History Main / KitchenSinkIncluded

** Another episode has pirate Don Karnage send his two main henchmen, [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Mad Dog and Dumptruck]], into the city, telling them to plunder everything, including the kitchen sink. Later on, the heroes have a confrontation with a giant squid who accidentally rips a sink out of the kitchen, dropping it into their submarine. [[LiteralMinded Don Karnage is not amused when they bring it to him]].

* A ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' comic featuring ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyDucks'' used this line when a brainwashed hockey crowd was attacking the team. "They're throwing everything at us but... ''[clang]'' The kitchen sink?"

* This is present in one of the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Timon and Pumbaa]]'' SpinOff video games.

Every time someone [[YouJustHadToSayIt refers to the expression]] "everything but the kitchen sink" in any way, shape or fashion, an [[LiteralMetaphor actual, literal kitchen sink]] will inevitably appear. Sometimes, the saying is not even mentioned; showing a kitchen sink in a context where the saying ''could'' be used works as a VisualPun by itself. This trope is almost always PlayedForLaughs, especially in cartoons.

->'''[[Creator/AbbottAndCostello Costello]]:''' You know...you know, they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink.\\
'''Abbott:''' Oh, well... we can fix that.\\
''[pulls the sink out of the wall, breaks it over Costello's head]''
-->-- ''Lost in Alaska''

Every time someone [[YouJustHADToSayIt refers to the expression]] "everything but the kitchen sink" in any way, shape or fashion, an [[LiteralMetaphor actual, literal kitchen sink]] will inevitably appear. Sometimes, the saying is not even mentioned; showing a kitchen sink in a context where the saying ''could'' be used works as a VisualPun by itself. This trope is almost always PlayedForLaughs, especially in cartoons.

* Somebody somewhere must have incautiously described ''VideoGame/NetHack'' as possessing everything but the kitchen sink, because in the very next version... [[http://www.nethackwiki.com/wiki/Sink there was one]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fandom, it's a common (and almost completely true) joke that Rainbow Dash has been [[LauncherOfAThousandShips shipped with everypony and everything]], including the kitchen sink. [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/21647/but-the-kitchen-sink And yes she has been shipped with a kitchen sink]].

* Negaduck and Magica Da Spell spend 'Crisis on Infinite Darkwings', the second ''Comicbook/DarkwingDuck'' comic arc, 'recruiting' various Darkwings; all they can find. In one big splash panel showing off their work, you can see… Darkwing Sink.
* In a Creator/CarlBarks story, Uncle Scrooge and a [[CommieLand Brutopian]] try to outbid each other at an auction. The competition escalates to the point where [[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?num=3&loc=1957/W_US_17-02&s=hero the Brutopian has to bid all the kitchen sinks of his country]].
* One ''[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge [=McDuck=]]]'' story has him run into a convoy of prospectors, which he fails to sell anything to. As he comments that they seem to have everything but the kitchen sink, one of them points towards his mule... sure enough, he's got one.

* From the parody "Marvel What The...": Wolverine to Punisher: [[TemptingFate "Aren't they still out of ammo yet?"]] A kitchen sink flies Wolverine straight into the face, and Punisher comments: "NOW they are out of ammo!"

* In ''WebVideo/JojosBizarreAdventureAbridged'', [[BigBad Dio]] [[TimeMaster stops time]] and throws more and more knives at the frozen Jotaro until there are too many for him to block or avoid. Before starting time up again, he adds, "And for comedic effect..." and a kitchen sink gets photoshopped into the scene.

* In the WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse adaption of ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', When The Prince, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Goofy are escaping from the dungeon, the weasel guards throw various assorted weapons at Goofy, one of them being a kitchen sink.

* {{Game Show}}s: Honestly, there were several shows were kitchen sinks ''were indeed'' prizes:

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-yHo8ECEPc The Alpha 5 song]] from ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie''.

