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* In ''Literature/AnniePittsBurgerKid'', the book starts off with Annie coming up with a poem for a school assignment about what she likes; hamburgers. After reading it to her class, she's told the assignment was for writing about what she likes ''about'' Thanksgiving.



* ''{{Series/Community}}'': In "[[Recap/CommunityS1E02Spanish101 Spanish 101]]", Jeff and Pierce are assigned a simple presentation in Spanish class, needing to only exchange five phrases in conversational Spanish. Pierce goes way overboard, delivering a presentation that has multiple costumes, props, pyrotechnics (sparklers), and even has an audience participant (Annie) at one point. However, they did fail to include the actual five phrases needed to get a passing grade.

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* ''{{Series/Community}}'': ''Series/{{Community}}'': In "[[Recap/CommunityS1E02Spanish101 Spanish 101]]", Jeff and Pierce are assigned a simple presentation in Spanish class, needing to only exchange five phrases in conversational Spanish. Pierce goes way overboard, delivering a presentation that has multiple costumes, props, pyrotechnics (sparklers), and even has an audience participant (Annie) at one point. However, they did fail to include the actual five phrases needed to get a passing grade.



* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen "Oxygen"]], the Doctor delivers a lecture on all the ways that space can kill you to a packed lecture theatre. It was supposed to be on crop rotation. In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E1ThePilot "The Pilot"]], his companion Bill mentions that he does this almost every lecture, and the university doesn't care.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen "Oxygen"]], "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E5Oxygen Oxygen]]", the Doctor delivers a lecture on all the ways that space can kill you to a packed lecture theatre. It was supposed to be on crop rotation. In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E1ThePilot "The Pilot"]], his companion Bill mentions that he does this almost every lecture, and the university doesn't care.



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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Buster's Growing Grudge", Buster is frustrated that Binky told one of Buster's jokes while presenting his report on UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus and seemingly got a good grade for it while Buster receives a D for his report about [[UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}} King Tut]]. Near the end of the episode, we get this exchange between Buster and Arthur.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Buster's Growing Grudge", Buster is frustrated that Binky told one of Buster's jokes while presenting his report on UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus and seemingly got a good grade for it while Buster receives a D for his report about [[UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}} King Tut]]. Near the end of the episode, we get there's this exchange between Buster and Arthur.



* ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'': “Splatter of the Bands” is presented as a rockumentary filmed by Kristine about Hailey’s performance in the local music festival. At the end, it’s revealed that she was supposed to be doing a report on the solar system -- which she justifies by explaining that all of this took place in the solar system.

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* ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'': “Splatter "Splatter of the Bands” Bands" is presented as a rockumentary filmed by Kristine about Hailey’s performance in the local music festival. At the end, it’s revealed that she was supposed to be doing a report on the solar system -- which she justifies by explaining that all of this took place in the solar system.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?", the first restaurant review Homer submits mostly consists of non-sequiturs and random rambling:

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?", the first restaurant review Homer submits mostly consists of non-sequiturs and random rambling:



* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': Spike was supposed to write a report on the Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars program", but he wasn't paying attention and turned in a report about ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' instead.

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* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': Spike was supposed to write a report on the Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars program", but he wasn't paying attention and turned in a report about ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' ''Franchise/StarWars'' instead.



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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': In one episode, Gus was trying to go to school without his glasses, because he thought it made him seem cooler. One of the consequences of his impaired eyesight, however, was that he read his assignment wrong and wrote a report on "green mints" instead of Greek myths.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Crabgrass}}'': In [[https://www.gocomics.com/crabgrass/2023/12/29 this comic]], rather than giving the book report he was supposed to give, Kevin gives a report of why he thinks velco straps are superior to shoelaces. When questioned by the teacher if he even read the book the report was supposed to be about, Kevin admits he spend his weekend playing video games.
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* Played with in ''Webcomic/ThePerryBibleFellowship'': a Corporate report on "weeaboo" is serious and on-topic. The subsequent reaction by the attendees -- yanking down the unfortunate executive's pants and paddling their ass -- is completely off-topic.

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* Played with in ''Webcomic/ThePerryBibleFellowship'': a Corporate report on "weeaboo" "[[https://pbfcomics.com/comics/weeaboo/ weeaboo]]" costing the company money is serious and on-topic. The subsequent reaction by the attendees -- yanking down the unfortunate executive's pants and paddling their ass -- is completely off-topic.not.
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* Played with in ''Webcomic/ThePerryBibleFellowship'': a Corporate report on "weeaboo" is serious and on-topic. The subsequent reaction by the attendees -- yanking down their pants and paddling their ass -- is completely off-topic.

