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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', The [[Tournament Arc|Chunin Exam Finals]] culminate in a series of seven one-on-one single-elimination fights between the remaining eight participants. By the middle of the third battle, the Tournament was no longer progressing the story by itself, so the author chose that moment for [[Big Bad|Orochimaru]] to reveal his Evil Plan to destroy the Leaf Village.
* In season 1 of the [[Axis Powers Hetalia
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [http://markwaid.boom-studios.net/2009/06/15-minutes-with-waid-my-good-friend-jack-daniels Mark Waid] has two of these :
** Take two characters who would otherwise have nothing in common or anything to discuss and [[Locked in
** Make a list of all the horrible things that could possibly happen to your character and consider going down the list.
*** To see this concept in action, read Waid's [[Justice League of America]] arc "Tower of Babel", in which the League {{spoiler|especially Batman}} go right on down the list.
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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[
* While ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'' is practically made of "People Busting Through Doors and Shooting At People," there is one scene that particularly feels like this trope: The main characters are even bored, and the plot is kinda on hold; suddenly, their best friend kicks through the door and starts waving his gun around and screaming for everyone to pack their shit.
** ''Feels'' like it, but the friend bursts in panicking because {{spoiler|he just shot and killed three people in broad daylight.}}
* ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' has a scene that also fells like this trope. The squad regroups with an American unit in a building, only to have part collapse, revealing German soldiers occupying an adjacent room, resulting in a standoff. Captain Hamill ([[Ted Danson]]) and one of his men show up with Thompsons unnoticed and shoot all the German soldiers, ending the standoff.
* Done by the protagonists in ''[[Defiance]]'' while raiding a local police station for antibiotics.
* Happens in ''[[
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*** Nonsense! If someone pulls a gun, you rip off your shirt and reveal you're superman!
* ''[[Lampshaded]]'' in ''[[The Pretender]]''. Jarod narrates that when in doubt, have a man walk in with a gun. A man walks in with some ice cream. As he corrects himself in the narration, the man asks Jarod whether he is Dick Dickson (who Jarod is currently pretending to be). When Jarod answers in the affirmative, the man promptly draws a gun.
* Joss Whedon has been quoted as saying that whenever they needed to add to the drama in ''[[
** ...which was a variation of his tactic from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', "When in doubt, put Willow in danger."
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' appears to have one of these in "The Big Bang", with the {{spoiler|stone Dalek that chases the characters around}}.
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== [[Music]] ==
* ''[[Trapped in
** Parodied in the ''South Park'' episode of the same name, where R. Kelly is ''constantly'' pulling out his gun, usually for no reason at all.
* Many of Weird Al Yankovic's parody songs are like this. A particularly egregious ([[Refuge in Audacity|but not]] [[So Bad It's Good|actually unpleasant]]) example would be ''Everything You Know Is Wrong''.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' adventure ''Whispers of the Vampire's Blade'' suggests using this trope, and includes a table of possibilities for who exactly is kicking down the door and why.
* Mentioned by name in the Tabletop RPG ''[[
* This is one of the most emphasized pieces of advice for ''[[Spirit of the Century]]'' GMs.
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]].'' When in doubt, have another Tyranid/Ork/Chaos/Necron invasion. Or an Imperial Crusade.
** Or have it turn out that the governer/inquisitor/whatever was actually an agent of chaos/tyranids/generic evil all along.
* ''[[
* Quoted and explained in ''[[GURPS]]: Mysteries''.
* The ''[[Ninja Burger]]'' RPG has a chart to determine what kind of new violence can throw spice up your mission.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In many [[FPS|FPSes]], this is the only plot point that happens outside of a cutscene. Apparently ''[[Red Steel]]'' was designed by Raymond Chandler.
* ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [http://www.wikislessons.com/index.php?date=2005-10-26 This] ''Wiki's Lessons In Life'' comic applies this principle to conversations.
* [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0005.html This page] of ''[[Darths and Droids]]'' uses the explosion version.
* ''[[
** Earlier on, the trope is discussed with regard to throwing pies instead of sudden violence [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050511 here].
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' compares this with the scene in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/750.html here].
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{{quote| '''Zoe:''' I don't ''believe'' this! Just when I think we might be having a nice, ''ordinary'' issue to deal with, like adultery, ''you'' come in screaming about ''vampires!'' What happened to normal problems, like credit-card debt?}}
* ''Strip Tease'' is a decent slice of life comic, until the writer decides to throw in some "drama" and has the main character's girlfriend kidnapped... three times... by the same people...
* ''[[
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