History Main / RoadApples

* ''All three'' of the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' films have at least one scene where a villain ends up covered with manure. (It was a RunningGag for the franchise.)

'''All''': AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

->''"Bad guy falls in poop: ''classic'' element of physical comedy! Now comes the part where we throw our heads back and ''laugh!''"''

-->''—Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle''

* Even ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' cannot resist: One first-season episode involving a fossil dig has [[TheRival Gary]] discover a fossilised Pokemon dropping. And despite [[{{Bowdlerization}} what you're thinking]], this was the ''opposite'' and in the English dub only. It was an Ammonite-type creature in the original.

* In ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', Osaka goes to Yukari to ask a question, which Yukari initially assumes will be about exams, but it turns out to be about what would happen if all the members of an American family stepped in dog poop and got all the way home without realizing it, since there's no universal American protocol regarding wearing shoes inside one's own home. That'll teach Yukari to tell Osaka, "Ask me anything!"
* In ''Manga/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.

* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'': There are a good number of gags involving Onizuka and his depositions. Once a teacher tried to punch him and Onizuka used like shield a cardboard box where he carried a sample of his feces to a medical examination. Cue the unfortunate teacher needing urgently a bath.
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' has a couple of these, typically delivered courtesy of [[CanisMajor Sadaharu]]. Amusingly, it's censored with {{Pixellation}} in most situations.

* ''Film/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.
* In the movie ''Film/{{K-9}}'', Jim Belushi's character decides to teach the dog who's boss by locking him in a walk-in pantry overnight. Fast forward to the next morning, and it is discovered that the dog has [[ChewbaccaDefense won the argument in its own way.]]

* In one scene in ''Film/{{Willow}}'', the protagonist and Madmartigan are arguing, until the latter steps in what looks like dog doo. Cue an OhCrap expression from both of them, as they know it's not from a dog, it's from a ''troll'', which means those dangerous monsters are probably around. (And it just goes downhill from there...)
* The chipmunk Pip in ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' lets one out when he sees the villain's henchman at a bar, lacking the benefit of [[BringMyBrownPants brown pants]] or for that matter any at all.
* ''All three'' of the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' films have at least one scene where a villain ends up covered with manure. (It was a RunningGag for the franchise.)

* ''Film/AmericanWedding'' has Stifler following a dog, picking up some turds, pretending they're truffles, and eating them to cover the fact he lost the wedding ring.

* In ''Film/JoeDirt'' Joe describes to a DJ host about his travels where at one point he found what he thought was a meteor that had crashed near him. He pulls it along his travels, even eating off it at one point before taking it to an astronomer to confirm its real. Unfortunately for him he finds out its not a meteor but a big turd ball from an airplane that froze during is waste descent.
* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' has a scene where the supporting characters are searching for rocks that Andy can carve. One brings one up and asks what kind of stone it is, only to be told it's petrified horse dung.
* ''Film/PinkFlamingos'' ends with a notable example of this. [[NauseaFuel Using real dog feces.]]
* In ''Film/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', Tevye steps in something in the barn at the end of his dance for "If I Were A Rich Man". He casts a reproachful look at the heavens, presumably thinking that {{God}} decided to take him down a peg.

* In ''Film/{{Caveman}}'' [[spoiler: GoldDigger Lana is dumped by DoggedNiceGuy Atouk into a big pile of Dinosaur crap]] at the end.
* There's a scene in the '90s ''Literature/BlackBeauty'' film where he's brought into his owner's house so she can paint a picture of him. He poops in the house.
* In ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', Lyle faceplants in a large pat of elephant dung, prompting his native guides to engage in a contractually obligated round of hearty laughter.
* In ''Film/PetticoatPlanet'', Steve ignores the mayor's advice to watch his step, trips down the stairs, and face plants in a pile of horse manure in the street.
* In ''Film/{{Madeline}}'', Lord Covington (a.k.a. [[MaliciousMisnaming Lord Cucuface]]) discovers that the Miss Clavel and the girls have broken his "no pets" rule when he steps in Genevieve's poop in the yard. In the original book he just hears Genevieve make a noise from her hiding spot, but that wouldn't have been as funny onscreen.

* Literature/StephaniePlum has a dog, Bob. He eats everything. Stephanie has a mortal enemy, Joyce. [[ExcrementStatement Joyce has a lawn]]. Joyce is not amused.

* In ''Petter och de upproriska grisarna'' (''Petter and the Rebellious Pigs'') by Ulf Stark dog shit is the important part of the chapter where the boys steal the unpaid wages. (The factory owner refused to pay his workers because of some prolonged dispute, and the boys decided to steal the cash and give it to the union.) First Staffan stepped into dog shit on their way to the office. Then they discussed at length how many dogs there were in Sweden and in their town in particular and how much shit do those dogs drop. And how clean their pet pig is. Then Staffan was busy working on the safe and Petter had nothing to do, but feel the stench from Staffan's shoe fill the whole room. Then they had to hide in the wardrobe and were found thanks to the stench. (The boys managed to escape unrecognized and with money.)

* ''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 mutters as he is stepping around the cow patties, "This is the last time... last time with cows..."

* In a famous episode of ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'', Garry Moore literally had a mess on his hands when a guest brought an armadillo into the studio.

* Creator/MarkEvanier relates a hilarious story of his experience as head writer for the ill-fated variety series ''Series/PinkLadyAndJeff''. He realized that he could ask the producers for anything for a sketch and they would get it for him, so he went a bit crazy and asked for a live elephant. Long story short, the elephant did a little improvising during the taping, to general hilarity. Read it [[http://www.povonline.com/cols/COL226.htm here.]]
* Even the sober-toned ''Planet Earth'' documentary series couldn't resist showing its cave episode's film crew, marveling at how they've just spent ''days'' filming the world's largest pile of bat poop.
* Mucking the stables is close to being a OnceAnEpisode thing on ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}''.
* Not seen, but referenced in ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' when Lewis and Oswald mention that "If his [[FrivolousLawsuit complaint about]] road apples holds up, we're [[ImGoingToDisneyworld going to Disney Land]]!"

* It seems that Some are involved in the certain later levels in an UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Indie game ''Maid_San's Caving Adventure''
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' has more than a few jokes about animal feces, even if you don't count the Great Mighty Poo as an animal.
** One level has you turned into a vampire bat and you can only fight by pooping on things. It's described as the end result (heh) of all the antigravity chocolate you'd eaten previously.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'', one of the items you can get is a 'cowpat'. When you 'use' the item, it says "Hero grips the cowpat tightly. Hero deeply regrets his decision."
** These have actually appeared as useless items since VideoGame/DragonQuestIV. In the NES version of that game they were actually ''called'' Road Apples, although this was mainly due to Nintendo's censorship policies that prevented them from calling them anything else.
** In VideoGame/DragonQuestIX, you can throw a "cowpat" on some poor guy's fire. Needless to say, he doesn't appreciate it.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has a reference to the ''Gone in 60 Seconds'' bit above, where you have to lead a felhound around and kill demon pigs, then rummage through the...leftovers... to find the keys to a [[PoweredArmor shredder]].
** ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' loves to do this. Three different quests involving handling or looking through poop, and there's another where you eat seeds that are supposed to be planted in a farmer's field. Guess how you get them back.
*** It's implied at the end that you're [[{{Squick}} not the first player to go through this process.]], both a jab at the absurdity of players doing the same quest multiple times, and another one of blizzard's lovely gross out gags.
** 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."
* ''VideoGame/DinosaurKing'' has dinosaur feces (yes, it's called that in game) as something you can dig up. [[VendorTrash They sell for a very high price]].
* ''VideoGame/FossilFighters'' also has fossilized droppings, but they're so worthless they barely even qualify as VendorTrash.
* ''VideoGame/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 "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 ''VideoGame/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.

* ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'' requires you to collect horse farts and pick up a cow patty.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' you can drop a weaponized goddesspat.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Glitch}}'', piggies and batterflys produce dung, though it's generally useful.
* ''VideoGame/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.

* ''VideoGame/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.

* In the Old West chapter of ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', you can find horse dung and have it set up as a BoobyTrap.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'', the only creatures to produce noticeable dung are Sea Treaders. Treader dung is one of the best fuels for the Bioreactor if you can secure a steady supply.
* In ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak'', Hamtaro can investigate some rustling in a bush by poking it with a stick. A hamster will jump out and run away, embarrassed. Should Hamtaro run the stick through a second time, that hamster's poop come out stuck to it.

* Done frequently with Kiki in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', and [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=090504 occasionally with Bun-Bun]].
* How do you decide whose turn it is to clean the cat box? [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=81803 Trial by Combat!]]
** Later, Lee III celebrates coming of age by accepting [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=202763 adult responsibilities.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' occasionally does poop jokes - not surprising, considering it's about a school for animals. Examples are 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".

* ''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}}''.

* 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 [[BreadEggsMilkSquick an unexpected part]] of [[WizardClassic Beorht's]] recipe for "dragon's bane" (aka gunpowder).

