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{{quote|''"[[Lampshade Hanging|Oh, I hate this part with the doors!]]"''|'''Velma''', ''The [[Scooby
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A very standardized visual comedy sequence. A static shot down a hallway lined with doors, like a hotel or mansion corridor, comes up in the middle of the chase scene. The chaser and one or more groups of chasees enter a door. Then they emerge from a [[Offscreen Teleportation|different door. Or opposite doors]].
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Related to [[One of These Doors Is Not Like the Other]], a trope in video games that often has characters repeating a single screen just like this.
This trope is actually [[Older Than Television]], from the old days of French Farce. It arrived on television in 1930s. In live theater, certain kinds of screwball comedies are known as "door slammers" for a climactic scene or scenes where the whole cast is chasing one another, in one door and out another, everyone just missing everyone else by an instant; notable examples include ''[[
Also called a "Freleng Door Gag", after Warner Bros. director [[Friz Freleng]], who may not have created it but took it to [[Up to Eleven|a whole 'nother level]].
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== Advertising ==
* In a rare use, a series of Cartoon Network gag commercials poking fun at ''[[
* A commercial for Eggos did this once. The Guy in the Eggo suit saw 3 doors for brown sugar on one side and 3 doors for cinnamon on the other. He then experimented with one of the doors, and found it to be so amusing, he ran back and fourth between the doors, changing flavor based on which side he came out of. Eventually, he acquired both flavors split down the middle, and all 6 doors fell over because they were used that much. They crushed him while trying to escape. The commercial then moved on to the details.
{{quote| "Leggo my eggo."}}
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== Anime & Manga ==
* A similar gag shows up in an episode of ''[[
** Parodied in AMV Hell 4 by adding ''Benny Hill Show'' music and ''[[Scooby
* A [[Mental World]] version showed up in the fourth episode of ''[[
* Happens in episode 32 of ''[[
* Also in episode 112 of ''[[
* Definitely happens in ''[[Pokémon (
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== Films -- Animation ==
* Done with slight variation in ''[[
* The big chase in ''[[Monsters,
* Used toward the end of [[Disney Animated Canon]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' when she gets stuck in the maze and tries to run away from the Queen of Hearts's guards.
* Happens in ''[[Atlantis:
* Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'' has a sequence using the fair tents between Robin and Little John, the guards, and Lady Cluck; it ended up with the large guards propelling one tent like a train with the apropos sound effect and a [[Foe-Tossing Charge|mock American football run]]!
* [[The Beatles (
** A sequence early in the film features a variant on this, where creatures and things ran back and forth between doors in a long hallway only when the main characters were not present. One has to wonder whether The Beatles were aware of it or not; since they never saw the creatures, they may not know their house is inhabited by so many zany creatures.
** There's also a more traditional sequence in Pepperland where the Fab Four are chased by Meanies in an area bordered by two lines of bushes.
* ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action
* ''[[Peanuts
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* In the [[Jackie Chan]] movie ''Mr. Nice Guy'', there is a brief door scene where two goons pursuing Jackie Chan's character pop out of two different doors, see each other, scream in surprise, and slam the doors. The first thug then hesitantly opens his door. The other door pops open and out comes Jackie Chan with the second thug in a headlock.
* The [[Leslie Nielsen]] movie ''[[Wrongfully Accused]]'' features such a chase in a sewer.
* ''[[No Deposit, No Return]]'' does this in a parking garage with a police car and the protagonists' car.
* This happens with some frequency in the movie version of ''[[
* There's a brief moment of this in ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'' when the gangsters are chasing the heroes around the hotel.
* Borderline example in ''[[Homeward Bound:
* The deleted scenes for ''[[
* A number of [[
* A rare dramatic example: in ''[[
* Even though [[The Little Rascals]] comedy short films were made '''LONG BEFORE''' ''Scooby-Doo'', one scene in the 1923 short film ''The Dogs of War!'' features these as a guard chases after the eponymous gang of kids when they trespass inside of a movie studio. The results are still hilarious.
* In ''Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill'', the curse placed on the ghost town somehow did this with the entire surrounding geography, no matter which way you leave town, you'll always end up right back at the center. Try doing one of these in the middle of the desert while being chased by zombies.
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** Also referenced in the TARDIS chase scene in the fourth Doctor series, "The Invasion of Time".
** Also an abbreviated version is briefly used in an early Ninth Doctor episode 'World War Three', inside 10 Downing Street.
* A live-action variant appears in an episode of ''[[It
* ''[[
* The live-action series ''The Ghost Busters'' uses this frequently.
