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{{quote|'''[[The Real Man|Dave]]''': "''Whoa, the [[Rules Lawyer|Big Guy]] made a dud call? [[Oh Crap|Uh oh...]]"''
'''[[The Roleplayer|Sara]]''': ''"Please don't flip the table, Brian. Please don't flip the table."''
'''Brian''': ''"I'm... trying really hard not to, Sara, but... [[Unstoppable Rage|RAAAAAARRRGH!]]"''
|''[[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
* 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] [[
* 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.
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* 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]].
* ''[[
* 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]]''}}!
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{{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
== 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
== 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 ==
* 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.
▲* 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"
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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 ==▼
== 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]]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."
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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 ==
* 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 ==
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* 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*´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 ┻━┻ , (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ , ┬──┬ ¯\_(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]]ting, as seen on the image for that page.
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* 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. (屮ಠДಠ)屮 彡 ┻━┻ , (ﾉಥ益ಥ)ﾉ ┻━┻ , (ﾉ・_・)ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻ , (ﾉ｡◕‿‿◕｡)ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻ (ﾉ*´д`*)ﾉ ~ ┻━┻ , ( ﾉ♉︵♉ )ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻ , (ﾉﾟдﾟ)ﾉ 彡┻━┻ , (屮ಥДಥ)屮 彡 ┻━┻ (屮ಥ益ಥ)屮彡 ┻━┻ , (屮≖益≖)屮 彡 ┻━┻ , (屮≖Д≖)屮彡 ┻━┻ , (┛◉///////◉)┛彡┻━┻ ( ﾉ⊙Д⊙)ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻ , (屮=益=)屮 彡 ┻━┻ , (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ , ┬──┬ ¯\_(ツ)
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[[Category:Furniture Tropes]]
[[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]
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