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Face Plant
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A staple of slapstick and other forms of physical comedy, a Face Plant refers to any instance where someone ends up having their face be the first part of their body to impact the ground after falling. The results to the victim can vary from simple embarrassment to serious injury or even death (though Rule of Funny usually precludes it from going this far), depending on how hard the person hits the ground, what the surface they're falling on is, and how high they're falling from. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Not to be confused with the Anime & Manga trope of Face Fault, where someone winds up face-first on the ground after witnessing or being told something absurd. Examples |
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Akagami no Shirayukihime: Mihaya trips Shirayuki after kidnapping her and tying her hands behind her back when she kicks a box at him and tries to run past him out the only door to the room she is in. Since she doesn't have any way to break her fall she lands on her face, though she tries to take most of the fall with the rest of her body. Definitely not played for laughs. | |
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Some of the games in the Battlefield series will automatically put the player into a head-down skydiving pose if they fall from a certain height. If the player doesn't have a parachute handy or doesn't deploy it in time, this can result in an invariably fatal faceplant. | |
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Blade Bunny: Mixed with a Literal Metaphor for bonus point: Bunny proudly states to her latest employer that she isn't tripped up easily. Then a bystander points out that her bootlaces are untied (again). Bunny trips and faceplants. | |
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Near the climax of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the Grinch tries a Diving Save to catch the slipping sled only to fall short and land face-first in the snow behind it. | |
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| Face Plant / int_480fe694 | type |
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In Axis Powers Hetalia, both America and Romano (South Italy) landed face-down after slipping on a Banana Peel. | |
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| Face Plant / int_4b5b527f | type |
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| Face Plant / int_4b5b527f | comment |
Happens almost constantly to Derpy whenever she's present in in My Little Pony. | |
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| Face Plant / int_60633bb2 | type |
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In New Kid On The Block, Wally West takes a tumble when he tries to remove Pied Piper from a fight. It isn't a prime example of a slapstick moment, but Captain Cold is pretty amused when the Kid hits the concrete. | |
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It's practically impossible for contestants on Wipeout to get through even the first round without having this happen to them. | |
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| Face Plant / int_7700a651 | type |
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| Face Plant / int_7700a651 | comment |
The anime adaptation of Sword Art Online has this happening several times to Kirito over the course of the first episode of the ALFheim Online arc. One pretty spectacular one has him slamming into the ground head-first from several hundred feet in the air and seemingly being stuck for almost a minute after impact. | |
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| Face Plant / int_9acfcc46 | type |
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| Face Plant / int_9acfcc46 | comment |
In one episode of Kekkaishi, Yoshimori Sumimura ends up face planting after Tokine Yukimura uses a small kekkai to trip him. | |
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In The Blue Lotus, Thompson and Thomson try to catch a train that has Tintin on it and fall on their faces. They are next seen in a hospital with their noses in casts. | |
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The Kid from Bastion enters any area by falling from the sky and landing face-down. Becomes significantly less funny at the end of the game when, after taking a vicious beating from the Ura, the Kid returns to the Bastion, lands in his usual manner...and stays down. | |
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| Face Plant / int_ad579e46 | type |
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| Face Plant / int_ad579e46 | comment |
In Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon, the Have a Nice Death screen for falling deaths ("Deceleration Trauma") shows Roger Wilco upside down with his head mashed into the ground. The VGA remake of Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter has a similar death screen. | |
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ASDF Movie has the "Do the Flop Guy", which is this trope as a Dance Sensation. | |
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| Face Plant / int_b1e1d0b0 | type |
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| Face Plant / int_b1e1d0b0 | comment |
Ask Fluffle Puff takes this beyond Running Gag territory with the titular character. She can even move around while flat on her face. | |
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| Face Plant / int_b30ae4db | type |
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| Face Plant / int_b30ae4db | comment |
Game of Thrones: When Myranda falls into her death, she lands face first, leaving a huge bloodstain. Not so pretty now... | |
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| Face Plant / int_b4967d43 | type |
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| Face Plant / int_b4967d43 | comment |
Notably employed in Sonic the Hedgehog as a Running Gag. | |
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Smile Pretty Cure!: Yayoi (Cure Peace) does these from time to time even in her version of the ending◊ she even gets a red nose in her next appearance. | |
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Happens to most of the mane characters at one time or another on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Apple Bloom has this as a running joke in "Hearts and Hooves Day". Happens to Spike in "Inspiration Manifestation", when he tries walking in the bulky crystal armor Rarity puts him in. In "Equestria Games", when Spike is brought before Cadance upon arriving in the Crystal Empire, he falls face-first on the ground when the guards transporting him come to a halt. |
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YouTube is jam-packed with home videos showing people meeting Terra firma face-first. | |
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In Brain Dead 13, Lance does this on the chopping block table in a dead faint after his hand gets chopped off by Vivi. | |
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| Face Plant / int_d4ab5d5a | comment |
Happens in Twister when Jo Harding slams on the brakes on Bill's truck while he's in the back readying the Dorothy probe, causing him to smack the back window face-first. | |
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| Face Plant / int_db78104f | type |
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| Face Plant / int_db78104f | comment |
In Barbie and the Secret Door, Nori has trouble walking since she's used to having a mermaid tail, and falls flat on her face when trying to take a step. | |
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| Face Plant / int_e3ce3877 | comment |
This particular method of selling a move is so iconic for Ric Flair that it's dubbed the "Flair Flop" by fans. | |
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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games: Pinkie Pie ends up face-first on the floor upon opening a school exit after one of her overexcited rants. Twilight after she trips trying to jump over a hay bale. That must have hurt considering she's wearing her glasses, and she's lucky to not have broken them. |
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Mabel Pines pulls one off in the Gravity Falls episode "Double Dipper", when she attempts to do a flip while singing karaoke. | |
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