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[[File:cit_bleach_cit bleach -_table_flip table flip.jpg|link=Bleach|frame|That's all believable to me, ALONG WITH FLYING PIGS AND THE TOOTH FAIRY!]]
 
{{quote|'''[[The Real Man|Dave]]''': "''Whoa, the [[Rules Lawyer|Big Guy]] made a dud call? [[Oh Crap|Uh oh...]]"''<br />
'''[[The Roleplayer|Sara]]''': ''"Please don't flip the table, Brian. Please don't flip the table."''<br />
'''Brian''': ''"I'm... trying really hard not to, Sara, but... [[Unstoppable Rage|RAAAAAARRRGH!]]"''|''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''}}
|''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''}}
 
When, out of anger or frustration, one character flips over a table that another character is sitting at, doing something on, or eating from.
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{{examples}}
== Anime &and Manga ==▼
 
* In the first episode of ''[[Bleach]]'', Ichigo flips a table after hearing Rukia's explanation of [[Shinigami|Soul Reapers]]. The [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v01/c001/16.html manga] [[Lampshadeslampshade]]s this: a note taped to the table reads "[[Don't Try This At Home|CAUTION: For use in sight gags only!]]"▼
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Star Of The Giants]]'', an old-fashioned father would flip over the family dinner table whenever he was morally outraged, ''while they were eating''; the dinner would be subsequently ruined. Several subsequent occurrences of [[Flipping the Table]] were direct references to this scene, which appeared in the series' closing-credits montage; after undergoing [[Memetic Mutation]], [[Flipping the Table]] became part of the visual meme-pool of Japanese comedy in general.▼
▲* In the first episode of ''[[Bleach]]'', Ichigo flips a table after hearing Rukia's explanation of [[Shinigami|Soul Reapers]]. The [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v01/c001/16.html manga] [[Lampshades]] this: a note taped to the table reads "[[Don't Try This At Home|CAUTION: For use in sight gags only!]]"
▲* In ''[[Star Of The Giants]]'', an old-fashioned father would flip over the family dinner table whenever he was morally outraged, ''while they were eating''; the dinner would be subsequently ruined. Several subsequent occurrences of [[Flipping the Table]] were direct references to this scene, which appeared in the series' closing-credits montage; after undergoing [[Memetic Mutation]], [[Flipping the Table]] became part of the visual meme-pool of Japanese comedy in general.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' has a card called "[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Flipping_the_Table Flipping the Table]". In one episode, used by Hayato's (Chumley in the dub) father who (in the Japanese version, at least) was a substantial drunkard and owns a sake company (in the dub, he just owns a hot sauce company). When played, a giant table does invariably appear and Hayato's father does overturn it fairly violently.
* Referred to in two of the ''[[The Slayers|Slayers]]'' [[Non-Serial Movie|Non Serial Movies]]. In ''Slayers: Gorgeous"'', Lina and Naga are engaged in yet another duel of spells, and Lina has cast a spell that, by way of a side effect, froze the surface of a nearby pond; Naga retaliates by summoning up an earth golem and having it perform a ''chabudai-gaeshi'' with the sheet of ice -- itice—it flips through the air and almost crushes Lina. In ''"Slayers: Great"'', while engaged in a battle that parodies the [[Super Robot]] genre, Naga purposely freezes a river the two are duelling near and uses her giant golem to flip the ice sheet to knock Lina's giant golem off of her feet.
* ''[[One Piece]]'': Franky does this during Luffy's fight with the Galley-La company, due to him being denied battling Luffy, since they were the ones fighting in the first place. Also done in Unlimited Adventure, where Franky actually builds a table from scratch, only to flip it mere seconds after finishing it. He also flips another table during the ending cinematic.
* ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma 1/2]]''
