<p>I imagine this is somehow related to the common schoolprank of placing basins/buckets of water on top of door frames and waiting for people to come in and get soaked</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/eb3Khm.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>As is mentioned in @Vogel612's link, it's sortof the Eastern equivilant of an anvil being dropped on someone's head. A bit more realistic perhaps though.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-01-16T15:05:56.393Z
2015-01-16T15:05:56.393Z
Toshinou Kyouko
<p>I've been watching anime for a long time and I still don't understand what it means when a wash pan falls from the sky onto a character's head.  I've seen it recently in <em>Rosario+Vampire</em> when the witch summons a wash pan over another character's head.</p>

<p>What does it mean or represent?</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-01-14T16:12:56.070Z
relevant [tvtropes article](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DropTheWashtub). **WARNING:** Do not follow the links over there. ***HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!***
Vogel612
<tropes>
Why are wash pans dropped on a character's head?
# Why are wash pans dropped on a character's head?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-01-14
I've been watching anime for a long time and I still don't understand what it means when a wash pan falls from the sky onto a character's head. I've seen it recently in *Rosario+Vampire* when the witch summons a wash pan over another character's head.

What does it mean or represent?
**Tags:** tropes
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: relevant [tvtropes article](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DropTheWashtub). **WARNING:** Do not follow the links over there. ***HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!***  
---
## 1 answers
### Answer by username_2 on 2015-01-16. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
I imagine this is somehow related to the common schoolprank of placing basins/buckets of water on top of door frames and waiting for people to come in and get soaked

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/eb3Khm.jpg)

As is mentioned in @Vogel612's link, it's sortof the Eastern equivilant of an anvil being dropped on someone's head. A bit more realistic perhaps though.
---
