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* One ''Series/MockTheWeek'' ''Scenes We'd Like to See'' round gave us ''Unlikely Things to see on a Round Sign'' to which Frankie Boyle provided us with...

* In an episode of ''WetsernAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', Bloo becomes a celebrity, but his agent won't let him go. So on his variety show, Bloo tap dances a Morse code message saying "Help me, Mac!" so Mac and the rest of the friends wo are watching can so to the studio and save him.

* In ''[[Literature/JamesBond Goldfinger]]'' (the original novel) JamesBond leaves a note on the underside of the toilet on a plane, telling of Goldfinger's plot and saying that delivery of the note to Felix Leiter of the CIA will result in a reward, hoping that the cleaning crew will find it; but doesn't know whether or not it got found & delivered, or thrown out, or found by the bad guys.

* ''NewsRadio'', Dave is reading cards from a complaint box.

* One ''MockTheWeek'' ''Scenes We'd Like to See'' round gave us ''Unlikely Things to see on a Round Sign'' to which Frankie Boyle provided us with...

* [[TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] used [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/82145/february-13-2007/the-word---apocalypse-mao--murdered-by-the-orient-s-success---frenemy this trope]] in a Colbert report [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld Apocalypse Mao: murdered by the orient succes]].

* Comes up in ''{{Peanuts}}'' during a StoryArc where Linus's mom leaves him inspirational notes in his BrownBagLunch: [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1961/02/22 one reads]] "Help! I'm being held prisoner in a School Lunch factory!"

* The flavor text on the humorous ''MagicTheGathering'' [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=73947 "Gleemax"]] card.

* ''FairyGodmotherTycoon'' has a story part where someone finds a wig -- there's a little note attached. "''Please help. Kidnapped. Forced to make wigs. Rapunzel.''" Not to mention the tip "Help, I'm trapped in a tip-writing factory."

* The episode titles the first part of ''RobotChicken'''s fourth season form the message "Help me. I'm trapped in a DVD factory. They took my thumbs. Two weeks without food. Tell my mom I love her, but not in that way. Love, Maurice PS: Yes, in [[ParentalIncest that way]]." In a twist to this trope, the second half's episodes titles make up the factory's response: "Dear Consumer, we are a humble factory. Maurice was caught unionizing our labor. [[RedChina President Hu]] forbids it! Due to constraints of time and budget, the ramblings of Maurice cannot be erased, so sorry. Please do not notify our contractors. Especially [[BitingTheHandHumor the animal]] [[Creator/AdultSwim Keith Crofford]]!"
* There was a ''{{Madeline}}'' animated movie where Madeline ended up in a sweatshop making lace, and she and the other girls attempted to knot lace patterns that spelled out a message for help.

* The episode titles the first part of ''RobotChicken'''s fourth season form the message "Help me. I'm trapped in a DVD factory. They took my thumbs. Two weeks without food. Tell my mom I love her, but not in that way. Love, Maurice PS: Yes, in [[ParentalIncest that way]]." In a twist to this trope, the second half's episodes titles make up the factory's response: "Dear Consumer, we are a humble factory. Maurice was caught unionizing our labor. [[RedChina President Hu]] forbids it! Due to constraints of time and budget, the ramblings of Maurice cannot be erased, so sorry. Please do not notify our contractors. Especially [[BitingTheHandHumor the animal]] [[AdultSwim Keith Crofford]]!"

* ''FairyGodmotherTycoon'' has a story part where someone finds a wig -- there's a little note attached. "''Please help. Kidnapped. Forced to make wigs. Rapunzel.''"

* In ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' (the original novel) JamesBond leaves a note on the underside of the toilet on a plane, telling of Goldfinger's plot and saying that delivery of the note to Felix Leiter of the CIA will result in a reward, hoping that the cleaning crew will find it; but doesn't know whether or not it got found & delivered, or thrown out, or found by the bad guys.

* There was a ''Madeline'' animated movie where Madeline ended up in a sweatshop making lace, and she and the other girls attempted to knot lace patterns that spelled out a message for help.

* In ''The Tightrope Walker'' by DorothyGilman, the plot starts when the owner of a second-hand store finds a "Please help" message hidden in one of the objects in her store.

* [[TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] used [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/82145/february-13-2007/the-word---apocalypse-mao--murdered-by-the-orient-s-success---frenemy this trope]] in a Colbert report [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld Apocalypse Mao: murdered by the orient succes]].

