History Main / TheHeckler

* In ''Film/HappyGilmore'' "Shooter" [=McGavin=] hired one of his rabid fans to heckle Happy while he golfs, knowing Happy did not have the discipline to ignore him. This leads into the most beloved scene of the movie where instead of taking his anger out on the heckler, Happy ends up in a fight with his golfing partner [[ThePriceIsRight Bob Barker]].

* Munster Rugby fans are famous for taking pride in averting this trope, maintaining a respectful silence (and even hushing each other) when kicks at goal are being taken by either the home or visiting teams, and even applauding if they score. However it's possible that a stadium packed with 26,000 people staring at you in complete silence might be even more unnerving to someone who is not used to it than a rising chorus of boos and jeers.

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* JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf from ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. Their whole schtick is to make fun of how bad the show is, and it is implied that it's the only reason they go to the show at all. Usually they keep their comments to themselves, except when Fozzie takes the stage; their insults get more laughs from the audience than Fozzie's jokes.

* The song "The Heckler" by {{Primus}}.

* The song "The Heckler" by [[Music/Primus Primus]].

* The song "The Heckler" by Music/Primus is about someone trying to put on a show before a mass "only to be ridiculed, by some slimy pompous...".

* The song "The Heckler" by ''Music/Primus''.

* The song "The Heckler" by ''Music/Primus'': "The stage is set, the perfect show is put before the mass. Only to be ridiculed, by some slimy pompous...".

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', one of Elaine's friends goes to see Jerry's act and starts heckling him for no reason. Jerry gets even by going to where she works to heckle her back.
** In ''The Butter Shave'', Jerry intentionally sabotages his own act, mocking sensitive topics to incite hecklers and generally being the stereotypical annoying bad comedian. He does this to spite Kenny Bania, who is irritating him by following him in all his endeavors. He is successful in trashing his own act, but Bania still gets an offer for a TV series (once again, following in Jerry's footsteps) because of incidental offstage shenanegins happening between Kramer and Newman.

* In ''Film/TokyoGodfathers'', one of these was the reason [[{{Transgender}} Hana]] ended up homeless after she left the bar her foster mother owned where she worked as a DragQueen. The heckler called her [[BerserkButton an old fart]] and after she attacked him she was too ashamed to stay there any longer.

* Michael Richard (of ''Seinfeld'' fame) became embroiled in a major scandal when his response to a heckler veered off into hardcore racist territory.

* In "Magician Mickey", WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse is a StageMagician being heckled by WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck. Mickey responds by making Donald part of the act and performing humiliating magic tricks on him.

* John Cheese has written at least one article for {{Website/Cracked}} documenting the best comedian takedowns of hecklers, including some of the ones listed in the Comedy section above. You can find it [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-most-satisfying-cases-hecklers-getting-destroyed/ here]].

Naturally TruthInTelevision. It should be noted that 90 percent of the time when someone gets the courage to heckle it does not end well for them. The reason being is that often they make their move on private property where they can be asked to leave for disruptive conduct. At other times they are trying to heckle someone who has the microphone, thus few people can hear their comments but ''everyone'' can hear the responses. It is part of the business with [[StandUpComedy stand-up comics]] and are usually prepared for it, incidents like with Michael Richards are really fairly rare.

* The flies at P.T. Flea's circus in ''ABugsLife''.

* In Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's ''Theatre/Mystere'', which has NoFourthWall, the NonIronicClown Brian Le Petit is this rather than an actual resident of the MagicalLand the show is set in (AllThereInTheManual material explains he wandered into the theatre by mistake). He mocks the emcee during the NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning and disrupts the show several times with ScrewySquirrel hijinks, culminating in a DisappearingBox act with an audience participant that turns out to be [[spoiler: his ploy to ''woo the man's date'' while he's locked up]]. In the end, [[spoiler: he's not only escorted out of the theatre, but does not participate in the curtain call]].

* Creator/RodneyDangerfield's trademark rabid-fire one-liners were very easy to turn around from insulting himself to insulting the crowd. Forget about hecklers, if he felt a joke didn't get a big enough laugh as it deserved or was met with a disgusted groan, he'd start mocking the crowd for being a bunch of prudes. If you actually ''did'' try and heckle, God help you.

** Bart, and often Homer act as such, usually for petty attention-seeking reasons or one of their rivals being in the spotlight. In "Bart Star", Flanders becomes coach of Bart's football team, leading Homer to chastise him relentlessly during each game, until Flanders finally snaps and [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter makes him coach instead).