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* ''Film/FrankensteinCreatedWoman'': After Frankenstein ignores an angry mob pounding on his door, they get his attention by throwing a cobblestone through the window.
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* In Sarah Caudwell's ''The Sybil in Her Grave'', someone throws a rock through Daphne's window to scare her away. The kicker is that [[spoiler: Daphne threw it herself, to make herself look sympathetic and persecuted.]]
* In Creator/JodiPicoult's ''Salem Falls'', a Molotov cocktail is thrown through the main character's window after it becomes common knowledge that he was previously convicted of rape. It's discovered before it can cause too much damage, and it is implied that it was poorly made and intended to send a message rather than cause real damage.
* The short ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Dresden Files]]'' story "Day Off" has [[HarmlessVillain Darth Wannabe]] throw a smoke bomb into Harry's basement via window. Unfortunately, Harry kind of had some bigger problems some at the time...
* In Creator/JodiPicoult's ''Salem Falls'', a Molotov cocktail is thrown through the main character's window after it becomes common knowledge that he was previously convicted of rape. It's discovered before it can cause too much damage, and it is implied that it was poorly made and intended to send a message rather than cause real damage.
* The short ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Dresden Files]]'' story "Day Off" has [[HarmlessVillain Darth Wannabe]] throw a smoke bomb into Harry's basement via window. Unfortunately, Harry kind of had some bigger problems some at the time...
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles Dresden Files'': The short story "Day Off" has [[HarmlessVillain Darth Wannabe]] throw a smoke bomb into Harry's basement via window. Unfortunately, Harry kind of had some bigger problems at the time...
* ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'': In ''A Mighty Fortress'', [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Merlin]] chooses to deliver important information on the activities of agents of the CorruptChurch in Corisande to Sir Koryn Gahrvai via an envelope tied to a rock tossed by one of Owl's remote's through his study window.
* In Creator/JodiPicoult's ''Salem Falls'', a Molotov cocktail is thrown through the main character's window after it becomes common knowledge that he was previously convicted of rape. It's discovered before it can cause too much damage, and it is implied that it was poorly made and intended to send a message rather than cause real damage.
* In Sarah Caudwell's ''The Sybil in Her Grave'', someone throws a rock through Daphne's window to scare her away. The kicker is that [[spoiler: Daphne threw it herself, to make herself look sympathetic and persecuted.]]
* In Creator/JodiPicoult's ''Salem Falls'', a Molotov cocktail is thrown through the main character's window after it becomes common knowledge that he was previously convicted of rape. It's discovered before it can cause too much damage, and it is implied that it was poorly made and intended to send a message rather than cause real damage.
* In Sarah Caudwell's ''The Sybil in Her Grave'', someone throws a rock through Daphne's window to scare her away. The kicker is that [[spoiler: Daphne threw it herself, to make herself look sympathetic and persecuted.]]
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* ''Series/PoliceSquad'':
** An [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: a window with a note attached is thrown into the rock garden. Later that same episode, the same criminal throws a rock with a note attached--except the note is a mime, who ''acts out'' the message.
** In another episode, the neighborhood protection racket tries to send a message to the owners of a key store by perforating the place with machine guns... and then throwing a rock through the window. Naturally, Frank Drebin focuses on the rock and fails to notice the machine-gun fire. He later asks the forensics lab to find out where the rock came from, and gets a geology lesson in response. Later on Drebin confronts the mook who threw the rock, who starts giving the exact same geology lesson.
** An [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: a window with a note attached is thrown into the rock garden. Later that same episode, the same criminal throws a rock with a note attached--except the note is a mime, who ''acts out'' the message.
** In another episode, the neighborhood protection racket tries to send a message to the owners of a key store by perforating the place with machine guns... and then throwing a rock through the window. Naturally, Frank Drebin focuses on the rock and fails to notice the machine-gun fire. He later asks the forensics lab to find out where the rock came from, and gets a geology lesson in response. Later on Drebin confronts the mook who threw the rock, who starts giving the exact same geology lesson.
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* ''Series/PoliceSquad'':
** An [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: a window with a note attached is thrown into''Series/{{Cannon}}'': In "Devil's Playground", the rock garden. Later that same episode, the same criminal throws a rock with a note attached--except the note is a mime, who ''acts out'' the message.
** In another episode, the neighborhood protection racket tries to send a message to the owners of a key store by perforating the place with machine guns... and then throwingbikers throw a rock through the window. Naturally, Frank Drebin focuses on window of the rock and fails to notice the machine-gun fire. He later asks the forensics lab to find out diner where Cannon is holed up with his prisoner, accompanied by a yelled demand to release the rock came from, and gets a geology lesson in response. Later on Drebin confronts prisoner.
* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries'': In "Sorrow Songs", themook who threw gypsies throw a brick through the rock, who starts giving window of the exact same geology lesson.Ballarat Courier after editor Edward Tyneman is accused of Nadia's murder.
** An [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: a window with a note attached is thrown into
** In another episode, the neighborhood protection racket tries to send a message to the owners of a key store by perforating the place with machine guns... and then throwing
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* Randy from ''Series/TheWire'' gets a MolotovCocktail through his window for talking to the police.
* In the {{Pilot}} of ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'', one of the disgruntled employees whose job was outsourced throws a brick with an attached message through the window.
* In the {{Pilot}} of ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'', one of the disgruntled employees whose job was outsourced throws a brick with an attached message through the window.
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* Randy from ''Series/TheWire'' gets ''Series/{{Endeavour}}'': In "Cartouche", racist thugs attempt to throw a MolotovCocktail brick through his the window for talking to of a community centre helping migrant families, but it bounces off the police.
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* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'': Early in season 2, Joel is dismayed to learn his parents get their loans from loan sharks. The sharks' way of telling Moishe that it's time to collect is that they send some guys to break in and bust up some windows.
* ''Series/{{Motive}}'': In "Bad Blonde", the killer throws a half-brick through the windscreen of the VictimOfTheWeek's classic car not long before the murder, in an attempt to dissuade him from pursuing his investigation.
* ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'': In the{{Pilot}} of ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'', {{pilot}}, one of the disgruntled employees whose job was outsourced throws a brick with an attached message through the window.
* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'': Early in season 2, Joel is dismayed to learn his parents get their loans from loan sharks. The sharks' way of telling Moishe that it's time to collect is that they send some guys to break in and bust up some windows.
* ''Series/{{Motive}}'': In "Bad Blonde", the killer throws a half-brick through the windscreen of the VictimOfTheWeek's classic car not long before the murder, in an attempt to dissuade him from pursuing his investigation.
* ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'': In the
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* Parodied in an episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace''. Will and Jack start renting a place together, and one of their new neighbors throws a brick through their (open) window. It's actually a loaf of homemade banana bread, with a note giving them a warm welcome to the neighborhood. (The locals are thrilled to have two gay men move in, since if a gay district springs up, property values would increase).
* ''Series/{{Motive}}'': In "Bad Blonde", the killer throws a half-brick through the windscreen of the VictimOfTheWeek's classic car not long before the murder, in an attempt to dissuade him from pursuing his investigation.
* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries'': In "Sorrow Songs", the gypsies throw a brick through the window of the Ballarat Courier after editor Edward Tyneman is accused of Nadia's murder.
* ''Series/{{Cannon}}'': In "Devil's Playground", the bikers throw a rock through the window of the diner where Cannon is holed up with his prisoner, accompanied by a yelled demand to release the prisoner.
* ''Series/{{Endeavour}}'': In "Cartouche", racist thugs attempt to throw a brick through the window of a community centre helping migrant families, but it bounces off the toughened glass.
* ''Series/{{Motive}}'': In "Bad Blonde", the killer throws a half-brick through the windscreen of the VictimOfTheWeek's classic car not long before the murder, in an attempt to dissuade him from pursuing his investigation.
* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries'': In "Sorrow Songs", the gypsies throw a brick through the window of the Ballarat Courier after editor Edward Tyneman is accused of Nadia's murder.
* ''Series/{{Cannon}}'': In "Devil's Playground", the bikers throw a rock through the window of the diner where Cannon is holed up with his prisoner, accompanied by a yelled demand to release the prisoner.
* ''Series/{{Endeavour}}'': In "Cartouche", racist thugs attempt to throw a brick through the window of a community centre helping migrant families, but it bounces off the toughened glass.
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* Parodied in an episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace''. Will and Jack start renting ''Series/PoliceSquad'':
** An [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: aplace together, and one of their new neighbors throws a brick through their (open) window. It's actually a loaf of homemade banana bread, window with a note giving them a warm welcome to attached is thrown into the neighborhood. (The locals are thrilled to have two gay men move in, since if a gay district springs up, property values would increase).
* ''Series/{{Motive}}'': In "Bad Blonde",rock garden. Later that same episode, the killer same criminal throws a half-brick through rock with a note attached--except the windscreen of note is a mime, who ''acts out'' the VictimOfTheWeek's classic car not long before message.
** In another episode, themurder, in an attempt neighborhood protection racket tries to dissuade him from pursuing his investigation.
* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries'': In "Sorrow Songs",send a message to the gypsies throw owners of a brick through key store by perforating the window of the Ballarat Courier after editor Edward Tyneman is accused of Nadia's murder.
* ''Series/{{Cannon}}'': In "Devil's Playground", the bikers throwplace with machine guns... and then throwing a rock through the window of window. Naturally, Frank Drebin focuses on the diner rock and fails to notice the machine-gun fire. He later asks the forensics lab to find out where Cannon is holed up with his prisoner, accompanied by a yelled demand to release the prisoner.
* ''Series/{{Endeavour}}'': In "Cartouche", racist thugs attempt to throwrock came from, and gets a brick through geology lesson in response. Later on Drebin confronts the window of a community centre helping migrant families, but it bounces off mook who threw the toughened glass.rock, who starts giving the exact same geology lesson.
** An [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: a
* ''Series/{{Motive}}'': In "Bad Blonde",
** In another episode, the
* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries'': In "Sorrow Songs",
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* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'': Early in season 2, Joel is dismayed to learn his parents get ''Series/WillAndGrace'': Parodied. Will and Jack start renting a place together, and one of their loans from loan sharks. The sharks' way new neighbors throws a brick through their (open) window. It's actually a loaf of telling Moishe that it's time homemade banana bread, with a note giving them a warm welcome to collect is that they send some guys the neighborhood. (The locals are thrilled to break in and bust up some windows.have two gay men move in, since if a gay district springs up, property values would increase).
* ''Series/TheWire'': Randy gets a MolotovCocktail through his window for talking to the police.
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* Parodied [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p27/ here]] in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', Seymour gets a [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-15 note]] this way.
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': A priest advocates random acts of kindness instead of violence. Later that night, an ice cream cone is chucked through his window.
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* Parodied [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p27/ here]] in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', Seymour gets a [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-15 note]] this way.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', Seymour gets a [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-15 note]] this way.
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': A priest advocates random acts of kindness instead of violence. Later that night, an ice cream cone is chucked through his window.
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* Parodied [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p27/ here]] in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', Seymour gets a [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-15 note]] this way.
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': A priest advocates random acts of kindness instead of violence. Later that night, an ice cream cone is chucked through his window.
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* Shortly before ''Fanfic/ChrysalisVisitsTheHague'' is set, Judge Mullan's window gets smashed by a hefty battery wrapped in a note reading, "Paardenneuker"[[note]]"Horse fucker" in Dutch[[/note]].
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* ''Series/{{Vera}}'': In "Broken Promise", the father of the VictimOfTheWeek gets a rock thrown through his window with a note tied to him that reads "YOUR BOY'S DEAD HA HA".
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': A brick with a message tied to it gets thrown through the Kapatelis' front window by some of the stooges taken in by G. Gordon Godfrey's anti hero rants.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': Jon once got a brick through the window with the less-than-threatening message of "You seem boring". Garfield notes they should send the writer a thank you brick.
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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' had a strip with a pair of cats standing next to a broken window and a brick on the floor, reading the attached note: [[CatDogDichotomy "Arf arf arf arf arf!"]]
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': Jon once got a brick through the window with the less-than-threatening message of "You seem boring". Garfield notes they should send the writer a thank you brick.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': Jon once got a brick through the window with the less-than-threatening message of "You seem boring". Garfield notes they should send the writer a thank you brick.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In "A Glitch is a Glitch", Ice King's idea of "e-mailing" a virus to Finn and Jake is throwing a cinder block with a 3.5" floppy taped to it through the window of their treehouse.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In "A Glitch is a Glitch", Ice King's idea of "e-mailing" a virus to Finn and Jake is throwing a cinder block with a 3.5" floppy disk taped to it through the window of their treehouse.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In "A Glitch is a Glitch", Ice King's idea of "e-mailing" a virus to Finn and Jake is throwing a cinder block with a 3.5" floppy taped to it through the window of their treehouse.
-->'''Jake:''' Hey Finn, did you order a brick?
-->'''Jake:''' Hey Finn, did you order a brick?
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-->'''Peter:''' Hey, it's that brick I ordered. ''(another brick gets thrown)'' Uh-oh, I didn't order ''that'' brick.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120505215123/http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3258 how Lil' Evil got his confirmation message from the Illuminati]] or Seymour [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-15 here]].
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120505215123/http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3258 how Lil' Evil got his confirmation message from the Illuminati]] or Seymour gets a [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-15 here]].note]] this way.
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* In the Mika route of ''VisualNovel/ShiningSongStarnova'', a disgruntled, violent fan throws a rock through Mika's apartment window in the middle of the night, complete with an attached note instructing her to kill herself. This incident convinces Mika’s producer to put her and the other members of Starnova up at a hotel for their protection.
