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This is a [[Stock Phrase]] and the archetypal example of an entire range of behaviors which boil down to attempting -- usually unsuccessfully -- to save face by recasting a negative consequence of one's own actions as a deliberate positive effect, in a kind of [[Xanatos Gambit]]-after-the-fact. Unfortunately, such attempts are often immediately obvious for what they are, and will come across to anyone else as just lame attempts to look good. This is most frequently used a [[Comedy Trope]], but can have its place in drama as well, where Bob's attempt to save face may involve something more (and/or more ''drastic'') than just yelling at a person who's no longer there.
Note that an instance of this trope does ''not'' have to be based around a literal doorslam -- it can be ''any'' kind of attempt to save face in the wake of a disappointment or embarrassment. Typical phrases other than the trope namer shouted in moments like this include things like "No one walks out on me!", "You'll regret this!", and [[Other Stock Phrases|"You'll never work in this town again!"]] A less angry variation might be along the lines of [[Secret Test of Character|"I was just testing you."]] Sometimes the speaker is trying to convince anyone watching... and sometimes he's trying to convince ''himself''.
The [["Just Joking" Justification]] is a [[Sub-Trope|specific case of this trope]].
Compare [[Other Stock Phrases|"You Can't Fire Me, I Quit!"]] Contrast [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]], which depending on the context, may prompt an instance of this trope.
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