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* In ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', the space colonies determine the ruler through CombatByChampion, with each colony selecting a Gundam Fighter. Neo-France was having a duel between two fighters to determine their representative. One fighter, Jean-Pierre Mirabeau, was using the crowd as a human shield to prevent his opponent, George de Sand's best attacks. The King who was watching declared George the winner on the spot. In rage, Jean-Pierre tried to kill the king, but his missiles were deflected by George, accidentally killing hundreds of spectators.
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* In ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', the space colonies determine the ruler through CombatByChampion, with each colony selecting a Gundam Fighter. Neo-France was having a duel between two fighters to determine their representative. One fighter, Jean-Pierre Mirabeau, was using the crowd as a human shield HumanShield to prevent the best best attacks of his opponent, George de Sand's best attacks.Sand. The King who was watching declared George the winner on the spot. In rage, Jean-Pierre tried to kill the king, but his missiles were deflected by George, accidentally killing hundreds of spectators. The incident is known as the "Tragedy of Versailles" in universe, and George considered it as MyBiggestFailure.
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* The 2004 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacers%E2%80%93Pistons_brawl Pacers–Pistons brawl]] started as an on-court altercation, but after a drunk spectator threw a drink at Ron Artest (then playing for the Indiana Pacers) the fight escalated with the players and crowds fighting against each other. Though nine spectators were injured (with two needing to be hospitalized) and at least one player was also injured, thankfully no one died.
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* The combat system in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is set on a stage, with an audience watching Mario fight. Many bosses actually target and kill members of the audience in order to use their stronger attacks.
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* Played for laughs in ''[[Videogame/MechWarrior MechWarrior Living Legends]]''' Solaris Arena, gladiatorial battles waged with 20+ ton HumongousMecha packing autocannons, missiles, railguns, pulsed lasers, and a nuclear fusion reactor, all inside a stadium with densely packed fans. Duncan Fisher, the arena's announcer, has several quips to the spectators and the combatants.
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* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' Alucard and Tubalcan Alhambra's battle kills a lot of the surrounding police and reporters with stray bullets and cards.
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** In the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hours, eighty-three spectators were killed when Pierre Levegh's Mercedes crashed into a stand after a minor collision, along with Levegh himself.
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** It's for this reason that photographers at these events are told never to face away from the oncoming vehicles when taking their shots. If a vehicle goes out of control, it's moving so fast that they only have a brief moment to get out of the way.
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** During Zuko and Azula's FinalBattle the former goads the latter to shoot lightning at him. Unfortunately Katara is watching and Azula, being DangerouslyGenreSavvy and [[AndYourLittleDogToo mean-spirited]], attempts to kill her instead (in what was supposed to be an honourable one-on-one duel). Zuko realises this and quickly [[TakingTheBullet jumps into the way]] to redirect the lightning, but because he was distracted he's left temporarily paralyzed. [[TheDogBitesBack Whereupon Katara kicks Azula's ass herself.]]
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* Downplayed version with sea parks: the seats closest to the pool are marked as splash zones, where spectators ''will'' get hit by huge waves. They sit there anyway.
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* Used as a throwaway gag on an episode of ''Series/HouseMD'', where House tries to cheer up a despondent Wilson by saying he got extra-special VIP tickets for a Monster Truck rally-the 'extra-special' comes from the seats being so close to the track that ticket holders ''must sign a waiver in case the trucks go out of control and kill them by accident''. Wilson, unfortunately, is too despondent, and so House never gets to go ([[HoYay not without Wilson]]).
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** In 1999 there was a serious accident at a {{Indycar}} race in Charlotte where a collision led to debris flying into the stand, killing three spectators.
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* In ''Literature/TheEmpressGame'', these are keenly expected at the arena in which Kayla fights. It's part of the entertainment, and the crowd cheers.
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* In GreekMythology Perseus killed his grandfather during a discus contest, when he threw the discus so far that it went into the stands.
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Sometimes this may apply to other kinds of shows, such as animal taming performances or airshows. The point is that the spectator may potentially get harmed by the show's contents.
