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"This is one of those squirting flowers."

It's the old Practical Joke of tricking some poor sap into smelling or otherwise admiring the flower on your shirt and you, via a hidden squeeze pump, squirt water from the flower into the victim's face.

A typical stock gag for The Prankster and The Trickster. Characteristic of the Non-Ironic Clown.

Related to Garden-Hose Squirt Surprise, where a garden hose is used instead of a flower. Truth in Television as these practical joke devices indeed exist. But although real-life versions of these can only hold a little amount of water, fiction likes to turn this prank up to eleven, with the flower unleashing a ridiculous amount of water, and/or under much higher pressure than what should realistically be possible for a simple squeeze pump.

Can be turned into a Deadly Prank by having the flower squirt something far less harmless than water.

Examples:

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    Comic Books

  • In the Lucky Luke spin-off series Rantanplan, the story "Le Clown" sees the titular dog and a Bratty Half-Pint named Douglas and up in a circus. When the clowns get injured just before the show, Douglas quickly dresses himself and Rantanplan up as clowns to take their place. As one of his first jokes, Douglas sprays Rantanplan with a squirting flower. With Rantanplan being who he is, the dog immediately passes out and Douglas has to perform CPR to get rid of the water Rantanplan inhaled, much to the amusement of the audience.
  • Various iterations of The Joker have employed these as weapons, with acid or his Joker neurotoxin being used in place of water.

    Comic Strips

  • MAD once ran a Don Martin strip called "Moses Through the Years". One section has a prankster friend try this on him (Rule of Funny in full force, for obvious reasons) only for him to "part" the offending stream.
  • The Far Side: One comic had a flower use a squirting person on another.
  • Garfield: In one comic, Jon tells Garfield the flower on his suit is one of these, but Garfield uses his claws to scare Jon out of actually using it on him.

    Films — Animation

  • In the Care Bears Journey To Joke A Lot List Song "Make 'Em Laugh", one of the funny things Funshine lists is "a flower that squirts", while holding a daisy with a face that squirts bubbles.
  • Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker: During his "The Reason You Suck" Speech, Terry calls out The Joker for, among other things, using this cheap joke.

    Terry: "I mean, joy buzzers, squirting flowers? Lame! Where's the "A" material? Make a face, drop your pants, something!"

    Films — Live-Action

  • In Batman (1989), the Joker uses the flower on his lapel to try to squirt acid on Vicki Vale and later uses it to try to drop a bell on Batman during the cathedral sequence.
  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space: When Jumbo visits officer Mooney in his office, he offers Mooney a bouquet of flowers that end up spraying water in his face. Surprisingly, although the Klowns are usually fond of putting deadly spins on these classic pranks, it really is just water and all it does is piss Mooney off (at this point Jumbo was still toying with Mooney rather than planning to kill him).
  • In Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Pee-Wee goes to the joke shop to "stock up". One of the things he buys is a squirting flower.
  • Top Secret!. While Cedric is meeting with the blind Resistance agent/novelties salesman, the agent asks Cedric to sniff the flower on his lapel. When Cedric does so, the flower squirts water on his face.
  • In ''Were the World Mine, inspired in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the magic flower from the play becomes a squirting flower that spreads the juice to make people fall in love at first sight.

    Literature

  • Seen near the end of the first Captain Underpants book, where George does it to Ms. Ribble.
  • One of the many ancient gags employed by the Fools' Guild in Discworld:
    • In Men at Arms, the Guild greeter asks Nobby and Colon "It's a long shot, I know, but I don't suppose either of you gentlemen would like a sniff of my buttonhole?" They don't fall for it, and it's clear he never really expected them to, because no-one ever does. The flower squirts slightly as an involuntary reaction when he gets emotional.
    • In Making Money, the Patrician's dignity is threatened by a practitioner of clown martial arts (sloshi), leading to the weirdest He's Got a Weapon! in the multiverse:

      "Look out! He's got a daisy!" [Moist] shouted, and then thought: I just shouted "Look out! He's got a daisy!" and I think I'm going to remember, for ever, just how embarrassing this is.

  • Briefly mentioned in the Goosebumps book, Bad Hare Day. When Tim Swanson, a wannabe magician, enters a magic shop and tries getting some cheap trick gadgets for himself, the shopkeeper asks how much money he's got. When Tim replies he only has $2.50, the shopkeeper says he could buy a squirting flower.
  • Jeeves and Wooster: In "The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy", Bertie tries to get Biffy to use this prank on Sir Roderick Glossop. Biffy loses his nerve and doesn't go through with it.

    Live-Action TV

  • The Big Bang Theory: The episode "The Itchy Brain Simulation" has a subplot in which Sheldon tries to get people to "smell" the novelty flower he bought.
  • CSI: NY: Homicide Det. Don Flack does not find this trope amusing.
    • It's averted in "Child's Play," when a murder investigation leads to a joke shop run by a guy called "Laughing Larry" who is wearing a fake flower. While questioning him, Flack tells him that if he squirts him with it, he'll arrest him for assaulting an officer. The guy gets a dejected look on his face and refrains.
    • Again in "To What End?" While questioning a guy in a flash mob of mostly identical clowns, Flack notices him touching a fake flower on his chest and exclaims, "If you squirt me with that thing, I will shoot you; I'm not kidding!" This guy refrains as well.
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The invention presented by the Mads in "The Corpse Vanishes" is a Playing with Fire variant.
  • Saturday Night Live: One Weekend Update segment has Goober the Clown appear as a guest commentator. One of the first things she does is squirt news anchor Colin Jost with her obviously-fake lapel flower. Colin takes it like a pro.

