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->'''Wren:''' Ha, ha! Take that, you Cyclonian dog!
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->'''Wren:''' Ha, ha! Take that, you Cyclonian dog!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'', "Gale Force Winds"
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' episode "Gale Force Winds", the inhabitants of Terra Gale defend their home using a catapult which looks like a last ditch attempt made of scrap. Later in the episode, Wren nearly uses the catapult to launch the Stormhawks down into the wastelands, but halts his attempts after Radarr bites him in the ankle.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' episode "Gale Force Winds", the inhabitants of Terra Gale defend their home using a catapult which looks like a last ditch attempt made of scrap. Later in the episode, Wren nearly uses the catapult to launch the Stormhawks Storm Hawks down into the wastelands, but halts his attempts after Radarr bites him in on the ankle. ankle.
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* Subverted with the makeshift catapult constructed of cathedral relics by the gargoyles in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' in that upon completing the device, they simply push the catapult off the roof onto Judge Frollo's soldiers below. However, the impact triggers the release mechanism, resulting in the base pinning three soldiers to the ground.
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* Subverted with the makeshift catapult constructed of cathedral relics by the gargoyles in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' in that upon completing the device, they simply push the catapult off the roof onto Judge Frollo's soldiers below. However, the impact triggers the release mechanism, resulting in the base pinning three soldiers to the ground.
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* Done in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' to free Flynn from jail -- done with a wheeled wagon as the catapult, and a big guy jumping from the roof as the propelling force. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jZt5kJwP2Q here]], at about 1:10.
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* Done in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' to free Flynn from jail -- done with a wheeled wagon as the catapult, and a big guy jumping from the roof as the propelling force. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jZt5kJwP2Q here]], here, at about 1:10. 1:10.]]
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* Done in ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' to free Flynn from jail -- done with a wheeled wagon as the catapult, and a big guy jumping from the roof as the propelling force. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jZt5kJwP2Q here]], at about 1:10.
* On ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'', the gang makes one to send Oliver inside Sykes' hideout.
* Subverted with the makeshift catapult constructed of cathedral relics by the gargoyles in Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' in that upon completing the device, they simply push the catapult off the roof onto Judge Frollo's soldiers below. However, the impact triggers the release mechanism, resulting in the base pinning three soldiers to the ground.
* On ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'', the gang makes one to send Oliver inside Sykes' hideout.
* Subverted with the makeshift catapult constructed of cathedral relics by the gargoyles in Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' in that upon completing the device, they simply push the catapult off the roof onto Judge Frollo's soldiers below. However, the impact triggers the release mechanism, resulting in the base pinning three soldiers to the ground.
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* Done in ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' to free Flynn from jail -- done with a wheeled wagon as the catapult, and a big guy jumping from the roof as the propelling force. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jZt5kJwP2Q here]], at about 1:10.
* On''Disney/OliverAndCompany'', ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', the gang makes one to send Oliver inside Sykes' hideout.
* Subverted with the makeshift catapult constructed of cathedral relics by the gargoyles in Disney's''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' in that upon completing the device, they simply push the catapult off the roof onto Judge Frollo's soldiers below. However, the impact triggers the release mechanism, resulting in the base pinning three soldiers to the ground.
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* Mac builds an improvised catapult, complete with a time-delayed trigger, in the ''Series/MacGyver'' episode "The Road Not Taken".
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* In ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', there's some rock art at the base of a cliff. Guybrush can push rocks off the cliff, which will land on the rock art and result in it being shot at various places around the island.
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* ''Film/TheHobbit'' has an unintentional example that ends badly for the catapultee. When Laketown is attacked in an orc skirmish, one orc attempts to flee on a boat and sits on the far end. A dead orc falls from a house onto the other end, launching him into the air to be decapitated by Legolas.
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* ''Film/TheHobbit'' ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'' has an unintentional example that ends badly for the catapultee. When Laketown is attacked in an orc skirmish, one orc attempts to flee on a boat and sits on the far end. A dead orc falls from a house onto the other end, launching him into the air to be decapitated by Legolas.
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* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Done during the hotspring trip in chapter 4, when [[ForeignFanservice Chacha]] uses her "Compressor" ability on an ordinary plank to enlarge it. Then jumped on the other end, using [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower her full weight]] to fling a [[BearsAreBadNews rampaging bear]] out of the pool.
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* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Done during the hotspring trip in chapter 4, when [[ForeignFanservice Chacha]] uses her "Compressor" ability on an ordinary plank [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c004/27.html to enlarge it. it.]] Then jumped on the other end, using [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower her full weight]] to fling a [[BearsAreBadNews rampaging bear]] [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c004/28.html out of the pool.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has an episode where Nora and Jaune need to cross a broken bridge. Nora uses her hammer to strike the side they are on in such a manner that launches Jaune over to the other side.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has an episode where Nora and Jaune need to cross a broken bridge. Nora uses her hammer to strike the side they are on in such a manner that launches Jaune over to the other side.
