History Main / ThisIsMySide

** The episode "Men Are Messy", in which Lucy -- fed up with cleaning up after a careless Ricky -- divides their apartment with masking tape and tells him to look after his own half.

* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al Bundy took a vacation without leaving home, by cordoning off the couch area, ignoring everything going on in the rest of the house, and faking it. "I'm sorry, the captain's turned on the 'No Peg' sign."

* In the ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'' episode "Divided we Stand", Harold and Albert divide the house in two. Even the TV gets divided between them.

* Spoofed in the "Divorce" episode of ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'': the Prevort family is separating, and they've drawn a huge white line down the middle of the house (we only see the living room). When one of the children points out that the fridge is on the mother's side, the father starts to reconsider.

--->'''Horatio Caine''': And this is how divorce... goes high-tech.
* On ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', Earl is married to Billie in [[HappyPlace a coma fantasy]] based on the {{Dom Com}}s he watched during childhood. During the ClipShow at the end of the coma, Earl reminisces about their first fight, which involved dividing the house in half.

* A ''Magazine/{{Nickelodeon Magazine}}'' issue had listed several annoying songs to sing in the car. One of them was to the tune of ''Oh My Darling, Clementine'', and was all about this trope.
-->''In the back seat, down the middle,\\

that is yours and this is mine.''\\

* The {{UST}} couple in ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'' spend the movie hanging a blanket (the Wall of Jericho) between the beds in their hotel/motel rooms for privacy.

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-->'''Asuka''' (to Shinji): "This is the unbreakable wall of Jericho! Cross this line and I'll scream rape!"\\
'''Asuka''' (to Rei): "This is the unbreakable wall of Jericho! You -will not- cross it!"
-->'''Rei:''' "That wall... was broken."
-->'''Asuka:''' "Fine! An even bigger wall! The Great Wall!"
-->'''Rei:''' "That too, is broken."
-->'''Asuka:''' "...this here is my Absolute Territory ''(as in [[DeflectorShield AT-field]])''! You -will not- cross it!"
-->'''Rei:''' ''(nods)''

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--> '''Official''': Is the purpose of your visit business or pleasure?
--> '''Benny''': Business.
--> '''Wife''': I think he means pleasure.
--> '''Benny''': You'll find ''I mean business''.

* Spoofed in the "Divorce" episode of YouCantDoThatOnTelevision: the Prevort family is separating, and they've drawn a huge white line down the middle of the house (we only see the living room). When one of the children points out that the fridge is on the mother's side, the father starts to reconsider.

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* Parodied in one ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' comic strip, when some of the characters start arbitrarily painting lines across the local meadow, cutting off one person each time: "This is ''our'' 'state'! Stay out of our 'county'/'town'/'house'!" Then only two of them are left and they're standing on a hilltop - with no room left for further lines. "You're violating my personal space." Cue the shoving match.
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** One arc has Calvin deciding to become a tiger, then finding out that tigers are territorial. He uses a boulder to define the boundary between his and Hobbes' territory, then brags about how much better his side is. Hobbes then rolls the boulder over toward Calvin and declares that "your side is smaller."
** Calvin and Hobbes bickered in the back seat of Calvin's parent's car once.
** They once had divided parts in Calvin's bed, with a demilitarized zone in the middle.
* In ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'', Mike and Dee's downstairs neighbours complain that there are toys all over the entrance hall, so Mike puts down a line of tape and says they'll keep their stroller, tricycles, etc. on one side and the Kelpfroths can keep their side as tidy as they like.
* Parodied in a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip where he instead just paints a circle around Jon's feet. "If you need me, I'll be in my kitchen."

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* The first argument in Creator/BillCosby's routine "To My Brother Russell, Whom I Slept With" between a young Bill and Russell is over what constitutes Bill's side of the bed that they're sharing. It becomes a BrickJoke when, after their father forces them to stand up all night instead of sleeping, Bill tries to claim part of the floor.
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* There is a song about it in ''Literature/KissOfTheSpiderWoman''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} The Musical'' has a good one, at around the same time as Donkey's example above... but it's not Donkey saying it this time.
-->'''Shrek:''' I'm gonna build me a wall. A perfect place to hide.\\
Hey, world, stay on your side!
* In ''Theatre/{{Zemsta}}'' they have an actual stone wall.
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-->'''Tycho:''' The fridge is on your side!
-->'''Gabe:''' So is God.
* Occurred once in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' ... in an infinite featureless void.

* The cherubs do this in ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}''. Not with a line, because since they're a SplitPersonality there's no way to ensure the other respects it, but with leg irons that stretch a bit over half way across the room, and that only the personality that puts them on can unlock. The zone reached by both chains is neutral territory.

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* Episode 11 of ''Machinima/FreemansMind'' references this. After he hops over a laser tripwire, a Vortigaunt spawns on the other side of it. After killing it, he shouts:
-->''Gordon''': "Stay on your side of the line! My roommate in college used to do the same thing. Your side is the one where everyone is dead and there are no exits. My side is the one filled with hope, love and submachine guns."
* Used in Djy's video adaption of ''FanFic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences''. [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] uses this on John Freeman, but he gets bored after 3 seconds and shoots her with a RPG.