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** The 1903 Paris-Madrid road race was a notorious disaster, with five racers and three spectators killed in multiple separate accidents, and many non-fatal injuries. The entire race was called off before anybody had reached the Spanish border, and the hostile public reaction put an end to the early era of long-distance motor racing on public roads still open to other traffic, with little control over the positions and behaviour of spectators.
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* The Vargas in ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'' have powerful shields set up around the spectators in order to [[DefiedTrope specifically avert this]], but unfortunately, it [[DoubleSubverted doesn't stop]] Universe 9's [[AbsurdlySharpBlade God Blade attack]] or...''any'' of Broly's attacks.
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* The Vargas in ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'' have powerful shields set up around the spectators in order to [[DefiedTrope specifically avert this]], but unfortunately, it [[DoubleSubverted doesn't stop]] Universe 9's 19's [[AbsurdlySharpBlade God Blade attack]] or...''any'' of Broly's attacks.
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** During Zuko and Azula's FinalBattle the former goads the latter to shoot lightning at him. Unfortunately Katara stands near him and Azula, being DangerouslyGenreSavvy, attempts to attack her instead. Zuko barely realized this and quickly jump off to take the lightning using his redirection technique, but because it was executed abruptly he's left paralyzed.
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* The first time Characters/DaffyDuck gets the ball in ''Film/SpaceJam'', he sees the Monstars converge upon him, and panics. Daffy passes the ball to Granny, a cheerleader on the sidelines. The five Monstars nonetheless gang tackle Granny. This scene delighted the NostalgiaCritic.
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* The first time Characters/DaffyDuck gets the ball in ''Film/SpaceJam'', he sees the Monstars converge upon him, and panics. Daffy passes the ball to Granny, a cheerleader on the sidelines. The five Monstars nonetheless gang tackle Granny. This scene delighted the NostalgiaCritic.
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* The satirical comedy ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'' is about a sports cameraman who is knocked down by an American football player during a match and exaggerates his injuries to get compensation.
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* In the early years of motor racing, there weren't barriers present to protect onlookers from being harmed when vehicles crashed and/or spun out. This still happens on occasion, though much less often than it used to. For example, there was a [[{{Indycar}} CART]] race in the 90s where a car hit the wall and had a wheel fly off into the stands, killing two spectators when it hit them.
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* In the early years of This happened a lot in motor racing, especially in early eras when there weren't barriers present to protect onlookers from being harmed when vehicles crashed and/or spun out. This still happens on occasion, though much less often than it used to. For example, to.
** In the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hours, eighty-three spectators were killed when Pierre Levegh's Mercedes crashed into a stand after a minor collision, along with Levegh himself.
** The 1961 Italian Grand Prix - a car crashed into a spectator stand, killing the driver and fifteen spectators.
** During the first stage of the 1986 Portuguese rally, three spectators were struck by a car and killed.
** In 1999 there was a[[{{Indycar}} CART]] serious accident at a {{Indycar}} race in the 90s Charlotte where a car hit the wall and had a wheel fly off collision led to debris flying into the stands, stand, killing two three spectators.
* Similarly, crashes at air shows have sometimes killed spectators as well as pilots.
** In 1938, over fifty people were killed in Bogota whenit hit them. a fighter plane doing aerobatics crashed into the crowd.
** At the 1952 Farnborough air show, an experimental De Havilland DH110 jet fighter crashed, killing its two-man crew and 29 spectators.
** In 1988, a collision between planes of the Italian air force's official aerobatics team at Ramstein US Air Force base in Germany killed three pilots and 67 spectators. The incident inspired the name of [[Music/{{Rammstein}} the German industrial-rock band]].
** In 2002, in the worst such accident so far, 77 people were killed at an air show near Lviv in Ukraine, when a jet from the national display team crashed into the crowd.
** In 2015, eleven people were killed when a preserved Hawker Hunter jet fighter crashed onto a road during a display in Shoreham, England.
** In the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hours, eighty-three spectators were killed when Pierre Levegh's Mercedes crashed into a stand after a minor collision, along with Levegh himself.
