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* The Kool-Aid Man. [[http://misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics81.html OH YEAAAAHHHH!!!]] Probably justified, as most buildings' entrances are not Kool-Aid Man accessible.

* ''Webcomic/StrongFemaleProtagonist'': [[http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-1/page-17/ This page:]]

* ''Literature/ChroniclesOfNarnia'': She doesn't make any holes in the wall, but Jadis gets into a walled orchard by climbing over the wall, despite the fact that there was a gate, and it was ''unlocked'' - the point here being that she's too {{Ubermensch}} to be bound by any rules.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''

--->'''Mr Saveloy''': Ghenghiz is quite good at a certain kind of lateral thinking.\\
'''Six Beneficient Winds''': What's a lateral?\\
'''Mr Saveloy''': Er. It's a kind of muscle, I believe.\\
'''Six Beneficient Winds''': Thinking with your muscles ... Yes. I see.
* ''Literature/DocSavage''; In ''The Meteor Menace'' Doc goes through a ''ceiling'' by grabbing a rafter with one hand and punching a hole in it with the other.

* ''Literature/{{Komarr}}'': Used as a threat by Miles Vorkosigan when conducting hostage negotiations with Komarran terrorists on a space station.
-->'''Miles:''' My ''word'' is all that's keeping [=ImpSec's=] aspiring heroes from coming through your walls. They don't need doors, you know.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass R2'' has a magnificent example: when [[spoiler:the UFN council is unwilling to admit Britannia among themselves since Britannia would get absolute majority due to its population and essentially hand the world over to the Britannian Emperor]], Lelouch responds by pointing skyward. Seconds later, Suzaku crashes through the ceiling with the [[HumongousMecha Lancelot]], DualWielding [[{{BFG}} VARIS rifles]] and announcing that he "will not tolerate any insolence towards His Majesty!"

* ''Anime/CodeGeass R2'' has a magnificent example: when [[spoiler:the UFN council is unwilling to admit Britannia among themselves since Britannia would get absolute majority due to its population and essentially hand the world over to the Britannian Emperor]], Lelouch responds by pointing skyward. Seconds later, Suzaku crashes through the ceiling with the [[HumongousMecha Lancelot]], DualWielding [[{{BFG}} VARIS rifles]] and announcing that he "will not tolerate any insolence towards His Majesty!"
* In ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'''s future storyline, Munakata always seems to make his own "doors". [[spoiler:Makoto quickly realizes this isn't just personal taste -- [[JustifiedTrope his NG code forbids him to open real doors]].]]
* ''Manga/{{Dazzle}}'': When asked how he got in, Shogetsu replied, "Through the door, of course." His servant adds that it took a while, since it was a heavy door (while holding what was left of it).

** In the prequel ''Recap/StartOfDarkness'', Xykon, after being transformed into a lich, kicks off his LookWhatICanDoNow sequence by surprising Lirian this way.

* The video for ''Without Me'' has Creator/{{Eminem}} doing a ''Series/Batman1966'' style rope climb up the side of a building. When he climbs through the window, Dr. Dre walks in the door and gives an annoyed shrug.

* Lampshaded by Toad in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' when Mario enters his house through the pipe that serves as a chimney. Justified in that Mario was [[ATwinkleInTheSky thrown about 1,000 feet into the air]] and ''landed'' in his fireplace.

-->-- '''Franchise/{{Batman}}''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague [[AbridgedSeries Abridged]]''

* ''Film/BladeRunner2049''. When the Wallace Corporation are attacking Deckard's hideout, an AttackDrone fires a missile through the window, blowing up his [[FlyingCar spinner]] as he's running to it. To stop Deckard from being killed in the explosion, Officer K smashes straight through the wall and tackles him. Then a Wallace spinner flies through the broken window into the building and offloads their mooks.

