History EpicFail / FIlm

* In the new ''Film/GetSmart'' movie, Maxwell Smart is given a tiny grappling hook launcher, and while using it to free himself, manages to hit everything except what he was aiming for, including a secret button that drops him out of an airliner. In flight.

* The circus's performance in Rome in ''Film/{{Madagascar}}'' 3, is a series of EpicFail. Examples include Stefano [[ItMakesSenseInContext choking on his balls]], knocking a dog unconscious by accident, or a horse kicking another dog of a pyramid of dogs, or the balls the elephants were standing on deflating, or even the [[AssShove the elephant accidentally sitting on a heckler and exiting stage left with the boy in his rear end]].

* ''TheLordOfTheRings: The Two Towers'': When the Ents (gigantic living trees) hold a council, they demonstrate just how mind-bogglingly slow they are at doing ''anything''.

* The entire US military does this in the American movie version of ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}''. First they miss the skyscraper sized dinosaur with rockets and heat seeking missiles from close range and destroy more of the city than the lizard does. Somehow, the monster was able to hide in a city of ''eight million.''

* The entire US military does this in the American movie version of ''Film/{{Godzilla}}''. First they miss the skyscraper sized dinosaur with rockets and heat seeking missiles from close range and destroy more of the city than the lizard does. Somehow, the monster was able to hide in a city of ''eight million.''

** ''Film/BatmanReturns'': The Penguin snatches up an instrument panel from the wreckage of the Batboat and tries to use it against Batman, assuming it's some kind of weapon. It turns out to actually be the device that overrides the frequency jam on the Penguin's radio sig

* ''TheGodsMustBeCrazy'' is pretty much a collection of epic fails every ten minutes of the movie. Ay ay ay ay ay. What's worse, roughly half the [[HilarityEnsues wacky predicaments ensue]] simply because at the beginning of the movie, ''someone throws an empty Coca-Cola bottle from an airplane''. Seriously. We never even learn the litterbug's name.

* TimBurton's ''{{Batman}}'' series:
** The 1989 film: Batman programs the computer in his Batplane to fire two machine guns and several missiles at TheJoker. ''Every'' missile and bullet [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy completely misses]]. Even more humiliating when the Joker causes the Batplane to crash to the street below with a single shot from his (admittedly very long) gun.
** ''BatmanReturns'': The Penguin snatches up an instrument panel from the wreckage of the Batboat and tries to use it against Batman, assuming it's some kind of weapon. It turns out to actually be the device that overrides the frequency jam on the Penguin's radio signal to his pet penguins to launch their missiles at Gotham City, and as a result the penguins [[HoistByHisOwnPetard fire their missiles at Penguin's own hideout, completely destroying it]].
* In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', after Erik has just stopped a missile strike from the US Navy, Xavier tries to get Erik to call off his counterattack by saying that "they were JustFollowingOrders!" He said that to a ''Holocaust survivor''. Magneto's face and [[TranquilFury quiet voice]] show everyone just how ''utterly'' Xavier has failed to convince him, before he returns the missiles to sender.
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--> '''[[DeadpanSnarker Skipper]]''':''' Well, that was worth the price of admission.'''

* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', Felix is caught [[spoiler:by King Candy]], and put into a jail cell. He tries to get out with his [[HealingShiv hammer]]... [[BlessedWithSuck and ends up making the bars on the cell twice as thick]].

* The circus's performance in Rome in ''Film/{{Madagascar}}'' 3, is a series of EpicFail. Examples include Stefano [[ItMakesSenseInTheContext choking on his balls]], knocking a dog unconcious by accident, or a horse kicking another dog of a pyramid of dogs, or the balls the elephants were standing on deflating, or even the [[AssShove the elephant accidentally sitting on a heckler and exiting stage left with the boy in his rear end]].

* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', Felix [[spoiler:is caught by King Candy]], and put into a jail cell. He tries to get out with his [[HealingShiv hammer]]... [[BlessedWithSuck and ends up making the bars on the cell twice as thick]].

