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A character angrily orders someone to [[GetOut leave the house]], only to be reminded that the house they're in belongs to the other person. Alternately a character announces that he is leaving, and either before reaching the door or (more often) after leaving and coming back through the door says something to the effect of, "Wait a minute. This is ''my'' house." (Sometimes followed up by some variation on "You guys get out!")

* From ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Sweet 'N Sour", the girls are being ostracized for targeting a trio of very cute animal criminals.

'''Bubbles:''' We ''are'' home, doodoobrain!

-->'''Ross:''' What are you doing?\\

* This happens during one of Ross and Rachel's (many) arguments on ''Series/{{Friends}}''.

* In ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', Philip decides to run for judge against Carl Robertson, his former mentor, as he [[BrokenPedestal had become corrupt and senile in his old age]]. When Robertson comes over to the Banks' house to seek Philip's help because he found out someone is running against him. Philip tells him again that ''he'' is the one running against him. Judge Robertson then angrily demands that Philip get out of his house, [[ScatterbrainedSenior despite them being in Philip's house]]. To top it all off, as Robertson is played by Creator/ShermanHemsley, he drops an ActorAllusion as he does so.

* The ''Looney Tunes Show'' inversion (see below) gets taken a step further in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': Scrooge [=McDuck=] had Castle [=McDuck=] rebuilt for his parents ''after'' he moved to Duckburg, so when his father tells him to go to his room, he replies with a baffled "I never ''lived'' here!"

* A variation occurs in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' ''WesternAnimation/TheUltimateEnemy'': Jazz attempts to help Danny study for a major test, but he's frustrated by the whole thing. His [[SpiderSense Ghost Sense]] is subsequently triggered, but since he doesn't know she [[spoiler:[[SecretSecretKeeper already knows his secret identity]]]], he yells for her to "get out of my room!" Jazz points out that they're in the kitchen, but upon spotting the ghost behind him, plays into his attitude and tells him she doesn't want to see him or anything he does in the next several minutes.

-->'''James:''' "...NOW [[GetOut GET OUT]]!"

-->'''James:''' "...NOW {{GET OUT}}!"

%%* Happens with John Travolta in ''Film/LookWhosTalking''.

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* In ''[[Film/{{K91989}} K-9]]'' James Belushi tries to throw his girlfriend out of her own house.

-->'''Anna:''' Well, you're gonna regret it even more when you realize that I'm walking out this door and I'm never coming back!
-->''[She storms out. A moment's pause later, she storms back in]''\\

* Happens with John Travolta in ''Film/LookWhosTalking''.

-->'''Roxanne:''' "Get out! Just get out!"\\
'''CD:''' "Wait a second, I am out! You get in!"
* This happens in ''Film/SalaamEIshq''. Young man and his fiance are having a fight, as he didn't show up to the engagement party (commitment-phobic) and she's come by to return all of his gifts. He ends up storming out of the house in fury, and a moment later knocks on the door, as she looks on, knowing he'll have to come right back.
-->Um, sorry, this ''is'' my house.

* In ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'': Rose tells Jack that she is leaving, and then turns back and says "I don't have to leave! This is my part of the ship. ''You'' leave!"

** In "[[Recap/FriendsS2E5TheOneWithFiveSteaksAndAnEggplant The One With Five Steaks And An Eggplant]]", the gang is fighting over an expensive concert, so Ross, Chandler, and Monica decide to go without the rest of the group, and promptly leave the apartment... only for Monica to come back, noting that the concert isn't for another six hours.
** In "[[Recap/FriendsS8E17TheOneWithTheTeaLeaves The One With The Tea Leaves]]", Rachel asks Chandler to leave the room so she and Joey can talk in private even though they're in Chandler and Monica's apartment at the time.

'''Chandler:''' I'll be in there. (''heads to his bedroom'')

-->"I'm leaving first!"

--> [[spoiler: Alex]]: You can't break into my house and wake me up to talk, and ''then'' tell me to shut up!

