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** One year, Marla resolves to finally start her own business and quit Grumbel's. Unfortunately, she gets pregnant and has to delay her dream, and other real life circumstances ensure she never gets the chance to do so. [[spoiler: Even when Grumbel's closes, she's so sick of retail that she takes an office job instead.]]
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* ''Series/BarneyMiller'': In "[[Recap/BarneyMillerS2E15 Happy New Year]]", Yemana, tired of the others continually complaining about his BadToTheLastDrop coffee, resolves to not make any coffee for the squad room in 1976.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[https://garfield.com/comic/1993/01/01 decided not to sleep]] more than [[ExactWords eight hours a day]]. Upon calculation, he told Jon to wake him up on May, 3rd.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheSims4'', on New Year's Day, one thing Sims will want to do is make a resolution. The player can choose a resolution for them, which includes being promoted at work, leveling up a skill, and more. If they accomplish the resolution, they'll feel happy, but not finishing it within a week disappoints them.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSims4'', on New Year's Day, one thing Sims will want to do is make a resolution. The player can choose a resolution for them, which includes being promoted at work, leveling up a skill, and more. If they accomplish the resolution, they'll feel happy, but not finishing it within a week disappoints them.
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** [[https://garfield.com/comic/1998/01/01 Jon resolves to be less geeky and more sophisticated...]] and then botches it by blowing chocolate milk bubbles in his Binky the Clown mug.
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* [[Music/{{Eagles}} Joe Walsh]]'s "New Year's Eve".
-->Everybody parties on a New Year's Eve\\
Waitin' for the countdown\\
Make a lot of promises they never keep\\
Party with the lights on.
-->Everybody parties on a New Year's Eve\\
Waitin' for the countdown\\
Make a lot of promises they never keep\\
Party with the lights on.
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* The ''Webcomic/SallyForth'' strips for the first week of January 2020 have various ideas for New Year's resolutions, none of which the Forths come close to keeping. In the SundayStrip, Sally asks Ted if he's come up with anything, and he responds with an inspirational speech about approaching life with a new attitude which she notes doesn't actually commit him to ''doing'' anything.
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* The ''Webcomic/SallyForth'' ''ComicStrip/SallyForthHoward'' strips for the first week of January 2020 have various ideas for New Year's resolutions, none of which the Forths come close to keeping. In the SundayStrip, Sally asks Ted if he's come up with anything, and he responds with an inspirational speech about approaching life with a new attitude which she notes doesn't actually commit him to ''doing'' anything.
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* The ''Webcomic/SallyForth'' strips for the first week of January 2020 have various ideas for New Year's resolutions, none of which the Forths come close to keeping. In the SundayStrip, Sally asks Ted if he's come up with anything, and he responds with an inspirational speech about approaching life with a new attitude which she notes doesn't actually commit him to ''doing'' anything.
* In the ''Oor Wullie'' strip for the same Sunday, Wullie's family offer suggestions for his resolution (mostly involving chores), but he says "No" to all of them. He then takes up a challenge that his resolution should be to stop saying "No", and finds himself doing the chores anyway. He gets his own back when his dad (who is eating the good shortbread when he's supposed to be fixing a shelf) asks if Ma's still at the shops, and he doesn't say "No".
* In the ''Oor Wullie'' strip for the same Sunday, Wullie's family offer suggestions for his resolution (mostly involving chores), but he says "No" to all of them. He then takes up a challenge that his resolution should be to stop saying "No", and finds himself doing the chores anyway. He gets his own back when his dad (who is eating the good shortbread when he's supposed to be fixing a shelf) asks if Ma's still at the shops, and he doesn't say "No".
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* ''[[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!]]''
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** And then one year Val's resolution...is to get milk and bread.
-->'''Val:''' I like my odds this year.
-->'''Val:''' I like my odds this year.
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* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'': In "New Year's Pete", Little Pete resolves to buy a jetpack and use it to become a superhero. He spends all year earning the money, but gets a leaf blower in the mail. The people around him make more mundane resolutions that they don't keep.
