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** Played extremely straight in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty Seahorse Seashell Party]]", which resulted in a bit of a BrokenBase. After season upon season of abuse, Meg ''finally'' stands up to her family and points out just what horrible people they are. She calls out Chris for being a horrible brother who's never on her side and always jumps on the bandwagon to make her life miserable; Lois for being a drug-addicted whore who's done nothing but take out her own frustrations on Meg and how, once she's 18, she never wants to see her again; and Peter out for being a fat, disgusting waste who doesn't care about anyone or anything but himself. She lays into them so hard that the entire family turns against each other. Later on, Meg is talking to Brian and she realizes that the family can't function without Meg there to be the emotional and physical punching bag so they don't end up killing each other. [[YankTheDogsChain In the end, the status quo is maintained]], and Meg is still the ButtMonkey.
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** Played extremely straight in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty Seahorse Seashell Party]]", which resulted in a bit of a BrokenBase. After season upon season of abuse, Meg ''finally'' stands up to her family and points out just what horrible people they are. She calls out Chris for being a horrible brother who's never on her side and always jumps on the bandwagon to make her life miserable; Lois for being a drug-addicted whore who's done nothing but take out her own frustrations on Meg[[note]]Ironically, this trope is played with by having Meg note Lois' past as a shoplifter, a drug addict, a porn star, and even when she cheated on Peter with Bill Clinton[[/note]] and how, once she's 18, she never wants to see her again; and Peter out for being a fat, disgusting waste who doesn't care about anyone or anything but himself. She lays into them so hard that the entire family turns against each other. Later on, Meg is talking to Brian and she realizes that the family can't function without Meg there to be the emotional and physical punching bag so they don't end up killing each other. [[YankTheDogsChain In the end, the status quo is maintained]], and Meg is still the ButtMonkey.
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''4th Grade'' where the main cast try to travel back in time to 3rd grade after they find their 4th grade experience lackluster. When the time travel experiment ultimately fails, the boys accept that they are in 4th grade now and that they should focus on the future.
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''4th Grade'' "4th Grade" where the main cast try to travel back in time to 3rd grade after they find their 4th grade experience lackluster. When the time travel experiment ultimately fails, the boys accept that they are in 4th grade now and that they should focus on the future.
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''4th Grade'' where the main cast try to travel back in time to 3rd grade after they find their 4th grade experience lackluster. When the time travel experiment ultimately fails, the boys accept that they are in 4th grade now and that they should focus on the future.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'' played this trope several times. In the episode "Angelica's Birthday", Angelica [[AgelessBirthdayEpisode supposedly]] turns 4. However, in the later "Pickles Vs. Pickles" episode, it's said by her parents (Drew and Charlotte) that she's still 3. Similarly, in the episode "The Baby Vanishes," Drew finally admits that Angelica's a spoiled brat and begins taking measures to do something about it. However, in the following(!) episode "When Wishes Come True," Angelica's back to being her daddy's pride and joy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'' played this trope several times. times:
** In the episode"Angelica's Birthday", "[[Recap/RugratsS3E13DestinationMoonAngelicasBirthday Angelica's Birthday]]", Angelica [[AgelessBirthdayEpisode supposedly]] turns 4. However, in the later "Pickles "[[Recap/RugratsS3E22NewKidInTownPicklesVsPickles Pickles Vs. Pickles" Pickles]]" episode, it's said by her parents (Drew and Charlotte) that she's still 3. 3.
** Similarly, in the episode"The "[[Recap/RugratsS3E6TheBabyVanishesFarewellMyFriend The Baby Vanishes," Vanishes]]", Drew finally admits that Angelica's a spoiled brat and begins taking measures to do something about it. However, in the following(!) episode "When "[[Recap/RugratsS3E7WhenWishesComeTrueAngelicaBreaksALeg When Wishes Come True," True]]", Angelica's back to being her daddy's pride and joy.joy.
** The "[[Recap/RugratsS7E1AcornNutsAndDiapeyButts Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts]]" special zig-zags this trope; as fall comes, many changes happen in the babies' lives; Grandpa Lou moves out of Tommy's house and into a retirement center, Chas goes on dates with Betty's many single friends, leaving him with less time to spend with Chuckie, and Phil and Lil have to start wearing diapers so puffy that they can hardly move in them. The babies get the idea that if they stop fall from coming, things will go back to normal, so they try to stop a fall parade from happening. In the end, Phil and Lil get their old diapers back and Chas turns down a date to spend some long-overdue quality time with Chuckie, but Lou chooses to stay in the retirement center he moved into in order to be with Lulu, who becomes his second wife in [[WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis the second movie]].
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** The "[[Recap/RugratsS7E1AcornNutsAndDiapeyButts Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts]]" special zig-zags this trope; as fall comes, many changes happen in the babies' lives; Grandpa Lou moves out of Tommy's house and into a retirement center, Chas goes on dates with Betty's many single friends, leaving him with less time to spend with Chuckie, and Phil and Lil have to start wearing diapers so puffy that they can hardly move in them. The babies get the idea that if they stop fall from coming, things will go back to normal, so they try to stop a fall parade from happening. In the end, Phil and Lil get their old diapers back and Chas turns down a date to spend some long-overdue quality time with Chuckie, but Lou chooses to stay in the retirement center he moved into in order to be with Lulu, who becomes his second wife in [[WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis the second movie]].
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** Cleveland gets his job back by the end "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS21E5UnzippedCode Unzipped Code]]", though we at least see him actually do so instead of it just being undone.
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* The first crop of Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} were among the first American cartoons to avert this. WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} gets to graduate, [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Chuckie]] is potty-trained and stays potty-trained, [[WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife Filbert and Dr. Hutchinson]] go steady, get married and have children, and [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]] dispenses with a Status Quo altogether.
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* The first crop of Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} were among the first American cartoons to avert this. WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} gets to graduate, [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} [[WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991 Chuckie]] is potty-trained and stays potty-trained, [[WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife Filbert and Dr. Hutchinson]] go steady, get married and have children, and [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]] dispenses with a Status Quo altogether.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' played this trope several times. In the episode "Angelica's Birthday", Angelica [[AgelessBirthdayEpisode supposedly]] turns 4. However, in the later "Pickles Vs. Pickles" episode, it's said by her parents (Drew and Charlotte) that she's still 3. Similarly, in the episode "The Baby Vanishes," Drew finally admits that Angelica's a spoiled brat and begins taking measures to do something about it. However, in the following(!) episode "When Wishes Come True," Angelica's back to being her daddy's pride and joy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'' played this trope several times. In the episode "Angelica's Birthday", Angelica [[AgelessBirthdayEpisode supposedly]] turns 4. However, in the later "Pickles Vs. Pickles" episode, it's said by her parents (Drew and Charlotte) that she's still 3. Similarly, in the episode "The Baby Vanishes," Drew finally admits that Angelica's a spoiled brat and begins taking measures to do something about it. However, in the following(!) episode "When Wishes Come True," Angelica's back to being her daddy's pride and joy.
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** "Cat Blanc": Our heroes learn each other's identities and realize they've been in love with each other all along, and happily get together. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong [[spoiler:It starts [[ForWantOfANail a chain of events]] leading to ''[[ApocalypseHow all of Paris being destroyed and everyone in it being killed]]'', and has to be undone with time travel.]]
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** "Cat Blanc": Our heroes learn each other's identities and realize they've been in love with each other all along, and happily get together. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong [[spoiler:It starts [[ForWantOfANail a chain of events]] events leading to ''[[ApocalypseHow all of Paris being destroyed and everyone in it being killed]]'', and has to be undone with time travel.]]