-->'''Abby:''' All right, I need you all to get out so I can get to work. Major Mass Spectrometer is gonna throw a fit ... This isn't my lab ... I'll go now.

* In the ''Series/TopGear'' Botswana special Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond try to prank James may by leaving a cow's head in his tent, hoping it'll attract the wildlife. They then get pinned in said tent as a hippo waits outside. As they wonder if it's better to take a chance with the hippo or stay in the tent with the head, Richard Hammond realises, they're actually stuck with the cow's head in ''his'' tent.

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* Creator/JeffFoxworthy warns against doing this during an argument with your spouse, especially if you're not carrying your keys.
-->'''Foxworthy:''' They did a study -- 85% of all homeless people are people who got pissed and walked out without their keys. You can't get back in. And if you're the one who walked out, you will be the one apologizing. ''[knocks]'' "I'm an asshole. Unlock the door." ''[knocks]'' "It's raining. Come on."
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* In one of several [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Establishing Character Moments]] in the first episode of ''WebVideo/{{Gayle}}'', a book club discussion gets personal when Gayle's [[TheRival rival]] brings up the time she faked her own death to have an Edible Arrangement sent to her house.
-->'''Gayle:''' ...You watch your mouth in my house, Bonnie.\\
'''Linda:''' ...Uh, it's Bonnie's house, Gayle.

'''Nostalgia Critic:''' You know what, bite me, Hamburglar! ''[Gets cut off by Doug clicking off the video]''

*** And from the same episode, when the family plus Reverend Lovejoy go to a gas station to try to find information on the missing Ned Flanders:
---->'''Homer:''' Thanks for swinging by the house, Reverend.

** In ''[[Recap/FriendsS2E5TheOneWithFiveSteaksAndAnEggplant The One With Five Steaks And An Eggplant]]'', the gang is fighting over an expensive concert, so Ross, Chandler, and Monica decide to go without the rest of the group, and promptly leave the apartment... only for Monica to come back, noting that the concert isn't for another six hours.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Luanne was putting a Communist party sign in her yard when someone told her to go home. She responds "okay" and simply entered the house.

* In an issue of ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' Frank is investigating a pair of cops, and meets with his police contact Soap. Soap tells him in no uncertain terms that while he'll help him take down criminals, if he does anything to harm either cop he will do everything he can to bring Frank down. Soap tries to dramatically leave, but Frank calmly reminds him that they're meeting in his car.

** A very early strip has a variant where Charlie Brown tries to prevent Snoopy from following him home, until Shermy points out that Snoopy also lives that way. (Yes, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness he didn't own Snoopy very early in the strip]].)

* This happens in ''Film/SalaamEIshq''. Young man and his fiance are having a fight, as he didn't show up to the engagement party (commitment phobic) and she's come by to return all of his gifts. He ends up storming out of the house in fury, and a moment later knocks on the door, as she looks on, knowing he'll have to come right back.

* In ''Film/Transylvania65000'', Jack and Gil have an argument in Jack's hotel room. Jack announces that he is going out to keep and an appointment and tells Gil to get some sleep. Gil lies down on the bed to do so, and as Jack is going through the door he realises what is going on and adds "And get out of my room!".

* In an episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters'', Eddie dates the daughter of the owner of a chain of restaurants, a franchise of which he happens to work with. When he finds out, in Eddie's house, he immediately fires Eddie, and then has an argument with his daughter about her dating habits. Eddie tries to interject.

** In ''[[Recap/FriendsS2E5TheOneWithFiveSteaksAndAnEggplant The One With Five Steaks And An Eggplant]]'' the gang is fighting over an expensive concert, so Ross, Chandler and Monica decide to go without the rest of the group, and promptly leave the apartment... only for Monica to come back, noting that the concert isn't for another six hours.

* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': A three-part episode featured the Bundys (minus Buck) going to England. There, Al gets in a fight with a man named Igor and Kelly was heard telling Igor to get back to England.

