip''': Shall we confirm that by watching it again?\\
'''Art''': Absolutely.
-->-- ''Webcomic/SequentialArt''

Simply put, an episode where the cast decided to take a break and go to the beach or a swimming pool for some wet and splashy fun.

Often combined with or immediately following a RecapEpisode, the BeachEpisode exists solely for the purpose of getting the female (and sometimes males too) cast into [[FanService bathing suits]]. Sadly for the fanboys, [[BeachEpisode beach episodes]] are usually extreme examples of {{Filler}} and [[OffModel treated accordingly]].

Naturally, it also acts as a BreatherEpisode in [[StoryArc arc-heavy]] stories.

Common in, but hardly limited to, anime series.

Cousin to the HotSpringsEpisode, which usually takes place in highlands.
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by ExcelSaga. The show's creators introduced one episode by saying that they needed better ratings, and as a result there would be no men in the episode, and all the women would be wearing swimsuits.
* ''LoveHina'' did this twice, extending the second into a miniarc.
* The ''MahouSenseiNegima'' manga has several chapters taking place at beaches. The original MarshmallowHell incident occurred at one of them. Also notable that most Beach Chapters ''do'' have important or at least notable events occur during them.
* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' did almost an entire movie as a BeachEpisode as well as a regular one. An interesting note is the transition from manga to anime actually ''removes'' one as the setting was changed from a beach to a ski resort (though it also adds one as filler).
* ''{{Genshiken}}'' had fun with this type of episode, as most of the cast were otaku and thus not the sort to go to the beach on a regular basis. ("What the hell am I doing in a place like this... Isn't it embarassing to go to [=ComiFes=] with a tan?".
** Also notable was CosplayOtakuGirl Ohno, who wears some fairly risque things, being shy enough to cover most of her outfit with a long shirt.
* Even the {{shojo}} ''SailorMoon'' had at least one BeachEpisode per season. Notably, the one for ''Sailor Moon R'' was [[MissingEpisode absent]] not only from the dub, but also from the uncut DVD release; the incident is often presented as "the creators didn't like it", however it's possible that [=DiC=] simply decided to not even bother with this episode and didn't acquire it (ADV apparently used the same masters). The episode ''is'' rather silly: it isn't a part of the season's main storyline, and involves Chibi-Usa and what appears to be a baby plesiosaur.
* ''HaruhiSuzumiya'' (picture above) also had a BeachEpisode with a twist, a parody of a LockedRoomMystery that [[spoiler:had been set up, Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre-style, to keep Haruhi from getting bored.]] And since it was taken directly from the novels, it is ''not'' filler but canon.
* Practically every episode of ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' had the beach in it, though as expected for the demographic a lot of {{fanservice}} was male. There were more traditional {{Beach Episode}}s, though, such as the "Mermaid Contest" episode, where the girls try to show off talents and compete with the Dark Lovers in a beachside beauty contest. In the manga, Lucia even wins by inadvertently flashing the audience when her bikini top comes undone.
* ''IchigoMashimaro'' has Nobue take the girls to the beach one summer break; slightly parodies the trope, as [[TheCutie Miu]] comments that her friends should have "sexy" swimsuits like hers.
* ''{{Pokemon}}'' had an episode named "Beauty and the Beach" that was -- you guessed it -- a BeachEpisode with a swimsuit contest. It was originally cut from airing outside of Japan, but later aired as a lost episode with the most questionable part cut out: James entering the contest in a skimpy bikini with inflatable breasts.
* ''{{Tenchi Universe}}'' had a beach episode once with the obilgatory bikini contest. Funny considering every other episode IS a HotSpringsEpisode
* ''{{Macross 7}}'', never accused of being the most plot heavy of series early on in its run, had one as well...only an emergency related to an attack by the Varuta caused Basara and Mylene to get trapped in between two emergency bulkheads and nearly freeze to death in a rather ironic subversion.
