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* A trilogy of WebVideo/DrewGooden Website/{{Vine}}s feature Drew "pranking" a Wendy's drive-thru by asking if Wendy is there. It backfires every time; one time his window wasn't rolled down, one time he came when they were closed, and one time he was actually at Taco Bell.

* [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]], who has been the voice actor for Franchise/WinnieThePooh since 1988, said that he sometimes orders in-character as Winnie asking for honey.

* The "Hissing Noise" skit from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' has [[WesternAnimation/GIJoe Cobra Commander, Destro, Major Bludd, and Baroness]] stop at a drive-thru. When attention is brought up to Cobra Commander's SnakeTalk, the others have a laugh at his expense.
-->'''Employee:''' Could I interest you in a bonus meal today?\\
'''Cobra Commander:''' NO! Why would assssk that, assss if you could influenccce my decccision right before I order?\\
'''Employee:''' What would you like, sir?\\
'''CC:''' Yess, I'll have a sssssssssssssssssmall Sssssssssssssprite and a-\\
'''Employee:''' Could you repeat that sir, I'm getting a... hissing noise.\\
'''CC:''' I ssssssssaid I'll have a ssssssssssmall Sssssssssspite and a-\\
'''Employee:''' Could you speak more clearly, sir?\\
'''Destro:''' Tell him I want seven super sized special sandwiches.\\
'''Baroness:''' With sweet and sour sauce.\\
'''CC:''' You're all doing this on purpossse!\\
'''Major Bludd:''' I'll have a hamburger.\\
'''CC:''' Thank you, Sssssebastion.\\
'''Major Bludd:''' (Baroness whispers in his ear) Oh, and a strawberry shake!\\
'''CC:''' UGGHH! (hits the car horn in frustration)
* The climax of the ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' episode "[[Recap/DennisTheMenace1986S1E30 Marky the Menace]]" has Dennis' cousin Marky take Dennis' skateboard for a joyride, and Dennis, Alice, and Aunt Matilda chase after him. During the chase, they pass through the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant. Dennis places an order, Alice pays for it, and Matilda picks it up.
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'': In "Invasion of The Idiot Dog Brain", GIR's brain is accidentally uploaded into the computer controlling Zim's house, allowing to take both it and Zim on a trip to the Krazy Taco drive-through. The guy manning the drive-through doesn't even blink at the sight, and you can hear Zim ranting through the intercom.
--> '''Taco Guy''': So that's two tacos, one burrito and one "Gir-Take-Us-Back-To-the-Base-Right-Now"?

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af-NC2pSuGo this commercial]] for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Deluxe'', a father is trying to order meals for his two sons from the fictional Timmy's Tacos restaurant. The employee at the drive-thru is playing ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' on his Plaftorm/GameBoyColor and saying insulting things like "Don't even think about it, pal!" and "You're not getting anything from me, mister!", causing the dad to drive away. When the next customer comes to the drive-thru, the employee says "Halt! Who goes there?"

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af-NC2pSuGo this commercial]] for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Deluxe'', a father is trying to order meals for his two sons from the fictional Timmy's Tacos restaurant. The employee at the drive-thru is playing ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' on his UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor and saying insulting things like "Don't even think about it, pal!" and "You're not getting anything from me, mister!", causing the dad to drive away. When the next customer comes to the drive-thru, the employee says "Halt! Who goes there?"

* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman:'' In a late Season 6 episode, [=BoJack=] approaches a drive-thru, and after hearing his order, the workers begin laughing about [=BoJack=]'s terrible reputation. [=BoJack=] tells the workers that he can hear them over the intercom, and they shakily get him his order as soon as possible.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'': Early in the story, CJ drives his crew to the nearby burger joint, and after everyone places a modest order, the resident BigEater Big Smoke rattles off one so long, it easily eclipses the rest of the gang's combined. [[spoiler:The order is extra-long because he's trying to buy time for the Ballas to turn up and attack the gang.]]

