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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* On ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'', Fiskerton is the family's designated locked-door opener or blank-wall smasher-downer, but the entire [[Badass Family|Saturday family]] except Zak seems capable of pulling off the same feat if required.
* In an episode of ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' Parker (an ex-thief) opens a highly sophisticated Bank of England vault using one of Lady Penelope's hairpins.
* In ''The World's Finest'' movie, Superman knocks down a door and then gives Batman a sarcastic "after you" gesture, to which Batman sardonically remarks, "You're learning."
* [[Popeye]] uses the exact line "Open Says Me" when punching a stone door open, in a cartoon inspired by the tale of ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves''.
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** In another episode, there was a door that'd only open if someone told how many jellybeans there were in a nearby jar. Buford ate them all and answered "zero". The door opened.
* Judging by the 1990's ''[[X-Men]]'' animated series, [[Blade Below the Shoulder|Wolverine]] really hates doors.
* The Amazing Mumbo in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' uses it as an incantation instead of the expected [[Open Sesame]].
== [[Truth in Television]] ==
* [[Averted]] in [[Real Life]], sort of: on ''[[
** In another episode, they demonstrated that it is quite possible to break through a standard door by force, even against deadbolts. The only reason the deadbolt held fast in the show was that Jamie had used a stronger set of screws than the standard; had Jamie used the standard screws, he likely would have broken through the door on the first try.
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