*''LuckyStar'' also features a BeachEpisode, complete with characters bemoaning the [[PinkBishoujoGhetto lack of interest from guys]], the protagonist's attempts to be [[{{Moe}} more appealing]] with an inner tube, and a scene picking apart the trope of vacation food actually being pretty terrible.
* Subverted in ''{{RahXephon}}'': episode 8 is set up as a BeachEpisode, with everyone wearing swimsuits, but... [[DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas it's Christmas]], it begins to snow, and the rest of it is played more or less like a typical Christmas episode.
* Once a year in ''{{Keroro Gunsou}}''. The anime tries to balance the fanservice by throwing in a comedy contest, whereas the original manga was a straight-up swimsuit contest. Involves at least one girl losing her top in front of many geeks, who are there for the Gundam models as much as the swimsuit models. Inverted in the manga with a women's ''skiing'' contest during a trip to the mountains, and in an episode of the anime featuring a man-only beefcake contest.
* Inverted in ''{{The Prince of Tennis}}'', where the main characters take a break to play in an unofficial beach volleyball tournament. Male ass is revealed, and the only woman in a swimsuit is pushing 50, resulting in severe nausea when she tries to be seductive.
** Also a parody, since this episode was an AlternateContinuity version of ''[=PoT=]'' where the cast played beach volleyball rather than tennis. When [[TheSmartGuy Inui]] realized the truth and tried to tell the others, the word "tennis" was censored out, as if [[RuleOfFunny some cosmic force]] were trying to stop him...
* ''AiYoriAoshi'' had a two-episode beach arc, which also included a FuroScene and a [[FestivalEpisode festival scene]].
* {{Fanservice}} ''and'' plot advancement in a BeachEpisode? Yep. Episode 9 of ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' managed to get (most of) the girls in bathing suits, but also included a [[TwoLinesNoWaiting B-story]] that delved into Natsuki's [[BackStory past]] (and there was the whole LaserHallway subversion, too).
* Subverted in ''{{Mai-Otome}}'': Episode 9 ''looks'' like a BeachEpisode on the surface, but the beach actually serves as the starting point for a [[HorribleCampingTrip survival test (that later goes horribly wrong)]].
* ''AzumangaDaioh'' had several, though as a SliceOfLife series, they ''weren't'' filler. One even provided the infamous scene of Osaka waking Yukari up with a knife.
** ''And'' Nyamo's drunken lecture. ''And'' Yukari's [[DrivesLikeCrazy driving.]] Heck, a good chunk of the memorable things about AzumangaDaioh were from the beach episodes.
* ''ThisUglyYetBeautifulWorld'' had one right after a HotSpringsEpisode.
* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' plays with this. When the crew arrive at the sea for the first time and the the girls demonstrate the connection between beaches and skimpy outfits, almost everyone turns expectantly to Yoko. After "voicing" her dissatisfaction, she appears in a beach outfit that is rather more conservative than her usual attire. Considering that she normally wears a string bikini and daisy dukes, if it got any skimpier she would just be naked.
* In ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', there is a BeachEpisode that features guys in bathing suits, but the one main female character is of course in a tshirt and shorts, as she cannot reveal her gender. This was compensated for by having the club's customers prance about in swimwear. HilarityEnsues? Well, not really. Instead, [[spoiler: Kyouya acts like a creepy sexual offender, and Tamaki teaches Haruhi a [[ValuesDissonance vaguely sexist]] lesson]].
* ''Bleach'' conveniently has a BeachEpisode that pops up right in the middle of a major arc. The twist: It's canon.
* ''BusouRenkin'' also involved such an episode. In the manga, it is stated that Nobuhiro Watsuki originally did not plan to do it, but insistent letters from fans and encouragement from his staff eventually won him over.
* ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' has both a bonafide BeachEpisode early in the series, and a swimsuit contest onboard of the titular spaceship later in the series.
** And even so, things still occurred that were quite amusing, and didn't end up as something that 'never happened.' Especially with the Admiral's fate in the first of these two.
