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* Averted in the opening credits of ''Series/TheOddCouple'' (the TV series). Oscar throws his cigar on the ground and Felix spears it with the end of his umbrella, returning it to him. The credit sequence ends with Oscar & Felix in the park eating lunch; Oscar tosses his sandwich wrapper on the ground and Felix starts to complain about it.

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* Averted in the opening credits of ''Series/TheOddCouple'' (the TV series).''Series/{{The Odd Couple|1970}}''. Oscar throws his cigar on the ground and Felix spears it with the end of his umbrella, returning it to him. The credit sequence ends with Oscar & and Felix in the park eating lunch; Oscar tosses his sandwich wrapper on the ground and Felix starts to complain about it.
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* ''Film/TheRebel'': As Tony Hancock crosses the English Channel from England to France, he tosses his city gent's hat and umbrella over the side of the ship. Too bad for him that he had his tickets in the hatband.
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* In ''Five on a Hike Together'' from ''Literature/TheFamousFive'', a policeman who disbelieves the Five's story tears up an important piece of paper, before throwing the pieces into the road. Dick then says severely "Don't you have laws against scattering litter in your village?".
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* Many ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' games avert this. Littering causes villagers to like you less. In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' one of the requirements to marry (or "[[HideYourLesbians best friend]]" the Witch Princess in the Japanese version of the DistaffCounterpart game) is to litter.

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* Many ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' games avert this. Littering causes villagers to like you less. less:
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In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' one of the requirements to marry (or "[[HideYourLesbians best friend]]" the Witch Princess in the Japanese version of the DistaffCounterpart game) is to litter.
** There is a straight case in ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsPioneersOfOliveTown''. Laura's first heart event starts with Jacopo needing the PlayerCharacter to retrieve his wallet from the sea because he got it mixed up with a banana peel he wanted to discard. Banana peels aren't exactly items that are okay to throw into the sea, either.
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* ''Series/MadMen'': In an early episode, a family goes on a picnic, and just leaves their discarded wrappers, paper plates and food scraps littered all over the picnic site. This is meant to evoke the time period, before many people got serious about the environment, and also their crass consumerism.

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* ''Series/MadMen'': In an early episode, a family goes on a picnic, and just leaves their discarded wrappers, paper plates and food scraps littered all over the picnic site. This is meant to [[DeliberateValuesDissonance evoke the time period, period]], before many people got serious about the environment, and also their crass consumerism.
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* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. Eric Selva decides he doesn't need his meds anymore but, in a rare aversion, actually places them in a nearby bin.

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* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. Eric Selva decides he doesn't need his meds anymore but, in a rare aversion, actually places them in a nearby bin.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'': While the game doesn't show the consequences of releasing a Pokémon into the wild, fanon holds that this causes all kinds of ecological catastrophes by introducing massive amounts of a single species in a small area.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'': ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': While the game doesn't show the consequences of releasing a Pokémon into the wild, fanon holds that this causes all kinds of ecological catastrophes by introducing massive amounts of a single species in a small area.
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* Averted in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''. If you discard weaponry in the middle of town, the guards will chastise you for it, sometimes pointing out that a kid could hurt themselves if they find it.

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* Averted in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''. If you discard weaponry in the middle of town, the guards will chastise you for it, sometimes pointing out that a kid could hurt themselves if they find it. Others may ask if they can keep the item. If you drop rubbish items (i.e. not weapons or armor), [=NPCs=] may comment on your littering.
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* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld. Eric Selva decides he doesn't need his meds anymore but, in a rare aversion, actually places them in a nearby bin.

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* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld.''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. Eric Selva decides he doesn't need his meds anymore but, in a rare aversion, actually places them in a nearby bin.
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** More like [[InvertedTrope Littering Is A Very Big Deal]].
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* Averted (eventually) in ''Series/Batman1966''. The first time the Dynamic Duo used the Batmobile's drogue parachutes to execute a 180-degree turn, they simply drove off and left them lying in the street. After letters of complaint pointing out that this made Batman a litter-lout, the next time they carried out the manoeuvre they alerted the Batmobile Parachute Pickup Service (a van with that label on the side) to clean up for them. One wonders how long the van's crew spent just sitting waiting for a call.
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* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld. Eric Selva decides he doesn't need his meds anymore but, in a rare aversion, actually places them in a nearby bin.
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* ''Film/IronMan3''. Tony Stark has [[spoiler: the ARC Reactor removed from his chest, then decides to throw it into the ocean near the ruins of his destroyed house]].

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* ''Film/IronMan3''. Tony Stark has [[spoiler: the ARC Reactor removed from his chest, then decides to throw it into the ocean near the ruins of his destroyed house]].
house. Never mind the effect those exotic materials will have on the local ecosystem, it's a dramatic moment, dammit!]].
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* In ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', during "Let It Go," Elsa throws her cape and glove into the wind after embracing her ice powers and admitting that the cold never bothered her anyway. Those two things are never seen again. She also tosses her tiara away just before the third running of the chorus, [[BrickJoke and during the post-credits stinger, Marshmallow picks it up and dons it himself]].

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* In ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', during "Let It Go," Elsa throws her cape and glove into the wind after embracing her ice powers and admitting that the cold never bothered her anyway. Those two things are never seen again. She also tosses her tiara away just before the third running of the chorus, [[BrickJoke and during the post-credits stinger, Marshmallow picks it up and dons it himself]].