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* In the Mika route of ''VisualNovel/ShiningSongStarnova'', a disgruntled, violent fan throws a rock through Mika's apartment window in the middle of the night, complete with an attached note instructing her to kill herself. This incident convinces Mika’s producer to put her and the other members of Starnova up at a hotel for their protection.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "Junk Junkies", Rocko learns he has to pay back his tab at a pizza joint, and at one point they throw a ''pizza'' through his kitchen window with a threatening note taped to it.
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** In ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', Moist discovers a letter from the late Topsy Lavish warning him the Assassin's Guild will go after him if he allows anything bad to happen to her dog (and [[PetHeir current head of the bank]]) Mr. Fusspot. Right on cue, a "warning shot" in the form of an {{Arrowgram}} from the Assassin's Guild crashes through the window of his office.
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* Happens in ''Franchise/{{Tintin}} in America'', with a note reading, "For the last time: mind your own business!" From the implication that this is not the first time, Tintin starts to realize who he's up against.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', in episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven", after the town discovers that Brian is an atheist, not only does a rock get thrown through the window, but a '''[[CarMeetsHouse CAR]]''' as well.
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** In''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', in the episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven", after the town discovers that Brian is an atheist, not only does a rock get thrown through the window, but a '''[[CarMeetsHouse CAR]]''' as well.
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* In ''Film/HomeAlone 2'', when Kevin sees that the toy store is being robbed, he breaks the window in order to set off the alarm. He attaches a note to the brick explaining his actions to the owner.
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* In ''Film/HomeAlone 2'', ''Film/HomeAlone2'', when Kevin sees that the toy store is being robbed, he breaks the window in order to set off the alarm. He attaches a note to the brick explaining his actions to the owner.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Brickleberry'' episode "Miss National Park", a rock gets thrown through the ranger station window. It says "You're a dead man, fatso." Woody thinks it's for Connie.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Brickleberry'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'' episode "Miss National Park", a rock gets thrown through the ranger station window. It says "You're a dead man, fatso." Woody thinks it's for Connie.
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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] a sign warning people to watch for shards of glass around a recently broken window. Or an error message on a [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows computer]].
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When it comes to intimidating someone, a common method is to break a window. The message a smashed windowpane sends is clear: someone doesn't want you in their town, and if you don't pack your stuff and go, something more precious than a window might get broken next.
Although the broken window on its own is often enough of an ImpliedDeathThreat to get the point across, a common variation is to throw a rock, brick or other heavy object with a message tied to it in order to spell things out more explicitly. Or, in another variation that's PlayedForLaughs, a completely mundane and non-threatening message.
See also EnterStageWindow, which can include throwing rocks at someone's window to get their attention in a non-threatening way, BrokenGlassPenalty, when a window is broken by accident during a sports game, DestinationDefenestration, when a person get thrown out a window, and SuperWindowJump, when a person throws ''themselves'' through a window.
[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] a sign warning people to watch for shards of glass around a recently broken window. Or an error message on a [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows computer]].
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* Arby's restaurant has frozen burgers thrown into their restaurant with the note tied to them. The workers in Arby's are not terribly threatened.
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* Vivian Stanshall's LP version of ''Sir Henry at Rawlinson End'' includes the following scene:
-->There was a terrific crash and a brick smashed through the window. About the brick was wrapped a note, which read simply: (''Irish accent'') "Hello, now. Oi'm yer new neighbour."\\
Henry was plainly delighted. "He seems a decent enough egg. At least he didn't have the impertinence to present himself at the front door."
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Happens in ''Franchise/{{Tintin}} in America'', with a note reading, "For the last time: mind your own business!" From the implication that this is not the first time, Tintin starts to realize who he's up against.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': Jon once got a brick through the window with the less-than-threatening message of "You seem boring". Garfield notes they should send the writer a thank you brick.
* One ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' strip had one of Dilbert's (now) ex-girlfriends describe how much she didn't enjoy their first and only date by writing a multi-page document on the subject, wrapping each page around a different rock, and throwing each rock through a different window.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Shortly before ''Fanfic/ChrysalisVisitsTheHague'' is set, Judge Mullan's window gets smashed by a hefty battery wrapped in a note reading, "Paardenneuker"[[note]]"Horse fucker" in Dutch[[/note]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/AfterTheThinMan'', a stone with a note attached flies through the Charles' kitchen window. HilarityEnsues when their dog Asta grabs the note in his jaws and is pursued through the house.
* Parodied in the Creator/MelBrooks movie ''Film/HighAnxiety''. The main character, the new head of a mental asylum, receives a rock to the window with a message - a friendly welcome note from the psycho ward.
