History Main / PlumbersCrack

* ''Film/DeckTheHalls'' uses a subversion this trope as an EstablishingCharacterMoment for the chief of police. Steve goes to report Buddy to the police for one of his tit-for-tat crimes. The police chief is revealed to be a WholesomeCrossdresser when he crouches down to pick up fresh police files and his pink thong is exposed. Steve runs out of the building awkwardly.

* A subverted running gag for Adam on ''Series/FridayNightDinner''. He never wears a belt and whenever he bends over, his boxers are exposed. It often comes to an advantage for others whenever they are angry with him; his uncle once drags him across the floor by his trouser legs and taunts him about his underwear showing. There was also an entire episode with a running gag of Johnny giving Adam a wedgie whenever Adam bent over and his jeans sagged down.

The ReactionShot of the other characters is typically PlayedForLaughs. Characters are often far more disgusted by the sight than similarly being "mooned". Compare WardrobeMalfunction and {{Mooning}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Seen]] after Cynthia gets [[FunWithFlushing flushed down the toilet]].

* [[GrossoutShow Being the kind of cartoon]] that turns FatSlob into an art form, it's easier to count the amount of men in WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow who DON'T have an entire grand canyon's worth of crack exposed at a given moment. This trope reaches its [[PerfectlyCromulentWord butt-cracktastic]] peak whenever a [[GiantMook Lummox]] is around.

* Duluth Trading Company's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGn0WfKol3E "How to Un-Plumber a Butt" commercial]]

** In another episode, Rocko, Filburt, and Heffer are part of a crowd waiting to get an autograph from Really Really Big Man and other celebrities, but they're stuck in the back. All Rocko can see is a forest of ankles. All Heffer can see is the back of a bunch of heads. And all Filburt can see is...
--> '''Filburt''': I got a bird's eye view of the Grand Canyon.

* Yes, there actually has a been a genuine porno based on this premise, with the amply-bottomed Caroline Pierce as the plumber.

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* In ''Comicbook/GarfieldHis9Lives'' "The Vikings", when the Vikings end up in Minnesota, Smitty gets a job as a plumber. The scene of him at work shows this. (In addition, his Viking outfit comprises a loincloth that slips down enough to show some crack even when he ''isn't'' bending over.)

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* Straight out example in the beginning of ''Film/HappyGilmore'' showing one of the titular character's jobs as a plumber.

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* One of the bits in a BobRivers song "The Buttcracker Suite" (parodying music from The Nutcracker) is about a customer grossed out by the plumber showing his arse while hunched over the sink.

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* One task on ''The [[CelebrityEdition Celebrity]] [[Series/TheApprentice Apprentice]]'' involved recording radio spots for a maintenance company. They specifically asked the teams not to make any jokes about plumbers and especially to avoid this trope. Instead:

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* [[RecurringTraveller The Plumber]] from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'', like Mario, technically averts this. Didn't stop Ratchet from commenting on it though, or [[LameRhymeDodge "the plumber's back"]] from becoming a RunningGag in the series for a period of time.
* Several of the plumbers in ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish'' have this.
* In ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare'', the Engineer zombie's pants are hanging down low enough to show off a distinct amount of butt-cleavage, which is particularly noticeable to the Engineer's player when they use his Jackhammer Attack.

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* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'':

* [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Seen on]] the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' after Cynthia gets [[FunWithFlushing flushed down the toilet]].

* [[GrossoutShow Being the kind of cartoon]] that turns FatSlob into an art form, it's easier to count the amount of men in WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow who DON'T have an entire grand canyon's worth of crack exposed at a given moment. This trope reaches it's [[PerfectlyCromulentWord butt-cracktastic]] peak whenever a [[GiantMook Lummox]] is around.

The ReactionShot of the other characters is typically PlayedForLaughs. Characters are often far more disgusted by the sight than similarly being "mooned". Compare WardrobeMalfunction.

* [[RecurringTraveller The Plumber]] from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'', like Mario, technically averts this. Didn't stop Ratchet from commenting on it though, or [[AmbiguousSyntax "the plumber's back"]] from becoming a RunningGag in the series for a period of time.

* The page image comes from ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In the episode "Canned," Rocko takes on a new job as a plumber's assistant. He is dismayed, however, to find out that his sole responsibility is to pull up the plumber's pants whenever they fall over due to his position.

* [[GrossoutShow Being the kind of cartoon]] that turns FatSlob into an art form, it's easier to count the amount of men in TheRenAndStimpyShow who DON'T have an entire grand canyon's worth of crack exposed at a given moment. This trope reaches it's [[PerfectlyCromulentWord butt-cracktastic]] peak whenever a [[GiantMook Lummox]] is around.

* The Plumber from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' is a good example of this.

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-->"Article Two could forbid plumers from wearing their trousers in such a manner that their crack shows."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Canned," Rocko takes on a new job as a plumber's assistant. He is dismayed, however, to find out that his sole responsibility is to pull up the plumber's pants.

'''Ruiz:''' Our mistake. [[LampshadeHanging You've got that whole ass-crack thing going on, so...]]\\

The Plumber Crack gag is a classic comedy staple. It is a situation in which a plumber or other blue-collar worker of similar ilk (in British and Australian English, it is more often called a "builder's crack") bends to do some task and exposes their butt crack in the process to onlookers.

The Plumber Crack gag is a classic comedy staple. It is a situation in which a plumber or other blue-collar worker of similar ilk bends to do some task and exposes their butt crack in the process to onlookers.

* In an episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'', one of these becomes a major plot point after Mulder sees a plumber with a spot where a tail once was, while investigating an epidemic of babies in a town being born with tails.