History Main / FacePlant

* Notably employed in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' as a RunningGag.

* In ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', both [[NationsAsPeople America and Romano (South Italy)]] landed face-down after slipping on a BananaPeel.
* The [[Creator/MasamiKurumada Kurumada]] [[FanNickname Fall]] is the [[PlayedForDrama non-comedic variant]] that happens in [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom super-charged fights]]. Often involving the target looking [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat deader than dead]] only to [[MadeOfIron force themself back up]]. The parodies of it, on the other hand, go [[ZigZaggedTrope right back to laughs]].
* ''Manga/AkagamiNoShirayukihime'': Mihaya trips Shirayuki after kidnapping her and tying her hands behind her back when she kicks a box at him and tries to run past him out the only door to the room she is in. Since she doesn't have any way to break her fall she lands on her face, though she tries to take most of the fall with the rest of her body. [[PlayedForDrama Definitely not played for laughs]].

* Happens to Princess Cadance in ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/197006/a-hell-of-a-time A Hell of a Time]]'' when she falls 60 feet to the ground after Tirek banishes her and the other Princesses to Tartarus. She ends up stuck face-first in the ground for quite a while before freeing herself.

* Happens in ''{{Film/Twister}}'' when Jo Harding slams on the brakes on Bill's truck while he's in the back readying the [[MacGuffin Dorothy probe]], causing him to smack the back window face-first.

* The opening credits of the CBBC comedy ''Gruey'' show the protagonist trying to jump over a wall, tripping, and landing face-first [[CoveredInMud in a patch of mud]].

* Some of the games in the ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' series will automatically put the player into a head-down skydiving pose if they fall from a certain height. If the player doesn't have a parachute handy or doesn't deploy it in time, this can result in an invariably fatal faceplant.

* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon'', the HaveANiceDeath screen for falling deaths ("Deceleration Trauma") shows Roger Wilco upside down with his head mashed into the ground. The VGA remake of ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestITheSarienEncounter'' has a similar death screen.
* Notably employed in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' as a RunningGag.

* Happens almost constantly to Derpy whenever she's present in in ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony''.
* The Kid from VideoGame/{{Bastion}} enters any area by falling from the sky and landing face-down. [[spoiler: Becomes significantly less funny at the end of the game when, after taking a vicious beating from the Ura, the Kid returns to the Bastion, lands in his usual manner...and stays down.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', Monster Kid falls on his face every time he tries to make a running exit.

* ''Blog/AskFlufflePuff'' takes this beyond RunningGag territory with the titular character. She can even move around while flat on her face.
* ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie'' has the "[[https://youtu.be/L5inD4XWz4U Do the Flop Guy]]", which is this trope as a DanceSensation.

* Mabel Pines pulls one off in the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Double Dipper", when she attempts to do a flip while singing karaoke.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheSecretDoor'', Nori has trouble walking since she's used to having a mermaid tail, and falls flat on her face when trying to take a step.

* In ''FanFic/NewKidOnTheBlock'', Wally West takes a tumble when he tries to remove Pied Piper from a fight. It isn't a prime example of a slapstick moment, but Captain Cold is pretty amused when the Kid hits the concrete.

* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon'', the HaveANiceDeath screen for falling deaths ("Deceleration Trauma") shows Roger Wilco upside down with his head mashed into the ground. ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIVohaulsRevenge'' has similar.

* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest III'', the HaveANiceDeath screen for falling deaths ("Deceleration Trauma") shows Roger Wilco upside down with his head mashed into the ground. ''Space Quest II'' has similar.

* Website/YouTube is similarly jam-packed with home videos showing people meeting Terra firma face-first.

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* Happens in ''{{Film/Twister}}'' when Jo Harding slams on the brakes on Bill's truck while he's in the back readying the probe, causing him to smack the back window face-first.

* ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie'' has the "[[https://youtu.be/L5inD4XWz4U Do the Flop Guy]]", which is this coupled with AccidentalDanceCraze.

* This particular method of selling a move is so iconic for Wrestling/RicFlair that it's dubbed the "Flair Flop" by fans.

* ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'': the {{Dojikko}} Yayoi (Cure Peace) does these from time to time even in [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_smile_precure_-_ed3_3288.jpg her version of the ending]] she even gets a red nose in her next appearance.

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* Happens to most of the mane characters at one time or another on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
** Apple Bloom has this as a running joke in "Hearts and Hooves Day".
** Happens to Spike in ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]'', when he tries walking in the bulky crystal armour Rarity puts him in.
** In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]'', when Spike is brought before Cadance upon arriving in the Crystal Empire, he falls face-first on the ground when the guards transporting him come to a halt.
* Mabel Pines pulls one off in the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Double Dipper", when she attempts to do a flip while singing karaoke.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheSecretDoor'', Nori has trouble walking since she's used to having a mermaid tail, and falls flat on her face when trying to take a step.

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* Most [[HilariousOuttakes blooper shows]] will usually have at least one clip per episode of someone falling victim to this.
* It's practically impossible for contestants on ''{{Series/Wipeout}}'' to get through even the first round without having this happen to them.

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* In one episode of ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'', Yoshimori Sumimura ends up face planting after [[ActionGirl Tokine Yukimura]] uses a small kekkai to trip him.

* In one episode of ''{{Kekkaishi}}'', Yoshimori Sumimura ends up face planting after [[ActionGirl Tokine Yukimura]] uses a small kekkai to trip him.
* ''SmilePrettyCure'': the {{Dojikko}} Yayoi (Cure Peace) does these from time to time even in [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_smile_precure_-_ed3_3288.jpg her version of the ending]] she even gets a red nose in her next appearance.
* The anime adaptation of ''SwordArtOnline'' has this happening several times to Kirito over the course of the first episode of the [=ALFheim=] Online arc. One pretty spectacular one has him slamming into the ground head-first from ''several hundred feet in the air'' and seemingly being stuck for almost a minute after impact.

A staple of {{slapstick}} and other forms of physical comedy, a Face Plant refers to any instance where someone ends up having their face be the first part of their body to impact the ground after falling. The results to the victim can vary from simple embarrassment to serious injury or even death (though RuleOfFunny -usually- precludes it from going this far), depending on how hard the person hits the ground, what the surface they're falling on is, and how high they're falling from.

* Bridget's Shoot The Moon [[FinishingMove Instant Kill]] in ''GuiltyGear XX'' launches the character to the moon, where they smash upside-down into the ground so hard most of their upper body's imbedded in it.

* In ''The Blue Lotus'', Thompson and Thomson try to catch a train that has {{Tintin}} on it and fall on their faces. They are next seen in a hospital with their noses in casts.

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* Website/YouTube is similarly jam-packed with home videos showing people meeting Terra firma face-first.