History Main / CeilingBanger

* An animated insert on ''SesameStreet'' has an insomniac living on the second floor of a three-story apartment building. His upstairs neighbor snores and his downstairs neighbor sneezes.

* The WizardsOfWaverlyPlace [[IncestYay 'Jalex'-fic]] 'Justin Leaves Stanford' is ''made of this trope''. Central to the story is how [[LaserGuidedKarma Alex gets back at Justin]] for going to college on California ([[CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem and leaving her]]) by learning how to use the 'spell locks' to ensure that during his vacation time at home, [[SarcasmMode he can hear and enjoy every moment]] of [[TheImmodestOrgasm her nightly fantasies about him]]. [[FlatWhat I am not kidding.]]

* In ''OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', this is Nanny's standard method of gaining her employer's attention when he's working on his music in his attic workshop. Thus, it is a welcome signal to take a break instead of being one of irritation.
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* Played with in a French condom commercial, where a woman is inspecting the soundproofing of an apartment she might rent. She begins panting and moaning, getting louder and more dramatic until she hears the angry banging of the neighbors that indicates the place is not for her.

Not to be confused with DarthWiki/WallBanger, which is an entirely different trope.

* Mr. Heckles on ''{{Friends}}''. When he passed on, Chandler noticed that the noise from other apartments was actually loud, and did the ceiling banging himself until he realized in horror that he was using a dead man's broom.

Not to be confused with a DarthWiki/WallBanger.

* Happens in a couple of HowIMetYourMother episodes, most notably in the one where [[UnreliableNarrator Future Ted]] tells his kids that they were annoyed by the loud bagpiping of the neighbors. Also referenced in another episode where Lilly tells Ted she can hear Robin's orgasms because the walls are thin.

* An episode of {{House}} revolves around this with the cranky neighbor below being a Canadian veteran who lost an arm in Vietnam and suffers from extremely painful phantom limb. It's eventually resolved when House breaks into his apartment, knocks him out, duct tapes him to a chair, and... cures him.

Not to be confused with a WallBanger.

* Mr. Heckles on ''{{Friends}}''. When he passed on, Chandler noticed that the noise from other apartments was actually loud, and did the ceiling banging himself.

* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1024863/1/ Life Left Behind]], [[HarryPotter Draco]] has left the wizarding world and lives as a {{Muggle}} in [[BigApplesauce New York]]. One day, he comes home to find a chair on his coffee table and his best friend/next door neighbor Joel on top of that, banging the ceiling with a broomstick and screaming obscene words while the upstairs neighbor Mr. Garen can be heard deliberately stomping around above.

Beats are pumping on the stereo
Neighbour's banging on the bathroom wall
He's sayin' crank the bass, I gotta get some more

but he's not good at it.

* Parodied in a cutaway gag on ''FamilyGuy''. A guy sneezed, and that set off the woman in the apartment below. The guy yawned, and she threatened to call the police.

See RightThroughTheWall, which may induce this due to people being loud about their... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean business]].

* The WizardsOfWaverlyPlace [[IncestYay 'Jalex'-fic]] 'Justin Leaves Stanford' is ''made of this trope''. Central to the story is how [[LaserGuidedKarma Alex gets back at Justin]] for going to college on California ([[CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem and leaving her]]) by learning how to use the 'spell locks' [[SarcasmMode to ensure that during his vacation time at home, he can hear and enjoy every moment]] of [[TheImmodestOrgasm her nightly fantasies about him]]. [[FlatWhat I am not kidding.]]

-> ''Damn it Lawrence, can't you just'' pretend ''like we can't hear each other through the wall?''
->-- '''Peter Gibbons''', ''OfficeSpace''

->-- Peter Gibbons, OfficeSpace.