** The 1961 Italian Grand Prix - a car crashed into a spectator stand, killing the driver and fifteen spectators.
** During the first stage of the 1986 Portuguese rally, three spectators were struck by a car and killed.
** In 1999 there was a
* Similarly, crashes at air shows have sometimes killed spectators as well as pilots.
** In 1938, over fifty people were killed in Bogota when
** At the 1952 Farnborough air show, an experimental De Havilland DH110 jet fighter crashed, killing its two-man crew and 29 spectators.
** In 1988, a collision between planes of the Italian air force's official aerobatics team at Ramstein US Air Force base in Germany killed three pilots and 67 spectators. The incident inspired the name of [[Music/{{Rammstein}} the German industrial-rock band]].
** In 2002, in the worst such accident so far, 77 people were killed at an air show near Lviv in Ukraine, when a jet from the national display team crashed into the crowd.
** In 2015, eleven people were killed when a preserved Hawker Hunter jet fighter crashed onto a road during a display in Shoreham, England.
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* The original disaster in ''Film/FinalDestination4'' results in lots of spectators dying in a variety of ways as a result of a terrible Nascar crash and the seating collapsing. One of the spectators who ends up escaping their original death due to the main characters vision ends up [[ChunkySalsaRule obliterated]] by one of the car tiers being hurled right out of the arena by the explosion.
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* The original disaster in ''Film/FinalDestination4'' results in lots of spectators dying in a variety of ways as a result of a terrible Nascar crash and the seating collapsing. One of the spectators who ends up escaping their original death due to the main characters vision ends up [[ChunkySalsaRule obliterated]] by one of the car tiers tires being hurled right out of the arena by the explosion.
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* The original disaster in ''FinalDestination4'' ''Film/FinalDestination4'' results in lots of spectators dying in a variety of ways as a result of a terrible Nascar crash and the seating collapsing. One of the spectators who ends up escaping their original death due to the main characters vision ends up [[ChunkySalsaRule obliterated]] by one of the car tiers being hurled right out of the arena by the explosion.
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* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': During the duel between Hamlet & Laertes, when Hamlet discovers that Claudius has poisoned Laertes' sword Hamlet stabs him with it (Hamlet & Laertes having switched swords during the duel).
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--> '''Max:''' That was the worst show ever.
-->'''Chilled:''' I quit my job.
-->'''Mark:''' Your ratings are gonna tank if you just kill all of your fucking audience members, you piece of shit.
-->'''Chilled:''' I quit my job.
-->'''Mark:''' Your ratings are gonna tank if you just kill all of your fucking audience members, you piece of shit.
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'''Chilled:''' I quit my job. \\
'''Mark:''' Your ratings are gonna tank if you just kill all of your fucking audience members, you piece of shit.
-->'''Chilled:''' I quit my job.
-->'''Mark:''' Your ratings are gonna tank if you just kill all of your fucking audience members, you piece of shit.
'''Chilled:''' I quit my job. \\
'''Mark:''' Your ratings are gonna tank if you just kill all of your fucking audience members, you piece of shit.
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* Done in ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' when a splash of deep-fry grease hit a stand of bleachers with audience of the Fry Cook Olympics, turning them into fish sticks.
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* Done in ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' when a splash of deep-fry grease hit a stand of bleachers with audience of the Fry Cook Olympics, turning them into fish sticks. The concession guy then nonchalantly flips a sign to signify [[CarnivoreConfusion they're for sale]].
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* During one arc of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Roy has to participate in GladiatorGames against his EvilCounterpart Thog, who has become the champion fighter. As seen in one panel of [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0796.html this strip]], a berserk Thog throws a sword, which beheads a spectator- ironically/appropriately one who was Thog's biggest fan.
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A large crowd of people have gathered to watch a deadly sport or duel, such as a TrialByCombat or GladiatorGames. Everyone is enjoying the action... until a wayward blow hits an unlucky spectator.
This is a grim reminder that the events being watched are NotAGame. Sometimes, it serves as a TakeThat to those getting off on watching violence; if this trope appears in a work known (and loved) for its violent content, it may well be a TakeThatAudience.
