History Main / ObjectCeilingCling

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* Done intentionally in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''. He has a breakfast machine RubeGoldbergDevice that prepares pancakes and flips them onto the ceiling. At the end, he catches then on a plate, neatly stacked.

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* In ''The Real Animal House'' (a book of stories by Chris Miller that inspired-- and were too rude for-- the movie), the, uh, hero manages to hit the ceiling of his bedroom with ejaculate after a particularly frenzied bout of masturbation due to sexual frustration. Since the lights are off, he doesn't realize what he's done 'til it drips back down on him.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Marshall, Barney and Ted are throwing pencils at the ceiling. One falls and bounces up Barney's nose, which Marshall calls a miracle.

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* ''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 he heard that when it clings to the ceiling, it's done.

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* In ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'' there's a slab of fake vomit stuck to the ceiling of the hotel lobby. The characters comment on it with varying shades of distaste. Eventually you have to get it loose to solve a puzzle.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': Gretchen gave advice to a boy in the bathroom when trying make a wet paper towel stay stuck on the ceiling.

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* 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.

** ''WebVideo/EpicMealTime'' used the above in their "Mac Burgers" episode of ''Handle It'', thrwing a handful of macaroni onto the ceiling.

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

* Or wet toilet paper. Although, we once used a piece of cucumber, which remained on the ceiling for ''upwards of six years''.

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* ''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.
** In another episode, Spencer flings a tray of "cucumber cups" onto the ceiling.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Coach}}'' featured Luther in Hayden's office throwing and sticking pencils up into the ceiling to the point it was literally covered in them. When Hayden kicks Luther out of his office he slammed the door causing ''all'' the pencils to fall down.

* In a season 3.5 episode of ''Series/{{Eureka}}'', a person gets stuck to the ceiling as a result of a mishap involving a magnetic explosion. Of course, the person is Fargo.
* In ''Series/FriesWithThat'', two burger flippers get into a burger flip off, where they show off increasingly complex moves, some require the patty to stick to the ceiling for a few seconds in order to do two at once. Alex mentions that he's attempted to do it with a cheeseburger, but the cheese caused it to get stuck permanently.

* 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLqohiMy_CU a dozen pancakes fall on his head]].

* ''Series/TheXFiles:'' episode "Chinga", Mulder spends his spare time throwing pencils into the ceiling over his desk.
* ''Series/NewGirl'' involves a shishkebab that is stuck to the ceiling in their living room, with the caveat that Schmidt & Nick have a bet about when it will fall. It falls off moments later, with Nick winning the bet, and forcing Schmidt to be his 'slave for 17 days'.

* In ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', one episode had the titular duo working in a sushi store with a conveyor belt a la ILoveLucy, the sushi came in must too fast and they tried to throw them on the ceiling. They did stick, but they all came down a bit later.

* Or wet toilet paper. Although, we once used a piece of cucumber, which remained on the ceiling for ''[[TheyJustDidntCare upwards of six years]]''.

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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).

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* John Ortved's book ''[[TheSimpsons Simpsons Confidential]]'' features the following quote from Tim Long discussing the first time he entered the ''Simpsons'' writers' room:

* In a season 3.5 episode of ''Series/{{Eureka}}'', a person gets stuck to the ceiling as a result of a mishap involving a magnetic explosion. Of course, the person is Fargo.

* In ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', one episode had the titular duo working in a sushi store with a conveyor belt a la ILoveLucy, the sushi came in must too fast and they tried to throw them on the ceiling. They did stick, but they all came down a bit later.
* In ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'', episode 1, Greg is shown in his new law office throwing a couple pencils at the ceiling. The camera pans up to show a couple dozen pencils already stuck in the tiles above his desk. Later, he throws one more pencil above his head, only to have all the others fall out of the ceiling onto him.

Something gets launched or is stuck to the ceiling, usually something sticky, and often some kind of food item. Sometimes it comes down, sometimes it doesn't.

May later [[BrickJoke fall on someone who has no idea it's up there]].

** ''WebVideo/EpicMealTime'' used the above in their "Mac Burgers" episode of ''Handle It'', throwing a handful of macaroni onto the ceiling.

