History Main / ChimneyEntry

* In the fourth ''[[BarneyAndFriends Barney and the Backyard Gang]]'' video, "Waiting for Santa", Barney enters Michael and Amy's house via the chimney but gets stuck; they pull him out by his feet.

* A ''ComicBook/{{Mickey Mouse|ComicUniverse}}'' comic [[HandWave gives an explanation for this]]. Santa Claus has been arrested by a bunch of [[PoliceAreUseless idiot cops]] in the Mouseton PD on burglary charges and thrown in a cell with Pete as his bunkmate. When Pete asks him about the chimney thing, Santa explains that any tunnel will magically expand to allow him through. Then Pete points to the [[AirVentPassageway minuscule air vent]] on the wall...
* In a ''[[ComicBook/TheSmurfs Smurfs]]'' one-page gag story, as the Smurfs are all getting excited over the presents they received from Santa, Chilly Smurf ponders why he received a pair of Santa pants with a hole burned in the seat while standing next to a roaring fireplace.

* ''VideoGame/PaperMario'':
** In ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', this is how you initially reach the second floor of Herringway's house, as he has retracted the stairs leading up from the first floor, and won't lower them until he agrees to help you.
** In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Bobbery doesn't want to be disturbed so he locks himself inside. You naturally have to climb up on the roof and roll up into a tube so that you fit in the chimney.

Sometimes, characters like to make a dramatic entrance, and the front door can be seen as rather boring and ordinary. Or it's because the front door is locked and there seems to be no other way in. Whatever the reason, the decision is made to climb onto the roof and come down the chimney.

* PlayedForLaughs: A character is unfamiliar with how a house works and entering via the chimney...well let's say ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime. We watch the shocked and concerned looks of the characters inside the building as they hear the sounds of the ceiling creaking and watch ash drip out of the chimney mouth, followed by a [[SmokeIn cloud of smoke]] engulfing the room as the intruder emerges from the smoke with an AshFace, coughing violently while dusting themselves off. Expect the character to receive a "ThereWasADoor" reaction by the house residents and they might react with "I didn't know" or "I couldn't find it."
* PlayedForHorror: While entering through the chimney might look like they're trying to channel SantaClaus, it's clear that delivering pleasant gifts to children is the last thing this character is having in mind. Tension arises as the inhabitants helplessly watch on as the intruder bypasses the barred front door via the chimney.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E5LoveThyTrophy Love Thy Trophy]]", Peter is on a rescue mission to free Stewie from his foster parents. He enters their home through the chimney and causes a bit of a racket, disturbing Stewie's new foster siblings. This causes the multi-ethnic adopted babies to question if he is Santa, which then sets off an argument about what race Santa is.

* In ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', Kate's father tried to surprise his family this way one Christmas. Unfortunately, he broke his neck and died in the process. Kate's family didn't find this out until later when they broke through the chimney to discover why there was a bad smell coming from it.

'''Sylvester:''' (''[[NotWhatItLooksLike tries to explain what really happened]], but it's no use'') Ah, what's the use?! She'd never believe me! (''plays Chopin's "Funeral March" on the violin before falling into the cello case as a coffin to his demise'')]]

** The second time is in "WesternAnimation/TweetAndSour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument if he is caught doing so again, and Sam is uncaring that Sylvester will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. Near the end of the cartoon, as Sam tries to get in the house through the chimney, he sees the dynamite float up and quickly gets out, then when the balloon supposedly floats away, Sam reenters the chimney, but then the balloon floats back down and Sam is blown up and ousted. [[spoiler:However, as Sylvester tries to put Tweety back in his cage after the fact, you can guess what happens next.]]

** The second time is in "WesternAnimation/TweetAndSour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument if he is caught doing so again, and Sam is uncaring that Sylvester will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. Near the end of the cartoon, Sam tries to get in the house through the chimney, but Sylvester manages to oust him before Granny returns home. [[spoiler:However, as he tries to put Tweety back in his cage after the fact, you can guess what happens next.]]

** The second time is in "WesternAnimation/TweetAndSour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument, and Sam is uncaring that Sylvester will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. Near the end of the cartoon, Sam tries to get in the house through the chimney, but Sylvester manages to oust him before Granny returns home. [[spoiler:However, as he tries to put Tweety back in his cage after the fact, you can guess what happens next.]]

* Two news stories [[DoNotTryThisAtHome that perfectly illustrate why you should never attempt this trope in real life:]]
--> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1307975/Woman-dies-stuck-lovers-chimney-tried-break-home.html\\
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/30/suspected-burglar-dies-in-chimney-after-homeowner-in-california-lights-fire

** The second time is in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument, and Sam is uncaring that Sylvester will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. Near the end of the cartoon, Sam tries to get in the house through the chimney, but Sylvester manages to oust him before Granny returns home. [[spoiler:However, as he tries to put Tweety back in his cage after the fact, you can guess what happens next.]]

* Sweepy Smurf of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' makes his entry into houses through the chimney as the village chimney sweep, which doesn't please most Smurfs as he kicks up a big cloud of soot when he comes down.

* One ChristmasEpisode of ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'' featured Komasan and Komajiro assigned by Santa to deliver presents throughout Springdale. The guide they were given said to try to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this trope whenever possible, or to [[ThereWasADoor just use the front door]] if the house doesn't have a chimney.

* A ''[[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mickey Mouse]]'' comic [[HandWave gives an explanation for this]]. Santa Claus has been arrested by a bunch of [[PoliceAreUseless idiot cops]] in the Mouseton PD on burglary charges and thrown in a cell with Pete as his bunkmate. When Pete asks him about the chimney thing, Santa explains that any tunnel will magically expand to allow him through. Then Pete points to the [[AirVentPassageway minuscule air vent]] on the wall...