* In one episode of ''Series/TheMunsters'', when Herman accidentally ruins the present he and Grandpa made for Eddie's birthday, Grandpa gets so mad at him that he orders him to leave the house. Herman takes offense, saying that he was the one who always paid the bills, but Grandpa reminds him that when Herman first bought the house, Grandpa was the one who put down the down-payment, so he owned half the house. This resulted in a ThisIsMySide plot as Herman gave Grandpa [[ExactWords exactly what he wanted]].

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Luanne was putting a Communist party sign at her yard when someone told her to go home. She responds "okay" and simply entered the house.

* The second variety was used in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'', after Tino's friends came to his house to show him a slideshow of his faults.

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* Used in a classic ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip. Violet throws Charlie Brown out of the house, tossing his coat and hat out afterward, telling him she doesn't want him there anymore. He starts to leave, then develops a look of dawning comprehension, goes back to the door, and rings the doorbell. When she answers the door and snottily asks him what he wants, he says, "This is MY house!"
** After Lucy breaks off her (non-existent and imaginary) relationship with Schroeder, she goes to his house and knocks on the door [[PsychologicalProjection just to ask him why he won't stop hanging around her house]].
--->'''Lucy:''' It's amazing how stupid you can be when you're in love.
** The same storyline had this variation:
--->'''Lucy:''' Now that you and I are through, Schroeder, I'm returning all the gifts I was going to give you.\\
'''Schroeder:''' ... Thank you?\\
'''Lucy:''' That didn't even make sense!
** A very early strip has a variant where Charlie Brown tries to prevent Snoopy from following him home, until Shermy points out that Snoopy also lives that way. (Yes, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness he didn't own Snoopy very early in the strip]].)
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* In ''Film/{{K-9}}'' James Belushi tries to throw his girlfriend out of her own house.

Compare TheExitIsThatWay. Unrelated to [[Series/{{House}} a certain jerky doctor]].

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--->'''Grampa:''' My roof, my rules!
--->'''Homer:''' [[SubvertedTrope Oh, why did I borrow that roof from him?]]

* Inversion in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'':
-->'''Walter:''' Go to your room!
-->'''Lola:''' I don't even live here anymore.
-->'''Walter:''' Well, go to your old room that your mother turned into a scrapbooking room!
* From ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Sweet 'N Sour", the girls are being ostracized for targeting a trio of very cute animal criminals.
-->'''Man:''' Go home, Powerpuff Girls!
-->'''Bubbles:''' We ''are'' home, doodoobrain!
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode "Buster", Sticks refuses to get rid of her new robot dog Buster, so her friends are ready to walk out on her, only for Tails to stop himself and say, "Wait ... this is ''my'' house."
* A variation from ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'': trying to distract a shopkeeper, Harvey asks, "Do you come here often?" The shopkeeper replies that it's his shop.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Hungry Larry", Mr. Diaz asks Janna and Star to go home, while Marco reminds him that Star lives with them.
* The ''Looney Tunes Show'' inversion gets taken a step further in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': Scrooge [=McDuck=] had Castle [=McDuck=] rebuilt for his parents ''after'' he moved to Duckburg, so when his father tells him to go to his room, he replies with a baffled "I never ''lived'' here!"
* Lord Hater achieves this InSpace in ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' after reformed villain Major Threat boards the Skullship and proceeds to kill him with kindness:
-->'''Hater:''' FINE! You can't keep us prisoner! We're ''leaving!'' Come on, Peepers!
-->'''[[OnlySaneMan Peepers]]:''' Sir, he never actually took us prisoner. Also, technically, this is our ship.
-->'''Hater:''' ''(knocking him down)'' Shut up! I know that!

* A light-hearted example in Matt Fraction's ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'' series. Clint's argument over the best Bruce in rock music gets him kicked out by his teenage protege. Kicked out of his own apartment. In the building he owns.
* ComicBook/ArchieComics: Archie and Moose are arguing after a card game. Moose [[DumbMuscle picks Archie up]], throws him out, and slams the door. Archie furiously pounds at the door.
-->'''Archie:''' Moose, you can't throw me out!
-->'''Moose:''' Duh, give me one good reason why I can't!
-->'''Archie:''' Because this is ''my'' house!
-->'''Moose:''' ''(walking down the street, baffled)'' Duh, that ''is'' a good reason!