* In ''Film/HomeAlone 2'', when Kevin sees that the toy store is being robbed, he breaks the window in order to set off the alarm. He attaches a note to the brick explaining his actions to the owner.
* ''Film/RememberTheTitans'' features this in classic "brick through the window" form.
* In ''Film/{{Footloose}}'', Ren tries to start a movement to repeal his town's "no dancing" law... and late at night, he gets a brick through a window of his home for his troubles.
* In ''Film/TheHunt'', Lucas gets a brick thrown into his kitchen window, supposedly by Theo, whose daughter Lucas allegedly molested.
* In ''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'', a rock with a threatening note tied to it is tossed through Sir Henry's carriage as it drives into London, warning him to stay away from Baskerville Hall or face madness and death.
* In ''Film/MississippiBurning'', the Klan sends a message to the two FBI agents by shooting a hole into the window of their apartment. Same happens later to Lester.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* In Sarah Caudwell's ''The Sybil in Her Grave'', someone throws a rock through Daphne's window to scare her away. The kicker is that [[spoiler: Daphne threw it herself, to make herself look sympathetic and persecuted.]]
* In Creator/JodiPicoult's ''Salem Falls'', a Molotov cocktail is thrown through the main character's window after it becomes common knowledge that he was previously convicted of rape. It's discovered before it can cause too much damage, and it is implied that it was poorly made and intended to send a message rather than cause real damage.
* The short ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Dresden Files]]'' story "Day Off" has [[HarmlessVillain Darth Wannabe]] throw a smoke bomb into Harry's basement via window. Unfortunately, Harry kind of had some bigger problems some at the time...
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** In ''Discworld/SmallGods'', the barman at the Ephebian taverna doesn't like the philosophers to discuss religion, since it leads to [[BoltOfDivineRetribution lightning bolts]] coming through the roof with notes wrapped round them.
** The Golem Trust are victims of a brick through the window in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', but Adora Belle just [[TheComicallySerious picks it up and files it under B]].
* ''Literature/GirlWaitsWithGun'' draws on this trope for a lot of its source material. Being the (mostly) true story of three sisters harassed by local criminals, a lot of the "brick-mail" letters still exist in official records.
* ''Literature/YoungSherlockHolmes'': When Matty is kidnapped in ''Red Leech'', the kidnappers throw a large rock with a note tied to it through Crowe's window. The note says that if Crowe leaves them alone for three months, Matty will be released unharmed.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/PoliceSquad'':
** An [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: a window with a note attached is thrown into the rock garden. Later that same episode, the same criminal throws a rock with a note attached--except the note is a mime, who ''acts out'' the message.
** In another episode, the neighborhood protection racket tries to send a message to the owners of a key store by perforating the place with machine guns... and then throwing a rock through the window. Naturally, Frank Drebin focuses on the rock and fails to notice the machine-gun fire. He later asks the forensics lab to find out where the rock came from, and gets a geology lesson in response. Later on Drebin confronts the mook who threw the rock, who starts giving the exact same geology lesson.
* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'': In the "Drew and the Singles Union" episode, some angry employees throw a ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' doll through Drew's window in a nod to the similarities between the two.
-->'''Kate:''' ''[reads attached note]'' Next time, it's life size!
* Randy from ''Series/TheWire'' gets a MolotovCocktail through his window for talking to the police.
* In the {{Pilot}} of ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'', one of the disgruntled employees whose job was outsourced throws a brick with an attached message through the window.
-->'''Todd:''' "You bastard"?\\
'''Jerry:''' ''[cheerfully]'' That's for me. ''[places it on a pile of similar bricks]''
* Parodied in an episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace''. Will and Jack start renting a place together, and one of their new neighbors throws a brick through their (open) window. It's actually a loaf of homemade banana bread, with a note giving them a warm welcome to the neighborhood. (The locals are thrilled to have two gay men move in, since if a gay district springs up, property values would increase).
%% * ''Series/{{Motive}}'': In "Bad Blonde", the killer throws a half-brick through the windscreen of the VictimOfTheWeek's classic car not long before the murder.
* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries'': In "Sorrow Songs", the gypsies throw a brick through the window of the Ballarat Courier after editor Edward Tyneman is accused of Nadia's murder.
%% * ''Series/{{Cannon}}'': In "Devil's Playground", the bikers throw a rock through the window of the diner where Cannon is holed up with his prisoner.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Theater]]
%% * The play ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' has this - to a Jewish man in just-pre-Nazi Germany.
* Happens in the play ''Sheik, Rattle and Roll'', leading to the following joke:
-->"It's a brick. With a note tied to it."\\
"What does it say?"\\
"'Mustafa Abdul. Window Repairer'."