For cases of gladiatorial combat or similar, a particularly nasty bad guy would sometimes attempt to ''intentionally'' do this to any close spectator (or specific ones) so that the hero would be forced to protect them. Or they may use the spectator as HumanShield. Or they're just that sadistic and wants to do some side-maiming.
Sometimes this may apply to other kinds of shows, such as animal taming performances or airshows. The point is that the spectator may potentially get harmed by the show's contents.
The polar opposite of StrayShotsStrikeNothing. Arguably an InUniverse form of TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou. SisterTrope to DeadlineNews, where the ''commentator'' falls victim to the deadly event.
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* In ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', the space colonies determine the ruler through CombatByChampion, with each colony selecting a Gundam Fighter. Neo-France was having a duel between two fighters to determine their representative. One fighter, Jean-Pierre Mirabeau, was using the crowd as a human shield to prevent his opponent, George de Sand's best attacks. The King who was watching declared George the winner on the spot. In rage, Jean-Pierre tried to kill the king, but his missiles were deflected by George, accidentally killing hundreds of spectators.
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** In the Dressrosa arc (specifically the Corrida Colosseum tournament), one of the battle royale participants, Elizabello II, prepares to launch a strong attack that can potentially demolish fortresses. The spectators are naturally frightened by this. Bartolomeo manages to block it with his barrier powers, though.
** In a later fight, Burgess with his signature move Surge Elbow (a shock wave fired off an elbow strike) likes to charge recklessly, hitting the spectators in the process.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': This occurs quite frequently during the Dark Tournament arc. More specifically notable examples include Shishiwakumaru's "Chorus of a Thousand Skulls" attack, and many of the matches between Team Urameshi and Team Toguro.
* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' Alucard and Tubalcan Alhambra's battle kills a lot of the surrounding police and reporters with stray bullets and cards.
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* In ''Film/FortySevenRonin'', Oichi goes to a pirate town to find Kai and inform him of their lord's passing. Kai is engaging in a pit fight against an ogre, and over the course of the fight, a few spectators get stabbed by swords or smashed by the ogre's weighted chain.
* ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome''. After leaving a stunned Max, Blaster fetches a BladeOnAStick and charges at him. Max gets out of the way in time using the WireFu ropes, and a spectator hanging onto the outside of TheThunderdome gets impaled instead.
* In the first battle of ''Film/RobotJox'' Achilles' mech accidentally falls on an audience booth, crushing the occupants.
* PlayedForLaughs in a fight between Dark Helmet and Lone Starr in ''Film/SpaceBalls''. While dueling with their "light sabers", Dark Helmet makes a wild overhead swing and slices a sound guy off of his recording equipment.
* Early in ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'', a spectator of Topper's duel with another brawler gets decapitated by a stray roundhouse kick. This is PlayedForLaughs.
* The ''Film/DeathRace'' reboot trilogy has a couple of moments where road pit crew gets hit (or nearly hit) by errant gunfire. It is played for (dark) laughs on the first film and it is an important plot point [[spoiler:because it allows one of the characters to fake his death and help the rest escape prison]] on the third movie, ''Inferno''.
* The first time Characters/DaffyDuck gets the ball in ''Film/SpaceJam'', he sees the Monstars converge upon him, and panics. Daffy passes the ball to Granny, a cheerleader on the sidelines. The five Monstars nonetheless gang tackle Granny. This scene delighted the NostalgiaCritic.
* Entrants in ''Film/DeathRace2000'' earn points by killing spectators ''en route''. That's right: they're ''aiming'' for these people as a racecourse requirement.
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* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. When the Red Viper is fighting the Mountain That Rides, a stableboy gets between them and gets his arm severed. Annoyed by his screaming, the Mountain finishes him off with a backslash [[KickTheDog purely to shut him up]].
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* PlayedForLaughs in a segment of ''Series/JamesMaysManLab'' on duelling. May challenges a colleague to a duel over a parking space and when it eventually goes ahead, the show's executive producer ends up being shot by a misfire (well [[{{Kayfabe}} not really]], obviously).
