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* ''Literature/TheVillainousDaughtersButlerIllCrushTheDestructionFlags'': Alicia once does this to the protagonist Cyril when she’s mad due to his apparent inaction over Sophia’s impending forced engagement to a foreign prince. Despite it surprising him at first, Cyril [[TheTease teases Alicia like usual]] before leaving.

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* [[ConversationalTroping Explained]] in [[http://www.marycagle.com/letsspeakenglish/77-romance-101 this]] ''Webcomic/LetsSpeakEnglish'' strip.

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* As explained above, Japanese Website/{{Twitter}}'s version of the wall-pin originated from a [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/556/992/65a.jpg simple chart]] drawn by [=Maki0046=] about (mostly) standard examples of ''kabe-don''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': While inside a brothel they've entered looking for information, Vi pins Caitlyn against a wall while "convincing" her to pretend to be a prostitute so they can get information, asking if she'd prefer male or female customers. Caitlyn is too flustered to get a response out before Vi just grabs a random (male) customer walking by. It's also PlayedWith, in that Vi has known Caitlyn for less than a day and looks down on her as a topsider and an Enforcer, and is heavily implied to be doing it [[TheGadfly mainly to mess with Caitlyn]] whilst she goes straight to the brothel's madame to get the information they need. However, on her way back, she takes note of Caitlyn appearing to be [[AmbiguouslyGay much more relaxed and comfortable chatting to a female patron]], and seems to be [[ShipTease pleasantly surprised]] by the sight.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': While inside a brothel they've entered looking for information, Vi pins Caitlyn while "convincing" her to pretend to be a prostitute, asking if she'd prefer male or female customers. Caitlyn is too flustered to get a response out before Vi just grabs a random (male) customer walking by. It's also PlayedWith, in that Vi has known Caitlyn for less than a day and looks down on her as a topsider and an Enforcer, and is heavily implied to be doing it mainly to {{troll}} Caitlyn whilst she goes straight to the brothel's Matron to get the information they need. However, on her way back, she takes note of Caitlyn appearing to be [[AmbiguouslyGay much more relaxed and comfortable chatting to a female patron]], and seems to be [[ShipTease pleasantly surprised]] by the sight.

* ''LightNovel/HensukiAreYouWillingToFallInLoveWithAPervertAsLongAsShesACutie'': Keiki's UnwantedHarem troubles begin when he does a "wall-slam" on his senpai, who he suspects of leaving him an unnamed LoveLetter (and a pair of panties). Her rival gets jealous when hearing of this and it snowballs from there.
* ''LightNovel/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'': Nezumi once tried to get a girl he liked to out with him using this trope. [[EpicFail It didn't go well.]]

* ''LightNovel/MyLittleSisterStoleMyFiance'': After it's been announced that the prince's hand in marriage would given to Luna instead of Eliana, a random creep tells Eliana that he heard rumors about her losing her place as the Crown Prince's bride due to her infidelity. He then pins Eliana against a wall and tries proposition her into going out with him. Eliana manages to break free from his grasp by slapping him.
* Sophia pulls one on Katarina in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', much to another of the [[LoveInterest LoveInterest's]] annoyance. It's mostly played for laughs, since Sophia is at least a foot shorter than Katarina, and Katarina is [[ObliviousToLove oblivious enough that she doesn't realize what Sophia is trying to do anyway]].

* Played with in ''LightNovel/OthersidePicnic'', where it seems like Toriko is doing this with Sorawo, but she's really checking out the other girl's newly acquired MagicEye, while declaring [[ShipTease "So pretty."]]

* Played with in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline''. When Karen[=/=]LLENN meets M in real life, he does this to her and asks if she has ever been so deeply in love with someone that she'd give her life for them. Karen says no, at which point M says she could never understand how he feels... ''[[BaitAndSwitchComment about Pito]]''.
-->'''Karen''': My first "wall-slamming"... and it's to hear someone confessing their love for another person.
* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': The AlternateTimeline of the series known as the ''Marie Route'', begins with Leon intercepting Marie before she can pull a HijackedDestiny on Olivia by stealing her LoveInterests from the OtomeGame Marie and Leon [[MediaTransmigration have transmigrated into]]. He does this by covering Marie’s mouth, carrying her away, and then pinning her to a wall with both arms. [[AMatchMadeInStockholm Romance ensues]].
* ''LightNovel/TheVillainousDaughtersButlerIllCrushTheDestructionFlags'': Alicia once does this to the protagonist Cyril when she’s mad due to his apparent inaction over Sophia’s impending forced engagement to a foreign prince. Despite it surprising him at first, Cyril [[TheTease teases Alicia like usual]] before leaving.

