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* Done in an early ''HappyDays'' at Arnold's by Ralph Malph to some random extra. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b8nfkDv4t0#t=2m0s Ralph found this hilarious.]] Less than two minutes later Ralph is eating and starts to shake some salt and gets a pile himself, presumably courtesy the same guy.

* Done on ''FullHouse'' by a friend of Stephanie's. Everyone blames Joey because he pulled the same stunt at Sizzler.
* Inverted with the Observers on ''Fringe''. September deliberately unscrews the top of the pepper shaker, and then proceeds to dump the contents onto his plate of food. Apparently they have extremely dulled taste buds. (And iron cast stomachs.)

* [[ThePowerpuffGirls Powerpuff Girls]] #41's lead story, "Pizza My Heart," has Buttercup and a faulty garlic shaker, which pours a mound of garlic salt on her pizza slice. She proceeds to gross out Blossom and Bubbles by eating the slice, mound of garlic salt and all.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' Duncan does it to Trent as a prank.

* One episode of ''TheSimpsons'' had Homer pranking Moe with this, as everyone else is joking around too (by lighting him on fire, or hiding a cobra in his till). [[SelectiveEnforcement He's banned]] for the rest of the episode for [[ValuesDissonance taking things too far]].[[note]]And used to be the TropeNamer for ''that'' trope.[[/note]]

* A CutawayGag in ''FamilyGuy'' showed [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]] using this prank to raise some hell.

The combination of [[DiscreditedTrope being a total cliché]] and the harsh effect of ruining someone's entire meal for a cheap laugh means this prank usually doesn't get a very good reception, unless the target is particularly unpopular.

An annoying prank in restaurants, wherein the top of a salt shaker is unscrewed and left loosely sitting on top. The next person to attempt to use it will unexpectedly get an entire jar-fall of salt all over their food.

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An annoying prank in restaurants, when you think your food needs a ''little'' bit of salt added and you proceed to do so, the screw and all the salt lands on it.

* A CutawayGag in ''FamilyGuy'' showed [[Film/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]] using this prank to raise some hell.

* MrBean does this in one of the episodes. Bonus points as the guy he does it to looks like he can break Bean in half.

* One episode of ''TheSimpsons'' had Homer pranking Moe with this, as everyone else is joking around too (by lighting him on fire, or hiding a cobra in his till). [[SelectiveEnforcement He's banned]] for the rest of the episode for [[ValuesDissonance taking things too far]].[[hottip:*:And used to be the TropeNamer for ''that'' trope.]]

* In ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily's'' VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Super Star 8-mini-strip special, "Meta Knight's Revenge" was him pulling this prank on Kirby.

* The sugar variation happens in ''TheBrothersBloom'': Bloom tries to shake some sugar into his coffee and it won't pour. In disgust, he puts it back down on the table. The sugar jar is instantly picked up by Stephen, who taps it twice on the table, then pours sugar into ''his'' cup of coffee. Still disgusted, Bloom picks up the jar after Stephen puts it down and pours... and the entire jar of sugar pours into his coffee.

* Done by LaurelAndHardy in ''You're Darn Tootin[='=]''. Stan, unable to get any salt out of the shaker, unscrews the top. Then Ollie tries to use the shaker, not realising what has happened, and the entire contents end up in his soup. He promptly changes plates with Stan, only for the whole process to be repeated with the pepper.

* A CutawayGag in ''FamilyGuy'' showed [[Film/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]] using this prank to raise some hell.

* In ''BrawlInTheFamily's'' {{Kirby}} Super Star 8-mini-strip special, "Meta Knight's Revenge" was him pulling this prank on Kirby.

* A CutawayGag in ''FamilyGuy'' showed [[{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]] using this prank to raise some hell.

An annoying prank in restaurants, when you think your food needs a ''little'' bit of salt and you proceed to do so, the screw and all the salt lands on it.

* In ''BrawlInTheFamily's'' {{Kirby}} Super Star 8-mini-strip special, "Metaknight's Revenge" was him pulling this prank on Kirby.

* One episode of ''TheSimpsons'' had Homer pranking Moe with this, as everyone else is joking around too (by lighting him on fire, or hiding a cobra in his till). [[SelectiveEnforcement He's banned]] for the rest of the episode for [[ValuesDissonance taking things too far.]]

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