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* In the 1939 novel ''Literature/RogueMale'' by Geoffrey Household, the main character is trapped down a hole. The bad guy guarding the entrance [[spoiler: kills a wild cat (of which the trapped man had been fond) and shoves it down the hole to taunt the trapped man. He manages to combine letting the cat take its own revenge and constructing a means to kill the bad guy and escape by improvising a spear-throwing catapault from the muscles and sinews in the cat's dead body.]]
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* In the 1939 novel ''Literature/RogueMale'' by Geoffrey Household, the main character is trapped down a hole. The bad guy guarding the entrance [[spoiler: kills a wild cat (of which the trapped man had been fond) and shoves it down the hole to taunt the trapped man. He ]] The protagonist manages to combine letting [[spoiler:letting the cat take its own revenge revenge]] and constructing a means to kill the bad guy and escape by improvising a spear-throwing catapault from the [[spoiler:the muscles and sinews in the cat's dead body.]]
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* In the 1939 novel ''Literature/RogueMale'' by Geoffrey Household, the main character is trapped down a hole. The bad guy guarding the entrance kills a wild cat (of which the trapped man had been fond) and shoves it down the hole to taunt the trapped man. He manages to combine letting the cat take its own revenge and constructing a means to kill the bad guy and escape by improvising a spear-throwing catapault from the muscles and sinews in the cat's dead body.
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* In the 1939 novel ''Literature/RogueMale'' by Geoffrey Household, the main character is trapped down a hole. The bad guy guarding the entrance [[spoiler: kills a wild cat (of which the trapped man had been fond) and shoves it down the hole to taunt the trapped man. He manages to combine letting the cat take its own revenge and constructing a means to kill the bad guy and escape by improvising a spear-throwing catapault from the muscles and sinews in the cat's dead body. \n]]
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* In the 1939 novel ''Rogue Male'' ''Literature/RogueMale'' by Geoffrey Household, the main character is trapped down a hole. The bad guy guarding the entrance kills a wild cat (of which the trapped man had been fond) and shoves it down the hole to taunt the trapped man. He manages to combine letting the cat take its own revenge and constructing a means to kill the bad guy and escape by improvising a spear-throwing catapault from the muscles and sinews in the cat's dead body.
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* In the 1939 novel ''Rogue Male'' by Geoffrey Household, the main character is trapped down a hole. The bad guy guarding the entrance kills a wild cat (of which the trapped man had been fond) and shoves it down the hole to taunt the trapped man. He manages to combine letting the cat take its own revenge and constructing a means of to kill the bad guy and escape by improvising a spear-throwing catapault from the muscles and sinews in the cat's dead body.
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* ''Film/TheHobbit'' has an unintentional example that ends badly for the catapultee. When Laketown is attacked in an orc skirmish, one orc attempts to flee on a boat and sits on the far end. A dead orc falls from a house onto the other end, launching him into the air to be decapitated by Legolas.
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* SeenItAMillionTimes in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', and Creator/TexAvery's MGM shorts.
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* The Series/MythBusters took on a story of an accidental improvised catapult (guy using a boom lift as an engine hoist, catapulted 200 feet when the chain broke) and busted it.
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** They took on a story of an accidental improvised catapult (guy using a boom lift as an engine hoist, catapulted 200 feet when the chain broke) and busted it.
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* In the 1939 novel ''Rogue Male'' by Geoffrey Household, the main character is trapped down a hole. The bad guy guarding the entrance kills a wild cat (of which the trapped man had been fond) and shoves it down the hole to taunt the trapped man. He manages to combine letting the cat get take its own revenge and constructing a means of to kill the bad guy and escape by improvising a spear-throwing catapault from the muscles and sinews in the cat's dead body.
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* In the 1939 novel ''Rogue Male'' by Geoffrey Household, the main character is trapped down a hole. The bad guy guarding the entrance kills a wild cat (of which the trapped man had been fond) and shoves it down the hole to taunt the trapped man. He manages to combine letting the cat get its own revenge and constructing a means of escape by improvising a catapault from the muscles and sinews in the cat's dead body.
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* In ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim 2'', Jim exits most levels with one of these, consisting of a board on a rock. He throws a large weight at the other end to launch himself out.
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A catapult is one of the staples of weapons-making. However, you can make a catapult by just using either a {{tree|Buchet}}, or you can stand on a board and throw a rock on the other end of the board and catapult yourself into the air. This is a pretty common form of {{MacGyvering}} that has been around for a long time.
