Jaw Drop: Difference between revisions

 

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* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' has Kimura, a teacher with a permanently dropped jaw.{{context|reason=How is this an example of the trope as written?}}

* Ash from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' does this when he realizes that he's won against Sabrina in their gym match when Haunter gets her to laugh, which, due to a telepathic bond with her Kadabra, makes it laugh, too.

* Occasionally done in ''[[Naruto]]'' when Kishimoto briefly uses the "comedic" wacky art style instead of his more realistic one.

* Hideki of ''[[Chobits]]'' drops his jaw in four stages, each time making a sound like a squeaky hinge, when Chi points at a want ad for a dominatrix and asks whether it's a job she could do.

 

* Koizumi in the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' fanfic ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' after Kyon commented he (that is, Kyon) was set in an [[Arranged Marriage]] with Tsuruya.

* Despite her usually refined composure, Lady Silvermane does this in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic [https://web.archive.org/web/20130813213433/http://www.fimfiction.net/story/16112/whispers Whispers] after learning of Princess Luna's betrayal. She even needs to close it with her ''hoof''.

 

* In Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', Genie does this. Twice:

** After Aladdin tricks him into granting a free wish by getting Aladdin and Abu out of the cave.

* ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'': Crane's Jaw Drop when Tigress hugs Po. [[Running Gag|The exact same jaw drop is repeated again]] when Po hugs Tigress.

* Happens to a boy in the dentist's waiting room (he is reading an ''[[The Incredibles|Incredibles]]'' [[Early-Bird Cameo|comic]]) near the end of ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', when he see the brief scuffle between Nigel the pelican and the dentist through the fish tank's glass (it's located inside a large rectangular hole in the wall separating the dentist's office from the waiting room).

* In ''[[The Lion King]]'', when Simba realizes the lioness he's fighting is childhood friend Nala, they stop fighting and start laughing, prompting a jaw drop from Timon.

* Rare live-action example in Disney's ''[[Mary Poppins]]'': After witnessing their new nanny slide ''up'' the bannister, Michael is left this way. Mary sees this and gives the memorable line: "Close your mouth please, Michael. We are not a codfish."

* ''[[The Mask (film)|The Mask]]'', whose jaw hits the floor and his tongue unrolls like a carpet on seeing Tina, and completed with an [[Eye Pop]].

* Dr. Sattler does this in ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' when she sees the Brachiosaurus.

 

* Happened near the end of the season 4 episode of ''[[Blackadder]]'', "Corporal Punishment", when {{spoiler|Blackadder returned to the dugout when George and Baldrick thought he was dead, whereupon Blackadder took the opportunity to make use of his trademark snarkery: "Still the striking resemblance to guppy fish at feeding time."}}

* Early on in Mike's tenure as host of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', he decides to call down to Deep 13 on his own initiative to complain about the movie (''Beginning of the End''). When Mike and The Bots learn what the Mads get up to when they think no-one is looking, it is so horrifying that Crow's jaw drops and Mike has to close it up for him.

 

* In response to the above quote, Jon did this in [https://web.archive.org/web/20111113134827/http://garfield.nfshost.com/1993/12/04/ this strip] of ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]''.

* ''[[Candorville]]'' has an unusual variant in which characters' jaws unroll like carpets, lying flat across surfaces. [http://candorville.com/2010/10/08/something-good-5/ This is a good example] of the phenomenon.

 

* In ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'', this is Captain Smollet and Mr. Arrow's response to "Big Fat Ugly Bug Faced [[Eats Babies|Baby Eating]] O'Brien", a man so ugly he looks like an ''[[Dude Looks Like a Lady|attractive woman]]''.

 

* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''

** Wario humorously does this after {{spoiler|seeing King Dedede being assisted by Luigi and Ness, both of whom Wario had previously turned into trophies}}.

* Nihlus in ''[[Mass Effect]]'' gets a very bizarre equivalent when he first sees [[Eldritch Abomination|Sovereign]]. His side mouth mandibles twitch in an utterly alien gesture, which, however, leaves very little room to interpretation.

 

* Robin in ''[[Books Don't Work Here]]'' does this [http://booksdontworkhere.thecomicseries.com/comics/18/ Here]

* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''

'''Gabe:''' Shut up and help me find my goddammed eyes. }}

 

* This happens a lot to [[The Nostalgia Critic]].

** He jaw-drops during his ''[[The Neverending Story (film)|Neverending Story 3]]'' review, when the the Rockbiter starts singing ''Born to be Wild''. About a 1 feet drop. It's a simple special effect, but quite effective.

** In an interview, Brad said that this was his reaction in real life. He paused the DVD and called Jillian in to watch the rest of it.

 

* A large number of ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts feature these.

* [[Tex Avery]] also favored them in his [[Tex Avery MGM Cartoons|MGM work]]. See the Droopy cartoons, for example.