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* In ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', Alfred drops his tray of tea when he sees that [[spoiler:Stephanie, aka The Spoiler]] is still alive. [[spoiler:Steph]] then {{Lampshades}} this by commenting that it's nice to see Alfred lose his cool British demeanor once in a while.
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* In ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Alfred drops his tray of tea when he sees that [[spoiler:Stephanie, aka The Spoiler]] is still alive. [[spoiler:Steph]] then {{Lampshades}} this by commenting that it's nice to see Alfred lose his cool British demeanor once in a while.
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* In ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'', Wong is about to serve a tray of tea to Comicbook/DoctorStrange, but he drops it on the floor when [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Thanos}} wipes him out of existence by [[BadassFingerSnap using the eponymous gauntlet]] to kill half of the universe's population]].
* In the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' issue 182, Tony Stark is drinking a bottle of alcohol when his friend, Gretyl, announces that she's giving birth. Tony promptly drops the bottle to help her.
* In the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' issue 182, Tony Stark is drinking a bottle of alcohol when his friend, Gretyl, announces that she's giving birth. Tony promptly drops the bottle to help her.
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* In ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'', ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'': Wong is about to serve a tray of tea to Comicbook/DoctorStrange, ComicBook/DoctorStrange, but he drops it on the floor when [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Thanos}} wipes him out of existence by [[BadassFingerSnap using the eponymous gauntlet]] to kill half of the universe's population]].
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'''': Inthe ''ComicBook/IronMan'' issue 182, ''ComicBook/IronMan1968'' #182, Tony Stark is drinking a bottle of alcohol when his friend, Gretyl, announces that she's giving birth. Tony promptly drops the bottle to help her.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Silverblade}}'' #4, Milestone is carrying Jonathan's breakfast tray upstairs when he is confronted by Brain Vane's ghost for the time. Milestone screams and drops the tray, which goes bouncing down the stairs.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Silverblade}}'': In ''ComicBook/{{Silverblade}}'' issue #4, Milestone is carrying Jonathan's breakfast tray upstairs when he is confronted by Brain Vane's ghost for the time. Milestone screams and drops the tray, which goes bouncing down the stairs.
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** Franchise/TheFlash drops his autograph pen when the bad guys show up.
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** Franchise/TheFlash The Flash drops his autograph pen when the bad guys show up.
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** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'': During the start-of-term feast, Hermione knocks over her goblet with a clang, when she learns that there are house-elves at Hogwarts.
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* On ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'', David drops a glass when [[spoiler:his father walks in holding the rearview mirror of the new car]].
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* On ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'', In the ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' episode "[[Recap/WishboneS1E29LittleBigDog Little Big Dog]]." David drops a glass when [[spoiler:his father walks in holding the rearview side-view mirror of the new car]].
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* In ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'':
** The vicar's wife drops a laden tray when suddenly faced with "Daddy" in a gas mask, carrying a shotgun.
** In her haste to answer the telephone, Hyacinth casually tosses biscuits off a tray as she leaves the room.
** A RunningGag in the series is that Hyacinth's neighbour Elizabeth frequently drops or spills cups of coffee whenever something startles her, such as the telephone ringing or Hyacinth shouting out.
%%* Parodied in ''Series/LittleBritain'': During a classroom test, a boy drops a pencil, causing the teacher to hiss "SSSSSSSSHHH!". The teacher then starts noisily vacuuming the classroom. (Does he actually drop it in response to something dramatic, or just by accident? If the former, what he's dropping it in response to should be specified. If the latter, it's not this trope and should be removed.)
** The vicar's wife drops a laden tray when suddenly faced with "Daddy" in a gas mask, carrying a shotgun.
** In her haste to answer the telephone, Hyacinth casually tosses biscuits off a tray as she leaves the room.
** A RunningGag in the series is that Hyacinth's neighbour Elizabeth frequently drops or spills cups of coffee whenever something startles her, such as the telephone ringing or Hyacinth shouting out.
%%* Parodied in ''Series/LittleBritain'': During a classroom test, a boy drops a pencil, causing the teacher to hiss "SSSSSSSSHHH!". The teacher then starts noisily vacuuming the classroom. (Does he actually drop it in response to something dramatic, or just by accident? If the former, what he's dropping it in response to should be specified. If the latter, it's not this trope and should be removed.)
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* DramaticDrop:
** In''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'':
** The"Let there be light", the vicar's wife drops a laden tray loaded tray, when she is suddenly faced with "Daddy" in Hyacinth's daddy wearing a gas mask, and carrying a shotgun.
