Looney Tunes is the Trope Codifier for Pain Powered Leaps. Though it was used in other cartoons, Looney Tunes is the one that most people recognize as the source of the popularity of this trope, as well as the reason that perhaps its most common method of execution is needle pricks to the hindquarters. But it doesn't have to involve needles - among other things it also often coincides with a Rump Roast or a Literal Ass-Kicking. See also Surprise Jump and Death Throws for similar effects. Examples of Pain Powered Leap include: