![]() ![]() Can be particularly problematic during a Damage Control scenario, where the escalating damage makes it even more difficult to contain the situation. Very commonly seen as part of an Epic Failure. Note that Motorcycle Dominoes and Bookshelf Dominoes are not strictly related, as those involve literally knocking objects over in a domino-like fashion, the devastation of which is pretty much limited to the objects themselves.Ĭompare Rube Goldberg Device and Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts, where the chain of events is set up intentionally, and Humiliation Conga, where the chain of events lead into even bigger humiliation. Note that in Real Life, most catastrophic disasters are caused by a combination of different failures, which ultimately manage to defeat normal safety measures (making this somewhat Truth in Television), though the various factors are usually only realized. If the end result is someone's death, it can double as a Necro Non Sequitur. If someone sets off (or claims to have set off) Disaster Domino(e)s on purpose, it may be Exactly What I Aimed At. Cute Clumsy Girls/Guys, as well as young or especially ignorant characters who are Just Trying to Help, are especially prone to this phenomenon. To some extent, it's a For Want Of A Nail setup when Played for Laughs. When working backward from effect to cause, you usually have this trope when at some point you get to ask "Yes, but why was there a green motorcycle balanced on the balcony railing in the first place?" Usually ends with the site of said mess-up being completely destroyed (and/or Stuff Blowing Up). ![]() Slipping on the Banana Peel while holding a two-by-four, hitting someone behind him holding a lit cigarette who lands in a pool of gasoline. King Lion, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Earsīasically, instead of a single mess-up, the character manages to chain a lot of them into a bigger one. ![]()
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