* Used at the end of a video for PBS's ''[[Square One TV]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOk4cMfwsIY "Ghost of a Chance"].
* ''[[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvJZVq5_cGs This] Just For Laughs prank.
* Used in an episode of ''[[Big Bad Beetleborgs]]''.
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* In ''[[Grim Fandango]]'', all of the tunnels in the Petrified Forest clearing lead to one another. Glottis notices the first time and says, [[Lampshade Hanging|"Hey, wait a minute."]]
* In the Adventure Game ''King's Quest 7'' one of the rooms in the Archduke Fifi Le yip-Yap's parlor is like this.
* Most of the doors in town in ''[[
* ''[[Slient Hill]]''
** In ''[[
** There is similar one of these in ''[[Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
* One of the ''[[Scooby
* ''[[
* ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas Oogies Revenge]]'' uses a gimmick similar to this late in the game in the form of the Hinterlands. Entering one path transports you to another area of the forest. Also serves as [[That One Level]] for some.
* The Magic Window attack from ''[[Mario and Luigi Bowsers Inside Story
* In ''[[
* Occurs near the end of the second ''[[
* There's a minor puzzle in ''[[
* The World 8 mini-fortress from ''[[
* A minigame in ''[[
* In on of the scenes in Professor Layton {{spoiler|and the Last Specter, the Black Raven seemingly but doesn't actually}} does this.
== Web Animation ==
* One of Legendary Frog's [[The Lord of the Rings
* Subverted in the [http://eviljoshandbilly.keentoons.com Evil Josh & Billy] episode ''Speak No Evil.'' Evil Josh and his archrival, [[Hero Antagonist|Super]] [[Fail O'Suckyname|Someone,]] run through a door, and... cut to Josh jumping outside a window.
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
== Web Original ==
* In the "[[Smosh]]" episode That Damn Prison Escape Billy-Jean and Cletus (played by) are chased by the Neighbor on a segway and a Police Officer in the same style, at one point Robin runs out of one of the doors and the Officer is riding on an office chair.
* Turned on its head in the ''[[
* Episode 3 of ''[[
* Tessaract, one of the villains in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' had the power to bend space and time, and as such could potentially turn ''any'' hallway full of doors into this sort of scene. And she did it ''repeatedly'' when confronted with superheroes, who suddenly found themselves unable to escape the hallways until the effects wore off.
== Western Animation ==
* This trope originated in [[Born in
** Its occurrence in the [[Screwy Squirrel]] cartoon ''Lonesome Lenny'' was not only over the top (with additional chasers and chasees being added at random, including a cow, a lech chasing a screaming woman, and various clones of Screwy and Lenny), but self-referential, as the cow briefly stopped in the middle of the chase to [[Talking
** ''Lonesome Lenny'' wasn't Screwy's first use of the trope. Screwy and Meathead the dog had a [[Scooby-Dooby Doors]] scene in ''The Screwy Truant''.
** The gag was also used in ''[[
** Tex also provided an interesting variation, rarely used these days: the chase sequence would happen in a seemingly normal room (with only two or three doors), but then additional doors would be quickly created as needed -- the trick was to open a door violently, and a new opening was instantaneously created where it had hit the wall; this worked completely regardless of the door's hinges, so that when there was no room left on walls, doors were created on the floor and ceiling as well (an example of this, from ''Little Rural Riding Hood'', can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suk9miYlp6k here], at 1:39)... These scenes tends to be accompanied by the song "In and Out the Window".
* [[Friz Freleng]] had his own variant: two characters chasing each other (with [[Mickey Mousing]] hopping steps) in a room full of doors: the chaser will see the chasee go into one door, go to it, but just as he opens it, the chasee comes out a ''completely different'' door; chaser goes to new door, cycle repeats. It shows up in ''Little Red Riding Rabbit'' (1944) and ''Buccaneer Bunny'' (1948).
* The ''[[Donkey Kong Country (
* ''[[
** Done in the episode "McStroke", with Peter, Brian, Mr. Cow, and two McBurgerworld security guards.
** And also in the much earlier episode "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1", during ''[[The Little Rascals]]'' spoof (with the actual ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' gang making a brief appearance).
* Subverted in ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
* ''[[
* ''[[Scooby
** A particularly weird subversion comes in ''[[Scooby
** There was a game based on this trope featuring the gang and "Toxic Monster" from the opening mystery from ''Scooby-Doo Abracadabra'' movie. You open the door for the good guys and close the door for the monster. Here's a [http://scoobydoo.kidswb.com/games/scooby-doo-hallway-of-hijinks link for you to use.]