* ''MulhollandDrive'' has a scene where a hired killer kills his victim and then tries to fake suicide by putting his gun into the victim's hand. While trying to do so, he accidentally pulls the trigger and the bullet goes through the (fairly thin) wall into the neigbouring flat, hitting a fat, ugly woman. He then goes into said flat and attacks the woman, which turns out to be stronger than he expected. He eventually overpowers her and tries to drag her into the flat where he killed the first guy in order to fake a suicide-with-murder scenario. While passing the floor, he is observed by a janitor who apparently doesn't speak English, but slowly follows him into the flat. Back there, the killer first kills the woman, then the janitor enters the room with his vacuum cleaner. He also shoots the janitor, but by accident, the vacuum cleaner is turned back on again. He then pulls the janitor into the room. Finally, he tries to turn off the vacuum cleaner...by shooting at it. The vacuum cleaner catches fire, which sets off the fire alarm.
* In ''Film/{{Snatch}}''... pretty much ''anything'' [[StupidCrooks Sol and Vinnie]] put their minds to. In their defining moment, they were hired to take a briefcase from a man who had been sent to place a bet at a bookies. They get the cash from the bookies, their employer gets the case. Unfortunately, their escape driver, Tyrone, DrivesLikeCrazy and backed into the van their victim had used to get to the scene, knocking him out and trapping him inside it. Later that night they see someone carrying a case go inside, and without attempting to verify the target, they enter the bookies, only to find that it's (obviously) the wrong person, and furthermore that the bookies has no cash because all bets are off. Then the cashier lady turns out to be a BadassBystander who deftly disarms Sol of his shotgun and trips the alarm. Then they attempt (and fail) to open the front door. Reasoning that it's a security door that locked when the alarm was pushed, they try to ShootOutTheLock. The door turns out to be bulletproof, and Vince gets his leg grazed by the ricochet. They fall down in exhaustion and take off their ski masks, at which point they notice the security camera that's just caught them both unmasked. And ''then'', to top it off, Tyrone shows up to get them... it turns out the reason they couldn't open the front door is because [[DoorDumb they tried to push the 'pull' side of the door]]. The pincher is that the pair are completely unknown in that part of the underworld, and the camera fails to be of any use because the owner doesn't recognize them... but Tyrone is recognized. Epic Fail indeed.

* In ''StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', Kirk and his TrueCompanions steal the ''Enterprise''. The shiny new ''Excelsior'', in hot pursuit, powers up its revolutionary transwarp drive... which promptly conks out [[spoiler:due to Scotty sabotaging it beforehand]], complete with sputtering engine noises, leaving Starfleet's "Great Experiment" adrift and having to be towed back to Spacedock.

* The entire US military does this in the American movie version of ''Film/{{Godzilla}}''. First they miss the skyscraper sized dinosaur with rockets and heat seeking missiles from close range and destroy more of the city than the lizard does. Somehow, the monster was able to hide in a city of '''eight million.''

* A scene in ''Film/MouseHunt'' had the brothers Ernie and Lars Smuntz arguing over who gets the sole bed in a bedroom. They eventually decide to flip a coin. The coin [[HeadsTailsEdge lands on its edge]] and stays there.

* In the ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' movie, there's a scene near the middle of the film where Garfield is upset over Odie. He proceeds to vent this frustration by smacking Odie's favorite ball. The ball knocks an object over, then that object knock something else over, and this chain reaction continues until the entire wall-high shelf tips over and onto Garfield. When Jon comes back inside, he is not happy. Garfield lives, of course.

* The entire US military does this in the American movie version of {{Godzilla}}. First they miss the skyscraper sized dinosaur with rockets and heat seeking missiles from close range and destroy more of the city than the lizard does. Somehow, the monster was able to hide in a city of '''eight million.''

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'': The knights are crossing the bridge of death and must answer the bridge keeper's three questions, and if they fail any one they will automatically fall off the bridge to their death. The first two questions always ask one's name and quest, but the third is always random, ranging from something impossibly easy like "what is your favorite color" to a ni-difficult "what is the capital of Assyria." Gallahad lucks out and manages to get the "favorite color" question... and ''still'' manages to screw up his answer, leading to him plummeting to his death.

* ''TheGodsMustBeCrazy'' is pretty much a collection of epic fails every ten minutes of the movie. Ay ay ay ay ay.
** What's worse, roughly half the [[HilarityEnsues wacky predicaments ensue]] simply because at the beginning of the movie, ''someone throws an empty Coca-Cola bottle from an airplane''. Seriously. We never even learn the litterbug's name.