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"[[Genre Savvy|That looks like an accident waiting to happen if ever I saw one]]", she mumbled.''|''[[Discworld/Maskerade|Maskerade]]'' }}
When in high-class surroundings, the standard way to create chaos or kill people is inevitably to drop the enormous chandelier hanging from the ceiling. This is usually intentional on the part of the character (and strongly indicative of [[Badass
This is most common in film and theater, since it exists mostly as a way to create a visually spectacular effect.
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* In Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of ''[[Hamlet]]'', Hamlet (Branagh) drops a chandelier on Claudius (Derek Jacobi) during the final battle, in addition to poisoning and stabbing him. [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|Uh...]] [[Rasputinian Death|Yeah]]
{{quote|[[Brows Held High|"Oh I have to poison him? That's boring]] '''''[[Brows Held High|—EAT CHANDELIER, BITCH."]]'''''}}
* ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'' has an accidentally-dropped
* In ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939), the Scarecrow drops one onto the Wicked Witch of the West's Winkie soldiers.
* In ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'', Robin tries to drop a chandelier on the Sheriff's men, cuts the wrong rope, and drops a different chandelier on himself instead.
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** In a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' parody of Broadway, the Phantom loses patience with his fellow Broadway characters, and uses his light fixture collapsing power on them. However since they are in a diner, the results are unimpressive.
* [[Discworld]]:
** Despite the above quote (and the fact that it's parodying ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''), ''[[Discworld/Maskerade|Maskerade]]'' subverts
** In ''[[Discworld/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'', a chandelier is sent falling onto the Low-King-to-be. Detritus catches it.
** In ''[[Discworld/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]'', the extra life force caused by Death's downsizing results in the giant chandelier in Unseen University's Great Hall unscrewing itself. Luckily, it does so one screw at a time, giving the wizards ample warning to get away.
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