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Code of Honor" two people are battling with poison spike gloves. One of the gloves gets knocked out into the audience. It hits a man, cutting and killing him.
* Used as a throwaway gag on an episode of ''Series/HouseMD'', where House tries to cheer up a despondent Wilson by saying he got extra-special VIP tickets for a Monster Truck rally-the 'extra-special' comes from the seats being so close to the track that ticket holders ''must sign a waiver in case the trucks go out of control and kill them by accident''. Wilson, unfortunately, is too despondent, and so House never gets to go ([[HoYay not without Wilson]]).
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* In GreekMythology Perseus killed his grandfather during a discus contest, when he threw the discus so far that it went into the stands.
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* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': During the duel between Hamlet & Laertes, when Hamlet discovers that Claudius has poisoned Laertes' sword Hamlet stabs him with it (Hamlet & Laertes having switched swords during the duel).
* Played with in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. Romeo and Tybalt are duelling in the streets, and Mercutio initially tries to stop them as a bystander. However, he is eventually goaded into fighting by Tybalt's {{Jerkass}} nature and tries entering the fight himself, getting himself mortally wounded. So a bystander dies but only after being enraged into participating, because of MediationBackfire.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', it's very possible and very common for innocent bystanders to get caught in the crossfire between the Dragonborn and the opponent. ''[[KillEmAll Especially]]'' if said opponent is a dragon -- one [[RandomEncounter randomly invading a town]] has been the death of many a player's [[LostForever shops and questlines]].
* The combat system in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is set on a stage, with an audience watching Mario fight. Many bosses actually target and kill members of the audience in order to use their stronger attacks.
* In ''VideoGame/PrimalRage'' each arena has human worshippers watching the fight. You can eat them to regain health (eating your opponent's worshippers also gives you a score bonus).
%%* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' you can throw bystanders at your opponent to injure him (killing them in the process).
%%* Also one the main points of ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}''.
* There's an implied example of this in ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked''. The Beta Ravager, which is an upgraded version of Merc and Green's LimitBreak Alpha Ravager, says in the description that improvements to the weapon will keep it from firing into the Dreadzone grandstands during battle.
[[AC:WebComics]]
* The Vargas in ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'' have powerful shields set up around the spectators in order to [[DefiedTrope specifically avert this]], but unfortunately, it [[DoubleSubverted doesn't stop]] Universe 9's [[AbsurdlySharpBlade God Blade attack]] or...''any'' of Broly's attacks.
* During one arc of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Roy has to participate in GladiatorGames against his EvilCounterpart Thog, who has become the champion fighter. As seen in one panel of [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0796.html this strip]], a berserk Thog throws a sword, which beheads a spectator- ironically/appropriately one who was Thog's biggest fan.
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* Played for laughs during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG-ZIh1NSVo "The G Factor"]], a video filmed in ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' by LetsPlay/{{Sips}} and LetsPlay/HatFilms. Trott at one point tries demonstrating a car that he's supposedly constructed, only to lose control and crash into the (imaginary) audience. We hear scream sound effects, but nobody's ''actually'' died.
* This is narrowly averted for the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} during the ''VideoGame/HeroesAndGenerals'' live-action special. Behind the scenes, Smith of LetsPlay/HatFilms is working on the explosives for the set and is standing in a supposed safe zone, so he detonates. Shortly after a landmine blows up, a quite large chunk of dirt hits his helmet, which protects him. Had it hit one of the others standing next to him, they wouldn't have been so lucky.
* Discussed during the LetsPlay/SeaNanners episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLbt6tAQOT8 "Cooking with SeaNanners"]], where Adam kills most of his audience.
--> '''Max:''' That was the worst show ever.
-->'''Chilled:''' I quit my job.
-->'''Mark:''' Your ratings are gonna tank if you just kill all of your fucking audience members, you piece of shit.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Done in ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' when a splash of deep-fry grease hit a stand of bleachers with audience of the Fry Cook Olympics, turning them into fish sticks.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
** During Zuko and Azula's FinalBattle the former goads the latter to shoot lightning at him. Unfortunately Katara stands near him and Azula, being DangerouslyGenreSavvy, attempts to attack her instead. Zuko barely realized this and quickly jump off to take the lightning using his redirection technique, but because it was executed abruptly he's left paralyzed.
