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Obviously [[Truth in Television]] for anyone who tried that. In real life, however, it usually results in a nosebleed or, if bad enough, a trip to the emergency room - [[Looney Tunes]] jokes notwithstanding. And if an actual rake ''fails'' to rise and smack you, it may instead [[Agony of the Feet|hurt your foot]].
Obviously [[Truth in Television]] for anyone who tried that. In real life, however, it usually results in a nosebleed or, if bad enough, a trip to the emergency room - [[Looney Tunes]] jokes notwithstanding. And if an actual rake ''fails'' to rise and smack you, it may instead [[Agony of the Feet|hurt your foot]].


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== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* A variation happens in ''[[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Film)|National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation]]'', when Clark keeps stepping on loose floorboards in the attic.
* A variation happens in ''[[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation]]'', when Clark keeps stepping on loose floorboards in the attic.


== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* A humorous aside in the ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' novel ''The Traitor's Hand'' notes a group of monks injuring themselves stepping on discarded gardening tools while fleeing from an unexpectedly-landing shuttlecraft. Seems even in [[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|the 41st millennium]], this joke still happens.
* A humorous aside in the ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' novel ''The Traitor's Hand'' notes a group of monks injuring themselves stepping on discarded gardening tools while fleeing from an unexpectedly-landing shuttlecraft. Seems even in [[Warhammer 40,000|the 41st millennium]], this joke still happens.


== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Happens to the Skipper on the ''[[Gilligans Island]]'' episode "Waiting for Watubi"; the "rake" was made of bamboo and coconuts.
* Happens to the Skipper on the ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' episode "Waiting for Watubi"; the "rake" was made of bamboo and coconuts.
* Happens to Jack a couple of times on ''[[Threes Company]]''.
* Happens to Jack a couple of times on ''[[Three's Company]]''.
* On ''[[One Thousand Ways to Die (TV)|One Thousand Ways to Die]]'', one young woman who gardened as a hobby died of suffocation by stepping on a rake with a zucchini in her mouth as she prepared for a date.
* On ''[[1000 Ways to Die|One Thousand Ways to Die]]'', one young woman who gardened as a hobby died of suffocation by stepping on a rake with a zucchini in her mouth as she prepared for a date.
* In ''The Late Show with [[David Letterman]]'''s Top Ten List of the most dangerous toys (from November 1997), Number 8 was "'Ouch!' The Step-On-A-Rake Game".
* In ''The Late Show with [[David Letterman]]'''s Top Ten List of the most dangerous toys (from November 1997), Number 8 was "'Ouch!' The Step-On-A-Rake Game".


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== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time (Video Game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time]]'' has loose planks on the pirate ship level that smack the player character whenever they step on them. It's the same gag.
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time]]'' has loose planks on the pirate ship level that smack the player character whenever they step on them. It's the same gag.
* This happens to Guybrush in ''[[Monkey Island 2 Le Chucks Revenge (Video Game)|Monkey Island 2 Le Chucks Revenge]]''.
* This happens to Guybrush in ''[[Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge|Monkey Island 2 Le Chucks Revenge]]''.
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies (Video Game)|Plants vs. Zombies]]'' allows you to buy a rake for your lawn that kills the first zombie that it encounters; it lasts three levels, after which you can buy a new one.
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]'' allows you to buy a rake for your lawn that kills the first zombie that it encounters; it lasts three levels, after which you can buy a new one.
* A rare level hazard in the ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' game for the [[Sega Genesis]]. In some levels, enemies can attack you while the rake has incapacitated you.
* A rare level hazard in the ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' game for the [[Sega Genesis]]. In some levels, enemies can attack you while the rake has incapacitated you.
* One of the rake-type traps is present in ''[[Runescape]]'' in Isafdar forest. However, this trap has something else than just a stick at the end of rake.
* One of the rake-type traps is present in ''[[RuneScape]]'' in Isafdar forest. However, this trap has something else than just a stick at the end of rake.
* This can happen to Pac-Man in ''[[Pacman|Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures]]'' at the farm.
* This can happen to Pac-Man in ''[[Pac-Man|Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures]]'' at the farm.


