Watch Out for That Tree: Difference between revisions

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[[File:junglegeorge-treewatch2 4936.jpg|link=George of the Jungle|frame|Ow.]]

 

{{quote|"''[[Sarcasm Mode|Dumb place to put a tree -- in the middle of a forest]].''"|'''Fiona Whittaker''', ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]''}}

 

Named for [[George of the Jungle]], who did this so frequently, it's mentioned in his theme song.

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* It happens at least once in the ''[[Naruto]] Shippuden'' anime (to Might Guy, of course).

{{quote|'''Might Guy:''' Me? My battery never runs down!

 

 

* In ''[[Fern Gully]]'', the decidedly [[Cloudcuckoolander|absent-minded]] Batty Koda [[media:Watch Out For That Tree 2451.png|does this]]... several times. It's not so much that he's blind as it is that his wiring is on the fritz. Similarly, in ''[[Fern Gully]] 2'', he crashes into several windows.

** Interestingly, this is [[Truth in Television]]—fruit bats fly perfectly well, but they have a lot more trouble landing than most other bats. Although they rarely face-plant into the trunk the way Batty does.

* In ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', Jack runs straight into a signpost at the end of the song "What's This?"

* Likewise, in ''[[Corpse Bride]]'', Victor runs into a tree when running away from the eponymous bride. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|He then runs into the tree again]].

* The speeder bike chase in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.

* [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and The Chocolate Factory]]'' has a scene where Willy Wonka walks straight into the glass elevator. And later on, guess what, he does it again.

** In ''[[Discworld/Equal Rites|Equal Rites]]'', Granny Weatherwax forcibly imposes this trope on a hungry bear, causing it to walk headfirst into a tree and knock itself out.

** In ''[[Discworld/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'', when the Librarian—an orangutan for those unfamiliar with the series—tries to do a Tarzan moment to stop an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that was in the form of a [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|giant woman]], he misses it and smashes into the Tower of Art. This then leads to a ''[[King Kong]]'' spoof with an ape being held hostage by a giant woman. Only Pratchett could do that many spoofs in that little time.

 

 

* In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Bubblevision", Bubbles needs glasses. [[Blind Without'Em|When she doesn't wear them]], she hits trees, a building, and a pole.

* In an episode of ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'', Ed tries to search through a field of tall grass for his little sister Sarah, and runs into a tree. "Ow... That wasn't you!"

{{quote|'''Pinkie Pie:''' But...

'''Rainbow Dash:''' I said, not now! ''*thud!*''

* ''[[American Dad]]'' had this happen in the episode where Stan finally learns to ride a bike, arriving at the courthouse in time for his father's probation hearing, he approaches the courthouse triumphantly, and then...

{{quote|'''Stan:''' I don't know how to stop! Move that building out of my way!}}

 

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