History Main / CeilingBanger

* The first-season episode Meadowlands of ''Series/TheSopranos'': Meadow and Hunter are playing music way too loud, prompting longer and louder "HEEEEYYY!"s from Tony, who pounds the wall as he shouts.

->''"The noisy neighbors\\

They make enough racket to wake up the dead."''

* In the French movie ''La Folie des Grandeurs'' (''Film/DelusionsOfGrandeur''), Blaze the valet is keeping his master Don Salluste (Creator/LouisDeFunes) awake by dancing the flamenco and singing in the small room right atop the luxurious bedroom. Since it's a castle, the ceiling is very high and Don Salluste has first to build up an improbable pile of furniture and chairs to reach it. Then he bangs the ceiling with the handle of a halberd, to no avail... until the tip goes through all the way, right between Blaze's feet. The sassy valet then pulls on it, making Don Salluste lose his footing and the pile of furniture collapse underneath him just as he clings to the halberd. Then, he shouts at Blaze to let go, and the latter complies... letting Don Salluste falls from a good height, the blade of the halberd landing pointy end first and sending a comical vibration throughout the irate nobleman.

* Music/BarenakedLadies' rather nostalgic song, ''The Old Apartment,'' has the following line:

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* Sami attempts this with the CAU (Cranky Assholes Upstairs) in a few of the episodes of ''WebVideo/ThePittsburghSOAPranos''. The bang and yell right back.

* Parodied in a cutaway gag on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. A guy sneezed, and that set off the woman in the apartment below. The guy sighed at this [[ComicalOverreacting overreaction]], and [[DisproportionateRetribution she threatened to call the police]].

[[caption-width-right:244:"Be quiet! I'm tired as hell down here."]]

RightThroughTheWall may induce this due to people being entirely too loud about their... [[TheImmodestOrgasm business]].

Compare BigShutUp. Not related to [[ZeroGSpot "Banging" on the ceiling]]

* The first few episodes of ''LightNovel/WelcomeToTheNHK'' have the main protagonist, Satou, being driven half mad by his next door neighbor (next door but sharing the same wall), who keeps playing the same J-Pop song, nonstop, 24 hours a day. A number of times he angrily kicks the wall and yells for his neighbor to turn the music down.

* In the French movie ''La Folie des Grandeurs'' (''Film/DelusionsOfGrandeur''), Blaze the valet is keeping his master Don Salluste (Creator/LouisDeFunes) awake by dancing the flamenco and singing in the small room right atop the luxurious bedroom. Since it's a castle, the ceiling is very high and Don Salluste has first to build up an improbable pile of furniture and chairs to reach it. Then he bangs the ceiling with the handle of a halberd, to no avail... until the tip go through all the way, right between Blaze's feet. The sassy valet then pulls on it, making Don Salluste lose his footing and the pile of furniture collapse underneath him just as he clings to the halberd. Then, he shouts at Blaze to let go, and the latter complies... letting Don Salluste falls from a good height, the blade of the halberd landing pointy end first and sending a comical vibration throughout the irate nobleman.

* A man was staying in a hotel room and complained to the manager that he was kept awake all night by the guest in the room above him. They visited the room above and found a farmer who had arrived back in the hotel, exhausted, in the middle of the night. The farmer apologized and explained that he just flopped on his bed, and shoved off his boot which landed heavily on the floor. Realizing his mistake and the noise, he had taken the other boot off and placed it carefully on the floor. The manager asked the original complainer, "You were kept awake all night from the one thump?", to which the man replied "I was waiting for the second boot to drop!"
* A drunk was proudly showing off his new apartment to a couple of his friends late one night. He led the way to his bedroom where there was a big brass gong and a mallet. "What's that big brass gong?" one of the guests asked. "It's not a gong. It's a talking clock," the drunk replied. "A talking clock? Seriously?" asked his astonished friend. "Yup," replied the drunk. "How's it work?" the friend asked, squinting at it. "Watch," the drunk replied. He picked up the mallet, gave the gong an ear-shattering pound, and stepped back. The three stood looking at one another for a moment. Suddenly, someone on the other side of the wall screamed, "You asshole! It's three fifteen in the morning!"
* A Scotsman moves to London and after a week his mother phones to ask how he's getting on. "Well, Mam, I've found a nice flat, but the other folk are a wee bit strange. The man below me keeps hammering on his ceiling, the woman above me keeps stamping on the floor, and sometimes I can here a weird moaning and groaning coming from the family opposite."\\

If, instead of above us, they lived just underus.''