== [[Web Comics]] ==
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':
{{quote| '''Torg''' (thinking): ''Alone, surrounded by vampires. My only hope is to dive for the rake by my feet, breaking the shaft into a wooden stake. But how am I going to find it in this mist?''<br />
{{quote|'''Torg''' (thinking): ''Alone, surrounded by vampires. My only hope is to dive for the rake by my feet, breaking the shaft into a wooden stake. But how am I going to find it in this mist?''
*WAP!* }}
*WAP!* }}


== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Tom the cat gets it frequently in ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]''.
* Tom the cat gets it frequently in ''[[Tom and Jerry]]''.
* This happens to Sideshow Bob a lot in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', particularly in the "Cape Feare" story where he [[Overly Long Gag|repeatedly stepped on a bunch of rakes in a row]]. Hanging onto the bottom on a car after it went through a bunch of cacti apparently left him too out of it even notice how they were all there completely littering the ground.
* This happens to Sideshow Bob a lot in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', particularly in the "Cape Feare" story where he [[Overly Long Gag|repeatedly stepped on a bunch of rakes in a row]]. Hanging onto the bottom on a car after it went through a bunch of cacti apparently left him too out of it even notice how they were all there completely littering the ground.
** In the DVD commentary, the creators admit they were [[Filler|filling for time]].
** In the DVD commentary, the creators admit they were [[Filler|filling for time]].
** It becomes a [[Running Gag]] or possibly even a [[Brick Joke]] in later episodes.
** It becomes a [[Running Gag]] or possibly even a [[Brick Joke]] in later episodes.
{{quote| '''Sideshow Bob:''' Rakes! My old arch enemy...<br />
{{quote|'''Sideshow Bob:''' Rakes! My old arch enemy...
'''Bart:''' I thought I was your arch enemy?<br />
'''Bart:''' I thought I was your arch enemy?
''' Sideshow Bob:''' I have a life outside of you, you know. }}
''' Sideshow Bob:''' I have a life outside of you, you know. }}
:* In "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" (an [[Alternate Ending]] to "Cape Feare" where Bob succeeded in killing Bart) makes this horrifically true, as it is what ultimately dooms Bob; the adult Lisa has become a cruel [[Serial Killer]] gunning for revenge, and a rake is what hinders his attempt to flee from her.
* In ''[[Ice Age]]'', Sid the sloth walks on ''something'' in the abandoned human camp and gets whacked in the face.
* In ''[[Ice Age]]'', Sid the sloth walks on ''something'' in the abandoned human camp and gets whacked in the face.
* ''[[Monster Allergy]]'' has it with Bombo in the opening theme of season 1.
* ''[[Monster Allergy]]'' has it with Bombo in the opening theme of season 1.
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Latest revision as of 19:57, 10 December 2023

Buhhhuuhhuhuhuh...


Common in cartoons, an innocuous-looking rake (or hoe, or shovel...) is lying on the ground. A character steps on it the wrong way and gets a face full of the stick part. Ouch.

Obviously Truth in Television for anyone who tried that. In real life, however, it usually results in a nosebleed or, if bad enough, a trip to the emergency room - Looney Tunes jokes notwithstanding. And if an actual rake fails to rise and smack you, it may instead hurt your foot.

Examples of Rake Take include:


Film

Literature

  • A humorous aside in the Ciaphas Cain novel The Traitor's Hand notes a group of monks injuring themselves stepping on discarded gardening tools while fleeing from an unexpectedly-landing shuttlecraft. Seems even in the 41st millennium, this joke still happens.

Live Action TV

  • Happens to the Skipper on the Gilligan's Island episode "Waiting for Watubi"; the "rake" was made of bamboo and coconuts.
  • Happens to Jack a couple of times on Three's Company.
  • On One Thousand Ways to Die, one young woman who gardened as a hobby died of suffocation by stepping on a rake with a zucchini in her mouth as she prepared for a date.
  • In The Late Show with David Letterman's Top Ten List of the most dangerous toys (from November 1997), Number 8 was "'Ouch!' The Step-On-A-Rake Game".

Newspaper Comics

Other

Video Games

Web Comics

Torg (thinking): Alone, surrounded by vampires. My only hope is to dive for the rake by my feet, breaking the shaft into a wooden stake. But how am I going to find it in this mist?

  • WAP!*

Western Animation

Sideshow Bob: Rakes! My old arch enemy...
Bart: I thought I was your arch enemy?
Sideshow Bob: I have a life outside of you, you know.

  • In "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" (an Alternate Ending to "Cape Feare" where Bob succeeded in killing Bart) makes this horrifically true, as it is what ultimately dooms Bob; the adult Lisa has become a cruel Serial Killer gunning for revenge, and a rake is what hinders his attempt to flee from her.
  • In Ice Age, Sid the sloth walks on something in the abandoned human camp and gets whacked in the face.
  • Monster Allergy has it with Bombo in the opening theme of season 1.