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* ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'': The vigilante Rorschach naturally gets the Rorschach test after his arrest. He responds with BlatantLies about what he's seeing in the images, when they actually remind him of his DarkAndTroubledPast.
-->'''Psychiatrist:''' Tell me what you see.\\

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* ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'': ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'':
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The vigilante Rorschach naturally gets the Rorschach test after his arrest. He responds with BlatantLies about what he's seeing in the images, when they actually remind him of his DarkAndTroubledPast.
-->'''Psychiatrist:''' --->'''Psychiatrist:''' Tell me what you see.\\
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** Earlier in the same episode, XR himself was subjected to an impromptu test with the help of Booster rubbing his face on a dirty serviette. All XR sees in that test are [[BellyDancer Sirenian Snake Dancers,]] including his teammate Mira as one, which Mira herself calls out XR for being "A Sexist Pig."

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** Earlier in the same episode, XR himself was subjected to an impromptu test with the help of Booster rubbing his face on a dirty serviette. All XR sees in that test are [[BellyDancer Sirenian Snake Dancers,]] Dancers, including his teammate Mira as one, which Mira herself calls out XR for being "A Sexist Pig."

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* While on Batman and inkblots, in an issue of ''Comicbook/{{Animaniacs}}'' where the Warners were on an ''Series/{{ER}}'' parody, the Dr. Ross copy showed a blot resembling Batman's symbol to Yakko and asked what he saw. Given it's Creator/GeorgeClooney and it was 1997, Yakko responds "[[Film/BatmanAndRobin You]]".

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* While on Batman and inkblots, in an issue of ''Comicbook/{{Animaniacs}}'' where the Warners were are on an ''Series/{{ER}}'' parody, the Dr. Ross copy showed shows a blot resembling Batman's symbol to Yakko and asked asks what he saw. sees. Given it's Creator/GeorgeClooney and it was 1997, Yakko responds responds, "[[Film/BatmanAndRobin You]]".You]]."



* ''Film/BorisAndNatasha'': When Boris and Natasha defect, a physiatrist shows them some inkblots. They see a bomb explosion, a machine gun attack at a small embassy, and a little puppy with floppy ears...carrying a letter bomb into a small embassy.

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* ''Film/BorisAndNatasha'': When Boris and Natasha defect, a physiatrist shows them some inkblots. They see a bomb explosion, a machine gun attack at a small embassy, and a little puppy with floppy ears... carrying a letter bomb into a small embassy.



-->'''Bruce:''' Do you have a thing for bats?\\
'''Chase:''' That's a Rorschach, Mr. Wayne. People see what they want to.\\

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-->'''Bruce:''' Do you have a thing for bats?\\
bats, Doctor?\\
'''Chase:''' That's a Rorschach, Mr. Wayne. An inkblot. People see what they want to.want.\\



* In ''Literature/FlowersForAlgernon'', Charlie is given a Rorschach early on, and to highlight his severe mental retardation, he's unable to understand the concept, thinking that he's supposed to find some sort of hidden picture. A few weeks later, he's given the test again, and gets angry because he thinks they changed the test on him. [[spoiler: He's given a third one after he concludes that he will eventually lose his intelligence, and realizes to his horror he can't remember what he's supposed to do.]]

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* In ''Literature/FlowersForAlgernon'', Charlie is given a Rorschach early on, in the story, and to highlight his severe mental retardation, he's unable to understand the concept, thinking that he's supposed to find some sort of hidden picture. A few weeks later, he's given the test again, and gets angry because he thinks they changed the test on him. [[spoiler: He's given a third one after he concludes that he will eventually lose his intelligence, and realizes to his horror he can't remember what he's supposed to do.]]



-->'''Ford:''' [[{{Understatement}} These interpretations are...unusual]].
* ''Literature/TheTribe'': In the second book, "Camp Cannibal", Spencer is given an inkblot test near the beginning of the book. He thinks the first inkblot looks like a butterfly, but he describes it to the doctor as a teenage kids holding protractors lined with X-[=ACTO=] razors. He thinks the second one looks like a long-eared rabbit, but he describes it as Sully Tulliver about to shoot him with her slingshot.