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A catapult is one of the staples of weapons-making. However, you can make a catapult by just using either a {{tree|Buchet}}, or you can stand on a board and throw a rock on the other end of the board and catapult yourself into the air. This is a pretty common form of {{MacGyvering}} that has been around for a long time.
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* Done in ''Manga/MakenKi'' using a magic-enhanced giant plank and a tall rock during the HotspringsEpisode to throw a [[BearsAreBadNews rampaging bear]] to a mountain.
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* The ''Series/MythBusters'' took on an accidental improvised catapult story (guy using a boom lift as an engine hoist, catapulted 200 feet when the chain broke) and busted it.
** In another episode, the busters also tested, and busted, using a tree as a catapult in order to fling soldiers (or infected corpses) in castles.
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* [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] once tried to launch a snowball bigger than his body by putting it at one end of a board on a log and jumping on the other end. It launches... only to land on his head.
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* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' have a {{Glitch}} using a Swing to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGuz2CUEsRw catapult a vehicle]].
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** In the first act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E6BeachBlanketBogus Beach Blanket Bogus]]", Brattus uses a toy shovel to catapult some sea shells and a beach ball at the sand castle that Bogus is hiding in.
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-->--''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'', "Gale Force Winds"
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* Done in ''Manga/MakenKi'' using a magic-enhanced giant plank and a tall rock during the HotspringsEpisode to throw a [[BearsAreBadNews rampaging bear]] to a mountain.
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* Done in ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' to free Flynn from jail--done with a wheeled wagon as the catapult, and a big guy jumping from the roof as the propelling force. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jZt5kJwP2Q here]], at about 1:10.
* On ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'', the gang makes one to send Oliver inside Sykes' hideout.
* Subverted with the makeshift catapult constructed of cathedral relics by the gargoyles in Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' in that upon completing the device, they simply push the catapult off the roof onto Judge Frollo's soldiers below. However, the impact triggers the release mechanism, resulting in the base pinning three soldiers to the ground.
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* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'': The Commando Elite construct one using a mousetrap and teaspoons for "[[OperationBlank Operation Sandman]]": launching sleeping tablets into drinks.
* {{Discussed|Trope}} in passing in ''Film/TropicThunder'', when Jeff Portnoy brings up a zany scheme from a low budget movie he had been in previously, in which the campers built a catapult out of logs and underwear to launch themselves into the cool kids' camp.
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* In the 1939 novel ''Rogue Male'' by Geoffrey Household, the main character is trapped down a hole. The guy guarding the entrance kills a wild cat (of which the trapped man had been fond) and shoves it down the hole to taunt the trapped man. He manages to combine letting the cat get its own revenge and constructing a means of escape by improvising a catapault from the muscles and sinews in the cat's dead body.
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* ''{{Series/MASH}}'': A guest character wins a bar bet by using a tongue depressor to flip a syringe up and it lands point first in an orange; neither BJ nor Hawkeye can duplicate the feat.
* The ''Series/MythBusters'' took on an accidental improvised catapult story (guy using a boom lift as an engine hoist, catapulted 200 feet when the chain broke) and busted it.
** In another episode, the busters also tested, and busted, using a tree as a catapult in order to fling soldiers (or infected corpses) in castles.
* Mac builds an improvised catapult, complete with a time-delayed trigger, in the ''Series/MacGyver'' episode "The Road Not Taken".
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* [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] once tried to launch a snowball bigger than his body by putting it at one end of a board on a log and jumping on the other end. It launches... only to land on his head.
* Dill's brothers in ''ComicStrip/CulDeSac'' make a habit of constructing these, although they're always left as NoodleImplements.
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* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' have a {{Glitch}} using a Swing to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGuz2CUEsRw catapult a vehicle]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'':
** The second act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E3ADayAtTheOffice A Day At The Office]]" had Bogus use a spoon as a catapult by sticking it between the foot and shoe of a woman, before he catapults himself into the vending machine to eat the contents inside. The ensuing smorgasbord results in Bogus gaining a BalloonBelly afterwards.
** Brattus does this in the third act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E4EtTuBrattus Et Tu, Brattus?]]", standing on a spoon and using a turkey drumstick to catapult himself over into the punch bowl.
** In the first act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E6BeachBlanketBogus Beach Blanket Bogus]]", Brattus uses a toy shovel to catapult some sea shells and a beach ball at the sand castle that Bogus is hiding in.
** The claymation short shown after the second act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS3E5BattleActionBogus Battle Action Bogus]]" had Bogus stand on a wooden spoon, before throwing an orange onto the other end of the spoon in order to catapult himself to a bottle of orange juice.
