History Main / ConstructionZoneCalamity

* WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther causes this in two of his shorts, "The Pink Blueprint" and "Prefabricated Pink".

* There are several examples from the ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' shorts:
** "A Dream Walking" has Olive Oyl sleepwalk into a construction site, as Popeye and Bluto try to stop her from killing herself.
** A RecycledScript short "Nix on Hypnotricks" has Olive wander into a construction site after being hypnotized.
** In "Child Shockology", Popeye and Bluto chase an escaped Sweet Pea, who wanders into a construction site.
** The short "Bridge Ahoy!" has Popeye, Olive and Wimpy building a bridge to compete with Bluto's ferry business, and Bluto attempts to sabotage them. A rare non-skyscraper example.
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' has had this a few times:
** The short "Tot Watchers" has the duo try to protect a baby who wanders into a construction zone.
** The later Creator/ChuckJones shorts "Pent-House Mouse" and "Bad Day at Cat Rock" take place at construction sites.
** ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales'' also had this as a setting in the shorts "Deconstruction Junction" and "Jackhammered Cat".
* A number of WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts feature variants of this:
** The WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck short "The Riveter" has Donald work as a construction worker, and incurring the wrath of his boss after his jackhammer goes out of control.
** In the short "WesternAnimation/ClockCleaners", Goofy unknowingly wanders into one after being hit on the head and [[ConcussionsGetYouHigh put into a daze]].
** The early WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse short "WesternAnimation/BuildingABuilding" has Mickey working at a construction site.
** And before Mickey, there was the WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit short, "Sky Scrappers", with the same concept.
* This was also used in ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' episode "Jon's Night Out".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' has an entire short tributing this trope. Pappy describes to Timmy how one can wander into a construction site almost by accident and be saved from falling off it by a moving girder.
** A little later on in the series, Timmy is watching Poof while Cosmo and Wanda go out to eat at a fancy restaurant. They up the ante with ''3 construction sites'', the last one being in space where Dark Laser is building a brand new Death Ball.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' episode "Seeing Eye Dogs" have the two dogs leading a mostly-blind Hollywood on a "shortcut" through a construction site.

* In the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]" of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', the titular mystery heroine saves construction workers from a collapsing construction site.
* This happens in ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' while Jamie is taking Stanley out for a walk, not realizing that he is actually a sentient being. When Stanley escapes and leads Jamie to a construction site, Jamie tries to climb up a ladder to a support beam, only for the ladder to give away, leaving Jamie dangling off the beam, prompting Stanley to reveal his true nature by saving Jamie.
* In their ABC debut, Franchise/ScoobyDoo and his teenage pals encounter a spectre haunting a construction site in "Hi-Rise Hair Raiser".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "Last Train to Cashville", Dale is sleep-deprived as the Rangers try to foil Fat Cat's plans, and begins to sleepwalk, right into a construction zone, narrowly avoiding death several times thanks to his friends chasing after him and some conveniently placed girders. The scene ends with Chip falling down multiple stories and landing in a pile of cement.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/TroubleIndemnity", Magoo goes to collect an insurance claim, but wanders into the construction site next door. The insurance agents see him and scramble to keep him from hurting himself; as he's their only client, "If he falls, the company falls!"
* WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther causes this in two of his shorts, "The Pink Blueprint" and "Prefabricated Pink".

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In "''Return to Omashu''", Aang had his first encounter with Azula on the construction site of Fire Lord Ozai's statue on the capture city of Omashu. It was originally a trade deal for the captured King Bumi for Mai's little brother, until the deal was called off and fighting ensued.
** It is also based on the pilot episode of the show where Aang fought Zuko on the construction of a statue.

* ''Film/FreddyVsJason'': During the final fight, Freddy has a hard time against Jason, until they stumble upon a construction zone where he makes creative use of gas tanks (that he pops open "firing" them at Jason like missiles), a multitude of rebars that he drops on Jason impaling him and pinning him down, a hanging cement mixer that he swings at him before trying to push a cart full of sand that gets stuck, but then the swinging weight ends up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard catching Freddy's foot making him hang helplessly]] as Jason frees himself and resumes fighting him until the cart gets unstuck and goes down sending them both flying towards the pier.

* ''Film/FreddyVsJason'': During the final fight, Freddy has a hard time against Jason, until they stumble upon a construction zone where he makes creative use of gas tanks (that he pops open "firing" them at Jason like missiles), a multitude of rebars that he drops on Jason impaling him and pinning him down, a hanging cement mixer that he swings at him before trying to push a cart full of sand that gets stuck, before the swinging weight ends up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard catching Freddy's foot making him hang helplessly]] as Jason frees himself and resumes fighting him until the cart gets unstuck and goes down sending them both flying towards the pier.

