Basic Trope: While rushing through a door, a character ends up accidentally hitting another character with the door.
- Straight: Alice comes running through a door, accidentally hitting Bob with the door as she runs through.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice slowly opens the door, gently tapping Bob, who flies across the room.
- Alice kicks the door off its hinges, causing it to fly straight across the room and slam into Bob.
- Downplayed: Alice jogs through the door, opening it slowly until the door stops next to Bob. Bob feels a slight nudge as Alice walks in, and the two greet each other.
- Justified:
- Alice was deliberately trying to hurt Bob.
- Alice is so focused on something right now (such as chasing a criminal) she only sees everything else as an obstacle and doesn't realize Bob was on the other side of the door.
- Inverted:
- Bob closes the door in Alice's face as she's passing through.
- Alice kick-opens the door, but there is a spring attached to the door that makes it swing back and hit Alice.
- Subverted:
- It looks as if Bob is about to get hit by the door when Alice comes running through, but he manages to step out of the way in time.
- When Alice shows up, we're led to believe that Bob will get hit by the door, but it turns out that the door opens in the other direction.
- Double Subverted: Bob steps out of the way of the door, but then another door opens and hits him.
- Implied:
- There is an imprint of Bob's silhouette in the soft backside of doors.
- Camera follows Alice as she comes running through a door, Bob's scream is heard offscreen.
- Parodied:
- Alice slams the door open into Bob. When Alice finds the door stuck partially closed, she slams it open repeatedly until Bob is paper thin and the door opens completely.
- A sentient door slams into Bob with malicious intent.
- Untwist: Bob is standing behind screen doors and sees Alice running towards doors. He does not back off and gets hit.
- Zig Zagged: Alice slams a revolving door into Bob.
- Averted: Nobody gets hit by swinging doors.
- Enforced: The clip of swinging doors hitting Bob is added to the show as Public Service Announcements: Safety.
- Lampshaded: "Hey Bob, I just received a call from Alice saying she's on her way here." "Thanks for the warning, I'll step away from the door."
- Invoked: Harry slowly backs Bob into the door, knowing that Alice will be slamming through it at any second...
- Exploited: Harry is secretly attaching short metal spikes to all swinging doors in the house where Bob lives.
- Defied:
- Bob always makes sure not to be standing too close to any door.
- The area behind every door in the building is marked in red with a black "Do not stand here" sign.
- Discussed:
- "Ow! Why does that keep happening?"
- Bob is shown in a emergency department, explaining his injuries to a nurse.
- Conversed: "Alice is coming, this oughta be good...Splat! Ha ha!"
- Deconstructed: Alice slams the door open into Bob. The door is damaged and Bob suffers serious injuries.
- Reconstructed: Exactly like she intended.
- Played For Laughs: The door-strike causes Amusing Injuries.
- Played For Drama: The door-strike causes serious injuries.
- Played For Horror: The door-strike causes horrific and gory injuries.
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