* Film/JamesBond in ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}''. -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN1zp6RIkqU&t=1m08s Bond smash!!]] For context: Bond is chasing after a bomb maker through a construction site. The bomber [[LeParkour LeParkour's]] his way through a vent hole(?) near the ceiling. Bond, not nearly as agile, opts to bash his way through the dry wall.
* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow''. The protagonists are wearing PoweredArmor, so when they need to make use of an abandoned car quickly (knowing that the enemy is waiting in ambush) they just rip the doors off, which also gives them room to dive inside wearing said armor.
* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. Duke is told the bad guys are driving along the next street over, but there's no door through to them. He's told, "Make one" and so smashes through the building in his PoweredArmor.
* Iorek Byrnison in ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' film does this after getting back his armor, though in this case it's probably symbolic of him no longer being subservient to humanity (or its etiquette) since he is a [[RuleOfCool giant Ice Bear]]. Or he opted not to use the door because he knew there'd be guards pointing rifles at it.
* ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard''. An FSB Alpha Team attacks the CIA safehouse, so Jack [=McClane=] whacks a frame charge against the wall and blows a nice rectangular exit. For the rest of the movie however they just [[SoftGlass jump out the window]].

* Parodied in the final scene of ''Film/MalibusMostWanted'' when the epic battle between B-Rad's crew and the bad guys happens in the head Bad Guy's house. ''Two'' different cars smash through the wall of his house, causing him to shriek: "Doesn't anyone know where the damn ''driveway'' is?!" To add to the hilarity, Bad Guy is later seen yelling at the cops to fix the house [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas before his mother gets back.]]
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:

* Averted in ''Film/OnceBitten''

* ''Film/TheProfessional''. Léon shoots and hacks out the hotel's ventilator fan so Mathilda can do an AirVentEscape. However he's too big to follow.
* In the Creator/IanMcKellen ''Film/RichardIII'', the title character makes his BigEntrance by smashing a tank through the wall of the mansion being used by King Henry as his headquarters, followed by a squad of GasMaskMooks.

* ''Film/RoyalFlash'' (1975). Literature/{{Flashman}} makes a token attempt at waving his saber at the Afghan attackers, then tries to flee back into the fort, only to find the gates have been locked behind him. Fortunately an explosion blasts a door-shaped hole in the wall next to him.

* ''Film/SiegeOfTheDead''. The protagonist constructs a ''[[BatteringRam rammbock]]'' to break through the walls of the apartment building he's trapped in during a ZombieApocalypse.

* ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies:
** The villains in ''Film/SupermanII'' do this a lot, especially when they take over the Daily Planet office, with Lex Luthor delivering the line.
** This is a CallBack to the first movie when Superman tracks Luthor down to his hidden lair, and dramatically smashes through the wall rather than use the door, causing Lex to quip "It's open! Come in!". In the second movie, then, he's muttering to himself that not knowing how doors work seems to be a problem for Kryptonians in general.
** In the [[Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace fourth movie]], Nuclear Man is no better, although he seems to enjoy bursting through floors and ceilings suspended by [[SpecialEffectFailure incredibly obvious wires]].
* In TheFilmOfTheSeries ''Film/{{SWAT}}'', the team uses a huge grappling hook attached to a truck to smash through a house's outer wall and pull out a large chunk. This allows the team to get the drop on the crazy armed man inside. Somehow, the crazy man failed to notice the ''big truck engine roaring outside, the noise of the winch'', etc. (The original TV series was also noted for such lapses in story logic.) In this case, it is marginally excusable, however, as in addition to his HollywoodSchizophrenia the guy was as drunk as a lord.

* ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. Several goons do an explosive entry [[VisualPun right after Lori tells Quaid he's really blown it now]].

* Occurs at one point in ''[[Literature/TheRiftwarCycle Shards of a Broken Crown]]'', when Tomas breaks into the temple of the BigBad. His companions comment:

* Happens four times in Blitzo's office in the fourth episode of ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''. While Loona points out the door would be easier the first time, the fourth time results in Blitzo yelling at everybody to stop breaking his walls as he'd be having Moxxie fix it all. In the same episode, Blitzo jumps through a window to convince his target to go through with suicide while Moxxie and Millie enter through the door next to said window.

-->'''Biltzo:''' Satan's asscrack! Enough with the wall shit! WE HAVE A ''DOOR!''

* Happens four times in Blitzo's office in the fourth episodes of ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''. While Loona points out the door would be easier the first time, the fourth time results in Blitzo yelling at everybody to stop breaking his walls as he'd be having Moxxie fix it all. In the same episode, Blitzo jumps through a window to convince his target to go through with suicide while Moxxie and Millie enter through the door next to said window.

* There is a ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode where the title [[TheMillstone millstone]] dreams of being a swashbuckling hero. He breaks through the door to meet the {{Distressed Damsel}}s, then closes ''a second door in the same frame'' and breaks through it.

--> '''Joy''': Next time, use the driveway!

* In ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', Nice blows up the wall of a warehouse when coming to Jacuzzi's rescue. "But Nice, the entrance was right there, why did you blow up the wall?" "Why did she blow up the wall? What kind of stupid question is that? Boss likes blowing things up, so she blew up the wall!"

* Sōsuke from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' tends to do this. In one instance, he ends up blasting a hole in the wall to get to the classroom next door... Instead of, you know, using the door. When asked ''why'' [[FishOutOfWater he responds that it's more efficient this way]], which [[ChildSoldier from his point of view]] is entirely true: On an actual battlefield, using the door is generally a ''very'' poor idea since they're natural chokepoints.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': After taking shelter in a ruined skyscraper, Akira thinks to himself that his pursuer really should have used the stairs, when having to jump away from the floor being blown out from under him.

* [[StuffBlowingUp Rebecca Reed]] in ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' tends to blast through doors rather than opening them. Even in her own headquarters.

** In an ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour''/''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' crossover, Ultimate Reed Richards finds himself trapped in the Marvel Zombie universe with Magneto and a handful of human survivors. They are found by the rest of the Ultimate Fantastic Four and hurry to escape the building. Ben heroically breaks down a wall so they can get out and Reed points out that the door was right there.

* ''LightNovel/BanishedFromTheHerosParty'': When Red goes to the ancient elf ruins, he finds that the door inside has been smashed through. He knows exactly who did it, and laments that they could have just used the mechanisms to open the door normally, something he knows they're capable of since they had gone through such ruins together before.

** Ryōga Hibiki is just as often guilty of this as well but considering that this is [[NoSenseOfDirection Ryōga]] he can be excused because he [[JustifiedTrope couldn't find the door.]]
** Ryū Kumon, from the late manga, also walks through walls (he's just that strong) in order to intimidate people. Worse, he breaks through ''an entire wing'' of walls at Fûrinkan High School, ''from the ground floor and up to the third floor'', completely ignoring the stairs and the doors. Ranma's classmates even feel the tremors and think it is an earthquake.

** ''ComicBook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'': When Spider-Man and Superman break into Comicbook/LexLuthor and Comicbook/DoctorOctopus' lair, Spidey sneaks in the place, but Supes directly bursts through the main door.

** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1984/03/25 Tired of the mess]] Garfield and Odie were making, Jon opened the door and told them to go outside. They jumped through the window. Berating his pets, Jon told them to use the door next time. Of course, they did so -- breaking through the closed door while reentering. Jon sarcastically thanked them.

--->''The windows exploded, showering the whole store with glass. "Freeze!" a stallion barked as a griffon and three lightly armored ponies charged into the building, only one of them having the civility to actually go through the front door.''

** In the flashback showing just how macho "El Macho" was, said MachoLatino exits from a bar through the wall.

* Agent Delacroix in the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' tale [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/pulsar-chapter-3-the-trail Pulsar]]. He was delivering flash drives.

* Inverted completely in one ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' comic where ComicBook/SilverSable has ''The Daily Bugle'' contact Spidey to ask to meet with him. Spidey decides to be direct, and simply go to the office waiting room of the Symkarian Embassy; eventually, Silver comes out, upset because he's scaring away her appointments, and asks, "Don't you usually come in through the window?"

** In the first issue of ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1972 Supergirl Vol 1]]'', Supergirl is trying to prevent a murder and she is running out of time, so she flies through a wall to save the would-be victim.
** In the first issue of ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 Supergirl Vol 2]]'', Kara flies in a factory through a smokestack and bursting through a furnace's hatch.

* A RunningGag in ''ComicBook/RadioactiveMan'' is that the titular character insists on breaking through a wall every time he enters or leaves a room. Even if he's already made a hole.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/StrokerAndHoop'', [[TokenBlackFriend Coroner Rick]] thought Hoop's mom killed herself in prison, so he tried to climb the fence with barbed wire at the top to get into the yard. he's standing about two feet from a guard on his left and a door on his right.