History Main / TrespassingToTalk

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':

* Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse: In ''[[Literature/StarWarsAhsoka Ahsoka]]'', the title character, with R2-D2's help, sneaks onto the ''Tantive IV'' while it's in space, and consequently nearly gives Bail Organa a heart attack when he enters his office and switches on the light to find her sitting at his desk.

** Shadow Weaver sneaks into Adora’s room in the end of Season 2. Adora doesn’t get to know if the witch wants to attack her or just talk, because Shadow Weaver passes out.

** During Season 4, Catra enters Hordak’s sanctum whenever she pleases and sits on his worktable. Hordak is forced to tolerate her because she can rip off [[AchillesHeel the power source of his armor]], leaving him defenseless; however, after a while, he seems to actually enjo the irconversations, since he has no one else to talk after Entrapta’s disappearing. (That probably has something to do with StockholmSyndrome too.) With Double Trouble, however, Hordak is not so tolerant.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sakana}}'', we have a character woken by a phone call... only to find the caller (a loan shark) [[ShortDistancePhoneCall sitting at the foot of their bed]].

*** "Upstairs/Downstairs" sees Dex's friend Julie end up on the fatal end of this as she enters her apartment and is abruptly killed by some of Fisk's henchmen who are inside posing as painters.

** Shadow Weaver barges into Adora's room at the end of Season 2. Adora doesn't get to know if she did to attack her or just to talk, because Shadow Weaver passes out.
** Entrapta never understands well what is personal space or private property, so in the Fright Zone she visits every room and picks up whatever she please, thanks to the ventilation tubs. Despite Catra's warnings, Entrapta make a point of sneaking into Hordak's sanctum to pick up a very necessary tool, but ends up fixing one of his inventions without his permission, infuriating him... initially.
** During Season 4, Catra enters Hordak's sanctum wherever she please and makes a point of sitting on his worktable as he works. He is forced to tolerate her because she can rip off [[AchillesHeel the crystal that powers up his armor]], leaving him defenseless; however, after a while, he seems to actually be enjoying the conversations since he has no-one else to talk to after Entrapta's disappearing. (It probably has to do with StockholmSyndrome, too.) With Double Trouble, however, Hordak is not so tolerant.

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* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': In chapter 7 Kaworu returned to his home late and discovered that his ex-boyfriend had done this. Kaworu's reaction to Saburo saying "You're late" was: "What do you care and what are you doing in my home?"
* ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'': In chapter 9, school janitor Hisao Yamaki is coming home after work, only to discover [[spoiler:Kaji]] sitting in the darkness of his living room to inquire about some sensitive data. Said data being the reason why Yamaki has been into hiding for the past fifteen years, this visit is quite the unpleasant surprise for him.
* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': In chapter 8's omake, Asuka walks into her apartment and finds Touji, unwelcome and uninvited, waiting for her in the kitchen to blackmail her.
* ''Fanfic/AloneTogether'': When Shego decides to turn herself in, she sneaks into Global Justice HQ and waits in Dr. Director's office until she shows up, then negotiates an arrangement where she's taken into custody without a public announcement so that Kim doesn't try to contact her.

* Subverted in ''Fanfic/SPlusDEqualsK''. It ''seems'' like that's what happened, but in actuality, Gemini had been there for over a day tormenting and mutating Drew.
* One story in ''Fanfic/TheDaysofReckoningAreUponUs'' deconstructs Nick Fury doing this in Iron Man; upon returning home to find a stranger hiding in his house in the dark, Tony Stark, who had recently been attacked in his own home, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome shoots Fury.]]