* One portion of ''The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad'' show at Universal Islands of Adventure has one character fighting a monster, with both fighters pulling out various objects. Eventually, one of them pulls out a kitchen sink, causing them both to stop for a moment out of sheer confusion. Predictably, the one holding the kitchen sink then clocks the other with said sink.

* Used as a VisualPun in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart's Nightmare]]''. When climbing a skyscraper, the tenants are throwing anything they can find at you, including the kitchen sink.

* A gag in [[http://ppg.snafu-comics.com/index.php?comic_id=121 this]] ''Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi'' strip includes everything from a kitchen sink and Comicbook/CaptainAmerica's shield with a D in it, to Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}'s claws, to a pencil, a feather and a corkscrew.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "Hare Trimmed," Yosemite Sam makes an AsideComment that Granny (actually Bugs in disguise) is taking everything but the kitchen sink, and the sink drops into his arms.
* The WesternAnimation/ScrewySquirrel cartoon ''The Screwy Truant'':
-->'''Dog:''' Gee whiz! He hit me with everything but the kitchen sink.\\
'''Screwy:''' Well, don't want to disappoint ya, chum. (hits him with kitchen sink)
** That joke was the capper for a scene which featured Screwy hitting Meathead (the dog) with a bunch of items found in a steamer trunk labeled "Assorted Swell Things To Hit Dog On Head."

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' has an episode in which the kids are in a tree and trying to prevent a bulldozer from cutting it down by throwing stuff in its way, without success. Sid comments that they've "thrown everything but the kitchen sink," then promptly throws the kitchen sink. Which also fails.

* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''
** In one episode when Baloo and the others are on the run from the law and being chased through the sewers, the police try to stop them by stuffing things from stop signs and lights to a tree down manholes. Baloo then comments that the police used everything but the kitchen sink. They then dodge a kitchen sink, after which [[YouJustHadToSayIt Rebbecca comments on Baloo not giving them ideas]]. Baloo replies [[TemptingFate at least it wasn't a bathtub]]. [[DropTheWashtub One then falls on top of the Sea Duck]] and Rebecca yells at Baloo to stop talking.
** Another episode has pirate Don Karnage send his two main henchmen, [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Mad Dog and Dumptruck]], into the city, telling them to plunder everything, including the kitchen sink. Later on, the heroes have a confrontation with a giant squid who accidentally rips a sink out of the kitchen, dropping it into their submarine. [[LiteralMinded Don Karnage is not amused when they bring it to him]].
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' features Genie fighting a magical demon named Aziz who was a BigEater, eating everything Genie throws at him. Finally Genie comments "It's come to this" as he materializes a kitchen sink.

* The episode "The Contender" of ''The Adventures Of T-Rex'' had one of the titular T-Rexes in a boxing tournament. One of the villain's mooks begins to throw various objects at him, causing the referee to yell "Foul!" The mook's coach then runs in and says "My boy's hitting him with everything but the kitchen sink!" In the background, the mook then picks up a kitchen sink and tosses it at the T-Rex.
* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' where Filburt is MistakenForAliens, Rocko and Heffer build a blockade in front of the door using every heavy object they can possibly find, including the kitchen sink.

* ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'': Dr. Chicago once created an army of plant monsters to loot the area. He commented they took everything except a kitchen sink. Then one falls from a loot bag and he commented "Spoke too soon".
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'', Peppa's family rents an RV. Its dashboard control panel controls everything, including the kitchen sink.
* Variation in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' episode "The Maltese Hamster" where Donatello commentates like a HardboiledDetective throughout the episode: He mentions that the gang they are in pursuit of "Took everything that wasn't nailed down -- and even a few things that were."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Live and Let Drive", Doof attempts to skid Perry off the race track by throwing everything from his car, including a wrench, a hammer, an elephant ''and'' a kitchen sink!
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Fred attempts to invent a new soft drink called [[ShoutOut 412 Up]] by mixing various ingredients together. After finishing, he comments that he threw in everything but the kitchen sink. When the mixture explodes, Fred says maybe he should've added it.
* ''WEsternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In "The Other Day the Earth Stood Still", Professor Squawkencluck is explaining the new features of the Dangermobile and exclaims that it has "everything, including the kitchen sink!". A kitchen sink on a spring then pops out the back of the car.
* A ''WesternAnimation/BatFink'' cartoon had a villain whose main gimmick was a magnet. He was defeated when he turned it on Batfink's sidekick karate, and the metric tons of random gadgets and doodads up Karate's sleeve crushed his machine. Batfink comments that it was a good thing Karate had in his sleeve "everything but the kitchen sink!"...to which Karate responds by pulling out a kitchen sink, saying he'd put it there last week!
* Not only anvils fell on poor [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E Coyote's head]]...also a kitchen sink.

