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Wallbangers as defined by TVTropes.com:

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly.
It should be thrown with great force.
—Dorothy Parker

Get away from the book by any means you can. Or, if you've been unfortunate enough to pay money for it already, fling it against the wall. It'll make a really satisfying thwack! when it hits. Just make sure no pets or toddlers are in the way.
—Top Ten Signs You're Reading A Very Bad Romance Novel at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

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The writer asked for too much Willing Suspension Of Disbelief, perhaps. Maybe a character is carrying an Idiot Ball, or has suddenly become Too Dumb To Live. Maybe the series pulled out Green Rocks or Voodoo Sharks once too often, used a little too much Scotch Tape, blatantly Did Not Do The Research, or unleashed a Ret Con that made everyone's eyes roll out of their head. However it happened, the audience has been dealt a Wall Banger.

Wall Bangers certainly wreck episodes and turn away a few fans, but repeated instances can indicate a show is about to, or has already, Jumped the Shark or entered its Dork Age.

The origin of the term is attributed to Samuel Goldwyn, who described a script as having made a "Hell of a bang, when I threw it against the wall." Alternatively, it's from banging your head against the wall at the sheer stupidity of it all.

The website Wrestle Crap was created to chronicle Professional Wrestling's wall bangers; it's since become so popular that the word "wrestlecrap" has become a slang word for such things in many fan circles.

Declaring them Dis Continuity is a common reaction to Wall Bangers. See also Ass Pull, Red Herring Twist, and Shocking Swerve. See They Just Didnt Care for derivative works. If an entire film or series is like this, it is probably a case of So Bad Its Horrible. If the author(s) agree, you might be in for Canon Discontinuity (with an option on Discontinuity Nods), an Authors Saving Throw, or a full-on Continuity Reboot.

Name and shame some of your worst moments when either reading a novel, watching an anime series or watching a tv programme.

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For example in anime, I would say the rape scene in Kannazuki no Miko. Sure, they were trying to present Chikane as being totally unhinged-to justify Himeko having to kill her in the end, but it came across as completely forced and unnecessary to the whole plot.

In film, I was watching Disclosure the other day, and the scene where Michael Douglas's character is entering the company's computer system in secret and starts acting out in virtual reality. It completely ruined the movie for me. The shift in tone from a decent if try-hard courtroom thriller to a crazy sci-fi setting was just jarring. Particularly the line; "She's in the system!" (when Michael Douglas's character finds out that Meredith is deleting company files from inside the system) it was just stupid. This and the fact that the script was written by some blatant misogynist who is trying to make the script edgy but failing very badly in his attempt.

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