History Main / BarSlide

** The saloon tender slides Marty [=McFly=] a gun right before the big showdown in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', [[HomageShot in homage to]] a similar shot in ''Film/MyDarlingClementine''.

** The saloon tender slides Marty [=McFly=] a gun right before the big showdown in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''.

* The Super NES game ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny_Rabbit_Rampage Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage]]'' had bartenders sliding beers in level 2.1, which took place in a saloon.

** George in the [[Film/BackToTheFuture first film]] goes into Lou's Cafe and needs some liquid courage. So he orders... a chocolate milkshake; [[MundaneMadeAwesome Lou slides the drink to him across the bar counter.]]
*** Amplified awesome because the milkshake appears on the counter top a ''split second'' after George orders it!
*** An outtake of this has Creator/CrispinGlover put his hand down in the wrong place, leading to the glass missing his hand and crashing to the floor, prompting a change of clothes.

%% * In ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'', Lou tries this to a girl. She's staring at him but ignores the shot-glass, which shatters on the wall next to her. As does the second one.

* Used as a gag in an Italian movie: the [[ButtMonkey main character]] asks for a beer while in a Spanish bar/restaurant. The barman slides a very large mug of beer down the bar, hitting him squarely in the face.

* A Girl Scout does the Bar Slide during the bar Brawl scene in ''Film/{{Airplane}}''.

* ''Film/SecondhandLions'' uses the fight scene variant when BadassGrandpa Hubb is fighting a group of thugs in a diner (?).

* The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Trouble With Tribbles".

*** An outtake of this has Crispin Glover put his hand down in the wrong place, leading to the glass missing his hand and crashing to the floor, prompting a change of clothes.

* In ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Future!Peter uses his telekinesis to visually invoke this. Sylar does the same thing, only with some coffee in a GreasySpoon instead of at a bar (TelevisionWithoutPity: "So he can grab his coffee without moving his forearms? DAMN YOU, EVOLUTION!")

* The videogame adaptation of CoolWorld had an odd sequence where the player had to activate a bar slide of a bottle, navigate through a bit of platforming to get past the bottle, then catch it at the last moment so it can be given to another character.

* The basis for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBbjsfJamCc&t=4m54s one of the physical challenges]] on ''[[DoubleDare1986 Double Dare]]'' - though with a "[[FrothyMugsOfWater root beer-like substance]]", of course (and later green slime).

* ''SecondhandLions'' uses the fight scene variant when BadassGrandpa Hubb is fighting a group of thugs in a diner (?).

* In ''Film/{{Superman}} II'' at the end Clark goes back to the diner they he got into a fight with a trucker jerk after having his powers taken away and getting himself beat up. After letting the guy hit him and hurt himself doing it he puts him on his food tray and slides him down into the bar into a pinball machine before paying them for the damage and leaving.

* Gwaine from ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' was slid across the bar during a brawl in 3x08.
* ''{{SCTV}}'' - the "Fishin' Musician" show featured Gil (John Candy) taking guest Carl Perkins on an endless road trip, driving four days straight fueled by coffee and cigarettes. At a roadhouse he reels in dazedly, proceeds to get stupid drunk, and picks a fight with an innocuous little guy who proceeds to beat the tar out of him before giving him a bar slide through the window.

* ''TheMovies'' includes the option for a bar slide scene on the appropriate sets.

* Godot from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations'' has this down to an art with mugs of coffee across his prosecutor bench.

* In ''{{Penelope}}'', the heroine has left her house for the first time in her life and has gone into a bar to get the "real" experience. The bartender cheerfully slides her over a beer, but she is so insulated that she does not even know she is supposed to catch it and stares at the glass in surprise at it slides off the bar and shatters on the ground. The bartender explains that she is supposed to catch it and slides her another on the house.

* In Freddy Fish, an inexperienced bartender slides an ice cream float to Freddy and it smashes on the floor.

* In ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'', Lou tries this to a girl. She's staring at him but ignores the shot-glass, which shatters on the wall next to her. As does the second one.

* The ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy:
** George goes into Lou's Cafe and needs some liquid courage. So he orders... a chocolate milkshake; [[MundaneMadeAwesome Lou slides the drink to him across the bar counter.]]

** The saloon tender slides Marty [=McFly=] a gun right before the big showdown in ''Film/BackToTheFuture 3''.
* In ''HudsonHawk'', when Eddie orders a cappuccino, the bartender slides it down the bar to him.
* In ''SpyKids'', Gregorio Cortez slides a ringbox across the railing of the Eiffel Tower to Ingrid to propose to her.

* An episode of ''{{Cheers}}'' revolved around Sam's incredible curving bar slide, which had never been seen before nor was ever seen again.

* One of Earl's deeds in ''MyNameIsEarl'' was to fix the bar; otherwise, whenever someone tried to do this, someone had to grab the beer half-way through and move it over the dent in the bar.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' had an extended homage to ''{{Cocktail}}'' which involved this. Predictably, Barney and Ted broke a lot of glasses.

* sliding other items and/or objects directly into somebody's hand across a bar or other flat surface.
* a person being slid across the bar in a BarBrawl scene.

* Godot from ''PhoenixWright VisualNovel/AceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations'' has this down to an art with mugs of Coffee across his prosecutor bench.

* In the TexAvery cartoon "The Shooting of Dan [=McGoo=]," a beer thus slid navigates a sharp curve, then stops at a miniature intersection to let other beers cross. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elpfXBhaMwk Starts at 2:12.]]

** George goes into Lou's Cafe and needs some liquid courage. So he orders... a chocolate milk; [[MundaneMadeAwesome Lou slides the drink to him on the bar counter.]]
*** Amplified awesome because the milk appears on the counter top a ''split second'' after George orders it!
*** An outtake of this has him put his hand down in the wrong place. {{Hilarity|Ensues}}, and a change of clothes, [[HilarityEnsues ensue.]]

* The title character does this to a sleazy stalker in the opening scene of ''TheAdventuresOfFordFairlane''.
* A Girl Scout does the Bar Slide during the bar Brawl scene in Film/{{Airplane}}.

* The 1983 Midway arcade game ''{{VideoGame/Tapper}}'' featured this as a game mechanic. The force of the mug pushing the customer out the door is the only way to get them out of your hair. The empty mugs are slid back to you, and if the customers get all the way to the end of the bar, they'll slide ''you'' along it.