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{{trope}}
[[File:busy pretending not to hear you 2192.jpg|link=Junjou Romantica|
{{quote|<poem>''Please, I know you're in there''
''People are asking where you've been''
''They say, "have courage" and I'm trying to''
''I'm right out here for you''
''Just let me in''
''We only have each other''
''It's just you and me''
''What are we gonna do?''</poem>|Anna|''[[Frozen (Disney film)|Frozen]]''}}
In fiction, one great way to up either the [[Rule of Drama|drama]] or [[Rule of Funny|comedy]] of a conversation is to have it occur through a door. One party shuts the other out in attempt to avoid the confrontation while the other desperately tries to communicate in spite of the obstructive barrier.
This setup is useful in providing physical distance between characters to mirror psychological separation, and for its flexibility in resolution. This distance may just as easily be broken down by the opening of the door as suspended indefinitely by the character choosing not to emerge. Usually the character behind the door is the more emotionally closeted of the pair while the character on the outside is more honest and straightforward, having to persuade the other that opening the door is not a bad thing.
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== Theatre ==
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[
== Web Comics ==
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== Western Animation ==
* In ''Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile'', the [[Animated Adaptation|HBO Storybook Musical version]] of ''The House on East 88th Street'', Lyle locks himself in the closet when his old owner arrives to take him away from his new family, and Joshua sings to him through the door.
* In ''[[South Park]]'' Tom Cruise locks himself in Stan's closet, over the
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[[Category:Romance Arc]]
[[Category:Door Tropes]]
[[Category:Dialogue]]
[[Category:Sublime Rhyme]]
▲[[Category:Closed Door Rapport]]
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