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CliffStack for where a human traffic jam can occur, MotorcycleDominoes for another instance of a row toppling over, and WatchWhereYoureGoing for when the people colliding are going in opposite directions.



* ''Manga/PrincessPrincess'': The three princesses have been on the stage and are leaving it for a scene change. Mikoto is at front but suddenly stops which cause Tohru and Yuujirou to bump into him and another. The reason to stop: outside the stage waits Mikotos sister and girlfriend, the last two persons he want to see him in girl's clothes and who he actually have asked to go home to prevent it. Mikoto then blacks out.

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* ''Manga/PrincessPrincess'': The three princesses have been on the stage and are leaving it for a scene change. Mikoto is at front but suddenly stops which cause Tohru and Yuujirou to bump into him and another. The reason to stop: outside the stage waits Mikotos Mikoto's sister and girlfriend, the last two persons he want to see him in girl's clothes and who he actually have asked to go home to prevent it. Mikoto then blacks out.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In "Heat Wave," while the kids are on their way to the library, Auntie Midge calls out to them, causing Tooey to pause and the others to bump into him.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''. While the elephants are marching through the jungle, Colonel Hathi, the one in front, stops and forgets to say "Halt!", resulting in the rest of the the heard ramming into him. The scene was taken from a short called ''Goliath II''. Also serves as an EarlyBirdCameo for the elephants in this film.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2'' continues with this gag, this time with Hathi and his herd fleeing from a group of humans and attempting to hide in a cave. In this case the traffic jam is caused when Hathi gets stuck trying to enter the cave, only for the rest of his herd to come crashing into him and forcing each other inside.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''. While the elephants are marching through the jungle, Book|1967}}'': Happens twice, both times to Colonel Hathi, the one in front, stops Hathi and his elephant brigade.
** While Hathi is scolding his son for wandering off, he
forgets to say "Halt!", resulting in "Halt!" and causes the rest of the the heard ramming into him. The scene was taken from a short called ''Goliath II''. Also serves as an EarlyBirdCameo for the other elephants in this film.
to pile up on him from behind. This is actually RecycledAnimation of a similar gag from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/GoliathII''.
** The second time is when Bagheera tries to get their attention so he ask them to help search for Mowgli.
--->'''Bagheera:''' ''Stop!'' W-Wait a minute... '''''HAAAAAALT!!!'''''
--->''(the other elephants stop and crash into Hathi)''
--->'''Hathi:''' Who said "Halt"?! ''I'' give the commands around here! Now, speak up! Who was it?!
--->'''Bagheera:''' Oh, it was me, Colonel!
--->'''Hathi:''' What do you mean, sir, taking over my command? Highly irregular, you know.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2'' continues with this gag, this time with Hathi and his herd fleeing from a group of humans and attempting to hide in a cave. In this case case, the traffic jam is caused when Hathi gets stuck trying to enter the cave, only for the rest of his herd to come crashing into him and forcing each other inside.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2'' continues with this gag, this time with Hathi and his heard fleeing from a group of humans and attempting to hide in a cave. In this case the traffic jam is caused when Hathi gets stuck trying to enter the cave, only for the rest of his heard to come crashing into him and forcing each other inside.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2'' continues with this gag, this time with Hathi and his heard herd fleeing from a group of humans and attempting to hide in a cave. In this case the traffic jam is caused when Hathi gets stuck trying to enter the cave, only for the rest of his heard herd to come crashing into him and forcing each other inside.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2'' continues with this gag, this time with Hathi and his heard fleeing from a group of humans and attempting to hide in a cave. In this case the traffic jam is caused when Hathi gets stuck trying to enter the cave, only for the rest of his heard to come crashing into him and forcing each other inside.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'':
** In "Mindy Turns Five", the gang is about to go to the moon but Jet is distracted by Mitchell and stops in his tracks, causing the others to bump into him.
** In "Try and Try Again", the kids are walking home and Jet suddenly gets an idea, which makes him stop and causes the others to fall like dominoes.
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* Disney's ''Film/MaryPoppins''. While the penguins are dancing with Bert in the painting, at one point they are running along, one after the other. When they suddenly stop, they run into each other.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''. While the elephants are marching through the jungle, the one in front stops and all of the rest ram into him. The scene was taken from a short called ''Goliath II''. Also serves as an EarlyBirdCameo for the elephants in this film.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''. While the elephants are marching through the jungle, Colonel Hathi, the one in front front, stops and all of forgets to say "Halt!", resulting in the rest ram of the the heard ramming into him. The scene was taken from a short called ''Goliath II''. Also serves as an EarlyBirdCameo for the elephants in this film.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' episode "Interview With a Campfire", Dil, Howard, Stu and Charlotte were walking stop at a dead end before they saw the big rock.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' episode "Interview With a Campfire", Dil, Howard, Stu and Charlotte were walking until they stop at a dead end before they saw turn and see the big rock.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''. While the elephants are marching through the jungle the one in front stops and all of the rest ram into him. The scene was taken from a short called ''Goliath II''. Also serves as an EarlyBirdCameo for the elephants in this film.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''. While the elephants are marching through the jungle jungle, the one in front stops and all of the rest ram into him. The scene was taken from a short called ''Goliath II''. Also serves as an EarlyBirdCameo for the elephants in this film.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' episode "Interview With a Campfire", Dil, Howard, Stu and Charlotte were walking stop at a dead end before they saw the big rock.

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* If ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' never used this, they'd miss the boat.
* Happens in the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', when the Hobbits are running away from Farmer Maggot.
* ''Film/TimeBandits''. When the title characters steal Emperor Napoleon's wealth, they are pursued by the French Army troops guarding him. After they go through a time hole and it disappears, the troops come to a stop where the time hole was, with the troops behind running into the troops in front.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* If ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' never used this, they'd miss the boat.
* Happens in the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', when the Hobbits are running away from Farmer Maggot.
* ''Film/TimeBandits''. When the title characters steal Emperor Napoleon's wealth, they are pursued by the French Army troops guarding him. After they go through a time hole and it disappears, the troops come to a stop where the time hole was, with the troops behind running into the troops in front.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. This happens to the dwarfs while they're marching along. This example is referenced in ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'', where the dwarfs are told when they go on stage and see Snow White for the first time, they stop and tumble over. It's supposed to prompt the audience to laugh.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. This happens to the dwarfs while they're marching along. This example is referenced in ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'', where the dwarfs are told when they go on stage and see Snow White for the first time, they stop and tumble over. It's supposed to prompt the audience to laugh.


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* The ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' example is referenced in ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'', where the dwarfs are told when they go on stage and see Snow White for the first time, they stop and tumble over. It's supposed to prompt the audience to laugh.
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* ''Disney/TheJungleBook''. While the elephants are marching through the jungle the one in front stops and all of the rest ram into him. The scene was taken from a short called ''Goliath II''. Also serves as an EarlyBirdCameo for the elephants in this film.

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* ''Disney/TheJungleBook''.''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''. While the elephants are marching through the jungle the one in front stops and all of the rest ram into him. The scene was taken from a short called ''Goliath II''. Also serves as an EarlyBirdCameo for the elephants in this film.

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