* In ''Theatre/TheBat'', a stone is thrown through a window with a vaguely worded threatening note tied on with string.
* In ''Theatre/MarginForError'', an angry mob throws a brick through a window at the Consul, narrowly missing him as he raises a toast to a bust of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Parodied [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080702160740/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=27&issue=3 here]] in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120505215123/http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3258 how Lil' Evil got his confirmation message from the Illuminati]] or Seymour [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-15 here]].
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': A priest advocates random acts of kindness instead of violence. Later that night, an ice cream cone is chucked through his window.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Animation]]
* Nabi the cat gets a rock through his window at the end of ''WebAnimation/ThereSheIs'' Step 3, then several more rocks during the course of the dark and dramatic Step 4.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
%% * Happens when Fred and Barney run afoul of some criminals in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', it's not a rock, but one of the poisoned Joker Fish that comes through the window of a predicted victim's home.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "Bart of War", [[HumanDoorstop Ralph (with a note attached)]] is thrown through the Simpsons' window; he announces "I'm a brick!"
** On another occasion, instead of a brick with a note, a ''ringing telephone'' is thrown through a window.
** In "Moe'N'a Lisa", Mow throws a brick with a note through the Simpsons' window after Homer forgets his birthday.
** Parodied in "The War of Art", where after the Simpsons refuse to give back a valuable painting they bought from the the Van Houtens, a rock gets thrown through the window telling them to give the painting back, followed by rock with another note telling they have the right to keep the money. Soon, ''dozens'' of rocks have been thrown through the window and the Simpsons are sorting out the notes supporting and threatening them.
-->'''Marge:''' We don't even get this many Christmas cards!
%% ** On another occasion Bart throws a rock through Mr Burns' window. Burns initially thinks it is a bird that has become petrified and lost its sense of direction.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy gets toy chattering teeth attached to bricks thrown through his window by the mean dentist, "Dr. Bender".
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'': the Red Guy uses bricks, each engraved with a single word (or sometimes two short words), to send a long message to the eponymous characters' house, with each brick tossed nailing Chicken in the head. Naturally, the house is a mess afterwards. It's pretty evident that Red isn't throwing bricks to catch the household's attention as much as [[ForTheEvulz he's sadistic and likes tossing bricks through people's windows]].
* In Rankin-Bass' adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'', the villains, a group of troll-like monsters called Awgwas, throw a rock through a window of Santa's workshop tied to a note that reads "If you make one more toy, we're coming for you." Santa [[BadAssSanta is undeterred]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', in episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven", after the town discovers that Brian is an atheist, not only does a rock get thrown through the window, but a '''[[CarMeetsHouse CAR]]''' as well.
-->'''Brian:''' I thought he who is without sin can cast the first Prius.
** DoubleSubverted in "The Simpsons Guy", when a brick gets thrown through the window when feminists are outside protesting Peter's misogynist comic.
-->'''Peter:''' Hey, it's that brick I ordered. ''(another brick gets thrown)'' Uh-oh, I didn't order ''that'' brick.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode, "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS1E28TheClub The Club]]", when Gumball and his family are having dinner, the members of the Reject Club send a brick with a DVD with their message about taking revenge to Gumball tied to it through the dining room window.
-->'''Richard:''' At least it landed in the [[StockYuck vegetables]]. ''[the brick falls on the cake and squishes it]'' [[BerserkButton Aaaah! The cake!]]
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Although the broken window on its own is often enough of an ImpliedDeathThreat to get the point across, a common variation is to throw a rock, brick or other heavy object with a message tied to it in order to spell things out more explicitly. Or, in another variation that's PlayedForLaughs, a completely mundane and non-threatening message.
See also EnterStageWindow, which can include throwing rocks at someone's window to get their attention in a non-threatening way, BrokenGlassPenalty, when a window is broken by accident during a sports game, DestinationDefenestration, when a person get thrown out a window, and SuperWindowJump, when a person throws ''themselves'' through a window.
[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] a sign warning people to watch for shards of glass around a recently broken window. Or an error message on a [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows computer]].
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!!Examples:
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Advertising]]
* Arby's restaurant has frozen burgers thrown into their restaurant with the note tied to them. The workers in Arby's are not terribly threatened.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Audio Plays]]
* Vivian Stanshall's LP version of ''Sir Henry at Rawlinson End'' includes the following scene:
-->There was a terrific crash and a brick smashed through the window. About the brick was wrapped a note, which read simply: (''Irish accent'') "Hello, now. Oi'm yer new neighbour."\\
Henry was plainly delighted. "He seems a decent enough egg. At least he didn't have the impertinence to present himself at the front door."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Happens in ''Franchise/{{Tintin}} in America'', with a note reading, "For the last time: mind your own business!" From the implication that this is not the first time, Tintin starts to realize who he's up against.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': Jon once got a brick through the window with the less-than-threatening message of "You seem boring". Garfield notes they should send the writer a thank you brick.
