History Main / TableclothYank

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* In Disney/{{Bolt}}, Rhino pulls a paper place-mat from under a man's food and drink without knocking it over.
** He does this a second time at a picnic during [[CreativeClosingCredits the credits.]]
* The Jackie Chan film ''Project A 2'' during a fight against the hatchet wielding pirates.
* The Swedish film ''You, The Living'' has an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43R1k8vHCh0 epic version.]]

* In WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie, Charlie Brown tries to incorporate this into a magic act. While practicing the first time everything falls and the second time he pulls the whole table out while the objects stay in mid air for a second. It's only later when he cancels his act and retrives the table cloth, he does the trope successfully.

* Done successfully by Applebloom in the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic episode, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie "Call of the Cutie".]] She wasn't really trying; she just needed the tablecloth.

* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' had the comedy version. Venkman tries to whip a table cloth from under a set table and succeeds in sending every item on the table ''except'' the centerpiece crashing to the floor.

* In ''TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', Tigger successfully pulls a cloth off Piglet's table without harming any of the dishes. Then he turns to leave the room:

-->'''Venkman:''' And the flowers are still standing!

* The Series/MythBusters took on a viral video showing this trick being done on a banquet table, with a motorcycle. [[spoiler:It didn't work.]]

* In Granada's ''Series/SherlockHolmes'', Sherlock (Jeremy Brett) does this near the end of "The Six Napoleons". See it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=278dN8DZw00 here]].

* The Swedish film ''You, The Living'' has an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43R1k8vHCh0 epic version]].

* A SpringTimeForHitler example in {{Rugrats}}, where Angelica has been asked to ruin a grown-ups' dinner party. She yanks the tablecloth, but everything on the table doesn't fall.

* In ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', when Anthy's dress disintegrates during a party due to a vicious prank, Utena whips a nearby tablecloth free (sending everything that was on the table flying in the process) and wraps it around her, making it into a new, toga-like dress to replace it.

* Captain Awesome did this on ''{{Chuck}}''.

* Gleefully averted in ''[[SimonRGreen Wolf In The Fold]]'', in which Fisher snatches up a tablecloth to cover the naked body of a dead man. The toppling crash of place settings is described in all its destructive glory.

* ''TimeWarp'' did both versions, showing you the secret to achieving both.

* ''Series/TopGear'': Similar to the MythBusters example, Clarkson tried to emulate the stunt using a Nissan GT-R to pull the tablecloth off. [[spoiler:And, like the MythBusters example, it didn't work]].

* The MythBusters took on a viral video showing this trick being done on a banquet table, with a motorcycle. [[spoiler:It didn't work.]]
* Similar to the MythBusters example, at the end of S21E4 of ''Series/TopGear'', Clarkson tried to emulate the stunt using a Nissan GT-R to pull the tablecloth off. [[spoiler:And, like the MythBusters example, it didn't work]].

* The Swedish film ''You, The Living'' has an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43R1k8vHCh0 epic version]].

* In the animation ''Dad's Home'', the titular Dad successfully pulls this near the end, for no particular reason and on a table that had no reason to be where it was. He also kicks the table over immediately afterwards.

And even when this trick fails -- sending flowers, silver, and glass everywhere -- it's still entertaning.