* In ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', the Grinch tries to enter the first house through the chimney just like as seen in the [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas book]] and the [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas animated special.]] He gets stuck with his head upside down in the fireplace but manages to fall out and enter the house. Just as in the cartoon, he gets better at entering through the chimney with every house but is also seen dropping a giant vacuum hose down a chimney at one point.

* In the original series of ''Series/HorribleHistories'', a sketch from the Victorian era featured aristocrats hiring a child chimney sweeper to clean the chimney out, leading to him dislodging three teenagers who enter the room this way, {{and|Zoidberg}} Santa Claus.

* Creator/StanFreberg recorded the novelty song [[AntiChristmasSong "Nuttin' for Christmas"]], about an incorrigible hellion recounting his many misdeeds, which will net him "nuttin' for Christmas." However, someone does descend the chimney of the kid's home: a burglar. He and the brat apparently have an arrangement in which the kid gets a cut of the fence for keeping mum about the theft. This song later gets an AnimatedAdaptation by Doug Compton that's viewable on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_7xqqt1Vgs Youtube]].

* Two ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons had [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester the Cat]] trying to [[EnemyMine protect an animal cats love to eat]], and while doing so, a cat tries to enter the house through the chimney, so Sylvester sends a balloon up the chimney flue with a stick of dynamite tied to it and blows the cat up through the flue and away from the house.

-->[[spoiler:'''Granny:''' (''enters the house and believes Sylvester is trying to eat Tweety again'') So! Even after all that warning!\\

* In ''Santa Sent Me to the ER'', this is the basis for the Backdoor Santa segment. Egged on by his drunken idiot of a brother-in-law (his wife's younger brother), a man dresses as Santa Claus in the bid to give a pleasant surprise to his kids. He forgot to tell the Mrs. about his plans... and got a painful surprise in the behind for his troubles. In his fall, he landed ''butt-first'' on the poker she'd put in the fireplace '''(YOW!!!)'''.

** The second time is in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument, and Sam is uncaring that Sylvester will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. Near the end of the cartoon, Sam tries to get in the house through the chimney, but Sylvester manages to oust him before Granny returns home[[spoiler:, but as he tries to put Tweety back in his cage, you can guess what happens next.]]

** The second time is in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument, and Sam is uncaring that Sylvester will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. Near the end of the cartoon, Sylvester manages to dispatch his rival before Granny returns home[[spoiler:, but as he tries to put Tweety back in his cage after the scuffle, you can guess what happens next.]]

** The second time is in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument, and Sam is uncaring that Sylvester will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. Near the end of the cartoon, Sylvester manages to dispatch his rival before Granny returns home[[spoiler:, but as Sylvester tries to put Tweety back in his cage after the scuffle, you can guess what happens next.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Granny:''' (''she believes Sylvester is trying to eat Tweety again'') So! Even after all that warning!\\

** The second time is in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument, and Sam is uncaring that Sylvester will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. Near the end of the cartoon, Sylvester manages to dispatch his rival before Granny returns home[[spoiler:, but you can guess what happens next.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Granny:''' (''she returns home and believes Sylvester is trying to eat Tweety again, when Sylvester is actually putting him back in his cage'') So! Even after all that warning!\\

** The second time is in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument, and Sam is uncaring that Sylvester will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. This stunt is done moments before Granny returns home. [[spoiler:You can guess what happens at the end of the cartoon.]]

** The second time is in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch, or else he will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument. This stunt is done moments before Granny returns home. [[spoiler:You can guess what happens at the end of the cartoon.]]

** The second time is in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch, or else he will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument. This stunt is done moments before Granny returns home. [[spoiler:You can guess what happens next afterwards.]]

'''Sylvester:''' (''[[NotWhatItLooksLike tries to explain what really happened]], but it's no use'') Ah, what's the use?! She'd never believe me! (''plays Chopin's "Funeral March" on the violin before falling into the cello case as a coffin to his demise and the cartoon ends'')]]

'''Sylvester:''' (''[[NotWhatItLooksLike tries to explain what happened]], but it's no use'') Ah, what's the use?! She'd never believe me! (''plays Chopin's "Funeral March" on the violin before falling into the cello case as a coffin to his demise and the cartoon ends'')]]

'''Sylvester:''' (''[[NotWhatItLooksLike tries to explain what happened]], but it's no use'') Ah, what's the use?! She'd never believe me! (''plays Chopin's "Funeral March" on the violin before falling into the cello case as a coffin to his demise'')]]

** The second time is in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch, or else he will be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument. This stunt is done moments before Granny returns home.

** The second time is in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument. Sylvester has to protect the canary from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch, or else he'll be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. This stunt is done moments before Granny returns home.

** The first time this stunt is done is in "A Mouse Divided", where Sylvester is the protective father of a baby mouse that was mistakenly delivered to his residence instead of a baby cat, and a cat tries to enter into the house through the chimney, pretending to be Santa Claus, only it's the wrong time of the year.
** The stunt is done again in "Tweet and Sour", only this time, Sylvester has to protect Tweety. After Sylvester tried to eat Tweety one too many times, Granny threatens to send him to the violin string factory to be made into the instrument. Sylvester has to protect the canary from Sam the Cat, sporting an eyepatch, or else he'll be deemed responsible for the canary's disappearance. This stunt is done moments before Granny returns home.