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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': "The One With All the Resolutions"
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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': "The One With All the Resolutions"Resolutions" sees each of the gang make a resolution. Rachel's is not to gossip as much (she fails), Monica's is to take more photographs of the gang, Phoebe's is to pilot a commercial jet (she gives up after one visit to the airport having decided she doesn't want to fly in the rain), the rest of the gang decide Chandler's is to not make fun of them as much (he lasts roughly three days), Joey's is to learn to play the guitar and Ross' is to do one thing each day to make himself happy such as asking a woman out and buying some leather pants he's always admired.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode, "New Year's Retribution" involves Dr. Eggman trying to resolve his New Year's Resolution from the previous year (to beat Sonic at something) before the year ends. To do so, he invents a slow-motion machine to slow down time so he will have plenty of time to beat Sonic at something before the year ends.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode, "New "[[Recap/SonicBoomS1E38NewYearsRetribution New Year's Retribution" Retribution]]" involves Dr. Eggman trying to resolve his New Year's Resolution from the previous year (to beat Sonic at something) before the year ends. To do so, he invents a slow-motion machine to slow down time so he will have plenty of time to beat Sonic at something before the year ends.
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* Magazine/{{MAD}} magazine had a BlackComedy article "Harry Grepser's New Year's Resolutions 1962-1972", that shows the downward spiral Harry's life is in, as his resolutions get more and more modest, and he still fails to keep them. For instance, in 1962, he resolves to finish 20 good books a year. In 1965, 10 books a year. In 1969, 5 books. In 1972, he resolves to finish ''Airport''.
* Magazine/{{MAD}} magazine had a BlackComedy article "Harry Grepser's New Year's Resolutions 1962-1972", that shows the downward spiral Harry's life is in, as his resolutions get more and more modest, and he still fails to keep them. For instance, in 1962, he resolves to finish 20 good books a year. In 1965, 10 books a year. In 1969, 5 books. In 1972, he resolves to finish ''Airport''.
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-->'''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker:''' I'm interrupting the Toilet Bowl to bring you my very special New Year's resolution: Ahem, starting tonight at midnight, I, your loving uncle Joker, do solemnly vow not to kill anyone for a whole year. Which means I'm going to have to work extra fast to bump off a few more of you today.
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* Starting in December of 2017, a series of [=AllState=] commercials feating the guy who is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of all the mayhem that could befall upon you and your property (mostly cars) made a New Year's resolution to end mayhem. For the most part, despite missing the Mayhem, he did a good job of keeping his resolution, from being a lighting rod to the tennis ball you use to park just close enough in your garage. [[spoiler: Then by January 2018, he learns that the view was unable to keep his resolution, so he goes back to causing Mayhem.]]
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* Starting in December of 2017, a series of [=AllState=] commercials feating the guy who is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of all the mayhem that could befall upon you and your property (mostly cars) made a New Year's resolution to end mayhem. For the most part, despite missing the Mayhem, he did a good job of keeping his resolution, from being a lighting rod to the tennis ball you use to park just close enough in your garage. [[spoiler: Then by January 2018, he learns that the view was viewers were unable to keep his resolution, their resolutions for more than 2 weeks, so he goes back to causing Mayhem.]]
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* Starting in December of 2017, a series of [=AllState=] commercials feating the guy who is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of all the mayhem that could befall upon you and your property (mostly cars) made a New Year's resolution to end mayhem. For the most part, despite missing the Mayhem, he did a good job of keeping his resolution, from being a lighting rod to the tennis ball you use to park just close enough in your garage. [[spoiler: Then by January 2018, he learns that the view was unable to keep his resolution, so he goes back to causing Mayhem.]]
* Starting in December of 2017, a series of [=AllState=] commercials feating the guy who is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of all the mayhem that could befall upon you and your property (mostly cars) made a New Year's resolution to end mayhem. For the most part, despite missing the Mayhem, he did a good job of keeping his resolution, from being a lighting rod to the tennis ball you use to park just close enough in your garage. [[spoiler: Then by January 2018, he learns that the view was unable to keep his resolution, so he goes back to causing Mayhem.]]
