S: "I say! I say! Why did the chicken cross the road?"
A: "What's a chicken?"
Y: "What's a road?"
"Why did the chicken cross the road? Because the others *egged* him on!"
— Brainy Smurf, The Smurfs (1981)
Bobby: I would have been here sooner, but I had to wait for a chicken to cross the road.
Lincoln: (knowingly) Why did the chicken cross the road?
Luan: To get to the other side! To run away from the cook! To prove he's no chicken! (laughs manically)
— The Loud House, "Undie Pressure"
(the toys are exhausted from their long trek to Al's Toy Barn, until...)
Hamm: Hey, guys! Why did the toys cross the road?
Buzz: Not now, Hamm.
Rex: Oh, I love riddles! Why?
Hamm: To get to the chicken – on the other side!
(they see the store right across the street and erupt with joy)
