History Main / ChildishPillowFight

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' features Twilight Sparkle throwing her first slumber party in the episode "Look Before You Sleep", and she's eager to take part in all the trappings. She's a little slow realizing that a pillow fight is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, even as one breaks out between [[OddCouple Rarity and Applejack]].

* In ''Manga/SailorMoon S'', Usagi and the rest of the inner senshi have a pillow fight while staying at a shrine while Makoto was training.

* Taken to SeriousBusiness levels in the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Pillows and Blankets", in which an attempt to build a school-wide pillow fort turns into a schism about whether the fort should be a ''pillow'' fort or a ''blanket'' fort, which in turn becomes a massive school-wide pillow fight that is treated by the combatants (and a documentary crew filming a record of an attempt to break a Guinness World Record) as if it were an unseen chapter of the American Civil War.

Compare SnowballFight and FoodFight. For pillow fights featuring more mature female characters, meant for {{Fanservice}}--see FanserviceFauxFight.

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* In ''TokyoMewMew'', the girls have a sleepover on Minto's house and ended up having a pillow fight. One of the pillows rip and stuffing (feather?) rain ensues.

* A pillow fight with the Japanese team in ''{{Manga/Eyeshield 21}}'' involves players using their special techniques with the pillows against each other.

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* In a ''{{Garfield}}'' strip, Jon challenges Garfield to a pillow fight. Garfield easily defeats him with a pillow stuffed with a giant chicken's feathers.

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* Roy, Chon, and a bunch of girls have one in ''ShanghaiKnights''.

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* ''TheJeffersons'': George & Louise are given a pair of foam bats as a part of couples therapy. At the end of the episode they, the Willises, and Florence all go after each other (in a playful way) with the bats and some throw pillows for those without bats.

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* During WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''{{Ferngully}}'', the two get into a brutal fistfight... [[MoodWhiplash intercut randomly with them cheerfully pillow fighting]].
* [[ExaggeratedTrope Comically exaggerated]] by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMFWc_FMhqs Fluffle Puff]], who appears to be misunderstanding why pillow fights exist the whole way through. It says a lot that she starts by ''bludgeoning [[WesternAnimation/DanVs Dan]] unconscious with a pillow'' and goes on from there.

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* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' when the guys start out as playful until it turns into an all out brawl. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFpSsEZqEbA See here]]

They almost always start with one character chucks a pillow at a more serious character out of boredom or just to provoke them, the second chucks it back and like a FoodFight, and it snowballs from there. When adults get into pillow fights, it's usually to show that they are immature or still kids at heart. In works that don't take themselves too seriously, pillow fights play out like fight scenes, cause exaggerated amounts of damage and might even cause injuries.

Compare SnowballFight and FoodFight. For the other kind of pillow fight--the one featuring more mature female characters, meant for {{Fanservice}}--see PillowFight.

* In ''TheSims'', Sims can have pillow fights. In ''TheSims 2'', their likelihood of doing so is influenced by their level of playfulness. If you have a couple playful Sims in the same place, a pillow fight is bound to break out eventually, to the annoyance of some players. It's a bit silly when a Senior Manager brings home one of her coworkers and they start beating each other with pillows.

They almost always start with one character chucks a pillow at a more serious character out of boredom or just to provoke them, the second chucks it back and like a FoodFight, it snowballs from there. When adults get into pillow fights, it's usually to show that they are immature or still kids at heart. In works that don't take themselves too seriously, pillow fights play out like fight scenes, cause exaggerated amounts of damage and might even cause injuries.

!!Examples

--> '''Twilight Sparkle:''' Ohhh, I get it. Pillow ''fight.'' Fun!

* Played straight in ''{{Family Guy}}'' when the guys start out as playful until it turns into an all out brawl. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFpSsEZqEbA See here]]

* In ''Manga/Sailor Moon S'', Usagi and the rest of the inner senshi have a pillow fight while staying at a shrine while Makoto was training.

* In ''{{Film/Madagascar}}: Europe's Most Wanted'' the penguins are seen having a pillow fight as they trash a Monte Carlo hotel room.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' features Twilight Sparkle throwing her first slumber party and eager to take part in all the trappings. She's a little slow realizing that a pillow fight is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* In ''Film/AlmostAngels'', the choirboys get involved in a pillow fight after hours, during a time when they are supposed to sleep. The choir director hears them, but waits outside the door for a few minutes before knocking on it, at which point all the boys scramble back into their beds before they go to sleep. The implication is that the director is tolerant of a certain degree of childish mischief, and was willing to let them have a bit of fun before getting them to stop so that they could get enough sleep. The pillow fight also fits in with one of the themes of the movie, which is that the choirboy may sing like angels but they still act much like ordinary children.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': When the Strawhats spend the night in Yuba, a pillow fight is started when Usopp tries to sleep, [[BlatantLies claiming he'd worked hard that day.]] Zoro angrily throws a pillow at him saying he'd rested the most of any of them. Usopp throws one at Zoro as payback, one at Chopper [[FishoutofWater for having to be carried the whole way]], [[RuleofThree and one at Sanji]] for trying to [[HandsomeLech sleep in Vivi's bed.]] Eventually the four of them start beating each other up.

Compare SnowballFight and FoodFight.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': When the Strawhats spend the night in Yuba, a pillow fight is started when Usopp tries to sleep, [[BlatantLies claiming he'd worked hard that day.]] Zoro argrily throws a pillow at him saying he'd rested the most of any of them. Usopp throws one at Zoro as payback, one at Chopper [[FishoutofWater for having to be carried the whole way]], [[RuleofThree and one at Sanji]] for trying to [[HandsomeLech sleep in Vivi's bed.]] Eventually the four of them start beating each other up.

Pillow fights are a staple in {{Kid Com}}s and shows aimed primarily at girls.