Elevator Going Down: Difference between revisions

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Lovin' it up 'til I hit the ground''|'''[[Aerosmith]]''', "Love in an Elevator"}}

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* Parodied in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', where Misato and Kaji are stuck in a lift. They go to great length to keep their hands off one another, only to end up falling into a compromising position the second the doors get opened.

* The [[Hentai]] anime ''[[Kininaru Kimochi]]'' is entirely about this trope. Three episodes, three explicit cases of Elevator Going Down.

* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' makes fun of this one. Hayate and Maria (she in a [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]) get into an elevator. While they do have [[UST]], Hayate's thoughts of whether he should confront her about having seen through the disguise are running through his head instead. Then the elevator gets stuck, and he knocks her to the floor accidentally while she's trying to fix it, just as Hinagiku (who he's about to rush headlong into [[UST]] with) gets the elevator working again in time to see.

* Subverted for laughs in ''[[Night Watch|Day Watch]]''. The protagonist Anton, while in the airport, needs a private place to swaps back bodies with his colleague Olga ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]). Finally they tuck into an elevator and perform the ritual, which just happends to be accompanied by some rattling and moans. Then the doors open and out come tousled Olga and ''very'' content Anton who just for good measure readjusts his zipper. The look on the face of some Asian woman waiting for the lift is priceless.

* ''[[Smokin Aces]]'' references this. One of the main characters [[It Makes Sense in Context|who is dressed as a hooker]] is waiting for an elevator. When the doors open, three heavily armed half-naked [[Those Wacky Nazis|skinheads are struggling into their clothes.]]

'''Tremor:''' I'll Bet you are! }}

* In ''[[Fatal Attraction]]'', Michael Douglas and Glenn Close's characters have a sexual encounter in an elevator, preceded by this exchange:

'''Dan:''' Not recently, no.<br />

'''Alex:''' I bet you haven't. }}

== Literature ==

* In ''[[The Otherworld]]'', Hope starts making out in an elevator with her ex-boyfriend Karl, an attractive conman who often seduces wealthy women just to steal their jewelry. When the elevator reaches her floor:

'''Hope:''' That's what I meant. Seducing the marks in an elevator. How declasse. }}

* ''The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex'' talks about how to have sex in an elevator (among other places).

* Used in an episode of the French [[Sitcom]] ''Un Gars, une Fille'' where the title couple is stuck in an elevator. Neither really wants to do it (or so they say), but they still start taking off their clothes and making out in hope of invoking [[Finagle's Law|Murphy's Law]] -- that is, that they should get rescued as soon as they try going down in the elevator. {{spoiler|It works.}}

* Lois and Clark in the 9th season ''[[Smallville]]'' episode "Charade".

** Clark and Maxima attempted to have sex in an elevator in the 8th season episode "Instinct", but they are interrupted when the doors open and Lois sees them. She was ''pissed''.

* Also, Lois and Clark in the 4th season ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' episode "Brutal Youth".

** And it's back as of the ''Late Night'' expansion to ''[[The Sims 3]]''.

* Parodied in a section of ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors|Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors]]'' when the main character and the female lead have to take a down lift together, but the lower ship decks are flooded. June is worried about drowning down there -- but a dialogue option you can choose makes the main character think she's worried about being in a small lift alone with a boy. Cue hilarious dialogue with the main character getting scared about dying of asphyxiation after the first time.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlg8gdfmWgA&feature=related Parodied] during a particularly scenic elevator ride in ''[[Bulletstorm]]'', when Grayson asks Ishi if he wants to snuggle out their woes "[[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|in a totally hetero way]]".