Get It Off Me!
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An event whereupon some hapless fool makes the horrible blunder of provoking something small and seemingly harmless (and sometimes even downright adorable looking) into attacking them. Often with shocking effectiveness, and often causing the victim to run around in circles screaming "GET IT OFF ME! GET IT OFF ME!"
Though used mostly in a comedic setting, this trope is highly versatile with examples seen even in horror genres, ranging from comedic relief to break the tension to examples of outright nightmare fuel.
Examples of Get It Off Me! include:
Advertising
Anime and Manga
Ballads
Comic Books
Fan Works
Film
- An utterly nightmare inducing example can be found in The Mummy (1999), where a species of flesh-eating scarab beetles exists to protect artifacts and tombs, and attack as individuals or swarms.
- Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo has a hilarious example where a guy taunts a cat and gets clawed in the crotch.
- Seen in Austin Powers when Austin gets in a fight with Mini-me. On top of clinging to Austin like white on rice, he even bites Austin the nuts and hangs on for dear life as Austin tries to get him to let go.
Literature
Live-Action TV
Music
New Media
- "Get it off!" and "Get it off me!" are frequent themes/subjects for meme images.
Newspaper Comics
Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends
Pinball
Podcasts
Professional Wrestling
Puppet Shows
Radio
Recorded and Stand Up Comedy
Tabletop Games
Theatre
Video Games
- Steiner in Final Fantasy IX cannot stand oglops (essentially jumping beetles), and this is his basic reaction when he accidentally breaks open a bag full of them.
Visual Novels
Web Animation
Web Comics
Web Original
Western Animation
- SpongeBob SquarePants has several examples. Among them:
- In one episode a sheet of paper adheres itself to SpongeBob's face the moment he walks out of his house and he panics, crying "Get it off of me!"
- In another, Patrick is swarmed by musical notes (It Makes Sense in Context) and yells "Get'em off me! Get'em off me!"
- In yet another, Squidward gets a gelatinous mass of eyes and tentacles deposited on his head and reacts accordingly.
- In The Simpsons, Barney Gumble reacts to unfiltered sunlight in this way.