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E22SecretsOfASuccessfulMarriage Secrets of a Successful Marriage]]", Homer goes around town bragging about his new teaching job. One stop is Krusty Burger, where he doesn't order anything and simply tells the order box that he has a job. The cashier replies, "Sir, it's a felony to tease the order box.". [[BrickJoke Later, he goes back there to talk again]]. When Chief Wiggum shows up, saying "All right, Simpson! You were warned about teasing the order box!", Homer high-tails it out of there, prompting the cashier to say "Hey, I need closure on that anecdote.".

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E15TheCadAndTheHat The Cad and the Hat]]", Homer tries to order five meals at the Krusty Burger drive-thru, but the attendant keeps getting the math wrong. Leads to a BrickJoke later on, when Lisa looks for her missing hat and the car is stuffed with hundreds of discarded wrappers, including the trunk.

* ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare WarioWare Gold]]'': In Orbulon's segment, he goes to a burger joint for some food, often ordering one thing, eating it, then coming back for something else. When he tries to order a burger, the cashier tells them they're out of meat to make any more. [[AliensStealCattle Orbulon goes off to collect pigs]], thinking that because they're called "Hamburgers" they're made from ham. After you beat his games, he returns to the burger place to try to get them to take the pigs, but the cashier promptly denies him, stating he couldn't even cook them if he wanted, as he isn't allowed to work the grill yet. Orbulon sheepishly apologizes and goes to return the pigs.

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsWhoShotMrBurns Who Shot Mr. Burns: Part 2]]", Chief Wiggum tries to order while driving a paddy wagon containing Homer. Because the vehicle is above the window's maximum height requirement and can't fit under the bar, it tips over, allowing Homer to escape, parodying the escape scene from ''Film/TheFugitive''.

* In some of WebVideo/BrianHull's videos, he does voice impressions while ordering at the drive-thru. In one video, he dressed up (specifically as Edna Mode from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'') but found this embarrassing, so he generally does not dress up.

** Another episode, appropriately titled "Drive-Thru", has Mr. Krabs turn a large hole in the Krusty Krab's wall into an extremely cheap drive-thru window. This leads to several issues: [=SpongeBob=] struggles to fit the food through the window and spills it on a customer, Pearl uses a megaphone to shout her order as a prank, and the ridiculous length of the drive-thru causes lengthy traffic and overwhelms [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward.

* One ''Series/MadTV'' sketch has [[ModernMinstrelsy Ms. Swan]] frustrate a [[BlandNameProduct McRonald's]] manager by ordering extremely broad items (i.e. "nugget") and never properly explaining herself.

* A [=McDonald's=] commercial for ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtXXUI7sJCU Happy Meal toys]] naturally has this. [[RogerRabbitEffect The animated versions of Buster, Babs, Plucky, Hamton, and Elmyra]] are all hanging out in the car of a little boy and his father as they arrive at the drive-thru. As the father places his order, Plucky tricks him into ordering one hundred Happy Meals (when the father only meant to order one). The commercial ends with the employees bringing the father one hundred Happy Meals, to which the father asks, "Now what?". [[BigEater Hamton]] then says, "Better pop the trunk!" and dons a bib with the [=McDonald's=] logo.

** In "Bucket Sweet Bucket", Plankton hires [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick to redo the Chum Bucket, and [=SpongeBob=] builds him a drive-thru window that's much too high for his miniature stature. He then notices that Patrick has built a window down to his height, but it has a metal wall in the frame.
--->'''Plankton:''' See, [=SpongeBob=]? Patrick's using the old noggin. He knows I'll actually want to ''see'' out the window.\\
'''Patrick:''' Wait, you wanted to ''see'' out the window? Weird.

* A trilogy of WebVideo/DrewGooden WebOriginal/{{Vine}}s feature Drew "pranking" a Wendy's drive-thru by asking if Wendy is there. It backfires every time; one time his window wasn't rolled down, one time he came when they were closed, and one time he was actually at Taco Bell.

-->-- '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', "Trapped in the Drive-Thru"