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* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' has one as a DVD bonus feature.
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* In Music/{{Shenandoah}}'s "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)," Bubba learns to dance through instructional video tapes and doesn't tell anyone. Then he busts out his new moves on the dance floor at the next public event, to everyone's shock. And the singer figures if Bubba can do that, he can, too.
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* In Music/{{Shenandoah}}'s "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)," Bubba learns to dance through instructional video tapes and doesn't tell anyone. Then he busts out his new moves on the dance floor at the next public event, to everyone's shock. And the singer figures if Bubba can do that, he can, too.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In "Audio-Visual Experiment", Miss Brooks rents a filmed version of the poem "Lady of the Lake" to show her class after she's left early for the day. Unfortunately, a disgruntled employee of the educational film company had mixed up films and canisters in revenge. The boys in the class stay late to repeatedly watch "Sirens of the Screen, Past and Present". Later on, Mrs. Davis' lady's aid meeting rents "Shearing Sheep in Big Billibong, Australia" only to have a film with scenes backstage in a women's dressing room. The company tries to rectify the mistake by giving Miss Brooks a film about the workings of the board of education, but end up giving her one all about Las Vegas and gambling.
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* The first story of ''WebOriginal/{{Cubnet}}'' recounts an employee orientation video for creative staff at the titular network, which is clearly from TheEighties at the latest given the fact that it mentions "this new era of cable television" and the network being the first of its kind[[note]]Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, the first network in North America aimed at children in particular, launched in 1977 as ''Pinwheel''[[/note]], and it outright encourages the incoming creative staff to make lowest-common-denominator programming to appeal to children and not adults:
-->'''Video narrator:''' Many acclaimed Saturday morning cartoons were cancelled prematurely because they were drawing the wrong audience, which the toy and junk food companies that sponsored those shows were not happy about.\\
'''Brenda Bear:''' ''(thinking to herself)'' [[DeadpanSnarker You don't say.]]\\
'''Video narrator:''' Make sure our programs are marketable, [[MerchandiseDriven especially to toy companies]], and make sure both kids and parents approve of the content in them. That is the key to success here at Cubnet. Good luck!
-->'''Video narrator:''' Many acclaimed Saturday morning cartoons were cancelled prematurely because they were drawing the wrong audience, which the toy and junk food companies that sponsored those shows were not happy about.\\
'''Brenda Bear:''' ''(thinking to herself)'' [[DeadpanSnarker You don't say.]]\\
'''Video narrator:''' Make sure our programs are marketable, [[MerchandiseDriven especially to toy companies]], and make sure both kids and parents approve of the content in them. That is the key to success here at Cubnet. Good luck!
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* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' where Voyager's tri-vid library includes: ''...public service vids that nobody watched unless ordered to and an [[ExploitationFilm 'educational']] feelie (''The shocking sybaritic rites of the Amazons of Venus!'') that [[NationalGeographicNudity everyone watched and pretended not to]].''
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* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' where Voyager's tri-vid library includes: ''...public service vids that nobody watched unless ordered to and an [[ExploitationFilm 'educational']] feelie (''The shocking sybaritic rites of the Amazons of Venus!'') that [[NationalGeographicNudity everyone watched and pretended not to]].''''
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* ''Series/{{Hyperdrive}}''. Before making FirstContact the crew have to watch a {{squick}}-inducing version of this trope warning them of the dangers of having sex with aliens.
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* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' where Voyager's tri-vid library includes: ''...public service vids that nobody watched unless ordered to and an 'educational' feelie (''The shocking sybaritic rites of the Amazons of Venus!'') that [[NationalGeographicNudity everyone watched and pretended not to.to]].''
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* A RunningGag on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is Springfield Elementary's use of instructional films that are no longer fit for purpose, if they ever were. Problems range from casual depiction of attempted suicide, videos about space travel that were poorly researched even for the 50's and transparent meat lobby propoganda that shows a bit too much detail on how slaughterhouses work.
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* A RunningGag on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is Springfield Elementary's use of instructional films that are no longer fit for purpose, if they ever were. Problems range from casual depiction of attempted suicide, videos about space travel that were poorly researched even for the 50's and transparent meat lobby propoganda propaganda that shows a bit too much detail on how slaughterhouses work.work.
* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' where Voyager's tri-vid library includes: ''...public service vids that nobody watched unless ordered to and an 'educational' feelie (''The shocking sybaritic rites of the Amazons of Venus!'') that everyone watched and pretended not to.''
* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' where Voyager's tri-vid library includes: ''...public service vids that nobody watched unless ordered to and an 'educational' feelie (''The shocking sybaritic rites of the Amazons of Venus!'') that everyone watched and pretended not to.''
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* ''WebVideo/StacheBros'' has "Donkey Kong Presents: How to be Dumb", in which Donkey Kong teaches the audience how to be stupid like him.
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* A RunningGag on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is Springfield Elementary's use of instructional films that are no longer fit for purpose, if they ever were. Problems range from casual depiction of attempted suicide, videos about space travel that were poorly researched even for the 50's and transparent meat lobby propoganda that shows a bit too much detail on how slaughterhouses work.
* A RunningGag on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is Springfield Elementary's use of instructional films that are no longer fit for purpose, if they ever were. Problems range from casual depiction of attempted suicide, videos about space travel that were poorly researched even for the 50's and transparent meat lobby propoganda that shows a bit too much detail on how slaughterhouses work.
