Inevitable Waterfall: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''Pacha''': [[Oh Crap|Uh-oh]].<br />

'''Kuzco''': [facing the other way] Don't tell me. [[Genre Savvy|We're about to go over a huge waterfall.]]<br />

'''Pacha''': [[Casual Danger Dialogue|Yep.]]<br />

'''Kuzco''': [[Deadpan Snarker|Sharp rocks at the bottom?]]<br />

'''Pacha''': [[This Is Gonna Suck|Most likely]].<br />

'''Kuzco''': ''([[Beat]])'' [[Bring It|Bring it on]].|''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]''}}

If the characters are rafting, swimming, or just floating down [[River of Insanity|a river]], then they will either go over a waterfall or narrowly avoid going over a waterfall. Always. No exceptions. You could take it to the bank.<ref> But you actually can't, because you're going over a waterfall - you'd swim to the bank if you could... 'cause the side of a river is called a bank, and [[Don't Explain the Joke|um... never mind.]]</ref>

* ''[[The Slayers]]''{{context}}

{{quote| "'Cause the only worse predicament thet could happen tuh me right now would be if'n thar turned out tuh be some kind of obstacle on this here stretch of river thet wazn't marked on the general's campaign map! Like mebbe a - ''Gasp!'' - '''W-waterfall!'''"}}

* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] Unlimited]]'' #4 features an inevitable waterfall... [[Critical Research Failure|on the lower Mississippi!]]

* ''Bushwhacked''{{context}}

* ''[[George of the Jungle]]''{{context}}

* ''The Wrong Guys''{{context}}

* ''[[The Last of the Mohicans|Last of the Mohicans]]''{{context}}

** ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]] II: The Return of Jafar''{{context}}

** ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'', with [[Lampshade Hanging]] as outlined in the above quote. They go over, and Kuzco screams "BOOYAHAHA!!" on the way down.

** ''[[Winnie the Pooh]] and the Blustery Day''{{context}}

** In ''[[Pocahontas]]'', the title character willingly went over a cascading waterfall in her boat.

** In the first ''[[Mulan]]'' film, the main characters are carried over an Inevitable Cliff by an avalanche. It's essentially identical to an [[Inevitable Waterfall]] scene.

** ''[[A Goofy Movie]]''{{context}}

* The ''[[Mr. Magoo]]'' movie.{{context}}

* ''[[Star Wars]]'':

* In the first ''[[Homeward Bound]]'', Sassy goes over the [[Inevitable Waterfall]].

* ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''.{{context}}

* ''[[Predator]]''{{context}}

* ''[[Cat City]]''{{context}}

* [[Buster Keaton]]'s ''Our Hospitality''.{{context}}

* ''[[Police Academy]] 4: Citizens On Patrol''.{{context}}

* ''Lara Croft: [[Tomb Raider]]''{{context}}

** ''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'': the witches end up heading for a waterfall. ("The dwarfs didn't say anything about a waterfall." "I expect they thought we'd find out for ourselves.") Magrat tries to use her Fairy Godmother wand to save them and, just as they're about to go over, manages to turn the boat into a pumpkin. This doesn't help.

** ''[[Discworld/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'': Vimes goes over one while he's on the run from the werewolf pack. Prior to going over he sees [[Grim Reaper|Death]] because he is having a near-death experience and thus Death must be having a near-Vimes experience (because of Quantum).

* In ''Patrimony'' by [[Alan Dean Foster]], Flinx has to deal with one of these things.

** In ''[[Spellsinger|The Hour Of The Gate]]'', also by Foster, Jon-Tom's party only survive the [[Inevitable Waterfall]] because {{spoiler|the wizard Clothahump levitates their boat}} over the Helldrink. This was even more harrowing than most examples, as they were on a subterranean river with no way to change course or land, and were being pursued by an [[Eldritch Abomination]] at the time.

* In ''Snakehead'', seventh installment in [[Anthony Horowitz]]'s ''Alex Rider'' series, Alex steals a float and oar from a seaplane, and uses them to form a kayak. He then navigates through treacherous rapids {{spoiler|and tries to avoid a marksman aiming at him from a helicopter,}} and only after getting through this does he tumble down the 50-yard high Bora Falls...and, being the protagonist, survives. This is not the first time that it is made blindingly obvious that the kid is [[Born Lucky]], nor is it the last.

== Live -Action TV ==

** I think we can all agree that the ''Dead Fantasy'' series is [[World of Badass|made of]] [[Rule of Cool]].{{context}}

== WebcomicsWeb Comics ==

{{quote| '''Goofy:''' Ah-hyuck. A waterfall. ([[Beat]].) '''[[Oh Crap|A WATERFALL!]]'''}}

* Ruby-Spears' ''[[Mega Man (animation)|Mega Man]]'' had one of these in the final episode. Thing is, Megaman and Protoman are fighting in the river when they notice this-- — and it doesn't stop them.

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':

** Also in "Milhouse of Sand and Fog".{{context}}

* The ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Mars University".{{context}}

* ''[[Transformers]]: Beast Wars''{{context}}

* ''[[Rugrats]]''{{context}}

{{quote| '''Jelly's Sister''': Hey big brother, what's that?<br />

* Happens on ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'' on the episode where Timmy and the fairies visit [[Niagara Falls]]. The fact that they were visiting Niagara Falls made it even more inevitable than normal.

* ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]''{{context}}

* The [[Classic Disney Short]] featuring [[Donald Duck]] as ''Commando Duck''. Unlike most of the examples in fiction, the waterfall's relevance doesn't end when Don falls thruthrough it. It immediately takes over the plot and leads to a glorious [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Donald. [[It Makes Sense in Context|Watch the short so it makes more sense.]]

* ''Niagara Fools''., Thethe famous ''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'' cartoon in which Woody deliberately tries to go down the Niagara Falls in a barrel for how [[Rule of Cool|cool]] and [[Rule of Fun|fun]] that would be. A guard keeps trying to stop him and succedssucceeds, only to ironically end inside the barrel and fall down the waterfall [[Running Gag|over and over again]].

* In the "It's a Wonderful Nine Lives" episode of ''[[Eek! theThe Cat]]'', Eek is in the water with his blonde-haired pig friend during one of his [[Amusing Injuries]]. They go over a waterfall (much to Eek's cowardice) and the pig somehow disappears. Then Eek gets trapped inside a sewer and fortunately swims out of it.