** In the episode ''The Blind Bandit'', when the Gaang enters the earthbending arena, Sokka almost gets hit by a stray boulder during 2 random earthbenders' match.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** The Simpsons and many other Springfield residents are attending a NASCAR race. They're all bored because nobody crashes. At one point a car's wheel comes off, plowing into Lenny. Lenny stands up saying "I'm OK!" much to everyone's disappointment. Then finally [[spoiler:Maude Flanders]] gets killed by an errant shot by a t-shirt cannon knocking her off the grandstand onto the parking lot far below.
** One episode closes with Homer taking Lisa to a demolition derby. Homer leans over to hug her just as a car's fender goes flying past and hits the guy sitting behind him.
[[AC:Real Life]]
* At the execution by beheading of the Scottish Lord and traitor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser,_11th_Lord_Lovat Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat]], spectator stands collapsed killing several people. Supposedly, Fraser was very amused at this, leading to the saying "laughing your head off".
* In the early years of motor racing, there weren't barriers present to protect onlookers from being harmed when vehicles crashed and/or spun out. This still happens on occasion, though much less often than it used to. For example, there was a [[{{Indycar}} CART]] race in the 90s where a car hit the wall and had a wheel fly off into the stands, killing two spectators when it hit them.
* Most baseball stadiums have prominent signs warning spectators to be careful about baseballs being hit into the stands hard enough to cause serious injury. Hockey stadiums have similar warnings about flying pucks.
* Downplayed version with sea parks: the seats closest to the pool are marked as splash zones, where spectators ''will'' get hit by huge waves. They sit there anyway.
* The 1961 Italian Grand Prix - a car crashed into a spectator stand, killing the driver and fifteen spectators.
This is a grim reminder that the events being watched are NotAGame. Sometimes, it serves as a TakeThat to those getting off on watching violence; if this trope appears in a work known (and loved) for its violent content, it may well be a TakeThatAudience.
For cases of gladiatorial combat or similar, a particularly nasty bad guy would sometimes attempt to ''intentionally'' do this to any close spectator (or specific ones) so that the hero would be forced to protect them. Or they may use the spectator as HumanShield. Or they're just that sadistic and wants to do some side-maiming.
Sometimes this may apply to other kinds of shows, such as animal taming performances or airshows. The point is that the spectator may potentially get harmed by the show's contents.
The polar opposite of StrayShotsStrikeNothing. Arguably an InUniverse form of TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou. SisterTrope to DeadlineNews, where the ''commentator'' falls victim to the deadly event.
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!!Examples
[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* In ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', the space colonies determine the ruler through CombatByChampion, with each colony selecting a Gundam Fighter. Neo-France was having a duel between two fighters to determine their representative. One fighter, Jean-Pierre Mirabeau, was using the crowd as a human shield to prevent his opponent, George de Sand's best attacks. The King who was watching declared George the winner on the spot. In rage, Jean-Pierre tried to kill the king, but his missiles were deflected by George, accidentally killing hundreds of spectators.
* ''OnePiece'':
** In the Dressrosa arc (specifically the Corrida Colosseum tournament), one of the battle royale participants, Elizabello II, prepares to launch a strong attack that can potentially demolish fortresses. The spectators are naturally frightened by this. Bartolomeo manages to block it with his barrier powers, though.
** In a later fight, Burgess with his signature move Surge Elbow (a shock wave fired off an elbow strike) likes to charge recklessly, hitting the spectators in the process.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': This occurs quite frequently during the Dark Tournament arc. More specifically notable examples include Shishiwakumaru's "Chorus of a Thousand Skulls" attack, and many of the matches between Team Urameshi and Team Toguro.
* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' Alucard and Tubalcan Alhambra's battle kills a lot of the surrounding police and reporters with stray bullets and cards.