** Ranma, trying to scare someone away, flips a dinner table over. It didn't have the right effect as everyone at the table grabbed a plate and saved the meal and he got kicked [[Megaton Punch|into low earth orbit]].
** Subverted in the first episode, where instead of flipping the table over, Akane picks it up and smacks Ranma with it.
** Genma has actually developed this as a martial arts technique, Wrath of the Father, which he uses against Nodoka (yeah, he's [[Domestic Abuse|scum]]).
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', Shikamaru Nara gets mentally and verbally probed by his father Shikaku during a game of shogi after {{spoiler|Shikamaru's sensei, Asuma, is killed}}. Shikamaru finally snaps and flips the shogi board with a well-placed backhand.
* In ''[[Mamotte Shugogetten]]'', Tasuke does this in one episode in order to get Shao [[It Makes Sense in Context|to think of him as a jerk in order to help her.]]
* In the ''[[Mazinger Z|Mazinkaiser]]'' [[The Movie|movie]], Boss insists on [[Flipping the Table]] before revealing where he hid the Kaiser Pilder, much to Kouji's confusion.
* Kyouya flips the table on Tamaki (amoung other things)on ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' when Tamaki jokes that losing claim to his father's company would give him time for more interesting things. As third in line in his family, Kyouya is disgusted Tamaki is so close to having it all and is not willing to fight for it. Tamaki rebuttals that Kyouya is just projecting his frustrations on Tamaki and is mad that ''he'' isn't fighting for ''his'' father's company.
* The second episode of ''[[Panda Z]]'' is made entirely of Talon, the main character, and his aged grandfather sitting down to a healthy meal of batteries (let's all use them properly). Talon tries various utensils to eat the batteries (fork, knife, screwdriver, scissors, etc.), but fails each time, and himself gets frustrated and [[Flipping the Table|angrily knocks the table over]]. After several of these, Panjii gets up, picks up another fully set table from offscreen, sets it down where the original table was, and ''flips the new one over himself.''
* Early in ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' Kyo upends a table during a heated exchange with Yuki... and unintentionally hits Tohru in the head with it. Then we find out why you [[Beware the Nice Ones|don't anger Yuki]]...
* Used [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v24/c222/17.html seriously] in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', against [[Big Bad]] [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Fate Averruncus]].
* ''[[SeitokaiStudent noCouncil's IchizonDiscretion]]'': Ken upon hearing Kurumi say she didn't do anything wrong on the exams. She got two 25s and a 27.
* In ''[[Sora no Otoshimono]]'', Tomoki sometimes does this when he's frustrated with the angeloids shenanigans (usually Ikaros'), such as when Ikaros failed to affect a smile or when the angeloids decided to make an entrance in the roof of his house.
* Referenced by Death in the final episodes of ''[[Soul Eater]]'' when he flips over {{spoiler|Arachnia's fortress while piloting ''Death City transformed into a [[Giant Mecha]]''}}!
* [[Axis Powers Hetalia/Memes|Egypt]] [http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af57/ohthederp/flippingtables.jpg flips tables.]
* Stocking of ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' has this reaction to the {{spoiler|Demon Sisters}} calling her fat. She surprises even her usually more hot-blooded sister, Panty.
{{quote|''"THAT WAS OVER [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|TWO EPISODES AGO]]!"''}}
* Shizuo Heiwajima of ''[[Durarara!!]]'' has an infamous habit of flipping and tossing the nearest 400-pound object whenever he gets angry. Tables are not excluded.
* In ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'', BABEL has different interview rooms specially designed for different situations. The "Gift of Children" arc shows one for talking to an esper-hater if their child awakens as an esper. It includes a tea table specifically so the parent can flip it if they get angry.
* Done hilariously in ''[[Magico]]'' by a samurai when he finds out that her wife had been lying about her BWH measurements.
* ''[[Haruhi-chan|Haruhi Chan]]'' had this in episode 3, which is Achakura's first episode. When Achakura is given a doggie dish, the doggie dish appears to contain dog food. Nagato thinks it's a joke and proceeds to give real food to Achakura in said doggie dish. Achakura's response? She '''flips''' the dish. Achakura acuallyactually does this with every other food Nagato gives her.
 
