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* Likewise, in ''CorpseBride'', Victor runs into a tree when running away from the eponymous bride. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny He then runs into the tree again]].

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** Interestingly, this is TruthInTelevision -- fruit bats fly perfectly well, but they have a lot more trouble landing than most other bats.
*** While they do have more difficulty landing, they rarely face-plant into the trunk the way Batty does.

* [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] walks straight into a tree in "The Eleventh Hour", mainly because he hadn't gotten used to his new body so soon after regenerating.

* In ''The PowerpuffGirls'' episode "Bubblevision", Bubbles needs glasses. [[BlindWithoutEm When she doesn't wear them]], she hits trees, a building, and a pole.

'''Rainbow Dash:''' I said, not now! ''(thud!)''\\

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* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] walks straight into a tree in "The Eleventh Hour", mainly because he hadn't gotten used to his new body so soon after regenerating.

Named for {{George of the Jungle}}, who did this so frequently, it's mentioned in his theme song.

-->'''Might Guy''': Me? My battery never runs down!\\

* In ''{{FernGully}}'', the decidedly [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} absent-minded]] Batty Koda does this... several times. It's not so much that he's blind as it is that his wiring is on the fritz. Similarly, in ''{{FernGully}} 2'', he crashes into several windows.
** Interestingly, this is {{Truth in Television}} -- fruit bats fly perfectly well, but they have a lot more trouble landing than most other bats.

* The speeder bike chase in ''{{Return of the Jedi}}''.

* In ''{{Death to Smoochy}}'', Rainbow Randolph's victory dance after framing Smoochy as a Nazi is cut short by a wall.

** As the blind old man Erronius in ''{{A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum}}'', he cracks his head against a low-hanging tree branch. The stunt was so convincing that cast and crew thought he really hadn't seen it.

* In ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'', Giles walks straight into a tree when Buffy reveals that she knows about one of his previous... misadventures.
** A beautiful case of {{Throw it in}}, Anthony Stewart Head wasn't paying attention to what's going on so he actually did hit the tree, but the timing was so serendipitous to the scene that they kept the take.

* On ''{{The Late Late Show}}'' With Craig Ferguson, Secretariat [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=380cI6lU9mY#t=1m24s has a bit of a mishap]].

* {{Spinnerette}} manages to flatten herself against a wall during her first web swinging experiment.

* The TropeNamer is, of course, ''{{George of the Jungle}}''. This was a key part of the series' theme song. "George, George, George of the Jungle -- WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE!"
* A running gag in most WarnerBros. cartoons. Becomes an OverlyLongGag in ''Robin Hood Daffy'' that alternates between hilarious and painful to watch: "YOINKS... '''AND AWAAAY!'''" * '''WHAM'''*
* A popular variation on ''{{Tom and Jerry}}'' is for Tom to [[EfficientDisplacement knock off the bit of tree (or pole) he hits]], causing the rest to fall on top of his head, [[SquashedFlat flattening him]].
** The same gag appears in the ''YogiBear'' short ''The Buzzing Bear''.

-->'''Amos''': Post, Ben, post.\\
'''Ben''': Oh, how do you do, Mr. Post. ''(clunk!)''

* The opening of ''[=~Avatar: The Last Airbender~=]'' features Aang crashing into a rock when riding his air ball.

* In ''{{Wakfu}}'' episode 21, Yugo runs straight into rock walls a few times, as he's trying to master AuraVision with his eyes sealed shut.

--> '''Pinkie Pie''': But... \\
'''Rainbow Dash''': I said, not now! (''thud!'')\\
'''Pinkie Pie''': I was going to tell you to look out for that mountain.

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* [[http://www.pinehill-woodcrafts.com/images/halloween/witchsmashsplat.jpg This]] [[AllHallowsEve Halloween]] decoration and its variants.
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-->'''--Fiona Whittaker,''' ''AdventuresInOdyssey''

!!Examples

-->'''Might Guy:''' Me? My battery never runs down!\\

* An ArchieComics parody of ''{{Tarzan}}'' features Archie as [[ParodyName Tarbland]], who, like the story's apparent inspiration George, constantly managed to smack into trees or fall from vines. Betty co-starred as his smarter, long-suffering "Jane" counterpart.

* Likewise, in ''CorpseBride'', Victor runs into a tree when running away from the eponymous bride. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny He then runs into the tree again.]]

* On {{The Late Late Show}} With Craig Ferguson, Secretariat [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=380cI6lU9mY#t=1m24s has a bit of a mishap.]]

** The same gag appears in the YogiBear short ''The Buzzing Bear''.

-->'''Amos:''' Post, Ben, post.\\
'''Ben:''' Oh, how do you do, Mr. Post. ''(clunk!)''

--> '''Pinkie Pie:''' But... \\

'''Pinkie Pie:''' I was going to tell you to look out for that mountain.