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* ''Film/BillionDollarBrain''. Harry Palmer confronts a man searching his apartment at gunpoint and tells him to put his hands up. He does, [[EvilIsPetty spilling the cornflakes packet he was searching all over the floor]]. It turns out to be his former boss from British Intelligence come to [[GotVolunteered recruit Palmer for a job]].
-->'''Palmer:''' Colonel Ross... You're under arrest.
-->'''Ross:''' Palmer, before I came I took the trouble of getting a D-72 authorization, an A-410, and a search warrant from the Metropolitan Police.
-->'''Palmer:''' Oh. ''(puts gun away)''
** Later when Palmer is in a hotel in Latvia, [[RoomDisservice someone brings in a meal he hasn't ordered]], only for him to turn out to be an [[ChummyCommies old acquaintance from the KGB]].

** Our introduction to Craig-Bond in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' involves a corrupt SIS station chief encountering Bond in his office. [[UnderestimatingBadassery He's not impressed]], assuming Bond is engaging in theatrics to scare him into a confession, and that Bond isn't going to kill him. [[TooDumbToLive He's wrong.]]

-->'''Zukovsky:''' Who are you, and how did you get in? I'll call security and congratulate them. Drink?
* ''Film/KickAss''.

** Deciding to reveal his SecretIdentity to his girlfriend, Dave does an EnterStageWindow. Despite being a Kick Ass fan, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome she reacts the way you'd expect]] if a masked intruder suddenly appeared in your bedroom, attacking Dave with hair spray and a tennis racket until he's able to take off his mask.

*** The scene was parodied on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' where Tony questioned why Nick broke in only to discover that "Nick" was actually a burglar.
** Nick does this again in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and makes the implication to Cap that he's skilled at breaking and entering. However, Nick is also badly injured and has broken into Cap's house to warn him that SHIELD is compromised.
** Justified in ''Film/AntMan1'' when Darren Cross surprises Hank Pym at his home. At first it looks like Cross suspects his plans and is trying to scare Hank off or figure out what he's up to, [[spoiler:but Cross later admits he was intending to murder Hank but was unwilling to go through with it on [[EvenEvilHasStandards realising his daughter was in the house.]]]]

* ''Film/DevilInABlueDress''. "Easy" Rawlins is ''furious'' when [=DeWitt=] Albright and his thugs do this, as he's ''very'' proud of his house.
* ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''. [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] is going around recruiting for the Justice League. [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]] is shown unlocking the padlock on a steel door and entering his secret lair, only to find Bruce sitting inside when he turns on the lights.
-->'''Bruce:''' Barry Allen. (''{{beat}}'') Bruce Wayne.\\
'''Barry:''' You said that like it explains why there's a total stranger sitting in the dark ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking in my second favorite chair!]]''
** Later Wonder Woman casually strolls into the Batcave to have a word with Bruce.
-->'''Bruce:''' I spent millions on this building's security.
-->'''Diana:''' Yeah, it ''looked'' expensive.
* ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow''. When Joe (Sky Captain) returns to his dark office, he's surprised by a voice coming from the shadows. He pulls out his pistol and turns a desk light toward the intruder. He's surprised to discover that it's his old girlfriend Polly Perkins. She got in by talking with Dex, one of Sky Captain's subordinates.

* In ''Film/TheWalkingDead1936'', whatever strange force that enables Ellman to know who was responsible for his FrameUp also compels him to visit them and ask them why. As a result, both Smith and Merritt are startled to find Ellman in their homes asking them questions. Neither of them feels like talking.

* ''Literature/ADesolationCalledPeace'': The insubordinate captain Sixteen Moonrise lets herself into Mahit's quarters to have a conversation away from her commanding officer. Having survived a traumatic assassination attempt under similar circumstances, Mahit walks in, sees her, and immediately tackles her.

* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': ''Literature/CatchingFire'':

* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'':
** In ''[[Literature/StarWarsAhsoka Ahsoka]]'', the title character, with [=R2-D2's=] help, sneaks onto the ''Tantive IV'' while it's in space, and consequently nearly gives Bail Organa a heart attack when he enters his office and switches on the light to find her sitting at his desk.

