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No casino would be complete without its one-armed bandits, and no fight scene in a casino would be complete without somebody being knocked into a slot machine. This invariably sends the reels spinning into a triple 7 jackpot, resulting in a waterfall of coins raining down on the unconscious foe.

This is definitely not Truth in Television—as modern slot machines rarely dispense actual coinage (preferring in-house chips instead) and are primarily electronic instead of mechanical (so there are few moving parts that a physical impact could jostle). Besides, if getting a jackpot really was as easy as bashing it, everybody would be doing it, right?

But given that the jackpot itself is a Million-to-One Chance, it sure looks cool when it happens.

Examples of Jackpot Knockout include:

Film

Appears in the climax of The Mask: Big Bad Dorian Tyrell is knocked into a slot machine, which flashes Jackpot.

Live Action TV

A similar, but slightly different, situation. In one episode of M*A*S*H, Frank gets drunk in the Officer's Club, starts dancing with, as I recall, Nurse Kellye, gets Father Mulcahy (at the piano) to play a faster song, and Frank ends up hurtling into the nearby slot machine, which jackpots. Frank is pretty much unconscious by the time the jackpot triggers, though.

Western Animation

Seen in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Joker's Wild".

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 No casino would be complete without its one-armed bandits, and no fight scene ''in'' a casino would be complete without somebody being knocked ''into'' a slot machine. This invariably sends the reels spinning into a triple 7 jackpot, resulting in a waterfall of coins raining down on the unconscious foe.
-This is definitely ''not'' [[Truth in Television]] -- as modern slot machines rarely dispense actual coinage (preferring in-house chips instead) and are primarily electronic instead of mechanical (so there are few moving parts that a physical impact could jostle). Besides, if getting a jackpot really ''was'' as easy as bashing it, everybody would be doing it, right?
+This is definitely ''not'' [[Truth in Television]]—as modern slot machines rarely dispense actual coinage (preferring in-house chips instead) and are primarily electronic instead of mechanical (so there are few moving parts that a physical impact could jostle). Besides, if getting a jackpot really ''was'' as easy as bashing it, everybody would be doing it, right?
 But given that the jackpot itself is a [[Million-to-One Chance]], it [[Rule of Cool|sure looks cool]] when it happens.
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 == [[Film]] ==
-* Appears in the climax of ''[[The Mask (Film)|The Mask]]'': [[Big Bad]] Dorian Tyrell is knocked into a slot machine, which flashes Jackpot.
+* Appears in the climax of ''[[The Mask (film)|The Mask]]'': [[Big Bad]] Dorian Tyrell is knocked into a slot machine, which flashes Jackpot.
 == [[Live Action TV]] ==
-* A similar, but slightly different, situation. In one episode of ''[[MASH]]'', Frank gets drunk in the Officer's Club, starts dancing with, as I recall, Nurse Kellye, gets Father Mulcahy (at the piano) to play a faster song, and Frank ends up hurtling into the nearby slot machine, which jackpots. Frank is pretty much unconscious by the time the jackpot triggers, though.
+* A similar, but slightly different, situation. In one episode of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'', Frank gets drunk in the Officer's Club, starts dancing with, as I recall, Nurse Kellye, gets Father Mulcahy (at the piano) to play a faster song, and Frank ends up hurtling into the nearby slot machine, which jackpots. Frank is pretty much unconscious by the time the jackpot triggers, though.
 == [[Western Animation]] ==
-* Seen in the ''[[Batman the Animated Series]]'' episode "Joker's Wild".
+* Seen in the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Joker's Wild".
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