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Presumably in the character's universe there aren't too many people doing this (or they have a [[EverythingFades fantastic street cleaning service]]) because you rarely see [[NoEndorHolocaust the inevitable result of widespread littering]]. Contrast JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife.

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Presumably in the character's universe there aren't too many people doing this (or they have a [[EverythingFades fantastic street cleaning service]]) because you rarely see [[NoEndorHolocaust the inevitable result of widespread littering]]. Contrast JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife.

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JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife. See also MoneyToThrowAway.
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** Also averted in [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E20SquidOnStrikeSandySpongeBobAndTheWorm "Squid on Strike"]]: Squidward throws his hat on the ground during a strike against the ground. When he announces this fact to Spongebob to get him to do the same, a cop shows up behind him and writes him a ticket for littering.

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* Many ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' games avert this. Littering causes villagers to like you less. In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' one of the requirements to marry (or "[[HideYourLesbians best friend]]" the Witch Princess in the Japanese version of the DistaffCounterpart game) is to litter.

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* Many ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' games avert this. Littering causes villagers to like you less. In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' one of the requirements to marry (or "[[HideYourLesbians best friend]]" the Witch Princess in the Japanese version of the DistaffCounterpart game) is to litter.
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* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'': Leslie Knope steals Ben Wyatt a "key to the city" of Partridge, Missouri after they refuse to give him one and won't stop mocking him for his antics as their unexpectedly elected Mayor when he was 18. As a way of showing that he is done with Partridge, he hurls the key into one of their lakes. This is lampshaded when a park ranger calls him out on it, saying "maybe use a bin next time, buddy", and made worse when the ranger recognises Ben.
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* ''Film/IronMan3''. Tony Stark has [[spoiler: the ARC Reactor removed from his chest, then decides to throw it into the ocean near the ruins of his destroyed house]].
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* ''ComicBook/CalvinAndHobbes'': Subverted when the pair go to Mars, [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/09/23 Calvin leaves a candy bar wrapper]] on the ground but picks it up when Hobbes points it out to him.

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* ''ComicBook/CalvinAndHobbes'': ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Subverted when the pair go to Mars, [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/09/23 Calvin leaves a candy bar wrapper]] on the ground but picks it up when Hobbes points it out to him.
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* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Arthur eats and drinks, then just throws the cans and bottles away wherever he is. He even throws down a metal bowl after eating his daily stew. What a slob. [[CryingIndian]] indeed.

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* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Arthur eats and drinks, then just throws the cans and bottles away wherever he is. He even throws down a metal bowl after eating his daily stew. What a slob. [[CryingIndian]] CryingIndian indeed.
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''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Arthur eats and drinks, then just throws the cans and bottles away wherever he is. He even throws down a metal bowl after eating his daily stew. What a slob. [[CryingIndian]] indeed.

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* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Arthur eats and drinks, then just throws the cans and bottles away wherever he is. He even throws down a metal bowl after eating his daily stew. What a slob. [[CryingIndian]] indeed.
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''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Arthur eats and drinks, then just throws the cans and bottles away wherever he is. He even throws down a metal bowl after eating his daily stew. What a slob. [[CryingIndian]] indeed.
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* ''Film/MercuryRising''. After passing out and losing the child he was supposed to be protecting, Art decides that he must stop relying on his "pills" (presumably pain-killers). So... where to put them? A bin? Nah, it's much more dramatic to tip them out the window while driving, then throw the bottle after them.
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* Played straight in ''[[Videogame/SleepingDogs]]'' where usually after eating Wei Shen just throws aside whatever package or can he's holding. Often in front of whoever sells it.

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* Played straight in ''[[Videogame/SleepingDogs]]'' ''Videogame/SleepingDogs'' where usually after eating Wei Shen just throws aside whatever package or can he's holding. Often in front of whoever sells it.
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* Played straight in ''[[Videogame/SleepingDogs]]'' where usually after eating Wei Shen just throws aside whatever package or can he's holding. Often in front of whoever sells it.
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The trope is about characters throwing things away without anybody pointing out that it's littering. This is not an example.


* In the ''Creator/DetectiveComics'' story "The Night of Thanks, but No Thanks!" the only criminal Batman finds is a man who litters. Batman swoops in.
-->'''Batman:''' There's an ordinance against littering, tiny!
-->'''Man:''' Huh? Oh, Batman! What'd you say..? Litter? Oh, yeah... the wrapper! You're absolutely right, sir! I should be ashamed of myself! And I'm the one who is forever inveighing against the careless masses who turn our streets into garbage pits! We all belong to the city, Gotham is our living room... Good citizenship ever needs reinforcing! Thank goodness you're always with us, Batman! For the moments when carelessness dominates our actions! Good night, sir; and have a quiet evening.
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* In the ''Comicbook/DetectiveComics'' story "The Night of Thanks, but No Thanks!" the only criminal Batman finds is a man who litters. Batman swoops in.

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* In the ''Comicbook/DetectiveComics'' ''Creator/DetectiveComics'' story "The Night of Thanks, but No Thanks!" the only criminal Batman finds is a man who litters. Batman swoops in.
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* Averted by Hull Technician Fireman Apprentice applied for conscientious objector status because the US Navy has this attitude.

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