History Main / DogPileOfDoom

* The titular character of Brian Jacques' {{''Martin the Warrior''}} is mobbed by mooks when he attempts to help Feldoh's elderly father, who is being badly treated by the vermin overseers (as they are all three slaves at this point). Martin is literally described as having "disappeared" amid the mass, and the result is a Type C pile - dragged off to [[PunishmentBox worse imprisonment than before]].

* The titular character of Brian Jacques' [[''Redwall Martin the Warrior'']] is mobbed by mooks when he attempts to help Feldoh's elderly father, who is being badly treated by the vermin overseers (as they are all three slaves at this point). Martin is literally described as having "disappeared" amid the mass, and the result is a Type C pile - dragged off to [[PunishmentBox worse imprisonment than before]].

* The titular character of Brian Jacques' [[Redwall ''Martin the Warrior'']] is mobbed by mooks when he attempts to help Feldoh's elderly father, who is being badly treated by the vermin overseers (as they are all three slaves at this point). Martin is literally described as having "disappeared" amid the mass, and the result is a Type C pile - dragged off to [[PunishmentBox worse imprisonment than before]].

* The titular character of Brian Jacques' [[Redwall ''Martin the Warrior'']]. is mobbed by mooks when he attempts to help Feldoh's elderly father, who is being badly treated by the vermin overseers (as they are all three slaves at this point). Martin is literally described as having "disappeared" amid the mass, and the result is a Type C pile - dragged off to [[PunishmentBox worse imprisonment than before]].

* The titular character of Brian Jacques' [[Redwall ''Martin the Warrior'']] is mobbed by mooks when he attempts to help squirrel Feldoh's elderly father, who is being badly treated by the vermin overseers (as they are all three slaves at this point). Martin is literally described as having "disappeared" amid the mass, and the result is a Type C pile - dragged off to [[PunishmentBox worse imprisonment than before]].

* The titular character of Brian Jacques' [[Redwall Martin the Warrior]] is mobbed by mooks when he attempts to help squirrel Feldoh's elderly father, who is being badly treated by the vermin overseers (as they are all three slaves at this point). Martin is literally described as having "disappeared" amid the mass, and the result is a Type C pile - dragged off to [[PunishmentBox worse imprisonment than before]].

* The titular character of Brian Jacques' [[Martin the Warrior {{Redwall}}]] is mobbed by mooks when he attempts to help squirrel Feldoh's elderly father, who is being badly treated by the vermin overseers (as they are all three slaves at this point). Martin is literally described as having "disappeared" amid the mass, and the result is a Type C pile - dragged off to [[PunishmentBox worse imprisonment than before]].

* ''OrderOfTheStick'' has Belkar and Hobgoblins, where the Hobgoblins are helping to establish that Belkar is, in fact, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html A Sexy, Shoeless, God of War.]]

Often, a bigger villain, such as the BigBad or TheDragon stands by and watches.

* [[LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny]] was once jumped by several large dogs in an alley in the episode "A Hare Grows in Manhattan." They attempt to dog-pile him, but in the end, it shows [[OffscreenTeleportation Bugs jumping up and down on top of the pile]], leaving the leader of the dogs at the bottom.

* In the second [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles live-action movie,]] a group of mooks do the dogpile on Michelangelo, only for him to climb out and look at the pile of still attacking thugs and mutter, "pitiful."

In order to qualify as a Dog Pile of Doom, the hero should be completely covered in mooks. Just couple of guys jumping on top of the hero is not enough to qualify. He Have you ever dropped a piece of food on an anthill? It's something like that.

Differs from the [[TheGlomp glomp]], because the glomp is a sign of affection (even though the victim might not like it). The DogPileofDoom is malicious, intended to kill or capture.

It's a climactic battle scene. The hero is facing down dozens, no, hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of {{Mooks}}. At first, [[ConservationOfNinjutsu the hero's doing well]]. He's doing his hero thing, smiting them [[MookChivalry one after another]]. But then he begins to get tired, and first one, then another, then another and another and another leap onto him, dragging the poor guy to the ground. This, in its essentials, is the dog pile of doom.