* ''LooneyTunes'': The DaffyDuck short "China Jones" parodies the "being held in a Chinese bakery" one. [[spoiler:Daffy himself ends up being held in a Chinese ''[[ChineseLaunderer laundry]]'']].

* A message in ''{{Discworld/Hogfather}}'' is in a Christmas Cracker and says "Help help help Ive fallen in the crakker machine I cant keep runin on this roller please get me ou-". Someone says it's the same old mottos as when they were kids.
* In ''{{Goldfinger}}'' (the original novel) JamesBond leaves a note on the underside of the toilet on a plane, telling of Goldfinger's plot and saying that delivery of the note to Felix Leiter of the CIA will result in a reward, hoping that the cleaning crew will find it; but doesn't know whether or not it got found & delivered, or thrown out, or found by the bad guys.

* The "...Chinese Fortune Cookie Factory" version was used on ''GetSmart''.

* The eye chart in the first panel of [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=301 this]] ''GunnerkriggCourt'' guest comic.
* Has been parodied twice in ''{{XKCD}}''. First there was the [[http://xkcd.com/10/ Pi Equals]] comic, and the second was in the AltText of [[http://xkcd.com/327/ Exploits of a Mom]].

* ''LooneyTunes'': The Daffy Duck short "China Jones" parodies the "being held in a Chinese bakery" one. [[spoiler:Daffy himself ends up being held in a Chinese ''[[ChineseLaunderer laundry]]'']].

* ''LooneyTunes'': The Daffy Duck short "China Jones" parodies the "being held in a Chinese bakery" one. [[spoiler:Daffy himself ends up being held in a Chinese ''laundry'']].

* Comes up in ''{{Peanuts}}'' during a StoryArc where Linus's mom leaves him inspirational notes in his BrownBagLunch: [[http://comics.com/peanuts/1961-02-22/ one reads]] "Help! I'm being held prisoner in a School Lunch factory!"

* The episode titles the first part of ''RobotChicken'''s fourth season form the message "Help me. I'm trapped in a DVD factory. They took my thumbs. Two weeks without food. Tell my mom I love her, but not in that way. Love, Maurice PS: Yes, in [[ParentalIncest that way]]." In a twist to this trope, the second half's episodes titles make up the factory's response: "Dear Consumer, we are a humble factory. Maurice was caught unionizing our labor. [[RedChina President Hu]] forbids it! Due to constraints of time and budget, the ramblings of Maurice cannot be erased, so sorry. Please do not notify our contractors. Especially the animal Keith Crofford!"

* The episode titles the first part of ''RobotChicken'''s fourth season form the message "Help me. I'm trapped in a DVD factory. They took my thumbs. Two weeks without food. Tell my mom I love her, but not in that way. Love, Maurice PS: Yes, in [[ParentalIncest that way]]." In a twist to this trope, the second half's episodes titles make up the factory's response: "Dear Consumer, we are a humble factory. Maurice was caught unionizing our labor. President Hu forbids it! Due to constraints of time and budget, the ramblings of Maurice cannot be erased, so sorry. Please do not notify our contractors. Especially the animal Keith Crofford!"

* The episode titles the first part of ''Robot Chicken'''s fourth season form the message "Help me. I'm trapped in a DVD factory. They took my thumbs. Two weeks without food. Tell my mom I love her, but not in that way. Love, Maurice PS: Yes, in that way." In a twist to this trope, the second half's episodes titles make up the factory's response: "Dear Consumer, we are a humble factory. Maurice was caught unionizing our labor. President Hu forbids it! Due to constraints of time and budget, the ramblings of Maurice cannot be erased, so sorry. Please do not notify our contractors. Especially the animal Keith Crofford!"

* ''LooneyTunes'': The Daffy Duck short "China Jones" parodies the "prisoner in a Chinese bakery" one. [[spoiler:Daffy himself ends up prisoner in a Chinese ''laundry'']].

->Dave: "Help, I'm being held prisoner in a complaint box", which is actually kinda funny.

* ''FairyGodMotherTycoon'' has a story part where someone finds a wig -- there's a little note attached. "''Please help. Kidnapped. Forced to make wigs. Rapunzel.''"

* Has been parodied twice in ''{{XKCD}}''. I can't be bothered to look up the links, but first there was the "Pi" comic, and the second was in the AltText of the Bobby Tables comic.