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The original expression is an idiom of unknown origin but originating in the early 20th century, meaning "everything that wasn't bolted down". Kitchen sinks are not only bolted down, but connected to the plumbing.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* A rare but beloved [[Running Gag]] in ''[[WWE]]'': When weapons are allowed, just once, occasionally...''someone'' will come up from underneath the ring with a kitchen sink.
* In the ''[[
{{quote| '''Hawkeye:''' What's going on here? Just because I want some privacy there's everything in here but the kitchen sink! What's in there?<br />
'''Orderly''': Kitchen sink, sir.<br />
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* This is present in one of the ''[[The Lion King|Timon and Pumbaa]]'' [[Spin
* Somebody somewhere must have incautiously described ''[[Nethack]]'' as possessing everything but the kitchen sink, because in the very next version... [http://www.nethackwiki.com/wiki/Sink yeah].
* In ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]'', one of Mr. Passion's attacks has him sending "everything but the kitchen sink flying" at the party.
* In ''[[Command and Conquer]]'', General Sheppard [[Averted Trope|actually gets away with]] describing Kane as "throwing everything but the kitchen sink at us." At the rate the series is coming up with increasingly bizarre new technology, though, it's probably only a matter of time.
** Considering ''Red Alert,'' the next sequel/expansion is likely to feature a kitchen sink towed by a [[
* In [[La Pucelle]] Culotte, who carries all the luggage, has a move called Kitchen Sink where he throws all of said luggage finishing with a Bomb.
* ''[[Breath of Fire III (Video Game)|Breath of Fire III]]'' has the 'blitz' skill. It involves throwing a lot of seemingly random objects at the target, including a kitchen sink.
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* An episode of ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]]'' features Genie fighting a magical demon named Aziz who was a [[Big Eater]], eating everything Genie throws at him. Finally Genie comments "It's come to this" as he materializes a kitchen sink.
* In part 3 of ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' trilogy Wishology, the [[The Men in Black|Military Extraterrestrial Research Facility]] ([[Fun With Acronyms|MERF]]) comes in to stop the Destructinator. {{spoiler|[[Immune to Bullets|They]] [[Feed It With Fire|can't.]]}} Among the many weapons they fire at it is '''a giant kitchen sink.'''
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', "Suited for Success", bigwig fashion designer [[Awesome McCoolname|Hoity Toity]] calls the dresses at Rarity's first fashion show a "piled-on mishmash of everything but the kitchen sink". Cue a thoroughly-embarrassed Rarity hiding a kitchen sink behind the curtains.
** One of Spike's presents in "The Secret of My Excess" is a kitchen sink... for no reason other than this trope.
* The episode "The Contender" of ''The Adventures Of T-Rex'' had one of the titular T-Rexes in a boxing tournament. One of the villain's mooks begins to throw various objects at him, causing the referee to yell "Foul!" The mook's coach then runs in and says "My boy's hitting him with everything but the kitchen sink!" In the background, the mook then picks up a kitchen sink and tosses it at the T-Rex.
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