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* In "Thumbelina's Wild Ride" from [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]]'s ''[[WesternAnimation/GoldieAndBear Goldie & Bear]]'', Thumbelina builds one with Goldie and Bear when babysitting them. It's actually pretty posh.
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* In Andrew Clements's school story ''About Average'', the main character, Jordan, is great at babysitting and one of her best strategies, especially when dealing with toddlers, is building forts. She's found that you can use just about anything to make one and it really works to keep kids entertained.
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* One of these is actually key to the plot in "Remember the Pillow Fort" from ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales''. Max and Ord agree to build one together, but then get into an argument over what color the pillows should be.
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* Captain Hero's "Pillow Fort of Solitude" from the ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' episode "Terms of Endearment".
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* In ''TeenTitasGo'', the team decides to hold a slumber party to help Cyborg get over his fear of the dark. Robin suggests they build a blanket fort, and everyone agrees, until they remember it's Robin and his blueprints require two hours just to lay the foundation so he does it himself. It has several floors, guest bedrooms, a bowling alley, artwork, and who knows what else.
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* In ''TeenTitasGo'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', the team decides to hold a slumber party to help Cyborg get over his fear of the dark. Robin suggests they build a blanket fort, and everyone agrees, until they remember it's Robin and his blueprints require two hours just to lay the foundation so he does it himself. It has several floors, guest bedrooms, a bowling alley, artwork, and who knows what else.
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* In ''TeenTitasGo'', the team decides to hold a slumber party to help Cyborg get over his fear of the dark. Robin suggests they build a blanket fort, and everyone agrees, until they remember it's Robin and his blueprints require two hours just to lay the foundation so he does it himself. It has several floors, guest bedrooms, a bowling alley, artwork, and who knows what else.
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* ''MandatoryRollerCoaster'' presents an adult modification of the blanket fort [[http://mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/35046940833/blanketforts here]]
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* ''MandatoryRollerCoaster'' ''Webcomic/MandatoryRollerCoaster'' presents an adult modification of the blanket fort [[http://mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/35046940833/blanketforts here]]
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* BMO and Jake build one in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Puhoy", which Finn crawls through and leads him to a world made of pillows.
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* BMO and Jake build one in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Puhoy", which Finn crawls through and leads him to a world made of pillows. [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven when Finn gets lost in the pillow world, finds a pillow-woman, settles down with her to start a family, has pillow-children, grows old, and finally dies...only to wake up back in Ooo to realize it was AllJustADream.]]
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* On ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Sheldon becomes upset because he was not invited to a symposium, reminding him of when his brother and sister made forts and never let him in. To cheer him up, Amy suggests he build his own fort, and the two of them spend their first night together playin in Fort Cozy [=McBlanket=].
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* BMO and Jake build one in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Puhoy", which Finn crawls through and leads him to a world made of pillows.
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* ''MandatoryRollerCoaster'' presents an adult modification of the blanket fort [[http://mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/35046940833/blanketforts here]]
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* In ''Friends'' Joey builds a fort out of boxes from furniture. "Now are you going to just stand there, or be a man and get in the fort?"
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has Peter building a fort out of pillows on an airplane.
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--> '''Stewie:''' My house is made of mediocrity.
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* The episode "Restless" from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' features "General Surgeon" Riley and Adam as a human building a blanket fort during a security breach in Buffy's dream sequence.
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Fort building can be enjoyed by teens and adults, as well (most often for [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre other reasons]]). Many parenting books even suggest that parents build one with their children as a bonding tool.
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Fort building can be enjoyed by teens and adults, as well (most often for [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre other reasons]]).well. Many parenting books even suggest that parents build one with their children as a bonding tool.
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* In ''TheFarSide'', a man is seen in his fort, but his wife tells him to rebuild it later because she's having guests over.
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* Will and Rob build one of these for their stuffed baby seals in ''[[AuntDimity Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea]]''.
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* Will and Rob build one of these for their stuffed baby seals in In ''[[AuntDimity Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea]]''.
