History Main / RunningIntoTheWindow

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* In the second episode of ''Anime/AceAttorney2016'', Phoenix and Maya do this ''simultaneously'' at the detention center; they were on opposite sides, and they thought they could get closer to each other...only to bonk their foreheads right against the clear glass.

* ''Manga/LaidBackCamp''; when Nadeshiko spots her new best friend Rin working the checkout desk at their school library, she charges over to say hello now that they go to the same school. Problem? Nadeshiko is outside in the courtyard at the time and smacks into the library window, despite her other friends and Rin warning her to pay attention

* In the 1967 ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'', archvillain Dr. Noah (Creator/WoodyAllen), in his underground lair, meets up with his uncle James Bond (Creator/DavidNiven), and lowers a big sheet of invisible glass between them. When James sums up his plans for world domination as compensation for his feelings of sexual inferiority, Noah angrily steps forward -- forgetting about the glass and smashing it to bits.
* In ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', James Bond is trying to navigate Scaramanga's lair and walks into a clear glass wall.

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* Happens to ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' in the second act of the episode [[Recap/MrBogusS3E3WaterboyBogus "Waterboy Bogus"]].
* Occurs twice in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "[[Recap/TeenTitansGoS1E43BrainFood Brain Food]]". Moments after Beast Boy's spell to make the other Titans dumber takes effect, Cyborg and Robin ran towards the window after seeing a flying Seagull. At the end, all the Titans ran for a Butterfly, only for them to do the same thing.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', Pete, being a mutated pigeon, has a tendency to do this.

* ''WebVideo/OriginsSMP'': Phil, holding the [[WingedHumanoid Elytrian]] [[MassiveRaceSelection origin]] and thus being associated with birds, can't see glass, and has flown into windows on multiple occasions.

* ''WebAnimation:HappyTreeFriends'': In "Mime to Five", Disco Bear waits for Mime to finish washing the "glass door" only to find out he was just washing the air. This causes Disco Bear to walk straight into a real glass door Mime had cleaned, fatally impaling him with glass shards.

* [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2012/04/01 Happens to the Crocodiles]] in a ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' strip.

* ''Film/Joker2019'': [[ComicBook/TheJoker Arthur]] talks to two detectives about [[spoiler: the three murders on the subway while his mom is in the hospital for a stroke]]. [[FailedAttemptAtDrama He attempts to blow them off by walking a way to go see his mother, but he ends up running straight into the glass door instead.]]

* In the second episode of ''Anime/AceAttorney'', Phoenix and Maya do this ''simultaneously'' at the detention center; they were on opposite sides, and they thought they could get closer to each other...only to bonk their foreheads right against the clear glass.

* In ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'', while Emi is at a convenience store with her back to the entrance, an assassin lunges at her... only to smack into the sliding glass door.

TruthInTelevision, although in RealLife this may result in anything from a bump on the head to being pelted with shattered glass.

* A series of Windex window cleaner commercials featured a pair of birds who were musing about how said cleaner is so bright that birds could get hurt flying into the windows that were cleaned.

* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'': Verne and the other animals try to escape from Gladys' house after trying to get food from her house, only to run into a sliding glass door.

* In a trailer/minisode of the 2015 ''Series/TheMuppets'' TV series, Miss Piggy does this. In a fun example of puppeteer attention to detail, she leaves a visible snout mark.

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* Played straight in ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', when Johnny enters a long-abandoned mall and runs into a plastic display case, apparently not being able to see through the [[WhatAnIdiot frosted, moisture-covered glass]].

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"Curse you, techmology."

* Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' has a scene where Willy Wonka walks straight into the glass elevator. And later on, guess what, he does it again.

** [[http://garfield.com/comic/1979-10-22 Garfield tried to sneak up on Odie, only to run into a patio door.]]
** [[http://garfield.com/comic/1982-12-07 A bird runs into the window while Garfield was explaining about windows.]]
** [[http://garfield.com/comic/1993-09-12 Jon mistook a window that Garfield cleaned for being left open.]]
** [[http://garfield.com/comic/2000-07-11 Jon ran into the sliding glass door after noticing a dead bird on the lawn from flying into said door.]]

* Birds are prone to flying into windows because they don't know that they're actually glass, so they end up hurting themselves real bad. There are a few instances of birds having left clear impressions of their bodies on windows after flying into them (apparently due to residue from their feathers).

* In ''The Cosby Mysteries'', a FemmeFatale tries to shoot Creator/BillCosby, only to discover he's standing behind a sheet of bulletproof glass he's set up in the room between them.

* One advert for Fanta has a girl at a party walking into a glass door leaving her embarrassed. She quickly turns the situation around by performing an impromptu mine act, roping in one of the onlookers to dance with her.