* ''SaberMarionetteJ'' does not have a true BeachEpisode in its TV run, but it does feature a contest with several of the female characters in swimsuits instead. Also, the manga version has an actual beach chapter, complete with two beach voleyball games.
* ''TheDaughterOfTwentyFaces'' has a BeachEpisode that furthered both plot and character development, and the actual beach scenes were rather short and almost completely devoid of fanservice. Unless you're into conservative 1950's style swimsuits or something.
** You ''are'' [[RuleThirtySix into that sort of thing,]] aren't you?
* ''UtaKata'' takes place in the Japanese town of Kamakura, known for its beautiful beaches, so the occurrence of a BeachEpisode is almost inevitable. In fact, there are two of those and both of them are relevant to the plot.
* ''Hajime no Ippo'' had one featuring not only humor, but also some degree of plot as the guys went there not just to relax and have a good view of girl booty, but to train. In fact, Ippo realizes one of his early flaws (lack of leg strength) there.
* The {{pilot}} of ''KimagureOrangeRoad'' was a BeachEpisode. There was another one later heavily based on it. Both of these episodes were based on the same story in the manga, with the second one (set in a skiing resort) being the accurate one.
** Even more surprising was that during these two episodes, things between Kyosuke and Madoka progressed somewhat, especially without Hikaru around as much to be a ClingyJealousGirl.
* ''AsatteNoHoukou'' has this as its first episode.
* The third [[FourthWallMailSlot Megami Sound Stage]] of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', which took place in a beach, parodied the tendency for this trope to be used as an excuse for {{Fanservice}} when Hayate cheerfully announced that she, Nanoha, Fate, and Vivio were doing the recording in swimsuits. When everyone else reacted in surprise at her comment, saying that they're all in uniform, Hayate explained that since this is an audio media, she's sure everyone listening was imagining them in swimsuits regardless of what they're wearing.
* The sports-manga {{Beach Stars}} is mostly a Beach Episode-''manga'' as the sport in question is ''beach volleyball''.
* ''Naruto'' has yet to have a Beach Episode (or have anything set anywhere near a beach). However, at the end of the third movie, there is a beach scene. And yes, Sakura is the focus of the scene.
** ''Shippuden'' also has a Beach ''Ending Credits''.
* In the {{OVA}} of ''NodameCantabile'' the main characters go to the beach, offering Nodame a chance to show herself off in a bikini.
* The ''[[MazingerZ Mazinkaiser]]'' {{OVA}} even had a classic BeachEpisode with explicit FanService that may have given Kouji's perverted little brother a permanent... [[SoYeah yeah]]. TheProfessor's shapely twin assistants need someone to oil them, for starters.
* ''TokyoMewMew'' had a BeachEpisode that focused mainly on Lettuce trying to help a little girl learn to swim and learning to swim herself.
* ''GunXSword'' had a plot episode where they needed to kidnap a character living in the Kingdom of [[strike:Mizugi]] Missoghi, a port which only woman wearing swimwear could enter. In a solid effort it managed to provide fanservice ''and'' plot at the same time. With a nice dose of FanDisservice in the closing moments.
* The anime and manga continuities of ''HanaYoriDango'' have two beach plot arcs, one during a summer break and one on the Domyoji private island.
* ''BurstAngel'' has a beach episode with very skimpy swimsuit. And a tentacled Squid Monster.
** Made even better once [[spoiler:you find the [[FreudWasRight ''dirty'']] hidden commentary on that DVD]]
* ''ZeroNoTsukaima'' may be set in a medieval European fantasy world, but that does not stop it from having a beach episode. It helps that Headmaster Osmond is a DirtyOldMan who will make up whatever excuse he can to get the girls into swimsuits that have somehow appeared from our world.
* ''{{Hitohira}}'' has a dramatic beach episode in which [[spoiler:Nono and Risaki beat each other up until they collapse]].
