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* In the ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' anime it become a RunningGag that people keep destroying HaremNanny Shigure's house, and he says this line at least once when someone bursts through the screen. In Shigure's case, he's probably good-naturedly remarking on that very fact. Kagura is later shown spending most of the night trying (and failing) to fix the screen after she wrecks it even more than usual.

** A ''classic'' example, where Orpheus opens a ''portal'' on the ''ceiling'' of the room Doc is stuck in (don't ask) and falls onto the floor covered in ectoplasm, causing Doc to yell "WE HAVE A DOOR, Orpheus!"

* In ''{{Smallville}}'', [[{{Superman}} Clark]] does this on occasion, but you are not an evil kryptonian if you break down every door you see.
** ''Absolute Justice, Part 1'': {{Hawkman}} smashes through the windows of the Watchtower to dump Oliver in front of Chloe.

* On ''{{Friends}}'' Chandler apologises to Monica for an argument by proposing. Monica assures him he didn't need to propose and asks what he'd have done if she'd said yes. and Chandler says he would have been happy, or "there would have been a Chandler shaped hole in that wall."

* ''{{Series/Highlander}}'' had Richie crash through the second-floor window of an abandoned warehouse on his motorcycle,from the second floor. Justified,probably...he was immortal by then and a sword-swinging immortal was after him.
* A ''ForeverKnight'' episode had a perp do a window jump once after Nick vamped out at him...but Nick used his vampire speed to grab him before he fell. He, unlike Angel in,the earlier example, does *not* have that pesky uninvited vampire problem.

* ''FanFic/DoubleRainboom'': Was smashing through the ceiling really necessary, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]]?

* ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/386773 Dad's at Work]]'' is this trope.

What makes it funnier? Once he gives up on fixing the picture window (which at that point was getting smashed in seemingly [[OnceAnEpisode every other.]] [[ForMeItWasTuesday Tuesday]], he just boarded it up with cheap particle board. From that point on, ''nobody ever tried to break into the house again''.

* ''{{Series/Highlander}}'' had Richie crash through the second-floor window of an abandoned warehouse on his motorcycle,from the second floor. Justified,probably...je was immortal by then and a sword-swinging immortal was after him.

* Glory, a big bad in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', decided to make an entrance by ripping out the entire ''wall''. Relatedly, bad guys liked to smash through the windows all the time. Thank goodness Xander develops carpentry skills. Oddly, despite repeated instances, the windows are never armored. To his credit, Xander does eventually realize the futility of repairing windows that were smashed through on a weekly basis and just gives up.\\\
What makes it funnier? Once he gives up on fixing the picture window (which at that point was getting smashed in seemingly every other [[OnceAnEpisode Tuesday]], he just boarded it up with cheap particle board. From that point on, ''nobody ever tried to break into the house again''.

-->''(The [[UpToEleven ''entire'' wall]] the villain's behind lifts up like a curtain)''

** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one episode where a Hollywood producer making a movie starring the girls has a breakaway wall ready for them to smash through.

** Not to mention the fact that, after jumping through a window, he kept returning into the house where Mandy and Grim were still dressed as [[MonsterClown clowns]] (in an attempt to scare out Billy's fear of them), apparently having forgotten why he ran away in the first place. He'd then see them again and repeat the process.
** Given his comment during that gag, he actually forgot ''where'' he ran away from.

* Invoked by accident in ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'': Ray and Debra suddenly hear a loud noise approaching their house... Seconds later, a car comes blazing into the living room and totals the front entrance of their house. The car stops, and two people get out- [[spoiler:Frank]], who was just an unwitting passenger, and the real culprit [[spoiler:-- ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Marie.]]'']] The poor woman hit the gas at just the wrong time.

* In ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', there's an augmentation which lets the player [[DynamicEntry punch through walls]]. If a guard is positioned behind it, Adam (the protagonist) will snap the guard's neck in the process.

* Rainbow Dash of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' likes to do this every so often, bursting in from windows or dropping through the roof. [[HowToSucceedInEvil Not always intentionally, though.]]

** He does it so often, in fact, that Jimmy once caught him with the "bucket over the door" gag by putting the bucket over a random spot in the wall, which Supes of course [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=28&Itemid=45&limitstart=152 broke right through.]]

** He does it so often, in fact, that Jimmy once caught him with the "bucket over the door" gag by putting the bucket over a random spot in the wall, which Supes of course broke right through.

Oftentimes this is committed because they forgot that WeHaveTheKeys. See also ImpactSilhouette (ManShapedHole), BulletholeDoor, DungeonBypass, SuperWindowJump, EnterStageWindow, CarMeetsHouse and TheExitIsThatWay. Compare BarrierBustingBlow. When going through the wall (rather than the door) is actually the ''easier'' solution, MyopicArchitecture may be in play.

* On Friends Chandler apologises to Monica for an argument by proposing. Monica assures him he didn't need to propose and asks what he'd have done if she'd said yes. and Chandler says he would have been happy, or "there would have been a Chandler shaped hole in that wall."

* ''Franchise/GIJoe'', during the "Arise Serpentor, Arise" arc. In his attempt to arrest every one of his treacherous underlings, Cobra Commander blows up a perfectly functional door in order to make a flashy entrance.

Oftentimes this is committed because they forgot that WeHaveTheKeys. See also ImpactSilhouette (ManShapedHole), BulletholeDoor, DungeonBypass, SuperWindowJump, EnterStageWindow, CarMeetsHouse and TheExitIsThatWay. Compare BarrierBustingBlow.

* Done in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tI4CbCniBI this Old Spice Odor Blocker Body Wash commercial]].