History Main / RoadApples

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Transformers G1]]'' FantasyKitchenSink episode "A Decepticon Raider In King Arthur's Court'', a seagull lets loose on Starscream while flying over him. In addition, seagull droppings are a major part of [[WizardClassic Beorht's]] recipe for "dragon's bane" (aka gunpowder).

* StephaniePlum has a dog, Bob. He eats everything. Stephanie has a mortal enemy, Joyce. Joyce has a lawn. Joyce is not amused.

* In ''IceAge'', Sid accidentally steps on glyptodont poo. Then wipes it on two rhinos' salad. Then gets some on one of the rhino's face. You can't blame the rhinos for wanting to kill Sid after that.

* In ''BladeOfTheImmortal'' Manji's sister [[CloudCuckooLander Machi]] finds a 'bean cake' on the ground and gives it to him. It is (of course) horse shit. A few panels later Manji [[{{Squick}} absentmindedly takes a bite out of it]], but being the titular [[HealingFactor immortal]] it doesn't seem to do him any lasting harm.

* The first long trailer for the LiveActionAdaptation of ''AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' had an infamous scene involving coprophagy. Anyone with a pet probably already knows what this means; anyone else probably wouldn't want to know.
** The same director ripped off his own movie in his next one, ''{{Hop}}''. The difference is that it's the Easter Bunny, he defecates jelly beans and a human eats the droppings (as nature intended).

* This is OlderThanPrint. Medieval people believed in a creature called the bonnacon, which could...[[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&id=HistSciTech.Bestiary&entity=HistSciTech.Bestiary.p0039 just read it, okay?]].
** This creature appears as an enemy in ''{{La-Mulana}}''.

* Jar Jar Binks steps into "icky-icky goo" when arriving to Mos Espa in ''Franchise/StarWars'' ''[[ThePhantomMenace Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]''.

* ''Series/{{Mash}}'' has Colonel Potter's introduction to his horse end with a "tiptoe through the tulips".
* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Safe" sees the crew smuggling a "cunningly concealed herd of cattle" to another planet, with Simon stepping in a cow patty on his way out of the ship. Later, Mal, stepping around the cow patties, mutters, "This is the last time...last time with cows..."

* TruthInTelevision: A certain well-known incident involving a baby elephant in the ''BluePeter'' studio.
* In a famous episode of ''ToTellTheTruth'', Garry Moore literally had a mess on his hands when a guest brought an armadillo into the studio.
* On ''TheOffice'', Andy and Angela are touring Dwight's farm in the hopes of staging their wedding there. Andy steps in animal dung in the barn, which is to be expected, and then steps in some more ''in Dwight's kitchen.''

** It was also done on other shows, most famously ''I've Got A Secret''. The week after, however, is another story.

* In one episode of Series/TheSopranos, Ralph purchases a racehorse. His mistress, Valentina La Paz, tricks him into stepping into horse manure; partly as a prank to make her and the others laugh and partly because according to superstition, accidentally stepping in horse dung is a sign of good luck.

* Mucking the stables is close to being a OnceAnEpisode thing on ''{{Series/Merlin}}''.

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* The primary duty of the stablehands is a RunningGag in ''TheWizardOfId''.

** When Sokka buys a Messenger Hawk and names it Hawky. When Sokka spots Toph's wanted poster he says "This is bad" and looks to his bird for an opinion but gets pooped on as a response.
* ''MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' occasionally does poop jokes - not surprising, considering it's about a school for animals. Examples include Jake eating bat guano, Mr. Hornbill (a rhinoceros) offering the lunch lady a "rhino pie" he made himself, and the Animas Rock from the YouMeanXmas episode "Have a Joyous Little Animas".
* In Chuck Jones' ''DripAlongDaffy'', Western Hero Daffy ends up declaring "I told you I'd clean up this one-horse town!" and we see he's been made town street-cleaner - sidekick Porky (who's been made sheriff) tells us "Lucky for him it IS a one-horse town!". This last line gets cut from tv viewing nowadays.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': the very polite and well-spoken chimp Mason is still keen to fling faeces at people in one episode, claiming it's "traditional". He also mentioned doing so in the original movie, ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''.