* ''GreatTeacherOnizuka'': The double beach episode is an opportunity for two of Onizuka's students to deal with their {{UST}}.
* ''FullMetalPanic!'' contains several subversions. Twice, Kaname gets primed and ready for a beach vacation only to end up having Sousuke drag her somewhere else (once to a submarine, once to a military festival) instead. When Kaname does go to the beach for a vacation in the middle of the series, the episodes focus almost entirely on Sousuke's mission in the Middle East instead, with only a few brief cuts to Kaname showing her bored and worrying about him.
** An actual BeachEpisode, meanwhile, takes place in ''Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu''.
* ''WeddingPeach'' averts the filler part by having the beach episode in the first part of the {{OVA}}, and it's where their new enemy appears.
* There is one in the ''BlueDrop'' anime, leading to an important turning point in the relationship between Mari and Hagino.
* In AxisPowersHetalia, Germany, Italy and Japan get shipwrecked on a tropical island, and don't seem to mind too much. They actually enjoy themselves. In another strip, America and England are both stranded together, both [[{{Tsundere}} being themselves]].
* NininGaShinobuden's 4th episode is parody of these. It doesn't even take place at a beach.
* {{Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni}} had a beach arc (one day),which was adapted into a one episode.
** In the anime,it's a ''pool'' arc. Also,the manga has a few swim suit omakes,and their are quite a few beach/pool official arts.
* SchoolRumble's episode the beach had an awkward moment for Eri and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K8SkyIvJPs a very naked Harima]].
* In OnegaiTeacher, for the honeymoon.
** And later on in OnegaiTwins for...well, just a vacation, really.
** The OnegaiTwins OAV also qualified, given the greater prevalence of swimsuits and absence of plot or character development.
* The sixth issue of ''BoysEmpire'' has Hitomi leading Makoto to a beach her family knows about and considers fairly private... only to find Ikki and [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]] already on it. Then Ikki declares it a nude beach, and... well, it's a {{Hentai}}.
* Even ''SonicX'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kDZIGjqOfg had a beach episode]], for those of you [[FetishFuel who like to stare at Amy Rose in a swimsuit]] (yes, she has a prominent focus in this episode).
* ''MarsDaybreak'' manages to get one despite the fact that there ''aren't'' any beaches on Mars: The pirates found a spot on the planet where TheFederation's satellite surveillance system was blind for one day out of the year, and so take advantage of the situation to open up a swimming pool on top of their sub.
* Episode 228 of ''{{Bleach}}'' was a {{Beach Episode}} focusing on the Shinigami Women's Association. Such highlights included skimpy bikinis, Matsumoto teaching Orihime how to use her breasts as a bucket, and [[NaughtyTentacles a watermelon/tentacle monster hybrid]].
* ''HayateNoGotoku'' had its BeachEpisode set in an artificial beach constructed inside the Sanzenin property.
* ''OutlawStar'' had the wonderful Hot Springs of Planet Tenrei in which the crew of the ship visit an entire planet that was turned into a resort. Rather unusually it was cannon since [[spoiler:Gene collects some rare caster shell bullets from some of the monks that made them in the past.]]
* Episode four of ''{{Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou}},'' well actually a ''pool'' episode.
* ''PrunusGirl'' has a beach trip in the second chapter. [[DroppedABridgetOnHim Kadoyama]] is eager to see what [[AmbiguousGender Aikawa]] picks out to wear, but it ends up just being shorts and a hoodie.
* ''{{K-ON}}'' has '''two''' beach episodes... out of a grand total of 12 episodes.
* ''OnegaiMyMelody'' even puts the plush bunnies in bikinis for its ''BeachEpisode''.

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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* The post-Zero Hour ''LegionOfSuperHeroes'' comic had a Beach ''Issue'' with ''Legionnaires'' #77, when most of the Legion takes a vacation on the [[PlanetOfHats resort planet]] Summer World.