--->'''Skeeter:''' Hey everybody, this is never going to work. Don't you see? All this dividin' up the town, it's just ridiculous. What we really should be doing, is just beatin' the hell out of each other like we were.
--->'''Randy:''' He's right. Boy, do I feel like a fool.
--->(both sides instantly revert to their usual behaviour and begin a mass brawl)

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{CatDog}}'', Cat and Dog once took this to the extreme by physically sawing all their possessions in half, including their house.

--> '''Cyborg''': You can't [[RealityBreakingParadox divide tape with tape!]] You created a paradox!
--> '''Robin''': [[NoYou No, YOU did!]]

* In WesternAnimation/DanVs The Ski Trip, Dan and Elise get SnowedIn a cabin together, so Dan divides the cabin in half, going so for as to declare his side Dantopia.

-->'''Mr. Pteranodon''': See this line? Ha! Well, these are my trees. You cannot eat them. This side is Pteranodon Terrace! Okay?! Come on, kids.

* This is ''[[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Steven Universe's]]'' solution when Lapis feels her living with Peridot in a large barn isn't going to work out. [[LampshadeHanging He notes that he's seen this on TV before, though never got to see how it worked out]].

* ''Series/TheXFiles''. In "Never Again" Scully complains that she has to share Mulder's desk. Mulder responds that there's no room in their cramped basement for two desks anyway. Scully is pissed off at this (and because Mulder is acting like a patronizing JerkAss) and continues to remain so throughout the episode, engaging in a number of OutOfCharacter behaviors like getting a tattoo and engaging in a one night stand. At the end of the episode Mulder says, "I don't understand...all this over a desk?" Scully just replies: "Not everything is about you, Mulder." [[spoiler:The truth is Scully had just discovered she had cancer.]]

If two characters that don't like each other, or who happen to be angry with each other at the moment, live in one house or apartment, one of them will be eventually seen painting a white line in the middle of the residence, explaining: "This is my side; this is yours. Don't go on my part!" Naturally, it's SeriousBusiness.

* A story in ''ComicBook/WhatIf: PlanetHulk'' had a one-man version; Hulk lands on the planet the Illuminati wanted him to land on in the first place. Bruce Banner cobbles together a radio to try and get off the planet, but Hulk decides he likes it there so he smashes the radio, which leads to a back-and-forth war of Bruce and Hulk screwing each other over. Eventually Hulk wakes up and sees that Bruce pulled this trope.

-->'''Asuka''' (to Shinji): "This is the unbreakable wall of Jericho! Cross this line and I'll scream rape!"
-->'''Asuka''' (to Rei): "This is the unbreakable wall of Jericho! You -will not- cross it!"

-->--'''Stark''', ''Series/{{Farscape}}''

* A ''Nickelodeon Magazine'' issue had listed several annoying songs to sing in the car. One of them was to the tune of ''Oh My Darling, Clementine'', and was all about this trope.

* WorldOfWarcraft: Put Horde and Alliance in the same city, and you end up with this. If it's a sanctuary city where noone can attack each other, then there will be mages that teleport you out of the side you aren't supposed to be on.

--> '''Cyborg''': "You can't [[RealityBreakingParadox divide tape with tape!]] You created a paradox!"
--> '''Robin''': "[[NoYou No, YOU did!]]"

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'', Nikki and Caitlin split their working sides in the mall in "[[FeudEpisode Fish And Make Up]]". [[PottyEmergency This ends up causing problems for the latter later on, due to the washrooms being on the former's side of the mall.]]

* In ''[[Literature/MacdonaldHall The War with Mr. Wizzle]]'' by the same author: After Bruno and Boots have a fight, Bruno divvies up the room and refuses to talk to Boots. (He does permit him to use the bathroom, though.)

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8730465/5/C-est-La-Vie C'est La Vie]]'' an alternate universe's Literature/Harry Potter is such a JerkAss that the Gryffindor boys' dorm was split down the middle "on the first night of the first week of the first month of our first year here," as Neville Longbottom (aka that universe's Boy-Who-Lived) puts it.

* A rare serious example occurs in Creator/RupertGrint's ''Film/IntoTheWhite'', a WorldWarII film with an EnemyMine plot. See it in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3FZNHumVCs the trailer]].

* Done in an episode of ''Sesame Tree'', the Northern Irish version of ''Series/SesameStreet''. The two characters realise that dividing the room is silly, and they should learn how to share it. [[TheTroubles Clearly no analogy intended there.]]

* Suiseiseki in ''RozenMaiden'', who initially dislikes Jun, draws an obviously biased one in his room.

* Donkey did this with ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'''s Swamp.

* This is ''[[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Steven Universe's]]'' solution when Lapis feels her living with Peridot in a large barn isn't going to work out.

* During her time on TheFundayPawpetShow, Liesl would often use this phrase to try to get Poink to stay on the other side of the stage. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGHOUCj5HxI In this clip from the 2008 Christmas in July episode]] Yappy puts up the tried and true white line down the center of the stage.