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* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip, Jon and Garfield check into a hotel, and Jon is confused that their room doesn't seem to have a bed. When Garfield slams their door, a bed falls out from the wall and onto Jon.
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* In the very surreal adventure game ''VideoGame/ArmedAndDelirious'', George Crotony has one in his secret room, missing its mattress. It folds up into the wall when [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Granny finds a keycard to launch a missile out of the house.]]


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* In ''VideoGame/TheColonelsBequest'', Dr. Wilbur C Feels has one at the back of Colonel Dijon's mansion. Laura can flip it up, but it serves no purpose except when the doctor leaves his bag on the mattress, which Laura can search through.
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%%* ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'': In "Love and the Vertical Romance", a wife tries to cure her husband of his phobic fear of beds.

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%%* * ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'': In "Love and the Vertical Romance", a wife tries to cure her husband of his phobic AbsurdPhobia of beds; he acquired that fear because of beds.childhood trauma involving a Murphy bed.



* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': In one episode, London is staying over at Maddie's and is shocked to discover that she sleeps in a Murphy bed. Twice in that episode, she ends up trapped between the wall and said bed.

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* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': In one episode, the BrokeEpisode "Poor Little Rich Girl", London is staying has to stay over at Maddie's Maddie's, and is shocked to discover that she sleeps in a Murphy bed. Twice in that episode, she ends up trapped between the wall and said bed.

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* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': Buddy and Krupa are shown in one episode to sleep in bunk hammocks. Buddy, when startled awake, falls out of his hammock and lands on Krupa, whose reaction indicates that this is far from the first time that’s happened.



* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'':
** In the episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS1E13GrahamCanyonStuMakersElves Stu-Maker's Elves]]", ButtMonkey Chuckie gets trapped in one of these when he and Tommy descend into the Pickles' basement in search of a lost toy.
** At the end of "[[Recap/RugratsS4E14TheMattressLookingForJack The Mattress]]", Phil presses a button on the control panel to Lou's new Sleepmaster 2000 mattress, making it fold up between him, Tommy, Chuckie, and Lil. The latter three all glare angrily at him for doing so.



* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'':
** In the episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS1E13GrahamCanyonStuMakersElves Stu-Maker's Elves]]", ButtMonkey Chuckie gets trapped in one of these when he and Tommy descend into the Pickles' basement in search of a lost toy.
** At the end of "[[Recap/RugratsS4E14TheMattressLookingForJack The Mattress]]", Phil presses a button on the control panel to Lou's new Sleepmaster 2000 mattress, making it fold up between him, Tommy, Chuckie, and Lil. The latter three all glare angrily at him for doing so.
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But woe to the ChewToy, the CosmicPlaything, TheWoobie, the well-deserving villain, or the victim of a particularly cruel fate or KickTheDog moment. For them, no place in the universe is safe, especially where they least expect it. At the worst possible moment, snap! Covers go flying at unlikely velocities, mattresses fold like origami, and furniture morphs like a Transformer as it consumes its victims.

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But woe to the ChewToy, the CosmicPlaything, TheWoobie, the well-deserving villain, or the victim of a particularly cruel fate or KickTheDog moment. For them, no place in the universe is safe, especially where they least expect it. At the worst possible moment, snap! Covers go flying at unlikely velocities, mattresses fold like origami, and furniture morphs like a Transformer Franchise/{{Transformer|s}} as it consumes its victims.
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* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse:'' In one comic, Gus Goose is trying to take a nap in hammock, but a dog chasing a cat keeps running by and knocking him off. Gus gets a ladder and fixes the hammock so it's at the ''top'' of the trees, thus keeping him out of harm's way.

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* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse:'' ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': In one comic, Gus Goose is trying to take a nap in hammock, but a dog chasing a cat keeps running by and knocking him off. Gus gets a ladder and fixes the hammock so it's at the ''top'' of the trees, thus keeping him out of harm's way.



* In the ComicBook/{{Tintin}} adventure ''[[Recap/TintinRedRackhamsTreasure Red Rackham's Treasure]]'', [[AbsentMindedProfessor Professor Calculus]] shows off his folding bed, which comes down right on the heads of [[ButtMonkey Thompson and Thomson]]. He then proceeds to close it up again, failing to notice that the detectives are still sitting on it.