* One ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' strip had one of Dilbert's (now) ex-girlfriends describe how much she didn't enjoy their first and only date by writing a multi-page document on the subject, wrapping each page around a different rock, and throwing each rock through a different window.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Shortly before ''Fanfic/ChrysalisVisitsTheHague'' is set, Judge Mullan's window gets smashed by a hefty battery wrapped in a note reading, "Paardenneuker"[[note]]"Horse fucker" in Dutch[[/note]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/AfterTheThinMan'', a stone with a note attached flies through the Charles' kitchen window. HilarityEnsues when their dog Asta grabs the note in his jaws and is pursued through the house.
* Parodied in the Creator/MelBrooks movie ''Film/HighAnxiety''. The main character, the new head of a mental asylum, receives a rock to the window with a message - a friendly welcome note from the psycho ward.
* In ''Film/HomeAlone 2'', when Kevin sees that the toy store is being robbed, he breaks the window in order to set off the alarm. He attaches a note to the brick explaining his actions to the owner.
* ''Film/RememberTheTitans'' features this in classic "brick through the window" form.
* In ''Film/{{Footloose}}'', Ren tries to start a movement to repeal his town's "no dancing" law... and late at night, he gets a brick through a window of his home for his troubles.
* In ''Film/TheHunt'', Lucas gets a brick thrown into his kitchen window, supposedly by Theo, whose daughter Lucas allegedly molested.
* In ''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'', a rock with a threatening note tied to it is tossed through Sir Henry's carriage as it drives into London, warning him to stay away from Baskerville Hall or face madness and death.
* In ''Film/MississippiBurning'', the Klan sends a message to the two FBI agents by shooting a hole into the window of their apartment. Same happens later to Lester.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* In Sarah Caudwell's ''The Sybil in Her Grave'', someone throws a rock through Daphne's window to scare her away. The kicker is that [[spoiler: Daphne threw it herself, to make herself look sympathetic and persecuted.]]
* In Creator/JodiPicoult's ''Salem Falls'', a Molotov cocktail is thrown through the main character's window after it becomes common knowledge that he was previously convicted of rape. It's discovered before it can cause too much damage, and it is implied that it was poorly made and intended to send a message rather than cause real damage.
* The short ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Dresden Files]]'' story "Day Off" has [[HarmlessVillain Darth Wannabe]] throw a smoke bomb into Harry's basement via window. Unfortunately, Harry kind of had some bigger problems some at the time...
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** In ''Discworld/SmallGods'', the barman at the Ephebian taverna doesn't like the philosophers to discuss religion, since it leads to [[BoltOfDivineRetribution lightning bolts]] coming through the roof with notes wrapped round them.
** The Golem Trust are victims of a brick through the window in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', but Adora Belle just [[TheComicallySerious picks it up and files it under B]].
* ''Literature/GirlWaitsWithGun'' draws on this trope for a lot of its source material. Being the (mostly) true story of three sisters harassed by local criminals, a lot of the "brick-mail" letters still exist in official records.
* ''Literature/YoungSherlockHolmes'': When Matty is kidnapped in ''Red Leech'', the kidnappers throw a large rock with a note tied to it through Crowe's window. The note says that if Crowe leaves them alone for three months, Matty will be released unharmed.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/PoliceSquad'':
** An [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: a window with a note attached is thrown into the rock garden. Later that same episode, the same criminal throws a rock with a note attached--except the note is a mime, who ''acts out'' the message.
** In another episode, the neighborhood protection racket tries to send a message to the owners of a key store by perforating the place with machine guns... and then throwing a rock through the window. Naturally, Frank Drebin focuses on the rock and fails to notice the machine-gun fire. He later asks the forensics lab to find out where the rock came from, and gets a geology lesson in response. Later on Drebin confronts the mook who threw the rock, who starts giving the exact same geology lesson.
* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'': In the "Drew and the Singles Union" episode, some angry employees throw a ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' doll through Drew's window in a nod to the similarities between the two.
-->'''Kate:''' ''[reads attached note]'' Next time, it's life size!
* Randy from ''Series/TheWire'' gets a MolotovCocktail through his window for talking to the police.
* In the {{Pilot}} of ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'', one of the disgruntled employees whose job was outsourced throws a brick with an attached message through the window.
