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In fiction-land, however, those same traits above lend doors to be perfect {{Improvised Weapon}}s for TheBigGuy or other characters with SuperStrength: They're big, so they are not so easily dodged; they're sturdy, so they aren't going to break after short use and make for excellent improvised tower shields (Some doors are outright MadeOfIndestructium); They come with handles to alleviate the whole 'unwieldy' aspect (and unlike RealLife, these handles almost never break); they are heavy, so you can make sure any blow you strike inflicts just as much blunt damage as a bona-fide ShieldBash; and so omnipresent that if you are in any location with a building, you can be assured there's a door within reach should you need a weapon.

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* ''Film/BloodWidow'': While Hugh and Kenneth are making their way through the house, Hugh reaches for a door to open it, and the killer slams the door open in his face, which knocks him out cold.
* ''Film/CreepVan'': In one scene, a girl is lured to the van by a song that she hears it playing. When she peeks inside to find the driver, the door slams shut on her head, crushing it.
* In ''Film/KillBill'', the Bride/Beatrix Kiddo smashes a heavy steel hospital door into [[OrderliesAreCreeps Buck]]'s head while demanding to know where Bill is, before finally killing him with it when she realizes that Buck was the guy who [[DudeShesLikeInAComa raped her while she was in her four-year coma]].

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* ''Literature/MrsSmithsSpySchoolForGirlsPowerPlay'': After [[TheProtagonist Abby]] unties Veronica, Veronica uses the door to the room she was held hostage in to knock one of the guards unconscious by slamming it against him.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Mappy}}'', if you close an open door while a cat is walking through it, you can stun it.
* DiscussedTrope in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' in [[JerkAss Shinnon]] and [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted Gatrie]]'s A support, which overlaps with NoodleIncident since we never got to saw it in action.
--> '''Gatrie''': What about the other day, when I bought the Ultimate Shield?!
--> '''Shinnon''': Gatrie, that was a castle gate.

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In RealLife, doors are big, sturdy, unwieldy, heavy, and often securely fastened to their hinges. They are used to block or allow entry to different parts of a structure, and their use as weapons is generally not even considered beyond [[TheDoorSlamsYou slamming them in someone's face [[DoorSlamOfRage in a fit of anger]].

In RealLife doors are big, sturdy, unwieldy, heavy, and often securely fastened to their hinges. They are used to block or allow entry to different parts of a structure, and their use as weapons is generally not even considered beyond [[DoorSlamOfRage slamming them in someone's face in a fit of anger]].

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In RealLife doors are big, sturdy, unwieldy, heavy, and often securely fastened to their hinges. They are used to block or allow entry to different parts of a structure, and their use as weapons is generally not even considered beyond slamming them in someone's face in a fit of anger.

* In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'', Kratos kills Theseus this way... [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill after first]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling him on]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own spear]].

* Braum from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' wields a massive shield that was once a door. There's a story behind it: A devious troll tricked Ornn, the demi-god of the forge, into creating an indestructible door to protect his treasure hoard. Ornn did [[ExactWords exactly as commanded]]… but neglected to include any method of ''opening'' said door, leaving the troll as trapped outside as any thief. Later on, the indestructible door got between Braum and saving a troll child. Now, usually any object in that position ceases to be so in short order, but this one even Braum couldn't touch... [[CuttingTheKnot so he smashed through the mountain around it]], and picked it up to use himself, under the logic that if it can stand up to him, it can stand up to anything his enemies might throw at him. Usually he uses it for defense, but...

* In ''Film/KillBill'', the Bride/Beatrix Kiddo spends several minutes smashing a heavy steel hospital door into [[OrderliesAreCreeps Buck]]'s head while demanding to know where Bill is, before finally killing him with it when she realizes that Buck was the guy who [[DudeShesLikeInAComa raped her while she was in her four-year coma]].

* Braum from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' is a huge moustachioed FolkHero who is renowned for being a FriendToAllLivingThings. His WeaponOfChoice is actually a huge gate which once barred him from saving a troll boy trapped behind it, a gate so sturdy even he couldn't break it. So after [[DungeonBypass punching his way through the mountain instead]] he decided that the gate would make a perfect unbreakable ''shield'', but as he will state himself:

[[caption-width-right:350:Even the door, should it please you.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Whoever carries them is a great person too.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Even the door, should it please you.]]

Compare TheDoorSlamsYou, which is comedic and unintentional for the characters; DoorJudo, which is when a character tries to break down a door by charging at it only for the door to open and leaving said character TooFastToStop; and [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=1m6jlr48f2zcn66yqb1r9mdk Showing Them The Door]] for when a door isn't wielded, but still recognized for its ability to inflict damage.

* In ''Film/KillBill'', the Bride/Beatrix Kiddo spends several minutes smashing the heavy hospital room door into [[OrderliesAreCreeps Buck]]'s head while demanding to know where Bill is, before finally killing him with it when she realizes that Buck was the guy who raped her while she was in her four-year coma.

* In ''Film/KillBill'', the Bride/Beatrix Kiddo spends several minutes smashing the heavy hospital room door into [[{{Jerkass}} Buck]]'s head while demanding to know where Bill is, before finally killing him with it when she realizes that Buck was the guy who raped her while she was in her four-year coma.

%%* In ''Film/KillBill'', the Bride/Beatrix Kiddo spends several minutes smashing [[{{Jerkass}} Buck]]'s head in the above-mentioned way. %% What is "the above-mentioned way"? The above contains a whole paragraph of different ways this trope can play out.

* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', the [[BlobMonster Gelatinous Cube]] tears two magical, intelligent doors off their hinges and paddles enemies with them. The doors are very unhappy about it.

* In ''Film/KillBill'', the Bride/Beatrix Kiddo spends several minutes smashing [[{{Jerkass}} Buck]]'s head in the above-mentioned way.

* In ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', Kratos kills Theseus in the second game this way... [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill after first]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling him on]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own spear]].