** When Hyacinth is waiting for Richard in the car outside a pub, she sounds the car horn, and startles a waiter, who drops his very full tray. The waiter mutters "bitch", masked by the sound of the horn, and Hyacinth says "butterfingers". Later, the same waiter passes again, this time watching Hyacinth carefully.
** In her haste to answer the telephone, Hyacinth casually tosses biscuits off atray as she leaves the room.
tray.
**A RunningGag in the series is that Hyacinth's neighbour Elizabeth frequently drops Hyacinth's best china, or spills cups a biscuit ''into'' her cup of coffee whenever something startles her, such as coffee. This usually happens when she is startled by Hyacinth suddenly shouting out, or by the telephone ringing or ringing, which is even lampshaded by Hyacinth shouting out.
at one point.
---> '''Hyacinth:''' ''(to Richard, making him sit by the telephone, ready to answer it)'' I wouldn't say anything in front of Elizabeth, but she does have this way of jumping every time the telephone rings.%%* Parodied in ''Series/LittleBritain'': During a classroom test, a boy drops a pencil, causing the teacher to hiss "SSSSSSSSHHH!". The teacher then starts noisily vacuuming the classroom. (Does he actually drop it in response to something dramatic, or just by accident? If the former, what he's dropping it in response to should be specified. If the latter, it's not this trope and should be removed.)
** In
** The
** When Hyacinth is waiting for Richard in the car outside a pub, she sounds the car horn, and startles a waiter, who drops his very full tray. The waiter mutters "bitch", masked by the sound of the horn, and Hyacinth says "butterfingers". Later, the same waiter passes again, this time watching Hyacinth carefully.
** In her haste to answer the telephone, Hyacinth casually tosses biscuits off a
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---> '''Hyacinth:''' ''(to Richard, making him sit by the telephone, ready to answer it)'' I wouldn't say anything in front of Elizabeth, but she does have this way of jumping every time the telephone rings.%%* Parodied in ''Series/LittleBritain'': During a classroom test, a boy drops a pencil, causing the teacher to hiss "SSSSSSSSHHH!". The teacher then starts noisily vacuuming the classroom. (Does he actually drop it in response to something dramatic, or just by accident? If the former, what he's dropping it in response to should be specified. If the latter, it's not this trope and should be removed.)
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* ''WebAnimation/{{Glitchtale}}'': When Asgore calls Mettaton to inform him about [[spoiler:Alphys's death]], Mettaton drops the phone in shock, shattering the screen in the process.
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See also JawDrop, BowelBreakingBricks, DramaticShattering, PoisonedDrinkDrop, SpitTake, TheComedyDrop, and StoppedDeadInTheirTracks. Not to be confused with MicDrop. Sometimes subverted with a DesperateObjectCatch.
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See also JawDrop, BowelBreakingBricks, DramaticShattering, DramaticSitDown, PoisonedDrinkDrop, SpitTake, TheComedyDrop, and StoppedDeadInTheirTracks. Not to be confused with MicDrop. Sometimes subverted with a DesperateObjectCatch.
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* ''Film/RunLolaRun'' plays this after Manny calls Lola; because the story explores several ForWantOfANail possible outcomes, it's repeated three times.
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* ''Film/RunLolaRun'' plays this after Manny calls Lola; because the story explores several ForWantOfANail WhatIf possible outcomes, it's repeated three times.
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* ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'': When Artegall knocks Britomart’s helmet off, he is so shocked to see the beautiful face of a woman that his arm goes slack and his sword falls to the ground.
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* ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'': In ''Tempest Unleashed'', Tempest tells Kona, "Back the hell off!" A nurse drops her tray of instruments, because Kona is the crown prince of the selkies and she's never heard anyone talk that way to him.
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* ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'': ''Literature/Tempest2011'': In ''Tempest Unleashed'', Tempest tells Kona, "Back the hell off!" A nurse drops her tray of instruments, because Kona is the crown prince of the selkies and she's never heard anyone talk that way to him.
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* ''Film/KongSkullIsland'':
** In the opening where King Kong turns up for the first time, with his existence bringing a fight between two freshly-stranded WWII pilots from opposing sides to a standstill; we see the Japanese pilot's blade fall from his hand in a slow-motion shot at the sight of the gigantic ape which defies and redefines everything humanity thought they knew about the world.