Oftentimes, a bigger villain, such as the BigBad or TheDragon standing by and watching as the hero is drowned in the blood of their mooks.

There are several ways that this scene can turn out.

Type A: The hero is trapped at the bottom of the pile, before having some sort of epiphany or activates some sort of super mode or wakes up. He then explodes out of the pile, minions scattering to the four winds, as an epic figure rises from defeat and proceeds to open a can on his helpless foes.

Type B: The hero is dragged under by the mooks, and is killed.

Type C: Similar to B, except that in the end, the hero is captured. This can mean assimilation, frozen in stasis, knocked unconscious, or simply dragged off to a prison cell.

Type D: A more humorous version, where the hero/victim is dog-piled, but either crawls out from under the pile or climbs to the top of the pile.

Several key factors need to be in place: First off, the hero/victim has to be completely covered by enemy mooks/minions/what have you. One guy jumping on top of the hero is not a Dog Pile of Doom. Have you ever dropped a piece of food on an anthill? The Dog Pile of Doom is something like that.

Second, it doesn't have to be the hero, but it is not a benevolent action. Any character can be mobbed by the dog pile, but it is not the same as the glomp. If a hero/victim is glomped, then that is a show of affection. In a [=DPoD=], the people doing the jumping have active, hostile intent. If the hero and his friends swarm over a bad guy, that's a [=DPoD=].

Not to be confused with [[TheGlomp Glomping]].

* In ''Friday'' by RobertHeinlein the eponymous Friday is captured in this way. Later "Boss" Baldwin says, "You killed two and injured three before they piled enough bodies on you to hold you down by sheer weight".

* The Smiths do this to Neo in [[MatrixReloaded The Matrix Reloaded.]]

* {{OrderOfTheStick}} has Belkar and Hobgoblins, where the Hobgoblins are helping to establish that Belkar is, in fact, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html A Sexy, Shoeless, God of War.]]

* In [[{{Peanuts}} It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown]] during the Homecoming Game every down where CB's team has the ball ends up in a big pileup, usually with Charlie on the bottom. Including when he attempts to kick the ball, misses because Lucy pulls it away, and then they jump on him. This would be a roughing the kicker penalty at minimum if Charlie weren't such a [[ButtMonkey Butt Monkey.]]

* A particularly hilarious example occurs in ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode ''Operation I.T''. Numbuh 362 gets tired of being the supreme commander, and starts up a game of tag where who ever is "it" by noon gets too replace her. Since nobody actually ''wants'' this position, everyone begins to run and try to escape, however, once [[ThirteenIsUnlucky Numbuh 13]] gets tagged, everyone around him immediatley dog-piles onto him, screaming, "ANYONE BUT HIM!" because they'd rather tag themselves than [[RalphWiggum let him become their leader.]]

* A particularly hilarious example occurs in ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode''Operation I.T''. Numbuh 362 gets tired of being the supreme commander, and starts up a game of tag where who ever is "it" by noon gets too replace her. Since nobody actually ''wants'' this position, everyone begins to run and try to escape, however, once [[ThirteenIsUnlucky Numbuh 13]] gets tagged, everyone around him immediatley dog-piles onto him, screaming, "ANYONE BUT HIM!" because they'd rather tag themselves than [[RalphWiggum let him become their leader.]]

* In [[ItsYourFirstKissCharlieBrown It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown]] during the Homecoming Game every down where CB's team has the ball ends up in a big pileup, usually with Charlie on the bottom. Including when he attempts to kick the ball, misses because Lucy pulls it away, and then they jump on him. This would be a roughing the kicker penalty at minimum if Charlie weren't such a [[ButtMonkey Butt Monkey.]]

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It's a climactic battle scene. The hero is facing down dozens, no, hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of mooks. At first, [[ConservationOfNinjutsu the hero's doing well]]. He's doing his hero thing, smiting them [[MookChivalry one after another]]. But then he begins to get tired, and first one, then another, then another and another and another leap onto him, dragging the poor guy to the ground. This, in its essentials, is the dog pile of doom.

[[caption-width:338: A textbook example. The victim is in the middle, underneath all the clones.]]

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