--- title: Boy Slashes Inflatable Pool With Sword in Viral Video description: Viral video shows young boy attempting to slice an apple in half with a sword while standing next to an inflatable pool. canonical: https://time.com/5667317/sword-pool-disaster/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-03T15:00:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:08.141Z og:title: Real-Life 'Fruit Ninja' Attempt Ends in Inflatable Pool Disaster og:description: "Before it happens you think 'no way is it going to happen'" og:url: https://time.com/5667317/sword-pool-disaster/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf131505fc19d1bba/698a0245e76ad29dcc63662c/inflatable-pool.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Inflatable-Pool og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Real-Life 'Fruit Ninja' Attempt Ends in Inflatable Pool Disaster twitter:description: "Before it happens you think 'no way is it going to happen'" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf131505fc19d1bba/698a0245e76ad29dcc63662c/inflatable-pool.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Young Real-Life 'Fruit Ninja' Attempt Ends in Hilariously Avoidable Inflatable Pool Disaster  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 3, 2019 3:00 PM UTC  Close-up of an inflatable swimming pool Close-up of an inflatable swimming poolJaap2—iStock/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 3, 2019 3:00 PM UTC Have you ever watched a situation unfold knowing what the end result would be but still hoping there was some way things would play out differently? Well, that’s exactly what you’re about to get in this video of a young boy attempting to slice an [apple](https://time.com/5636684/apple-bacteria-microorganisms/) in half with a [sword](https://time.com/5416324/pre-viking-sword-discovery-sweden/) while standing next to an [inflatable pool](https://time.com/4779099/vintage-swimming-pool-photos/). The video — which was shared on Twitter on Monday and has already been liked over 22,000 times and retweeted nearly 6,000 — shows the boy unsheathing a sword before taking a swing at an apple he positioned on top of two vertically stacked logs. Unfortunately, although he manages to connect with the apple, his swing also slashes the inflatable pool, causing gallons of water to spill out into the yard. “Before it happens you think ‘no way is it going to happen…’ and then it happens,” the Twitter user who posted the video captioned it. Watching this real-life [‘Fruit Ninja’](time.com fruit ninja) attempt gone wrong is worth it just for the shocked look on the boy’s face when he realizes what he’s done. 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