History Main / KneelPushTrip

* ''Film/{{Clownhouse}}'': When Casey and Geoffrey are confronted by a MonsterClown in the attic, Geoffrey [[TwoByFore hits him repeatedly in the head with a piece of timber]], forcing him to back up. As he does so, Casey kneels down at the top of the stairs. The retreating clown trips over him and takes a Staircasetumble.

* A sketch from ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' had Carol playing [[UsefulNotes/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.

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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.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In issue 42 a fixer tries to bribe the Holliday Girls so that Rita will intentionally lose a race. In response Rita kneels behind him while Bobby and Etta sock him in the jaw, sending him to the ground.

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

* A ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' children's novel has the Turtles and Splinter take a camping trip. Raphael and Michelangelo do this to Donatello (With Mikey kneeling and Raph pushing) when they get into a discussion on whether or not Bigfoot exists.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' when Bender lets it slip that [[WeaksauceWeakness he can't get up if he's knocked on his back]], his friends immediately approach him to try and test the theory. As he's backing away from them, Amy crouches behind him.

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

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. In a serious context, it's actually a common street-fighting technique ... when you outnumber your opponent, obviously.

* In Creator/DrSeuss' 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/RoddyPiper would regularly have his bodyguard, "Ace" Bob Orton, kneel down behind a guest on Piper's Pit, so he could shove the guy and knock him down
* The Wrestling/MidnightExpress's "Double Goozle", in which Bobby Eaton charge at an opponent and clothesline him while Stan Lane clips his legs out from under him.

* In 1989 in WCW, Wrestling/LexLuger and [[Wrestling/FabulousFreebirds Michael Hayes]] faced Kendall and Wrestling/BarryWindham. The match ended with Kendall charging at Luger for a clothesline while Hayes [[FaceHeelTurn knelt down behind him]], and the Windhams winning the match. This led to Luger and Hayes feuding with each other over the US title.

* Wrestling/TheHardyBoys (and Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick) would perform a variation where, their opponent being trapped in a corner, Matt would get on his hands and knees in the ring while Jeff would take a running start, jump off of Matt's back for extra lift, and then splash or kick the cornered guy.
** Their Team Xtreme tag tema partner, Wrestling/{{Lita}}, did a variation on this once in a tag team match in 2003, using one opponent (Wrestling/MollyHolly) as a launchpad to hit the other opponent (Wrestling/GailKim).

* 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.
** Wrestling/{{Lita}} did a variation on this once in a tag team match in 2003, using one opponent (Wrestling/MollyHolly) as a launchpad to hit the other opponent (Wrestling/GailKim).

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