History Main / WaterGeyserVolley

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* In ''Film/TheGoonies'', this happens to [[JerkJock Troy]] while he is in the bathroom, and Mikey and the others were fooling around with the water pipes. However, this would also count as a SpecialEffectFailure, because while Troy is thrust up into the air by the water [[TheCanKickedHim from the toilet]], [[spoiler:you can clearly see the platform on which he is sitting that makes the stunt work.]]
* John [=McClane=] is shot out of a sewer pipe 10 feet into the air in ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance''.

* Subverted with the 1939 ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' short "Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise" in that this trope happens with oil instead of water. While the Stooges are cleaning out the water pump belonging to a kindly old lady, oil spurts out from the pipe. Curly sits on the pipe to plug it up – but is propelled into the air by the oil geyser a few seconds later. This gag was reused in a later short, "Oil's Well That Ends Well", in which Joe Besser stops up the oil gush instead. As footage from the former short was used here, careful observation will reveal that [[FakeShemp it's Curly on the oil geyser and not Joe]].
* A clip used in ''The Hollywood Clowns'' showed a guy being sent skyward by a suddenly broken fire hydrant.

* Fairly common in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''VideoGame/MajorasMask'' and ''VideoGame/SkywardSword'' all feature DownTheDrain levels where waterspouts from pipes are used as lifts.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' episode "Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock", this happens to Penelope Pitstop after Dick Dastardly and Muttley lure her onto a geyser by repainting the ground.

* This trope is taken UpToEleven in ''Manga/OnePiece'' during the Jaya Arc: The quickest way to reach the [[FloatingContinent White Sea and the Sky Island]] is to use the Knock Up Stream, a colossal water jet which can propel ships into the sky (though in most cases they're turned into wrecks). To top it off, is later revealed that [[spoiler: the "land" on Skypiea was actually half of the Jaya Island propelled in the sky by a really gigantic Knock Up Stream.]]

* In ''Film/TheGoonies'', this happens to [[{{Jerk Jock}} Troy]] while he is in the bathroom and Mikey and the others were fooling around with the water pipes. However, this would also count as an example of {{Special Effects Failure}}, due to the fact that while Troy is thrust up into the air by the water [[{{The Can Kicked Him}} from the toilet]], [[spoiler: you can clearly see the platform that he is sitting on that makes the stunt work.]]

* Subverted with the 1939 ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' short "Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise" in that this trope happens with oil instead of water. While cleaning out the water pump belonging to a kindly old lady, oil spurts out from the pipe. Curly sits on the pipe to plug it up - only to be propelled into the air by the oil geyser a few seconds later. This gag was reused in a later short with Joe Besser ("Oil's Well That Ends Well") stopping up the oil gush instead. As footage from the former short was used here, careful observation will reveal that [[FakeShemp it's Curly on the oil geyser and not Joe]].

* ''{{Discworld/Hogfather}}'': This happens to Archchancellor Ridcully when he tries out the bathroom built by B.S. Johnson. Bonus points for him remarking afterwards "Ye gods, I feel so ''clean''."

* The ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' did test lifting a car with fire hoses once.

* VideoGame/{{Uru}} uses this.
* The Camisade attack in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', where the character is propelled into the air by a torrent of water before bodyslamming the enemy from a great height. Used by [[spoiler:Mindy, one of the secret Aeons.]]
* Fairly common in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''MajorasMask'' and ''SkywardSword'' all feature DownTheDrain levels where waterspouts from pipes are used as lifts.

* SuperMarioSunshine: This trope is the entire basis for F.L.U.D.D..

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* [[http://xkcd.com/1038/ This]] ''WebComic/{{Xkcd}}'' comic.

* In the season 2 and 3 opening for ''WesternAnimation/DogCity'', Ace Hart jumps onto a newly-drawn fire hydrant that shoots up into the air from the immense water pressure in order to escape from Bugsy Vile and his goons.