** Later, when a soldier is killed in the bamboo forest by a camouflaged GiantSpider, his water bottle crashes to the ground in slow-motion to signify when the death blow is delivered.
** In the opening where King Kong turns up for the first time, with his existence bringing a fight between two freshly-stranded WWII pilots from opposing sides to a standstill; we see the Japanese pilot's blade fall from his hand in a slow-motion shot at the sight of the gigantic ape which defies and redefines everything humanity thought they knew about the world.
** Later, when a soldier is killed in the bamboo forest by a camouflaged GiantSpider, his water bottle crashes to the ground in slow-motion to signify when the death blow is delivered.
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* ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'': In ''Tempest Unleashed'', Tempest tells Kona, "Back the hell off!" A nurse drops her tray of instruments, because Kona is the crown prince of the selkies and she's never heard anyone talk that way to him.
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* ''Series/CriminologistHimuraAndMysteryWriterArisugawa'':
** After Moroboshi and Himura [[SoundOnlyDeath seem to have]] fatally shot each other, the scene cuts to Tokie dropping a glass in her home. While she doesn't know what's happened, her expression indicates that [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling she can feel something off]].
** Later, in the same episode, Tokie and Arisugawa are in her home when a surprising guest walks through the door. Tokie is so shocked that she once again drops the bowl that she's holding -- this time, however, Arisugawa [[SubvertedTrope rushes forward to grab it just before it hits the ground]].
** After Moroboshi and Himura [[SoundOnlyDeath seem to have]] fatally shot each other, the scene cuts to Tokie dropping a glass in her home. While she doesn't know what's happened, her expression indicates that [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling she can feel something off]].
** Later, in the same episode, Tokie and Arisugawa are in her home when a surprising guest walks through the door. Tokie is so shocked that she once again drops the bowl that she's holding -- this time, however, Arisugawa [[SubvertedTrope rushes forward to grab it just before it hits the ground]].
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E152MrGarrityAndTheGraves Mr. Garrity and the Graves]]"
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E152MrGarrityAndTheGraves "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E32MrGarrityAndTheGraves Mr. Garrity and the Graves]]"
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* ''Film/DoctorInLove'':
** Dr. Hare drops a surgical tool after hearing that Sir Lancelot is planning to retire.
** When Sir Lancelot tells Dr. Burke to stop fondling his theatre staff's buttocks, the staff woman in question drops the bedpan she was holding in embarrassment.
** When Dr. Burke scares Wildewinde, he remarks he nearly dropped his forceps, and when Dr. Burke mentions he could set him in the window and show off a scar on his stomach, he actually drops his forceps.
** Dr. Hare drops a surgical tool after hearing that Sir Lancelot is planning to retire.
** When Sir Lancelot tells Dr. Burke to stop fondling his theatre staff's buttocks, the staff woman in question drops the bedpan she was holding in embarrassment.
** When Dr. Burke scares Wildewinde, he remarks he nearly dropped his forceps, and when Dr. Burke mentions he could set him in the window and show off a scar on his stomach, he actually drops his forceps.
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* ''Fanfic/PastSins'': ''Glimpses'': "Displeasing Constants": When Nyx gets to ask a predictive spell a question for laughs, Twilight almost drops the camera she was carrying, in shock:
--> Nyx crinkled her nose, but resigned herself to her fate. “Okay, but then I want my question for the table to be… um… I want my question to be… what if you were married?”\\
“Married!?” Twilight almost dropped Nyx’s camera as her mind tried to process what she had just heard. “Where did this come from?”
--> Nyx crinkled her nose, but resigned herself to her fate. “Okay, but then I want my question for the table to be… um… I want my question to be… what if you were married?”\\
“Married!?” Twilight almost dropped Nyx’s camera as her mind tried to process what she had just heard. “Where did this come from?”
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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'':
** {{Subverted}} with Martin, who almost drops his camera from shock but manages to steady it with Mark's help during an up-close encounter with [[TranshumanAbomination Monster X]], stunned that the creature is capable of communication.
** [[spoiler:PlayedStraight by Nadezhda when she hears [[SuddenlySpeaking Lubyov]] talk about her baby]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/SkullIsland2023'': In the [[Recap/SkullIsland2023S1E3WhatsUpCroc third episode]], seeing the Kraken tear apart the rescue chopper like it's nothing is enough to make a stunned Sam's grip on his machine gun to go slack, letting it drop to the ground beside him while he's still staring in shock.
