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* Near the end of ''Anime/JackToMameNoKi'', Tulip the giant has caught Jack and prepares to smash him with his fist, at the last second Jack's dog Crosby pulls him out of Tulip's hand and replaces him with a tack, as he brings his fist down on the tack, he slowly reacts to the pain and leaps up into the air and disappears into the sky.

* This happens to Mario whenever he touches the lava in Mario 3D platform games, beginning with the LethalLavaLand in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.

* In the 1962 [[WesternAnimation/{{Noveltoons}} Noveltoon]] short ''The Sheepish Wolf'', a wolf tries to pass himself of as a sheepdog and prepares a stewpot to cook sheep in. When the shepherd catches him in the act, the wolf claims that he's actually fixing up a bath for himself, so the shepherd decides to light a fire to warm up the water, causing the wolf to get StewedAlive and blast off into the air. As the shepherd tries to shoot at the mid-air wolf, he says to the audience "The best way is to [[{{Pun}} get them on the rise]]."

* In ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' video game series, If Yoshi the dinosaur falls in lava, then he will jump high with his butt on fire and fall down out of the screen losing a life.

* In ''Yoshi's Island'' video game series, If Yoshi the dinosaur falls in lava, then he will jump high with his butt on fire and fall down out of the screen losing a life.

* ''FanFic/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiDuo'': In chapter 6, Hippo has this reaction when Taki yanks out two of his feathers in order to tell a fortune, jumping high enough to hit the ceiling.

* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
** In the Disney film version of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', when Lefou had Lumiere cornered and was about to kill him with a torch (due to his head being made of wax), Cogsworth slides down the stair banister and jabs Lefou in the butt with a pair of scissors he was using like a sword, causing this to happen. Less than 20 seconds later, Lumiere spews a blast of fire from the top of his head at one of the nameless villagers (who also gets launched into the air), saving the feather duster who was getting her "skirt" ripped out.
** Banzai the hyena in Disney's ''Disney/TheLionKing'' jumps about 30 feet into the air after he is knocked into a bramble thicket by the other hyenas.
** This happens to Captain Hook in ''Disney/PeterPan'' when Mr. Smee accidentally lets the water Hook is soaking his feet in get too hot while Hook is unconscious from Smee unwittingly knocking him out earlier.

* In the Disney film version of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', when Lefou had Lumiere cornered and was about to kill him with a torch (due to his head being made of wax), Cogsworth slides down the stair banister and jabs Lefou in the butt with a pair of scissors he was using like a sword, causing this to happen. Less than 20 seconds later, Lumiere spews a blast of fire from the top of his head at one of the nameless villagers (who also gets launched into the air), saving the feather duster who was getting her "skirt" ripped out.
* Banzai the hyena in Disney's ''Disney/TheLionKing'' jumps about 30 feet into the air after he is knocked into a bramble thicket by the other hyenas.

* This happens to Captain Hook in ''Disney/PeterPan'' when Mr. Smee accidentally lets the water Hook is soaking his feet in get too hot while Hook is unconscious from Smee unwittingly knocking him out earlier.

* In the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, fighters get launched and [[ManOnFire set ablaze]] when they touch lava. That in itself doesn't qualify as this trope because they don't exhibit the comical reaction it entails in the game proper, but [[http://fav.me/dddsif3 one fanart]] based on one of [[https://www.youtube.com/user/alpharadd Alpharad]]'s [[https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?https://youtu.be/aDmn6O4tVHk?t=97 videos]] featuring ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'''s Stage Builder interpreted it as such.

* Happens to Wile E. Coyote in a few of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes shorts. For example:

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* Near the end of the ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars'' episode with the Dedede dolls in it, Tiff buries one of the said Dedede dolls in the ground to prevent it from menacing anyone, since the doll's movements are actually based on King Dedede's own movements. This results in King Dedede nosediving into the ground as well, but then a mole shows up and bites the doll, causing King Dedede to leap back out screaming in pain, and starts menacing other people one last time using the doll as a pawn. Franchise/{{Kirby}} then stops the doll once and for all by swallowing it up, and this causes King Dedede to for some reason get shot up into space and orbit a planet shaped like him.

* Happens occasionally in the ''Anime/DragonBall'' franchise a few such examples include during the Frieza fight, first when Goku falls into a volcano and burns his butt and later when Goku bites Frieza's tail when he's strangling him with it.

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Though it was used in other cartoons, WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes is the one that most people recognize as the [[TropeCodifier source of the popularity]] of this trope, as well as the reason that perhaps its most common method of execution is needle pricks to the hindquarters.

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* In "Hare Splitter" Bugs launches romantic rival Casbah a couple of times, first with a mousetrap to the fingers, then a well-aimed arrow to the butt.

* In the Disney film version of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Cogsworth slides down the stair banister and jabs Lefou in the butt with a sword, causing this to happen. Less than 20 seconds later, Lumiere spews a blast of fire from the top of his head at one of the nameless villagers (who also gets launched into the air), saving the feather duster who was getting her "skirt" ripped out.

* Happens to Donald Duck in Disney shorts with Spike the Bee especially when Donald Duck doesn't wear pants.
** In "Window Cleaners" 1940 Donald Duck gets himself tied up on the platform with his feathery butt sticking out. Donald Duck tries everything to keep the bee stinging his exposed butt by blowing really hard. But he gets tired out but the bee manages to stick up his stinger at Donald Ducks feathery butt which causes Donald Duck to scream in pain and he gets untangled and dives right into the drainpipe but gets stuck at the bottom. He tries to call Pluto the dog for help but Pluto ignores him and shoves his foot right in Donald Ducks face trapping him in the drainpipe.
** In "Slide Donald Slide" 1949 Donald Duck plays baseball and runs around the 4 bases. As Donald Duck slides for home, Spike the bee sticks out his stinger at Donald Ducks butt. As Donald Duck slides for home his butt gets poked by Spikes stinger and jumps in pain as the radio announcer tells him he's out and Spike the bee makes him go to the shower.
** In "Let's Stick Together" 1952 Donald Duck gets angry at Spike the bees girlfriend and is searching for her. So Spike the bee decides to dive right into Donald Ducks butt and this causes Donald Duck to literally jump out of the greenhouse screaming in pain and putting his hands on his behind.

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins 3-2-1 Penguins!]]'' episode "Practical Hoax", Midgel lets out a yelp of pain and leaps into the air the minute he fell for the old thumbtack on the chair prank.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood'', Wolfie sticks Grandma in the butt with a needle and she jumps through the roof of her penthouse, leaving an ImpactSilhouette behind. The sticking is usually edited out when shown on television, so you just see Wolfie holding the needle and then it cuts straight to the jump.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'' episode "Practical Hoax", Midgel lets out a yelp of pain and leaps into the air the minute he fell for the old thumbtack on the chair prank.