* The second issue of the first ongoing ''{{Gen 13}}'' comics series is a veritable beach/swimsuit extravaganza, made even more notable by the revelation of a major cast member as a homosexual.
* ''GoldDigger'', already a fanservice-laden comic, has a "Summer Annual" of pinup beach pictures and short comics drawn by a variety of artists.
* {{Hellblazer}} - Subverted in that it quickly turns into {{High Octane Nightmare Fuel}}. Luckily it was {{All Just A Dream}}.
* Marvel had several Swimsuit Specials in the 90's featuring such exotic locales as Dinosaur Island, Madripoor, and the Dark Side of the Moon.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* Astonishingly, a textbook example can be seen in the ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Let He Who Is Without Sin...". Taking place of PleasurePlanet Risa, It's played straight as an arrow, the episode takes place square in the middle of a story arc involving the emergence of the Jem'Hadar from the Gamma Quadrant and the threat of imminent war. A full review detailing point by point its awfulness can be found [[http://www.agonybooth.com/extras/trek/without_sin/ here]]. Even the writer admitted the idea was one of the worst ideas he ever had, and said that what was on his mind when writing it was "Please don't let this suck. Please don't let this suck."
* Commonly seen in [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers the]] [[PowerRangersZeo first]] [[PowerRangersTurbo few]] [[PowerRangersInSpace seasons]] of ''PowerRangers'', though it got both the males ''and'' females into fanservice outfits. Which explains one of the reasons why [[PeripheryDemographic older fans of either sex may have loved the show so much]]. While these episodes were almost always {{filler}} as usual with the trope, it must be noted that 85% of any given early season of PR was filler anyways.
** You see a lot of the beach in ''[[PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'', what with it being New Zealand and everything.
*** Meanwhile, all the New Zealand-filmed seasons afterwards have had practically ''no'' beach episodes. Assumedly the producers wanted to use as much of the new location novelty as they could at the start, before it wore off.
*** That, and they probably didn't want to wear out the excuse that ''Ninja Storm'' used - that one of the Rangers is a surfer in her off hours.
* Due to location, as many as half of all ''CSIMiami'' episodes qualify.
** This troper remembers an episode where they not only had a beach volleyball match (women's, naturally), but they managed to get a camera angle where the [[ProductPlacement brand of bathing suit]] was clearly visible. That Jerry Bruckheimer! Always thinking!
* The episode "The One at the Beach" in ''{{Friends}}'', and its counterpart "The One with the Jellyfish", respectively the last episode of season 3 and the first of season 4. Many cast members appeared in beach clothes. Joey was given sand boobs.
** And Chandler pissed on Monica's leg after she was stung by a jellyfish. BEST EPISODE EVER.
* In SavedByTheBell, there were a few episodes taking place at a beach club where the whole gang had jobs there.
* Actor JensenAckles likes to joke that he's been trying to pitch the "Demon Surfer" episode of ''{{Supernatural}}'' so they can film in Hawaii and have a BeachEpisode. Strangely, this tends to happen in a lot of ''{{Supernatural}}'' FanFic.
* The short-lived ''Falcon Beach'' was pretty much nothing ''but'' this. How did this show not survive? Oh, right, ScrewedByTheNetwork, which gave it a horrible time slot. And no, this wasn't {{FOX}}'s fault. Actually, FOX would be a logical place for this show...
* ''{{Scrubs}}'' had [[spoiler:The Janitor's and Lady's Wedding]] set in the Bahamas
* The ''Hercules: the Legendary Journeys'' episode "The Apple" featured our heroes at a beach. It's heavier in plot than most beach episodes, but the fangirls get to see Hercules and Iolaus almost naked. And Iolaus invents surfing!
** Are you kiddin'? Nearly every Hercules episode, and certainly every Xena episode, was overflowing with fan service out several wazoos. How about Herc posing nude for an artists' charity benefit? Atalanta flexing her muscles for the "Olympian" Games? Let's not forget the trio of nude, go-go dancing Gabrielles, and of course Xena just being Xena. I realize the parent entry specifically addresses the trope and these additional examples do not; I'm just saying the writers never needed a beach as an excuse to dish out the eye candy.
