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In video games, however, it most often shows up as a common [[ErrorIndex glitch]]. Collision data is complicated -- No matter how smart the AI is, there's bound to be some problems where they forget the location of a wall or a building and just try to run through it, sometimes for hours if the player doesn't intervene somehow. Another, more common variation is that they strangely slide sideways while running until they find a path that they ''can'' run through. This is often caused by TheAllSeeingAI when the player's location is always detected, but in exchange for everything else. As minor instances are pretty common, generally only examples that either affect gameplay or are [[GoodBadBugs interesting to look at]] should be added for this type. If a player's avatar in an online game winds up doing this, lag is usually the culprit.

* Justified example in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' when Fafnir is playing a ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' {{Expy}}, only for Takiya to cover his eyes in response to a drunk Kobayashi stripping Tohru. The game character is then shown walking into and repetedly swinging his sword at the wall of a hallway due to Fafnir being unable to see the screen.

* Justified example in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' when Fafnir is playing a ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' {{Expy}}, only for Takiya to cover his eyes in response to a drunk Kobayashi stripping Tohru. The game character is then shown walking into and repetedly swinging his sword at the wall of a hallway.

* in the Core era ''Videogame/TombRaider'', collision detection works fine on walls for Lara, but enemies still run when in contact to one. Doors are right out though, as Lara will run/walk in front of them until she slides to the wall beside the door.

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* ''Film/TheMenWhoStareAtGoats'' opens with a strait-laced military general getting up from his desk and running straight into a wall. [[spoiler:It's revealed later that he was trying to use his psychic powers to run through it.]] This is followed up by a disclaimer reading: [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer More of this film is true than you would believe]].

In most media, it's a {{Comedy Trope|s}} where the affliction's caused by the character is being incompetent, misled, etc. and steered into a dead end. And staying in that dead end. Alternately, it may be an overdramatic gesture to bonk one's head against a wall as if punishing oneself for one's mistakes or perceived idiocy; that one can be TruthInTelevision[[note]] but you local skull doctor says you shouldn't put too much strength into it. [[CaptainObvious It hurts.]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And it scrapes the wallpaper.]][[/note]].

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'', some characters appear to become... [[SomethingElseAlsoRises a little]] [[CargoShip more than obsessed]] with walls out of nowhere, due to the "pushing" animation appearing on loop. Read about it in Webside/{{Cracked}} [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-hilarious-abuses-video-game-glitches/ here]].

* The monsters in id Software's VideoGames/{{DOOM}} series routinely take the shortest path toward the SpaceMarine, even when walls and obstacles impede them. Savvy players can exploit this mechanic by leading a mob of monsters into a cul de sac, then moving toward the access point; the monsters will usually emerge in ones and twos rather than all at once.

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* ''WebComic/BrawlInTheFamily'' made [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/505-comicreviewpikmin3/ a comic review]] for ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} 3'', illustrating that some pikmin tend to get stuck because of this trope, and gives it a 9/10 rating [[BrickJoke because the 10th pikmin was still behind that wall]].

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* In Series/FinalDeployment4QueenBattleWalkthrough, this occurs to one of the main characters, Blair Trigger, as he goes through his house, bonking into walls. To be fair, this wasn't entirely his fault; [[spoiler: it was rather the person who was controlling him, as he's in his own game.]]

In most media, it's a {{Comedy Trope|s}} where the affliction's caused by the character is being incompetent, misled, etc. and steered into a dead end. And staying in that dead end.

* A possible bug in almost any LegoAdaptationGame is for characters you're not controlling at the time to constantly run into a wall or other obstacle. Sometimes it's because they can't follow the active character, other times it seems to be for no reason at all.

* ''WebComic/BrawlInTheFamily'' made [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2013/08/27/505-comic-review-pikmin-3/ a comic review]] for ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} 3'', illustrating that some pikmin tend to get stuck because of this trope, and gives it a 9/10 rating [[BrickJoke because the 10th pikmin was still behind that wall]].

In video games, however, it most often shows up as a common [[ErrorIndex glitch]]. Collision data is complicated -- No matter how smart the AI is, there's bound to be some problems where they forget the location of a wall or a building and just try to run through it, sometimes for hours if the player doesn't intervene somehow. Another, more common variation is that they strangely slide sideways while running until they find a path that they ''can'' run through. This is often caused by TheAllSeeingAI when the player's location is always detected, but in exchange for everything else. As minor instances are pretty common, generally only examples that either affect gameplay or are [[GoodBadBugs interesting to look at]] should be added for this type. If a player's avatar in an online game winds up doing this, it's usually a consequence of {{lag}}.

In video games, however, it most often shows up as a common [[ErrorIndex glitch]]. Collision data is complicated -- No matter how smart the AI is, there's bound to be some problems where they forget the location of a wall or a building and just try to run through it, sometimes for hours if the player doesn't intervene somehow. Another, more common variation is that they strangely slide sideways while running until they find a path that they ''can'' run through. This is often caused by TheAllSeeingAI when the player's location is always detected, but in exchange for everything else. As minor instances are pretty common, generally only examples that either affect gameplay or are [[GoodBadBugs interesting to look at]] should be added for this type.

* Most of the main games in the Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei series have grid-based movement,so you will end up being very good friends with the walls,especially if you're running.
** The same thing happens in Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona.

The video game variant is a subtrope of ArtificialStupidity. [[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] DarthWiki/WallBanger, and ''definitely'' not with WallBangHer.