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Someone's [[No Escape but Down|long fall]] is broken by an open dumpster or an open heaping trash can. The trash will usually be [[Not the Fall That Kills You|softer than anything else in the immediate vicinity]] - [[Fridge Logic|you'd think]] there was a chance of broken glass in there, but this is hardly ever a problem... [[Wild Mass Guessing|maybe fictional people are better at wrapping it in cardboard.]]
Someone's [[No Escape but Down|long fall]] is broken by an open dumpster or an open heaping trash can. The trash will usually be [[Not the Fall That Kills You|softer than anything else in the immediate vicinity]] - [[Fridge Logic|you'd think]] there was a chance of broken glass in there, but this is hardly ever a problem... [[Wild Mass Guessing|maybe fictional people are better at wrapping it in cardboard.]]
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Another common variation, limited solely to comic uses, generally to kids' shows and mostly to people who really deserve it, is the big-ol' pile of horsesh... er, manure.
Another common variation, limited solely to comic uses, generally to kids' shows and mostly to people who really deserve it, is the big-ol' pile of horsesh... er, manure.


May serve as a way for our heroes to end up [[Down in The Dumps]].
May serve as a way for our heroes to end up [[Down in the Dumps]].


'''Note:''' This is a very risky stunt, and unless the only alternative is certain death, it would be best to think twice about doing this in real life.
'''Note:''' This is a very risky stunt, and unless the only alternative is certain death, it would be best to think twice about doing this in real life.
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* Purposely arranged in ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' so Matsuda can convincingly fake his death to escape from a cabal of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Corrupt Corporate Executives]].
* Purposely arranged in ''[[Death Note]]'' so Matsuda can convincingly fake his death to escape from a cabal of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Corrupt Corporate Executives]].




== Films -- Animation ==
== Films -- Animation ==
* The guards chasing [[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]] land on Crazy Hakim's Discount Fertilizer.
* The guards chasing [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]] land on Crazy Hakim's Discount Fertilizer.
* In the trailers for the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' CG Movie, three of the turtles land from a jump off a fire escape, and make badass poses, looking menacing and ninja-y... and then Michelangelo takes a header into a dumpster instead, prompting [[Face Palm|facepalms]] from the other Turtles.
* In the trailers for the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' CG Movie, three of the turtles land from a jump off a fire escape, and make badass poses, looking menacing and ninja-y... and then Michelangelo takes a header into a dumpster instead, prompting [[Face Palm|facepalms]] from the other Turtles.
* During the chase at Tokyo Airport in [[Cars|''Cars 2'']], both Mater and Finn McMissile escape from villains Grem and Acer by leading them through the fuselage of a Samairai plane, causing the two villains to fall into a waste disposal truck parked next to that plane. According to the novelization and comic, this happens to said villains again during the chase in London near the end, but such did not happen in the film (in the actual movie, both Grem and Acer meet their end when Holly Shiftwell knocks the two away from Mater and Lightning McQueen, then luring them both into a pub called "Ye Left Turn Inn", where [[Bar Brawl|the two are immediately beaten up]] by several trucks inside, including [[Mind Screw|automobile]] [[Early Bird Cameo|versions]] of [[Brave (Animation)|King Fergus, Lord Dingwall, Lord MacGuffin, and Lord Macintosh)]].
* During the chase at Tokyo Airport in [[Cars|''Cars 2'']], both Mater and Finn McMissile escape from villains Grem and Acer by leading them through the fuselage of a Samairai plane, causing the two villains to fall into a waste disposal truck parked next to that plane. According to the novelization and comic, this happens to said villains again during the chase in London near the end, but such did not happen in the film (in the actual movie, both Grem and Acer meet their end when Holly Shiftwell knocks the two away from Mater and Lightning McQueen, then luring them both into a pub called "Ye Left Turn Inn", where [[Bar Brawl|the two are immediately beaten up]] by several trucks inside, including [[Mind Screw|automobile]] [[Early-Bird Cameo|versions]] of [[Brave|King Fergus, Lord Dingwall, Lord MacGuffin, and Lord Macintosh)]].




