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17 Best Thanksgiving Moments From TV And Movies

Turkeys on heads, turkeys on floors, and so much more!

1. Friends: "The One With All The Thanksgivings"

2. Rugrats: "The Turkey Who Came To Dinner"

3. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

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Who among us hasn't dreamed of eating Thanksgiving around a ping pong table?

4. Scrubs: "My Day Off"

5. Boy Meets World: "Turkey Day"

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The Hunters host the Matthews for Thanksgiving dinner, raising all kinds of issues about socioeconomic differences that are not resolved but forgotten when all the kids gather together for some pie.

6. Pieces of April

7. Full House: "The Miracle of Thanksgiving"

8. Scent of a Woman

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A miserable old blind man is babysat by an endearingly sweet prep school kid. And like Milo and Otis, they become besties in spite of their differences. But not before grumpy ruins his family's Thanksgiving.

9. Gilmore Girls: "A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving"

10. The West Wing: "Shibboleth"

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Given the task of selecting a turkey to be presidentially pardoned, the press secretary pleads for the lives of both. SPOILER: Both turkeys are saved.

11. Homeward Bound

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On Thanksgiving day (evident by the leaves, special occasion outfits, and mom who comes out from cooking the Turkey) two children get their cute pets back and one boy is reunited with the best dog ever.

12. South Park: "Helen Keller the Musical"

13. Addams Family Values

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Sent away to summer camp, the Addams kids rebel against the world's most politically incorrect Thanksgiving play and make it more interesting, but not less offensive.

14. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Pangs"

15. Frasier: "A Lilith Thanksgiving"

16. Alice's Restaurant

17. How I Met Your Mother: "Slapsgiving"

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Barney is going to get slapped? Or is he? No he totally is, and it's so epic it gets its own song.

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