** There was also one episode where the guy who lived ''above'' Monica and Rachel was making too much noise, but whenever they went up to complain he was so nice they forgot about it. Pheobe goes up to complain for them, and they end up getting on so well that [[RightThroughTheWall the noise gets a lot worse]].

* The ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' episode "Sex and Violence" had a brief bit with a man banging on the ceiling with a broom. It was [[DropTheCow the transition between two sketches]], with the family of the working-class playwright being shushed by Michael Palin so he could introduce man with three buttocks. ''[[DidntWeUseThisJokeAlready "We've done that!"]]'' All right, all right! A man with... nine legs! ''"[[WheelOFeet He ran away.]]"'' Oh, bloody hell. Uh... a Scotsman on a horse! ''[[[StockFootage old ladies applaud]]]''

* We see Josh do this during an episode of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', when he hears Sonny and Cher playing very late at night and assumes its the upstairs neighbor. The twist, of course, is that it's Sabrina's spell coming into his apartment and has nothing at all to do with the neighbors.

* The ''Series/ILoveLucy'' episode "Breaking the Lease" is a prime example of this. After a night of window slamming at the Ricardo's apartment, the Mertzes downstairs complain enough where Rickey and Lucy threaten to move out - only stymied by a 50 year lease. They determine to break the lease by making as much noise as possible - stomping around with heavy shoes, and so on; finally climaxing by bringing Ricky's band into the apartment for a jam session. Fred almost subverts this by charging admission,, but after he goes to bed, they ratchet it up by playing the Mexican Hat Dance over an over until the Mertzes give up. All, of course ends happily, as all concerned start crying when the Ricardos are actually packing,

* In ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', this is Nanny's standard method of gaining Roger'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.
* In ''Disney/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'', it's shown that during the "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" scene, Timon and Pumbaa were sleeping in their new home. Timon then grabbed a twig to get them to keep it down, eventually using it to inadvertently knocking over the animal tower at the end of the song.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' episode "The Bacchanal", during Bacchus' song, Hades is shown doing this in the Underworld, dressed in pajamas with a sleepy-looking Pain and Panic standing off to the side.

[[quoteright:244:[[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hades_ceiling_banging.jpg]]]]

* In the French movie ''La Folie des Grandeurs'' (''Delusions of Grandeur''), Blaze the valet is keeping his master Don Salluste (Creator/LouisDeFunes) awake by dancing the flamenco and singing in the small room right atop the luxurious bedroom. Since it's a castle, the ceiling is very high and Don Salluste has first to build up an improbable pile of furniture and chairs to reach it. Then he bangs the ceiling with the handle of a halberd, to no avail... until the tip go through all the way, right between Blaze's feet. The sassy valet then pulls on it, making Don Salluste lose his footing and the pile of furniture collapse underneath him just as he clings to the halberd. Then, he shouts at Blaze to let go, and the latter complies... letting Don Salluste falls from a good height, the blade of the halberd landing pointy end first and sending a comical vibration throughout the irate nobleman.

* The first few episodes of ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'' have the main protagonist, Satou, being driven half mad by his next door neighbor (next door but sharing the same wall), who keeps playing the same J-Pop song, nonstop, 24 hours a day. A number of times he angrily kicks the wall and yells for his neighbor to turn the music down.

* In one [[DisneyDucksComicUniverse Donald Duck]] story by CarlBarks, Donald and his nephews move into a terraced house in a neighborhood that's famous for its quietness. Donald, [[HotBlooded being Donald]], manages to quickly get into a Ceiling Banging ''battle'' with his new next-door neighbor, with the two using increasingly loud methods to get the other to stop making noise. The only thing that finally manages to stop them is their [[BewareTheNiceOnes mellow upstairs neighbor]] blowing a massive alphorn, which temporarily deafens them both.

