Plate smashing is a Greek custom involving the smashing of plates or glasses during celebratory occasions. In popular culture, the practice is most typical of foreigners' stereotypical image of Greece, and while it occurs more rarely today, it continues to be seen on certain occasions, such as weddings, although plaster plates are more likely to be used.

Breaking plates is related to the ancient practice of display of one's wealth, as plates or glasses are thrown into a fireplace following a banquet instead of being washed and reused.

Greek celebratory custom of the breaking of plates is shown in Three's company, The love boat, In the Full House episode, "Greek Week" where Joey Gladstone leads the crowds in plate smashing while Danny Tanner frantically tries to clean up the broken plates off the floor. Also, shown in In the Frasier episode "Beware of Greeks", In Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, 2009 Australian stop motion animated dark comedy film Mary and Max features a plate smashing scene, In Packed to the Rafters the character Nick 'Carbo' Karandonis and his fiancée have an engagement party which includes smashing plaster plates and the mistaken smashing of porcelain plates, In Come Dine with Me Canada, the evening ended with plate smashing "in keeping with the Greek ritual.", In Kitchen Cabinet, end a dinner discussion at a Greek "yiros" restaurant with an impromptu plate smashing, end a dinner discussion at a Greek "yiros" restaurant with an impromptu plate smashing. In Friday Night Dinner, Jim smashes a plate believing it to be a Jewish tradition.

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