History Main / ClapperGag

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'': Alex has a clapper-activated light over the place where he sleeps in his pen at the zoo, which he uses right before realizing the zoo people left the ambience on.

* Made into a running joke in ''Film/BruceAlmighty''. It's one of [[Creator/MorganFreeman God's]] calling cards, as he (and later, [[Creator/JimCarrey Bruce]]) clap their hands as a practical (if a bit mundane) way to turn lights on and off even when there's no clapper in the room.

* In ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', the main character invented The Snapper, a gimmicky product just like The Clapper except it responds to finger-snapping. It failed to catch on because "clapping is easier than snapping".

* A gag in ''Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays2004'' used a variant of this trope that involves turning the lights on and off via whistling. This eventually leads to another gag where Jackie Chan's character whistles in astonishment, accidentally turning off the lights in the process.

'''God:''' No, but catchy jingle, isn't it? "Clap on, clap off, clap on, clap off, The Clapper!" Can't get it out of my head.

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* A gag in ''Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays2004'' used a variant of this trope that involves turning the lights on and off via whistling. This eventually leads to another gag where Jackie Chan's character whistles in astonishment, accidentally turning off the lights in the process.
* In the second movie Film/AustinPowers' swinging bachelor pad has a fireplace that turns on when he claps.

* Made into a running joke in ''Film/BruceAlmighty''. It's one of [[Creator/MorganFreeman God's]] calling cards, as he (and later, [[Creator/JimCarrey Bruce]]) clap their hands as a practical (if a bit mundane) way to turn lights on and off even when there's no clapper in the room.
* Funny moment in ''Film/GardenState'', where genuine applause accidentally triggers the clapper and turns off the living room lights.
* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' showcases that UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein had The Clapper installed on his manor in a quick gag.

* In ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', the main character invented The Snapper, a gimmicky product just like The Clapper except it responds to finger-snapping. It failed to catch on because "clapping is easier than snapping".

* Maid Marian uses it to turn on the lights in her room in ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'' which adds an extra degree of humour since they're in 12th century England.

* A non-lights version appears in ''Film/TankGirl''. While the little girl Sam is held captive in the Liquid Silver resort she tricks a customer into grabbing a silver ball she has. When she claps her hands twice, the ball sends blades into the customer's hand, incapacitating him.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Smallfoot}}'', yetis use bioluminescent snails as lights, which they turn on by clapping to wake them up.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'', Professor Marmalade has a lamp designed as himself holding the heart-shaped meteorite in his manor that activates with clapping. [[spoiler:It's him self-applauding himself at the end of the film that reveals the swap between the lamp and the real meteorite, also implicating him of the crimes.]]

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* In an old commercial for the Advertising/SeattleMariners baseball team, star player Edgar Martínez attached a Clapper to the stadium lights so that he could quickly turn them on and off for late-night practices. Predictably, this causes problems when the fans applaud at the game the next day.

* Maid Marian uses it to turn on the lights in her room in ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights''

* A commercial for Energizer Batteries featured the Energizer Bunny [[CommercialSwitcheroo interrupting a commercial for The Clapper]]. The Bunny's drumming caused The Clapper to turn the lights on and off in a flickering way.
* In an old commercial for the Advertising/SeattleMariners baseball team, star player Edgar Martinez attached a Clapper to the stadium lights so that he could quickly turn them on and off for late-night practices. Predictably, this causes problems when the fans applaud at the game the next day.

* A gag in the 2004 film version of ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'' used a variant of this trope that involves turning the lights on and off via whistling. This eventually leads to another gag where Jackie Chan's character whistles in astonishment, accidentally turning off the lights in the process.

* In ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'' the main character invented The Snapper, a gimmicky product just like The Clapper except it responds to finger snapping. It failed to catch on because "clapping is easier than snapping".

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* in ''Series/{{Daybreak2019}}'', the Ghoulie-fied Miss Crumble declares that she has a key to unlock the doors to the mall, but she cannot find them. After checking all of her pockets she remembers that she attached them to a clapper, but when she does clap she can't follow the ringing sound until she realizes that it's coming from ''inside'' her: She swallowed them.

* In an "Abby's Flying Fairy School" segment of ''Series/SesameStreet'', Abby, Blogg, and Gonnigan are turned into fishes to look for Blogg's Slime ball collection when he accidentally drops it in the ocean. To light up a dark part of the ocean, Blogg claps against against an electric eel, even saying The Clapper's slogan while he does it.

** Prehistoric versions of Spongebob and Patrick keep clapping repeatedly and turn the rain on and off, until they do it one time too many and it doesn't stop.

* One WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} skit was Slappy Squrriel advertising [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWKp2t3hSLg "The Slapper"]]. Also one of the [[TheStinger post credits scenes]] is the Warner siblings singing The Clapper jingle.