== Board Games ==
* In the world of Go, a common act of [[Rage Quit|violently sore losers]] is referred to as the "[http://senseis.xmp.net/?NuclearTesuji nuclear tesuji]", AKA "Throwing The Board Against The Wall, Denting The Wall And Board Prior To Uppercutting Your Opponent". See the page image for [[Rage Quit]] for an example.
** Note: Your local go club may have [[Don't Try This At Home|different policies in place]] than those [[Don't Explain the Joke|found on the above page]].
* Is rather common in ANYany board game, to the point where jokes are made that it's often the only way to end a game.
 
 
== Comic Books ==
* Brian from ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' flips the table he and his friends play Hackmaster at when the other players drive him into an [[Unstoppable Rage]] somehow. Bob sometimes attempts it but usually can't lift the table.
 
 
== Film ==
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* In the ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' film, Odin berates Thor for his belligerence and withholds his Kingship. Thor does ''not'' take this well. The scene them immediately cuts to him flipping over an entire banquet table in frustration.
 
== Live -Action TV ==▼
 
* ''The [[Battlestar Galactica]] (2004 TV series)|2004 remake of ''Battlestar Galactica'']]: Colonel Tigh is playing a game of cards with some of ''Galactica'''s pilots. He and Starbuck obviously don't get along, due to her being a [[Military Maverick]] and Tigh being a [[The Alcoholic|bitter obnoxious drunk]]. Eventually, the two antagonize each other to the point where Tigh finally loses it and tosses the table, leading to Starbuck reflexively punching him in the face. She gets locked up for her troubles, but Tigh agrees with Commander Adama not to press charges because he was too drunk to remember who started the fight.▼
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Parodied in a ''[[Kids in The Hall]]'' sketch where a disgruntled employee barges into his boss' office to berate him. He tries to flip the desk over but it proves too heavy. He makes several attempts but fails each time, eventually settling on throwing a pen across the room.▼
▲* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'': Colonel Tigh is playing a game of cards with some of ''Galactica'''s pilots. He and Starbuck obviously don't get along, due to her being a [[Military Maverick]] and Tigh being a [[The Alcoholic|bitter obnoxious drunk]]. Eventually, the two antagonize each other to the point where Tigh finally loses it and tosses the table, leading to Starbuck reflexively punching him in the face. She gets locked up for her troubles, but Tigh agrees with Commander Adama not to press charges because he was too drunk to remember who started the fight.
* An episode of ''[[Monk]]'' involved a play where the male lead was supposed to flip over a table in anger. After he becomes the [[Victim of the Week]], Adrian -- afterAdrian—after having memorized the entire part just from watching the rehearsal and turning out to be a good actor in his own right -- endsright—ends up taking over his role. When it comes around to the table flipping scene, he can't bring himself to do that; instead he removes everything that's on it before carefully turning it on its side.▼
▲* Parodied in a [[Kids in The Hall]] sketch where a disgruntled employee barges into his boss' office to berate him. He tries to flip the desk over but it proves too heavy. He makes several attempts but fails each time, eventually settling on throwing a pen across the room.
▲* An episode of ''[[Monk]]'' involved a play where the male lead was supposed to flip over a table in anger. After he becomes the [[Victim of the Week]], Adrian -- after having memorized the entire part just from watching the rehearsal and turning out to be a good actor in his own right -- ends up taking over his role. When it comes around to the table flipping scene, he can't bring himself to do that; instead he removes everything that's on it before carefully turning it on its side.
* ''"WHERE'S MY MAC AND CHEESE?"'' -- ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'', "Sandwich Day"
** Later parodied when Josh tries to storm out in disgust. He's unable to overturn the table, and Lemon urges the other writers to help him.
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* On ''[[Glee]]'' in 'The Sue Sylvester Shuffle' coach Beiste flips a table after losing a game
* On Man Vs. Food Adam Richman flipped a table after winning a spicy food challenge.
* Teresa Giudice from ''[[The Real Housewives Of New Jersey]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXCet3ekQ0E right here.]
 
 
== Music Videos ==
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* At 2:00 in the [[Bruno Mars]] "It Will Rain" music video.
 
== Religion ==▼
* [[The Bible|Jesus]]: Jesus in the temple with the moneychangers. [[Older Than Feudalism]].▼
 
== Video Games ==
* One of Kliff's opening poses in ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' involves angrily flipping a table.
* Nintendo producer Shigeru Miyamoto is known within the company for "upending the table" on projects which he was unsatisfied with, like [https://web.archive.org/web/20060928211847/http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20040325/zelda06.htm the father] in ''[[Star Of The Giants]]''.
* One of the sillier [[Finishing Move|Finishing Moves]]s in the [[Humongous Mecha]] [[Fighting Game]] ''[[Tech Romancer]]'' involves one of the Mecha flipping the table on the other mech.
* Referenced in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]''. One of Masaaki's possible spoof-[[Calling Your Attacks]] for his Psybuster's basic Discutter is "Magic Blade: Ether Table Flip Attack! ...just kidding."
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' in the snowboarding minigame where you're weaving through igloos, one of them has a Moogle at a table. Crash into it and the Moogle will throw the table at you, imitating this trope.
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* Meta example: During the development of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures]]'', Eiji Aonuma described Miyamoto as "upending the tea table" in the story development, leaving the plot rather... messy. He felt it was too complicated. The phrase has since become a minor meme to the fanbase.
 
