History Main / IndyHatRoll

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** ''Eberts Little Movie Glossary'' even calls this trope the ''Harrison Door''.

* Used in ''[[VideoGame/FZero F-Zero GX]]''. In one of the story missions, you have to escape from a reactor that's about to explode, all while the twenty something blast doors in a straight line are slowly closing in sequence. If the player stops (and doesn't mind dying), you can see the doors never actually close, they leave barely enough room for the player to drive through.

* Marty [=McFly=] makes use of the maneuver in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''. At the school dance in 1955, Marty dives under a table to escape Biff's gang, leaving just enough time to grab his own Indy-esque hat before trouble arrives.

* Subversion: in ''Film/TheFifthElement'', the archaeologist's panicked assistant opens fire on the peaceful aliens inside the Egyptian temple, unwittingly activating a self-defense locking mechanism in the Element's chamber. Although most of the aliens and their human contact escape, the last one is too slow to make it through and shoves its hand between the stone slabs to pass the key on to the human monk. (Presumably, the alien itself was crushed by the door.)

* The classic example is ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', with the addition of reaching back for [[FedoraOfAsskicking his hat]] at the last second (hence the trope name). In ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' he reaches back for his whip.
** Parodies often mix the two movies. They use the ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' setup, i.e the giant boulder, but have the stand-in for Indy reach for a hat instead of the whip. They might be confused, or they might simply be [[AdaptationDistillation combining the more memorable trap and the funnier thing to reach for]].
* Played for drama in ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}} ''. When Steppenwolf shows up to take the Mother Box from the Amazons, Queen Hippolyta orders the chamber sealed. As she runs past them holding the Mother Box, her Amazons smash the supports bringing down huge stone doors, with the last two using their SuperStrength to hold one up long enough for the Queen to slide underneath just before it crashes to the ground. Steppenwolf is breaking out moments later, so it's implied that every one of those Amazons was killed doing a YouShallNotPass.
** The same happens in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', but this time the chamber collapses into the ocean, giving the Amazons who remained prisoners inside less chances of surviving.

* In the opening museum heist scene in ''Film/Red Notice'', Creator/DwayneJohnson's FBI profiler rolls under a nearly-closed security door after Creator/RyanReynolds' art thief. (Who then deploys a [[SmokeOut smokescreen]], before both characters [[DestinationDefenestration crash through an ornate window]] and wind up [[{{Cliffhanger}} hanging from a rooftop]] by their fingertips.)

* In ''Film/{{Paddington}}'', the main character attempts to escape in the Natural History Museum as a lockdown was triggered. His iconic red hat falls off during his slide under the closing door, and he manages to retrieve it just in time.

* Massively spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles,'' where Elastigirl manages to get stuck in a whole series of SlowDoors ''[[RubberMan simultaneously]].''

%%* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' does this as well... with Puss in Boots. Voiced by Antonio Banderas, which makes it even funnier.

* A 2022 Nissan Rogue commercial starring the actress Awkwafina has her running toward a lowering door. She slides under it, then reaches back under it to grab the electronic key for the title vehicle, which she then drives away in.

* The classic example is ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', with the addition of reaching back for [[FedoraOfAsskicking his hat]] at the last second (hence the trope name). In ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' he reaches back for his {{w|eaponOfChoice}}hip.

* ''VideoGame:LEGOJurassicWorld'': Owen does one early in the ''Jurassic World'' section; since he doesn't wear a hat, the thing he drops and has to reach back for is the LEGO piece representing his hair.

May or may not involve a NiceHat. {{Iconic Item}}s, {{Plot Coupon}}s, {{MacGuffin}}s seem particularly prone to needing this sort of retreival, with their importance justifying the risk, matched on the SkewedPriorities side by whatever shiny object the LovableRogue is currently willing to risk their life for and the BigEater's bag of snacks.

* The classic example is ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', with the addition of reaching back for [[NiceHat his hat]] at the last second (hence the trope name). In ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' he reaches back for his {{w|eaponOfChoice}}hip.

* On the ''Series/WhiteCollar'' episode "Countdown", Neal slips into an elevator just as the doors close, complete with the Indy homage as he reaches back to grab his NiceHat.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': You slip through the first set of slow doors in time, but Robo has to race ahead and hold the next set open.

* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' does this as well... with Puss in Boots. Voiced by Antonio Banderas, which made it even funnier.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': The [[MemeticMutation Epic Geordi Maneuver]], used by [=LaForge=] when the big blast doors close around the warp core on "The Best of Both Worlds".

See also RaidersOfTheLostParody.