Shoot Out the Lock: Difference between revisions

* In the first episode of ''[[Wild Boys]]'', Jack shoots the lock off the strongbox they steal from the stagecoach.

* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' plays this straight and averts it, depending on the episode. When played straight, it is typically done by shooting all round the edge of the ([[Script Reading Doors|standard sci-fi sliding]]) door to make it fall in. [[Averted]] and [[Discussed Trope|discussed]] at once in an episode where Sheridan warns a group of opponents trapped in an adjoining room that the doors are made from an alloy that will deflect PPG blasts.

* Averted in ''[[Bones]]''. Bones tries to shoot a lock with a revolver, and the bullet ricochets off the lock hitting Booth in the leg. He even knew it was coming.

* Averted in a Season 4 episode of ''[[Top Shot]]''. For one elimination challenge, the players had to breach three locked doors using a specially modified pump shotgun. Their trainer, a former Navy SEAL, took great care to show them how to do the job right: by tilting the barrel down at a 45-degree angle and putting the muzzle between the lock and the doorframe.