* DontStarve has manure and guano, which are occasionally dropped by various creatures. They're actually incredibly useful items, serving as both fuel for campfires and fertilizer for gardens.

* ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': the very polite and well-spoken chimp Mason is still keen to fling faeces at people in one episode, claiming it's "traditional". He also mentioned doing so in the original movie, ''{{Madagascar}}''.

* ''GoneInSixtySeconds2000'' has a dog belonging to one of the heroes eat the keys they desperately need. They feed the dog laxatives and take him for a walk. The pooch just happens to "go" when a group of people looking to kill the heroes show up, and they're so disgusted by the man digging through (presumably runny) dog poop that they run off.

* Mucking the stables is close to being a OnceAnEpisode thing on ''{{Series/Merlin}}''

* The remake of ''GoneInSixtySeconds2000'' has a dog belonging to one of the heroes eat the keys they desperately need. They feed the dog laxatives and take him for a walk. The pooch just happens to "go" when a group of people looking to kill the heroes show up, and they're so disgusted by the man digging through (presumably runny) dog poop that they run off.

* The remake of ''GoneInSixtySeconds'' has a dog belonging to one of the heroes eat the keys they desperately need. They feed the dog laxatives and take him for a walk. The pooch just happens to "go" when a group of people looking to kill the heroes show up, and they're so disgusted by the man digging through (presumably runny) dog poop that they run off.

The TropeNamer is a euphemism for horse manure.

* ''PinkFlamingos'' ends with a notable example of this. [[NauseaFuel Using real dog feces.]]

* ''{{MASH}}'' has Colonel Potter's introduction to his horse end with a "tiptoe through the tulips".
* The ''{{Firefly}}'' episode "Safe" sees the crew smuggling a "cunningly concealed herd of cattle" to another planet, with Simon stepping in a cow patty on his way out of the ship. Later, Mal, stepping around the cow patties, mutters, "This is the last time...last time with cows..."

If ''eating'' said RoadApples is involved, then the trope is IAteWhat

** These have actually appeared as useless items since VideoGame/DragonQuestIV. In the NES version of that game they were actually ''called'' RoadApples, although this was mainly due to Nintendo's censorship policies that prevented them from calling them anything else.

** As of ''Cataclysm'', monkey pets, gorilla [=NPCs=], and '''Ogres''' have an attack called "Fling filth", it's exactly what it sounds like, and the spell description ends off with "How rude."

** ''FossilFighters'' also has fossilized droppings, but they're so worthless they barely even qualify as VendorTrash.
* ''BreathOfFireIV'' actually has a variant of this as an integral part of a Game Plot fetch-quest chain.
** Specifically, you have to be knocked out, go to the dream world where the fairies live, run out monsters who have invaded their homes...for which you receive a fresh, steaming "[[RoadApples Fairie Drop]]" as a reward (complete with aforementioned fairie ''relieving hirself in the bushes to give it to you'' and even saying at the end "Wow, that was a big one!" Ewww...) This is so that a broken sword can be reforged (the fairie poo is a magical component) and a party member can be sprung out of prison. (And yes, the DrunkenMaster of the party even explicitly ''states'' in horror that you're carrying around ''a piece of fairie shit''.)
* In the world of ''GrimFandango'', racing on giant cats is a celebrated sport (much like horse racing), and the player gets to visit a cat race track in Rubacava...and discover the giant cat litterbox behind it.
* In BlueDragon, there is a race of enemies called the Poo Snake. Three guesses what they look like. A large one of them even uses a flatulence attack.

* ''FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'' requires you to collect horse farts and pick up a cow patty. It's a {{Sierra}} game by AlLowe, what did you expect?
* In ''Okami'' you can drop a weaponized goddesspat.

* ''TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' features the return of Guays, previously seen in ''Ocarina of Time'' and ''Majora's Mask''. However, in this game, instead of dive-bombing you to attack they... take craps on your head. Huh.

Any comedy featuring animals, especially pets, is required amongst the typical gags to make at least one [[ToiletHumor poop joke]], regardless of how lame, or poor, or tasteless, or yes, ''[[IncrediblyLamePun shitty]]'' it might be.