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* Done hilariously to Cady in ''[[Mean Girls]]'' after parading down the hall with "The Plastics".
* Done hilariously to Cady in ''[[Mean Girls]]'' after parading down the hall with "The Plastics".
* Neo, while running from the three Agents in ''[[The Matrix]]''.
* Neo, while running from the three Agents in ''[[The Matrix]]''.
* ''[[Foul Play (Film)|Foul Play]]'' with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase has a scene like this.
* ''[[Foul Play (film)|Foul Play]]'' with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase has a scene like this.
* ''[[Steel]]'' falls into the garbage (where he belongs) after trying to leap buildings. But is able to get away because the dumpster [[Contrived Coincidence|is also where he stored his bike.]]
* ''[[Steel]]'' falls into the garbage (where he belongs) after trying to leap buildings. But is able to get away because the dumpster [[Contrived Coincidence|is also where he stored his bike.]]
* In a variation, Biff Tannen crash his car against a manure truck in each of the two first films of the ''[[Back to The Future]]'' trilogy. (In the third film, it is his ancestor and a manure wheelbarrow.)
* In a variation, Biff Tannen crash his car against a manure truck in each of the two first films of the ''[[Back to The Future]]'' trilogy. (In the third film, it is his ancestor and a manure wheelbarrow.)
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== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* Spider Robinson's ''[[Callahans Crosstime Saloon (Literature)|Callahan's Lady]]'' includes a short story with a villainess with some [[Applied Phlebotinum]] that forces the characters to do anything she asks them to. One of the orders she gives to the protagonist and another character is "don't go downstairs". They use [[Exact Words]] to turn that into "Do not descend a staircase" and the protagonist jumps into a dumpster from an upstairs window.
* Spider Robinson's ''[[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon|Callahan's Lady]]'' includes a short story with a villainess with some [[Applied Phlebotinum]] that forces the characters to do anything she asks them to. One of the orders she gives to the protagonist and another character is "don't go downstairs". They use [[Exact Words]] to turn that into "Do not descend a staircase" and the protagonist jumps into a dumpster from an upstairs window.
{{quote| '''Maureen:''' "If you are able to arrange your life to avoid dropping into whorehouse garbage from a height, I suggest you do so."}}
{{quote| '''Maureen:''' "If you are able to arrange your life to avoid dropping into whorehouse garbage from a height, I suggest you do so."}}


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* Tested by the ''[[Myth Busters]]'' -- if you're ''certain'' there's nothing dangerous under that top layer of trash, it's doable. Their "best case" setup assumed a dumpster used by a mattress factory and thus full of foam scrap; it did a better job of cushioning Buster's (and later Adam's) fall than the regulation stunt airbag.
* Tested by the ''[[Myth Busters]]'' -- if you're ''certain'' there's nothing dangerous under that top layer of trash, it's doable. Their "best case" setup assumed a dumpster used by a mattress factory and thus full of foam scrap; it did a better job of cushioning Buster's (and later Adam's) fall than the regulation stunt airbag.
** However, when they went to a waste disposal facility to look through dumpsters, they noted that the three that they selected at random to look at had items like medical waste, rebar and wood slats, which would likely severely injure anyone jumping into the dumpster.
** However, when they went to a waste disposal facility to look through dumpsters, they noted that the three that they selected at random to look at had items like medical waste, rebar and wood slats, which would likely severely injure anyone jumping into the dumpster.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "Survival", the Doctor is thrown from the explosion when neither he nor the guy he's playing motorcycle-chicken with swerves in time. He lands face first (and arse up) in a pile of rubbish someone was nice enough to leave lying in an abandoned field.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Survival", the Doctor is thrown from the explosion when neither he nor the guy he's playing motorcycle-chicken with swerves in time. He lands face first (and arse up) in a pile of rubbish someone was nice enough to leave lying in an abandoned field.
* In the opening chase of the first episode of ''[[The Last Detective]]'', a young thief jumps off a balcony into a pile of rubbish bags and hurts his leg. DC "Dangerous" Davies stops to [[Nice Guy|ask if he's OK]] before following him.
* In the opening chase of the first episode of ''[[The Last Detective]]'', a young thief jumps off a balcony into a pile of rubbish bags and hurts his leg. DC "Dangerous" Davies stops to [[Nice Guy|ask if he's OK]] before following him.
* ''[[MacGyver]]'': In "The Coltons", Frank and Jesse tackle a pair of bad guys out throw a second storey window and land in a dumpster which is miraculously full of bags of shredded paper.
* ''[[MacGyver]]'': In "The Coltons", Frank and Jesse tackle a pair of bad guys out throw a second storey window and land in a dumpster which is miraculously full of bags of shredded paper.
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* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Luck of the Fryish", Fry falls headfirst into a garbage can after electrocuting himself on some power-lines. A fast-food clerk then comments "That is one unlucky guy!" as he dumps his bucketful of waste into the same can.
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Luck of the Fryish", Fry falls headfirst into a garbage can after electrocuting himself on some power-lines. A fast-food clerk then comments "That is one unlucky guy!" as he dumps his bucketful of waste into the same can.
* In ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', Terry gets thrown into a dumptster, and flies out of it just as it's being picked up by a couple of garbagemen. While the one is shocked, his companion just shrugs it off with, "A guy's gotta eat."
* In ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', Terry gets thrown into a dumptster, and flies out of it just as it's being picked up by a couple of garbagemen. While the one is shocked, his companion just shrugs it off with, "A guy's gotta eat."
* In ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (Animation)|The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'' episode "Nemesis," Jonny and Hadji end up in a garbage dumpster while running away from some bad guys.
* In ''[[Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures|The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'' episode "Nemesis," Jonny and Hadji end up in a garbage dumpster while running away from some bad guys.
{{quote| '''Hadji:''' Jonny, this was--<br />
{{quote| '''Hadji:''' Jonny, this was--<br />
'''Jonny:''' [[Incredibly Lame Pun|...A really rotten idea?]] }}
'''Jonny:''' [[Incredibly Lame Pun|...A really rotten idea?]] }}
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