History Main / BookshelfDominoes

* Happened in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' when there was an earthquake.

* Happens in an early chapter of ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}''. When Yugi tries to disprove a classmate claiming to be psychic, said classmate predicts that Yugi would be crushed by "countless letters", and tries to make this prediction come true by pushing a bookshelf onto Yugi.

* [[ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]] is beat this was in ''Freddy Krueger's Tales of Terror: Twice Burned'', being pinned under knocked over bookshelves while the library is burning to the ground.

* In the first movie of ''TheMummyTrilogy'', Evey does this ''by accident'' because she's a klutz. This is echoed in the second film, where the child of the main characters causes a series of pillars in an ancient temple to smash into each other, one by one.

->'''Dr. Bey:''' [''stutters in disbelief''] Oh, look at this! Sons of the pharaohs! Give me frogs, flies, locusts! Anything but ''you''! Compared to you the other plagues were a joy!

->'''Dr. Bey:''' My darling girl, when Ramses destroyed Syria, ''that'' was an accident. You are a catastrophe!

->'''Dr. Bey:''' [stutters in disbelief] Oh, look at this! Sons of the pharaohs! Give me frogs, flies, locusts, anything but ''you''! Compared to you the other plagues were a joy!

->"I am so very sorry! It was an accident!"
->"My darling girl, when Ramses destroyed Syria, that was an accident. You are a catastrophe!"

* [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]] is beat this was in ''Freddy Krueger's Tales of Terror: Twice Burned'', being pinned under knocked over bookshelves while the library is burning to the ground.

* Used in a sketch in ''The Armstrong and Miller Show'', a British comedy clip show.

* Subverted in the "Bull An A China Shop" episode of {{Mythbusters}}. Bulls have very sensitive ears and will be careful to avoid crashing ceramics.

* In the second Manor level of the original ''MaxPayne'', triggering a landmine on one of the massive archive shelves makes them fall like this, allowing Max to climb up to the otherwise inaccessible catwalk.

[[caption-width-right:400:It was like that when I got here.]]

* Happened in the first arc of ''{{WITCH}}''.

* Done intentionally in {{Goldeneye}}, forcing the mooks to go downstairs and shoot through the floor.

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->'''Dr. Bey:''' [''stutters in disbelief''] Oh look at this! Sons of the pharaohs! Give me frogs! Flies, locusts! Anything but you! Compared to you, the other plagues were a joy!\\
'''Evelyn:''' I am so very sorry! It was an accident!\\
'''Dr. Bey:''' My darling girl, when Ramses destroyed Syria, that was an accident. You are a catastrophe!

* Done in ''{{Zombieland}}'' in the souvenir shop.

* Happens in the ''DoctorWho'' two-parter "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" two-parter when the Doctor, River Song, and the archeological team are running from the Vashta Nerada.

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* A DavidLetterman Top Ten list, "Top Ten Ways To Get Kicked Out Of A Bookstore," has as its number one method, "Knock over the bookshelves like giant dominoes."

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* This happened momentarily in ''MahouSenseiNegima'' when Nodoka came under the effects of the LovePotion Negi had just drunk. A large section of the library ended up toppled over.
* In ''CaseClosed'', they set one up on purpose in order to nail a perp.
* Happens in an early chapter of ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}''. When Yugi tries to disprove a classmate claiming to be psychic, said classmate predicts that Yugi would be crushed by "countless letters", and tries to make this prediction come true by pushing a bookshelf onto Yugi.

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* Happens early on in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'', at least, in the manga.

* In the first movie of ''TheMummyTrilogy'', Evy does this ''by accident'' because she's a klutz. This is echoed in the second film, where the child of the main characters causes a series of pillars in an ancient temple to smash into each other, one by one.

In the library or archive, there are always stacks upon stacks of books, and so many bookcases in so many rows. The fight begins, and a bookcase falls...into its neighbor, which falls onto its neighbor, and causes a ChainReaction that levels the whole library.

* In ''MegasXLR'', a flashback shows Coop doing this while trying to get a book off a high shelf.

See also DisasterDominoes.