-->Raising his voice, Alexander took his rifle, banged once very hard on the wall and said loudly, “Have you heard this joke? A man showed a friend his apartment. The guest asked, ‘What’s the big brass basin for?’ And the man replied, ‘Oh, that’s the talking clock,’ and gave a shattering pound with a hammer.” Alexander banged the wall hard again. “Suddenly a voice on the other side of the wall screamed, ‘It’s 2 A.M., you ''bastard!''’ ”

* Music/{{Voltaire}}'s ''The Man Upstairs''

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* In the French movie ''La Folie des Grandeurs'' (''Delusions of Grandeur''), Blaze the valet is keeping his master Don Salluste (Creator/LouisDeFunes) awake by dancing the flamenco and singing in the small room right atop his luxurious bedroom. Since it's a castle, the ceiling is very high and Don Salluste has first to build up an improbable pile of furnitures and chairs to reach it. Then he bangs the ceiling with the handle of a halberd, to no avail... until the tip go through all the way, right between Blaze's feet. The sassy valet then pull on it, making Don Salluste lose his footing and the pile of furniture collapse underneath him just as he climbs to the halberd. Then, he shouts at Blaze to let go, and the latter complies... letting Don Salluste falls from a good height, the blade of the the halberd landing pointy end first and sending a comical vibration throughout the irate nobleman.

* In the French movie ''La Folie des Grandeurs'' (''Delusions of Grandeur''), Blaze the valet is keeping his master Don Salluste (Creator/LouisDeFunes) awake by dancing the flamenco and singing in the small room right atop his luxurious bedroom. Since it's a castle, the ceiling is very high and Don Salluste has first to build up an improbable pile of furnitures and chairs to reach it. Then he bangs the ceiling with the handle of a halberd, to no avail... until the tip go through all the way, right between Blaze's feet. The sassy valet then pull on it, making Don Salluste lose his footing and the pile of furniture collapse underneath him just as he climbs to the halberd. Then, he shouts at Blaze to let go, and the latter comply... letting Don Salluste falls from a good height, the blade of the the halberd landing pointy end in and sending a comical vibration throughout the irate nobleman.

[[caption-width-right:244:I've heard of being loud enough to wake the dead, but this is ridiculous!]]

[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/broom_banging_2258.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:280:"Stop that racket!"[softreturn]"No, ''you'' stop that racket!"]]

Compare BigShutUp.

Not related to [[ZeroGSpot "Banging" on the ceiling]]

* A ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode ends with Annie banging on her floor in a vain attempt to quiet the PA sales announcements at the dildo store underneath her apartment.

* As usual, ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' puts an [[http://xkcd.com/316/ impressive twist on the trope.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' episode "The Bacchanal", during Bacchus' song, Hades is shown doing this in the underworld, dressed in pajamas with a sleepy-looking Pain and Panic standing off to the side.

* Played with in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5K3UdIiMpM 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.

* As usual, ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' puts an [[http://xkcd.com/316/ impressive twist on the trope]]

Not related to [[ZeroGSpot "Banging" on the ceiling]].

** Mr. Heckles would routinely bang on the floor of Monica and Rachel's apartment and complain about the noise. When he passed away, Chandler noticed that due to the building's weird acoustics, the noise from other apartments actually ''was'' heavily amplified and started to bang on the ceiling himself until he realised in horror what he was doing. The running gag throughout that episode was that Chandler had found Mr. Heckles old school year-book and was freaking out at their similarities.

* This is the Land Of the Livid Dead's first reaction to Rayman and company's noisy dozing in ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins'', causing the tree Rayman's crew is in to shake. Not only do they fail to get the message, but the shaking causes they're snoring to ''increase tempo''.

* Sami attempts this with the CAU (Cranky Assholes Upstairs) in a few of the episodes. The bang and yell right back.