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* In ''[[Sin City]]'', when Marv is locked in Kevin's basement, he simply runs head-first into the huge, thick, vault door until it eventually breaks down. The movie contained a slightly different escape.

* [[Doom (Comic Book)|The Infamous Doom Comic]]: [http://www.doomworld.com/10years/doomcomic/comic.php?page=2 Page 2]

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has done this a few times.

** In "School Reunion":

'''K9:''' [[Ramming Always Works|We are in a car]]. }}

** In "Battlefield", an extremely literal version of this trope:

'''The Doctor:''' Voice-activated lock; just the sort of thing I'd do. }}

* ''[[Sapphire and Steel]]'', episode 6:

'''Lead:''' It isn't now. }}

* In ''Warehouse13'' Myka has no time to wait for Claudia to hack the lock again if they're going to rescue Pete, so she gives the computer lock a roundhouse kick.

* [[Buffy]]'s habit of breaking down doors is lampshaded on a couple of occasions, such as when she breaks into the Magic Shop only to be told by Riley that [[We Have the Keys|he's got a master key]], or when Spike gripes at her habit of barging into his crypt whereas he [[Vampire Invitation|needs an invitation]]. Spoofed in "Grave" when Xander is seen hammering ineffectually at the type of crypt door Buffy breaks down on a regular basis.

* On an episode of ''[[American Pickers]]'', a man was just starting to get an old storage unit cleaned out.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* Nearly everyone who played a tabletop dungeon crawl RPG has had this happen at some point.

'''Rest of party:''' *points at the barbarian* }}

** And the magic users have the "Knock" spell, or its equivalent.