    Radio

  • In one of his monologues on My Word!, Frank Muir claimed to have bought one for a novel purpose: to squirt cold water into his tea at the railway station café without drawing attention to himself, and thereby make it cool enough to drink before his train arrives.

    Tabletop Games

  • Champions supplement C.L.O.W.N. One of the superpowered weapons used by C.L.O.W.N. is the Shrinking Violet Squirting Flower. When it is used on an opponent, they are shrunk down to 1/16th normal height, but their clothes are not. This leaves them tiny and naked.

    Video Games

  • Discworld: A court jester pulls this trick on Rincewind if you ask him for his name.

    Jester: I can't tell you, but Mr. Flower knows!

    Rincewind: Oh, well then, if you like: Ahem. Hello, Mr. Flower...

    [Rincewind gets a face full of water]

  • In Kingdom of Loathing, you can find an acid-squirting flower, dropped by the demonic clowns in The "Fun" House. Whenever you take damage, it'll squirt the enemy to deal damage.
  • In LEGO City Undercover, one of the clown robbers who rob the Cherry Tree Hills bank makes a police officer fall for his squirting flower trick.
  • The Loud House:
    • The online game "Clean-o-Clock" also features Luan's trick flower: she will randomly think about one of her siblings, and when you click on them, she will squirt them.
    • Another game, "Welcome to the Loud House", has Luan randomly squirt her flower.
  • In the online game based on Sesame Street called "Elmo's Potty Time", a clown squirts Elmo, Zoe, and Baby Bear with a squirting flower.
  • Toontown Online: Every Toon starts with a flower as a Level 1 "squirt gag" (attack) to use against Cogs.
  • In Bugsy on the ZX Spectrum, there's a Running Gag that all the gangsters' guns are really water pistols. As Bugsy discovers if he tries to rob the post office twice, other things can squirt water too:

    "Aw, not again," says the clerk who lipped me last time. "Well, this time I'm ready for ya."
    Too late I notice the large artificial rose in his lapel. He is already squeezing the bulb in his pocket. Soaked ta the skin I retreat wit' my legs between my tail.

    Web Animation

  • Subverted in ASDF Movie 1. One of the scenes has a guy asking another guy to smell his artificial flower. Instead of squirting water from the flower, a monster pops out from his chest.

    Western Animation

  • In Arthur, "Buster Bombs" opens with Buster showing off his "comedy garden." One thing he grows are squirting flowers: he smells one, it sprays him with water, and he laughs.
  • In one episode of Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, a circus clown does this to Captain Caveman. Afterward, the clown laughs like Wally Gator.
  • Classic Disney Shorts: In "Two Chips and a Miss", Dale tries to give a bouquet of flowers to Clarice, but Chip hooks a hose to it and sets off the water as Dale smells the flowers.
  • The Loud House: As the family prankster, Luan by default carries one of these as part of her regular outfit. In the pilot, Luan tries to squirt Lincoln with the flower; he dodges it, but she then squirts from one of the flowers on her shoes straight into his mouth.
  • In an episode of Garfield and Friends, Binky the Clown uses this gag to get the attention of Garfield. He tells him to smell the flower, which squirts him.
  • JoJo's Circus: In "Flower Shower", it's shown that adult clowns always take sentient squirting flowers to work. When JoJo's father's flower runs out of water, JoJo and Goliath go to the garden to get him a replacement, but every time they get close to the squirting flowers, they get sprayed. However, Bal Boa advises that they move from side to side like a snake so that they can get one without getting water in the face, and it works.
  • In The Magic Roundabout CGI revival series episode "Digger!", Dougal uses it on Ermintrude when he gets her to smell the flower on his hat, causing her to stumble and fall onto Dylan, Brian and Florence. None of them, including Digger, find that very amusing.
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: the episode "The Last Laugh" has Pinkie Pie inspecting Cheese Sandwich's laugh factory and its party goods, where upon looking at the squirting flower, Pinkie suggests something radical like making the whole costume squirt. That gave the management a great idea.
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show: In "Circus Midgets", one of the midgets asks Ren to smell the flower on his shirt. Ren knows what's coming, but obliges anyway because he's thirsty. Unfortunately for him, instead of water, the flower contains a bee — with a wrench to hit him with!
  • The Simpsons:
    • In "Homie the Clown", Homer, dressed as Krusty, squirts Bart with a flower, and then the water bounces off onto Lisa in a bank shot. Homer explains that the gag was his major at clown college.
    • "Fear of Flying" begins with the crowd at Moe's bar pranking Moe in various ways. Barney asks Moe if he wants to smell his lapel flower. Moe does, and Barney takes the opportunity to light Moe's tie on fire.
    • In "Pulpit Friction", Marge finds her wedding dress has been switched with Krusty's clown suit. She squirts the flower and it shoots vodka into her mouth.
    • In "The Nightmare After Krustmas", when Reverend Lovejoy is resuscitating Krusty after he nearly drowned during an attempted baptism in a frozen river, water squirts out of Krusty's flower, which froze instantly due to the cold.
  • In Superman: The Animated Series episode "World's Finest", when The Joker gets his hands on a big chunk of Kryptonite and intends to kill Superman, the latter arrives in a Kryptonite-Proof Suit. The Joker has an Oh, Crap! moment... before "remembering" that the flower on his chest is loaded with acid.
  • In the Underdog episode "The Big Shrink", Simon Bar Sinister's plan was to use a flower to squirt everyone in the city with water that causes them to shrink, so he could be the self-proclaimed "Biggest Man in the World".

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