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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' had an episode featuring "woogles", a toy which resembled a cross between Beanie Babies and Furbies.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': Spongebob is mocked the entire episode for wearing a powdered wig, but it ends up becoming popular after he decides to get rid of it.

Related to BeYourself and DisobeyThisMessage, since they're both pretty much the end result of this, as well as AnyoneRememberPogs May also overlap with GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt if one REALLY wants it.

In addition, the trends themselves tend to aim for extreme stuff, with things that wouldn't even last a single day in RealLife. Many a DiscoDan will do the ''exact'' opposite and follow a trend that's already passed. A SitCom, SliceOfLife or TeenDrama series is almost guaranteed to have at least one of these. If the trend in question actually looks appealing, it can drift into DoNotDoThisCoolThing territory.

In addition, the trends themselves tend to aim for extreme stuff, with things that wouldn't even last a single day in RealLife. Many a DiscoDan will do the ''exact'' opposite and follow a trend that's already passed. A SitCom, SliceOfLife or TeenDrama series is almost guaranteed to have at least one of these.

* The protagonist acquires the item, [[AvertedTrope and it's just what they wanted and everything is fine]]. In this case it probably won't have been a major focus of the plot.

Related to BeYourself and DisobeyThisMessage, since they're both pretty much the end result of this, as well as AnyoneRememberPogs. May also overlap with GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt if one REALLY wants it.

* Amy and her limes in ''LittleWomen''.

* TheyMightBeGiants' "We Want A Rock," though they also want prosthetic foreheads.

Trends are often considered the come-and-go "necessary evil" of human culture. Whether they're [[PopularityPolynomial locked in a cycle]] or they [[DeaderThanDisco plain old wither and die forever]], they help define specific moments in history. So it only makes sense that InUniverse examples of trends exist in fiction.

* Happens in the "It's Way Ed" episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' (pictured above).

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[[caption-width-right:300: Fad Freaky Rules!!!]]

** And last, but not least, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Simping_4107.jpg Simping.]] The entire purpose of the fashion is to dress as ridiculously and absurdly as possible and get noticed for it. The simp in that picture is dressing like that to his ''wedding''. Things do not go very well for him.

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* [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/301168 This]] flash animation from David Firth gives this trope Firth's own twisted spin.
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* Subverted [[{{KeepCirculatingTheTapes/Software}} here]]. Proof that this trope can be [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] or [[InvertedTrope inverted]], and that WantingIsBetterThanHaving is '''not''' always negative.
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* The protagonist acquires the item [[FlashinthePanFad just as it goes out of style]] and [[HereWeGoAgain the next fad takes its place]].

* In ''ILoveLucy'', Lucy and Ethel want expensive designer outfits from an ''outre'' French designer. Ricky and Fred slap together some atrocious-looking outfits from old potato sacks and bricabrac, and the girls make fools of themselves by wearing the absurd garments around Paris, and are thoroughly mocked by Ricky and Fred when they reveal the truth about the "designer dresses". This is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when a famous Parisian designer actually copies the outfits for his new line‚ and [[DoubleSubversion doubly subverted]] when the humiliated Lucy and Ethel reveal they have burned the offending outfits.

* In one of the later episodes of ''{{Madeline}}'', a fashion designer named Madame Cliché (who tends to make rather bizarre clothes) creates designer clothing made entirely out of cheese, which quickly becomes the hottest thing in Paris. It doesn't last due to the fact that the clothes are made entirely out of a common dairy product. In addition, the musical number featured in the same episode ''itself'' is a Trend Aesop with the standard BeYourself message to back it up.

* The protagonist acquires the item [[FlashinthePanFadjust as it goes out of style]] and [[HereWeGoAgain the next fad takes its place]].

* The protagonist acquires the item [[HereWeGoAgain just as it goes out of style and the next fad takes its place]].

* ''SpongebobSquarepants'': Spongebob is mocked the entire episode for wearing a powdered wig, but it ends up becoming popular after he decides to get rid of it.

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[[caption-width-right:200: Fad Freaky Rules!!!]]

* In ''TheAngryBeavers'', Norbert forgets to chew to keep his teeth short and when his forest friends discover his long dentures, they all follow suit with it. The same goes for Dagget later, and they both suffer for it by having their teeth grow long enough to bind them.

* ''TheSimpsons'' did it in "Simpson Tide", in which Milhouse gets an earring that everyone else in school thinks is cool, so everyone starts getting one. Bart gets his, much to Homer's outrage. Bart later gives Homer the earring before embarking on a nuclear submarine with the Naval Reserve. The earring ends up becoming the ChekhovsGun that saves the submarine from sinking.

* The episode "Dressed To Kill" from ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' dealt with this. [[AlphaBitch Brit and Tiff]] are infuriated when XJ-9/Jenny manages to one-up them in terms of fashion sense. As the girls prepare for their prom, their gowns turn out to be made from Pip Crystals unknowingly lost by Smytus. It's soon discovered that said crystals [[AppliedPhlebotinum give them]] [[StockSuperpower superpowers]]. Naturally, they try to enact their revenge on Jenny until they discover that a new fashion statement has rolled in, causing them to abandon their dresses in horror. A later episode ("Victim of Fashion") has the two engaging in a fashion war with Jenny once more.
* In ''{{Doug}}'', TheProtagonist in a ShowWithinAShow called [[TeenDrama "Teen Heartstreet"]] wear [[LimitedWardrobe the same outfit Doug wears]]. Originally, Doug laughs this off, but the next day, everyone at school is wearing it. Doug spends the entire episode trying to reclaim his uniqueness...only for [[spoiler: [[HereWeGoAgain Skeeter's outfit to become the next big thing.]]]]

Trends are often considered the come-and-go "necessary evil" of human culture. Whether they're [[PopularityPolynomial locked in a cycle]] or they [[DeaderThanDisco plain old wither and die forever]], they help define specific moments in history, [[VindicatedByHistory for better]] [[UnfortunateImplications and worse]]. So it only makes sense that InUniverse examples of trends exist in fiction.

* ''FraggleRock'' had an episode in which some young Doozers took up pogo stick jumping, despite the fact that jumping gives Doozers the hiccups, which makes them unable to work. One Doozer decides to stop and is shunned by the others, but in the end he ends up saving them after they get the hiccups and cause a building collapse.

*** The same plot was recycled when Otto Sump came out with his new line of delicious food products, Gunge. Yes, it tastes as good as it sounds with food names like "Mold Jam", "Slime Sauce", "Bacteria Soup", "Maggot Steak", etc. His logic was that following the food shortages as a result of the Apocalypse War, people can look to his trash slop as a healthy source for nutrition. Justice Dept. effectively bans Gunge... and then [[FutureFoodIsArtificial rebrands the exact same trash as Foodstuff A, B, C, etc. for the people to eat]] to combat the food shortages.

* ''JudgeDredd'' has inspired ''tons'' of these in its approximately 30 years of existence, as the comic takes place in a [[CrapsackWorld future dystopia]] where most humans are practically permanently unemployed and take up unusual hobbies, trends, and activities to pass the time. A lot of them end up being banned or heavily regulated by Justice Dept. after a problem arises because of it; notable examples include:

* There were a couple of examples in ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''. The main ones being {{Mons}} Cards (which ended up becoming a currency) and a complex game that involved collectable tiles called "Jumbi" (which everyone became hopelessly addicted to).

* Parodied on ''StrangersWithCandy'' with Flairs, a sneaker with an extra-long lace.