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** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/12/29 Garfield doesn't have any resolutions this time because]] "you can't improve on perfection". He then "thack"s his face on a wall.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1993&addr=930101 decided not to sleep]] more than [[ExactWords eight hours a day]]. Upon calculation, he told Jon to wake him up on May, 3rd.
** [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1993&addr=931228 Garfield promised not to do this prank anymore but he's not sure he'll keep the promise]].
** [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2013&addr=130101 Jon promised to brush his teeth everyday.]] Even if he's not going anywhere.
** [[http://garfield.com/comic/2014-01-05 Jon and Garfield resolved not to eat donuts anymore. After each one hallucinated a donut asking him to eat it, they decided to break the resolution.]]
** [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1993&addr=931228 Garfield promised not to do this prank anymore but he's not sure he'll keep the promise]].
** [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2013&addr=130101 Jon promised to brush his teeth everyday.]] Even if he's not going anywhere.
** [[http://garfield.com/comic/2014-01-05 Jon and Garfield resolved not to eat donuts anymore. After each one hallucinated a donut asking him to eat it, they decided to break the resolution.]]
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1993&addr=930101 [[https://garfield.com/comic/1993/01/01 decided not to sleep]] more than [[ExactWords eight hours a day]]. Upon calculation, he told Jon to wake him up on May, 3rd.
**[[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1993&addr=931228 [[https://garfield.com/comic/1993/12/28 Garfield promised not to do this prank anymore but he's not sure he'll keep the promise]].
**[[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2013&addr=130101 [[https://garfield.com/comic/2013/01/01 Jon promised to brush his teeth everyday.]] Even if he's not going anywhere.
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* In one of the [[BabysittersClub Babysitters Little Sister]] books, Karen spends the month of January cracking down on all the members of her family who haven't been keeping up with their New Year's Resolutions, but they retaliate by pulling out Karen's own list of resolutions, which has been heavily altered to give herself loopholes.
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* In one of the [[BabysittersClub [[Literature/TheBabySittersClub Babysitters Little Sister]] books, Karen spends the month of January cracking down on all the members of her family who haven't been keeping up with their New Year's Resolutions, but they retaliate by pulling out Karen's own list of resolutions, which has been heavily altered to give herself loopholes.
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* ''{{Garfield}}'' [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1993&addr=930101 decided not to sleep]] more than [[ExactWords eight hours a day]]. Upon calculation, he told Jon to wake him up on May, 3rd.
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* ''{{Garfield}}'' ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1993&addr=930101 decided not to sleep]] more than [[ExactWords eight hours a day]]. Upon calculation, he told Jon to wake him up on May, 3rd.
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** They once had a week of 'New Year's Resolutions', not so much made to improve the employees as it was forced on them by the corporate environment. Example: Heather's resolution to 'lose weight' is because she can't afford as much food because her hours got cut.
** Val's makeover to a more flattering hairstyle came about because of a New Year's resolution.
** Marla resolves one year to not make any resolutions.
-->'''Val:''' Hm, a resolution that's broken the moment it's made. Interesting.
-->'''Marla:''' That way I can deal with the guilt right away and get on with my life.
** They once had a week of 'New Year's Resolutions', not so much made to improve the employees as it was forced on them by the corporate environment. Example: Heather's resolution to 'lose weight' is because she can't afford as much food because her hours got cut.
** Val's makeover to a more flattering hairstyle came about because of a New Year's resolution.
** Marla resolves one year to not make any resolutions.
-->'''Val:''' Hm, a resolution that's broken the moment it's made. Interesting.
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* In a few ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketches, the New Year Baby appears and literally ''kills'' everyone that fails to uphold their resolution. [[spoiler: He lets Daniel slide for breaking his resolution not to masturbate because he tried choking Daniel, only for him to say that was turning him on more.]]
-->''Baby New Year, Resolution Enforcer!''
-->''Baby New Year, Resolution Enforcer!''