-->'''Nani:''' [[GoToYourRoom GO TO YOUR ROOOOOM!]]
-->'''Lilo:''' I'M ALREADY ''IN'' MY ROOM!

* This happens in ''Film/SalaamEIshq''. Young man and his fiance are having a fight, as he didn't show up to the engagement party (commitment phobic) and she's come by to return all of his gifts. He ends up storming out of the house in fury, and a moment later knocks on the door, as she looks on, knowing he'll have to come right back.
-->Um, sorry, this ''is'' my house.

-->''[She storms out. A moment's pause later, she storms back in]''
-->'''Anna:''' This is ''my'' house. ''You'' get out.
* In ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'': Rose tells Jack that she is leaving, and then turns back and says "I don't have to leave! This is my part of the ship. ''You'' leave!"
* In ''Adam's Rib'', two arguing characters wind up in each other's apartment by mistake.
* In ''Film/{{K-9}}'' James Belushi tries to throw his girlfriend out of her own house.

* A much more serious example: In ''Film/SlingBlade'', Doyle, being his usual mean self, is even more so when drunk. He orders his band, Karl, and Vaughan out of his girlfriend's house, and there is no humor in this interchange:
-->'''Vaughan Cunningham:''' It's not your house, Doyle, it's Linda's.
-->'''Doyle:''' I'll whip the dog shit out of you, Vaughan. I will [[ClusterFBomb fucking]] kill you if you talk to me again!
* In ''The Tender Trap'', Julie storms out after an argument with Charlie before remembering it was her apartment, walking back in and telling him to GetOut.

-->'''Roxanne:''' "Get out! Just get out!"
-->'''CD:''' "Wait a second, I am out! You get in!"

-->'''Ross:''' What are you doing?
-->'''Rachel:''' I'm storming out.
-->'''Ross:''' Rach, this is your apartment.
-->'''Rachel:''' Yeah, well, that's how mad I am!

* In an episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters'', Eddie dates the daughter of the owner of a chain of restaurants, a franchise of which he happens to work with. When he finds out, in Eddie's house, he immediately fires Eddie, and then has an argument with his daughter about her dating habits. Eddie tries to interject.
-->'''Owner:''' You're fired! What are you still doing here?!
-->'''Eddie:''' This is ''my house''. I ''live here''.
-->'''Owner:''' Oh. Right.
* Frequently played with on ''Series/{{Stella|US}}'', so much so that an entire episode is devoted to this single joke.
* An episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' featured a variant of this involving Henry's office. After a heated conversation, Henry stormed angrily out of his office - leaving Hawkeye and Trapper there by themselves - before coming back in and saying, "What am I doing? This is ''my'' office! You guys get out!"
* Used in an episode of ''Series/That70sShow'', when Red is talking to Leo, who has come over to the Foremans' house to explain Hyde's situation. When they finish talking, Leo lays out on the couch and tells Red to get out. Needless to say, Red didn't react kindly.
* Sort of used in an episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' when Buffy and Spike are arguing. Buffy doesn't forget it's her house, but when Spike refuses to leave she angrily says she will. [[HilarityEnsues Then it turns out neither can leave]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext because of a vengeance demon's curse.]]

* Happened a couple of times on ''Series/TheWestWing'' (with offices rather than houses, because of the workaholic cast of characters).
* Happened in episode of Series/{{Monk}}. An actor hired to play Monk in a movie lost his mind and became convinced that he ''was'' Monk, leading to a scene where he asked Monk to leave, despite the fact that it was Monk's house. Monk complied.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', Abby, when visiting Ducky's lab, at one point tells Ducky and Gibbs to get out of her lab so she can process evidence, only to realize three seconds late that she's not in her lab.
-->'''Abby:''' All right, I need you all to get out so I can get to work. Major Mass Spectrometer is gonna throw a fit ... This isn't my lab ... I'll go now.

