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Occasionally, their movement and gyrations to get rid of it makes people think that they're dancing. Sometimes, [[Accidental Dance Craze|the onlookers join in]]. |
Occasionally, their movement and gyrations to get rid of it makes people think that they're dancing. Sometimes, [[Accidental Dance Craze|the onlookers join in]]. |
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[[Oop North]], people do this [ |
[[Oop North]], people do this [[wikipedia:Ferret legging|on purpose]]. |
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* All right, the puppets in ''[[Hobgoblins (Film)|Hobgoblins]]'' never actually make it ''into'' the pants of the teens they're attacking, but they do dance and writhe to try and make it look like they're being attacked. It's probably better than the awful 80's dancing they were doing before. |
* All right, the puppets in ''[[Hobgoblins (Film)|Hobgoblins]]'' never actually make it ''into'' the pants of the teens they're attacking, but they do dance and writhe to try and make it look like they're being attacked. It's probably better than the awful 80's dancing they were doing before. |
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{{quote| "That looks like a new dance! ''Kinky!''}} |
{{quote| "That looks like a new dance! ''Kinky!''}} |
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* No one was dancing, but in the movie of ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and |
* No one was dancing, but in the movie of ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Harry Potter]]'', when Draco gets turned into a ferret he gets put in Crabbe's pants. There is a song about this by the wizard rock group "Draco and the Malfoys" called "Goyle's Pants". (The song gets it wrong about whose pants ferret!Draco went into.) |
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* Several ''[[The Three Stooges (TV)|The Three Stooges]]'' shorts make use of this. |
* Several ''[[The Three Stooges (TV)|The Three Stooges]]'' shorts make use of this. |
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** One of the earliest being "Ants in the Pantry" with a mouse down the back of somebody's shirt, usually leading the Stooges to start doing [[That Russian Squat Dance]] to the rhythm of the victim's hopping. |
** One of the earliest being "Ants in the Pantry" with a mouse down the back of somebody's shirt, usually leading the Stooges to start doing [[That Russian Squat Dance]] to the rhythm of the victim's hopping. |
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* Although not an animal, this trope was invoked in ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' when a trophyman was charmed with the Murrieta Animata spell uses this trope to escape from Max |
* Although not an animal, this trope was invoked in ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' when a trophyman was charmed with the Murrieta Animata spell uses this trope to escape from Max |
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* ''[[El Chavo Del Ocho]]'': When Dona Florinda's restaurant became rat-infested, she and La Chillindrina each jumped into a chair for safety while El Chavo chased the rat with a broom. When El Chavo unwittingly touched La Chillindrina with the broom, she thought the rat went up her legs. Dona Florinda later experienced the same. |
* ''[[El Chavo Del Ocho]]'': When Dona Florinda's restaurant became rat-infested, she and La Chillindrina each jumped into a chair for safety while El Chavo chased the rat with a broom. When El Chavo unwittingly touched La Chillindrina with the broom, she thought the rat went up her legs. Dona Florinda later experienced the same. |
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* ''[[Dad's Army (TV)|Dads Army]]'': In "Room at the Bottom", Corporal Jones gets ants in his pants and, while trying to remove them, accidentally signals the platoon to advance into an ambush. |
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* The Chenille Sisters, a contemporary folk band with no actual familial relations, has the "Ants-in-Your-Pants Dance", which is [[Ear Worm|much more annoying]] once you outgrow it. |
* The Chenille Sisters, a contemporary folk band with no actual familial relations, has the "Ants-in-Your-Pants Dance", which is [[Ear Worm|much more annoying]] once you outgrow it. |
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* On his album "Late Last Night", which is full of songs designed for children to dance along to, Joe Scruggs has a song called "Ants In My Pants" about various dances brought on by difficult or dangerous situations (such as the "I-Can't-Move Boogaloo" and the "Up-To-Your-Chin Save-Yourself-Swim"), including, of course, the "I Got Ants in My Pants Dance". |
* On his album "Late Last Night", which is full of songs designed for children to dance along to, Joe Scruggs has a song called "Ants In My Pants" about various dances brought on by difficult or dangerous situations (such as the "I-Can't-Move Boogaloo" and the "Up-To-Your-Chin Save-Yourself-Swim"), including, of course, the "I Got Ants in My Pants Dance". |
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* [[Weird Al Yankovic (Music)|Weird Al Yankovic]]'s "Everything You Know Is Wrong" has this lovely bit: |
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic (Music)|Weird Al Yankovic]]'s "Everything You Know Is Wrong" has this lovely bit: |
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{{quote| ''One day I was driving in the fast lane<br /> |
{{quote| ''One day I was driving in the fast lane<br /> |
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With a rabid wolverine in my underwear'' }} |
With a rabid wolverine in my underwear'' }} |
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== Theater == |
== Theater == |
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* Sylvester McCoy got his stage name from a character he played who stuffed ferrets down his trousers; before becoming [[Doctor Who |
* Sylvester McCoy got his stage name from a character he played who stuffed ferrets down his trousers; before becoming [[Doctor Who|The Doctor]], his performing this act was his major claim to fame. |
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[[Category:Tropes in Pants]] |
[[Category:Tropes in Pants]] |
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[[Category:Squirrels In My Pants]] |
[[Category:Squirrels In My Pants]] |
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[[Category:Trope]] |
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