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Old Faithful
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A trope most frequently seen in Western Animation set in a national park or other natural area, but tends to show up in other works as well. The Old Faithful (name may vary) is a geyser that, true to its name, erupts at very precise intervals, to the point that you can accurately predict when it will happen. For sake of plot, these eruptions tend to happen at either the most convenient or most inconvenient moment possible. Often accompanied by a sign that states the geyser's name and occasionally the time it is scheduled to erupt. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Frequently used for gags that involve unlucky characters ending up on top of the geyser just as it is about to go off. Sometimes the geyser can be set up as a trap for the same effect or be used for dramatic effect. Water-Geyser Volley may or may not apply. Examples: |
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Nature Cat: In the episode "Under Pressure", Nature Cat and friends learn about geysers when they go on an adventure in Yellowstone with Ronald and Grampy Donald to see how they work. Eventually, Nature Cat and Ronald race to Old Faithful to see it with everyone else. | |
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Transformers: Rescue Bots: In the episode "Rules And Regulations", we are introduced to a super-hot geyser called "Old Parker" that goes off every forty-five minutes. This geyser is located in the middle of an EMP dead zone that disables technology (including Autobots), which leaves three of the Bots frozen on top of the geyser when they try to find Cody after a misheard communication. | |
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These type of geysers frequently showed up in classic cartoons like Looney Tunes. One example would be Tweet Tweet Tweety: Tweety hides in a geyser that will erupt at 12:00 and a clock at the sign reads 11:55. Sylvester pulls the hand back to 11:30 and goes after him. Tweety comes out of a different hole near the sign and pulls the hands of the clock at 12 and the geyser lifts Sylvester in the air. | |
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A Desperate Dan comic in The Dandy features the titular cowboy attempt to cook beans in the woods, only to find out that a recent rainstorm rendered all wood in the area useless for a campfire. He then gets an idea and ties a horseshoe to the top of a tree directly next to a geyser which is set to precise intervals, which he puts his tinned beans in. Sure enough, the geyser erupts and launches the tin can into the horseshoe, alerting Dan that they're done. Given the elaborate setup, Dan had just invented the microwave. | |
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Darkwing Duck: One of these called "old reliable" shows up in the episode Bearskin Thug; Steelbeak ties Gosalyne up above it as part of a Death Trap, but in the end, he and his henchmen end up getting hit by the erupting geyser themselves. | |
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Camp Lazlo: The Bean Scouts and Squirrel Scouts visit one in the episode "Squirrel Seats". Raj ends up sitting in it to prevent it from erupting as part of a Zany Scheme to stop Lazlo getting back on the bus. | |
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The Donald Duck Cartoon "Good Scouts" has Donald falling into a geyser, plugging the hole with his butt. He reads the sign next to it, which reads "Old Reliable Geyser: erupts at 12 o'clock." Donald then looks at his watch and realizes it's twelve o' clock, and is soon shot up by the geyser. The cartoon ends with Donald on the geyser running on a boulder while being chased by a bear. | |
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Phineas and Ferb: the "Old Reliable" geyser from the episode Candace Loses Her Head. Surprisingly, it does not play a significant role in the story. | |
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Ice Age: Sid sits on a geyser as Manny and Diego count down to when the geyser erupts and sends Sid flying. | |
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Star vs. the Forces of Evil in the episode "Camping Trip" Marco wants to show Star one of these, named Old Youthful. Due to constant delays and interruptions of Star's dad the journey there is 'troublesome', but in the end, they make it. | |
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The Loud House: the episode Raw Deal played with this trope. The national park the family visits has a geyser, but it stopped erupting long ago. It finally erupts again at the end of the episode, and only Lincoln gets to see it. | |
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The Pink Panther: in "Pink Of The Litter" in which Pink is sentenced to clean up the debris in Litterburg. At one point, Pink drives a tip truck full of trash to Old Reliable, and dumps the refuse in the hole. The geyser erupts as Pink is driving away, negating all his work. | |
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FoxTrot: Mosquito Falls has a geyser that erupts every day, right on time...at 2 in the morning. | |
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Humphrey The Bear: "In the Bag", Humphrey has to clean all the liter in the park to get his dinner, so he just throws it all in a hole. Unfortunately, that hole is the geyser Old Fateful, and Humphrey tries to stop it before it gives him away. | |
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in Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run, Old Faithful is one of many national monuments that Know-Nothing Know-It-All Daffy Duck thinks are located in New York City. | |
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Wander over Yonder: In "The Tourist", Wander and Sylvia visit "Old Slooshy" on a sightseeing trip. However, the geyser doesn't go off at the marked time, and an impatient Wander uses a giant plunger to force it to erupt. This causes it to erupt in an even more spectacular fashion, which he misses. | |
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Gravity Falls: Episode "Roadside Attraction", the woods around Mystery Mountain contain one of these, and it's accurate to the second. The protagonists use it to to escape from a spider-person who had them all trapped in the Sky Tram. | |
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