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* In ''Film/FortySevenRonin'', Oichi goes to a pirate town to find Kai and inform him of their lord's passing. Kai is engaging in a pit fight against an ogre, and over the course of the fight, a few spectators get stabbed by swords or smashed by the ogre's weighted chain.
* ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome''. After leaving a stunned Max, Blaster fetches a BladeOnAStick and charges at him. Max gets out of the way in time using the WireFu ropes, and a spectator hanging onto the outside of TheThunderdome gets impaled instead.
* In the first battle of ''Film/RobotJox'' Achilles' mech accidentally falls on an audience booth, crushing the occupants.
* PlayedForLaughs in a fight between Dark Helmet and Lone Starr in ''Film/SpaceBalls''. While dueling with their "light sabers", Dark Helmet makes a wild overhead swing and slices a sound guy off of his recording equipment.
* Early in ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'', a spectator of Topper's duel with another brawler gets decapitated by a stray roundhouse kick. This is PlayedForLaughs.
* The ''Film/DeathRace'' reboot trilogy has a couple of moments where road pit crew gets hit (or nearly hit) by errant gunfire. It is played for (dark) laughs on the first film and it is an important plot point [[spoiler:because it allows one of the characters to fake his death and help the rest escape prison]] on the third movie, ''Inferno''.
* The first time Characters/DaffyDuck gets the ball in ''Film/SpaceJam'', he sees the Monstars converge upon him, and panics. Daffy passes the ball to Granny, a cheerleader on the sidelines. The five Monstars nonetheless gang tackle Granny. This scene delighted the NostalgiaCritic.
* Entrants in ''Film/DeathRace2000'' earn points by killing spectators ''en route''. That's right: they're ''aiming'' for these people as a racecourse requirement.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. When the Red Viper is fighting the Mountain That Rides, a stableboy gets between them and gets his arm severed. Annoyed by his screaming, the Mountain finishes him off with a backslash [[KickTheDog purely to shut him up]].
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* PlayedForLaughs in a segment of ''Series/JamesMaysManLab'' on duelling. May challenges a colleague to a duel over a parking space and when it eventually goes ahead, the show's executive producer ends up being shot by a misfire (well [[{{Kayfabe}} not really]], obviously).
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Code of Honor" two people are battling with poison spike gloves. One of the gloves gets knocked out into the audience. It hits a man, cutting and killing him.
* Used as a throwaway gag on an episode of ''Series/HouseMD'', where House tries to cheer up a despondent Wilson by saying he got extra-special VIP tickets for a Monster Truck rally-the 'extra-special' comes from the seats being so close to the track that ticket holders ''must sign a waiver in case the trucks go out of control and kill them by accident''. Wilson, unfortunately, is too despondent, and so House never gets to go ([[HoYay not without Wilson]]).
[[AC:Mythology And Folklore]]
* In GreekMythology Perseus killed his grandfather during a discus contest, when he threw the discus so far that it went into the stands.
[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': During the duel between Hamlet & Laertes, when Hamlet discovers that Claudius has poisoned Laertes' sword Hamlet stabs him with it (Hamlet & Laertes having switched swords during the duel).
* Played with in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. Romeo and Tybalt are duelling in the streets, and Mercutio initially tries to stop them as a bystander. However, he is eventually goaded into fighting by Tybalt's {{Jerkass}} nature and tries entering the fight himself, getting himself mortally wounded. So a bystander dies but only after being enraged into participating, because of MediationBackfire.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', it's very possible and very common for innocent bystanders to get caught in the crossfire between the Dragonborn and the opponent. ''[[KillEmAll Especially]]'' if said opponent is a dragon -- one [[RandomEncounter randomly invading a town]] has been the death of many a player's [[LostForever shops and questlines]].
* The combat system in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is set on a stage, with an audience watching Mario fight. Many bosses actually target and kill members of the audience in order to use their stronger attacks.
* In ''VideoGame/PrimalRage'' each arena has human worshippers watching the fight. You can eat them to regain health (eating your opponent's worshippers also gives you a score bonus).
%%* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' you can throw bystanders at your opponent to injure him (killing them in the process).
%%* Also one the main points of ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}''.
