History Main / JawDrop

* In the ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' episode "Rival Doc", this is Fat Doc and Slim Doc's reaction to the rival doc actually managing to capture Lamput by getting him to climb into his suitcase with minimal effort. The stunned scientists promptly push each other's jaws back into place.

* A PlayedForHorror example happens in the {{Creepypasta}} ''Fanfic/ToyStory3AlternateEnding''. In the pasta, Woody smiles wider than it is humanly possible, in which [[{{Jawbreaker}} his jaw melts off of its hinges]] and falls on top of his lap.

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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 3 episode 5, Big M.'s jaw drops when he nearly gets hit by a knife. He promptly compresses his mouth closed.
* In the ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' episode "Rival Doc", this is Fat Doc and Slim Doc's reaction to the rival doc actually managing to capture Lamput by getting him to climb into his suitcase with minimal effort. The stunned scientists promptly push each other's jaws back into place.
* ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'':
** In the episode "Cricket Match", Samosa's jaw drops in surprise when he first sees that his friend Jalebi is participating in the cricket game, complete with an OverlyLongTongue rolling out of his mouth.
** This happens twice in "Spa Wars", both examples also featuring {{Overly Long Tongue}}s. The first instance is when Dhokla stares in awe at the futuristic technology found in Appa Spa. The second instance is when Samosa looks on in surprise at Iddiyappam Appa confessing his love for Iddiyappam Amma, and the latter returning the former's feelings.
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* Agatha in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' does it [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070427 here]] upon first seeing [[spoiler:the fake Heterodyne]], and Zeetha closes it with the comment that she should face the "new era" with some dignity.

* Occurs in some strips of ''Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower''.

* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': This winds up happening a few times:
** Just about everyone present was [[StunnedSilence stunned speechless]] when Melissa [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/the_dud laid Rain out in seconds flat]], [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame without having to cast a single spell.]]
** About a week later, [[spoiler:[[ADarkerMe Dark]]]] Skye stunned Callista at her own birthday party, [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/source_of_entertainment by frenching her girlfriend right in front of her]]. Then left everyone slackjawed [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/see_you_monday when she departed on a wolfback.]]
* [[ActionGirl Haley's]] jaw drops in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' strip [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0250.html "Oh no, he DIDN'T!"]], when [[OnlySaneMan Roy]] finally snaps and tells KnightTemplar Miko to shove it. Then Haley hugs him.
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': Winston might be a seasoned parasitologist, but the sight of StarfishAlien Sam with his pants off leaves him agape and stammering in horrified disbelief. He got off light -- others who've seen what Sam looks like outside his containment suit have tried to gouge out their eyes.

* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': This is [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Starscream's]] reaction to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash's]] [[SuperSpeed Sonic]] [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows Rainboom]].

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': When Mittens first sees Bolt's CosmeticCatastrophe in "The Makeover," her eyes pop and her jaw plummets before she subsequently breaks into hysterics.
-->It was then that Mittens saw him. Her eyes widened like soccer balls and her mouth dropped open like a trap door before she collapsed on her back, convulsed with hysterical laughter.

* A rare PlayedForHorror example happens in the {{Creepypasta}} ''Fanfic/ToyStory3AlternateEnding''. In the pasta, Woody smiles wider than it is humanly possible, in which [[{{Jawbreaker}} his jaw melts off of its hinges]] and falls on top of his lap.

* A rare PlayedForHorror example happens in the {{Creepypasta}} ''Fanfic/ToyStory3AlternateEnding''. In the pasta, Woody smiles wider than it is humanly possible, and his jaw falls to his lap, in which it [[{{Jawbreaker}} melts off of its hinges]]

Compare {{Gasp}}, WildTake and EyePop.

* A decidedly non-comedic version with the Internet meme [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/omg-cat OMG Cat]], featuring a cat whose jawbone had been dislocated. The image resulted from her owner putting out an urgent call for help to [[Website/FourChan 2chan]], asking them what to do since this happened at night when the animal hospital was closed.

* ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' has Michael drop his jaw when he sees their [[BehindTheBlack father with blond hair]].
* Rare live-action example in Disney's ''Film/MaryPoppins'': After witnessing their new nanny slide ''up'' the banister, Michael is left this way. Mary Poppins sees this and gives the memorable line: "Close your mouth please, Michael. We are not a codfish."
* ''Film/TheMask'', whose jaw hits the floor and his tongue unrolls like a carpet on seeing Tina and completed with an EyePop.

* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', [[PrivateDetective Eddie]] drops his jaw when he first sees [[TheVamp Jessica Rabbit]] (he had assumed she was a [[SpeciesSurname Rabbit like Roger]]); a rather miffed WesternAnimation/BettyBoop closes his mouth shut.
* In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Nien Nunb does this when he sees that they are about to hit a low ceiling. They just barely manage to tip the surface.
* Both versions of ''Film/TheProducers'' feature an '''entire audience''' doing this during ''Springtime for Hitler'''s opening number.

* In the horror spoof ''Film/MonsterInTheCloset'', the heroine goes into a slack-jawed trance every time she sees the hero [[TheGlassesGottaGo without his glasses]]. And then [[spoiler:the monster does the same thing...]]
* Combined with DramaticDrop in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. Dr. Silberman pulls the cap off a hypodermic needle with his teeth (because Sarah Connor has broken his arm) so he can sedate her. When he sees the T-1000 walk through a barred door, the cap drops out of his mouth.

* More noticeable in ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' when Night Owl II watches Silk Spectre descend the stairs in her {{Stripperiffic}} outfit.

* A variation in ''Film/TheFlash2023''. At one point Barry Allen gets a tooth knocked out and sticks it back in with superglue. At the end of the movie he's apparently fixed the mess he made of the timeline [[spoiler:only to find that Batman now looks like Creator/GeorgeClooney.]] At that point, his tooth falls out again.

* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', the death of [[spoiler: King Radical]] in the final chapter causes some dropped jaws, especially Gordito's. His, in particular, is probably due to not just the dramatic event but the way in which it is achieved: [[spoiler: Dr. [=McNinja=] sneaks behind {{Dracula}}, grabs him by the ankles and swings him mouth first at King Radical, making him accidentally bite him into a vampire. Then he grabs the pope and throws him at King Radical, [[HolyBurnsEvil making him explode]].]]