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[[File:200px-Its_way_ed_0014_4533.jpg|link=Edd Edd N Eddy|frame| Fad Freaky Rules!!!]]
Trends are often considered the come-and-go "necessary evil" of human culture. Whether they're [[Popularity Polynomial|locked in a cycle]] or they [[Deader Than Disco|plain old wither and die forever]], they help define specific moments in history, [[Vindicated
Of course, whenever it does occur, it's [[Strictly Formula]]: Since our protagonist is usually [[The Everyman]], he/she won't have the item in question at the beginning of the story, but will really, really want it. [[Hilarity Ensues]], with several typical outcomes:
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* The protagonist acquires the item [[Here We Go Again|just as it goes out of style and the next fad takes its place]].
* The protagonist never gets the item, [[Take a Third Option|but ends up achieving its supposed benefits some other way, proving that they didn't really need it]].
* [[Peer Pressure Makes You Evil|The protagonist does uncharacteristically unpleasant things to get the item]], [[Acquired Situational Narcissism|alienating their real friends in the process]], [[In
In addition, the trends themselves tend to aim for extreme stuff, with things that wouldn't even last a single day in [[Real Life]]. Many a [[Disco Dan]] will do the ''exact'' opposite and follow a trend that's already passed. A [[
Related to [[Be Yourself]] and [[Disobey This Message]], since they're both pretty much the end result of this, as well as [[Anyone Remember Pogs]].
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Amy and her limes in ''[[Little Women]]''.
* ''[[Little House
* Anne's puffed sleeves in ''[[
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* In ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', 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 [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] when a famous Parisian designer actually copies the outfits for his new line‚ and [[Double Subversion|doubly subverted]] when the humiliated Lucy and Ethel reveal they have burned the offending outfits.
* ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' 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.
* Parodied on ''[[Strangers
== [[Music]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Happens in the "It's Way Ed" episode of ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' (pictured above).
* ''[[South Park]]'': The latest fad in Chinpokomon, which Kyle gets too late in the game. By that time, the rest of the kids are going to bomb Pearl Harbor because all the other kids are doing it, but then they get de-fadded because their parents (pretend to) like it, and who likes something their parents like? But Kyle wasn't there (again) when everybody decided to stop liking Chinpokomon.
{{quote| '''Stan:''' Dude, Chinpokomon isn't cool anymore. <br />
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* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' 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 [[Chekhov's Gun]] that saves the submarine from sinking.
* ''[[Arthur]]'' had an episode featuring "woogles", a toy which resembled a cross between Beanie Babies and Furbies.
* In the ''[[
* There were a couple of examples in ''[[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).
* ''[[
* The episode "Dressed To Kill" from ''[[My Life
* In ''[[Doug]]'', [[The Protagonist]] in a [[Show Within a Show]] called [[Teen Drama|"Teen Heartstreet"]] wear [[Limited Wardrobe|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|[[Here We Go Again|Skeeter's outfit to become the next big thing.]]}}
== Real Life ==
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