History Main / BarrierBustingBlow

** While he's {{Lampshading}} DontSplitTheParty, no less.

* In ''{{Red vs Blue}}'', [[spoiler: Tex]] does this to [[spoiler: Simmons]] in an episode of ''Revelation''.

Which leads us to this trope. Once the hero relaxes while hiding behind a wall or in a closet, and thinks the danger is past, '''''a hand will break through the wall and grab him!''''' This very effectively demonstrates that their enemy has SuperStrength and a [[IncrediblyLamePun grasp]] on how to use it unconventionally. Usually, the villain will either punch the hero or ''pull them through the wall!'' Much like a CatScare ([[{{Dissimile}} if cats could jump through walls]]), the audience will be scared along with the hero.

** And yet again in vol.25, when the Guyver Gigantic in Exceed mode is facing off against the Draglord and erects a forcefield around himself to deflect incoming missiles, only to find to his chagrin that the missiles will actually ''drill'' through the force field and then explode ''inside''.

* One of Adam Jensen's signature moves in ''DeusEx: Human Revolution''. XRayVision + [[{{Cyborg}} super strong synthetic arms]] = NeckSnap from the opposite side of a wall.

* ''DeadSnow'' has an unusually [[MadeOfPlasticine squishy]] version of this, where the zombies burst through the protagonist's barriers, grabs the resident GenreSavvy nerd and crushes his skull.

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[[caption-width:335:Well I'm quite sure that this sturdy wall will pro-*crash* '''[[OhCrap OH SNAP!]]''']]

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* In the [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Martial Arts Figure Skating]] battle in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'', Ryouga has just crushed the rival male skater between two icebergs, forced his female partner to flee, and buried female Ranma in the resulting multi-ton mass of broken ice (and she was already fully submerged in ice water, too.) Just as he's relaxing and thinking about going to greet Akane after his victory, [[MadeofIron Ranma]]'s hand breaks through the ice and [[{{Determinator}} she clings tenaciously to his leg]].

* Invoked by Guyver 1 in {{Guyver}} after regenerating in the Chronos Japan HQ; When at first several blows fail to remove the blast doors quickly enough, try, try again with the [[WaveMotionGun Megasmasher]] [[NoKillLikeOverkill to take out the whole floor!]]

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* Bruce Campbell's got his back up against a door in ''[[EvilDead The Evil Dead]]'' when suddenly... you know the rest.
* ''FridayThe13th Part 7''
** Pretty much every ''Friday the 13th'' really.

* ''ShaunOfTheDead'' has David apologize while moving back towards a window... cue the zombies breaking through the barricade and pulling him away to be eaten.

* The opening NightmareSequence in ''DayOfTheDead'' [[spoiler:when hundreds of zombie arms break through a white wall to grab the female protagonist.]]

* DeadSnow has an unusually [[MadeOfPlasticine squishy]] version of this, where the zombies burst through the protagonist's barriers, grabs the resident GenreSavvy nerd and crushes his skull.

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* ''DoctorWho'' example/inversion: in the TV Movie, the ''newly-regenerated Eighth Doctor'' does this in order to escape from the hospital morgue. Bonus PlayingWithATrope points for the fact that after we saw him denting the thick steel door and ultimately knocking it down... he looks kind of scared and confused and is clutching his shroud around himself like a little kid with a blanket.
* See the first stunt in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQp2Wnnyok this Reebok commercial]], where professional football players pitch themselves for the fantasy football draft. Whether these stunts are real or movie magic is a subject of lively debate.
* The intro to ''{{Robocop}}'' the TV series shows various scenes from the show occasionally interrupted by someone trying to punch through a giant reinforced door from the other side. Finally, as the music reaches the climax, the last punch sends the door flying, revealing everybody's favorite cyborg lawman.

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* Subverted [[http://omega_key.comicdish.com/index.php?pageID=90 here]] - the next page reveals that the person being grabbed just turns part of her body into spikes and skewers the character on the other side of the wall. (Ouch!)

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* Happens ''twice'' in [[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badidea Bad Idea]].
* In Red vs. Blue, [[spoiler: Tex]] does this to [[spoiler: Simmons]] in an episode of Revelation.

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* One of the DirtyHarry novels had the hero doing this. Inspector Callahan looks through a large hole in the wall of a basement and sees a rape in progress. He reaches through, grabs the punk by his long hair and says, "Do you remember what it was like to be born?" then forcibly pulls him back through the hole.

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* Some people get owned this way in [[AlienVsPredator Aliens vs. Predator 2]].
* Sam Fisher can do this in SplinterCell CT

* You can do this to people in ''StubbstheZombie''.
* It looks like this is going to be part of an augmentation in the upcoming {{Deus Ex}} 3.
* The scissor man from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Game/ClockTower ClockTower]] will gladly smash the bathroom door open if you're foolish enough to hide behind it.

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Most of the time, heroes have the choice of "fight or flight" when faced with their enemies... except, if that enemy is an ImplacableMan or a FiveRoundsRapid immune monster, it's really more like "momentarily inconvenience while risking death by fighting or flight", or more commonly "'''hide''' or flight". This is why 90% of {{Slasher Flick}}s are spent (wisely) running the eff away from these menaces and hiding breathlessly in highly insecure locations.

Variations include the newly risen zombie ankle grab, busting through a BeehiveBarrier, and VerticalKidnapping. Depending on the barrier, can be a variation or a subversion of ConcealmentEqualsCover. See also ThereWasADoor.

* This happens in ''{{Robocop}}'' when Robocop reaches through a wall to grab a man holding the mayor hostage.

Variations include the newly risen zombie ankle grab, busting through a BeehiveBarrier, and VerticalKidnapping. See also ThereWasADoor.

* It looks like this is going to be part of an augmentation in {{Deus Ex}} 2.

* It looks like this is going to be part of an augmentation in [[Deus Ex]] 2.

* You can do this to people in [[StubbstheZombie]]

* You can do this to people in [[Stubbs the Zombie]]