* Played with in ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'' when Akko is pinned by Andrew (affected by a LovePotion), the UnfortunateImplications are highlighted: Instead of being charmed, Akko freaks out and runs away.

This trope is better known to the Japanese public as the "kabe don" (wall pound). It's when a character (usually AlwaysMale, at least in heterosexual pairings) physically corners a LoveInterest using the body to block any chance of escape. It's often accompanied with a "BAM!" sound effect from pounding the wall (the "don" in kabe don). The Wall Pin Of Love is often PlayedForDrama and [[UnresolvedSexualTension increases tension]] between the characters. It may be given with an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove or a ForcefulKiss from the person doing the Wall Pin. May also lead to WallBangHer. A well-known parody of this originating in the Japanese Twitterverse was known as the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cicada-block "semi don"]] (cicada block), uses ''[[UpToEleven both arms and legs]]'', and was subject to much MemeticMutation.

* ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'': Ken Tatara does this with [[UpToEleven all four of his arms]] to Hitomi in his intro chapter, though he's such a {{Tsundere}} that it comes off as harassment rather than affection.

* ''[[https://st-noix.jp/irisquartz/category/series/kabedon/ Kabe Don! SONGS ♪]]'' is a whole ''[[UpToEleven series]]'' of albums that combine SerenadeYourLover and this trope. The premise for the series has the boys interact with the object of their affections until the Slam, and then the boys sing a song to them that conveys their feelings and is meant to seduce them. It has a naughtier sister series, the ''Yuka Don! SONGS ♪'', which have the serenades take place as the singers [[IntercourseWithYou pin their lover]] [[SeductionLyric to the floor]].

* In the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' expansion Battle for Azeroth, the out-of-game cinematic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKZ7ygLTR0g Lost Honor]] includes the orc Varok Saurfang performing an intimidating wall punch beside the head of human King Anduin Wrynn, who has come to speak to him in his prison cell. Though Anduin is mostly nonplussed by the orc's behavior (which suitably impresses Saurfang) [[note]] Anduin is justified in being unintimidated here. He is an extremely powerful magic-user, who could kill Saurfang very easily. Saurfang may or may not be aware of that fact[[/note]]. Although this relationship is not romantic or sexual, it still counts as "of love" because they very quickly develop a surrogate father-son dynamic.

* ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'': Fuutarou finds himself on the giving and the receiving end of this trope. First, he does it to Itsuki as he declares himself her tutor and that they're "partners", and later he receives it from Ichika when they're hiding in an alley from her manager.

* Shirogane advises another student to do this in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' when they come to him for advice on how to ask out Kashiwagi. [[TheBlindLeadingTheBlind Shirogane doesn't really have any idea what he's talking about]], but it works, and the two of them go on to become the BetaCouple.

* Happens multiple times to Yuki in ''Manga/CheekyBrat''. She often gets flustered when it comes to Sho, because the attraction there's mutual and he tends to do it anywhere and everywhere, but it gets a bit awkward for her when it comes from someone else like Suwa, because she has no idea how to react given that she's already in a committed relationship.

* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': Lavinia's route has quite a few LovingBully elements to it, resulting in her getting Sara trapped between a wall, her body and her extended arms before confessing to her.

The Wall Pin of Love is a very popular staple in [[ShoujoDemographic Shojo]] and [[YaoiGenre Yaoi]] romance. Many news outlets have reported that it is the "ideal" scenario for many Japanese women. Despite this, the Wall Pin of Love can lead to UnfortunateImplications because the emotional and physical intimidation is common in domestic abuse. Because of how frequent and popular it is in Eastern works, there may be ValuesDissonance involved in how it's accepted. People in the West are more likely to see the Wall Pin of Love as anything but romantic, and even a bit rapey. It is common enough in romantic works that a lot of works will play with the trope, swapping gender expectations, a wall pin over enthusiasm of a non-romantic topic, etc.

* In ''Manga/StrobeEdge'', Ren traps Ninako in the classroom when he suspects she still reciprocates his feelings.
* {{Discussed}} in episode 5 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', when a TV show Tohru watches claims this is thing that girls want their lovers to do the most.

* ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' pokes fun at this with Pipimi pinning Popuko, her hand hitting the wall so hard that it sends them, the wall, and the floor beneath them flying. The anime version goes a step further by portraying the initial wall-pin via a ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial''-style visual novel interface, followed by the wall traversing a bunch of mining cart tracks ''à la'' ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''.