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* In the ComicBook/{{Tintin}} ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' adventure ''[[Recap/TintinRedRackhamsTreasure Red Rackham's Treasure]]'', [[AbsentMindedProfessor Professor Calculus]] shows off his folding bed, which comes down right on the heads of [[ButtMonkey Thompson and Thomson]]. He then proceeds to close it up again, failing to notice that the detectives are still sitting on it.
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* ''Film/UpTheFront'': When Lurk wanders into a bedroom inside British Headquarters, Colonel von Gutz pops out from under the covers with a gun but can't do anything with it as Lurk sends the bed back into the wall, giving him time to escape.
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* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': In one episode, London is staying over at Maddie's and is shocked to discover that she sleeps in a Murphy bed. She later ends up trapped between the wall and said bed.

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* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': In one episode, London is staying over at Maddie's and is shocked to discover that she sleeps in a Murphy bed. She later Twice in that episode, she ends up trapped between the wall and said bed.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** In the episode, "Stu-Maker's Elves", ButtMonkey Chuckie gets trapped in one of these when he and Tommy descend into the Pickles' basement in search of a lost toy.
** At the end of "The Mattress", Phil presses a button on the control panel to Lou's new Sleepmaster 2000 mattress, making it fold up between him, Tommy, Chuckie, and Lil. The latter three all glare angrily at him for doing so.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'':
** In the episode, "Stu-Maker's Elves", "[[Recap/RugratsS1E13GrahamCanyonStuMakersElves Stu-Maker's Elves]]", ButtMonkey Chuckie gets trapped in one of these when he and Tommy descend into the Pickles' basement in search of a lost toy.
** At the end of "The Mattress", "[[Recap/RugratsS4E14TheMattressLookingForJack The Mattress]]", Phil presses a button on the control panel to Lou's new Sleepmaster 2000 mattress, making it fold up between him, Tommy, Chuckie, and Lil. The latter three all glare angrily at him for doing so.
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* In ''Series/StElsewhere'', Mrs. Hufnagel [a recurring character as a patient] dies as a result of a folding hospital bed folding up on her. While it's overall treated seriously, there's some degree of comedy shown as well: the first person to discover her doesn't take it seriously until she doesn't respond to him, and when he tells some other doctors about the incident afterwards, two of them can't help but chuckle. [[spoiler:It's also played with in that, while it certainly didn't help, that wasn't ''actually'' what killed her.]]

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* In ''Series/StElsewhere'', Mrs. Hufnagel [a recurring character as a patient] dies as a result of a folding hospital bed folding up on her.her in "Murder, She Rote". While it's overall treated seriously, there's some degree of comedy shown as well: the first person to discover her doesn't take it seriously until she doesn't respond to him, and when he tells some other doctors about the incident afterwards, two of them can't help but chuckle. [[spoiler:It's also played with in that, while it certainly didn't help, that wasn't ''actually'' what killed her.]]
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I think a pull-out bed is a sofa-bed. which isn't the style of bed Maddie has


* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': In one episode, London is staying over at Maddie's and is shocked to discover that she sleeps in a pull-out bed. She later ends up trapped between the wall and said bed.

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* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': In one episode, London is staying over at Maddie's and is shocked to discover that she sleeps in a pull-out Murphy bed. She later ends up trapped between the wall and said bed.
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* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse:'' In one comic, Gus Goose is trying to take a nap in hammock, but a dog chasing a cat keeps running by and knocking him off. Gus gets a ladder and fixes the hammock so it's at the ''top'' of the trees, thus keeping him out of harm's way.
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--->'''Grandpa Phil:''' ''[showing the Lloyds their new residence]'' And this sentimental charmer is your room. Not only is it bright and air, but it also includes your very own private... ''[back-kicks the wall and releases the bed, only to reveal Oskar sleeping in it while holding a salami]'' Murphy Bed!\\

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--->'''Grandpa Phil:''' ''[showing the Lloyds their new residence]'' And this sentimental charmer is your room. Not only is it bright and air, airy, but it also includes your very own private... ''[back-kicks the wall and releases the bed, only to reveal Oskar sleeping in it while holding a salami]'' Murphy Bed!\\

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