History Main / OutOfControlPopcorn

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* One of the many [[FunnyBackgroundEvent random animations]] you can trigger in ''VideoGame/{{Jumpstart}} 1st Grade''.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': A January 1989 strip has Garfield cooking so much popcorn that it spills out of the kitchen and into the living room, to Jon's surprise when he sees it.

Writers like to take popcorn popping to the extreme since, TruthInTelevision, popcorn does expand once it's popped. And hey, it doesn't even matter what kind of corn is getting heated up (or the condition of the corn); it's going to pop either way.

* In ''Disney/ChickenLittle'', Buck Cluck cooks some on the stove, and it explodes in his face when he hears his son screaming for help upstairs.

* Invoked in ''Film/RealGenius''. The heroes hijack the test of the giant space laser, redirecting it to Dr. Hathaway's house, which they had previously filled with unpopped popcorn kernels, turning it into a giant Jiffy-Pop. The popcorn all pops and explodes out of the house.

* Invoked in ''Film/RealGenius''. The heroes hijack the test of the giant space laser, redirecting it to Dr. Hathaway's house, which they had previously filled with unpopped popcorn kernels. The popcorn all pops and explodes out of the house.

* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck:'' When Launchpad, Gosalyn, and Honker get trapped in a popping popcorn machine, Honker knocks over another pack of it inside; causing so much popcorn to pop that it breaks the glass of the machine, allowing them to escape.

* While preparing the food in ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownThanksgiving,'' Snoopy was in charge of the popcorn. But there was one time he forgot to put the lid on the pot when throwing in the next batch of kernels...

* Near the end of the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode, "Popcorn Pandemonium", Filburt, who works as the projectionist for the Googa Plex cinema, accidentally falls over and leaves his glasses in front of the projector. This causes the projector to set the screen on fire, and the fire makes its way to the popcorn storage room, causing the popcorn to fill up the entire theater, destroying it and making it look like a drive-in. At the end of the episode, as Rocko and Heffer eat the popcorn from the pile that buries them, two of the rat garbagemen from the trailer for ''Garbage Strike: The Musical'' refuse to clean up the mess, [[MemeticMutation and why is that? Cause' they're on strike!]]

* One of Arty Smartypant's tricks in ''Series/BetweenTheLions'' has him put the words "Popping" and "Popcorn" in his smarty pants. After he says the magic word and does his magic dance, popcorn starts popping right out of his pants.

* An early scene in ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' features giant ears of corn that take this to an extreme. Once accidentally set on fire they take off like rockets, explode like fireworks and then bury the cast in popcorn kernels the size of their heads.

* In ''Disney/ChickenLittle'', Buck Cluck cooks some on the stove, and it explodes in his face when he hears his son screaming for help upstairs.

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* In a ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge'' episode, George makes too much popcorn at the movie theater.

* In an Orsen's Farm skit on ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', Orsen can't seem to finish the corn inventory because corn, somehow, keeps disappearing. He imagines him as Agent Double O Orson dealing with nemesis Pinfeather who was doing corn robberies. In the fight, Double O Orson's invention goes off under Pinfeather's limousine and popcorn, formed by the stolen corn, pops the hood right off. This gives the real Orson an idea; he brings a battery powered heater into Roy's coop; soon revealing what happened to the missing ears.

* In the children's book ''Popcorn'' by Frank Asch (provider of the trope image), a mother and father bear leave their son Sam to go to a party. The young bear takes the opportunity to call his friends for a party of his own. He tells them to bring something good to eat and they all end up bringing popcorn; so they decide to pop it all at once. It goes as you expect and they all have to eat it up before Sam's parents got home.

* On ''Series/MythBusters,'' the scene from Real Genius was tested where a house is destroyed by having a massive amount of popcorn cooked inside of it. Sadly, real life popcorn will fail to pop if it is not under pressure during cooking, so it's not actually possible.
* In an episode of ''Series/ThePuzzlePlace,'' Leon brings a package of popcorn, but when he turned it on to pop it, it doesn't pop. Later after they left, Sizzle and Nuzzle come across it and it finally starts to pop....and pop.....and pop; getting much bigger than the pets. Eventually, it explodes and rains popcorn all over the room.

[[PassThePopcorn Mmmmmmm...popcorn]]. It's delicious, it's buttery and salty (or another flavor, if you wish) and it's fun to see and hear it pop as you prepare it.

* ''WebVideo/MuppetViralVideos:'' In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE "Popcorn"]], the Swedish Chef tries to make popcorn chicken, and starts by microwaving a few dozen bags of popcorn at once. At the end of the song, the microwave door explodes off, and enough popcorn spills out to fill the kitchen and bury the Swedish Chef.

* On ''Series/MythBusters,'' the scene from Real Genius was tested where a house is destroyed by having a massive amount of popcorn cooked inside of it. Sadly, real life popcorn will fail to pop if it is under pressure during cooking, so it's not actually possible.

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