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* ''{{Rugrats}}'' had Angelica's family moving after her mom got a promotion at work. At first the babies are thrilled that Angelica won't be around to bully them anymore until Tommy mentions that it was because of Angelica's bullying that they all became friends in the first place. After a {{Whole Episode Flashback}} of their first meeting, the babies becomed saddened by Angelica leaving, including Angelica herself (who overheard the whole thing) and 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.

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* ''Series/JohnnyAndTheSprites'' features a variation. In "Aloha, Johnny," the Sprites believe that Johnny is moving to Hawaii, but it turns out that he's actually only going on ''vacation'' to Hawaii.

* ''{{Rugrats}}'' had Angelica's family moving after her mom got a promotion at work. At first the babies are thrilled that Angelica won't be around to bully them anymore until Tommy mentions that it was because of Angelica's bullying that they all became friends in the first place. After a {{Whole Episode Flashback}} of their first meeting, the babies becomed saddened by Angelica leaving, including Angelica herself (who overheard the whole thing) and 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.

* 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!

* ''[[MaxKeeblesBigMove Max Keeble's Big Move]]'' is a variation on this theme.

* LittleCritter has one in ''We are Moving''. He and Little Sister are both very upset, but it turns out that they're just moving a short distance away, to a home nearby their elementary school. This is one of the few that actually tries to hide that the move isn't a big deal.

* The TropeNamer is a ''Little Lulu'' cartoon that had this premise.

* In an episode of ''Rocket Power'', it was Twister's older brother intentionally making him think he was being forced to move.

* ''JohnnyAndTheSprites'' features a variation. In "Aloha, Johnny," the Sprites believe that Johnny is moving to Hawaii, but it turns out that he's actually only going on ''vacation'' to Hawaii.

* ''{{Recess}}''

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* In the pilot of ''[=~Eek! The Cat~=]'', Eek finds out, to his dismay, that his new girlfriend is moving. After being sad for a short time, he turns the letter over to read "P.S. I'm moving across the street."

* One episode of ''[=~Bobby's World~=]'' has the Generic family packing up and moving... to the other side of their cul-de-sac. Bobby even asks "AreWeThereYet" right after they depart, which his father happily affirms.

* The ''{{Angry Beavers}}'' episode 'Pack Your Dags' where Norbert claims his beaver instincts are going to force he and Daggett to move away. After all of Dag's protesting and attempts to stop the supposedly inevitable, the episode ends with Norbert deconstructing the whole dam, only to rebuild it a mere inch to one side from where it was.

* ''CowAndChicken'': Their parents moved into the next door house, which looked like the original one, and explained they did it because the previous one became infested with ants. Chicken asked why didn't they simply got rid of the ants but he wasn't taken seriously. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny The ants moved into their new home and Chicken predicted his family would return to their old one.]]

* One episode of ''[=~Bobby's World~=]'' has the Generic family packing up and moving... to the other side of their cul-de-sac. Bobby even asks "AreWeThereYet?" right after they depart, which his father happily affirms.

* ''JohnnyAndTheSprites'' features a variation. In "Aloha, Johnny," the Sprites believe that Johnny is moving to Hawaii, but it turns out that he's actually only going on ''vacation'' to Hawaii.

* Seen in the [=CGI=] ''{{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 welome Lady Rataxes wasn't wasted after all.

* In ''AhMyGoddess'', Skuld learns that Sentaro is moving to another prefecture. It later turns out that Nekomi is right on the prefecture border, and the town Sentaro is moving to is just on the other side of the same border, so they're still close enough that he can bike over and visit on occasion.

* The TropeNamer is a ''Little Lulu'' cartoon that had this premise.
* ''{{Doug}}''
* ''{{Recess}}''
* The ''{{Angry Beavers}}'' episode 'Pack Your Dags' where Norbert claims his beaver instincts are going to force he and Daggett to move away. After all of Dag's protesting and attempts to stop the supposedly inevitable, the episode ends with Norbert deconstructing the whole dam, only to rebuild it a mere inch to one side from where it was.
* In an episode of ''Rocket Power'', it was Twister's older brother intentionally making him think he was being forced to move.
* ''[[MaxKeeblesBigMove Max Keeble's Big Move]]'' is a variation on this theme.
* 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 pilot of ''[=~Eek! The Cat~=]'', Eek finds out, to his dismay, that his new girlfriend is moving. After being sad for a short time, he turns the letter over to read "P.S. I'm moving across the street."
* Was the focus in the final episode of ''{{Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends}}''.
* In ''TheWeekenders'', Tish didn't even change rooms; nor was she, herself, confused by this. However, the other main characters ''thought'' Tish was moving because Carver found a novel she'd been writing (confusingly titled "Diary"), in which the main character moves to another country at one point.
* One episode of ''[=~Bobby's World~=]'' has the Generic family packing up and moving... to the other side of their cul-de-sac. Bobby even asks "AreWeThereYet?" right after they depart, which his father happily affirms.
* Used ''twice'' in ''PBAndJOtter''. In the premiere story, "Bye Bye, PB&J," everyone thought that the title characters were moving, but it turned out they were just getting a new bed in their room. Then, in "Pinkie Pledge" from the final season, everyone thought that Pinch Raccoon and her family were going to move, but it turned out that it was only that her father was going to be commuting to a different town at night for his job.
* In "Franklin's Party Plans" from ''{{Franklin}}'', Franklin gets the idea that Skunk is moving away to another town, but she's just moving to another street.
* ''JohnnyAndTheSprites'' features a variation. In "Aloha, Johnny," the Sprites believe that Johnny is moving to Hawaii, but it turns out that he's actually only going on ''vacation'' to Hawaii.

If the show is a comedy or generally of a comedic bent, then expect the situation to be played for great giggles, generally at the experience of the character who believes that someone is moving away. If the show is generally of a more serious nature, however, then the show may aim to tug at the viewers' heartstrings, even though this plotline is typically a form of DramaticIrony, as the viewers are usually fully aware that the character in question is not, in fact, moving away.

A plotline, seen in some children's cartoons, where the main character's best buddy overhears his parents saying that he's moving, thinking that he or she is actually moving to another town. As a result, the subject says goodbye to everyone and makes everyone miss the subject. Sometimes the subject even runs away from home to stay with his friends. However, the person actually finds out that he or she's actually moving to another room, resulting in a happy SnapBack ending. Alternatively, they may just be moving across the street or may not actually be moving anywhere at all, but the point is that the characters get the idea in the heads that someone is moving to another town, but they're not.

A plotline, seen in some children's cartoons, where the main character's best buddy overhears his parents saying that he's moving, thinking that he or she is actually moving to another town. As a result, the subject says goodbye to everyone and makes everyone miss the subject. Sometimes the subject even runs away from home to stay with his friends. However, the person actually finds out that he or she's actually moving to another room, resulting in a happy SnapBack ending.