* ''Manga/BlendS'':
** Episode 10 has Dino attempt to demonstrate this with Mafuyu, but it fails due to the height difference resulting from Dino being the tallest member of the cast and Mafuyu being the TokenMiniMoe.
** Episode 11 is outright titled "Good at Tsundere, Bad at Kabedon[[note]]Translated by Website/{{Crunchyroll}} as "cornering."[[/note]]". It has Dino attempt to explain the concept to Maika. He is unable to explain it in a reasonable manner, so Hideri pushes him towards Maika to demonstrate it. The stinger of the episode then has Maika pin Dino to the wall and apologize for her earlier behavior.
* Shirogane advises another student to do this in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' when they come to him for advice on how to ask out Kashiwagi. [[TheBlindLeadingTheBlind Shirogane doesn't really have any idea what he's talking about]], but it works, and the two of them go on to become the BetaCouple.

* Played with in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline''. When Karen[=/=]LLENN meets M in real life, he does this to her and asks if she has ever been so deeply in love with someone that she'd give her life for them. Karen says no, at which point M says she could never understand how he feels... ''[[BaitAndSwitchComment about Pito]]''.
-->'''Karen''': My first "wall-slamming"... and it's to hear someone confessing their love for another person.
* Happens multiple times to Yuki in ''Manga/CheekyBrat''. She often gets flustered when it comes to Sho, because the attraction there's mutual and he tends to do it anywhere and everywhere, but it gets a bit awkward for her when it comes from someone else like Suwa, because she has no idea how to react given that she's already in a committed relationship.
* {{Invoked}} in ''Manga/WotakoiLoveIsHardForOtaku'': Hirotaka Nifuji does this to Tarou Kabakura, but while it appears to play up the {{Yaoi}} aspect, it's {{Subverted}} as their respective girlfriends Narumi Momose and Hanako Koyanagi are rapidly taking pictures at every angle of the scene. It's implied the guys are forced to do this because their girls are explicit {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s.

* ''LightNovel/MyLittleSisterStoleMyFiance'': After it's been announced that the prince's hand in marriage would given to Luna instead of Eliana, a random creep tells Eliana that he heard rumors about her losing her place as the Crown Prince's bride due to her infidelity. He then pins Eliana against a wall and tries proposition her into going out with him. Eliana manages to break free from his grasp by slapping him.
* In ''Manga/ManlyAppetitesMinegishiLovesOtsu'' Minegishi does this to Otsu upon being gifted chocolate from him. In a surprisingly realistic use of this trope, Kunai and Otsu both point out how threatening that sort of behavior comes off and how he'd be in real trouble if he did that to a female coworker. In Minegishi's defense, he was so overwhelmed by Otsu giving him chocolate that he wasn't really aware of his own behavior, but he still heartily apologized to Otsu. Otsu still seems pretty flustered by it.
* In ''Manga/MySenpaiIsAnnoying'', Sakurai’s kid brother Yuto becomes curious about kabedon and decides to try it out. He practices with his sister to see her reaction, but her response is to hug her brother. Yuto ends up on the receiving end of a wall pin with Natsumi, a woman he’s crushing on, only because the train they were on experienced a sudden jolt.
* ''Manga/FoodWars'': Miyoko Houjou does it to Megumi when they first meet, although it's not done in a romantic way. She scares away a bunch of students who are harassing Megumi before pinning her to the wall and ask about her ''shokugeki'' with Shinomiya.

* Played with in ''LightNovel/OthersidePicnic'', where it seems like Toriko is doing this with Sorawo, but she's really checking out the other girl's newly acquired MagicEye, while declaring [[ShipTease "So pretty."]]
* ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'': Ken Tatara does this with [[UpToEleven all four of his arms]] to Hitomi in his intro chapter, though he's such a {{Tsundere}} that it comes off as harassment rather than affection.

* ''Manga/{{Hyakunichikan}}'': Discussed in the omake for Chapter 11.5, where Chiho asks Shuuto and Aoki what it is. In Chapter 20, Komugi says her big sister reads a lot of shoujo manga and wants it to happen to her.

* ''LightNovel/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'': Nezumi once tried to get a girl he liked to out with him using this trope. [[EpicFail It didn't go well.]]

