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A character crushed by an [[Anvil on Head]] or other large object (e.g. piano) will often stumble away, being squashed into a pleated and flexing shape like an accordion, frequently accompanied by accordion music.

 

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* Chester Cheetah of Cheetos fame got that way from falling into a sewer.

 

* Several [[Tom and Jerry]] cartoons, one time in which the Italian dog that gave Tom that injury promptly proceeded to play Tom like an actual accordion.

* And plenty of [[Looney Tunes]] shorts. A certain Coyote, Wile E. is occasionally subject to this, with appropriate sounds. On a couple of occasions, a crashing piano [[Piano Drop|gives him piano keys for teeth which began spontaneously playing a song]], instead of turning his body into an accordion.

** Happened to Daffy (as Duck Dodgers) on ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' where Porky (as Cadet) crushes him while in a small spaceship.

* It happened a couple of times in [[Rocko's Modern Life]] most notably after Rocko and Heffer crash into the ground on a cheaply made roller coaster.

* Happened to Stimpy on ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' at least once.

* Happens a couple of times on ''[[Popeye (cartoon)|Popeye the Sailor]]'', mainly the ones produced by ''Famous Studios'' such as "Safari So Good" where Bluto as Tarzan crushes a crocodile and plays it like an accordion before throwing it at Popeye.

* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' used this gag in the episode "Stay Tooned", where Sammy K. Ferrett drops an anvil on his guest and plays her like a real accordion after she becomes flattened and folded up.

* Played straight on the ''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'' cartoon "The Woody Woodpecker Polka".