->''"Don't the doors in this bloody place lock!?"''
-->-- '''Daphne Moon''', ''Series/{{Frasier}}''

This is a device to get somebody out of a room or bring somebody into a room.
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!!Specific variants:
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* AndHereHeComesNow: That absent person they're talking about is just about to enter.
* DeusExScuseMe: A plot device calls a character out of a scene.
* EscortDistraction: One person takes an unwanted third party elsewhere.
* GetARoom: Stock phrase for telling a couple to find somewhere else to flirt.
* GetOut: Telling someone to leave the room.
* GettingMyOwnRoomPlot: Wanting their very own room.
* GoingToTheStore: Going to the local convenience store is a stock excuse for going out after hours.
* HideAndNoSeek: Using a game as an excuse to get someone (usually kids) to leave.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: A character excuses himself for some random reason.
* InadvertentEntranceCue: Circumstances conspire to describe an absent character, who then fortuitously appears.
* LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: Characters leave a couple alone so they can have their romantic moment.
* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: Asking your superior to come see the problem instead of just reporting it the normal way.
* NoTimeToExplain: Two or more characters need to leave immediately without explaining why.
* NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse: A character forgoes making up an excuse altogether and just leaves.
* RequestForPrivacy: A character asks everyone but a small number of other characters to leave the room so they can have a private conversation.
* PrivacyByDistraction: Making up something (usually a fool's errand) for an unwanted third party to go somewhere else.
* SteppingOutForAQuickCupOfCoffee: A character makes an excuse to leave in order to distance himself from another character's actions.
* SteppingOutToReact: A character leaves the scene to react out of sight and then returns.
* TakeFive: A character needs to speak to another privately, but instead asks the others to leave.
* TakingTheFightOutside: Relocating the imminent fight scene to somewhere a little more socially appropriate.
* TalkAboutThatThing: A character needs to speak to another privately, so she makes up a reason why they both need to leave.
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