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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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Sometimes, the person doing the falling aimed for the trash. |
Sometimes, the person doing the falling aimed for the trash. |
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When the character picks |
When the character picks himself up, there is a good chance they will stop to remove debris or food from their clothing. This will *always* include a [[Banana Peel]]. For large trash piles, they might not need to stop -- trash will fall off their clothes as they move. Bonus points if someone tries eating items from the trash. |
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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. |
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