== Web Comics ==
 
== Webcomics ==
* Frank in ''[[New School Kids]]'' flips the table during a bad game of "Trevopoly."
* Comedic rage example in ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''. {{spoiler|[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p55/ This superhero] is enraged to discover that [[It Makes Sense in Context|Benjamin Franklin's clone has died again, condemning them both to suffer through truly awful service in the restaurant of the afterlife.]]}}
 
 
== Web Original ==
* Table-flipping has been taken to new heights with the [[Touhou|Kaguya]] [http://www.walfas.org/?p=1133#more-1133 Table Flipping RPG.] It was originally a simple flash animation on Walfas, but was turned into a game. Kaguya's Five Impossible Tasks just became six, with the goal of Rebirth requiring, by most estimates, several thousand times the age of the universe to accomplish. Strangely, through several patches and even ''[[Dividing By Zero]]'', obsessive players have already [http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4788/kaguyadividedbyzero.jpg achieved this].
** The latest version includes special moves called "Enlightenment" and "Master Slice", both of which make achieving Rebirth not only possible to do legitimately, but much quicker and easier.
* [[Nigahiga|I spilled table]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu_fNTNbhwE#t=0m02s all over my liquids!]
* On an episode of [[Loading Ready Run]]'s ''[[Commodore HUSTLE]]'', Matt attempts to flip a table after a particularly nasty [[Magic: The Gathering]] loss, then finds it to be too heavy. Then Alex brings in a smaller table specially designed for flipping.
* Nora Valkyrie flips over a table full of watermelons during a truly epic [[Food Fight]] in Volume 2 Chapter 1 of ''[[RWBY]]''.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
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* On one episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', Cleveland was living with the Griffins, and in the midst of a messy divorce. While watching tv with Stewie, he finally snaps and says "I ''hate'' [[Bewitched]]!" when it comes on, and flips the couch over. While Stewie was sitting on it. Stewie responds "[[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah, that was totally reasonable reaction...]]"
 
== Other ==▼
* Now in [[Emoticon]] form, for those who can see Asian characters.<br />(屮ಠДಠ)屮 彡 ┻━┻ , (ﾉಥ益ಥ)ﾉ ┻━┻ , (ﾉ・_・)ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻ , (ﾉ｡◕‿‿◕｡)ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻<br />(ﾉ*&acute;´д`*)ﾉ ~ ┻━┻ , ( ﾉ♉︵♉ )ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻ , (ﾉﾟдﾟ)ﾉ　彡┻━┻ , (屮ಥДಥ)屮 彡 ┻━┻<br />(屮ಥ益ಥ)屮彡 ┻━┻ , (屮≖益≖)屮 彡 ┻━┻ , (屮≖Д≖)屮彡 ┻━┻ , (┛◉///////◉)┛彡┻━┻<br />( ﾉ⊙Д⊙)ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻ , (屮=益=)屮 彡 ┻━┻ , ‎(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ , ┬──┬ &macr;¯\_(ツ)▼
 
== Real Life ==
* [[Jackson Pollock]] did this to the dinner table, for seemingly no reason (he didn't even seem angry). Bonus points for Thanksgiving dinner being on the table,.
* Reportedly happened in real life when Ed O'Brien of [[Radiohead]] lost his patience at a restaurant. "He thought he was Jesus in the temple of the moneychangers," fellow bandmember Colin Greenwood commented.
* This can be done with any [[Board Game]] as a method of [[Rage Quit|Rage Quitting]]ting, as seen on the image for that page.
* Stories about players flipping tables are very common in competitive ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''.
* Football player Jim Everett [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNgqQVHI_8 did this] to sports reporter Jim Rome when Rome called Everett "[[My Name Is Not Durwood|Chris]]" right after Everett asked him to stop doing so.
* While King Canute and the Danish Earl Ulf were playing chess, the latter overturned the chessboard [[Rage Quit|out of anger]] over the former taking back a move. The king's courtman executed the Earl in church shortly after.
 
 
▲== Religion ==
▲* [[The Bible|Jesus]] in the temple with the moneychangers. [[Older Than Feudalism]].
 
 
▲== Other ==
▲* Now in [[Emoticon]] form, for those who can see Asian characters.<br />(屮ಠДಠ)屮 彡 ┻━┻ , (ﾉಥ益ಥ)ﾉ ┻━┻ , (ﾉ・_・)ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻ , (ﾉ｡◕‿‿◕｡)ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻<br />(ﾉ*&acute;д`*)ﾉ ~ ┻━┻ , ( ﾉ♉︵♉ )ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻ , (ﾉﾟдﾟ)ﾉ　彡┻━┻ , (屮ಥДಥ)屮 彡 ┻━┻<br />(屮ಥ益ಥ)屮彡 ┻━┻ , (屮≖益≖)屮 彡 ┻━┻ , (屮≖Д≖)屮彡 ┻━┻ , (┛◉///////◉)┛彡┻━┻<br />( ﾉ⊙Д⊙)ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻ , (屮=益=)屮 彡 ┻━┻ , ‎(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ , ┬──┬ &macr;\_(ツ)
 
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[[Category:Furniture Tropes]]
[[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]
[[Category:Flipping the Table{{PAGENAME}}]]
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