* In the first novel ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'' does this to DaChief of the Special Corps and finds himself looking down the muzzle of a HandCannon. As both of them are [[BoxedCrook former criminals turned Special Corp agents]], they take it in stride. Later the Rat burglaries the home of a corrupt politician and finds numerous blackmail material, so for PerpSweating effect he waits till the politician comes home and confronts him with the evidence while [[BlingOfWar dressed as an admiral]], pretending he's come to arrest the man.

* ''Series/TheBoys2019''

* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'':
** ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}:''

--->'''Elektra Natchios:''' Would you believe it if I said I missed you?\\

** ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': In "AKA 1000 Cuts", Kilgrave breaks into Jessica's apartment to threaten her into giving over his father in exchange for Hope being spared.
** ''Series/LukeCage2016'':

--->'''Hernan "Shades" Alvarez:''' [[LampshadeHanging You really need a security system]].

** ''Series/IronFist2017'': After Rand Enterprises board member Lawrence Wilkins orchestrates a boardroom coup to oust Danny Rand, plus Joy and Ward Meachum, Harold decides to do something about it. Harold and his bodyguard Kevin Singleton sit in chairs in Lawrence's office, waiting for Lawrence to come back (taking advantage of the building security being offline for maintenance reasons). Lawrence is surprised since Harold has technically been dead for thirteen years. Harold attempts to blackmail Lawrence into reinstating Joy and Ward to the board of directors by showing him compromising photographs that Joy had hired Jessica Jones to take, showing Lawrence being loaded into a police car as well as documentation of Lawrence's prostitution and embezzling. Harold offers for Lawrence to take his own life in exchange for his reputation being left intact. When Lawrence says no, Harold shoots him in the head, plants the gun in his hand, and leaves the damning evidence on his desk.
* ''[[Series/{{Mash}} M*A*S*H]]'':

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''
** Section 31 officer Sloan's preferred method of meeting/recruiting Bashir seems to be waiting in a chair by Bashir's bed, in the dark, until he wakes up. [[spoiler:This one predictable trait proves his undoing when Bashir sets up a forcefield trap.]]
** Alleged intelligence operative Garak has a habit of doing this to Bashir as well.
** Constable Odo, usually involving him disguised as an object in the room. In "A Man Alone", an old enemy frames Odo for a [[LockedRoomMystery locked room murder]], because as a shapeshifter he can turn into a liquid form and enter via the cracks in the door. Odo confronts the culprit by disguising himself as a chair in his locked quarters, and when he demands to know how Odo got inside, responds sarcastically, "Oh, I think you know."
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''
** During the first season episode "A Taste of Armageddon", Kirk escapes captivity and waits in his captor's office to have a calm (albeit at gunpoint) conversation about the reasons for Kirk's imprisonment.
** The same thing happens in "Errand of Mercy". Unfortunately due to the {{Big Brother|Is Watching}} nature of the Klingon military, the [[JustYouAndMeAndMyGuards commander's own office is under surveillance]].
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Someone breaks into Harry Kim's room, a sinister shadow appears over his sleeping body... It's Tom Paris, who wants his best buddy to [[NotSoDire check out his new holodeck program]].

* In ''Film/TronLegacy'', Alan does this to Sam early on with the excuse that Sam wasn't answering his phone. Sam at least pretends not to care about Alan barging in.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E12WhatYouNeed What You Need]]". When Mr. Pedott arrives home at his apartment, he enters and [[LightswitchSurprise turns on the light. When he does, he discovers]] that Mr. Renard has broken into his room and is waiting in a chair to talk to him.

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* Batman pulls this on Amanda Waller in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode "The Doomsday Sanction"--while she's ''stepping out of the shower'', no less. Notably, Waller shows no signs of being intimidated by Batman in the least and is able to defend her viewpoints enough that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he leaves without a]] StealthHiBye or trying to get the last word in. He later does this again ''within the CADMUS Headquarters'', to force her and CADMUS to reexamine their business relationship with Lex Luthor.

