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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': When Sulley is trying to save Boo from [[spoiler: Mr. Waternoose]], he runs onto the factory's training room and bends a metal pipe to lock the doors, keeping him at bay long enough to fetch Boo's door and return her to the human world.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'': When Sulley is trying to save Boo from [[spoiler: Mr. Waternoose]], he runs onto the factory's training room and bends a metal pipe to lock the doors, keeping him at bay long enough to fetch Boo's door and return her to the human world.
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* In one of ''Series/TheSweeney'' movies, Jack Regan barricades the door to his apartment with furniture when he thinks hitmen are after him. George Carter gets rather annoyed when he tries to open the door the following morning, especially when Regan rushes to hold the door closed until he realises who's on the other side.
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* ''Film/TheFirstPower''. Tess and Logan are fleeing supernatural serial killer Channing when he attacks them in a hotel. They run into a room and shove the bed [[HeavySleeper with a man sleeping in it]] up against the door. He belatedly wakes up when Channing smashes through the door, but fortunately Channing just leaps over him and out the window.
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* "Literature/AngelDerinEdala": At the end of the story, the protagonist moves all their furniture to block their windows and doors and trap themselves in their home, though they acknowledge it's a futile effort.
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* ''WebAnimation/LoveOfTheSn'': The first thing Charger Block does after going inside an unmarked room with Crown is barricade it so the Operators can't get in.
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* ''WebAnimation/LoveOfTheSn'': The first thing Charger Block does after going inside an unmarked room with Crown is barricade it so the Operators can't get in.
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* ''Film/TotallyKiller'': Blake and Pam move several dressers in front of the doors to their room in the cabin when they realize the killer is present, although they end up leaving the room anyway after a few seconds to try and help Heather.
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* In the short, "Let's Do Lunch" from the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E60HowSweetieItIs How Sweetie It Is]]", Furrball is trying to escape from Sweetie, who wants him to eat her so that he will get kicked out of Elmyra's house, as all Furrball wants to do is relax by the fire and eat tuna. At one point, Furrball hides in a room and places all the furniture over the door so Sweetie can't get in. When Sweetie is revealed to have been hiding in a drawer, Furrball puts all the furniture back where it was so he can leave the room.
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** In the short, "Let's Do Lunch" from the''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E60HowSweetieItIs How Sweetie It Is]]", Furrball is trying to escape from Sweetie, who wants him to eat her so that he will get kicked out of Elmyra's house, as all Furrball wants to do is relax by the fire and eat tuna. At one point, Furrball hides in a room and places all the furniture over the door so Sweetie can't get in. When Sweetie is revealed to have been hiding in a drawer, Furrball puts all the furniture back where it was so he can leave the room.room.
** In the third act of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E15TheHorrorOfSlumberPartyMountain The Horror of Slumber Party Mountain]]", Babs, Shirley and Fifi return to a cabin they rented after evading a monster named One-Eyed Jack and push various furniture in front of the door to block it. Unbeknownst to them, the last thing they block the door with is One-Eyed Jack, who has been waiting for them.
** In the short, "Let's Do Lunch" from the
** In the third act of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E15TheHorrorOfSlumberPartyMountain The Horror of Slumber Party Mountain]]", Babs, Shirley and Fifi return to a cabin they rented after evading a monster named One-Eyed Jack and push various furniture in front of the door to block it. Unbeknownst to them, the last thing they block the door with is One-Eyed Jack, who has been waiting for them.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "Home Cooked Eds", the Eds use furniture to prevent the Kankers (who are on holiday) from entering Eddy's house. Unfortunately the Kankers already somehow got in and watch them barricade the door.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In "Helga Sleepwalks", Helga begins to sleepwalk as a result of eating her father's pork rinds. In her sleepwalking state, she makes her way to Arnold's house in an attempt to confess her love for him. To keep herself from doing this, she places all of the furniture in her bedroom over her door so she can't get out. Unfortunately, this plan doesn't work since she ends up pushing the furniture aside while in her sleepwalking state.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In "Helga Sleepwalks", Helga begins to sleepwalk as a result of eating her father's pork rinds. In her sleepwalking state, she makes her way to Arnold's house in an attempt to confess her love for him. To keep herself from doing this, she places all of the furniture in her bedroom over her door so she can't get out. Unfortunately, this plan doesn't work since she ends up pushing the furniture aside while in her sleepwalking state.
* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'': In "[[Recap/RugratsS2E26ToothOrDarePartyAnimals Party Animals]]", the babies are being chased by what appears to be a giant baby (actually their Cousin Bucky dressed as a baby for a costume party). After they manage to trap him in the bathroom, they run into their room and barricade the door with some toys.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Treehouse of Horror XI", during the segment ''Scary Tales Can Come True'', Bart and Lisa wander into the Three Bears' house. After making it out without getting seen, Bart puts a chair in front of the door... which, unfortunately, traps Goldilocks in and gets her mauled by the bears.
* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'': In "The Balooest of the Bluebloods", Baloo inherits a mansion when it is revealed that he is the long-lost 13th Baron of Von Bruinwald. When Hans and Helga, his butler and maid, try to kill him so that they can inherit the mansion, he hides in his bedroom and places various furniture over the door. Hans and Helga manage to make their way in with a crowbar.
* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'': In "The Balooest of the Bluebloods", Baloo inherits a mansion when it is revealed that he is the long-lost 13th Baron of Von Bruinwald. When Hans and Helga, his butler and maid, try to kill him so that they can inherit the mansion, he hides in his bedroom and places various furniture over the door. Hans and Helga manage to make their way in with a crowbar.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "Home Cooked Eds", the Eds use furniture to prevent the Kankers (who are on holiday) from entering Eddy's house. Unfortunately the Kankers already somehow got in and watch them barricade the door.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "[[Recap/RugratsS2E26ToothOrDarePartyAnimals Party Animals]]", the babies are being chased by what appears to be a giant baby (actually their Cousin Bucky dressed as a baby for a costume party). After they manage to trap him in the bathroom, they run into their room and barricade the door with some toys.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Treehouse of Horror XI", during the segment ''Scary Tales Can Come True'', Bart and Lisa wander into the Three Bears' house. After making it out without getting seen, Bart puts a chair in front of the door... which, unfortunately, traps Goldilocks in and gets her mauled by the bears.
* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'': In "The Balooest of the Bluebloods", Baloo inherits a mansion when it is revealed that he is the long-lost 13th Baron of Von Bruinwald. When Hans and Helga, his butler and maid, try to kill him so that they can inherit the mansion, he hides in his bedroom and places various furniture over the door. Hans and Helga manage to make their way in with a crowbar.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "[[Recap/RugratsS2E26ToothOrDarePartyAnimals Party Animals]]", the babies are being chased by what appears to be a giant baby (actually their Cousin Bucky dressed as a baby for a costume party). After they manage to trap him in the bathroom, they run into their room and barricade the door with some toys.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Treehouse of Horror XI", during the segment ''Scary Tales Can Come True'', Bart and Lisa wander into the Three Bears' house. After making it out without getting seen, Bart puts a chair in front of the door... which, unfortunately, traps Goldilocks in and gets her mauled by the bears.
* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'': In "The Balooest of the Bluebloods", Baloo inherits a mansion when it is revealed that he is the long-lost 13th Baron of Von Bruinwald. When Hans and Helga, his butler and maid, try to kill him so that they can inherit the mansion, he hides in his bedroom and places various furniture over the door. Hans and Helga manage to make their way in with a crowbar.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': When the bad guys barge in at the back door at Bloom's house in the first episode, Kiko tries this trope to keep them away, but they effortlessly break through it (off-screen).
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* Used several times by [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby and Shaggy]] in attempts to escape the MonsterOfTheWeek, often to no effect.
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* Used several times by [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby and Shaggy]] in attempts to escape the MonsterOfTheWeek, often to no effect. Frequently, they find they've trapped themselves ''with'' the monster, often having [[FailedASpotCheck failed to notice]] it was ''helping'' construct the barricade, and desperately tear all the furniture away again.
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This may be effective if the protagonists heave a huge, solid bookcase in front of the door and wedge it in place with a thick oak desk. It may be PlayedForLaughs in a comedy if the bumbling protagonists move a lightweight coffee table in front of the door and expect it to stop the {{Big Bad}}'s [[TheBrute 350 pound, fridge-sized henchman]] from getting in.
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This may be effective if the protagonists heave a huge, solid bookcase or filing cabinet in front of the door and wedge it in place with a thick oak desk. It may be PlayedForLaughs in a comedy if the bumbling protagonists move a lightweight coffee table in front of the door and expect it to stop the {{Big Bad}}'s [[TheBrute 350 pound, fridge-sized henchman]] from getting in.
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