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* A commercial for NJM Insurance has a couple cloudgazing, only to reveal that they're doing it from their bed through a hole in their roof because the ''other'' insurance company they went with still hasn't called back with a quote. But hey, [[ThatCloudLooksLike That Cloud Looks Like]] the company's mascot, the Policy Puffin!
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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' episode with Gladys Knight has the theatre's leaky roof being serviced, only to have the repair crew insist on "taking it in to the shop." Thus the gang has to deal with all sorts of bad weather climaxing with snow during the closing number.



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* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has a running gag of spaceships and other large objects continually crashing into Bob's roof. It's gotten to the point that whenever something big goes flying into the air, Bob just sighs and rolls with it.

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* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has a running gag of spaceships
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* [[Literature/TheBible The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke]] all tell of Jesus visiting someone's home while one of the locals, a paralytic, wanted to be healed. Jesus had drawn such a
large objects continually crashing into Bob's roof. It's gotten to the point crowd that whenever something big goes flying into the air, Bob just sighs house was packed and rolls with the man's friends couldn't get him through the door... so they made a hole in the roof and lowered him down through it.



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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' episode with Gladys Knight has the theatre's leaky roof being serviced, only to have the repair crew insist on "taking it in to the shop." Thus the gang has to deal with all sorts of bad weather climaxing with snow during the closing number.
* The aforementioned Bible story was adapted into a sketch on some Christian children's show from the '90s starring puppets. Turns out the owner of the home was none too happy about having a person-sized hole in his roof, and he sings a song about it while we get a flashback of what happened. In the end, [[CueTheRain it starts raining]]. But then who should show up but the healed man, who turns out to be a carpenter and offers to fix the hole.
-->''There's a hole... in my roof''\\
''It's the truth... I wouldn't spoof''\\
''It was chopped there for a man with diseases''\\
''And they lowered him down to Jesus''
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* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has a running gag of spaceships and other large objects continually crashing into Bob's roof. It's gotten to the point that whenever something big goes flying into the air, Bob just sighs and rolls with it.
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* [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]] has fallen through his own roof at least twice, though we never see the hole itself.

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* [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]] has fallen through his own roof at least twice, though we never see the hole itself. First when Pom Pom beat him up so hard he flew through the air all the way from Bubs', and then when Strong Mad's cannonball dive caused a "total wave" that exploded everyone out of the neighborhood pool.
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* ''Series/TheThundermans'': The Thundermans' home always has man-shaped holes in the ceiling from whenever [[SupermanSubstitute Hank]] decides to fly through it. The family is so used to this it rarely comes up, and one episode sees some of the holes shoddily patched.
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* ''Manga/CallOfTheNight'': After Susuki accidentally [[TheBerserker triggers Yamori's vampire powers]], [[PullingThemselvesTogether he reattaches his severed arm]] and tries to punch her. Unfortunately he misses and punches a hole in every floor of Nazuna's apartment building. When witnesses start asking questions later, [[CleanUpCrew Azami]] convinces them that the building collapsed due to age degradation.

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* ''Manga/CallOfTheNight'': After Susuki accidentally [[TheBerserker [[spoiler:[[TheBerserker triggers Yamori's vampire powers]], [[PullingThemselvesTogether powers]]]], he [[spoiler:[[PullingThemselvesTogether reattaches his severed arm]] arm]]]] and tries to punch her. Unfortunately he misses and punches a hole in every floor of Nazuna's [[spoiler:Nazuna's apartment building.building]]. When witnesses start asking questions later, [[CleanUpCrew Azami]] convinces them that the building collapsed due to age degradation.
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* The last scene in Stephen Spielberg's ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979'' is all about this trope.

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* The last scene A major subplot in Stephen Spielberg's ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979'' is all about this trope.trope happening to a house on the Californian coast courtesy of a hung-ho man trying to take out a Japanese submarine with an AA gun the Army installed on his backyard and being a borderline LethalKlutz with [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace its handling]]. By the time of the final scene, the house is so badly damaged that [[TheLastStraw nailing a flower arrangement to the front door makes it fall apart into the sea]].
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* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhilidelphia'':

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* In ''Manga/ChroniclesOfTheGoingHomeClub'', Botan managed to knock out an entire wall while opening a bottle of soda. She later cracks the ceiling doing the same thing.


