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A character is walking along the road when a car drives past through a puddle, splashing them big-style with water. Usually used as a comedic device which adds insult to injury in the events of an already bad day, perhaps after the character [[Rock Bottom|wonders how it could get any worse]]. Often the number one cause of [[Doomed New Clothes]], especially fancy, expensive clothes.

 

 

== [[Advertising]] ==

* Parodied in an advertisement for beer, where a man waiting at a bus stop realises to his horror that the driver of an approaching car is going to inflict this on him. The driver grins evilly and pushes the accelerator to the floor. The car reaches the puddle... and sinks.

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Ed in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. He gets soaked, so he uses alchemy to dry off, and is immediately arrested.

* Mamimi in ''[[FLCL]]'' gets soaked by a passing motorbike in the final episode. She later gets revenge by having the terminal core eat the bike.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* A ''[[Scamp]]'' story has Scamp getting completely covered in mud by a car splash, which gets him confused for a puppy that looks exactly like him, but brown. After escaping, he promptly finds a water puddle and waits for another car to go by in order to wash off.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Happens to Bobcat Goldthwait's character in ''[[Scrooged]]''.

* Done as a [[Meet Cute]] in the opening scene of ''[[That Touch Of Mink]]'', with Doris Day getting splashed by a limo carrying [[Cary Grant]].

* In Jacques Tati's ''[[Mon Oncle]]'', a truck drives through a puddle, almost completely drenching a shopkeeper. However, the bottom of his pants are still dry... which changes when the main character, Hulot, rides by on his bicycle.

* Opening credits to ''[[Manimal]]''.

* In an episode of ''[[Knight Rider]]'' when an arrogant reporter at a dirt bike race dons some nice clothes to meet the winner at the finish line.

* Dr. Kelso had a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when he exacted his vengeance on Carla with this in ''[[Scrubs]]''.

 

== [[Music]] ==

** In fact, the street next to Lois is puddle-free when her rival drives up and stops a few feet behind her. As she gloats, she pulls a bucket of water out of her car [[Crazy Prepared|which she apparently keeps just for these sorts of situations]] and empties it into the gutter next to Lois... thereby producing a puddle through which she can drive, and... well, you know.

* Skinner in ''[[Ratatouille]]'' gets hit by one right as his [[Humiliation Conga]] is nearing its peak.

** In "Hearts and Hooves Day", during the musical number where the Cutie Mark Crusaders look for a stallion to be Cheerilee's "very special somepony", [[Fan Nickname|Doctor Whooves]] is seen doing this to Applebloom and Scootaloo.

''(If he weren't so splashy!)'' }}

 

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