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* In ''Fanfic/AFrozenFlower'', Olive is told that Orchid broke the seal to her dinosaur room and drops the pitcher of water that she's holding. Octavia then comes in and is told the same news by Olive and drops her tub of bouncy balls, but she has no idea what Olive is referring to.
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* ''Literature/GeorgesMarvellousMedicine'': When George's mother returns from shopping, she sees the giant hen; and drops a bottle of milk. Then she sees Grandma sticking up through the roof, and drops a bag of groceries.
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* ''Literature/GeorgesMarvellousMedicine'': When George's mother returns from shopping, she sees the a giant hen; hen and drops a bottle of milk. Then she sees Grandma sticking up through the roof, and drops a bag of groceries.
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* ''Literature/GeorgesMarvellousMedicine'': When George's mother returns from shopping, she sees the giant hen; and drops a bottle of milk. Then she sees Grandma sticking up through the roof, and drops a bag of groceries.
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* ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'':
** Mrs Wormwood drops her husband's breakfast tray when she sees his disastrous hair-dye emergency.
** When Miss Trunchbull sees her name written on the blackboard by an invisible hand, she drops the child she is holding up by the ankle.
** Mrs Wormwood drops her husband's breakfast tray when she sees his disastrous hair-dye emergency.
** When Miss Trunchbull sees her name written on the blackboard by an invisible hand, she drops the child she is holding up by the ankle.
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* In the song "Madeira, m'dear" by Music/FlandersAndSwann, the young girl drops her glass when she recalls words from her mother:
--> "Oh my child, should you look on the wine that is red,
--> "Be prepared for a fate worse than death."
--> She let go her glass with a shrill little cry.
--> Crash, tinkle it fell to the floor.
--> "Oh my child, should you look on the wine that is red,
--> "Be prepared for a fate worse than death."
--> She let go her glass with a shrill little cry.
--> Crash, tinkle it fell to the floor.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'''s fifth Volume, Ruby walks into the living room of where they're staying carrying a tea tray from the kitchen, only for her to see [[spoiler:Weiss and Yang, her two teammates who, thanks to the events of Volume 3, she hasn't seen, or been in contact with, for months]]. She immediately drops the tray and its contents on the floor in shock.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'''s fifth Volume, Ruby walks into the living room of where they're staying carrying a tea tray from the kitchen, only for her to see [[spoiler:Weiss and Yang, her two teammates teammate and sister who, thanks to the events of Volume 3, she hasn't seen, or been in contact with, for months]]. She immediately drops the tray and its contents on the floor in shock.
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** In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', [[DarkMagicalGirl Fate Testarossa]] drops her intelligent device Bardiche when she discovers [[CloningBlues the truth about her past]]. Quite the TearJerker moment.
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** In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', [[DarkMagicalGirl Fate Testarossa]] drops her intelligent device Bardiche when she discovers [[CloningBlues [[CloneAngst the truth about her past]]. Quite the TearJerker moment.
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See also JawDrop, BowelBreakingBricks, DramaticShattering, PoisonedDrinkDrop, SpitTake,and TheComedyDrop. Not to be confused with MicDrop. Sometimes subverted with a DesperateObjectCatch.
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See also JawDrop, BowelBreakingBricks, DramaticShattering, PoisonedDrinkDrop, SpitTake,and TheComedyDrop.SpitTake, TheComedyDrop, and StoppedDeadInTheirTracks. Not to be confused with MicDrop. Sometimes subverted with a DesperateObjectCatch.
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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate3'' features an OptionalSexualEncounter with a druid who may [[ShapeshiftingSquick wildshape into a bear form before doing the deed]]. A squirrel is seen witnessing this and drops its acorn in utter shock.
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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate3'' ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' features an OptionalSexualEncounter with a druid who may [[ShapeshiftingSquick wildshape into a bear form before doing the deed]]. A squirrel is seen witnessing this and drops its acorn in utter shock.
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* One of the most memorable episodes of ''Series/MrBean'', "Back to School Mr. Bean". Bean drops the pastry he's about to eat when [[spoiler:his car gets flattened by a tank]]. To be fair, he ''did'' ignore the "Reserved Parking" warning and removed the traffic cones earlier at the episode's start.
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* One of the most memorable episodes of ''Series/MrBean'', "Back to School Mr. Bean". Bean drops the pastry he's about to eat eating after a DoubleTake when [[spoiler:his car gets flattened by a tank]]. To be fair, he ''did'' ignore the "Reserved Parking" warning and removed the traffic cones earlier at the episode's start.
