Plank Gag: Difference between revisions

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== [[Literature]] ==

* In ''[[The Pendragon Adventure]]'', when Bobby completes his [[Training ~~From~~ Hell]] with [[Hot Amazon|Loor]] and [[Knight in Shining Armor|Alder]] and is awarded a real [[Simple Staff|fighting stave]], he launches into a long series of these. He'd nearly whack one of them with the stave end as he turns to the other to apologize for nearly whacking ''them'', and then spins around to apologize for ''that''...

* In ''[[The Pendragon Adventure]]'', when Bobby completes his [[Training from Hell]] with [[Hot Amazon|Loor]] and [[Knight in Shining Armor|Alder]] and is awarded a real [[Simple Staff|fighting stave]], he launches into a long series of these. He'd nearly whack one of them with the stave end as he turns to the other to apologize for nearly whacking ''them'', and then spins around to apologize for ''that''...

* The ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]'' features a martial art based on slapstick routines, including carrying a ladder over one shoulder and hitting assailants with it when one turns around.

** This is also why the Fools' Guild's fire department has never managed to stop any fires—you hand a group of clowns a ladder and a bucket, and the instinct to pull this gag immediately takes over.

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Chucklevision]]'' had one of these practically [[Once Per Episode]], accompanying the brothers' [[Catch Phrase]].

* Happened with some regularity on ''[[Home Improvement]]'', usually with Al on the receiving end. And once with Bob Vila.

* Happened with some regularity on ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', usually with Al on the receiving end. And once with Bob Vila.

* Done with some frequency on ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''.

* ''[[Monty Python]] Live at the Hollywood Bowl'' includes a "comedy tutorial" sketch featuring plank and other slapstick gags. The routine was originally written for the TV sketch show ''We Have Ways of Making You Laugh'' (1968).

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* On ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'', King Julien challenges Fred the squirrel to a duel with staffs. Fred beats him without even trying, just by moving around with the staff on his shoulder.

* In ''[[Toy Story|Toy Story 2]]'', Rex the green plastic [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]] accidentally knocks Evil Emperor Zurg off an elevator with his tail while shuddering in fear as Zurg is about to destroy the two Buzz Lightyears (one of them has a plastic belt around him).

* In ''[[Toy Story (franchise)||Toy Story 2]]'', Rex the green plastic [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]] accidentally knocks Evil Emperor Zurg off an elevator with his tail while shuddering in fear as Zurg is about to destroy the two Buzz Lightyears (one of them has a plastic belt around him).

* In the ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'' episode "Snow Beans", this happens to Chip and Skip, using a pair of skis rather than a plank.

* Axl does it to Bull Gator in an episode of ''[[Taz-Mania]]''. Bull responds with a [[Genre Savvy]] "I really should have seen that coming".

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