History Main / BrokenGlassPenalty

* Gomez enjoys hitting golf balls off the balcony of his house in the first ''AddamsFamily'' movie, and he's rather nonchalant when some of them fly right through his next-door neighbor's window. This comes back to bite him later when said neighbor, a judge, is presiding over the case involving ownership of his house...
--> Mr. Addams, I believe ''these'' are yours! (dumps a bucket of golf balls on the bench while laughing manically)

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* On ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'' a football is kicked through a farmhouse window. One of the sheep is delegated to retrieve the ball. Following various sounds of rummaging, the ball is kicking back out of the farmhouse, breaking ''another'' window.

A group of friends are outside playing a sport, most often baseball or soccer in Europe/South America. A particularly unlucky character throws/hits/kicks the ball. Cue the ball promptly flying through a window. A closed window. This can branch off to a few different situations:

** Note that one character (ButtMonkey or not) could remain with a confused expression. The situation could transfer to Situation B.

* '''C:''' No one comes out to inspect the damage, but then the one who lost the ball is forced to go retrieve it, whether it's in the {{Haunted House}}, the home of the {{Crazy Cat Lady}} or anything of the sort. Compare ScareDare.

Compare with WindowPain, in which the window breaking is not entirely accidental.

* In an episode of ''TheBradyBunch'' Peter is playing ball in the house and breaks Carol's vase. HilarityEnsues
* In the 8th Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Justice", Wesley Crusher receives the ''death penalty'' for breaking a greenhouse on an idyllic planet while running for a ball, just as the local death-dispensing authority arrives for a checkup. Fortunately (or not, depending on your point of view), it doesn't stick.

* On ''ShaunTheSheep'' a football is kicked through a farmhouse window. One of the sheep is delegated to retrieve the ball. Following various sounds of rummaging, the ball is kicking back out of the farmhouse, breaking ''another'' window.

* In the 8th Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Justice", Wesley Crusher receives the ''death penalty'' for breaking a greenhouse on an idyllic planet while running for a ball, just as the local death-dispensing authority arrives for a checkup. Fortunately (or not, depending on your point of view), it doesn't stick.

* At one point in ''{{Manga/Yotsuba}}'', Yotsuba kicks a soccer ball through a window by accident. Her dad spanks her.

* The [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] released an all-singing PSA in which an elderly man angrily inquires who hit the baseball that broke his window. A young boy steps forward to confess, leading to the ad's "You told the truth/I told the truth" coda.

* At one point in ''{{Yotsubato}}'', Yotsuba kicks a soccer ball through a window by accident. Her dad spanks her.

* Happens to Edmund in TheFilmOfTheBook of ''{{The Chronicles of Narnia}}: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe''. The children's attempt to hide leads them into the Wardrobe, which sends them to Narnia. (In the book, they were hiding from the housekeeper conducting a tour of the BigFancyHouse).

* In ''{{Monster House}}'', DJ is expected (and forced) to retrieve the ball after it is lost on the [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn then-]]]]villain's yard.

* In the US ''[[DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]]'', Dennis and his friends do this to Mr. Wilson's house sometimes, usually resulting in a Type B or D outcome.

* This happens in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Avatar The Last Airbender}}''. A few kids are playing with a ball, and a window is broken. Iroh appears and the following dialogue occurs:

* One episode of ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' plays out like this - the girls throw their ball through the window of Mojo Jojo, who tries to use it as an excuse to destroy them while pretending to be looking for their ball. After the girls [[PricelessMingVase continue to do more damage in the house]], he instead just gives them the ball back [[GetOut so that they will leave]].
* ''TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' and ''Kid VS Kat'' would be two C examples.

* ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' begins this way, as does the original pilot, "My Neighbor Is A Teenage Robot".
* ''JohnnyTest'' goes through all of these variants when he accidentally ticks off the [[CrazyCatLady crazy cat owner]] in one episode, and goes through a variety of competely pointless and ever more complex plots trying to get the ball back. Turns out all the man wanted was an apology, for the kids to turn the baseball diamond around, and to join in with the kids. Of course, when the diamond is turned around, the first thing that happens is the ball goes through a window of Johnny's house, prompting the only form of this trope that hadn't been seen up to that point (Type B).

* An ''EncyclopediaBrown'' chapter involves kids playing ball in the house and accidentally throwing the ball ''out'' the window. To avoid getting in trouble, they put a rock on the floor in the room and told their mother that someone had thrown the rock in; that's how the window got broken. The mother figured it out EB-style: [[spoiler:If the rock had been thrown in, there would be glass in the room, but there wasn't, only glass on the ground outside.]]

* This happens twice in ''{{CLANNAD}}'', whilst the cast are playing baseball. It's Akio's fault both times.

* In an episode of TheBradyBunch Peter is playing ball in the house and breaks Carol's vase. HilarityEnsues

* This happens in an episode of ''{{Avatar The Last Airbender}}''. A few kids are playing with a ball, and a window is broken. Iroh appears and the following dialogue occurs:

* ''TheSimpsons'' has a variation on Type C with a radio-controlled plane instead of a ball. Bart (although it was technically Nelson and Milhouse who crashed in) goes to get it and gets caught, setting off the episode's A plot of [[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext Bart working in a burlesque house]]]]).

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A group of friends are outside playing a sport, most often baseball. A particularly unlucky character throws/hits/kicks the ball. Cue the ball promptly flying through a window. A closed window. This can branch off to a few different situations:

* The plot of ''{{Honey I Shrunk the Kids}}'' kicks off like this, with Ron Thompson hitting a baseball through the window of the Szalinskys' attic, which lands on the machine which Wayne Szalinsky has been working on. When Ron and Nick, Wayne's son, go to get the ball back, they are shrunk by the machine, followed by Russ and Amy when they go up to check on their siblings.