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* A fight between Tom, Jerry, and Spike in ''Film/TomAndJerry2021'' creates a BigBallOfViolence that eventually breaks through the skylight of the hotel's lobby.


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* In ''Film/Warm1978'', the "workers" drill huge holes into the building's walls and leave. All tenants are outraged, but also learn to use the holes for easy communication or passing commodities to each other, which ends up both improving their relations and worsening them. Snegov also drops his dentures into his neighbor's room when he's poking his head into a hole to bicker with him.
--> '''Snegov''': Liffle girl, giffe my teetf back!


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* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhilidelphia'':
** Taken to its most extreme conclusion in "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E12TheGangGetsExtremeHomeMakeover The Gang Gets Extreme Home Makeover]]" when Dennis and Charlie end up reducing the house to little more than a pile of rubble.
** In "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E09MacAndDennisBreakUp Mac And Dennis Break Up]]", Charlie smashes a massive hole in Dee's wall in an attempt to get her cat out.

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* In ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'' this happens to the bar Asteroid Al's at the conclusion of the [=PSmith=] arc, and despite bemoaning this fact Al, the owner of the newly open roof, has his girlfriend suggest that they put in a skylight.



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* G-Girl crashes through her ex's penthouse roof on a couple of occasions in ''Film/MySuperExGirlfriend''.



* G-Girl crashes through her ex's penthouse roof on a couple of occasions in ''Film/MySuperExGirlfriend''.
* Cyclops accidentally destroys the roof of the train station in ''[[Film/XMen1 X-Men]]'' with his optical blasts. When he later chides Wolverine for something else, Wolverine counters "I'm not the one who gave the train station a new sunroof!"



* Cyclops accidentally destroys the roof of the train station in ''[[Film/XMen1 X-Men]]'' with his optical blasts. When he later chides Wolverine for something else, Wolverine counters "I'm not the one who gave the train station a new sunroof!"



* Happens to [[Literature/DirkGently Dirk Gently]] at the end of ''Literature/TheLongDarkTeaTimeOfTheSoul'' when an eagle in his house is abruptly transformed back into a fighter jet.



* Happens to [[Literature/DirkGently Dirk Gently]] at the end of ''Literature/TheLongDarkTeaTimeOfTheSoul'' when an eagle in his house is abruptly transformed back into a fighter jet.



* ''Series/HorribleHistories'': A sketch shows the marriage between [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet Edward III]] and Philippa of Hainault in the still unfinished Yorkminister. The builder is trying to remember what it is he still has to finish. He remembers it is the roof when it starts snowing.



* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' episode with Gladys Knight has the theatre's leaky roof being serviced, only to have the repair crew insist on "taking it in to the shop." Thus the gang has to deal with all sorts of bad weather climaxing with snow during the closing number.



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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' episode with Gladys Knight has the theatre's leaky roof being serviced, only to have the repair crew insist on "taking it in to the shop." Thus the gang has to deal with all sorts of bad weather climaxing with snow during the closing number.
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* In ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'' this happens to the bar Asteroid Al's at the conclusion of the [=PSmith=] arc, and despite bemoaning this fact Al, the owner of the newly open roof, has his girlfriend suggest that they put in a skylight.



* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (The One With Wall-Mart wrecking Quahog) Peter buys a tank, complete with shells. He blows the ''entire front half'' of Cleveland's house right off, leaving a cross-section view of it. Cleveland rides down the debris in his bathtub with his signature RapidFireNo, and asks Peter if he can shoot him down the towel rack so he can go get dressed.



* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (The One With Wall-Mart wrecking Quahog) Peter buys a tank, complete with shells. He blows the ''entire front half'' of Cleveland's house right off, leaving a cross-section view of it. Cleveland rides down the debris in his bathtub with his signature RapidFireNo, and asks Peter if he can shoot him down the towel rack so he can go get dressed.
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* ''Manga/CallOfTheNight'': After Susuki accidentally [[TheBerserker triggers Yamori's vampire powers]], [[PullingThemselvesTogether he reattaches his severed arm]] and tries to punch her. Unfortunately he misses and punches a hole in every floor of Nazuna's apartment building. When witnesses start asking questions later, Azami convinces them that the building collapsed due to age degradation.