* There's an implied example of this in ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked''. The Beta Ravager, which is an upgraded version of Merc and Green's LimitBreak Alpha Ravager, says in the description that improvements to the weapon will keep it from firing into the Dreadzone grandstands during battle.
[[AC:WebComics]]
* The Vargas in ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'' have powerful shields set up around the spectators in order to [[DefiedTrope specifically avert this]], but unfortunately, it [[DoubleSubverted doesn't stop]] Universe 9's [[AbsurdlySharpBlade God Blade attack]] or...''any'' of Broly's attacks.
* During one arc of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Roy has to participate in GladiatorGames against his EvilCounterpart Thog, who has become the champion fighter. As seen in one panel of [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0796.html this strip]], a berserk Thog throws a sword, which beheads a spectator- ironically/appropriately one who was Thog's biggest fan.
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* Played for laughs during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG-ZIh1NSVo "The G Factor"]], a video filmed in ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' by LetsPlay/{{Sips}} and LetsPlay/HatFilms. Trott at one point tries demonstrating a car that he's supposedly constructed, only to lose control and crash into the (imaginary) audience. We hear scream sound effects, but nobody's ''actually'' died.
* This is narrowly averted for the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} during the ''VideoGame/HeroesAndGenerals'' live-action special. Behind the scenes, Smith of LetsPlay/HatFilms is working on the explosives for the set and is standing in a supposed safe zone, so he detonates. Shortly after a landmine blows up, a quite large chunk of dirt hits his helmet, which protects him. Had it hit one of the others standing next to him, they wouldn't have been so lucky.
* Discussed during the LetsPlay/SeaNanners episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLbt6tAQOT8 "Cooking with SeaNanners"]], where Adam kills most of his audience.
--> '''Max:''' That was the worst show ever.
-->'''Chilled:''' I quit my job.
-->'''Mark:''' Your ratings are gonna tank if you just kill all of your fucking audience members, you piece of shit.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Done in ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' when a splash of deep-fry grease hit a stand of bleachers with audience of the Fry Cook Olympics, turning them into fish sticks.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
** During Zuko and Azula's FinalBattle the former goads the latter to shoot lightning at him. Unfortunately Katara stands near him and Azula, being DangerouslyGenreSavvy, attempts to attack her instead. Zuko barely realized this and quickly jump off to take the lightning using his redirection technique, but because it was executed abruptly he's left paralyzed.
** In the episode ''The Blind Bandit'', when the Gaang enters the earthbending arena, Sokka almost gets hit by a stray boulder during 2 random earthbenders' match.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** The Simpsons and many other Springfield residents are attending a NASCAR race. They're all bored because nobody crashes. At one point a car's wheel comes off, plowing into Lenny. Lenny stands up saying "I'm OK!" much to everyone's disappointment. Then finally [[spoiler:Maude Flanders]] gets killed by an errant shot by a t-shirt cannon knocking her off the grandstand onto the parking lot far below.
** One episode closes with Homer taking Lisa to a demolition derby. Homer leans over to hug her just as a car's fender goes flying past and hits the guy sitting behind him.
[[AC:Real Life]]
* At the execution by beheading of the Scottish Lord and traitor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser,_11th_Lord_Lovat Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat]], spectator stands collapsed killing several people. Supposedly, Fraser was very amused at this, leading to the saying "laughing your head off".
* In the early years of motor racing, there weren't barriers present to protect onlookers from being harmed when vehicles crashed and/or spun out. This still happens on occasion, though much less often than it used to. For example, there was a [[{{Indycar}} CART]] race in the 90s where a car hit the wall and had a wheel fly off into the stands, killing two spectators when it hit them.
* Most baseball stadiums have prominent signs warning spectators to be careful about baseballs being hit into the stands hard enough to cause serious injury. Hockey stadiums have similar warnings about flying pucks.
* Downplayed version with sea parks: the seats closest to the pool are marked as splash zones, where spectators ''will'' get hit by huge waves. They sit there anyway.
* The 1961 Italian Grand Prix - a car crashed into a spectator stand, killing the driver and fifteen spectators.
