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{{trope}}
When your characters need to see what's going on in that room over there, but they don't quite wanna risk coming all the way out into the open...
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...when your characters ''all'' want to see rather than just sending one person to check so s/he can come back and tell the others, what do you do?
The
Because [[Cartoon Physics]] works differently, you can even get a
Though [[Scooby Doo]]'s [[You Meddling Kids|Meddling Kids]] gets credit for [[Trope Namer]], this trope may be [[Older Than You Think]].
Occasionally thwarted by someone surprising them by opening the door so they all fall on top of each other.
Not to be confused with the [[Dagwood Sandwich|tall, stacked sandwiches]] enjoyed by Scooby and Shaggy.
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== Anime
* Done in episode 19 of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]''.
* At least once on [[Eureka Seven]], with the crew snooping on Renton and Eureka. [[Butt Monkey|Moondoggie is always on the bottom]].
* [[media:nanohascoobystack.jpg|This scene]] from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]''.
* When investigating Mugen Academy in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', the "Inner Senshi" [http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3774/sailorstackon8.jpg get a Sailor Stack],{{dead link}} but they get discovered by a security guard and their resulting panic causes them to fall over (except Makoto).
** It makes sense she didn't fall. She was standing up in the back without leaning on another one of the girls, so nobody would have made her topple over.
* [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v20/c179/8.html Here] in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. With the inevitable conclusion [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v20/c179/13.html here].
* Comes up every now and then in ''[[
* Occurs in ''[[Bleach]]'' anime episode 138. While Captain Ukitake is talking to Rukia in the Soul society, his two lieutenants and Orihime Inoue perform one of these at the side of the doorway.
* Ash and two Pokemon form one in a sewer during the ''[[Pokémon (
* ''[[FLCL]]'' episode "Full Swing". Haruko, Naota's father and the robot Canti look through the center of a door.
* Yui, Mio and Ritsu from ''[[K-On!]]'' [
* In the final episode of ''[[Omamori Himari]]'', we get a
* ''[[
** Original series episode 7. While Taro is in the hot springs changing room his 3 personal maids form one around the corner of the door.
** ''La Verite'' episode 8. Three of the security maids protecting Taro during a trip to the city do this behind a vending machine while following him.
* Happens twice in ''[[Persona 4:
* In ''[[
== Comic Books ==
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== Film ==
* ''[[The Three Stooges]]'' did this all the time.
* ''[[The Little Rascals]]'' may also have done it a few times.
* ''[[
* Seen in the movie version of ''[[On the Town]]''.
* In ''[[Monty Python and
* Happens in ''[[The Spanish Inn]]'' when the tenants want to find out how the negotiation between Xavier and the landlord is going, but don't dare get involved themselves.
* ''[[X-Men
* Done in ''[[Harry Potter and
* Happens in the animated version of ''[[Asterix]] and Cleopatra''. Caesar sends three triplet Egyptian mercenaries to capture Getafix on the building site. They stack at the corner of a tent.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* A Thanksgiving episode of ''[[Friends]]'' had half the cast looking around a bolted door like this for most of the episode. It was lampshaded by [[Deadpan Snarker|Chandler]], who referred to them as "the floating heads".
* The kids in ''[[El Chavo
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' episode "Dim Sum Lose Sum".
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' S3 episode "Our Father".
* Done a lot on ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]''.
* ''[[That's So Raven]]'' has the three main characters look around the corner like this in one episode.
* Done in an episode of [[Hannah Montana]] where Oliver, Lilly and Miley are stacked up like this watching Jackson fail to convince Robbie Ray to up his curfew.
* ''Chuck''{{context}}
* The 2000 [[Made for TV Movie|TNT Original]] version of ''[[
* ''[[
== Theatre ==
* [
== Video Games ==
* ''[[
* While the main couple in ''[[
* Happens frequently in [[LEGO]]-themed games such as those based on ''[[Star Wars]]''.
* The [http://vc.nintendolife.com/games/nes/ufouria_the_saga/cover cover artwork] for ''[[Ufouria]]''.
* ''[[
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* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Questionable Content]]'' once, [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=676 here].
* [http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-8/08-heroic-bsod/officespace/ This] ''[[Walkyverse|Shortpacked!]]'' strip.
* ''[[Sequential Art (
== Web Original ==
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* [[College Humor]] parodies this in their sketch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcOz_75CDjI Hardly Working: Snooping,] where each consecutive person on top crushes the bottom guy more and more {{spoiler|until his head explodes.}}
* In the "Gay Chicken" episode of ''[[Commodore HUSTLE]]'', Alex, Kathleen and Kathleen's cat do this when Morgan asks if he can stay with them for a few days.
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150511122139/http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2012/4/19/13/enhanced-buzz-23625-1334857347-2.jpg This photo].
* Team JNPR peers out their dorm room door at Team RWBY in this manner on the first morning of classes in V1E9 of ''[[RWBY]]''.
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Scooby Doo]]'', as the [[Trope Namer]] naturally.
* You can also spot the Scooby Stack on every one of the [[Hanna-Barbera]] teenage sleuth cartoons:
** ''[[
** ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]''
** ''[[Jabberjaw]]''
** ''[[Clue Club]]''
** ''[[Captain Caveman and
** ''[[Josie and
* Happens in the title sequence and in-show on ''[[Jakers!
* Jimmy, Sheen and Carl do it in a mystery-solving episode of ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]''.
* Used many, many times in ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts.
* ''[[My Life
* Izzy, Eva and Noah perform one in the season one finale of ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' while waiting for [[Arch Enemy|Justin]].
** Bridgette and Courtney do it in "Not Quite Famous" from behind a curtain.
* [[Played With]] in one episode of ''[[
* Jay, Cole and Zane do it behind a column in the first episode of ''[[Ninjago]]'': The Way of the Ninja.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Done in ''[[Max
* The ''[[
* ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]] Berry Bitty Adventures'' has Lemon, Raspberry, Blueberry and Plum all Scooby Stacking in Lemon's doorway doing the "after you, no after you" schtick to avoid being the first to say something they fear will hurt Lemon's feelings.
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