History Main / BurningBagOfPoop

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Played with in "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E02TheGangGoesJihad The Gang Goes Jihad]]". An Israeli developer has [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything bought a lot that includes half of the property Paddy's Pub was on and built a wall around it]]. Charlie, Mac, and Dennis first try to get the developer off their property by making a "Jihad Tape" to send to him, but they can't bring themselves to do it. They then use Charlie's suggestion of throwing a flaming bag of poop into the building the developer bought. Unbeknownst to them, there's a gas leak in that building, so when they throw the bag, the building explodes. Also, Charlie drops their jihad tape at the site, resulting in some major UnfortunateImplications.

** In "[[https://youtu.be/d0YearvlYpo Video game Trick-or-Treating II]]", ghosts tries this on ''VideoGame/PacMan'''s doorstep. He sees right through it and Ms. Pac-Man gobbles the ghost up.

* ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'': In Season 6, when Tails and co. arrive at Mario's office to rescue Franchise/{{Sonic}}, they decide to drop a flaming bag of poop to screw with Mario. They end up screwing around so long they forgot to ring the doorbell and the building got set on fire.

* A lethal variant shows up in the ArkadyRenko novel ''Red Square''. Renko and his partner Jaak are searching for someone, when they come across a cardboard box that's on fire. Jaak goes to stomp it out, but Renko holds him back; when the box burns away, they find that inside the box is an antipersonnel mine.

* A lethal variant shows up in ''Red Square'', one of the sequels to ''Literature/GorkyPark''. Renko and his partner Jaak are searching for someone, when they come across a cardboard box that's on fire. Jaak goes to stomp it out, but Renko holds him back; when the box burns away, they find that inside the box is an antipersonnel mine.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': In [[Machinima/RedVsBlueSeason14 Season 14]], an episode crosses over into the 'real world', where series creator Burnie Burns goes off on an extended rant at the 'Millennial hacks' (Miles Luna and crew) currently running the show.

* In ''Film/BillyMadison'', Billy plays this prank on Old Man Clemens with Jack and Frank in tow, Jack having done the dirty work of shoveling the poop into the bag. As they watch from behind a bush, Clemens charges out of the house in his tighty-whitey briefs and an undershirt to answer the doorbell.

* In ''Film/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark2019'', the protagonists throw a flaming bag of poop into their bully's car.

* Played with in the ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' episode "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E02TheGangGoesJihad The Gang Goes Jihad]]". An Israeli developer has [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything bought a lot that includes half of the property Paddy's Pub was on and built a wall around it]]. Charlie, Mac, and Dennis first try to get the developer off their property by making a "Jihad Tape" to send to him, but they can't bring themselves to do it. They then use Charlie's suggestion of throwing a flaming bag of poop into the building the developer bought. Unbeknownst to them, there's a gas leak in that building, so when they throw the bag, the building explodes. Also, Charlie drops their jihad tape at the site, resulting in some major UnfortunateImplications.
* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' explains to the audience that over the years they have had a number of neighbors who move in and out of the house next door. During the montage, he and Reese do this to a neighbor for yuks, but they stop laughing when the neighbors' robe catches fire.
* This happens two times in the ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' episode [[Recap/OrangeIsTheNewBlackS02E10LittleMustachioedShit "Little Mustachioed Shit"]]. In a flashback, Alex's ex Sylvie pulls this prank on Piper after learning that she and Alex have hooked up. Later, Piper does the same to Polly after learning that she and Larry are sleeping together.
* The ''Series/That70sShow'' episode "Canadian Road Trip" begins with Eric inviting Hyde, Leo, and Fez to buy beer in Canada, and bluntly telling Kelso he can't go with them. When Kelso asks why, Eric says because when they tried to do this prank on a teacher, Kelso lit the bag on the way over, and stomped it out in the car. Eric only changes his mind when Kelso offers to pay for the beer.
* In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' a flashback shows that JD, Turk and their latino friend "Caramel Bear" did this at university. Caramel Bear was grabbed by the victim of the prank and [[BlackComedy was never seen again]]. It's even stated that Caramel Bear's roommate got automatic As that semester[[note]]There is an urban legend that if your roommate dies, you get all A's that semester due to the trauma making you temporarily incapable of continuing with your coursework. Doesn't happen in Real Life, though there's a grain of truth to it in that (most) professors will make allowances for the situation, such as letting the student hand in projects later than scheduled and/or take makeup tests[[/note]].
* Parodied in ''Series/StillStanding''. Bill and Judy bring a bag of brownies to the Halversons as an apology. While writing the apology letter, they use a lighter to see, and end up lighting the bag on fire. They run away, then Ted Halverson comes outside and stomps out the flames, thinking that the brown stuff on his shoe is feces.

* The video for "Came Out Swinging" by Music/TheWonderYears features a girl in a BedsheetGhost outfit playing various pranks on people, which includes leaving a flaming bag of poop on a random guy's doorstep.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' feature an optional (and [[PermanentlyMissableContent missable]]) Halloween mission in which Gary and Jimmy put a bag of poop (obtained from a dog they had fed rancid meat) just outside the teacher's lounge. The fire alarm is pulled just after it's lit on fire, causing [[CreepyGymCoach Mr. Burton]] to charge out of the lounge and fall victim.

** In ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', a disastrous date will result in one of the Sims leaving a "Worst Date Ever" Flaming Poo Bag at the other's doorstep. Once stomped out, the unfortunate Sim reacts in disgust, and the bag begins emitting green fumes that attract flies.
** The ''Generations'' expansion pack for ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' introduced a set of pranks teenaged Sims could attempt, which included the Flaming Poo Bag.
* An online game named after it, coming alive to panic before being stepped on.

-->'''Luigi:''' [[TheDogBitesBack Tell me.]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Who. am. I?]]\\

'''Luigi:'''''(stomps harder)'' WRONG ANSWER\\

* [[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/1009 In one installment]] of ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'', Max pranks his [[CreepyGymCoach creepy gym teacher]] Coach Bobert by leaving the usual burning bag at his front door, but [[PlayingWithATrope instead of feces]], the bag is filled with angry bees.

* In Season 14 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', an episode crosses over into the ‘real world’, where series creator, Burnie Burns goes off on an extended rant at the ‘Millennial hacks’ (Miles Luna and crew) currently running the show.

'''Burnie''': [[NoYou You're a fucking weird metaphor]]!

** In "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song", Bart knows where Principal Skinner lives because he pulled this prank on the principal in the past.

** In "C.E. D'oh", Homer plans to leave a flaming bag outside Mr. Burns' office, only to have an OhCrap when he looks inside and sees that it's full of the money for Lisa's college fund.
* ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'': In "Dishonest Abe", the Time Squad attempt to out-prank president Abraham Lincoln, with one of these pranks being to drop a flaming bag of dog poop and run.