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*** ''ExcelSaga'', the {{anime}} where [[NoFourthWall the fourth wall is nonexistent]], nothing is too crazy, and every episode is a wild parody of something different, pulls the ultimate BLAMEpisode by doing exactly what no one would expect: making one episode that's [[spoiler:[[MoodWhiplash dead serious]].]]

* ''SlumberPartyMassacre II'', which is a ''musical'' full of MindScrew where the killer is a ghostly rockabilly who kills with a drill attached to an electric guitar.

** In her review of the {{film}}, TheNostalgiaChick had to name this {{trope}} because no scene made sense in context of the others.

'''NOTICE:''' Please do not use Musicals as examples, as the numbers are part of the show and are rarely anymore out of the ordinary than conversation within context. If it's a musical with absolutely no cohesive {{plot}}, ''then'' you have a [[BigLippedAlligatorMovie BLAM Movie]]. However, a particular song may qualify as a BLAM, such as the TropeNamer, in that case, put it under BigLippedAlligatorMoment.

* ''Dexter in the Dark'', the third ''{{Dexter}}'', shifted the series from crime thriller to supernatural horror, revealing the reason Dexter kills is because the spawn of an EldritchAbomination (which comes complete with its own cult) has taken him as its host. The later novels make only minor references to these events, if that.

* ''Dexter in the Dark'', the third ''{{Dexter}}'', shifted the series from crime thriller to supernatural horror, revealing the reason Dexter kills is because the spawn of an EldritchedAmbomination (which comes complete with its own cult) has taken him as its host. The later novels make only minor references to these events, if that.

* ''Dexter in the Dark'', the third ''{{Dexter}}'', shifted the series from crime thriller to supernatural horror, revealing the reason Dexter kills is because the spawn of an EldritchAmbomination (which comes complete with its own cult) has taken him as its host. The later novels make only minor references to these events, if that.

* One ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode had the characters star in a James Bond spoof.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' did this very noticeably in "Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!" which is an entire ''HardWorkMontage'' episode featuring Shinji and Asuka's attempt to work together as a team to defeat an Angel, with hilarious but, ultimately, successful results. The whole ep parodies itself very heavily and breaks so sharply with the overall feel of the rest of the series that it deserves special mention, mostly because most of the shoe exists in soul draining depression state, ''and this one episode practically turns the show into a light hearted COMEDY!''

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' did this very noticeably in "Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!" which is an entire ''HardWorkMontage'' episode featuring Shinji and Asuka's attempt to work together as a team to defeat an Angel, with hilarious but, ultimately, successful results. The whole ep parodies itself very heavily and breaks so sharply with the overall feel of the rest of the series that it deserves special mention.

*** Actually, Catherine, the name of said sister, is not the same character as Armstrong's tough sister, Olivier. Both appear in the manga, where Havoc tries to date the former in an omake that actually inspired episode 37 of the first anime. Olivier only appears in the manga and Brotherhood.

* The episode "Party All The Time" from ''AquaTeenHungerForce''. Frylock contracts melanoma (a form of cancer), which causes him to slowly decay and become sick (which leads to all the fries disappearing from his head, and him dressing in a hat to conceal the fry loss). Shake and Meatwad try a number of tricks to cheer him up (including a performance from Music/AndrewWK), but they find out that it's no use. Suddenly, at the end, Frylock goes to a doctor, who tells him that the melanoma is reversing and that he will eventually get better...and the episode ends, and nothing in it is ever referenced or mentioned again.

** Done on purpose by Neveldine and Taylor, who wanted to start work on {{Gamer}} so urgently but they couldn't due to [[ExecutiveMeddling studio pressure for another sequel]]. So they threw in lots of [=BLAMs=], hoping the sheer awfulness of the script would get the film dropped so they could work on {{Gamer}}.
* In the context of ''StarWars'' {{canon}}, the StarWarsHolidaySpecial is essentially a string of [=BLAM=]s. It involves a Wookiee family watching a cooking show, some sort of strange Wookiee porn, a sci-fi action scene in cartoon form, a Wookiee watching an instructional video on how to assemble a transmitter (every step of which is shown to the audience), and Bea Arthur as a singing bartender on Tatooine.

* Some viewers consider the ''{{Angel}}'' episode "The Girl In Question" to be this - in the middle of a tense, tragic story arc leading up to the heavily depressing series finale, we get an episode revolving around Spike and Angel gallivanting off to Italy to have wacky, {{hoyay}}-tastic adventures while trying to rescue Buffy from the mistake of dating an [[TheFaceless unseen]], vampiric [[TheCasanova sexual predator]] with whom they apparently have a [[RetCon never-before-mentioned]] complex history; this unapologetically farcical storyline is [[MoodWhiplash played against]] a bitter, tragic Los Angeles subplot in which [[EldritchAbomination Illyria]] assumes Fred's form in order to deceive her parents into believing that their daughter is alive and well, a state of affairs which nearly breaks Wesley and is difficult to watch even for the viewers. The episode feels fragmented and out of place at best, and at worst features an incredibly tactless and offensive juxtaposition of storylines.

