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If two characters that don't like each other, or who happen to be angry with each other at the moment, live in one house or apartment, one of them will be eventually seen painting a white line in the middle of the residence, explaining: "This is my side; this is yours. Don't go on my part!" Naturally, it's [[Serious Business]].

[[Truth in Television]], as those who have ever had an argument with a sibling or roommate can attest to.

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[My-HiME]]'', less because of any dislike between the characters than because Akira has a secret to keep from Takumi. Thus, Akira uses a curtain to separate the room, rather than a line.

* Suiseiseki in ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'', who initially dislikes Jun, draws an obviously biased one in his room.

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': While there was no actual line drawn, Asuka tells Shinji that the door between two rooms is "the impenetrable wall of Jericho, Third Child. Take one step over this line and you'll be a dead man." Given that in the story from the Bible, [[Analogy Backfire|the wall of Jericho fell at the sound of a trumpet]], many fans perceived this as a [[Freudian Slip]].

* In ''[[Cherry Juice]]'' a [[Not Blood Siblings]] brother and sister have to share a room when their grandmother moves into the house after suffering a hip injury.

* Happened once in "[[Pokémon]]" where [[Fiery Redhead|Jessie and Misty]] fell onto a small rock ledge on a cliff together. Misty draws a line on the rock to give each of them a side while they wait for rescue. Her side is much larger than Jessie's.

 

* In the ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' episode "Divided we Stand", Harold and Albert divide the house in two. Even the TV gets divided between them.

* A four-way version happened on ''[[The Monkees]]'' when the four boys were fighting over a girl. The show played with it, noting that each would have access to only one particular vital part of the apartment. Davy's side had the front door, implying he was the only one with the ability to come and go; however, he "would gladly trade Mike for the bathroom right away". Moments later, the whole arrangement is quickly forgotten when a show comes on TV that they want to see and everyone rushes to Peter's side (which contains the television set).

* Happened in one episode of ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' between Gilligan and the Skipper.

* ''[[My Talk Show]]'': Guest William Shatner takes over one section of the house/set and declares it Canadian territory.

* ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'': In a sketch, Russian and American sides of an unnamed European Country are decided after years of negotiation—down the center of the bedroom of a pair of newlyweds. A painter paints a line down the wall and on the floor. Suddenly the husband (on the Amerian side) needs a passport to visit his wife (on the Russian side).

* ''[[Drake and Josh]]'' have done this at least once.

* Alexia does this in the ''[[Pixelface]]'' episode "High Spirits" when the others get angry at her for taking their stuff with permission. She divides the console in half, with her on one side and everyone else on the other.