-->'''Todd:''' "You bastard"?\\
'''Jerry:''' ''[cheerfully]'' That's for me. ''[places it on a pile of similar bricks]''
* Parodied in an episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace''. Will and Jack start renting a place together, and one of their new neighbors throws a brick through their (open) window. It's actually a loaf of homemade banana bread, with a note giving them a warm welcome to the neighborhood. (The locals are thrilled to have two gay men move in, since if a gay district springs up, property values would increase).
%% * ''Series/{{Motive}}'': In "Bad Blonde", the killer throws a half-brick through the windscreen of the VictimOfTheWeek's classic car not long before the murder.
* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries'': In "Sorrow Songs", the gypsies throw a brick through the window of the Ballarat Courier after editor Edward Tyneman is accused of Nadia's murder.
%% * ''Series/{{Cannon}}'': In "Devil's Playground", the bikers throw a rock through the window of the diner where Cannon is holed up with his prisoner.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Theater]]
%% * The play ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' has this - to a Jewish man in just-pre-Nazi Germany.
* Happens in the play ''Sheik, Rattle and Roll'', leading to the following joke:
-->"It's a brick. With a note tied to it."\\
"What does it say?"\\
"'Mustafa Abdul. Window Repairer'."
* In ''Theatre/TheBat'', a stone is thrown through a window with a vaguely worded threatening note tied on with string.
* In ''Theatre/MarginForError'', an angry mob throws a brick through a window at the Consul, narrowly missing him as he raises a toast to a bust of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Parodied [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080702160740/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=27&issue=3 here]] in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120505215123/http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3258 how Lil' Evil got his confirmation message from the Illuminati]] or Seymour [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-15 here]].
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': A priest advocates random acts of kindness instead of violence. Later that night, an ice cream cone is chucked through his window.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Animation]]
* Nabi the cat gets a rock through his window at the end of ''WebAnimation/ThereSheIs'' Step 3, then several more rocks during the course of the dark and dramatic Step 4.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
%% * Happens when Fred and Barney run afoul of some criminals in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', it's not a rock, but one of the poisoned Joker Fish that comes through the window of a predicted victim's home.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "Bart of War", [[HumanDoorstop Ralph (with a note attached)]] is thrown through the Simpsons' window; he announces "I'm a brick!"
** On another occasion, instead of a brick with a note, a ''ringing telephone'' is thrown through a window.
** In "Moe'N'a Lisa", Mow throws a brick with a note through the Simpsons' window after Homer forgets his birthday.
** Parodied in "The War of Art", where after the Simpsons refuse to give back a valuable painting they bought from the the Van Houtens, a rock gets thrown through the window telling them to give the painting back, followed by rock with another note telling they have the right to keep the money. Soon, ''dozens'' of rocks have been thrown through the window and the Simpsons are sorting out the notes supporting and threatening them.
-->'''Marge:''' We don't even get this many Christmas cards!
%% ** On another occasion Bart throws a rock through Mr Burns' window. Burns initially thinks it is a bird that has become petrified and lost its sense of direction.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy gets toy chattering teeth attached to bricks thrown through his window by the mean dentist, "Dr. Bender".
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'': the Red Guy uses bricks, each engraved with a single word (or sometimes two short words), to send a long message to the eponymous characters' house, with each brick tossed nailing Chicken in the head. Naturally, the house is a mess afterwards. It's pretty evident that Red isn't throwing bricks to catch the household's attention as much as [[ForTheEvulz he's sadistic and likes tossing bricks through people's windows]].
* In Rankin-Bass' adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'', the villains, a group of troll-like monsters called Awgwas, throw a rock through a window of Santa's workshop tied to a note that reads "If you make one more toy, we're coming for you." Santa [[BadAssSanta is undeterred]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', in episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven", after the town discovers that Brian is an atheist, not only does a rock get thrown through the window, but a '''[[CarMeetsHouse CAR]]''' as well.
-->'''Brian:''' I thought he who is without sin can cast the first Prius.
** DoubleSubverted in "The Simpsons Guy", when a brick gets thrown through the window when feminists are outside protesting Peter's misogynist comic.
-->'''Peter:''' Hey, it's that brick I ordered. ''(another brick gets thrown)'' Uh-oh, I didn't order ''that'' brick.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode, "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS1E28TheClub The Club]]", when Gumball and his family are having dinner, the members of the Reject Club send a brick with a DVD with their message about taking revenge to Gumball tied to it through the dining room window.
-->'''Richard:''' At least it landed in the [[StockYuck vegetables]]. ''[the brick falls on the cake and squishes it]'' [[BerserkButton Aaaah! The cake!]]
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