** At the end of the BugsBunny short "Oily Hare", an oil tycoon and his flunky that had been chasing after Bugs throughout the cartoon both get thrust up into the air on a ''carrot geyser'' that had been caused by a ludicrous amount of dynamite that had been shoved into Bugs's rabbit hole, in an attempt to get him out.
** In "Frigid Hare", the villain is carried away bouncing on top of a whale's spout.
* In the DonaldDuck cartoon "Good Scouts", Donald falls into Old Reliable Geyser just as it starts to erupt. His nephews try to plug up the geyser with rocks, but they just get sent up to hit him. Finally they throw a boulder big enough to plug it... for a moment.

* [[VideoGame/{{Myst}} Uru]] uses this.

* ''{{Bayonetta}}'' has geysers and fountains that you can use as platforms, but jumping straight into them knocks you back. You have to activate [[BulletTime Witch Time]] to allow you to briefly walk on them.

* TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime: The Water Temple features water fountains that Link can stand on and then flip a switch that makes them push him up to greater heights.

* ''SuperSolvers: Treasure Mountain!'' had you riding geysers to ascend to higher levels.

This is not TruthInTelevision, because a person will just get thrown back a few feet from such high water pressure.

* A claymation short that was used after the second act of the ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E8BogusToTheRescue Bogus To The Rescue]]" had Bogus turn on the faucet on the bathroom sink, only for a huge torrent of water to [[RuleOfFunny shoot out directly from the bottom of the faucet]], propelling Bogus into the air.

* John [=McClane=] is shot out of a sewer pipe 10 feet into the air in ''DieHard 3''.

* Fairly common in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. ''OcarinaOfTime'', ''MajorasMask'' and ''SkywardSword'' all feature DownTheDrain levels where waterspouts from pipes are used as lifts.

* In ''TheLionKing'', the hyenas put Zazu into "the birdie boiler", which rockets him, apparently, straight to Mufasa.
* Subverted with the 1939 ''TheThreeStooges'' short "Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise" in that this trope happens with oil instead of water. While cleaning out the water pump belonging to a kindly old lady, oil spurts out from the pipe. Curly sits on the pipe to plug it up - only to be propelled into the air by the oil geyser a few seconds later. This gag was reused in a later short with Joe Besser ("Oil's Well That Ends Well") stopping up the oil gush instead. As footage from the former short was used here, careful observation will reveal that [[FakeShemp it's Curly on the oil geyser and not Joe]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} 2'' had a bunch of geysers you could use to that effect. There's even an achievement for landing on top of a pig motel sign that's close to a geyser.

** At the end of the BugsBunny short "Oily Hare", an oil tycoon and his flunky that had been chasing after Bugs throughout the cartoon both get thrust up into the air on a ''[[BeyondTheImpossible carrot geyser]]'' that had been caused by a ludicrous amount of dynamite that had been shoved into Bugs's rabbit hole, in an attempt to get him out.

* Happens to Chicken Joe on ''Film/SurfsUp'' when he stands on top of a whale's blowhole.

** At the end of the BugsBunny short "Oily Hare", an oil tycoon and his flunky that had been chasing after Bugs throughout the cartoon both get thrust up into the air on a ''[[BeyondTheImpossible carrot geyser]]'' that had been caused by a ludicrous amount of dynamite that had been shoved into Bugs's rabbit hole, in an attempt to get him out.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Mr. Burns tries to use a high-pressure water hose on some protestors but just gets batted around himself.

* In the opening for ''WesternAnimation/DogCity'', Ace Hart jumps onto a nearby fire hydrant that shoots up into the air from the immense water pressure in order to escape from Bugsy Vile and his goons.

* A claymation short that was used after the second act of the ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E8BogusToTheRescue Bogus To The Rescue]]" had Bogus turn on the faucet on the bathroom sink, only for a huge torrent of water to [[RuleOfFunny shoot out directly from the bottom of the faucet], propelling Bogus into the air.

* A claymation short that was used after the second act of the ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E8BogusToTheRescue Bogus To The Rescue]]" had Bogus turn on the faucet on the bathroom sink, only for a huge torrent of water to [[RuleOfFunny shoot out directly from the faucet knob]], propelling Bogus into the air.