Sea]]'', Will and Rob build "a complicated complex of sea caves for their seal pups, using blankets, tables, model cars, knights in armor, plastic dinosaurs, and a variety of other items seldom observed in the wild by the Seal Conservation Trust but which my sons deemed essential to a baby seal's happiness."
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* Will and Rob build one of these for their stuffed baby seals in ''[[AuntDimity Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea]]''.
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* A popular piece of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan art has a young [[http://dreatos.deviantart.com/art/Book-Fort-Twilight-258153548 Twilight Sparkle]] make one of these out of books.
* A popular piece of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan art has a young [[http://dreatos.deviantart.com/art/Book-Fort-Twilight-258153548 Twilight Sparkle]] make one of these out of books.
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* There was an epic pillow fort on ''{{Community}}'', which took up an entire hallway. An attempt to top that one ended so disastrously it got [[DocumentaryEpisode the Ken Burns treatment]].
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* There was an epic pillow fort on ''{{Community}}'', ''Series/{{Community}}'', which took up an entire hallway. An attempt to top that one ended so disastrously it got [[DocumentaryEpisode the Ken Burns treatment]].
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** Troy and Abed also made a "second bedroom" out of blankets.
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* Most major characters in ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' build a fort out of whatever they have on hand at some point or another.
* Most major characters in ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' build a fort out of whatever they have on hand at some point or another.
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--->'''Bellhop:''' TV's there...bathroom's there...and there's your king-size bed for...''[wolf-whistles, makes a cat noise, imitates a bed squeaking, purrs, pants, barks, howls, twiddles his lips]'' Hubba hubba!
--->'''Homer:''' Stop that! I love my wife and family. All I'm gonna use this bed for is sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort.
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--->'''Bellhop:''' TV's there...bathroom's there...and there's your king-size bed for...''[wolf-whistles, makes a cat noise, imitates a bed squeaking, purrs, pants, barks, howls, twiddles his lips]'' Hubba hubba!
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'''Homer:''' Stop that! I love my wife and family. All I'm gonna use this bed for is sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort.
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'''Homer:''' Stop that! I love my wife and family. All I'm gonna use this bed for is sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort.
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* In the ''{{Redwall}}'' book ''Mossflower'', a blanket fort is one of the clues: ''Look up and find the secret is yours, Your castle, your fort, Or so you thought.'' The series of clues is a note from father to son about how to get to Salamandastron; this part is trying to tell him that the clue is on the underside of a table - when Boar was young, he played under the table, and with the tablecloth there, he always pretended it was a fort or castle. They realize what it means when Boar's daughter, Bella, reminisces about the table and how when she was young she used to pretend she was in a tent.
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* A recent Cheetos commercial has Chester Cheetah and an employee build a fort of mattresses.
* A recent Cheetos commercial has Chester Cheetah and an employee build a fort of mattresses.
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* One episode of FamilyGuy has Peter building a fort out of pillows on an airplane.
** Another one has Stewie making a fort out of [[spoiler: Brian's failed novel "Faster Than The Speed of Love"]].
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* There was an epic pillow fort on ''{{Community}}'', which took up an entire hallway. An attempt to top that one ended so disastrously it got [[DocumentaryEpisode the Ken Burns treatment.]]
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** When Homer goes to Capitol City with Mindy to attend an energy convention, the bellhop assumes Homer & Mindy will be getting it on.
--->Bellhop: TV's there...bathroom's there...and there's your king-size bed for...''[wolf-whistles, makes a cat noise, imitates a bed squeaking, purrs, pants, barks, howls, twiddles his lips]'' Hubba hubba!
--->Homer: Stop that! I love my wife and family. All I'm gonna use this bed for is sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort.
** In another episode Bart & Lisa use a bunch of UPS boxes to build a giant fort in the backyard. The UPS guy complains that they're wasting the boxes, and eventually brings in a bunch of other UPS guys to wage battle against them.