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' episode, "I'd Rather Not Talk About It", Jim and Jeremie are pursued by XANA-controlled wolves; Jim remembers and mentions a trick in the army where he masked his scent using dung. Jeremie shoots the idea down quickly. (Not that it was feasible anyway.)

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' movie, ''WesternAnimation/AbraCatastrophe'', after chimps become the dominant species on earth (long story), a glob of brown gunk gets thrown into Wanda's face, to which she groans, "Please be mud."
* As ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' wandering through the sewers and complaining all the way, he comments, "Eww! I hope that thing that just floated past me was a candy bar!"

If ''eating'' said Road Apples or cow pies (a euphemism for cow manure) is involved, then the trope is IAteWhat.

* ''Discworld/TheWorldOfPoo'' by Miss Felicity Beadle (actually Sir Creator/TerryPratchett) is all about this, with a young boy who decides to start a poo collection and find poo from all the animals in Ankh-Morpork.

->''"Bad guy falls in poop: classic element of physical comedy. Now comes the part where we throw our heads back and laugh."''

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, ''[[{{Pun}} shitty]]'' it might be.

If ''eating'' said Road Apples is involved, then the trope is IAteWhat

* The most expensive coffee in the world, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak Kopi Luwak]], is made from beans that have been eaten and excreted by Asian Palm Civets. Thinkgeek sells this [[http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/d60c/ coffee]], but doesn't even try to cover up where it comes from, possibly to avoid IAteWhat

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ERVPBlKjg0 Cake: El Hornito Pastelero]]'' (Cake: The Cake Little Oven), a mock toy commercial (in Spanish) from the now defunct Mexican radio station Radioactivo 98.5. At first you'd think that it's just a toy oven for baking mini cakes, except that the "cakes" are implied to be something else entirely:

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

---> '''Katara:''' Do they have bathrooms I'm the Spirit Would?\\

** Aang doing it in his pants while in the Spirit World in the episode ''The Avatar and the Firelord''.
** 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 the hawk poops on him as a response.

* Averted in the RenAndStimpy short titled "Road Apples", as no poop is actually shown, but you do get [[SquIck skunk milk]] and [[CreatorsPet Wilbur Cobb]].

* In ''VideoGame/WestOfLoathing'', you can gain 1 XP each for shoveling horse manure (or, at Halloway's Hideout, squirrel droppings). There's also a destination called "The Big Apple"... let's just say it's not New York. It ''is'' worth 50 XP total.

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* If there's a steaming pile on the ground, ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' will step on it. That can be based on an accident MasashiKishimoto suffered when he was a child, where he fell on a huge heap of manure.

[[folder:Film]]
* The first long trailer for the LiveActionAdaptation of ''Film/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, ''Film/{{Hop}}''. The difference is that it's the Easter Bunny, he defecates jelly beans and a human eats the droppings (as nature intended).
* ''Film/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.

* As seen in the image atop this page, ''Film/JurassicPark'' heaped a great big steaming pile of shit at the protagonists. Dr. Ellie Sattler went elbow-deep in it, too. The trike's excrement isn't really played for laughs, however--the animal's gastrointestinal distress is due to the poisonous plants and berries placed around its paddock, and is one of the first (of many) signs that the Park wasn't as well-designed as its creators thought.
-->'''Malcolm''': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JFfN5pKzFU That is one big pile of shit.]]

* The chimps Phil and Mason on ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' talk about going to Lincoln Center to fling poo at Tom Wolfe.

* In ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', Lyle faceplants in a large pat of elephant dung, prompting his native guides to engage in a contractually-obligated round of hearty laughter.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'', Snowball accidentally poops himself while doing his EvilLaugh. A cat in the background then starts playing with the pellets.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* 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 mutters as he is stepping around the cow patties, "This is the last time...last time with cows..."
** 'Hear there was an idea regarding beagles? They have smallish droppings?'

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[[folder:Myth and Legend]]
* 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 ''VideoGame/LaMulana''.

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* The primary duty of the stablehands is a RunningGag in ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId''.

[[folder:Pinball]]
* The "Joe's Diner" mode from ''Pinball/TheFlintstones'' ends with a large pterodactyl flying overhead and releasing a giant dropping that engulfs the diner.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]

* The most expensive coffee in the world, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak Kopi Luwak]], is made from beans that have been eaten and excreted by Asian Palm Civets.
** Thinkgeek sells this [[http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/d60c/ coffee]], but doesn't even try to cover up where it comes from, possibly to avoid IAteWhat

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

* In early episodes of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', a RunningGag is the titular character stepping in dog poop.