** Shadow Weaver barged into Adora’s room at the end of Season 2. Adora didn’t get to know if she would attack her or just to talk, because Shadow Weaver passed out.
** Entrapta never understood well what was personal space or private property, so in the Fright Zone she visited every room and picked up whatever she pleased, thanks to the ventilation tubs. Despite Catra’s warnings, Entrapta made a point of sneaking into Hordak’s sanctum to pick, up a very necessary tool, but ended up fixing one of his inventions without his permission, infuriating him... initially.
** During Season 4, Catra entered Hordak’s sanctum wherever she pleased and made a point of sitting on his worktable as he worked. He was forced to tolerate her because she could rip off [[AchillesHeel the crystal that powered up his armor]], leaving him defenseless; however, after a while, he seemed to actually be enjoying the conversations since he had no one else to talk to after Entrapta’s disappearing. (It probably had to do with StockholmSyndrome, too.) With Double Trouble, however, Hordak was not so tolerant.

* Batman pulls this on Amanda Waller in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode "The Doomsday Sanction". Notably, Waller shows no signs of being intimidated by Batman in the least and is able to defend her viewpoints enough that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Batman leaves without a]] StealthHiBye or trying to get the last word in, ''while she's stepping out of the shower.'' He later does this again ''within the CADMUS Headquarters'' too, to force her and CADMUS to reexamine their business relationship with Lex Luthor.

** At the beginning of ''ComicBook/TheGreatPhantomPeril'', Superman returns to his apartment and finds a stranger has slipped in his home while he was away.

* Rorscharch in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' frequently does this, both to his friends and enemies (in one case, leaving a RightBehindYou message in the victim's fridge). A RunningGag has him [[WithFriendsLikeThese breaking the lock on his friend Dan's door]] to do so.

* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': In chapter 8's omake Asuka walks into her apartment and finds Touji, unwelcome and uninvited, waiting for her in the kitchen to blackmail her.

* Subverted in ''Fanfic/SPlusDEqualsK''. It ''seems'' like that's what happened, but in actuality Gemini had been there for over a day tormenting and mutating Drew.

-->'''Palmer:''' Colonel Stok. It's the first time I've ever had a [[RoomDisservice Russian spy on room service]].

* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', the Joker manages to sneak into a heavily guarded meeting of mob bosses, and makes an offer to kill Batman for them.

** Nick does this again in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and makes the implication to Cap that he's skilled at breaking and entering. However, Nick is also badly injured, and has broken into Cap's house to warn him that SHIELD is compromised.

* In ''Film/{{Vicki}}'', Steve wakes up to find Lt. Cornell sitting is his bedroom waiting to interrogate/threaten him.
* In ''Film/TheWalkingDead1936'', whatever strange force that enables Ellman to know who was responsible for his FrameUp also compels him to visit them and ask them why. As a result, both Smith and Merritt are startled to find Ellman in their homes asking them questions. Neither of them feel like talking.

** Oliver Queen in his guise of a hooded vigilante introduces himself to Laurel Lance by appearing in her darkened apartment at night and even [[YouWouldntShootMe walking right up to the gun she's holding on him]]. He was taking a hell of a risk--not only of being shot but also of [[ClarkKenting Laurel recognising him]]. Needless to say The Arrow does a lot of this trope when confronting criminals as well (who are less reluctant to shoot at him).

* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': In "Expenses," Daniel Wormald enters his darkened house, in which he has installed a very elaborate security system to prevent break-ins in light of his previous dealings with Nacho Varga...only to find Nacho calmly sitting on his living room couch. Nacho demands that Daniel supply him with some empty pill capsules (which he plans to swap with Hector's meds so as to induce a heart attack in Hector). All the while, Daniel expresses disbelief that someone could bypass his deadbolt locks and security system. But after they conclude their business, the camera focuses on Daniel for a moment, and then pans over to Nacho as he leaves the house...by way of the kitchen's unlocked and unprotected sliding glass door. Later, when Daniel wonders how Nacho could have defeated his security system, Mike mentions that all Nacho would have had to do was to disconnect the phone line.