* Chapter 2 of ''LightNovel/OthersidePicnic'' opens with Toriko seemingly performing this on Sorawo, to her complete bemusement. As it turns out, she noticed that one of Sorawo's eyes had turned bright blue after their close call with the Kunekune, and she just wanted a better look. There is definitely a ShipTease angle to it, particularly when Toriko murmurs that the color is "so pretty," causing Sorawo to become flustered.
* A subversion occurs in ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Cold Days]]'' between Harry Dresden and Karrin Murphy. It actually starts out as [[spoiler: Harry losing his temper because of the Winter Mantle and slamming his hand against the door beside Murphy's head, either as an attempt to intimidate her or just out of pure anger and frustration. Instead of being scared or angry, Murphy gently talks Harry down and takes his hand, turning it into a Wall Pin of Love as she brings him back to himself and helps make the Winter Mantle go away. They're left holding hands and reaffirming their love and support of one another after this bit.]]

* The infamously satisfying hookup of [[Series/{{Castle}} Castle and Beckett]] in [[spoiler: the season four finale, "Always."]] Beckett comes in from the rain after the two have previously broken up as partners due to Beckett's refusal to acknowledge that Castle is in love with her and running headfirst into her mother's case, nearly getting her killed. [[spoiler: She kisses him and tells him she caught up with the bad guy, but when she faced her own death, she only thought about Castle, nothing else. He reciprocates by shoving her up against the front door and fiercely making out with her, kissing her neck and even the bullet wound on her chest, before they both head to the bedroom.]]
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. Used for BelligerentSexualTension in the MirrorUniverse episode. The mirror counterpart of T'Pol tells Mirror-Trip how she lured him with a promise of a sexual tryst only to brainwash him as a ManchurianAgent to carry out sabotage (for which he was tortured afterwards). Trip slams his hand into the wall next to T'Pol's head; then it turns out he's activating the intercom there to tell the captain that he's completed his repairs.

* ''[[https://st-noix.jp/irisquartz/category/series/kabedon/ Kabe Don! SONGS ♪]]'' is a whole ''[[UpToEleven series]]'' of albums that combine SerenadeYourLover and this trope. The premise for the series has the boys interact with the object of their affections until the Slam, and then the boys sing a song to them that conveys their feelings and is meant to seduce them. It has a naughtier sister series, the ''Yuka Don! SONGS ♪'', which have the serenades take place as the singers [[IntercourseWithYou pin their lover]] [[SeductionLyric to the floor]].

The Wall Pin of Love is a very popular staple in [[ShoujoDemographic Shojo]] and [[YaoiGenre Yaoi]] romance. Many news outlets have reported that it is the "ideal" scenario for many Japanese women. Despite this, the Wall Pin of Love can lead to UnfortunateImplications because the emotional and physical intimidation is common in domestic abuse. Because of how frequent and popular it is in Eastern works, there may be ValuesDissonance involved in how it's accepted. People in the West are more likely to see the Wall Pin of Love as anything but romantic, and even a bit rapey.

* In ''Manga/MySenpaiIsAnnoying'', Sakurai’s kid brother Yuto becomes curious about kabedon and decides to try it out. He practices with his sister to see her reaction, but her response is to hug her brother. Yuto ends up on the receiving end of a wall pin with Natsumi only because the train they were on experienced a sudden jolt.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Vi pins Caitlyn while "convincing" her to pretend to be a prostitute inside a brothel they've entered looking for information on Silco's operations and how things have changed since Vi's been locked up, asking if she'd prefer male or female customers. Caitlyn is too flustered to get a response out before Vi just grabs a random (male) customer walking by. It's also PlayedWith, in that Vi has known Caitlyn for less than a day and looks down on her as a topsider and an Enforcer, and is heavily implied to be doing it mainly to {{Troll}} Caitlyn whilst she goes straight to the brothel's Matron to get the information they need. However, on her way back, she takes note of Caitlyn appearing to be [[AmbiguouslyGay much more relaxed and comfortable chatting to a female patron]], and seems to be [[ShipTease pleasantly surprised]] by the sight.

* Averted in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': Steve pins Natasha against the wall, but because he's genuinely angry at her. Despite the frequent ShipTease between them, they don't go any farther than being friends.

* Happens multiple times to Yuki in ''Manga/{{Namaikizakari}}''. She often gets flustered when it comes to Sho, because the attraction there's mutual and he tends to do it anywhere and everywhere, but it gets a bit awkward for her when it comes from someone else like Suwa, because she has no idea how to react given that she's already in a committed relationship.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': In the midst of convincing Caitlyn to pretend to be a prostitute to get information, Vi pins her to the wall and asks if she'd prefer a man or a woman. Caitlyn is too flustered to get a response out and the shippers rejoiced.