* ''{{The Office}}'' had an episode where they went to the beach. Or rather, the side of a lake. Subverted in that hopes of beachy fun and Pam in a two-piece were dashed as Michael used it as an excuse for a ''{{Survivor}}'' style event to pick his successor, and the episode features some of the best character development to date.
* It can be argued that {{Baywatch}} was nothing but an endless series of beach episodes.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''DeadOrAlive: Extreme Beach Volleyball'' and its sequel are the video game equivalent of this.
* There is a set of "vacation" missions set in Costa Del Sol in ''FinalFantasyVII: Crisis Core'', with FanService for both the girls (Zack in swimming trunks) and the boys (Cissnei in a bikini).
* ''Bikini Karate Babes'' is an entire video game ''made of this trope!'' More specifically, a large group of motion captured women get stranded on an island and have to wait for a rescue boat to come. So how do they pass the time? By [[CatFight fighting in front of each other.]] The winner gets to [[ClothingDamage rip off]] either the top or bottom half of her opponent's bikini. Yes, this is a real game, and no, it's [[SoBadItsHorrible not very good]].
* Late in ''TalesOfSymphonia'', there is a sidequest that allows you to get some beach-based alternate costumes for some of your characters. It takes a minimum of three plays to get all eight characters' costumes.
** In the same game, there is not one, but two Hot Springs scenes.
* Being a game masterfully covered in AnimeTropes, {{Persona3}} has one of these taking place at Yakushima. A transvestite and robot are involved.
* ValkyriaChronicles has a feature that lets you purchase extra chapters- some are just story, some have missions that can gain you extra cash and XP. The most expensive of all of these? "Squad 7's R&R", where they all head to the beach...
* "Goodbye, Shingala," Chapter 4 of ''DarkCloud 2'', is set at the beachside village of Veniccio. The action segments take place in the Ocean's Roar Cave dug into the nearby cliff.
* Averted with ''WiiSports Resort.'' While the game's events take place at an island resort, most of the events take place on land or indoors. The only ocean events are powerboating and wakeboarding, and the only event occurring ''on'' a beach is tossing a frisbee to a dog.
* RomancingSaGa3 had Great Arc, a large tourist spot on the beach, where the heroes can get [[TreasureMap directions]] to Pirate Black's Treasure. [[spoiler: The Old Man at the port holds the correct map; Said old man is Pirate Black]]
* ''[[SuperMarioBrothers Super Mario Sunshine]]'' is set on the tropical Isle Delfino. Two of the stages are calm, relaxing beaches (one of which even has a hotel).
* If you get a high enough total score in ''EliteBeatAgents'', you can unlock a picture of the agents at the beach with some rather fanservicey material for both genders (J surfing with a dolphin, Spin playing volleyball with Missy, and Chieftain apparently checking out Foxx's body). The tenth stage is also on the beach, essentially, with lots of {{Gainaxing}}.
* ''Xenosaga'', being a game of cutscenes, has a beach "episode" around the half-way point of ''Der Wille zur Macht''. ''Also sprach Zarathustra'' quickly gets a scene of Shion in a bikini on the beach.
* The [[MegaManStarForce school trip to Alohaha]] is an example of a BeachEpisode gone horribly wrong. How wrong? [[spoiler:Criminal Wizards steal various character belongings, the EvilDuo corrupt the Wizard in charge of the environmental system, said corrupted Wizard starts an earthquake that threatens to ''sink'' the island and everyone on it, and it all ends with one villain ''killing'' three separate characters, one of which is ''human''!]]
** [[spoiler:She ends up okay though.]]
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''SluggyFreelance'' has done a [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980628 couple]] [[http://beta.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=000815 arcs]] at the beach.