* The ScrewySquirrel cartoon ''The Screwy Truant'':

* In the WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse adaption of ''Disney/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', When The Prince, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Goofy are escaping from the dungeon, the weasel guards throw various assorted weapons at Goofy, one of them being a kitchen sink.

* This is present in one of the ''[[Disney/TheLionKing Timon and Pumbaa]]'' SpinOff video games.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/EquestriaGirls'' story, ''Fanfic/AlwaysTheQuietOnes'', after Sunset and the others become convinced [[BewareTheQuietOnes that Fluttershy is secretly a killer who has done away with Rainbow Dash and is coming after them next]], [[FurnitureBarricade they quickly pile up everything]] in front of Sunset's door. Applejack is in the middle of making the analogue when [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Pinkie Pie]] throws the sink onto the pile for extra precaution.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/EquestriaGirls'' story, ''Fanfic/AlwaysTheQuietOnes'', after Sunset and the others become convinced [[BewareTheQuietOnes that Fluttershy is secretly a killer who has done away with Rainbow Dash and is coming after them next]], [[BerserkBoardBarricade they quickly pile up everything]] in front of Sunset's door. Applejack is in the middle of making the analogue when [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Pinkie Pie]] throws the sink onto the pile for extra precaution.

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* The opening battle in ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' was so complex one of the people on the team said they had put everything in it but the kitchen sink. They then proceeded to rectify that. Watch closely, specifically the shot where we fly by a CIS ship as it breaks apart and a piece of debris smashes into a nearby Republic ship. That's the kitchen sink.

* ''Film/{{The Spirit}}'' has one extended fight scene that involves various objects culminating with a Kitchen Sink smashed over someone's head.
* Similar gag happens in ''Film/{{Hellzapoppin}}''.

* ''Film/CoolWorld'': When the Goons are building a tower of improbable items in order to spy on Holli and Jack having sex, the stack includes the kitchen sink.

* Occurs in ''[[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Garfield's Pet Force]]''. When Binky the magician declares "found it!" after a comment about the kitchen sink, it is the sink that he found, not the object he is looking for.
* In one of the [[Literature/{{Dragaera}} Vlad Taltos]] novels, a barricade assembled by Easterners to seal off South Adrilankha incorporates all sorts of furnishings, including a kitchen washbasin. Actual sinks haven't been invented yet.

* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Harry Dresden’s [[FirstPersonSmartass internal narration]] during the hilltop battle in ''Literature/TurnCoat'':
--> ''The naagloshi snarled more words in unknown tongues, and began flinging power with both arms. [[PlayingWithFire Balls of fire]] like the one I’d seen at Chateau Raith were followed by [[ShockAndAwe crackling spheres of blue sparks]] and [[HollywoodAcid wobbling green spheres]] of what looked like Jell-O and smelled like sulfuric acid. It was an impressive display of evocation. Had a kitchen sink gone flying towards Listens-to-Wind, conjured from who knows where, it wouldn’t have startled me.''