* ''Series/TheCheckout'': The "Opportunity Knocking" segment in Series 5, Ep. 12 deals with multi-level marketing schemes. At the end of the segment, after how these schemes really work has been explained, everyone gets up and leaves the product party, including the hostess:
-->'''Guest:''' But this is your house!\\
'''Hostess:''' You keep it!
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' dances around this with [[DropInCharacter Kramer]] angrily declaring, "Well, I think one of us should leave!" to Jerry while he's at Jerry's apartment. The two then stare at each other for a moment of uncomfortable silence before the scene cuts away.
* In one episode of ''Series/TheMunsters'', when Herman accidentally ruins the present he and Grandpa made for Eddie's birthday, Grandpa gets so mad at him that he orders him to leave the house. Herman takes offense, saying that he was the one who always paid the bills, but Grandpa reminds him that when Herman first bought the house, Grandpa was the one who put down the down-payment, so he owned half the house. This resulted in a ThisIsMySide plot as Herman gave Grandpa [[ExactWords exactly what he wanted]].

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "flashback", [[TheDitz Homestar]] wonders if Strong Bad's house is his own. Strong Bad says that if he did live there, he'd have "fewer non-broken bones, and more crushed spirits".

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* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=991020 Riff literally kicks Torg out]] for close-enough-to-dating his ex-girlfriend later that night. Of course, Riff was briefly afflicted with Apartment Amnesia...

-->'''Gayle:''' ...You watch your mouth in my house, Bonnie.
-->'''Linda:''' ...Uh, it's Bonnie's house, Gayle.

-->'''Todd:''' What the hell are you doing in my video?
-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Oh piss off, Alfred Hitchcock!
-->'''Todd:''' Get the hell out!
-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''You'' get the hell out!
-->'''Todd:''' I ''live'' here.
-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' You know what, bite me, Hamburglar! ''[Gets cut off by Doug clicking off the video]''
* One Website/NotAlwaysRight story has a variation: a woman tries to tell her partner that he's ExiledToTheCouch, but they don't actually live together.

* The second variety was used in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'', after Tino's friends came to his house to show him a slideshow of his faults.

* PlayedForLaughs like everything else in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.
-->'''Yakko:''' If you don't want any cookies, then just leave.\\
'''UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein:''' I'm not going to leave. This is ''my'' house.\\
'''Yakko:''' [[DuckSeasonRabbitSeason All right then]], ''you'' leave.\\
'''Albert Einstein:''' Fine!

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Luanne was putting a Communist party sign at her yard when someone told her to go home. She responds "okay" and simply entered the house.
* ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'':
** In the second part of the pilot, Goofy and Pete have an argument during a party. Goofy then tells Max they're leaving, only to remember that the party was at ''their'' house, and instead kicks Pete and his family out.
** Near the end of the ChristmasEpisode, when everyone is taking shelter in a cave during a snowstorm, they encounter the bear they've been running into throughout the whole episode. Fed up, Peg tells the bear to go back where it came from, only for P.J to meekly tell her that they're in ''his'' cave.

''Minamo:''' And go where?

-->'''Yukari:''' You damn bourgeois! {{Get out}}!

* In one episode of ''Series/TheMunsters'', when Herman accidentally ruins the present he and Grandpa made for Eddie's birthday, Grandpa gets so mad at him that he orders him to leave the house. Herman takes offense, saying that he was the one who always paid the bills, but Grandpa reminds him that when Herman first bought the house, Grandpa was the one put down the downpayment, so he owned half the house. This resulted in a ThisIsMySide plot as Herman gave Grandpa [[ExactWords exactly what he wanted]].

* In one episode of ''Series/TheMunsters'', when Herman accidentally ruins the present he and Grandpa made for Eddie's birthday, Grandpa gets so mad at him that he orders him to leave the house. Herman takes offense, saying that he was the one who always paid the bills, but Grandpa reminds him that when Herman first bought the house, Grandpa was the one put down the downpayment, so he owned half the house. This resulted in a ThisIsMySide plot.