History Main / FlippingTheTable

* Referred to in two of the ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' {{Non Serial Movie}}s. In ''Slayers: Gorgeous'', Lina and Naga are engaged in yet another duel of spells, and Lina has cast a spell that, by way of a side effect, froze the surface of a nearby pond; Naga retaliates by summoning up an earth golem and having it perform a ''chabudai-gaeshi'' with the sheet of ice -- it flips through the air and almost crushes Lina. In ''"Slayers: Great"'', while engaged in a battle that parodies the SuperRobot genre, Naga purposely freezes a river the two are duelling near and uses her giant golem to flip the ice sheet to knock Lina's giant golem off of her feet.

* ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'': Ken upon hearing Kurumi say she didn't do anything wrong on the exams. She got two 25s and a 27.

* Shizuo Heiwajima of ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' has an infamous habit of flipping and tossing the nearest 400-pound object whenever he gets angry. Tables are not excluded.

* A slightly drunk Itsuwa does this in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''. To Tatemiya, who had just played a prank on her regarding her crush on Touma. She flipped it so hard it struck him in the face and sent him flying out of the room. Everyone else wisely decides to stay out of Itsuwa's way after this.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', after Lightning's tire blows out, one of his pit crew members flips a stack of tires over in frustration.

* Last in ''Manhua/{{Bloodline}}'' does this a ton in the Tomato Land side story volume.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Gaston flips over a table in the middle of a chess game he's playing during his VillainSong. Probably because [[BookDumb he was losing]]. That, and [[MemeticMutation nobody flips tables like Gaston]].

* In ''Film/KnivesOut'', Harlan does this to give Marta a tough time while the two of them are playing TabletopGame/{{Go}}. She finds it ActuallyPrettyFunny and is laughing about him being a SoreLoser.

* In the video for "Mr. Brightside" by Music/TheKillers, during the scene when frontman Brandon Flowers is playing checkers with Eric Roberts.

** In one live performance (one of the concerts he did in the USSR in 1987) he noticed that audience members who were enjoying themselves became uncomfortable when the lights fell on them, as the film crew documenting the show kept turning on the lights so they could get film of the audience. He lost his temper, and ended up flipping over his ''electric piano''.

* Andy Samberg does this to a couple of "Hollywood Phonies" during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYL5H46QnQ Threw It On The Ground]] of ''Music/TheLonelyIsland'' fame. Unfortunately for him, the phonies (Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/ElijahWood) happen to have a taser, and they proceed to give him a hefty dose of [[IncrediblyLamePun Taser]]-[[LaserGuidedKarma Guided Karma]].

* If you're willing to accept the Earth, or at least Sumaru City as the "table" in question, then Nyarlathotep's actions just after the final boss fight in ''[[VideoGame/{{Persona2}} Persona 2: Innocent Sin]]'' are basically one huge table-flip, but one he had carefully set up just in case he was beat. Yes, Nyarlathotep is such a [[TheChessmaster Chess]][[IncrediblyLamePun master]] that table-flipping is one of his stratagems -- he doesn't care about playing, he cares about ruining the game for everyone else.

* Meta example: Creator/{{Nintendo}} producer Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto is known within the company for (metaphorically) "upending the table" on projects which he was unsatisfied with, like [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060928211847/http://www.watch.impress.co.jp:80/game/docs/20040325/zelda06.htm the father]] in ''[[Creator/IkkiKajiwara Kyojin no Hoshi]]''. The phrase has since become a minor meme to the fanbase.
** During the development of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'', Eiji Aonuma described Miyamoto as "upending the tea table" in the story development, leaving the plot rather... messy. He felt it was too complicated.

* 'The Yillian Way'' by Keith Laumer. A human diplomat negotiating a peace settlement with the Yill is about to tuck into the disgusting AlienLunch being served up to him. However his aide realises this is a SecretTestOfCharacter and knocks over the table to prevent this from happening. He then marches up to the table where the Yill leaders are dining and demands to be served good human food. As Yill society is based on alpha male domination, he successfully asserts his authority in their eyes.

* One of Zangief's attacks in [[StreetFighter Super Gem Fighter]], complete with him reading a newspaper before getting angry at the opponent and ripping it in half before flipping the table at them.

* If you're willing to accept the Earth, or at least Sumaru City as the "table" in question, then Nyarlathotep's actions just after the final boss fight in [[VideoGame/{{Persona2}} Persona 2: Innocent Sin]] are basically one huge table-flip, but one he had carefully set up just in case he was beat. Yes, Nyarlathotep is such a [[TheChessmaster Chess]][[IncrediblyLamePun master]] that table-flipping is one of his stratagems -- he doesn't care about playing, he cares about ruining the game for everyone else.

* Flipping the Table is a running gag for Orchestral Design in the ''WebVideo/BroniesReact'' videos. He does it at the end of all his appearances, protesting the lack of Octavia in the episodes. And then, with the reaction to the 100th episode, which ''does'' features Octavia heavily, he flips the table again, this time in joy. And once in slow motion, when he sees Octavia and Vinyl Scratch sharing a house. And then, in TheStinger, he [[UpToEleven flips a table from the roof of his house]].

* Taken UpToEleven in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'' episode "Ride the Lightning". Texas doesn't just flip the table: ''[[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4aecmjoDR1r00g3do1_500.gif he straight-up SMASHES IT to pieces]]''... [[ManlyTears and then promptly starts crying afterwards.]]

* ''Series/Succession'': Tom flips the table in Greg's office and proceeds to absolutely trash the place, not out of anger but out of celebration (he's just discovered he will avoid jail time).

* Literature/TheBible: Jesus did it in the temple with the moneychangers, making this trope OlderThanFeudalism.

'''Lin:''' This is nothing. You should have seen Air Temple Island when Tenzin broke up with ''me.''

* Done twice in ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}''; first by [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005968 Hussie]], then by [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=007429 Jane]].

** When Fisk goes public before Matt's group exposes him, Matt angrily knocks everything off his kitchen table.

* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'': Returning back to his apartment after going out to beat up some looters in the midst of an artificial earthquake triggered by the Hand, Matt tries to bandage his bloodied knuckles. However, his hands are very shaky, and he eventually snaps and sweeps his medical supplies off the kitchen table. [[CallBack The shot is staged almost identically]] to when he was listening to Fisk's speech.

* ''City Heat'' (1984). Creator/BurtReynolds's character enters a room [[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed as the Big Bad Wolf]] to find his girlfriend playing cards with the gangsters who are [[IHaveYourWife holding her hostage]].

* In the ''Film/{{Thor}}'' film, Odin berates Thor for his belligerence and withholds his Kingship. Thor does ''not'' take this well. The scene then immediately cuts to him flipping over an entire banquet table in frustration.