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** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2012/01/22 Three weeks after giving up donuts for her new year's resolution]], Liz hallucinates that Jon's face looks like a donut.
-->'''Liz:''' [[YouCanSeeThatRight Okay, did you see that?]]
-->'''Garfield:''' He usually has sprinkles.
-->'''Liz:''' [[YouCanSeeThatRight Okay, did you see that?]]
-->'''Garfield:''' He usually has sprinkles.
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** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2011/12/27 Jon's resolution]]: No more thumb-sucking! Except during scary movies.
-->'''Garfield:''' That goes without saying.
** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2011/12/28 Garfield resolves]] "to stop eating junk food, and to exercise every day, and to curb my incessant lying".
** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2011/12/29 A spider promises to think before he speaks...]] and then blows it up by calling Garfield "fatso".
** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2011/12/30 Garfield makes the same resolution he makes every year.]] "Not to mess with perfection".
-->'''Garfield:''' That goes without saying.
** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2011/12/28 Garfield resolves]] "to stop eating junk food, and to exercise every day, and to curb my incessant lying".
** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2011/12/29 A spider promises to think before he speaks...]] and then blows it up by calling Garfield "fatso".
** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2011/12/30 Garfield makes the same resolution he makes every year.]] "Not to mess with perfection".
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* The 1961 ''HeckleAndJeckle'' cartoon "Sappy New Year" has the two birds swearing off practical jokes as their New Year's resolution. But when their attempts to do good deeds are misconstrued as mischief, Heckle starts to revert back.
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* The 1961 ''HeckleAndJeckle'' ''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'' cartoon "Sappy New Year" has the two birds swearing off practical jokes as their New Year's resolution. But when their attempts to do good deeds are misconstrued as mischief, Heckle starts to revert back.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode, "New Year's Retribution" involves Dr. Eggman trying to resolve his New Year's Resolution from the previous year (to beat Sonic at something) before the year ends. To do so, he invents a slow-motion machine to slow down time so he will have plenty of time to beat Sonic at something before the year ends.
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* In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' manga spinoff ''[[Manga/TouhouBougetsushou Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth]]'', one series of strips has the residents of Eientei discussing their New Year's resolutions. [[ButtMonkey Reisen]] resolves to be more assertive, including being able to say "no" and telling it like it is. [[TheMedic Eirin]] resolves to take it easy more often, which instantly destroys Reisen's resolution (earlier she had a nightmare where Eiren turned into a lazy slob, but she can't work up the nerve to tell Eiren that that's why the resolution bothers her so much). [[{{NEET}} Princess Kaguya]] resolves to exercise more, but gives up after performing a single stretch. [[ThePrankster Tewi]] resolves to be nicer to Reisen...but then instantly admits that she's just kidding, to the amusement of everyone except Reisen.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' manga spinoff ''[[Manga/TouhouBougetsushou Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth]]'', one series of strips has the residents of Eientei discussing their New Year's resolutions. [[ButtMonkey Reisen]] resolves to be more assertive, including being able to say "no" and telling it like it is. [[TheMedic Eirin]] resolves to take it easy more often, which instantly destroys Reisen's resolution (earlier she had a nightmare where Eiren turned into a lazy slob, but she can't work up the nerve to tell Eiren that that's why the resolution bothers her so much). [[{{NEET}} Princess Kaguya]] resolves to exercise more, but gives up after performing a single stretch. [[ThePrankster Tewi]] resolves to be nicer to Reisen...but then instantly admits that she's just kidding, to the amusement of everyone except Reisen.
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* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' had an episode where the heroes are preparing for New Year's, complete with resolutions. [[BenevolentGenie Kintaros]] asks [[TheHero Ryotaro]] what his resolution is, and Ryotaro says that he wants to continue fighting alongside his friends. When the bad guys attack later in the episode, Kintaros reveals that he counted Ryotaro's resolution as a wish, which granted him physical form, allowing him to become Den-O without Ryotaro's help so he can pull a YouShallNotPass moment for the others.
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