* {{Downplayed}} and PlayedForDrama in ''WebAnimation/{{Lackadaisy}}'' as Marigold Gang's ConsummateProfessional Mordecai armed with a [[{{Handguns}} pistol]] and Lackadaisy's ReluctantWarrior Freckle armed with a LittleUselessGun have a [[DarkenedBuildingShootout shootout]] in a maze of steel beams at Sable Stone and Quarry. Freckle has RoofHopping and impetuousness, while Mordecai has patience and accuracy in CountingBullets. Out of ammo and grazed by a ricochet, Freckle is only saved by the distraction of his cousin Rocky's ConstructionVehicleRampage.

* ''Film/{{Gooby}}'': After hearing Willy got hit in the head with a soccer ball at school (or at least he thought it meant that), Gooby panics and hops in Willy's dad's car, unbeknownst he’s actually headed for a construction zone. He mistakenly steps on a concrete slab that is about to be lifted in the air, and the next thing we know Gooby's dangling over a 50-story building by a small hook. We even get to see shots of Gooby holding on for his life with nothing but the sky in frame.

* ''Film/FreddyVsJason'': During the final fight, Freddy has a hard time against Jason, until they stumble upon a construction zone where he makes creative use of gas tanks (that he pops open "firing" them at Jason like missiles), a multitude of rebars that he drops on Jason impaling him and pinning him him down, a hanging cement mixer that he swings at him before trying to push a cart full of sand that gets stuck, before the swinging weight ends up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard catching Freddy's foot making him hang helplessly]] as Jason frees himself and resumes fighting him until the cart gets unstuck and goes down sending them both flying towards the pier.

* ''VideoGame/{{Alice}}'': The game is about someone having to navigate their way through a construction sight in Japan at night to get home... while being pursued by the angry ghost of a hooker who's body was found there.

A once-common stock setting, the construction zone, normally pictured as the skeleton of a skyscraper made up of steel beams, tends to be the place that every [[NeverWakeUpASleepWalker sleep walker]] or [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter escaped baby]] inevitably wanders into, giving way to crazy slapstick antics as their pursuer tries desperately to catch up with them and keep them out of harm's way. Said constructions zones almost always have NoOSHACompliance, so when our bumbling protagonist gets a job working at one, there's bound to be trouble.

* The original arcade Classic ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' takes place entirely in a construction site, where [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] famously has to fend off rogue barrels, piles of sand, and living fire. Later games occasionally had references to that girder-filled setting, whether that be the construction levels of Big Ape City in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongLand'' or the girder areas of New Donk City in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''.

* ''Film/{{Darkman}}'' offers a clever excuse for having its final confrontation take place at the top of a skyscraper under construction because the BigBad [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Strack]] is savvy enough to arrange his encounter with Darkman in a way that works to his advantage (as he shows to be at ease and having better balance for being around construction zones since he was young). Strack and his goon further complicate things for Darkman by swinging crane hooks at him and using a large rivet gun.

* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}''

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''
** ''Splatoon'' has the multiplayer stage Hammerhead Bridge, which is a suspension bridge under heavy construction. The stage is actually split into two levels, with the top layer built primarily out of grating that players can slip through. As the bridge is unfinished, there are several chasms around the various platforms, forcing players to watch their step.
** ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' introduced the stage Sturgeon Shipyard, which takes place on a large ship being built in a shipyard. Like Hammerhead Bridge, there are several chasms and platforms made of grating around the stage. This stage also features several platforms that periodically rise and fall like drawbridges, altering the movement options available to players.

* ''Film/{[Gooby}}'': After hearing Willy got hit in the head with a soccer ball at school (or at least he thought it meant that), Gooby panics and hops in Willy's dad's car, unbeknownst he’s actually headed for a construction zone. He mistakenly steps on a concrete slab that is about to be lifted in the air, and the next thing we know Gooby's dangling over a 50-story building by a small hook. We even get to see shots of Gooby holding on for his life with nothing but the sky in frame.

* In ''The [[JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow Itchy and Scratchy]] Game'', the sixth level, "A Site For Sawed Eyes" takes place at a construction site. The boss of the level is Scratchy driving a bulldozer.

* The fourth map of ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsSkateboarding'' takes place in a construction site consisting of half-finished buildings, monorail tracks and an army surplus store with tanks.

* In ''The [[WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow Itchy and Scratchy]] Game'', the sixth level, "A Site For Sawed Eyes" takes place at a construction site. The boss of the level is Scratchy driving a bulldozer.