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* In the US ''[[DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]]'', Dennis and his friends do this to Mr. Wilson's house sometimes, usually resulting in a Type B or D outcome.

* One episode of ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' plays out like this - the girls throw their ball through the window of their arch-villain, who tries to use it as an excuse to destroy them while pretending to be looking for their ball. After the girls [[PricelessMingVase continue to do more damage in the house]], he instead just gives them the ball back [[GetOut so that they will leave]].

A character and his friend/friends are outside playing a sport. A particularly unlucky character throws/hits/kicks the ball. Cue the ball promptly flying through a window. A closed window. This can branch off to a few different situations:

* '''C:''' No one comes out to inspect the damage, but then the one who lost the ball is forced to go retrieve it. Whether it's in the {{Haunted House}}, home of the {{Crazy Cat Lady}} or anything of the sort. Compare ScareDare.
* '''D:''' After impact, the owner comes out of his/her/ house. (Holding the ball is optional.) Oblivious to the damage, the group asks for the ball back. The owner will either be a {{Grumpy Old Man}} and keep it, or they'll give it back.

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* This happens twice in ''{{CLANNAD}}'', whilst playing baseball. It's Akio's fault both times.

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* Happens to Edmund in TheFilmOfTheBook of ''{{The Chronicles Of Narnia}}: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe''. The childrens' attempt to hide leads them into the Wardrobe which sends them to Narnia. (In the book, they were hiding from the housekeeper conducting a tour of the BigFancyHouse).
* The plot of ''{{Honey I Shrunk The Kids}}'' kicks off like this, with Ron Thompson hitting a baseball through the window of the Szalinskys' attic, which lands on the machine which Wayne Szalinsky has been working on. When Ron and Nick, Wayne's son, go to get the ball back, they are shrunk by the machine, followed by Russ and Amy when they go up to check on their siblings.

* Type 3 occurs in ''TheSandlot''. Of course, the "haunted house" the kid has to get into (past the "mean" dog) has many other treasures in store.

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* An EncyclopediaBrown segment involves kids playing ball in the house and accidentally throwing the ball ''out'' the window. To avoid getting in trouble they put a rock on the floor in the room and told their mother that someone had thrown the rock in, that's how the window got broken. The mother figured it out EB-style: [[spoiler: if the rock had been thrown in there would be glass in the room, but there wasn't, only glass on the ground outside.]]

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* This is the end result of rathergood.com's attempt to [[http://www.rathergood.com/bacon_rocket build a rocket out of bacon]].

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* This happens in an episode of ''{{Avatar The Last Airbender}}''. A few kids are playing with a ball, a window is broken. Iroh appears and the following dialogue occurs:

* ''TheSimpsons'' has a variation on Type C with an r/c plane instead of a ball. Bart (although it was technically Nelson and Milhouse that crashed in) goes to get it and gets caught, setting off the episode's A plot of [[spoiler: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Bart working in a burlesque house]]]]).
* ''JohnnyTest'' goes through all of these variants when he accidentally ticks off the [[CrazyCatLady crazy]] [[strike: cat lady]] man in one episode, and goes through a variety of competely pointless and ever more complex plots to try and get the ball back. Turns out all he wanted was an apology, for the kids to turn the baseball diamond around, and to join in with the kids. Of course, when the diamond is turned around, the first thing that happens is the ball goes through a window of Johnny's house, prompting the only form of this trope that hadn't been seen up to that point (Type B).

* One episode of ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' plays out like this - the girls throw their ball through the window of their arch-villain, who tries to use it as an excuse to destroy them while pretending to be looking for their ball. After the girls [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=w10kh9ri5qs1z47n6weydv54 continue to more damage in the house]], he rather just gives them the ball back [[GetOut so that they will leave]].

''{A large man appears inside the house}''\\

* This happens in an episode of ''{{Avatar The Last Airbender}}''. A few kids are playing with a ball, a window is broken. Iroh appears and the following dialogue goes something like this
-->'''Iroh:''' Sometimes it's best to be honest and truthful, and you will be better respected.\\

'''Large man:''' When I'm done with you, the window won't be the only thing that's broken!\\
'''Iroh:''' Except this time! ''Run!''

* ''DennisTheMenace'' and his friends do this to Mr. Wilson's house sometimes, usually resulting in a Type B or D outcome.

* Type 3 occurs in the ''Sandlot''. Of course, the "haunted house" the kid has to get into (past the "mean" dog) has many other treasures in store.

* This happens twice in CLANNAD, whilst playing baseball. It's Akio's fault both times.
* [[{{Yotsubato}} Yotsuba]] once kicked a soccer ball through a window by accident. Her dad spanked her.

* An EncyclopediaBrown involves kids playing ball in the house and accidentally throwing the ball ''out'' the window. To avoid getting in trouble they put a rock on the floor in the room and told their mother that someone had thrown the rock in, that's how the window got broken. The mother figured it out EB-style: [[spoiler: if the rock had been thrown in there would be glass in the room, but there wasn't, only glass on the ground outside.]]

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* This happens twice in CLANNAD, whilst playing baseball. It's Akio's fault both times.
* [[{{Yotsubato}} Yotsuba]] once kicked a soccer ball through a window by accident. Her dad spanked her.

[[AC: Newspaper Comics]]

[[AC: Web Original]]

[[AC: Western Animation]]

* I remember an EncyclopediaBrown where he was being told a story: kids were playing ball in the house and accidentally threw the ball ''out'' the window. To avoid getting in trouble they put a rock on the floor in the room and told their mother that someone had thrown the rock in, that's how the window got broken. The mother figured it out EB-style: [[spoiler: if the rock had been thrown in there would be glass in the room, but there wasn't, only glass on the ground outside.]]