History Main / ExcuseMeComingThrough

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': When Sulley makes it back into his own world from a closet door in the Himalayas, he shouts this as he burst through and knocks down [[ButtMonkey George Sanderson]] in the process.

* A pretty hilarious version happens in ''Film/CanadianBacon''. During a street chase, the people being ''knocked out of the way'' say "Excuse me," and "Oops, soar-y," this being set in CanadaEh.

* In ''Space Viking'', the host's guards are called to eject [[StalkerWithACrush Andray]] [[AxCrazy Dunnan]] when he crashes Elaine and Lucas' wedding. The crowd of guests blocks their progress until Otto Harkaman starts shouting and shoving to clear a path, causing Lucas to briefly ponder "the uses of bad manners in an emergency".

-->Shodan: This next drill is crowd navigation. Nick, you're first. Everybody else go down this avenue and act like shoppers.\\
Shodan: Nick, your job is to move through that crowd at a dead run without hitting anybody.\\
Nick: Right.\\
Nick: *running and shouting* MAKE A HOLE!\\
Shodan: ''Brilliant.'' It's as if you knew exactly how this "random crowd" of fellow soldiers would react.

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': When Sulley makes it back into his own world from a closet door in the Himilayas, he shouts this as he burst through and knocks down [[ButtMonkey George Sanderson]] in the process.

* Subverted, sort of, in the ''Videogame/{{Yakuza}}]'' games. Random [=NPCs=] wander the streets of Kamurocho, and running into them will cause them to either shuffle quickly aside or get knocked down.

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* Done in ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' sort of, the crowd seems to be infected with a case of stupid and end up running parallel to the Hulk and his mutated nemesis as opposed to away from them.

* In the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E09ConspiracyTheoriesAndInteriorDesign Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design]]" a ChaseScene occurs that includes examples of ExcuseMeComingThrough and MobstacleCourse in the form of a Latvian Independence Parade... all within the confines of a blanket fort.

* Whether on the road and on foot, you can get in a lot of trouble for not moving out of the way of EmergencyServices vehicles or personnel as they rush past you to aid or subdue someone or something. The ExcuseMeComingThrough bit is mostly exemplified by some glaring flashing lights, an unignorable siren and optimally even a big written warning that should leave nothing to the imagination.

-->'''Ethan Hunt''': "''Xiao xing! Rang kai! Rang kai!''" [[note]]"Be careful! Make way! Make way!"[[note]]

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* Non-chase: Wilbur the albatross does this in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' when flying through a flock of seagulls while carrying the two mice. "Excuse me, pardon me,coming through,mice on board".
* In ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Gaston is trying to catch up to Belle through the crowd in the opening CrowdSong "Belle." He actually makes "Please let me through" a part of the song.

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* Subverted in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' when Film/JamesBond cleverly throws money to the crowd so that they ''don't'' scatter before the people chasing him.

* In ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', the page quote is Fezzik the giant doing this where the much smaller Inigo fails to.

* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Batman drives through a pair of glass doors on the Batpod and proceeds to drive down a narrow (for vehicles) hallway beyond, causing the people in it to jump/run out of the way.
* The "Some days you just can't [[BombDisposal get rid of a bomb]]" sequence in 1966's ''Film/BatmanTheMovie'', as seen on [=YouTube=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4v1hAnfy1I here, particularly between 1:20 and 1:30]]. Justified as Batman is carrying a large sputtering bomb.
* ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'': Ethan Hunt near the end of the movie, tracking the BigBad on his phone with Benji's assistance while trying to locate his wife and rushing through the streets of downtown Shanghai, doing the classic Tom Cruise running pose while shouting in Mandarin.
-->'''Ethan Hunt''': "''Xiao xing! Rang kai! Rang kai!''" [[note]]"Be careful! Make way! Make way!"[[note]]
* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''. Most notably in the mall chase, shown with hood cameras.
* In the 1987 film ''Gardens of Stone'', Creator/JamesEarlJones plays a [[SergeantRock lifer Army sergeant]] who when moving through a crowd is fond of saying, in that inimitable James Earl Jones way, "'''''Make a hole and make it wide!'''''"
* Happens in ''Film/CatsAndDogs'' when [[BigBad Mr. Tinkles]] and his goons needed to get through Mr. Mason's factory to his office.
-->'''[[TalkingAnimal Tinkles]]''': Yes that's me, your employer Mr. Mason. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not an evil cat bent on taking over the world]]. Out of my way.
* The memorable [[MundaneMadeAwesome Wheelchair Race]] against Creator/PaulNewman through the hospital in ''Film/SilentMovie''. Since it's through a ''hospital'', there are quite a few scenes of people rushing to get out of the way. The highlight being a pair of orderlies with a man on the stretcher tossing him over the side of a ledge in their haste to get out of the way.
* In ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', Mills crashes through a couple of living rooms in his pursuit of John Doe.

