History Main / ThrowItIn

* The Spanish version of the Slap Chop commercial features Creator/VinceOffer throwing a competitor product over his shoulder into the sink. The problem? ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86SOHZ0nIA#t=1m2s It smashed the venetian blinds behind him.]]'' It was presumably kept in thanks to how 31 flavors of [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]] it is. This was referenced in a later commercial for the Da Vinci Pro Cutting Tool, where Vince throws a $200 food slicer out the window.

** In ''Il Papero del Mistero'' ("The Duck of Mystery") Scrooge sets himself and his relatives to make a soap opera, and specifically tells everyone that he won't give them any script, only character names, initial roles and a scenario and then they'll have to improvise. Cue such gems as an episode where everyone but Scrooge's character get poisoned by the others (in two occasions by ''accident'', because Gus' character stole a slice from a previously poisoned cake and the nephews' characters made Grandma Duck's character taste their attempt at the formula of a Coca Cola {{Expy}} and Grandma Duck decided they failed), Donald faking an AlienInvasion episode when the other actors go on strike, and ''Jubal Pomp photobombing his way in the story with attempts on Scrooge's life'' ([[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs it's that kind of story]]).

-->-- ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', "[[{{Music/TheyMightBeGiants}} Experimental Film]]" audio commentary

* Creator/GeorgePerez was designing Comicbook/{{Starfire}} when Joe Orlando passed by, looked at the sketches and suggested that Perez make her hair longer. Perez listened.

* ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'':

* Some elements of ''RolePlay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'' were created simply because someone did something random and the rest decided it was good enough to throw in. Examples include:

* When writing his historical novel, ''A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom'', John Boyle had to search the ingredients for making red dye, but since he was in a hurry [[CriticalResearchFailure he copied in his manuscript the first search result that appeared]] which went all the way into publication. As such, the book lists [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Keese wing, Octorok Eyeball, red lizalfos tail, and four Hylian shrooms]] as red dye ingredients; He later acknowledged his mistake but found it amusing nonetheless and said that it will be kept in future editions.

** He switched Bond's WeaponOfChoice from a somewhat underpowered .25ACP Beretta to the iconic Walther PPK in similar circumstances, even partially basing the initial characterization of Q on the author of the letter.

These are often some of the most memorable scenes, for better or for worse, due to their spontaneity. Comedy in general tends to rely on the ability to improvise, and thus comedy productions tend to be more tolerant of ad-libbing than other genres.

* A decent part of the plot of ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'' occurs because Weaver took a few of /tg/'s silly and/or unexpected suggestions seriously. When somebody asked to put a severed hand up a pneumatic mail chute, up the hand went, [[spoiler: and it was later used to reveal that Ruby used to be murderously violent]]. When /tg/ wanted to bash their way through puzzles, those puzzles were very quickly solved. When /tg/ directed Ruby to lick the Fleshy Prototube, they discovered it tasted bad. When the players voted to [[spoiler: save Jay, three people escaped the Metal Glen instead of two]].

* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s iconic mask was due to this trope -- when he joined the ComicBook/XMen in ''Giant-Size X-Men'' #1, he was meant to keep the same mask design that he had when he first appeared in ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' #181. However, the person who drew it, made the ears and eyes too wide. However, when it was shown, they thought that it made him look like Franchise/{{Batman}} and was kept in.

These are often some of the most memorable scenes, for better or for worse, due to their spontaneity.

* OneTakeWonder: When the very first take of a scene is good enough to be the "keeper".

* Creator/GeorgePerez was designing Comicbook/{{Starfire}} when Joe Orlando passed by, looked at the sketches and suggested that Perez make her hair longer. [[RapunzelHair Perez listened]].

** Perez and his career in general has been a series of these, as he was well known for adding more panels and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters characters]] than the writer initially suggested.

* In the script for an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}: The Atlantis Chronicles'', Peter David [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJR9g1Q9IiA described]] the "face" of the meteor that destroyed Atlantis. He meant it metaphorically, but the artist, working from a script translated into Spanish, took him literally and drew the meteor with a skull face on it. When he saw the art, David said "Keep it," reasoning that the only thing more terrifying than a meteor heading right for you is a meteor heading right for you WITH A SKULL ON IT.

* In the script for an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}: The Atlantis Chronicles'', Peter David described the "face" of the meteor that destroyed Atlantis. He meant it metaphorically, but the artist, working from a script translated into Spanish, took him literally and drew the meteor with a skull face on it. When he saw the art, David said "Keep it," reasoning that the only thing more terrifying than a meteor heading right for you is a meteor heading right for you WITH A SKULL ON IT.

** Fleming was also impressed enough by Creator/SeanConnery's performance in the movies that he made Bond canonically Scottish.

* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'': InUniverse example with the town of Brrr, long noted as the coldest spot in the county. It's explained in book #24 (''The Cat Who Went Up the Creek'') that the name was originally the result of a sign writer's slip-of-the-brush, but it was kept both for the aforementioned reasoning and because the townsfolk thought the mistake was funny.

* There is a hilarious variant of an old Creator/{{NBC}} logo that employs this trope. Normally, the announcer is supposed to say over the logo "This is the NBC Television Network." However, during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zdaabYnyN4 one show using the logo]], [[EpicFail he winds up getting his networks confused]].
-->"This is the Creator/{{CBS}} Television... oh, [[PrecisionFStrike god dammit]]."

* "Does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin" was a placeholder for a proper marketing slogan in a series of adverts intended to show that using a woodstain is simply common sense. Eventually the advertisers decided to go ahead and try it as an anti-slogan. The rest is history.

-->"This is the Creator/{{CBS}} Television... oh, God dammit."

The preservation of ad libs, improvisations, and the occasional accident or mistimed what-have-you for dramatic or comic effect, sometimes at the cost of continuity.

See also TheShowMustGoOn, StudioChatter, GoodBadBugs.

** InUniverse example in ''Literature/TheSilmarilion''. Aulë, one of the Valar sent to craft the world before the coming of the mortal races, created the Dwarfs in secret so he'd have students to teach but could not give them souls. The god of the setting, Eru Ilúvatar, adopted them and gave them souls himself even though they weren't originally part of his plan for the world. This caused some strife down the line, but since [[SatanicArchetype Melkor]] had already screwed things up beyond recognition and they were specifically built to resist his corruption it worked out okay. The Ents also weren't in the original plan, but were made at the request of Aulë's wife Yavanna as guardians of the wild places.