Quotes / Toon Physics

(Homer tosses trampoline off desert cliff. Satisfied, he turns away, dusting his hands)

Homer: That's the last we'll see of Mr. Trampoline!

(Pan down to cliff's base, where the trampoline bounces off a wayward rock and springs back)

(Pan up to Homer walking away, satisfied. He turns, surprised as the trampoline barrels down on him, repeatedly bouncing off his head til he's stuck in the bedrock.)

"If this were a cartoon, I'd be falling now."

(The sun slowly sinks into the horizon with Homer still stuck. It is now nighttime. There is a faint howl of a coyote in the distance.)

"I'm hungry."

(The cliff face then proceeds to collapse with Homer still trapped underneath a trampoline)

— The Simpsons, "Bart's Inner Child"

What's wrong with you? Flubbing the laws of physics for just a cheap gag — it violates everything I...

— Vegeta to Arale, Dragon Ball Super Episode 69

Eddie Valiant: You mean you could've taken your hand out of that cuff at any time?

Roger Rabbit: No, not at any time, only when it was funny.

— Who Framed Roger Rabbit