* ''Series/JeevesandWooster'' features a scene where Bertie flips the lid of a jar of treacle onto the ceiling and it doesn't come down until hours later, just at the moment when it is the least convenient.

* ''HeDiedWithAFelafelInHisHand:'' A beef patty that's been on the kitchen ceiling for years is pointed out to new housemate Anya... who is a vegetarian.
* ''ReturnOfTheKillerTomatoes:'' Pizza.

* ''DudeWheresMyCar?'': A pizza is hidden by throwing it so it sticks to the ceiling. Later, the pieces fall one by one.

* In book 3 of the StarWars ''XWingSeries'', Corran Horn uses this to figure out that [[spoiler:he and every other Lusankya prisoner are upside-down. The object (a rock) sticks to the ceiling because it's further from the artificial gravity generators in the ''real'' ceiling]].

* ''BlackBooks:'' Pictured above. Manny sees a piece of toast on the ceiling whilst he is calling a cleaner. Curiously, the toast is stuck to the ceiling despite the fact that the jam side is showing. This is probably a comment as to how filthy the shop is (sticky ceiling). Later in the same episode, Bernard launches a piece of toast with jam onto the ceiling, illustrating the futility of the cleaning process. The second piece of toast eventually falls on Manny's head.

* An episode of ''{{Coach}}'' featured Luther in Hayden's office throwing and sticking pencils up into the ceiling to the point it was literally covered in them. When Hayden kicks Luther out of his office he slammed the door causing ''all'' the pencils to fall down.

* In ''FriesWithThat?'', two burger flippers get into a burger flip off, where they show off increasingly complex moves, some require the patty to stick to the ceiling for a few seconds in order to do two at once. Alex mentions that he's attempted to do it with a cheeseburger, but the cheese caused it to get stuck permanently.

* In ''DrakeAndJosh'', one episode had the titular duo working in a sushi store with a conveyor belt a la ILoveLucy, the sushi came in must too fast and they tried to throw them on the ceiling. They did stick, but they all came down a bit later.

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

* [[Webcomic/SluggyFreelance Torg and Riff]] occasionally play a game known as "Gravity-Defying Ceiling Ninja". This involves lying on the floor and throwing darts at a dartboard attached to the ceiling- gravity-defying because the darts stick and stay up. The ninja part? That's what you need if the darts don't stick...

* ''WapsiSquare'' uses the [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/no-other-shoe/ pencils in the office ceiling]] variant to show Monica's boredom.

* Played for horror rather than comedy in ''{{Damnatus}}'', where Nira pancakes a cultist who surprises her against the ceiling.

* In ''DharmaAndGreg'', episode 1, Greg is shown in his new law office throwing a couple pencils at the ceiling. The camera pans up to show a couple dozen pencils already stuck in the tiles above his desk. Later, he throws one more pencil above his head, only to have all the others fall out of the ceiling onto him.

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

-->"There was a stain on the roof when I walked in, and I remember saying, 'What the hell is that?" And someone said, 'Oh, I think that's where [[ConanOBrien Conan]] threw a slice of pizza on the ceiling.' And I had two simultaneous thoughts. The first was, ''Holy shit, I am in one of the Stations of the Cross of comedy--I've really arrived''. And the second one was, ''Wait a second, Conan left five years ago''."

-->'''Homer:''' Oh, Lord! Why do You mock me?
-->'''Marge:''' Homer, that's not God. That's a waffle Bart stuck to the ceiling.

-->'''Homer:''' Lord, I know I shouldn't eat thee, but...''(munch munch munch)''...mmm...sacrilicious.

* In a season 3.5 episode of ''{{Eureka}}'', a person gets stuck to the ceiling as a result of a mishap involving a magnetic explosion. Of course, the person is Fargo.

* ''{{X-Files}}:'' episode "Chinga", Mulder spends his spare time throwing pencils into the ceiling over his desk.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'': in the episode titled Pink Blue Plate, the Pink Panther sticks a pizza to the ceiling of the kitchen. The obvious solution found to get it down if to go upstairs and saw the floor (which is therefore the other side of the kitchen ceiling)

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* In Russia, some kids smeared (or still do) matches with whitewash, lighted them and throw them at the ceiling. The trick is for it to stick and burn until it leaves a smear.