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* ''Manga/CallOfTheNight'': After Susuki accidentally [[TheBerserker triggers Yamori's vampire powers]], [[PullingThemselvesTogether he reattaches his severed arm]] and tries to punch her. Unfortunately he misses and punches a hole in every floor of Nazuna's apartment building. When witnesses start asking questions later, Azami [[CleanUpCrew Azami]] convinces them that the building collapsed due to age degradation.
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* ''Manga/CallOfTheNight'': After Susuki accidentally [[TheBerserker triggers Yamori's vampire powers]], [[PullingThemselvesTogether he reattaches his severed arm]] and tries to punch her. Unfortunately he misses and punches a hole in every floor of Nazuna's apartment building. When witnesses start asking questions later, Azami convinces them that the building collapsed due to age degradation.

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* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy's battle with Arlong culminates with Luffy kicking Arlong through all the floors of his base, down to the ground level. To add insult to injury, Arlong Park collapses shortly after, leaving Arlong buried in the rubble.

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Luffy's battle with Arlong culminates with Luffy kicking Arlong through all the floors of his base, down to the ground level. To add insult to injury, Arlong Park collapses shortly after, leaving Arlong buried in the rubble.rubble.
** After two of his underlings innocently advise Kaido not to underestimate Luffy and Law (since they were able to defeat Doflamingo), Kaido grabs his [[CarryABigStick kanabo]] and [[ATwinkleInTheSky smashes the poor sops into the horizon]], leaving a large hole in the ceiling of his castle.

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* This happens all the time to the Tendo home in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', usually caused by one of Ranma's martial artist rivals. The worst incident was caused when Rouge, a Chinese woman cursed to transform into an Asura, blew away half the roof with a fireball attack.

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* This happens all In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Shigure is always complaining how people are always destroying his house whether it's Kagura bursting through a door or Kyo coming through the time to the Tendo home in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', usually caused by one of Ranma's martial artist rivals. The worst incident was caused when Rouge, a Chinese woman cursed to transform into an Asura, blew away half the roof with a fireball attack.roof.



* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Shigure is always complaining how people are always destroying his house whether it's Kagura bursting through a door or Kyo coming through the roof.

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* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Shigure is always complaining how people are always destroying his house whether it's Kagura bursting ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy's battle with Arlong culminates with Luffy kicking Arlong through a door or Kyo coming through all the roof. floors of his base, down to the ground level. To add insult to injury, Arlong Park collapses shortly after, leaving Arlong buried in the rubble.
* This happens all the time to the Tendo home in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', usually caused by one of Ranma's martial artist rivals. The worst incident was caused when Rouge, a Chinese woman cursed to transform into an Asura, blew away half the roof with a fireball attack.
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* In one episide of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (The One With Wall-Mart wrecking Quahog) Peter buys a tank, complete with shells. He blows the ''entire front half'' of Cleveland's house right off, leaving a cross-section view of it. Cleveland rides down the debris in his bathtub with his signature RapidFireNo, and asks Peter if he can shoot him down the towel rack so he can go get dressed.

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* In one episide episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (The One With Wall-Mart wrecking Quahog) Peter buys a tank, complete with shells. He blows the ''entire front half'' of Cleveland's house right off, leaving a cross-section view of it. Cleveland rides down the debris in his bathtub with his signature RapidFireNo, and asks Peter if he can shoot him down the towel rack so he can go get dressed.
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* The last scene in Stephen Spielberg's ''[[Film/NineteenFortyOne 1941]]'' is all about this trope.

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* The last scene in Stephen Spielberg's ''[[Film/NineteenFortyOne 1941]]'' ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979'' is all about this trope.

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* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Ralph breaks the Niceland apartments from above before Felix Jr. fixes them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Ralph breaks the Niceland apartments from above before Felix Jr. fixes them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Ralph breaks the Niceland apartments from above before Felix Jr. fixes them.

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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' episode with Gladys Knight has the theatre's leaky roof being serviced, only to have the repair crew insist on "taking it in to the shop". Thus the gang has to deal with all sorts of bad weather climaxing with snow during the closing number.


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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' episode with Gladys Knight has the theatre's leaky roof being serviced, only to have the repair crew insist on "taking it in to the shop." Thus the gang has to deal with all sorts of bad weather climaxing with snow during the closing number.
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