History Main / KneelPushTrip

* Wrestling/TheRoadWarrior's FinishingMove, "The Doomsday Device", has Animal raise their opponent on his shoulders and then Hawk performs a flying clothesline off the top rope. Other teams, including Wrestling/TheHardyBoys and Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick, would perform a variation where, their opponent being trapped in a corner, Adam would get on his hands and knees in the ring while Bob would take a running start, jump off of Adams back for extra lift, and then splash or kick the cornered guy.

* In ''Radio/TheLoneRanger[=/=]GreenHornet'' #5, the Lone Ranger and Elliot Ness do this to defeat Black Bart (Ness does the kneeling, the Ranger does the pushing).

* A sketch from ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' had Carol playing [[HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] trying to reward a very picky soldier. He didn't want a medal, he wanted a pony. When he specified he wanted a blue pony, Elizabeth (after having a royal fit) whispered something to Prince Philip, who then casually walked behind the soldier [[NotSoInnocentWhistle while whistling "Rule Brittania".]] Philip then knelt so Elizabeth could push the annoying soldier.

If done in actual fight rather than as a prank, this often indicates that the pranksters are out to humiliate their opponent rather than seriously hurt him. In a serious context, it's actually a common street-fighting technique ... when you outnumber your opponent, obviously.

DoNotTryThisAtHome: The victim could land on the back of his head, potentially leading to serious head injury.

* In ''Radio/TheLoneRanger[=/=]Franchise/GreenHornet'' #5, the Lone Ranger and Elliot Ness do this to defeat Black Bart (Ness does the kneeling, the Ranger does the pushing).

* Some of the enemies in KingdomOfLoathing use this as an attack. Examples include the horrible tourist family, The Sierpinski Brothers, and [[spoiler:The Avatar of Sneaky Pete]], who is so smooth, he does this to you ''by himself''.

If done in actual fight rather than as a prank, this often indicates that the pranksters are out to humiliate their opponent rather than seriously hurt him.

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* A potential variation in an old ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic — a ''Daily Planet'' employee called Jimbo Jones pretends to fall in front of a crook to trip him, whereupon ComicBook/JimmyOlsen hits him, finishing the job.

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* According to [[https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/k/kneel_and_push.asp this cartoon]], the prank was invented by Albert Einstein.

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* There's a scene in ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' where Facillier manages to pull this trick on Naveen using their shadows.

* ''Literature/JoePickett'': During the alien scare in ''Trophy Hunt'', the sixth-graders in Lucy's school start doing this to the younger; saying "Don't look up" and then, when the kid does, pushing them over an accomplice kneeling behind them.

* There's a scene in ThePrincessAndTheFrog where Facillier manages to pull this trick on Naveen using their shadows.

DoNotTryThisAtHome: This is assault under most legal systems and dangerous - the victim could land on the back of his head, potentially leading to serious head injury.

* A sketch from TheCarolBurnettShow had Carol playing [[HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] trying to reward a very picky soldier. He didn't want a medal, he wanted a pony. When he specified he wanted a blue pony, Elizabeth (after having a royal fit) whispered something to Prince Philip, who then casually walked behind the soldier [[NotSoInnocentWhistle while whistling "Rule Brittania".]] Philip then knelt so Elizabeth could push the annoying soldier.

If done in actual fight rather than as a prank, this often indicates that the pranksters are out to humiliate their opponent rather than seriously hurt them.

DoNotTryThisAtHome: This is assault under most legal systems and dangerous - the victim could land on the back of their head potentially leading to serious head injury.

* A potential variation in an old comic — a ''Planet'' employee called Jimbo Jones pretends to fall in front of a crook to trip him, whereupon ComicBook/JimmyOlsen hits him, finishing the job.

* In Creator/DrSeuss's book ''One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish'', a pair of fish do this to another fish while all three of them are underwater. The two doing the pushing are described as "very, very bad".

* Wrestling/TheRoadWarrior's FinishingMove "The Doomsday Device" has Animal raise their opponent on his shoulders and then Hawk performs a flying clothesline off the top rope. Other teams including Wrestling/TheHardyBoys and Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick would perform a variation where, their opponent being trapped in a corner, Adam would get on his hands and knees in the ring while Bob would take a running start, jump off of Adams back for extra lift, and then splash or kick the cornered guy.

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* In Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}, after Vriska [[spoiler:is retconned back to life]], her montage shows her do it behind Gamzee so Terezi can push him.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Grandma's Kisses", SpongeBob is practicing what he's going to tell his grandmother about being a grown up. Patrick then adds "Then you get behind her and I'll push", to which SpongeBob responds that they didn't agree on that.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "Bart Sells His Soul", Bart dreams that the other kids are playing with their souls and he's all alone. Nelson at first appears to sympathize with Bart, but he's really playing this prank with his own soul.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "Stewie B. Goode", Peter gets Meg to crouch behind Brian so he can push him into the pool. However, Brian walks out of the way before Peter runs over to him, and Peter ends up hurting himself and Meg.

* ''WesternAnimation?FamilyGuy'': In "Stewie B. Goode", Peter gets Meg to crouch behind Brian so he can push him into the pool. However, Brian walks out of the way before Peter runs over to him, and Peter ends up hurting himself and Meg.

* ''WesternAnimation.FamilyGuy'': In "Stewie B. Goode", Peter gets Meg to crouch behind Brian so he can push him into the pool. However, Brian walks out of the way before Peter runs over to him, and Peter ends up hurting himself and Meg.