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-->'''Ford:''' [[{{Understatement}} These interpretations are... unusual]].
* ''Literature/TheTribe'': In the second book, "Camp Cannibal", ''Camp Cannibal'', Spencer is given an inkblot test near the beginning of the book. He thinks the first inkblot looks like a butterfly, but he describes it to the doctor as a teenage kids holding protractors lined with X-[=ACTO=] razors. He thinks the second one looks like a long-eared rabbit, but he describes it as Sully Tulliver about to shoot him with her slingshot.



* In ''Literature/OurWivesUnderTheSea'', Miri and Leah undergo an inkblot test during couples therapy. Leah [[{{Foreshadowing}} just sees eyes]]. Miri responds with a series of random objects, [[DeadpanSnarker stopping in the middle to remind the counselor that she's pretty sure the test was widely discredited in the 60s]] before continuing anyways.

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* In ''Literature/OurWivesUnderTheSea'', Miri and Leah undergo an inkblot test during couples therapy. Leah [[{{Foreshadowing}} just sees eyes]]. Miri responds with a series of random objects, [[DeadpanSnarker stopping in the middle to remind the counselor that she's pretty sure the test was widely discredited in the 60s]] before continuing anyways.anyway.



* The titular character in ''Series/SledgeHammer'' received one, where he identified each picture as some violent scene... except for the last, which he claims is, "A duck handcuffing a naked woman". The psychologist remarks, "Funny, I've never seen the duck."

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* The titular character in ''Series/SledgeHammer'' received one, where he identified each picture as some violent scene... except for the last, which he claims is, is "A duck handcuffing a naked woman". woman." The psychologist remarks, "Funny, I've never seen the duck."



* On ''Series/EmptyNest'' the Lothario Charley finds Carol's inkblots and asks why she has pictures of naked women, (before putting them in his pocket for later.)

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* On ''Series/EmptyNest'' the Lothario Charley ''Series/EmptyNest,'' [[TheCasanova Charley]] finds Carol's inkblots and asks why she has pictures of naked women, women (before putting them in his pocket for later.)later).



* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and [[DeniedTrope denied]] by Col. Potter in an episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}''. Dr. Sidney Freedman has been called in to help Potter with a bout of depression and Potter tells him to not bother with the Rohrschach Test as all the inkblots look like horses to him.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': When Daphne is sent to court-mandated anger management for causing a traffic accident the therapist starts the session by administering this test. Her answers use violent imagery ("two bunnies clawing each other to death" and "a woman skinning a pigeon with a hatchet") which hint at her conflicting feelings for Niles and her fiance Donny.

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* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and [[DeniedTrope [[DefiedTrope denied]] by Col. Potter in an episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}''. Dr. Sidney Freedman has been called in to help Potter with a bout of depression depression, and Potter tells him to not bother with the Rohrschach Test as all the inkblots look like horses to him.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': When Daphne is sent to court-mandated anger management for causing a traffic accident the therapist starts the session by administering this test. Her answers use violent imagery ("two bunnies clawing each other to death" and "a woman skinning a pigeon with a hatchet") which hint at her conflicting feelings for Niles and her fiance Donny.fiancé Donny.
* In one episode of ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'', Margaret poses for a nude sculpture, and her younger brother is traumatized by the sight of it. By the end of the episode, he's been put into therapy and is reviewing a series of inkblots, claiming that all of them look like "my sister, naked."



* A Creator/GahanWilson cartoon has the patient addressing a weird blobby shape-- "No, doctor, the resemblance is ''amazing!''"

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* A Creator/GahanWilson cartoon has the patient addressing a weird blobby shape-- shape -- "No, doctor, the resemblance is ''amazing!''"



* PlayedForLaughs in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. Babs subjects Buster to a series of tests, including asking him what he sees in the image she shows him.
-->'''Buster:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer An inkblot.]]



* Used briefly in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' during Helga's session with a child psychologist in "Helga On The Couch". After seeing Arnold in three inkblots, [[LoveMakesYouCrazy she grabs all the papers and frantically throws them out a window.]] Admittedly the ones she sees as Arnold are pretty hard ''not'' to see as Arnold.

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* Used briefly in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' during Helga's session with a child psychologist in "Helga On The Couch". After seeing Arnold in three inkblots, [[LoveMakesYouCrazy she grabs all the papers and frantically throws them out a window.]] Admittedly Admittedly, the ones she sees as Arnold are pretty hard ''not'' to see as Arnold.

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