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* Another [[Tom Hanks]] movie, ''[[The Burbs]]'', also used this--although it was the creepy neighbor's porch in this case.
* Happens to Po on ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' as he tries to sneak down a hallway late at night.
* The first [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (
{{quote| '''Donatello:''' Uh, guys, I'm not so sure if this is, structurally speaking... such a good time for your buddies to drop in.<br />
''Foot soldiers drop in through the skylight. Seconds later epic floorboard failure occurs.'' }}
* A central part of the plot in ''Duplex'', a Drew Barrymore black comedy.
* [[Iron Man (
* A justified variant in ''[[
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[
* In ''The Mighty Queens of Freeville'', Amy Dickinson tells the amusing story of the time her daughter's entire high-school madrigal choir crashed through the boards of the stage in the middle of rehearsal.
* In one of the [[Ramona Quimby]] books, Ramona falls halfway through the unfinished floor of a friend's attic. She's very annoyed when she tries to tell the story at the dinner table with what she feels is an appropriate amount of drama, and her older sister interrupts, saying how easy it is to step onto the plaster and that she knows someone who fell all the way through.
* In ''[[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* [[Splinter Cell]] has this when the player character moves too fast in a burning building.
* Happens quite often in the [[Half-Life]] games. Also happens in ducts as well (once into a room full of laser tripwire explosives).
* In [[
* In ''[[Barrow Hill]]'', entering the barn's loft for the first time causes the floor to collapse, trapping you in the lower part of the building until you find the means to escape.
* In ''[[Mortal Kombat 3]]'', the stage [[Finishing Move|fatality]] of Shao Kahn Tower has the winner uppercutting the loser, after which the defeated opponent falls through the floor (which stayed intact for the entire duration of the fight), and keeps falling through several stories of floorboards, before landing on a bed of spikes.
* In the "[[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]]'' trailer for the Xbox-release, the assassin throws an [[Kill It
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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