--->Bellhop: TV's there...bathroom's there...and there's your king-size bed for...''[wolf-whistles, makes a cat noise, imitates a bed squeaking, purrs, pants, barks, howls, twiddles his lips]'' Hubba hubba!
--->Homer: Stop that! I love my wife and family. All I'm gonna use this bed for is sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort.
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--->Homer: --->'''Homer:''' Stop that! I love my wife and family. All I'm gonna use this bed for is sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort.
** In anotherepisode episode, Bart & Lisa use a bunch of UPS boxes to build a giant fort in the backyard. The UPS guy complains that they're wasting the boxes, and eventually brings in a bunch of other UPS guys to wage battle against them.
** In another
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A classic childhood pastime for many is building a "blanket fort" or "pillow fort" out of pillows, couch cushions, blankets, and other bedding materials to make a sort of "clubhouse" or "secret hangout".
Fort building can be enjoyed by teens and adults, as well (most often for [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre other reasons]]). Many parenting books even suggest that parents build one with their children as a bonding tool.
When an adult builds a fort in fiction, it's usually used to establish how young at heart or childish they are.
Compare KidsPreferBoxes.
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* The book ''{{Corduroy}}'s Sleepover'' has the titular character build a fort.
* ''If You Give a Pig a Party'' also features one.
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* There was an epic pillow fort on ''{{Community}}'', which took up an entire hallway. An attempt to top that one ended so disastrously it got [[DocumentaryEpisode the Ken Burns treatment.]]
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* In ''NewspaperComics/TheFarSide'', a man is seen in his fort, but his wife tells him to rebuild it later because she's having guests over.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Hank and his buddies go on a road trip to a fancy hotel. Dale, Bill, and Boomhauer build a fort, of course.
* ''TheSimpsons'':
** When Homer goes to Capitol City with Mindy to attend an energy convention, the bellhop assumes Homer & Mindy will be getting it on.
--->Bellhop: TV's there...bathroom's there...and there's your king-size bed for...''[wolf-whistles, makes a cat noise, imitates a bed squeaking, purrs, pants, barks, howls, twiddles his lips]'' Hubba hubba!
--->Homer: Stop that! I love my wife and family. All I'm gonna use this bed for is sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort.
** In another episode Bart & Lisa use a bunch of UPS boxes to build a giant fort in the backyard. The UPS guy complains that they're wasting the boxes, and eventually brings in a bunch of other UPS guys to wage battle against them.
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Fort building can be enjoyed by teens and adults, as well (most often for [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre other reasons]]). Many parenting books even suggest that parents build one with their children as a bonding tool.
When an adult builds a fort in fiction, it's usually used to establish how young at heart or childish they are.
Compare KidsPreferBoxes.
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* The book ''{{Corduroy}}'s Sleepover'' has the titular character build a fort.
* ''If You Give a Pig a Party'' also features one.
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* There was an epic pillow fort on ''{{Community}}'', which took up an entire hallway. An attempt to top that one ended so disastrously it got [[DocumentaryEpisode the Ken Burns treatment.]]
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* In ''NewspaperComics/TheFarSide'', a man is seen in his fort, but his wife tells him to rebuild it later because she's having guests over.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* On ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Hank and his buddies go on a road trip to a fancy hotel. Dale, Bill, and Boomhauer build a fort, of course.
* ''TheSimpsons'':
** When Homer goes to Capitol City with Mindy to attend an energy convention, the bellhop assumes Homer & Mindy will be getting it on.
--->Bellhop: TV's there...bathroom's there...and there's your king-size bed for...''[wolf-whistles, makes a cat noise, imitates a bed squeaking, purrs, pants, barks, howls, twiddles his lips]'' Hubba hubba!
--->Homer: Stop that! I love my wife and family. All I'm gonna use this bed for is sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort.
** In another episode Bart & Lisa use a bunch of UPS boxes to build a giant fort in the backyard. The UPS guy complains that they're wasting the boxes, and eventually brings in a bunch of other UPS guys to wage battle against them.
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