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''' classic sketch "How Not To Be Seen" is about how not to be seen... or rather, the [[DisproportionateRetribution slaughter that ensues]] ([[StuffBlowingUp including the use of explosives]]) if the filmmakers see you or you haven't hid well enough from them.
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''' classic sketch "How Not To Be Seen" is about how not to be seen... or rather, the [[DisproportionateRetribution slaughter that ensues]] ([[StuffBlowingUp including the use of explosives]]) if the filmmakers see you or you haven't hid well enough from them.them.
* ''WebVideo/StacheBros'' has "Donkey Kong Presents: How to be Dumb", in which Donkey Kong teaches the audience how to be stupid like him.
* ''WebVideo/StacheBros'' has "Donkey Kong Presents: How to be Dumb", in which Donkey Kong teaches the audience how to be stupid like him.
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* ''Film/WrongWayButch'' is a 1950 short film which uses humor to demonstrate unsafe practices on a factory floor. (Don't wear a tie around spinning mechanical equipment.)
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* Robert Benchley's ''How to...'' series of short films in the 1930s, which consisted of him giving comically useless instruction on topics like ''Film/HowToSleep'', ''How to Train a Dog'', and others.
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''' classic sketch "How Not To Be Seen" is about how not to be seen... or rather, the [[DisproportionateRetribution slaughter that ensues]] ([[StuffBlowingUp including the use of explosives]]) if the filmmakers see you or you haven't hid well enough from them.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''' classic sketch "How Not To Be Seen" is about how not to be seen... or rather, the [[DisproportionateRetribution slaughter that ensues]] ([[StuffBlowingUp including the use of explosives]]) if the filmmakers see you or you haven't hid well enough from them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Joking Victim", Steven offers to help out at the Big Donut when Lars takes a day off, and Sadie shows him an old employee orientation video starring Mr. Smiley, owner of the local arcade and amusement pier, who apparently used to be in show-business. While Sadie looks increasingly bored with the video and its seemingly-endless musical jingles on safety and customer service, [[MundaneObjectAmazement Steven is enthralled]].
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** Similar, and produced about the same time, the completely crazy ''Film/TheHouseInTheMiddle'' about how all you need to survive nuclear holocaust is a fresh coat of paint on your house.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwbE3bPvzr4 How to Play Football]] (1944).
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* ''Series/TheOffice'' featured a version during their sexual harassment training, but because of the nature of the show, it comes across as almost a parody of the trope. Props to the producers who made it look authentically like a video from the Eighties.
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* ''Series/TheOffice'' ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' featured a version during their sexual harassment training, but because of the nature of the show, it comes across as almost a parody of the trope. Props to the producers who made it look authentically like a video from the Eighties.
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* Used as a RunningGag in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' with CaptainAmerica's videos on physical fitness, learning a lesson from getting detention, etc. The oddity of having the lessons presented by someone who is currently [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar a wanted criminal]] is noted in-universe.
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* * In ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', the orientation video Malcolm had to watch at Lucky Aide just ''SCREAMED'' [[TheEighties 80s]]. It also [[spoiler:revealed that Craig used to be a District Manager.]]
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* In the ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' side comic ''Here There Be Monsters!'' Blaine tries to force his hunters to watch a cheesy safety video he made after Victor gets injured on the job, the only hunter paying any attention whatsoever to the film is [[http://heretherebemonsters.us/comic/37 Mort.]]
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* In the ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' side comic ''Here There Be Monsters!'' ''Webcomic/HereThereBeMonsters'' Blaine tries to force his hunters to watch a cheesy safety video he made after Victor gets injured on the job, the only hunter paying any attention whatsoever to the film is [[http://heretherebemonsters.us/comic/37 Mort.]]
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* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckAndCover'' US government films for dealing with nuclear attack.
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* In the ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' side comic ''Here There Be Monsters!'' Blaine tries to force his hunters to watch a cheesy safety video he made after Victor gets injured on the job, the only hunter paying any attention whatsoever to the film is [[http://heretherebemonsters.us/comic/37 Mort.]]
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* Used as a RunningGag in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' with CaptainAmerica's videos on physical fitness, learning a lesson from getting detention, etc. The oddity of having the lessons presented by someone who is currently [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar a wanted criminal]] is noted in-universe.
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* Robert Benchley's ''How to...'' series of short films in the 1930s, which consisted of him giving comically useless instruction on topics like ''Film/HowToSleep'', ''How to Train a Dog'', and others.
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* The notorious German short film ''Film/ForkliftDriverKlaus'' is a [[BloodyHilarious gore-filled]] parody of a workplace instructional video.
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* Used as a RunningGag in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' with CaptainAmerica's videos on physical fitness, learning a lesson from getting detention, etc. The oddity of having someone who is currently [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar a wanted criminal]] is noted in-universe.
* Used as a RunningGag in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' with CaptainAmerica's videos on physical fitness, learning a lesson from getting detention, etc. The oddity of having someone who is currently [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar a wanted criminal]] is noted in-universe.
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* Will Eisner's, ''Magazine/PSMagazine'' army instructional comics. (Yes, WillEisner of ''ComicBook/TheSpirit'' fame.)
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