History Main / NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals

** That large bird is a crane, and can in fact be seen prominentely earlier in the scene where Dorothy and Scarecrow first meet the Tinman, so its appearance is likely intentional. Other exotic birds are used as props in other scenes aswell, so that crane probably didn't just walk on set and be allowed to roam around in the background.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''':

-->'''Steve Allen:''' That's what I love about live television!

** In the execrable Kennel from Hell match (from the 1999 ''Unforgiven'' pay-per-view), the gimmick was that it was a cage match with two cages (a normal cage around the ring, and the larger, roofed Hell in a Cell cage), but that there would be several ferocious rottweilers in the area between them. The problem was that the dogs weren't remotely ferocious. They urinated and defecated at ringside, mated, tried to get petted by the fans, and generally acted like overgrown puppies. The rare occasions in which the dogs barked or acted aggressively were directed towards each other instead of the wrestlers, which defeated the entire point of the match. The main reason why this happened was because the company didn't bother trying to find trained attack dogs (Wrestling/VinceRusso has claimed that the company tried to borrow dogs from the local police department, but the request was denied.) and they instead just contacted random rottweiler owners they found through the veterinarian clinic, and only one of the dogs had any sort of obedience training.

** In the execrable Kennel from Hell match (from the 1999 ''Unforgiven'' pay-per-view), the gimmick was that it was a cage match with two cages (a normal cage around the ring, and the larger, roofed Hell in a Cell cage), but that there would be several ferocious guard dogs in the area between them. The problem was that the dogs (several rottweilers) weren't remotely ferocious. They urinated and defecated at ringside, mated, tried to get petted by the fans, and generally acted like overgrown puppies. The rare occasions in which the dogs barked or acted aggressively were directed towards each other instead of the wrestlers, which defeated the entire point of the match.

** Most magicians in general don't like performing for children unless they specialize in it. Magic acts relies heavily on tricking and deceiving the audience in a way that they won't realize that they're being tricked, and kids are much harder in this regard as they will [[TooDumbToFool simply not pick up on the same cues that would fool an adult.]]

* ''Film/DrNo'' would have adapted a scene from the original book where crabs attacked Honey Ryder, but the crabs were kept cold during their shipping and were very inactive on set, necessitating their removal from the film.

** Jupe's backstory involves [[spoiler:the cast and crew of his former sitcom getting brutally mauled by their chimpanzee costar (who, in a meta example, is [[SerkisFolk played by a human]] through MotionCapture for this exact reason). By the present, he's trying to use a predatory alien as part of his show, but ends up victim to it himself.]]

** Socks as Bumpy is initially in a bad mood and has to bribed with a biscuit for Bluey to hug her in one scene. She then bites Bandit’s leg [[{{Irony}} while he’s saying how gentle and mild she is.]] Aside from nearly pooping onscreen, she gets better after that.

* Most of the child actors from ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' were well-behaved. That is, except for Paris Themmen (Mike Teevee) who was an absolute nightmare while filming. Themmen opened a glass dome containing the wasp colony for the inventing room scene, which led to the set having to be evacuated and him getting stung multiple times. Even Creator/GeneWilder (Willy Wonka), normally a FriendToAllChildren, had his patience tested by him.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': An in universe example in "Bumpy and The Wise Old Wolfhound" with Muffin and Socks:
** Muffin as The Baker Lady keeps calling Bluey by her real name instead of her character’s name, forgets her lines (having Stipe tell her them on camera) and accidentally breaks Chili’s good vase.
** Socks as Bumpy is initially in a bad mood and has to bribed with a biscuit for Bluey to hug her. She then bites Bandit’s leg [[{{Irony}} while he’s saying how gentle and mild she is.]] Aside from nearly pooping onscreen, she gets better after that.

* The monkey that played Mr. Nilsson in the classic Swedish TV version of ''Literature/PippiLongstocking'' frequently bit and scratched people and relieved himself on the set. The actors playing Pippi, Tommy and Annika are often noticeably nervous when filming scenes with him.

** And episode 11 of season 10 forces the designers to take care of baby dolls that cry (the type given to high schoolers in ScareEmStraight sex ed classes) while working on their garments to simulate taking care of an actual child (not to mention being a fairly obvious RatingsStunt) but the actual babies are more cooperative, minus Dmitry's, who falls asleep and has to be carried by his mom while "walking" the runway.

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* At a Chinese zoo in 2023, a ceremony commemorating the transition from the Year of the Tiger to the Year of the Rabbit went shockingly awry when the tiger cub held by one of the zookeepers seized and attempted to eat the large white rabbit held by another. The rabbit was frightened but uninjured, and the ceremony resumed with the keepers standing significantly farther apart.
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* ''Film/ALoudHouseChristmas'' and ''Series/TheReallyLoudHouse'': In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', the titular Louds have a dog, cat, bird, and hamster, in addition to the large abundance of pets resident AnimalLover Lana has. The jump to live-action means that most of the animals have been axed out for pragmatic reasons. Some of them get off-screen appearances or allusions, like Charles the dog having a leash as a background prop and the Christmas movie having a scene where Lincoln scoops dog poop, or Cliff the cat being an off-screen character in the ''Really Loud House'' episode "Heart and Soul". The pets that do appear, however, are usually in a safe manner, like Lana's snake El Diablo being a CGI character.

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** In the execrable Kennel from Hell match (from the 1999 ''Unforgiven'' pay-per-view), the gimmick was that it was a cage match with two cages (a normal cage around the ring, and the larger, roofed Hell in a Cell cage), but that there would be several ferocious guard dogs in the area between them. The problem was that the dogs (several rottweilers) weren't remotely ferocious. They defecated at ringside, mated, tried to get petted by the fans, and generally acted like overgrown puppies. The rare occasions in which the dogs barked or acted aggressively were directed towards each other instead of the wrestlers, which defeated the entire point of the match.

* 'Series/RuPaulsDragRace'': In the Season 10 finale, finalists Asia O'Hara and Kameron Michaels were in a lipsynch battle, and Asia intended to dramatically release live butterflies from various parts of her outfit. However, the air-conditioning in the theater made them sleepy and sluggish. [[FailedAttemptAtDrama When they didn't take flight, she tried shaking them out, which only made them fall to the floor]] and at least one got stepped on. The embarrassing blunder got her eliminated and fans have dubbed her "[[IronicNickname The Butterfly Queen]]" (which she has since had fun with).

* Happens on ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' in the Season 10 finale. During Asia O'Hara's lipsynch battle against Kameron Michaels, Asia intended to release live butterflies from various parts of her outfit, but the air-conditioning in the theater made them sleepy and sluggish. [[FailedAttemptAtDrama When they didn't take flight, she tried shaking them out, which only made them fall to the floor]] and at least one got stepped on. The embarrassing blunder got her eliminated and fans have dubbed her "[[IronicNickname The Butterfly Queen]]" (which she has since had fun with).

** Of course, in Columbus' case, he got the director's role because he has plenty of experience [[Film/AdventuresInBabysitting directing]] [[Film/HomeAlone young]] [[Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork children]].