* SluggyFreelance brought us Chapter 63: Safehouse, bringing us Torg taking up gardening, and coming up with increasingly surreal plans to protect the garden from chipmunks and deer, that all fail spectacularly, Bun Bun robbing a bank with the help of a talking bear and an old man with a huge mustache, and the entire main cast getting addicted to the latest computing technology and the possibilities it offers, and getting tangled up in weird on-line community shenanigans.

* From ''BattlestarGalactica'': The episode "Black Market". Oh, where to begin? We find that Apollo has been seeing a single-mom hooker and her child regularly on the black market ship Prometheus. This was never mentioned before or ever again. He is seeing and helping out her and her kid due to guilt over leaving his former pregnant girlfriend shortly before the Cylons attacked. This was never mentioned before or ever again. He winds up killing the black market's ringleader in a totally out-of-character manner. THEN he declares that the black market can continue because it's necessary or something. And we never hear anything more about it. It's saved from being a complete BLAMEpisode by dint of two factors: 1) [[spoiler:Commander Fisk's murder]] in this episode starts a chain reaction of events that eventually puts Lee in command of ''Pegasus'', and 2) the head of the black market is played by Bill Duke. Ron Moore later discussed ''Black Market'' very frankly both on his blog and in the episode's commentary, admitting that it was completely nonsensical and explaining the logic that went into making it that everyone ''thought'' made sense at the time, only to realize with growing horror that it just didn't work.

* TheSarahConnorChronicles had a surreal, cyborg-free episode where Sarah is in a sleep clinic and is haunted by nightmares [[which are actually real, while the clinic is a hallucination caused by a one-off villain probing her mind]].

* ''TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' had a surreal, cyborg-free episode where Sarah is in a sleep clinic and is haunted by nightmares [[which are actually real, while the clinic is a hallucination caused by a one-off villain probing her mind]].

** Apparently, that episode was called back to in ''TeenTitansGo'', and there was an issue where Larry brings along the Larry Versions of the rest of the Titans.

* Brown Betty from ''{{Fringe}}''. The only conceivable purpose the fans have come up with, from my understanding, is A: Executive meddling due to Glee, or B: to show that Walter really isn't a monster. It's understandable the A plot wouldn't really be mentioned again, as it was Walter telling a mystery musical about lost love and a glass heart shared between Walter and Peter (and Walter making everything good in the world, but stealing kids dreams) to the child character, whose name is temporarily forgotten. Fringe is usually quite odd, but never musical odd. You watch it and you feel like you're the one who's high.
** It had absolutely nothing to do with ''{{Glee}}''. Fox was running some sort of anniversary celebration (I think) that week called "FOX ROCKS!" Fox shows that week had to include a musical number: Series/{{House}}, Foreman, and Chase sang karaoke, Booth and {{Bones}} worked a case at a rock star fantasy camp, WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons replaced their theme song with a [[Music/{{Kesha}} TiK ToK]] music video, and Fringe did Brown Betty.
** The producers have indicated that the {{plot}} (Walter's drugged story for Olivia's niece) was already in the works as Walter's reaction to losing Peter. Only the actors' singing was added for the network ploy.
** It could also have the purpose of being a BreatherEpisode after the WhamEpisode "The Man from the Other Side," in which Peter [[spoiler: finds out that he's from the Other Side and that Walter is therefore not his real father, and subsequently runs away.]]
*** And it doesn't even qualify as being a [=BLAM=] anymore. Walter mentioned in a Season 3 episode that "not even Brown Betty" was helping him focus.

** It had absolutely nothing to do with ''{{Glee}}''. Fox was running some sort of anniversary celebration (I think) that week called "FOX ROCKS!" Fox shows that week had to include a musical number: House, Foreman, and Chase sang karaoke, Booth and Bones worked a case at a rock star fantasy camp, WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons replaced their theme song with a TiK ToK music video, and Fringe did Brown Betty.

** "Justice" arguably counts -- for no clear reason, the crew of the ''[[CoolStarship Enterprise]]'' is schmoozing with what appears to be a pre-warp culture, when [[CreatorsPet Wesley]] knocks over an outdoor decoration and is sentenced to death. And even though the [[{{Alien Non-Interference Clause}} Prime Directive]] didn't prevent them from making contact with this planet, all of a sudden it prevents [[TheCaptain Picard]] from saving [[CreatorsPet Wesley]].

** "Justice" arguably counts -- for no clear reason, the crew of the ''[[CoolStarship Enterprise]]'' is schmoozing with what appears to be a pre-warp culture, when [[TheWesley Wesley]] knocks over an outdoor decoration and is sentenced to death. And even though the [[{{Alien Non-Interference Clause}} Prime Directive]] didn't prevent them from making contact with this planet, all of a sudden it prevents [[TheCaptain Picard]] from saving [[TheWesley Wesley]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen" revolves around Pinkie Pie's "Pinkie Sense" which allows her to predict future events. The ability is never seen or commented on again.