** Bikini Suicide Frisbee Days also count as they are semi-canon breaks from the story arc.
* Spanish webcomic ''¡Eh, tío!'' has also a story arc in the beach. [[http://www.ehtio.es/index.php?cont=381 Here]] the author explains that this is not to attract readers, but only for pure vice.
*For about a week, ''SchlockMercenary'' had comics with two female characters (one of whom had GagBoobs) talking in bikinis. This was {{lampshaded}}.
* RPGWorld
* [[http://www.tru-lifeadventures.com TRU-Life Adventures]] gave a store refit as an excuse to send the staff to a nearby water park for a story arc.
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[[folder:Film]]
* Consider the plethora of Beachy movies that came out in the 60's, nearly all, seemingly, starring Annette Funicello and/or Frankie Avalon. The list includes (but is not limited to) ''How To Stuff A Wild Bikini'', ''Beach Blanket Bingo'', ''Bikini Beach'', ''Muscle Beach Party'', and the eponymous, ''Beach Party''. Not much fanservice by today's standards, perhaps, but at the time, they were consider passably risque.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''{{lonelygirl15}}'', "At the Beach". Subverted in an earlier episode, "The Perfect Beach", which has an innocuous sounding description and starts cheerfully enough, only to pull a [[WhamEpisode shock twist ending]] so severe that some fans accused the show of JumpingTheShark.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''{{WITCH}}'' has one in the second season episode ''I is for Illusion'' where the girls go to the beach to relax on summer vacation, though unlike other examples it's anything but {{filler}} as TheChessmaster Nerissa attempted to sow seeds of discontent amongst the girls, and very nearly managed to steal Will's Heart of Kandrakar. In the very next episode, "J is for Jewel," Irma is still at the beach with her family as they decided to stay a few extra days while the other girls leave, which leads to a big problem when she's needed to help fight and is separated from the rest of the girls.
* One Season 3 episode of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is entitled, "The Beach." ...If you hadn't already guessed, yes, it is indeed a BeachEpisode, featuring Ozai's Angels (+[[EstrogenBrigadeBait Zuko]]) in swimsuits. The preview images, particularly Ty Lee's, erupted into quite a scandal in the fandom.
** The GrandFinale also had a brief scene at a beach. [[PluckyComicRelief Sokka]] tries to get everyone to chill out, only to be derailed by Zuko's StopHavingFunGuys attitude. ...and fireballs.
* ''{{Ben10}}'' does this in both series. In the first, they're children, and it's summer vacation, so there's nothing surprising or scandalous about them going to the beach (and a water park). In [[TimeSkip Alien Force]], they're teenagers, and it's apparently later in the year (as everyone's normal day clothes have long sleeves, a jacket, etc), but they still find a reason to go to a lake and splash around for five minutes. The boys wear typical swimtrunks, but Gwen's swimsuit has gone from a high-necked one piece to a very revealing white bikini in the style of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Ty Lee's]] up there...
* ''TheBackyardigans'' had an episode about surfing, but the surfing was left for the near end, since they were looking for the perfect waves. Bonus points go for Austin and his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlo2dtITMdI "Mystery Lifeguard" song]].
** "Legend of the Volcano Sisters" was also a beach episode.
* Several episodes involving Shego in ''KimPossible'', since she does enjoy sunbathing during her vacations. Come to think of it, she doesn't even need a beach...
* Although several ''ChipAndDaleRescueRangers'' episodes involve beaches, the one true beach episode is "Shell Shocked" because Gadget is wearing a swimsuit. A one-piece swimsuit with attached skirt, but a swimsuit.
* The ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Deep South" is primarily a beach episode, and the movie ''BendersBigScore'' features a prominent scene with everyone at a nude beach (also highlighted in the DVD packaging).
* Actually ''HeyArnold'' had one (Summer Love, a.k.a. Beach Story). It helped to develop Arnold and Helga's UST and throw some fanservice by the character-of-the-week, Summer.
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