History UsefulNotes / NiagaraFalls

* MarkTwain's ''Excerpts From Adam's Diary'' has Eve naming the Falls "Niagara Falls" because they ''looked like Niagara Falls''.

* JohnCandy's character in ''Film/CanadianBacon'' is an American sheriff near the Falls. He would have gone over them, but Candy died before the scene could be filmed.

-->Then they get off at [[HorseRacing Saratoga]] for the fourteenth time!

* The falls is often the BerserkButton in a classic [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly_I_Turned comedy routine]] done by many performers, including AbbottAndCostello and Film/TheThreeStooges: a deranged man retells how he finally tracked down the one who wronged him at.. "[[BerserkButton NIAGARA FALLS!!]] Slowly I turned.. step by step..."

* In some versions of the BuckRogers franchise, Earth's capital city is located at Niagara and/or Buck has his headquarters behind the actual falls.
* One [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] story has Dr. Sivana plot to destroy the Falls with a barrel full of explosives. He leaves the scene for a moment, when Ibac the Terrible rushes onto it, on the run from an AbhorrentAdmirer. Ibac sees the barrel, dumps the explosives, and stuffs himself inside, at which point Sivana comes back and, unaware of the switch, dumps the barrel (and the unaware-of-the-plot Ibac) into the water over the Falls. Ibac is rescued by the police, who think he's one of those daredevil nuts who try to go over the Falls in a barrel, to which Ibac dizzily responds, "Is ''that'' what I've been doing?"

* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "JOLO" involves Joe quitting his job so he could take a trip to the Falls with Peter, Cleveland, and Quagmire. [[spoiler:However, Joe decides to commit suicide there so he could spend his last days with his friends, but they convince him not to, though they end up nearly going over the falls themselves, so Joe decides to save them, convincing him that life is truly worth living. He gets his job back upon arriving back in Quahog]].]]

* In the BugsBunny short "Rebel Rabbit", part of Bugs' RoaringRampageOfRevenge over rabbits getting a bounty of only two cents involves turning off the Falls. A picture of the empty Falls shows dozens of barrels at the bottom.

* In ''GuysAndDolls'', the song "Adelaide's Lament" (about how she hopes to be married to Nathan) contains

* In ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog'', Willy Fog and the gang must cross the cold river with their wind sail while fighting the downriver currents to prevent from going down the Falls in order to catch the next train.

* ''{{Niagara}}'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously]].
* In ''[[Film/{{Superman}} Superman 2]]'', Lois Lane jumps into the falls in an attempt to force Clark Kent to prove he's Superman after he saves a kid from falling in.
* In ''FallingAngels'', one character's backstory involves dropping her baby off the falls.

* One of the broadcasts in ''BruceAlmighty'' takes place on the Falls lower observation deck.

* In ''{{The Social Network}}'', Mark Zuckerberg is irritated at footage of the falls being used in a Carribean-themed party thanks to just looking vaguely like it fits.

* The falls is often the BerserkButton in a classic comedy routine done by many performers, including AbbottAndCostello and Film/TheThreeStooges: a deranged man retells how he finally tracked down the one who wronged him at.. "[[BerserkButton NIAGARA FALLS!!]] Slowly I turned.. step by step..."

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TheThreeStooges SLOOOOOOOWLY I TURNED!]]'']]

* Featured in one episode of ''DinosaurKing''.

And if you're wondering about going there as a tourist destination, [[YouHaveBeenWarned please make sure]] you're on the ''Canadian'' side of the border. The American side is a ThrivingGhostTown, due to Canada having a ''much'' better view of the falls and [[RatedMForMoney high-rise casinos]].

* The falls is often the MacGuffin in a classic comedy routine done by many performers, including AbbottAndCostello and Film/TheThreeStooges: a deranged man retells how he finally tracked down the one who wronged him at.. "[[BerserkButton NIAGARA FALLS!!]] Slowly I turned.. step by step..."

* JohnCandy's character in ''Film/CanadianBacon'' is an American sheriff near the Falls.

* The falls is often the MacGuffin in a classic comedy routine done by many performers, including AbbottAndCostello and TheThreeStooges: a deranged man retells how he finally tracked down the one who wronged him at.. "[[BerserkButton NIAGARA FALLS!!]] Slowly I turned.. step by step..."

* ''TheOffice'' has had a wedding staged there.
* The B Plot of ''{{Degrassi}} [[TheMovie Takes Manhattan]]'' had [[GraduateFromTheStory Spinner and Emma]] [[PairTheSpares get married]] there.

* JohnCandy's character in ''Film/CanadianBacon'' is a sheriff near the Falls.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Overclockwise", Fry goes over the Falls in a barrel. [[spoiler: In a subversion, it is an unsuccessful attempt at deliberately killing himself]]. There he finds Bender, [[spoiler:who has been using the generators on the Falls to overclock himself [[AscendedToAHigherStateOfExistence into a higher plane of existence]].]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Overclockwise", Fry goes over the Falls in a barrel. [[spoiler: In a subversion, it is an unsuccessful attempt at deliberately killing himself]]. There he finds Bender, [[spoiler:who has been using the generators on the Falls to overclock himself [[AscendedIntoAHigherStateOfExistence into a higher plane of existence]].]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Overclockwise", Fry goes over the Falls in a barrel. [[spoiler: In a subversion, it is an unsuccessful attempt at deliberately killing himself]]. There he finds Bender, [[spoiler:who has been using the generators on the Falls to overclock himself [[AscendIntoAHigherStateOfExistence into a higher plane of existence]].]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Overclockwise", Fry goes over the Falls in a barrel. [[spoiler: In a subversion, it is an unsuccessful attempt at deliberately killing himself]]. There he finds Bender, [[spoiler:who has been using the generators on the Falls to overclock himself [[AscendIntoAHigherStateOfBeing into a higher plane of existence]].]]

* One [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] story has Dr. Sivana plot to destroy the Falls with a barrel full of explosives. He leaves the scene for a moment, when Ibac the Terrible rushes onto it, on the run from an AbhorrentAdmirer. Ibac sees the barrel, dumps the explosives, and stuffs himself inside, at which point Sivana comes back and, unaware of the switch, dumps the barrel (And the unaware of the plot Ibac) into the water over the Falls. Ibac is rescued by the police, who think he's one of those daredevil nuts who try to go over the Falls in a barrel, to which Ibac dizzily responds, "Is ''that'' what I've been doing?"

* The WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker short ''Niagara Fools''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Overclockwise", Fry goes over the Falls in a barrel. [[spoiler: In a subversion, it is an unsuccessful attempt at deliberately killing himself]].

* Doc Terror has a hideout there in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}'' episode "Let the Games Begin".