* PlayedForLaughs on ''Series/CornerGas''. Local cop Davis is trying to get two of his friends to purchase a home security system. One day, they wake up to find him standing over their bed with a tray. He cheerfully informs them that he could've been a burgular bringing them breakfast. They buy the system just so he'll leave.

*** Mariah Dillard's brownstone is not really well secured. As a result, criminal associates tend to let themselves in uninvited to the point it's a RunningGag. The first instance is in "Manifest," when Shades visits to chide Mariah for letting her family's reputation fall so far. Then it happens twice in "Soliloquy of Chaos": first, Diamondback does it when he visits to provide her with a satchel of seed money for her projects. Later in the episode, Shades lets himself in through the the back door again, having foiled Zip's attempt to kill him on Diamondback's orders.

* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. In "Everest Was Also Conquered", Bodie and Doyle visit the house of a CorruptCorporateExecutive to question him about some murders, but are forced to leave with egg on their face (or rather, a [[FoodSlap glassfull of Scotch]]). When they return at the end of the episode to arrest him, they make a point of gatecrashing his party just to piss him off.

** Section 31 officer Sloan's preferred method of meeting/recruiting Bashir seems to be waiting in a chair by Bashir's bed, in the dark, until he wakes up. [[spoiler:This one predictable trait proves his undoing, when Bashir sets up a forcefield trap.]]

* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' : In "Today is The Day Part Two" John is waiting in Jessie's hotel room.

** Shadow Weaver barged into Adora’s room in the end of Season 2. Adora didn’t get to know if she would attack her or just to talk, because Shadow Weaver passed out.
** Entrapta never understood welll what was personal space or private property, so in the Fright Zone she visited every room and picked up whatever she pleased, thanks to the ventilation tubs. Despite Catra’s warnings, Entrapta made a point of sneaking into Hordak’s sanctum to pick, up a very necessary tool, but ended up fixing one of his inventions without his permission, infuriating him... initially.
** During Season 4, Catra entered Hordak’s sanctum wherever she pleased and made a point of sitting on his worktable as he worked. He was forced to tolerate her because she could rip off [[AchillesHeel the crystal that powered up his armor]], leaving him defenseless; however, after a while, he seemed to actually enjoying the conversations since he had no one else to talk after Entrapta’s disappearing. (It probably had to do with StockholmSyndrome, too.) With Double Trouble, however, Hordak was not so tolerant.

** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16ThisYearsGirl This Year's Girl]]", Giles comes home and finds the light switch doesn't work. A man then turns on a desk lamp, to reveal the Watcher's Council has sent a wet-work team to deal with [[RogueAgent rogue slayer]] Faith.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sakana}}'', we have a character woken by a phone call... only to find the caller (a loan shark) sitting at the foot of their bed.

* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. In "Everest Was Also Conquered", Bodie and Doyle visit the house of a CorruptCorporateExecutive to question him about some murders, but are forced to leave with egg on their face (or rather, a [[FoodSlap glassfull of Scotch]]). When they return at the end of the episode to arrest him, they make of point of gatecrashing his party just to piss him off.

** The ending of ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' -pictured above- has a variant in where Lana Lang walks into her office and finds Cat Grant sitting on her couch in the dark and wanting to talk about Lana's connection with Supergirl.
** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'', Kara Zor-El -Supergirl- returns to her [[HomeBase Fortress of Solitude]] and finds Cyborg Superman waiting for her and claiming he can take her back to Krypton.

** In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'', Clark walks Kent out of the shower and finds his cousin Supergirl sitting on his couch and waiting for him to discuss a space mission.

** Our introduction to Craig-Bond in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' involves a corrupt SIS station chief encountering Bond in his office. [[UnderestimatingBadassery He's not impressed]], assuming Bond is engaging in theatrics to scare him into a confession. [[TooDumbToLive He's wrong.]]

** Nick does this again in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and makes the implication to Cap that he's skilled at breaking and entering.

** Nick does it yet again in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', waiting in Peter's room to recruit him.