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* Played with in ''Webcomic/ThePerryBibleFellowship'': a Corporate report on "weeaboo" is serious and on-topic. The subsequent reaction by the attendees -- yanking down their the unfortunate executive's pants and paddling their ass -- is completely off-topic.
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* Played with in ''Webcomic/ThePerryBibleFellowship'': a Corporate report on "weeaboo" is serious and on-topic. The subsequent reaction by the attendees -- yanking down their pants and paddling their ass -- is completely off-topic.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Sally Brown has a RunningGag of presenting poorly researched show-and-tell projects or oral reports. In [[https://www.facebook.com/schulzmuseum/photos/%EF%B8%8F-in-honor-of-geographyawarenessweek-this-peanuts-strip-was-first-published-on-m/10159005134218054/ one notable instance]], her report on "the oceans of the world" consists of listing different U.S. states and informing the class that they don't have any oceans in them ("There are no oceans in Kansas. There are no oceans in Nebraska...").
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* ''Series/KenanAndKel'' has the police line up everyone, Kenan and Kel included, to give [[RashomonStyle their accounts]] of how a robber wound up knocked out in the convenience store they work at. Kel's recounting solely revolves aorund his inability to open a [[TrademarkFavoriteFood giant bottle of orange soda]] that begs him to open it.
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* Calvin of ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' usually manages to produce incredibly half-assed on-topic reports, but the time he was supposed to write about overpopulation and wrote a story about Susie getting eaten by dinosaurs ending with "...at least, that's how it ''ought'' to be" was rather a stretch. He also had a show and tell where he refused to show the thing or tell anything about it.

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* Calvin of ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' usually manages to produce incredibly half-assed on-topic reports, but the time he was supposed to write about overpopulation and wrote a story about Susie getting eaten by dinosaurs ending with "...at least, that's how it ''ought'' to be" was rather a stretch.stretch (though he did tie it to the topic by citing it as an example of natural selection culling "the weak and stupid"). He also had a show and tell where he refused to show the thing or tell anything about it.
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'''Mr Garrison:''' Thank you for that presentation, Eric, but the assignment was on Asian cultures. You get a D-.

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'''Mr '''Mr. Garrison:''' Thank you for that presentation, Eric, but the assignment was on Asian cultures. You get a D-.



'''Mr Garrison:''' Thank you for that presentation, Eric, but the assignment was on Asian cultures. You get a D-.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': Spike was supposed to write a report on the Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars program," but he wasn't paying attention and turned in a report about ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' instead.

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'''Mr '''Mr. Garrison:''' Thank you for that presentation, Eric, but the assignment was on Asian cultures. You get a D-.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': Spike was supposed to write a report on the Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars program," program", but he wasn't paying attention and turned in a report about ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' instead.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'': “Splatter of the Bands” is presented as a rockumentary filmed by Kristine about Hailey’s performance in the local music festival. At the end, it’s revealed that she was supposed to be doing a report on the solar system - which she justifies by explaining that all of this took place in the solar system.

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* ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'': “Splatter of the Bands” is presented as a rockumentary filmed by Kristine about Hailey’s performance in the local music festival. At the end, it’s revealed that she was supposed to be doing a report on the solar system - -- which she justifies by explaining that all of this took place in the solar system.
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'''Editor:''' You keep using words like "Pasghetti" and "Momatoes" You make numerous threatening references to the UN and at the end, you repeat the words "Screw Flanders" over and over again.\\

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'''Editor:''' You keep using words like "Pasghetti" and "Momatoes" You "Momatoes", you make numerous threatening references to the UN and at the end, you repeat the words "Screw Flanders" over and over again.\\
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* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin usually manages to produce incredibly half-assed on-topic reports, but the time he was supposed to write about overpopulation and wrote a story about Susie getting eaten by dinosaurs ending with "...at least, that's how it ''ought'' to be" was rather a stretch. He also had a show and tell where he refused to show the thing or tell anything about it.

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* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin of ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' usually manages to produce incredibly half-assed on-topic reports, but the time he was supposed to write about overpopulation and wrote a story about Susie getting eaten by dinosaurs ending with "...at least, that's how it ''ought'' to be" was rather a stretch. He also had a show and tell where he refused to show the thing or tell anything about it.

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