History Main / PeopleFallOffChairs

* It is a theatrical tradition that {{Hamlet}} is so shocked at the appearance of his father's ghost in his mother's bedchamber that he leaps from his chair, knocking it over.

* ''Anime/ManabiStraight'': In a montage of do-it-yourself remodeling of Student Council room, Manabi tests a freshly glued-together chair by vigorously reclining in its plastic seat-and-back-piece. Of course, she wouldn't wait for glue to harden, and flips back with it to the laugh of onlooker.

* ''Anime/ManabiStraight'': In a montage of do-it-yourself remodeling of Student Council room, Manabi tests a freshly glued-together chair by vigorously reclining in its plastic seat-and-back-piece. Of course, she wouldn't wait for glue to harden, and flipped back with it to the laugh of onlooker.

* ''Anime/ManabiStraight'': In a montage of do-it-yourself remodeling of Student Council room, Manabi tests a freshly glued-together chair by vigorously reclining in its plastic seat-and-back-piece. Of course, she wouldn't wair for glue to harden...

May be a consequence of SwivelChairAntics. Compare FaceFault, BreakingBadNewsGently (when it involves saying "You better sit down"), and DramaticDrop, though in this case the thing being dropped is yourself. Sister Trope of SpitTake and DramaticSitDown. [[IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs.

* In the prologue of ''KillerCondom'', the student's mother falls off her chair from shock after hearing what her darling daughter did to her professor (supposedly bite of his ''bits''). Then goes the father. Played with in the general direction of JustifiedTrope, as both fainted, which in itself is quite an exaggeration of reaction, even if you were from Philadelphia.

* When L finds out that shinigami might exist in ''Manga/DeathNote'', he falls out of his chair.

** Done [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2011-05-27 here]] by the Child Left Behind, a.k.a [[spoiler:Noah]].

* Happens on [[http://www.anymanga.com/gokusen/008/007/009/ this]] page of ''{{Gokusen}}''.

* In ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', Captain Kirk's most famous line is delivered from the floor in front of his captain's chair.
** Interestingly, Kirk stumbling off the chair was entirely accidental. But director Creator/LeonardNimoy thought it suited the scene and [[ThrowItIn left it in]].

* [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin's]] mother [[http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v97/241/42/159101491/n159101491_30194056_5498.jpg here]].

A character has just encountered something so surprising, shocking, or hilarious that he falls off the chair on which he was sitting. Occasionally, the entire chair may tip over with him. BonusPoints if the character has just been told not to lean back in his chair.

* When L finds out that shinigami might actually exist in ''Manga/DeathNote'', he falls out of his chair.

** Interestingly, Kirk stumbling off the chair was entirely accidental. But director LeonardNimoy thought it suited the scene and [[ThrowItIn left it in]].

* [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin's]] mother [[http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v97/241/42/159101491/n159101491_30194056_5498.jpg here]].

May be a consequence of SwivelChairAntics. Compare FaceFault, BreakingBadNewsGently (when it involves saying "You better sit down"). Sister Trope of SpitTake and DramaticSitDown. [[IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs.

May be a consequence of SwivelChairAntics. Compare FaceFault, BreakingBadNewsGently (when it involves saying "You better sit down"). Sister Trope of SpitTake. [[IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs.

May be a consequence of SwivelChairAntics. Compare FaceFault, BreakingBadNewsGently (when it involves saying "You better sit down"). Sister Trope of SpitTake. [[IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] PeopleSitOnChairs.

* Happens at the end of the early StephenChow movie ''All for the Winner'', where Stephen is blessed with psychic powers that he abuses on the gambling table. It's the big final fight, his HeroicBSOD is gone and he takes the one card that he needs to change to get four of a kind, forces all his powers into it... and it remains the same. Cue the FaceFault off his chair. [[spoiler:Turns out that what really changed was one of his ''opponent's'' cards, breaking his straight flush.]]

* In a ''{{Peanuts}}'' SundayStrip from 1986, Charlie Brown tells Lucy at her psychiatric booth that he's afraid of falling off chairs. While she tries to convince him that it's an irrational fear, he falls off her stool twice.

-->'''Raven''': Your classmate Grace is going to be here, and it's best she doesn't--- *[[OffscreenCrash THWUMP]]*
-->'''Raven''': What happened?
-->'''Noah''': Nothing! I tripped!

* In the episode "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" from ''TheSimpsons'', when Homer is trying to think of an invention and Bart makes fun of Homer's lack of progress, Homer tips his chair far too back and he falls down. Later, as Homer laments that his inventing career was not working out after all, he once again leans back too far on his chair... but this time, he doesn't fall. He explains that he added hinged extra legs so he'll stop tipping over while trying to invent stuff. The family commends him for his idea, and Homer is satisfied... until he looks closely at his poster of Thomas Edison and sees hinged legs on Edison's own chair. Realising that his own inspiration had a secret invention, Homer decides to go to the Edison Museum and smash the chair, taking all credit for himself. In the end, Homer couldn't do it because Edison was inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci, just like how Homer was inspired by Edison.

* In ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', Captain Kirk's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibZCXhYeQCw most famous line]] is delivered from the floor in front of his captain's chair.

* In ''StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', Captain Kirk's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibZCXhYeQCw most famous line]] is delivered from the floor in front of his captain's chair.

* In ''ElGoonishShive'', Grace [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-07-23 does this]] upon meeting the AlternateUniverse versions of Tedd and Elliot, who are dating.

May be a consequence of SwivelChairAntics. Compare FaceFault, YouBetterSitDown. Sister Trope of SpitTake. [[IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] PeopleSitOnChairs.

* Happens on [[http://www.anymanga.com/gokusen/008/007/009/ this]] page of {{Gokusen}}.

* When L finds out that shinigami might actually exist in ''DeathNote'', he falls out of his chair.

* Ted makes Stella laugh so hard she does this in an episode of ''HowIMetYourMother''.
* In ''ArrestedDevelopment'', Michael is leaning back in his desk chair, proud to be running the Bluth Company finally. He tips back too far and the chair falls apart under him, being cheaply made specifically for model homes. Later in the episode, he is describing the situation to his family and tips back in the kitchen bar-height chair... but it, too, collapses under him (which Michael lampshades ''on his way down'').