* [[http://www.pinehill-woodcrafts.com/images/halloween/witchsmashsplat.jpg This]] Hallowe'en decoration and its variants.

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* In the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Griffon Brush-Off", after Rainbow Dash flies away from a running and shouting Pinkie Pie:

-->'''Fiona Whittaker,''' ''AdventuresInOdyssey''

* TimBurton's ''{{Charlie and the Chocolate Factory}}'' has a scene where Willy Wonka walks straight into the glass elevator. And later on, guess what, he does it again.

* In ''{{Touhou}}'', [[RalphWiggum Rumia]] likes flying around in a bubble of darkness she can't see through. This results.

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[[FernGully http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Watch_Out_For_That_Tree_2451.png]]
[[caption-width:331:Ow.]] The primary hazard faced by jungle-swingers, {{Giant Flyer}}s, and even people at a fast run are not the {{Mook}}s in hot pursuit, the thunderstorms brewing up above, or the cars moving at Mach 1 in the street. It's... trees.

* In ''{{FernGully}}'', the decidedly [[CloudCuckoolander absent-minded]] Batty Koda does this... several times. It's not so much that he's blind as it is that his wiring is on the fritz. Similarly, in ''{{FernGully}} 2'', he crashes into several windows.

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[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* The TropeNamer is, of course, ''{{George of the Jungle}}''. This was a key part of his theme song. "George, George, George of the Jungle -- WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE!"

* In ''FernGully'', the decidedly [[CloudCuckoolander absent-minded]] Batty Koda does this... several times. It's not so much that he's blind as it is that his wiring is on the fritz. Similarly, in ''FernGully 2'', he crashes into several windows.

* It happens at least once in the ''Naruto Shippuden'' anime (to Might Guy, of course).

* In ''FernGully'', the decidedly [[CloudCuckoolander absent-minded]] Batty Koda does this... several times. It's not so much that he's blind as it is that his wiring is on the fritz. Similarly, in FernGully 2, he crashes into several windows.
** Interestingly this is TruthInTeleision - Fruit bats fly perfectly well, but they have a lot more trouble landing than most other bats.

* {{Spinnerette}} managed to flatten herself against a wall during her first web swinging experiment.

* [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]], singing while driving...

* The opening of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' featured Aang crashing into a rock when riding his air ball.

* In ''FernGully'', the decidedly [[CloudCuckoolander absent-minded]] Batty Koda does this... several times. It's not so much that he's blind as it is that his wiring is on the fritz.

* The opening of ''AvatarTheLastAibender'' featured Aang crashing into a rock when riding his air ball.

Named for GeorgeOfTheJungle, who did this so frequently, it's mentioned in his theme song.

* In AngelBeats, Yui misses her turn for a HeroicSacrifice (in a series where DeathIsCheap) due to a beam jutting out from the slope the characters were sliding down. When they reach the bottom, they look back and conclude that their enemies must have gotten her.

* An ArchieComics parody of ''{{Tarzan}}'' featured Archie as [[ParodyName Tarbland]], who, like the story's apparent inspiration George, constantly managed to smack into trees or fall from vines. Betty co-starred as his smarter, long-suffering "Jane" counterpart.

* In ''FernGully,'' the decidedly [[CloudCuckoolander absent-minded]] Batty Koda does this... several times. It's not so much that he's blind as it is that his wiring is on the fritz.

** Likewise, in ''CorpseBride'', Victor runs into a tree when running away from the titular bride. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny He then runs into the tree again.]]

** He runs headlong into a telephone pole in "{{Neighbors}}."
** As the blind old man Erronius in ''AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'', he cracks his head against a low-hanging tree branch. The stunt was so convincing that cast and crew thought he really hadn't seen it.

* This is how Yorick died in ''[[{{Silverwing}} Firewing]]''. To his credit, it ''was'' during a storm.
* In ''[[{{Discworld}} Equal Rites]]'', Granny Weatherwax forcibly imposes this trope on a hungry bear, causing it to walk headfirst into a tree and knock itself out.
** In Moving Pictures not a tree but when the Librarian, an orangutan for those unfamiliar with the series, tries to do a Tarzan moment to stop an EldritchAbomination that was in the form of a [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant woman]] but misses it and [[GeorgeOfTheJungle George Of The Jungles]] it into the Tower of Art. This then leads to a King Kong spoof with an ape being held hostage by a giant woman
*** Only Pratchett could do that many spoofs in that little time.

* A running gag in most WarnerBros. cartoons.
** Becomes an OverlyLongGag in ''Robin Hood Daffy'' that alternates between hilarious and painful to watch: "YOINKS... '''AND AWAAAY!'''" * '''WHAM'''*

From the town of Springfield, he's about to hit a chestnut tree!]]'' ...YAAAAA!!!! ''(CRASH!)''

* BusterKeaton runs headlong into a telephone pole in "{{Neighbors}}."