Some yi-ko, wanting to be novel, direct themselves to current affairs, leading to scenes like "The Ten Major Constructions," "Armstrong on the Moon," "The Monk Wu Hua Bitterly Fights Ch'u Liu-hsiang," and "The Multitudes Salute President Lee Teng-hui."
有的藝閣為要新鮮搶鋒頭，則往往針對時事別出心裁，而有了十台串連的十大建設、阿姆斯壯上月球、無花大戰楚留香、萬民擁戴李總統等應景題材。這類題材十足萌自台灣民間，已是道道地地的本土藝閣了。