History Main / MicDrop

* Beowulf from ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' has an attack where he hits the opponent with a microphone, and if the player holds the button, he'll drop the mic, causing it to hit overhead and give him some [[PopularityPower crowd hype]] to work with.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': Luigi attempts to do it with his cellphone after dramatically boasting to Spike about the call they received from their mother congratulating them for their commercial. It only results on his phone's screen getting cracked.

* One of the trailers for ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' has Bob (the youngest of the three) do it after delivering a speech to the crowd.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': Luigi attempts to do it with his cellphone after dramatically boasting to Spike about the call they received from their mother congratulating them for their commercial. It only results on his phone's screen getting cracked.

* In ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'' JB knocks the mic stand over after the D's first "concert" (a one-song amatuer/open mic night). The audience is not impressed.

* Hardy does it again in ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'', this time as the titular symbiote attends a rave to make a speech about acceptance and aliens.

* In ''Film/HappyDeathDay2U'', after Tree writes a complicated boardful of equations (which she had to forcefully memorize [[GroundhogDayLoop while living the same day over and over]]), she does this with the marker, with an added utterance of "Boom!".

* ''Film/{{Drumline}}''. In the climactic battle of the drumlines, the A & T players finish by all dropping their drumsticks.

* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'': Ben Wyatt (pictured) after condemning Denmark in the Roleplay/ModelUnitedNations.
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': Liz Lemon at the end of her high school reunion.
-->'''Liz:''' Lemon out!
* Done by Peele (as Obama) on ''Series/KeyAndPeele''. A rapper in the street says "I'm the boss and the king!" Obama pulls up in his limo, takes the mic and says "I'm the leader of the Free World" and drops the mic.
* The actual UsefulNotes/BarackObama did this on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' at the end of a "Slow Jam the News" segment. Well, he didn't so much ''drop'' the mic as awkwardly set it down.
** He did it again with a PDA in a "Mean Tweets" segment on ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'' after responding to Donald Trumps tweet that he was the worst president ever: "Well, @realDonaldTrump, at least ''I'' will go down ''as a'' president!" Either [[HarsherInHindsight harsher]] or [[HilariousInHindsight hilarious]] in hindsight after the 2016 election, depending on one's political leanings.
* Maeby in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' s4e12, giving her presentation on Fakeblock to a room of investors.
* Kimmy from ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'' does a mic drop during a presentation. It makes an ugly and loud feedback sound and everyone winces.

* Bobby Moynihan from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' seems to love this trope. In a recurring sketch where a number of eccentric characters come up to speak during a wedding/funeral/etc., he's played a character who exists for no other reason than to manically scream "WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!" and drop the mic. More recently, his character Riblet, who appears on Weekend Update to antagonize Michael Che by trying to one-up him as a news anchor, will typically finish his appearance with one of these.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone2019'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E1TheComedian The Comedian]]", Samir does this during his final stand-up routine [[spoiler: [[RetGone because he erased himself from existence.]]]]
* In Series/TheNeighborhood, Gemma did a completely gratuitous one with her phone after making her point to Calvin (the phone wasn't involved in the conversation, they were talking face to face) and ended up cracking her screen.
* ''Series/TheNightlyShow'': UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson savagely dissed rapper B.o.B. (and anti-intellectualism in general) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHBZkek8OSU when the rapper insisted that the Earth was flat.]]
-->'''Neil [=deGrasse=] Tyson''': And by the way, ''this'' is called gravity! ''[drops the mic]''
* In the pilot of ''Series/Batwoman2019'', Alice standing [[DoNotAdjustYourSet in front of the camera]] that was to record the turning off of the Bat-Signal to inform the rich people of Gotham that Crow Security cannot protect them. She then topples the camera on its side, and it lands with the lens pointing at the Crow security officer she's just murdered.

* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' Leonard pulls a fake one of these, leading Sheldon to ask Penny "Who is this Mike Dropp?"

* Beowulf from ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' has an attack where he hits the opponent with a microphone, and if the player holds the button, he'll drop the mic, causing it to hit overhead and give him some [[PopularityPower crowd hype]] to work with.

* The "I'll Just Leave This Here" taunt of Rath from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' has him drop one of his swords like a mic.
%%* Riven does this with a length of chain in the Awaken cinematic for ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', immediately after killing a gladiator with it. It's a BadassBoast to the effect that taking away her [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] and chaining her unarmed in a gladiator ring is not going to make her less deadly.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Whomp}}'', M Dude instructs Ronnie to drop the Mic and ends up accidentally throwing it in the crowd and [[http://www.whompcomic.com/2012/09/17/throw-it-like-its-hot/ directly into the face of an audience member.]] [[{{Jerkass}} M Dude applauds.]]

* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'':
** In his review of ''Film/JurassicPark'', the Critic, while gushing over the ''T. rex''[='s=] awesomeness, says it should have done a mic drop at the end. He does one at the end of the review for the hell of it.
** In the review for ''Film/RogueOne'', in the re-creation of the fight between Darth Vader and the Rebels, after slaughtering all the {{Red Shirt}}s Vader drops his lightsaber like a mic. "Dark Side, motherfuckers!"
* On Escapist Magazine's show ''WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}'', the titular host Jim Sterling did it twice. Once after a rant on a topic they found especially worth their wrath (episode "Free-to-wait"), and another time to [[SelfDeprecation make fun of themself like usual]] -- the mic was both plugged in and turned on, so it didn't so much drop as just swing back and forth hitting the podium.
* In ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'':
** Music/{{Elvis Presley}} does this in "Michael Jackson vs Elvis Presley".
--->'''Elvis:''' Later weirdo, Elvis is leaving the building!
** In "Tony Hawk vs. Wayne Gretzky", Gretzky substitutes his hockey stick for the mic as he concludes his lines.

* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' Yui gives a [[DeadpanSnarker scathingly sarcastic retort to Yulier]] in Episode 10. Kirito responds with parental glee.
-->'''Kirito''': Holy cow, Yui! That was amazing! I wish I had like a tiny mic for you to drop!\\
'''Asuna''': ''[[{{Squee}} Oh my god, that would be adorable!]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman''': In the Humble Media Genius video "Getting the Most out of the internet", Ruff does this during his song.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Old Man and The C Student", Springfield is awarded the Olympic Games, but when the Olympic Committee arrives to make it official, Principal Skinner makes the mistake of allowing Bart to perform a comedy routine. Said "routine" consists of Bart insulting every single member of the Committee before performing a mic drop. The Committee are [[DudeNotFunny not amused]] and immediately yank the Games away from Springfield.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In the episode "Manger Baby Einstein" Luann grabs the microphone at the local kid's pizza joint and scolds her former puppet show fans. She ends her rant by dropping the mic.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "We Need to Talk", during Greg's jam session with the Gems, Pearl showboats through a FusionDance with Rose Quartz, then finishes Greg's song with a mic drop. Afterwards, she tells him that his relationship with Rose won't last, since he's [[MayflyDecemberRomance only human]]. Greg takes it as a challenge, and pulls a mic drop of his own in response... then immediately picks it back up.
-->'''Greg:''' Ah, jeez, what am I doing? These things are ''expensive''.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': [[spoiler:Blim Blam]], the {{Starfish Alien|s}} Rick had chained to the wall, does this with a UniversalTranslator of Rick's after unleashing an enormous TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on Beth and Jerry. Then, he realizes having one of those is actually pretty useful in general and comes back for it.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' features a musical award ceremony, one of the nominees being the song [[CaptainObvious "Trees are Made of Wood"]]. The entire song consists of the title line followed by a mic drop.

* As microphones are sensitive equipment that can be easily damaged by such a shock the sound tech will hate you if you do this. It's also a good way to never be welcome at an open mic again as the hosts don't appreciate you abusing the equipment that they are providing for your use.
* During an open-source science conference, this guy catches a couple of startup entrepreneurs presenting his technology as if it was theirs. He climbs on stage, slams the microphone on the ledger, pushes them aside, and finishes the presentation himself by shouting at the audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMKDTTZgu1M
* At the end of the last concert that the original line-up Music/SexPistols played, after covering Music/TheStooges "No Fun", Music/JohnLydon snarled "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" at the audience, added a disdainful-sounding "Good night," then dropped the mic and left the stage... and the band.

* In the 2018 live Creator/{{NBC}} performance of ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'', Music/AliceCooper sings "King Herod's Song" and drops the mic into the hands of a kneeling chorus girl (probably at the insistence of the sound technician.) Notable in that ''Superstar'' and Cooper were both around long before the mic-dropping thing.

* For AprilFoolsDay 2016, Website/{{Google}} added a feature to Gmail which allowed you to do a Mic Drop on a conversation, courtesy of the WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}. Since the button that does this was in the same place as the "Send and Archive" button, [[FiringDay it ended badly for the unlucky few office workers who accidentally sent it to their boss]].

The term "mic drop" has also been adopted to refer to a definitive statement for which there is no valid comeback or debate. ("He delivered the mic drop on the argument.")

Related to less-boastful use of this in stand-up comedy, the term is also used as SelfDeprecation [[LamePunReaction akin to the]] {{Rimshot}}. (This is usually accompanied by “Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, I’ll be here all week.”)

A character having just delivered an awesome speech or performance will emphasize just how awesome it was by purposefully toppling a microphone stand or dropping the microphone from shoulder-level height just before leaving the stage.

* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' Yui gives a [[DeadpanSnarker scathingly sarcastic retort to Yulier]] in Episode 10. Kirito respond with parental glee.

* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'': Ben Wyatt (pictured) after condemning Denmark in the LARP/ModelUnitedNations.

Related to less-boastful use of this in stand-up comedy, the term is also used as SelfDeprecation [[LamePunReaction akin to the]] {{Rimshot}}. (This is usually accompanied by [[StockSchtick “Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, I’ll be here all week.”]])

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone2019'': In the episode "The Comedian", Samir does this during his final stand-up routine [[spoiler: [[RetGone because he erased himself from existence.]]]]

* ''The Comedian'' in Series/TheTwilightZone2019. Samir does this during his final stand up routine [[spoiler: [[RetGone because he erased himself from existence.]]]]

* In the 2018 live NBC performance of ''JesusChristSuperstar'', Creator/AliceCooper sings "King Herod's Song" and drops the mic into the hands of a kneeling chorus girl (probably at the insistence of the sound technician.) Notable in that ''Superstar'' and Cooper were both around long before the mic-dropping thing.

%%* Riven does this with a length of chain in the Awaken cinematic for ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', immediately after killing a gladiator with it. It's a BadassBoast to the effect that taking away her WeaponOfChoice and chaining her unarmed in a gladiator ring is not going to make her less deadly.

* On Escapist Magazine's show ''WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}'', the titular host Jim Sterling did it twice. Once after a rant on a topic he found especially worth his wrath (episode "Free-to-wait"), and another time to [[SelfDeprecation make fun of himself like usual]] -- the mic was both plugged in and turned on, so it didn't so much drop as just swing back and forth hitting the podium.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': [[spoiler:Blim Blam]], the StarfishAlien Rick had chained to the wall, does this with a UniversalTranslator of Rick's after unleashing an enormous TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on Beth and Jerry. Then, he realizes having one of those is actually pretty useful in general and comes back for it.