Surprise subtext.
A monster that climbs up the Empire State Building and catches aeroplanes with its tongue.
It was a brief chase...
They can't guard their towers.
You. Why I oughta...! Edit: Wow, thanks for all the love. My son is quite the character and he really caught me off guard with this!
Stick a plunger in the toilet
The elephant of surprise. :)
An author joke like this and I'm off !
The plot thickens!
It's Italian for "suppository".