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* ''Series/SesameStreet'' has Bert, who loves all sorts of boring pastimes such as watching pigeons and collecting paperclips. He even likes to read books like ''Boring Stories''.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Vampire Disco Death Dance", Tina's friends invent a game called "drinking or not drinking", where you make people guess if you're drinking through a straw or just pretending. Her family members think the game is incredibly boring, but her friends think their game is wonderful.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Picard loves ships in bottles and can't understand why none of his senior staff share his enthusiasm. When O'Brien pipes up that ''he'' likes ships in bottles, Riker glares at him, silently accusing him of bein a suck-up, but O'Brien innocently insists that he was telling the truth.

* Music/BubbleButt: The three cyan-haired women in the apartment spend their time listening to dolphin noises and standing around half out of it. That is, until Buttzilla shows up, inflates their asses, and turns their appartment into a dance party.

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-->'''Brain''': Our work here is done.
-->'''Scamper''': ''Our'' work? You spent the entire time playing with a piece of ribbon.
* The Principal in ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' suggests some "fun" activities the students can engage in to keep their brains sharp over the summer. They include Science Slumber Parties.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'':
** Occasionally used to show how boring a life Jon's family has in the countryside, since the most mundane things excite them such as watching the washing machine instead of the TV ("Here comes the red sock again!"), counting every brick in the wall of the house, taking a trip to see the new flush toilet, going to the airport to watch the planes take off, etc. This extends to stupid and dangerous things; Jon and his brother Doc Boy mention that one of their favorite games as a kid was called "Touch It, You Wimp!" and involved touching an electric fence.
** Garfield and Jon are not immune to this, since their lives are pretty boring too. In one strip, he is watching television when the announcer says, "And now we present, ''Watching Paint Dry''!" Garfield responds with, "Rats! They preempted ''Watching Grass Grow''!"
** In a later strip:
--->'''TV announcer:''' Welcome to ''Watching Paint Dry Theater''!
--->'''Jon:''' It's a rerun.
--->'''Garfield:''' Don't tell me how it turns out!
** In another strip:
--->'''Jon:''' Watching the paint dry, Garfield?
--->'''Garfield:''' I hope he doesn't think that my life is so totally devoid of excitement that I am reduced to that. [[HypocriticalHumor I'm waiting for it to peel]].
** Jon makes toast... for fun. *pop* "Yee Haaww!"
** Also:
---> '''Jon:''' I've got an idea, Garfield! I stuff my face full of bananas... then you tickle me!
---> '''Garfield:''' We are the bored.
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin's Dad deliberately chooses vacations and hobbies that [[MiseryBuildsCharacter build character]].
-->'''Calvin's Dad''': Ahh, what a day! Up at 6:00, a 10-mile run in the sleet, and ''now'' a big bowl of plain oatmeal! How I love the crazy hedonism of weekends!
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovieFourDANewAdventure'' at Ride/{{LEGOLAND}}, while Emmet's friends all get cool attractions at Brick World that they enjoy, Emmet gets stuck with "Emmet's Breakfast with a Plant Merry-No-Round", which is a recreation of his apartment where he sits on a stationary couch and watches a replica of Planty dance around slightly. Wyldstyle notices that Emmet is unhappy with his ride, so she takes him with her on the much more exciting "Wyldstyle's Super-Cycle Mega-Coaster" instead.

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* In the ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'' episode "Wii Channels", Scott screams in utter excitement as he fiddles around with the display theme setting option on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch's settings menu.

A Subtrope of IndubitablyUninterestingIndividual. Compare AGoodOldFashionedPaintWatching, FunForSome, OnlyOneFindsItFun, PlainPalate, and the MuseumOfBoredom. Related to NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork.

** Garfield and Jon are not immune to this, since their lives are pretty boring too. In one strip, he is watching television when the announcer says, "And now we present, ''Watching Paint Dry''!" Garfield responds with, "Rats! They cancelled ''Watching Grass Grow''!"

* A troll in ''VideoGame/UltimaUnderworld II'' plays "White Rock Black Rock," in which the object is to correctly pick the white rock. From a pair of rocks ''in plain sight of both players''.
* The demo for ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'' contains the "eight game". You push a button labeled "8", several screens light up with "8", and a voice says "eight". You can do this repeatedly, and the LemonyNarrator will get mad at you.

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* Three normal paper NPCs in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'' get together for a "canned food par-tay", which involves them sitting at a table eating tinned ravioli and tuna while listening to the Mariachi Guy.

* Little Sebastian the miniature horse on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' is treated like a celebrity by the townsfolk of Pawnee, Indiana. It's lampshaded by one character from out of town who doesn't understand the appeal; everyone else treats him like he's crazy and he eventually resigns himself to faking it in order to avoid conflict.

** "The Biggest Ball of Twine In Minnisota" is about a family going to see ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin and how they decide they're going to go back every year.

** In the episode "Fraggle Wars," the World's Oldest Fraggle explains to Red that they're supposed to hate the Cave Fraggles because they have no sense of humor. He says that the Cave Fraggles think the best part of getting a pie in the face is cleaning up afterward.

** In the episode "Fraggle Wars," the World's Oldest Fraggle explains to Red that they're supposed to hate the Cave Fraggles because they don't have the same sense of humor as the Rock Fraggles. He says that the Cave Fraggles think the best part of getting a pie in the face is cleaning up afterward.

** In the episode "Fraggle Wars," the World's Oldest Fraggle explains to Red that they're supposed to hate the Cave Fraggles because they don't have the same sense of humor as the Rock Fraggles. He says that the Cave Fraggles think the best part of getting a pie in the face is [[IncrediblyLameFun cleaning up afterward]].

** In the episode "Fraggle Wars," the World's Oldest Fraggle explains to Red that they're supposed to hate the Cave Fraggles because they don't have the same sense of humor as the Rock Fraggles. He says that they think the best part of getting a pie in the face is [[IncrediblyLameFun cleaning up afterward]].

** In the episode "Fraggle Wars," the World's Oldest Fraggle explains to Red that they're supposed to hate the Cave Fraggles because they have no sense of humor. He says that they think the best part of getting a pie in the face is [[IncrediblyLameFun cleaning up afterward]].

* ''Series/FraggleRock'' features the character of Boober Fraggle, whose favorite pastimes include laundry and watching paint dry ...

-->'''TV announcer:''' Welcome to ''Watching Paint Dry Theater''!
-->'''Jon:''' It's a rerun.
-->'''Garfield:''' Don't tell me how it turns out!

-->'''Jon:''' Watching the paint dry, Garfield?
-->'''Garfield:''' I hope he doesn't think that my life is so totally devoid of excitement that I am reduced to that. [[HypocriticalHumor I'm waiting for it to peel]].

--> '''Jon:''' I've got an idea, Garfield! I stuff my face full of bananas... then you tickle me!
--> '''Garfield:''' We are the bored.

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Compare AGoodOldFashionedPaintWatching, FunForSome, OnlyOneFindsItFun, PlainPalate, and the MuseumOfBoredom. Related to NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork.