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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' had Angelica's family moving after her mom got a promotion at work. At first [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing the babies are thrilled that Angelica won't be around to bully them anymore]] until Tommy claims that it was because of Angelica that they ultimately became friends in the first place. After a {{Whole Episode Flashback}} of their first meeting, the babies become saddened by Angelica leaving, including Angelica herself (who overheard the whole thing) and [[JerkWithAHeartofGold wishes she could've been nicer to them.]] The episode ends with Charlotte being passed over for the promotion, and the babies happy that Angelica won't be moving after all...much to Angelica's dismay.
** Another episode had Suzie panicking because the creator of the Dummi Bears was going to come to her house for dinner. She tells the babies that every time he visits, he gets them a new house. Determined to stay put, she tries to drive him off by starting up a food fight, but thankfully, due to other factors (such as the fact that Stu and Drew Pickles crashed the dinner, being big fans of the series), he's convinced that this is the perfect place for him and allows them to stay.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': In the ''Sun and Moon'' series (in which Ash is attending a Pokémon School in Alola), its 26th episode has Ash's classmate Sophocles find out that his family is moving; believing they're going to a different region entirely, he tells his friends, who prepare a big going-away party, complete with a special present for him - a wild Charjabug that Ash had trapped in a cage (allowing Sophocles to officially capture it himself). Then Sophocles finds out his family is just moving into a rental house down the street for a week while their existing house's roof is repaired, and after capturing Charjabug, tearfully confesses the truth to his friends, afraid they'll be upset at him for unintentionally misleading them. Luckily, they're very understanding and glad that he's not going away.

* In the Korean film ''Film/LostAndFound'', {{Tsundere}} Ji-Ho is given a scrapbook by her childhood friend Dong-Sik before he moves to England. She thus regrets having snubbed him, realizing she'll never see him again. Only a week later, though, there he is back at her brother's house!

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Tim's girlfriend Ariana has to move since her uncle and aunt lost their business, however since a Wayne Enterprises subsidiary surprised them by buying their failing business they end up being able to move even closer to Tim and don't leave Gotham.

* Inverted in Lois Lowry's children's book ''All About Sam''. When Sam is told that they're moving, he believes it's a reference to physical movement and insists that he's not moving as he is completely still.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraRoyalDetective'' episode "The Case of the Moving Day Meddler", Druv's family is moving and Mira must solve a case when their trip is constantly sabotoged; it's revealed Druv himself was the culprit. As it turns out in the end, their family is not really moving -- they're visiting a friend out of town while ''they'' move.

* Seen in the [=CGI=] ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'' series, ''Babar and the Adventures of Badou''. When Jake spots his caretaker, Cornelius, with a bunch of suitcases, he comes to believe that they are moving away. He and his friends agree that this must be the case because Cornelius ''never'' goes on vacation. When Cornelius tries to excuse the presence of the suitcases by saying that Lady Rataxes is coming, the kids hatch "Operation Secret Suitcase," a plan to keep everyone running ragged so that Cornelius won't be able to leave, at least until King Babar gets back to the palace and is hopeully able to keep Cornelius from moving. In the end, it turns out that Cornelius actually ''was'' planning a surprise vacation for himself and Jake. Oh, and it also turned out that Lady Rataxes was coming, so all the work they did to welcome Lady Rataxes wasn't wasted after all.

** Another episode had Suzie panicking because the creator of the Dummi Bears was going to come to her house for dinner. She tells the babies that everytime he visits, he gets them a new house. Determined to stay put, she tries to drive him off by starting up a food fight, but thankfully, due to other factors (such as the fact that Stu and Drew Pickles crashed the dinner, being big fans of the series), he's convinced that this is the perfect place for him and allows them to stay.

* The Series/LivAndMaddie episode "Move-a-Rooney".

* The TropeNamer is a ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' cartoon that had this premise.

* ''Series/PBSKidsPreschoolBlock'': In the episode "Friends Day," Hooper learns ways to keep in touch with his cousin Peachy, who recently moved away.

* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': In the Season 3 premiere "Make Room For Baby", Amy decides their house isn't big enough for their incoming fourth child, so she schedules a move to a bigger house. When it's time to move last minute however, Amy has memories of the children coming through the door following their births, and cancels the move.

* "Tiki's Moving Day" on ''WesternAnimation/EllaTheElephant'' - Ella overhears Tiki talking about having to move and how different things are going to be, so she and friends put on a parade, get her a butterfly house she's always wanted as well as books for her own library, all to try to get her to stay. It turns out Tiki's monkey is moving to another room in her house.

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* ''Series/AndiMack'': A side story in the second has Buffy's mom accept a milotary program in Phoenix, meaning she has to leave Andi, Cyrus and Jonah. At the last minute though, the program gets cut when their budget is slashed, so she gets a new job which is only one hour away.

* Was the focus in the final episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends}}''. When Mr. Herriman explains that Mac is moving, Bloo decides to give him the best day ever, though things do not go as he plans. Through the entire day, Mac does things with everyone but Bloo, making him angrier and more emotionally hurt after every disappointment. He also gets more pressured every time the clock announces the hour. However, to everyone's surprise and relief (and Mr. Herriman realizes he forgot to mention this), it turns out that aren't moving to a different city--they're just moving into a new apartment in their complex because Mac's mom got a work-promotion and they needed a bigger place. The new apartment they moved into was right next-door to their original one, and had been occupied by Mac's neighbor, Louise (the creator of Cheese). On a less happy note for everyone at Foster's, Louise and her family were moving into an apartment complex that has a strict "no imaginary friends/pets" policy, which means that Cheese now has to live at Foster's.

Compare LastDayToLive, and WithAFootOnTheBus.

* In the Korean film ''Lost and Found'', {{Tsundere}} Ji-Ho is given a scrapbook by her childhood friend Dong-Sik before he moves to England. She thus regrets having snubbed him, realizing she'll never see him again. Only a week later, though, there he is back at her brother's house!