History Main / ConstructionZoneCalamity

* The film ''Baby's Day Out'' makes use of this trope after two crooks chase a kidnapped baby into a construction zone.

* HaroldLloyd was at least the TropeCodifier in''NeverWeaken'', in which his character ends up being whisked away by a steel girder whilst attempting suicide, and is carried onto a building still under construction.

* HaroldLloyd was at least the TropeCodifier in "Never Weaken", in which his character ends up being whisked away by a steel girder whilst attempting suicide, and is carried onto a building still under construction.

** The early MickeyMouse short "Building A Building" has Mickey working at a construction site.

** A later ChuckJones short, "Bad Day at Cat Rock", has Tom chase Jerry into a construction zone.

* {{Charlie Chaplin}}'s ''Pay Day'' features the Tramp's zany antics as a construction worker.

* The film ''Baby's Day Out'' makes use of this trope after two crooks chase a kidnapped baby into a construction zone.
* HaroldLloyd was at least the TropeCodifier in "Never Weaken", in which his character ends up being whisked away by a steel girder whilst attempting suicide, and is carried onto a building still under construction.
* ''{{Soap}}'': Burt owns a construction company and brings stepson Danny into the business. At one point they're up on the high iron talking and accidentally knock over a bucket full of rivets.

* The LaurelAndHardy silent short "Liberty" climaxes with the duo getting stranded atop an unfinished skyscraper...with a live crab in Ollie's pants, no less.

* {{Charlie Chaplin}}'s ''Pay Day'' features the Tramp's zany antics as a construction worker.

A common stock setting, the construction zone, normally pictured as the skeleton of a sky scraper made up of steel beams, tends to be the place where 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.

A common stock setting, the construction zone, normally pictured as the skeleton of a sky scraper made up of steel beams, tends to be the place where 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.

Things to watch out for include super-heated rivets, malfunctioning elevators, wooden or steel beams dangling from cranes (which have an eerie way of positioning themselves at just the right moment to prevent someone from falling), or spilled grease upon a high steel beam threatening to send a character sliding off a ten-plus story drop. Also, expect to see a LiteralCliffHanger, though if someone actually falls, they're likely to just [[SoftWater safely land in liquid cement]] and become statues when they try to climb out.

->“don't worry boy another girder always swings in for you to walk on when you get to the end”
--> Homer, [[TheSimpsons]]

--> Homer, [[The Simpsons]]

** Chuck Jones' "Cat Feud" takes place at a construction site.

* In the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]" of ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', the titular mystery heroine saves construction workers from a collapsing construction site.

* In the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Myseterious Mare Do Well]]" of ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', the titular mystery heroine saves construction workers from a collapsing construction site.

* In ''TheSimpsons'' episode "The Fool Monty", Homer leads a dazed and amnesiac Mr. Burns to a construction site in the hopes of bumping him off via this manner.

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* The ''{{Animaniacs}}'' Buttons and Mindy short "Cat on a Hot Steel Beam" has Mindy chase a kitten into a construction site while Buttons chases after her, as shown in the above screenshot. Eventually, some actual workmen find her and take her to safety, leaving Buttons to take the blame as usual.

Things to watch out for include super-heated rivets, malfunctioning elevators, wooden or steel beams dangling from cranes (which have an eerie way of positioning themselves at just the right moment to prevent someone from falling), or spilled grease upon a high steel beam threatening to send a character sliding off a ten-plus story drop. Also, expect to see a LiteralCliffHanger, though if someone actually falls, they're likely to just land in cement and become statues when they try to climb out.

* The LaurelAndHardy silent short "Liberty" climaxes with the duo trying to make their way atop an unfinished skyscraper...with a live crab in Ollie's pants, no less.

** In the short ''ClockCleaners'', Goofy unknowingly wanders into one after being hit on the head and [[ConcussionsGetYouHigh put into a daze]].

* ''TheThreeStooges'' short "How High Is Up?" has the stooges taking jobs as construction workers and ending up working on the 97th floor. HilarityEnsues.

* The LaurelAndHardy silent short "Liberty climaxes with the duo trying to make their way atop an unfinished skyscraper...with a live crab in Ollie's pants, no less.

* The LaurelAndHardy silent short ''Liberty'' climaxes with the duo stuck atop an unfinished skyscraper...with a live crab in Ollie's pants, no less.

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