* In the "April Fools" episode of ''Series/MamasFamily'', Thelma Harper plays a prank on her family by filling the front lawn with junk from the garage. Shocked at the sight, Vinton says, "Mama, you've got everything out here but the kitchen sink!" Just then, Iola wheels out said sink, asking Thelma, "Where do you want it?"
* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'': Red attempts to show us how to build a perpetual-motion machine.
-->'''Red:''' So all you need is stuff you probably have lyin' around: A gas lawnmower, a downspout, a car alternator, 45-gallon drum, ceiling fan, chunk of garden hose, and some corn stalks. Now you're probably saying, "Geeze, Red, you're using everything but the kitchen sink!" Well, you're wrong! ''[reaches behind drum, pulls out kitchen sink]''
* {{Invoked|Trope}} in a ''Series/DirtyJobs'' segment set in a scrapyard; since kitchen sinks are all stainless (and weigh several pounds), they're actually not all that rare in context.
* One time on ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'', as they were going about demolition Ty Pennington says "We're throwing out everything..." cue kitchen sink flying out the first floor window "…and the kitchen sink!"
* One time on ''Series/CleanHouse'', Niecy goes "We're throwing out everything but the kitchen sink!" GilliganCut to Trish Suhr throwing a kitchen sink to which Niecy responds "Well shut my mouth!"

* In an episode of ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'' Loonette decides to pull everything out of the couch to see how much is in it. The very last thing she pulls out? A kitchen sink!
* Used as a visual gag in the ''{{Series/Mythbusters}}'' series 5 episode Kitchen Nightmares.

'''Adam:''' And. (holds up a kitchen sink)

* On the ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' episode "Atoms" Bill enters the lab which is all full of different items which he claims are all made of matter. One of the items is--the kitchen sink!

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* A ''WesternAnimation/BatFink'' cartoon had a villain who's main gimmick was a magnet. He was defeated when he turned it on Batfink's sidekick karate, and the metric tons of random gadgets and doodads up Karate's sleeve crushed his machine. Batfink comments that it was a good thing Karate had in his sleeve "everything but the kitchen sink!"...to which Karate responds by pulling out a kitchen sink, saying he'd put it there last week!

* A ''WesternAnimation/Batfink'' cartoon had a villain who's main gimmick was a magnet. He was defeated when he turned it on Batfink's sidekick karate, and the metric tons of random gadgets and doodads up Karate's sleeve crushed his machine. Batfink comments that it was a good thing Karate had in his sleeve "everything but the kitchen sink!"...to which Karate responds by pulling out a kitchen sink, saying he'd put it there last week!

* The [[Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors Legion of Doom]][=/=]Ahmed Johnson vs. Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination ([[Wrestling/RonSimmons Faarooq]][=/=]Crush[=/=]Savio Vega) match at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania XIII'' was a "UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} [[GimmickMatches Street Fight]]". Among the weapons brought to the ring, with "everything but the kitchen sink" promised, was a ''kitchen sink.''

* In part 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Wishology}}'', the [[TheMenInBlack Military Extraterrestrial Research Facility]] ([[FunWithAcronyms MERF]]) comes in to stop the Destructinator. [[spoiler: [[ImmuneToBullets They]] [[FeedItWithFire can't.]]]] Among the many weapons they fire at it is '''a giant kitchen sink.'''

* In part 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' trilogy Wishology, the [[TheMenInBlack Military Extraterrestrial Research Facility]] ([[FunWithAcronyms MERF]]) comes in to stop the Destructinator. [[spoiler: [[ImmuneToBullets They]] [[FeedItWithFire can't.]]]] Among the many weapons they fire at it is '''a giant kitchen sink.'''

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Nothing to do with a FantasyKitchenSink or a SciFiKitchenSink, unless you somehow manage to incorporate them into the mythology as well. [[AndThatsTerrible And that would just be silly]]. Also unrelated to the underground comix publisher Kitchen Sink Press (who probably rather wants to allude to "filth" than to this trope).

* Film/CoolWorld'': When the Goons are building a tower of improbable items in order to spy on Holli and Jack having sex, the stack includes the kitchen sink.

* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Harry Dresden’s [[FirstPersonSmartass internal narration]] during the hilltop battle in ''Literature/TurnCoat''