* Subverted in Film/AdventuresInBabysitting. In order to get through, they can't just say "Excuse me." They have to sing the blues.
* A pretty hilarious version happens in Film/CanadianBacon. During a street chase, the people being ''knocked out of the way'' say "Excuse me," and "Oops, soar-y," this being set in CanadaEh.

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* In ''Franchise/StarWars: Literature/NewJediOrder''. Leia and Han are trying to escape Coruscant by getting to the Millenium Falcon. They are stopped by Viqi Shesh and Dab Hantaq who pretend to be seeking asylum on the Millenium Falcon. Things go sour as the two are attempting to prevent their escape and Hantaq throws a Thermal Detonator and bolts. One of Solo's Security Droids picks it up and attempts to disarm it and almost refers to this trope by name saying, "make a hole! Thermal detonator coming through!"
** [[MobstacleCourse They don't.]] [[SphereOfDestruction So the detonator does.]]

* While in Sri Lanka, Literature/AbleTeam notice [[OhCrap several mean-looking guys watching them and sharpening their knives]]. They end up running through the crowded market to get back to their van where they've got MoreDakka, with their Sri Lankan liaison officer [[SkewedPriorities trying to apologize to everyone they've shoved aside]].

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* In a Non-chase example, one episode of ''Series/{{ER}}'' has a compressed air bottle fall off a table, pressing the nozzling making the bottle shoot down the hallway. A view from the bottle shows people diving and jumping out of the bottle's way before it hits something, flies through the air, and is embedded in a janitor closet door.
* Inevitable in any ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episode aboard a ship or submarine. "Make a hole!"

* ''Series/ICarly'' whenever people get in Sam's way.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' has used "Make a hole!", including the 3rd season opener "Into the Fire".
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' "Survival Instinct", Naomi Wildman (a child) and Seven of Nine arrive in the mess hall and find it full of people and aliens. Naomi's quiet polite requests for people to make room are ignored...
-->'''Seven of Nine:''' '''Stand aside!''' ''(everyone moves)''

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* InvokedTrope in the TabletopGame/D20Modern Urban Arcana setting. [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Department 7]] agents are equipped with an item called a "Synchronicity watch", casting a version of the Synchronicity spell lasting for one minute. It makes (among other things) people subconsciously step out of the way of the character equipped with the watch.

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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''; [[spoiler: In the final cutscene, when Zidane reveals himself, alive and well, to [[strike:Queen Garnet]] Dagger, she runs down the stairs and tries to make her way through the crowd [[LastMinuteHookup to be with Zidane again]], even ditching her Falcon Claw pendant and crown.]]
* Any video game where you're driving and not supposed to run over people. The A.I. doesn't catch up with the real person and the pedestrians dive out in front of your car. Then the police arrive.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'':
** Done subtly [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5810 here]] (note someone hanging from the staircase in the distance at the bottom of the page).
** Done later by [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=9234 Kiel]] when fleeing her Imperial pursuers, including cutting through someone's house and complimenting them on their cute baby.

* ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'' has a scene where Jack asks Wally to clear a way through the crowd, resulting in the same exchange as in the page quote, except with Wally adding the line [[Film/ThePrincessBride "That was a great movie."]]
* Done memorably in ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' by [[SociopathicHero Lothar]], who bellows "OUTTA THE WAY! [[UnstoppableRage ANGRY]] [[AxeCrazy KILLER]] [[{{Cyborg}} CYBORG]] COMING THROUGH!!"

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In the episode where Peter fattens up Lois, he brings the fat Lois to a restaurant where he announces "MAKE WAY! MAKE WAY! FAT WIFE COMING THROUGH!" and pushes tables apart to give Lois more space.
* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny used this a lot in the movie theatre.

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-->'''Ethan Hunt''': "''Xiao xing! Rang kai! Rang kai!''" [[/note]]"Be careful! Make way! Make way!"[[note]]

%%* ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' does this near the end of the movie.

* In ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Gaston is trying to catch up to Belle through the crowd in the opening CrowdSong "Belle." He actually makes "Please let me through" a part of the song.

* Non-chase: Wilbur the albatross does this in ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'' when flying through a flock of seagulls while carrying the two mice. "Excuse me, pardon me,coming through,mice on board".

Can also be a StockPhrase, in which case, if the speaker is in the military, he will likely shout ''"Make a hole!"''[[note]]particularly older servicepeople, as nowadays the phrase is considered offensive with the increasing integration of women into the armed services[[/note]] Not to be confused with MakeWayForThePrincess.

** And then played straight later on, when the villain successfully uses it ''against'' [=PSmith=] (who, as it turns out, is a HiveMind and is now there in large group of bodies),

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