History Main / ObjectCeilingCling

* In one of the Swedish Chef sketches on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', he flips pancakes that go up but don't come down again. After a couple have disappeared this way, he takes out his trusty "boomstick" and shoots up at the ceiling... and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLqohiMy_CU a dozen pancakes fall on his head.]]

* ''ComicStrip/{{Foxtrot}}'' had an arc where the kids are cooking dinner for their parents on UsefulNotes/ValentinesDay. Peter wonders how you know when the spaghetti is cooked, Jason says he heard that when it clings to the ceiling, it's done.

** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1991/07/18 this comic]], Garfields pancake got stuck on the ceiling, but eventually falls, right on top of Jon.
** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1997/03/10 this strip]], Garfield intentionally does this to a Spider.

* In one of the Swedish Chef sketches on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', he flips pancakes that go up but don't come down again. After a couple have disappeared this way, he takes out his trusty "boomstick" and shoots up at the ceiling... and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLqohiMy_CU a dozen pancakes fall on his head]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons:'' Bart sticks a waffle onto the ceiling, which Homer mistakes for God, Marge pries the waffle off the ceiling. Homer eats it.

* Office workers who work in buildings with fake ceilings often throw pencils into the ceiling, as the fake ceilings are often as weak as cardboard. Parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj7hIDEN21Q this Bud Light commercial]].

* In the first episode of ''Series/KungFu'', a man tries to attack Caine with a knife in a saloon. He kicks it out of the man's hand, causing it to stick in the ceiling.

* In one of the Swedish Chef sketches on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' he flips pancakes that go up but don't come down again. After a couple have disappeared this way, he takes out his trusty "boomstick" and shoots up at the ceiling... and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLqohiMy_CU a dozen pancakes fall on his head]].

* In one of the Swedish Chef sketches on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' he flips pancakes that go up but don't come down again. After a couple have disappeared this way, he takes out his trusty "boomstick" and shoots up at the ceiling... and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLqohiMy_CU a dozen pancakes fall on his head]].

* ''Film/{{UHF}}'': "Not many people know this, but the turtle is nature's suction cup!"

-->-- '''Carly''', ''Series/ICarly'', "iGo Nuclear"

* Used to great effect in [[http://garfield.com/comic/1985-12-15 this]] ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip.

* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory:'' Howard's faulty space toilet malfunctions, and during the attempt to fix it, he launches a piece of meatloaf onto the apartment ceiling. It falls later when Penny is there.

* Any restaurant that hands out those little fringed toothpicks (you know, with the colored plastic ribbon stuff on one end) will likely have several of them stuck in the ceiling since they're perfect for loading into a drinking straw and turning it into a miniature blowgun.

[[folder:Film]]

* ''Film/ReturnOfTheKillerTomatoes:'' Pizza.
* At VERY least once in ''Film/TheThreeStooges'', when a pie is thrown to the ceiling. At a fancy party. Pompous woman: "Why, young man, you act as if the Sword of Damocles was hanging over your head." Moe: "Lady, you must be psychic!"

[[folder: Live-Action TV]]

* ''Series/ICarly'': Carly flings a live worm onto the ceiling while trying to compost for a science project. It sticks. It falls back down on Spencer's head.

* Combination of Live-Action TV and Real Life: ''[[Series/LateNight Late Night with David Letterman]]''. Viewers know of Dave's tendency to flip pencils up out of view coming out of commercial break. Studio audience members get to see the result; the fake acoustic ceiling above the desk is peppered with pencils, and his accuracy is epic (I went to half a dozen shows and he didn't miss once).

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* Referenced (with instructions) in [[http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2001/06/10 this]] ''ComicStrip/{{Frazz}}'' strip.
* Used to great effect in [[http://garfield.com/comic/1985-12-15 this]] ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Foxtrot}}'' had an arc where the kids are cooking dinner for their parents on UsefulNotes/ValentinesDay. Peter wonders how you know when the spaghetti is cooked, Jason says he heard that when it clings to the ceiling, it's done.
--> '''Peter:''' Now what?\\
'''Jason:''' I meant one strand.
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* In the [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad Email]] "couch patch", Homestar has a flashback in which he is spitting Teddy Grahams around Strong Bad's basement. One ends up sticking to the ceiling, and Homestar then starts trying to knock it down by spitting more at it (and catching them back in his mouth each time he fails; it's not indicated whether he ever succeeds).

-->'''Homer''': Why do you mock me, oh, Lord?!
-->'''Marge''': Homer, that's not God. That's just a waffle that Bart tossed up there.
-->''[Marge pries the waffle off the ceiling.]''
-->'''Homer''': I know I shouldn't eat thee, but...''[munch munch munch]''... Mmmm... Sacrilicious.

* Also, how some people check to see if their spaghetti is cooked. Toss a noodle at the ceiling - if it sticks, it's ready.