* SeenItAMillionTimes in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', and ''Creator/TexAvery'' cartoons.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' episode "Gale Force Winds", the inhabitants of Terra Gale defend their home using a catapult which looks like a last ditch attempt made of scrap. Later in the episode, Wren nearly uses the catapult to launch the Stormhawks down into the wastelands, but halts his attempts after Radarr bites him in the ankle.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' keep the mousetraps-with-spoons variant on the roof of the police station in the episode "Catteries Not Included". These devices launch them all the way back to Ranger Headquarters.
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-->--''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'', "Gale Force Winds"
A catapult is one of the staples of weapons-making. However, you can make a catapult by just using either a {{tree|Buchet}}, or you can stand on a board and throw a rock on the other end of the board and catapult yourself into the air. This is a pretty common form of {{MacGyvering}} that has been around for a long time.
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* Done in ''Manga/MakenKi'' using a magic-enhanced giant plank and a tall rock during the HotspringsEpisode to throw a [[BearsAreBadNews rampaging bear]] to a mountain.
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* Done in ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' to free Flynn from jail--done with a wheeled wagon as the catapult, and a big guy jumping from the roof as the propelling force. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jZt5kJwP2Q here]], at about 1:10.
* On ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'', the gang makes one to send Oliver inside Sykes' hideout.
* Subverted with the makeshift catapult constructed of cathedral relics by the gargoyles in Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' in that upon completing the device, they simply push the catapult off the roof onto Judge Frollo's soldiers below. However, the impact triggers the release mechanism, resulting in the base pinning three soldiers to the ground.
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* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'': The Commando Elite construct one using a mousetrap and teaspoons for "[[OperationBlank Operation Sandman]]": launching sleeping tablets into drinks.
* {{Discussed|Trope}} in passing in ''Film/TropicThunder'', when Jeff Portnoy brings up a zany scheme from a low budget movie he had been in previously, in which the campers built a catapult out of logs and underwear to launch themselves into the cool kids' camp.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* In the 1939 novel ''Rogue Male'' by Geoffrey Household, the main character is trapped down a hole. The guy guarding the entrance kills a wild cat (of which the trapped man had been fond) and shoves it down the hole to taunt the trapped man. He manages to combine letting the cat get its own revenge and constructing a means of escape by improvising a catapault from the muscles and sinews in the cat's dead body.
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* ''{{Series/MASH}}'': A guest character wins a bar bet by using a tongue depressor to flip a syringe up and it lands point first in an orange; neither BJ nor Hawkeye can duplicate the feat.
* The ''Series/MythBusters'' took on an accidental improvised catapult story (guy using a boom lift as an engine hoist, catapulted 200 feet when the chain broke) and busted it.
** In another episode, the busters also tested, and busted, using a tree as a catapult in order to fling soldiers (or infected corpses) in castles.
* Mac builds an improvised catapult, complete with a time-delayed trigger, in the ''Series/MacGyver'' episode "The Road Not Taken".
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* [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] once tried to launch a snowball bigger than his body by putting it at one end of a board on a log and jumping on the other end. It launches... only to land on his head.
* Dill's brothers in ''ComicStrip/CulDeSac'' make a habit of constructing these, although they're always left as NoodleImplements.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' have a {{Glitch}} using a Swing to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGuz2CUEsRw catapult a vehicle]].
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'':
** The second act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E3ADayAtTheOffice A Day At The Office]]" had Bogus use a spoon as a catapult by sticking it between the foot and shoe of a woman, before he catapults himself into the vending machine to eat the contents inside. The ensuing smorgasbord results in Bogus gaining a BalloonBelly afterwards.
** Brattus does this in the third act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E4EtTuBrattus Et Tu, Brattus?]]", standing on a spoon and using a turkey drumstick to catapult himself over into the punch bowl.
** In the first act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E6BeachBlanketBogus Beach Blanket Bogus]]", Brattus uses a toy shovel to catapult some sea shells and a beach ball at the sand castle that Bogus is hiding in.
** The claymation short shown after the second act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS3E5BattleActionBogus Battle Action Bogus]]" had Bogus stand on a wooden spoon, before throwing an orange onto the other end of the spoon in order to catapult himself to a bottle of orange juice.
* SeenItAMillionTimes in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', and ''Creator/TexAvery'' cartoons.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' episode "Gale Force Winds", the inhabitants of Terra Gale defend their home using a catapult which looks like a last ditch attempt made of scrap. Later in the episode, Wren nearly uses the catapult to launch the Stormhawks down into the wastelands, but halts his attempts after Radarr bites him in the ankle.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' keep the mousetraps-with-spoons variant on the roof of the police station in the episode "Catteries Not Included". These devices launch them all the way back to Ranger Headquarters.
[[AC:RealLife]]
* Who hasn't done this at the dinner table with a spoon and some food?
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