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== Anime & Manga ==
* A famous scene in the beginning of ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]''.
* Asuna does this in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''.
* In ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', when Anthy's dress disintegrates during a party due to a vicious prank, Utena whips a nearby tablecloth free (sending everything that was on the table flying in the process) and wraps it around her, making it into a new, toga-like dress to replace it.
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* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' had the comedy version. Venkman tries to whip a table cloth from under a set table and succeeds in sending every item on the table ''except'' the centerpiece crashing to the floor.
{{quote| '''Venkman:''' And the flowers are still standing!}}
* ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Filmfilm)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'': Done successfully by the Grinch when trying to retrieve a tablecloth... only to immediately run back to the table and knock everything over himself. The table included.
 
 
== Literature ==
* Death does this in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'', in which it's a [[Phlebotinum Analogy]] for what the History Monks do -- the table is still laid, but the tablecloth can now be reused. Susan points out that the salt's fallen over and the tablecloth is stained, and Death replies, "{{smallcaps|Yes. As metaphors go it is rather good, don't you think?}}"
* Gleefully averted in ''[[Simon R. Green|Wolf In The Fold]]'', in which Fisher snatches up a tablecloth to cover the naked body of a dead man. The toppling crash of place settings is described in all its destructive glory.
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* One of the games in ''[[Wario Ware (Video Game)|Wario Ware]]: Smooth Moves'' is exactly this.
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* Bender in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Bender Gets Made": This is a double subversion, in that Bender succeeds in performing this trick, but his success was really a failure, since he meant to single-subvert the trope by just pulling everything off the table.
* In the ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series]]'' episode "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?", Robin knocks a thug standing on a table off his feet by pulling out the tablecloth. "I love that trick, but I can never make it work."
* In ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'', Tigger successfully pulls a cloth off Piglet's table without harming any of the dishes. Then he turns to leave the room:
{{quote| '''Tigger''': Ha, ha, thought they were all gonna crash, didn't ya? ''[slams the door and the dishes all shatter]''}}
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