* ''[[
** Used during the episode "Cartman Joins NAMBLA", in a Scooby-esque chase scene between a large group of young boys, a gang of naked paedophiles (the entire South Park NAMBLA chapter), the North American [[Marlon Brando]] Look Alikes (the "other NAMBLA"), the police and the FBI, and Kenny chasing his pregnant mother with a plunger. It ends when Kenny's father stumbles into the melee, and [[Double Standard Rape (Male
** Also featured in Randy's daydream in "Spontaneous Combustion".
* Pops up in the ''[[
* ''[[Teen Titans (
** Done in the episode "Mad Mod", during a ''Scooby-Doo''-inspired musical chase scene with the Titans pursuing Mad Mod through his surreal, trap-laden lair. This also contains a number of references to the ''Yellow Submarine'' doors, with Beast Boy doubling as the animals. And at one point during that doors sequence, Mad Mod drives [[media:modcars.png|a car with the exact same colour scheme]] as the car in ''Yellow Submarine''. At least twice during this sequence, it's further mixed up by playing with the perspective, where characters will emerge from a door, head to one either farther or nearer the viewer, but won't change size like they would if they were running down a normal hallway.
** A later episode, also featuring Mad Mod, had them do it with cars in the middle of a street. Though the camera pans across the street, the effect is the same. That sequence is more a direct homage to [[The Beatles (
* Spoofed in the ''[[
* Even ''[[Hello Kitty]]'s Furry Tale Theater'' had them in the Catula episode.
* ''[[
* Used in ''BB3B'' when the kids take their grandmother whist she is still on a hospital bed and run away from the robots. However, the order of who is chasing who doesn't change.
* ''[[
** Hilariously parodied in the episode where Timmy sneaks into Cosmo and Wanda's home in the fish bowl. With each door switch Timmy, Cosmo, and Marianne (an escaped bad godchild) would change clothes. And that was the ''least'' weird detail...
** In another episode, Timmy [[Trapped in TV Land|wishes himself into the television]] and visits a show parodying ''Scooby-Doo'', naturally involving this trope.
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** And again in "A Chip Off the Old Chip," during the video for "Find Your Voice".
* ''[[
* The ''[[
* In ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'' episode "Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold", Luigi and Toad lead Mouser and Troopa through some of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZJf8Fize0g these.]
{{quote| '''Mouser:''' ''(Collapses, exhausted)'' This is ''so'' frustrating! }}
* ''[[
** Candace is doing this in "One Good Scare Oughta Do It!" while she was being chased by the attractions inside Phineas and Ferb's haunted house.
** Also used in the Hawaiian vacation with the sea monkey [[Captain Ersatz|Captain Ersatzes]] at the hotel.
** And in again in a funhouse, in "Misperceived Monotreme".
* ''[[The Smurfs (
** Used in the episode "Lost Smurf" when Papa Smurf, Hefty, Brainy, Wild, and Sassette get chased through a series of doors in a long hallway inside Castle Captor.
** Also in the episode "Smurfing For Ghosts" when Peewit, Brainy, and Clumsy are being chased by ghosts in Quarrel Castle.
* Used in an episode of ''[[
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Used in the episode "A Bird in the Hoof", while Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle chases after Philomena to the tune of a [[The Benny Hill Show|Yakkety Sax]] [[The Jimmy Hart Version|sound-alike]]. This may actually be a subtle subversion, as the characters always exit through the same side that they come out of.
** Also in the previous episode "Over a Barrel", where the mane cast get tossed around sleeper car berths in this fashion when [[It Makes Sense in Context|buffalos tackle the train they're riding]].
** Justified in "The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well." Rainbow Dash is unknowingly chasing four ponies wearing the same costume, creating this effect.
* At least one episode of ''[[
* Occurred in the ''[[
* Played as part of a parody sequence in ''[[
* In a ''[[
* ''[[Mighty Mouse
** Shows up in the episode "The Bride of Mighty Mouse" when a pig steals a farmer's hat and everyone chases the pig to try and get it back.
** It also happens in the episode "Don't Touch That Dial" when Mighty ends up in the Ring a Ding show and the gang chases him which is a parody of Scooby Doo.
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Kowalski:''' [[Discussed Trope|I've seen this before. We'll continue chasing him back and forth, to-and-fro, right and left, over and under, until we start chasing each other.]]}}
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